This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format.
Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date].
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2012 | Postsec. | From bill summary: Amends Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, which governs employer-employee relations between the State of California and the employees of campuses of the University of California, the California State University and the Hastings College of the Law, to provide that student employees whose employment is contingent upon their status as students are employees or higher education employees for purposes of the act.
In so doing, the bill deletes the condition that students are employees or higher education employees only if the services they provide are unrelated to their educational objectives, or that those educational objectives are subordinate to the services they perform and that coverage under this chapter would further the purposes of the act.
Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0251-0300/sb_259_bill_20120827_enrolled.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://gov.ca.gov/docs/SB_259_Veto_Message.pdf
Title: S.B. 259
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | Postsec. | From bill summary: Defines "social media." Prohibits public and private postsecondary educational institutions, and their employees and representatives, from requiring or requesting a student, prospective student, or student group to disclose, access, or divulge personal social media information. Prohibits a public or private postsecondary educational institution from suspending, expelling, disciplining, threatening to take any of those actions, or otherwise penalizing a student, prospective student, or student group for refusing to comply with a request or demand that violates that prohibition. Require a private nonprofit or for-profit postsecondary educational institution to post its social media privacy policy on the institution's website. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1301-1350/sb_1349_bill_20120927_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1349
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2012 | Postsec. | Requires that any student who, because of his/her religious beliefs, is unable to attend classes or to participate in any examination, study, or work requirement on a particular day, be excused from any such examination, study, or work requirement and be provided with a make-up opportunity, provided the make-up opportunity does not create an unreasonable burden on the institution. Requires a student to notify a faculty member well in advance of any anticipated absence or pending conflict between a scheduled class and religious observance. Prohibits certain negative repercussions on a student who avails him/herself of these provisions. Requires a copy of these provisions to be published in each institution of higher learning's course catalog. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1038.pdf
Title: S.B. 2949
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires interest inventories to be administered to high school juniors and college sophomores to assist students in career decisions.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB2591.pdf
Title: S.B. 2591
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| MI | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | From Legislative Staff Summary: Provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that each public university submit a report to the house and senate appropriations committees and others by October 15, 2011, on the universities efforts to accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of students enrolled in accredited counseling degree programs at the university. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/publicact/htm/2011-PA-0062.htm
Title: H.B. 4325 - Postsecondary Provisions
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | Authorizes the Higher Education Policy Commission to collect and disseminate information concerning higher education institutions. Requires each institution to annually provide the commission, as requested, all information the commission or council considers necessary to assess the performance of the institution and to determine whether the institution continues to meet the minimum standards for conferring degrees. This information includes, but is not limited to:(1) Consumer information the commission or council considers necessary, including, but not limited to, graduation and retention rates, transfers, post-graduation placements, loan defaults and numbers and types of student complaints; (2) A detailed explanation of financial operations including, but not limited to, policies, formulas and procedures related to calculation, payment and refund for all tuition and fees; and (3) An assessment of the adequacy of the institution's curriculum, personnel, facilities, materials and equipment to meet the minimum standards for conferring degrees. Permits the commission to revoke an institution's authority to confer degrees when the institution's governing body, chief executive officer, or both, have done any one or more of the following: (1) Failed to maintain the minimum standards for conferring degrees; (2) Refused or willfully failed to provide information to the commission or council pursuant to this subsection in a manner and within a reasonable time frame as established by the commission or council, as appropriate; or (3) Willfully provided false, misleading or incomplete information to the commission or council. Requires the commission to compile the information collected and report on the information to the Legislature annually beginning December 1, 2012. Requires the report to be made available to the public. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb375%20ENR.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=375
Title: S.B. 375
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Amends the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act, amends provisions concerning criminal penalties for lottery fraud and scholarship stacking.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Acts/Act207.pdf
Title: H.B. 1302
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires institutions of higher education to make a good faith effort to obtain the student consent form and collect and report the data required under the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act. Institutions may lost approved status if they fail to do so.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Acts/Act635.pdf
Title: H.B. 1875
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/
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| NH | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Clarifies residency requirements for the New Hampshire incentive grant program. Expands the number of institutions of higher education at which scholarship funds for natural and adopted children of veterans may be used.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0317.html
Title: H.B. 317
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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