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 MT | Adopted 10/2012 | P-12 | Modifies accreditation. One modification deletes old section on teacher evaluation and replaces with new. Requires that evaluation system for licensed staff:
(i) be conducted at least annually for nontenure staff and on a regular schedule adopted by the district for all tenure staff; (ii) be aligned with applicable district goals, standards of the Board of Public Education, and the district's mentorship and induction program; (iii) identify what skill sets are to be evaluated; (iv) include both formative and summative elements; and
(v) include an assessment of the educator's effectiveness in supporting every student in meeting rigorous learning goals through the performance of the educator's duties.
Requires the state superintendent to develop and publish model evaluation instruments that comply with this rule in collaboration with the MEA-MFT, Montana Rural Education Association, Montana School Boards Association, School Administrators of Montana, and Montana Small School Alliance. A school district
adopting and using one of the model instruments shall be construed to have complied with this rule, though use of one of the models shall not be required provided that the district's evaluation instrument and process substantially conforms to the requirements set forth in this section.
http://sos.mt.gov/arm/register/archives/MAR2012/MAR12-19.pdf
Title: ARM 10.55.601-1003
Source: http://sos.mt.gov/arm/register
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| MT | Adopted 10/2012 | P-12 | Chapter 55 Accreditation Standards provide a framework to ensure the constitutional right of every Montana student to a basic system of free quality public
schools that develops the full educational potential of every student and that 1. recognizes the uniqueness and diversity of Montana students;
2. implements the elements of educational quality that best prepare students for their role as global citizens of the 21st Century;
3. acknowledges the role of cultural heritages in the community, state, nation, and world;
4. recognizes the importance of school, family and community engagement;
5. requires the appropriate use of a variety of assessments to guide curriculum development, to shape instruction, and to inform decision making;
6. guides the schools to be accountable to students, families, and the community;
7. encourages innovation in implementing Chapter 55 Accreditation Standards while maintaining the intent of those standards;
8. acknowledges the role of local control; and
9. balances the needs of present and future Montana students with the realities of limited resources."
Establishes a pre-appointed review board to review applications for variances to accreditation standards.
http://sos.mt.gov/arm/register/archives/MAR2012/MAR12-19.pdf
Title: ARM 10.56.101
Source: http://sos.mt.gov/arm/register/
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| MS | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Relating to low-performing schools and school districts: Provides that if a local school district violates accreditation standards determined to be the basis for immediate withdrawal of accreditation, there shall be a show cause hearing conducted by the commission on school accreditation; Authorizes the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in a school district whose accreditation has been withdrawn to petition for a transfer into an accredited school district and to provide for the transfer of state adequate program funds to the transferee school district; Authorizes the State Board of Education to abolish a school district and administratively consolidate with one or more existing school districts in emergency situations with the approval of the transferee school district; Authorizes loans to school districts under conservatorship from the school district emergency assistance fund and provides that such fund is a special fund which shall not lapse into the state general fund; Authorizes and directs the State Board of Education and The State Department of Education to change the performance level terminology for schools and school districts to "A", "B", "C", "D" and "F" based on established benchmarks of student achievement and growth; Provides that such new terminology for accreditation rating purposes is effective upon full implementation of Common Core State Standards and Assessments; Provides that a board member or superintendent in office at the time the governor declares a state of emergency in a school district is not eligible to serve in that office in such school district and provides that the new superintendent in such school district be appointed.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2737SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2737
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Extends the period during which schools cannot be penalized or denied accreditation for failure to comply with certain standards such as textbook adoption. Allows schools to not comply with certain education mandates for two more years --until June 30, 2013, and June 30, 2014.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2011-12bills/SB/SB1443_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 1443
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| ID | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | All public secondary schools, serving any grade(s) 9-12, will be accredited. Accreditation is voluntary for elementary schools, grades K-8, and private and parochial schools.
Schools will develop continuous school improvement plans focused on the improvement of student performance.
Schools will meet the accreditation standards of the Northwest Accreditation Commission.
An annual accreditation report will be submitted to the State Board of Education. http://adminrules.idaho.gov/rules/2012/08/0202.pdf
Title: ID ADC 08.02.02.140
Source: adminrules.idaho.gov
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Directs the state department of education to define and implement a process outlining secondary school accreditation requirements for the purpose of participation in
extra-curricular activities so as to remove current regulatory barriers to schools' ability to participate in state functions such as playoffs. http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2012/S1301.pdf.
Title: S.B. 1301
Source: legislature.idaho.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations adjusting the formula for calculating the final high school accreditation status to add points for each student obtaining a diploma and certain industry certifications, state licensure, or occupational credential. The additional points shall only improve the accreditation status of a school and cannot be used to obtain or deny accreditation. This bill is identical to SB 514.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?121+ful+HB642ER+pdf
Title: H.B. 642/S.B. 514
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/
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| NH | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Allows a school to demonstrate compliance with New Hampshire's input-based school accountability standards by furnishing evidence that it has received full accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC); a school may demonstrate that it provides the opportunity for an adequate education by submitting accreditation documents from NEASC to the commissioner. Such a school will not have to establish that it meets the input-based school accountability standards set forth in the Accountability for the Opportunity for an Adequate Education regulations. Also extends an exception from the statutory school district election date requirements to any successor charter adopted by the Concord school district.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/HB0130.html
Title: H.B. 130
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Provides that the State Board of Education (SBE) is an authorized accrediting entity for public schools. Requires the SBE to adopt rigorous academic standards for accrediation taking into consideration: (1) Standards of regional and national accrediting agencies; (2) Common Core Standards; and (3) Any other appropriate information. Prohibits the State Board of Community Colleges and University of North Carolina institutions from considering accrediation of an applicatn student's secondary school as a factor affecting admissions, loans, scholarships or other educational activity at the school, unless the accrediation was conducted by a state agency. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H342v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 342
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| ND | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Establishes a certification system for the approval of public and nonpublic schools. Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to withhold state aid from public schools that are not in compliance. If a nonpublic school is not in compliance, the Superintendent of Public Instruction is directed to notify students' parents that they may be in violation of the compulsory attendance requirements.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/title-summaries/2011titlesummaries.pdf
Title: H.B. 1029
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Requires a public charter school to annually submit a report detailing: (1) The number of applications for enrollment received; (2) The number of applicants with a disability identified under the Individuals with Disabilities Act; (3) The number of applications for enrollment denied and an explanation of the reason for each denial.
