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Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | Postsec. | Cal Grant Institutional Eligibility + Cohort Default Rates and On-Time Completion Rates
S.B. 1016 - Cal Grant Institutional Eligibility + Cohort Default Rates and On-Time Completion Rates
From section 46 of bill summary: Existing provisions provide that, effective with the 2012-13 academic year, for students at the institution...
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2012 | Postsec. | Improvements In College Completion
H.B. 1155
Allows the Colorado commission on higher education to take into account the rigor of a student's high school courses in establishing academi...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | Postsec. | Number of Hours Required for a Baccalaureate Degree
S.B. 103
Limits the maximum number of semester hours required to earn a baccalaureate degree to 120 (previous provision left this number to the discr...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | Postsec. | occupations; creating post-military service occupation, education and credentialing act. effective date.
S.B. 1863
Creates the Post-Military Service Occupation, Education and Credentialing Act. Authorizes the public and private institutions of higher educ...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | The Skills For Jobs Act
H.B. 1061
To the extent possible, requires state agencies to produce an annual report regarding state workforce need projections and college credentia...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | Higher Ed Associate Degree Transfer Students
S.B. 45
The bill requires a 4-year state institution of higher education to notify a 2-year institution when a student who transferred from the 2-ye...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Degree Completion Pilot Program
H.B. 5201 - Degree Completion Pilot Program
From final bill analysis: Establishes a Degree Completion Pilot Program to recruit, recover, and retain adult learners and assist them in co...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | College Credit for Military Training and Education Courses
H.B. 347
Requires the board of governors and the state board of education to adopt regulations & rules, respectively, that enable U.S. Armed Forces s...
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| HI | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | College-Credit Equivalency Program
H.B. 2639
Amends the University of Hawaii college-credit equivalency program to provide for the awarding of credit for service in the U.S. armed force...
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | Higher Ed Prior Learning Assessments
H.B. 1072
Requires the commission on higher education and postsecondary institutions to develop criteria for awarding credit for students' prior learn...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | Credit for Military Education and Training.
H.B. 1116
Requires a state educational institution to adopt a policy to award educational credit to an individual who is enrolled in a state education...
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | Postsecondary Success Study
A.B. 9057 - Postsecondary Success Study
Part N: Directs the state university board of trustees and the city university board of trustees to jointly conduct a study on postsecondary...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | Higher Education Coordinating Commission
S.B. 1538
Expands duties of Higher Education Coordinating Commission to include the development and recommendation of policies to ensure or improve ac...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | Higher Education; Course Credit for Military Experience
H.B. 195
Requires the governing boards of each public institution of higher education, in accordance with guidelines developed by the State Council o...
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| WA | Partial Veto 03/2012 | Postsec. | Creating the Office of Student Achievement Council
H.B. 2483
Creates the Student Achievement Council to provide the focus and propose the goals and strategies for increasing educational attainment incl...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2011 | Postsec. | Admission, Retention and Graduation of 1st-Generation College-Goers
S.B. 122
Directs the board of higher education to include in a specified annual report to the governor and general assembly information on each publi...
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2011 | Postsec. | Planning Commission for Higher Education
S.B. 858 - Postsecondary Provisions
Existing law creates the Blue Ribbon Commission to develop and implement a strategic master plan for higher education in the state. Renames ...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Higher Education Coordinating Council/Articulation Coordinating Committee/Various Postsecondary Provisions
H.B. 7151
Establishes the Higher Education Coordinating Council and directs the council to make recommendations on: (1) The primary core mission of pu...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | College Credits for Military Personnel
H.B. 500
Awards educational credits to a student enrolled in a public college or university, who is also a veteran, for courses that are part of the ...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | LA Graduation Act Performance Audits
H.B. 560
Requires audits of information submitted by such Board of Regents institutions as indication of achievement of performance objectives under ...
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| MI | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Collaboration Between Community Colleges and Universities/ Transfer Credits
H.B. 4325 - Postsecondary Provisions
From Legislative Staff Summary: Encourages community colleges to explore ways of increasing collaboration and cooperation with universities...
