From the ECS State Policy Database P-3 Family Involvement

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]. State Status/Date Level Summary NE Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Learning Communities and Learning Community Coordinating Councils L.B. 585 Changes provisions relating to learning communities. There is currently only one learning community in the state which is composed of 11 mem... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Early Learning Opportunities. H.B. 1723 Amends existing law and establishes the early start program to provide a continuum of high quality and accountable early learning opportunit... More... NM Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Home Visiting Accountability Act S.B. 365 Partially from bill analysis: Grants the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) statutory authority to establish statewide home visi... More... AK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Early Childhood Education Program S.B. 182 Establishes a Voluntary Parent and Early Childhood Education Program for children under 5, to be planned, implemented, and reported on by th... More... CO Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Ensuring K-3 Literacy Education H.B. 1238 Requires each local education provider (LEP, i.e., school districts, Boards of Cooperative Educational Services or BOCES, charter schools) t... More... MO Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Reading/Literacy H.B. 1543--Multiple Provisions Removes the provision specifying that no fee can be charged for Parents as Teachers services, clarifies that families with children younger ... More... KY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Family Resource and Youth Services Centers S.B. 192 Provides that family resource and youth services centers must provide services to enhance a student's ability to succeed in school. Provides... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 UPSTART Program S.B. 2 - Sections 3-9 Establishes UPSTART, a pilot project that uses a home-based educational technology program to develop the school readiness skills of childre... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 English Language Learner Family Literacy Centers S.B. 2 - Section 24 Establishes the English Language Learner Family Literacy Centers to: (1) Increase parent involvement (2) Communicate with parents who are no... More... NY Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Program Requirements Title 8 NYCRR Section 100.3 Amends regulations regarding program requirements for students in prekindergarten and kindergarten. Directs each school operating a prekinde... More... IA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program H.F. 877 Creates a statewide voluntary preschool program for four-year-old children. Provides that preschool teachers in the program must be certifie... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Child Care Provider Information S.B. 5317 Declares that the purpose of this act is to provide tools to promote the hiring of suitable providers of child care by: (1) Providing parent... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Early Childhood Education and Family Literacy H.B. 2050 Transfers the family literacy program from the state board's division of adult education to the division of early childhood education progra... More... AR Rule Adoption 06/2004 P-12 Better Chance Program ADE 174 Establishes general guidelines for the operation of early childhood programs funded under the Arkansas Better Chance Program and the Arkansa... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Family Resource Centers H.B. 1091 Provides for family resource centers to remove nonacademic barriers to academic success; authorizes use of national school lunch funds for t... More... HI Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Commission on Fatherhood S.B. 1423 Establishes the Commission on Fatherhood within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to provide for a statewide program, on a permanent and... More... MD Vetoed 05/2003 P-12 Early Childhood Education H.B. 635 Authorizes early childhood educational and developmental programs to enter specified agreements to promote early childhood educational progr... More... MO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Major Bill -- Family Literacy Component H.B. 1711 Defines family literacy and permits districts to create family literacy programs and to use at-risk funding to support them. Makes family l... More... OK Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Early Childhood Programs S.B. 1212 Relates to funding for parent education programs; relates to the development and implementation of a Technology Intern Partner Program; rela... More... PA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Adult Literacy/Family Literacy S.B. 35 Act No. 26 of 2001. Amends the Pennsylvania Adult Basic and Literacy Education Act; provides for short title, for findings and purpose, for ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Cuts Early Childhood Programs S.B. 1162 - Omnibus The following programs have been repealed by S.B. 1162: 1) Gold Seal Quality care program, a three tiered quality rating system 2) Early... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Even Start Family Literacy H.B. 33 Relates to public education; provides for even start family literacy programs; provides for benchmarks, performance standards and evaluation... More... NH Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Parents as Teachers Pilot Program S.B. 170 Creates a Parents as Teachers Pilot Program to create a partnership between parents and early childhood development professionals; provides ... More... ID Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Parents as Teachers S.B. 1538 Appropriates funds to the Executive Office of the Governor for fiscal year 2001; limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to 24; ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Parent Rights H.B. 102 The amendments to this act provide for increased "parents rights" in the realm of public education. The new law states that parents have th... More...