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Establishes the ''No Adult Left Behind" Initiative
S.B. 166
Requires the Commission on Workforce Development, acting as the lead agency, with the cooperation of other participating agencies, including...
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Study of Funding Higher Education
S.B. 374
This bill creates the Committee to Study the Funding of Higher Education. Establishes the composition of the committee. Directs the committe...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Three-Year Baccalaureate
H.B. 153 - Three-Year Baccalaureate
Directs the chancellor of the board of regents to require all state institutions of higher education that offer baccalaureate degrees to sub...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Increasing Postsecondary Completion Rates
H.B. 2910 - Increasing Postsecondary Completion Rates
Permits the coordinating board of higher education, in partnership with institutions of higher education, to enter into an agreement with no...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Degree Plan
H.B. 3025 - Degree Plan
Defines "degree plan" as a statement of the course requirements that an undergraduate must complete to be awarded an associate or bachelor's...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Credit Transfer for Associate Degree
H.B. 3025 - Credit Transfer for Associate Degree
Provides that this provision relates to a student enrolled in a general academic teaching institution (as defined in 61.003(3) http://www.st...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | Higher Education Master Plan
S.B. 52
Directs the commission on higher education to design a master plan that achieves the following goals: increasing the overall number of degre...
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | Regulation of Public, Private Nonprofit, and For-Profit Institutions of Higher Education
S.B. 695
From Department of Legislative Services Fiscal and Policy Note: Distinguishes between public, private nonprofit, and for-profit institutions...
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| TX | Adopted 05/2011 | Postsec. | Approval of New Academic Programs and Administrative Changes at Public Universities, Health-Related Institutions, and Review of Existing Degree Programs
19 TAC 5.43, 44, 52
Defines terms, including "doctoral graduation rate", "graduate placement" and "master's graduation rate". Provides that if the minimum numbe...
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2011 | Postsec. | Accelerated Degree Programs
S.B. 5442
Relating to an accelerated baccalaureate degree program. State universities, regional universities and the Evergreen State College may devel...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Common Course Numbering
H.B. 1772
Strengthens the transfer of courses between institutions of higher education. Expands the Roger Phillips transfer policy. Clarifies which co...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | Community College
Postsec. | Improving Student Success in Community Colleges
S.B. 1143
Directs the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to adopt a plan for promoting and improving student success within the C...
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12
Postsec. | Bachelors Degree in Three Timeline
H.B. 7342, S.B. 2124
Moves from February 2010 to February 2011 date by which the board of governors for higher education must present to the general assembly an ...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec. | Accomodating Non-Traditional Students
H.J.R. 959
A resolution to require the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) and the University of Tennessee (UT) to accommodate non-traditional students se...
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12
Postsec. | P-16 Council
H.B. 709
Creates a prekindergarten–16 council (the "council") to help coordinate and better align the efforts of the prekindergarten–12 educational s...
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| VA | Issued 03/2010 | Postsec. | Establishing the Governor's Commission on Higher Education Reform, Innovation and Investment
E.O. 9
Establishes the Governor's Commission on Higher Education Reform, Innovation and Investment. Directs the commission to consider the current ...
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| RI | Signed into law 11/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Bachelors Degree in Three
H.B. 5286
Authorizes the Bachelors Degree in Three program, a new educational initiative designed to expedite the process so that students can earn a ...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2006 | Postsec. | Support for Underserved Students in Higher Education
H.B. 1024
Concerns underserved students at institutions of higher education; requires each institution of higher education performance contract to inc...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | Postsec. | Retention And Graduation Rates
S.B. 288
An act to improve retention and graduation rates at public colleges and universities....
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec. | University Course Work and Degree Completion
H.B. 2459
Requires any university staff member assigned to provide course selection advice to incoming freshman students to provide any student who ha...
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2003 | Postsec. | Efficient Use of Resources
S.B. 5135
Requiring policies regarding the efficient use of instructional resources. Adds provisions relating to increased tuition fees for excess cre...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Committee to Study the Adequate Preparation of Students
H.C.R. 88
Directs the Education, Assessment, and Accountability Review Subcommittee to study the issues of adequate preparation of students for promot...
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