Requires reporting on the number of students in each of the following categories:
(A) Students who dropped out of the public charter school during the school year;
(B) Students who were expelled during the school year by 8 the public charter school; and
(C) Students who were enrolled in the public charter 10 school but for a reason other than those cited in subdivisions (b)(1)(A) and 11 (B) did not complete the school year at the public charter school; and 12
Also calls for charter school teachers, teachers' aides and student teachers to be included in the state's school worker defense program, which protects school employees from civil liability as a result of the performance of their duties.
For all students enrolled in the public charter school, the scores for assessments required under the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program, including benchmark assessments and end-of-course assessments.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Acts/Act993.pdf
Title: S.B. 436
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Provides that any school board, on behalf of one or more of its schools, may request from the Board of Education releases from state regulations and approval of an individual School Accreditation Plan.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB2494ER+pdf
Title: H.B. 2494
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2011 | P-12 | Provides for the delayed implementation of statutes and regulations upon which the accreditation of schools in the Commonwealth is based that were not already in effect on June 30, 2008, with the exception of the graduation and completion rate index and the economic and financial literacy requirement, until July 1, 2012, unless such statutes or regulations are also specifically required by federal code, federal regulation, or court action..
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0391+pdf
Title: H.B. 1554/S.B. 810
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov
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| MO | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | In fiscal years 2011 through 2013, the Department of Education cannot penalize a school district on its accreditation review for failing to achieve resource standards if the school funding formula or transportation categorical is underfunded as specified and the district cannot be penalized in the following fiscal year if the governor withholds funds from the school funding formula.
http://www.house.mo.gov/content.aspx?info=bills101/bills/hb1543.htm
Title: H.B. 1543--Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.house.mo.gov
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education to provide assistance to certain schools not meeting adequate performance of accreditation standards. Requires schools at-risk to be identified by specified criteria. Authorizes evaluation teams to conduct on- site audits. Removes the requirement that evaluation reports identify personnel in need of improvement. Makes changes concerning pre-kindergarten districts, conservatorship, professional development, hiring of consultants, mentoring programs and other matters.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/pdf/HB/1000-1099/HB1097SG.pdf
Title: H.B. 1097
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Relates to delayed implementation of certain statutes and regulations upon which accreditation is based, with the exception of the graduation and completion rate index, unless such statutes or regulations are also specifically required by federal code, federal regulation, or court action.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+HB111ER+pdf
Title: H.B. 111/S.B. 352
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| IA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Allows for the deaccreditation of districts or nonpublic schools. Allows the director of the department of education to order the positive fund balances held by a deaccredited school district to be transferred to the school's general fund if the school's general fund has a negative fund balance; eliminates language that permitted the state board of education to decide whether or not to require payment of tuition for a deaccredited school district's students. If the deaccredited school district has a negative fund balance in its general fund at the time it is deaccredited by the state board, the director may order that the positive balance from one or more other funds of the deaccredited school district be transferred to the deaccredited school district's general fund.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/linc/SF2289_Enrolled.pdf
Title: S.B. 2289
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Adds to circumstances under which special accreditation investigations must be conducted. Directs the commissioner to authorize special accreditation investigations to be conducted when:
(1) A significant pattern of decreased academic performance has developed as a result of the promotion in the preceding two school years of students who did not perform satisfactorily on state assessments
(2) Excessive numbers of students graduate under the minimum high school program
(3) Excessive numbers of students eligible to enroll fail to complete an Algebra II course or any other course determined by the commissioner as distinguishing between students participating in the recommended high school program from students participating in the minimum high school program
(4) Resource allocation practices as evaluated under Section 39.0821 indicate a potential for significant improvement in resource allocation.
Authorizes the commissioner, based on the results of a special accreditation investigation, to lower a district's or campus's accountability rating
Pages 86-89 of 180: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part II
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Amends language regarding actions the commissioner may take as regards a district that does not satisfy accreditation criteria, academic performance standards or any financial accountability standard. Provides that the commissioner may order the preparation of a student achievement improvement plan that addresses each student achievement indicator under Section 39.053(c) for which district performance is insufficient. Provides that if a district fails to satisfy any standard under Section 39.054(e), the commissioner may appoint a board of managers to exercise the powers and duties of the board of trustees. Provides that if for two consecutive years a district has failed to satisfy any standard under Section 39.054(e), the commissioner may revoke the district's accreditation and order the district's annexation to an adjoining district or, in the case of a home-rule district or charter school, order closure of all programs operated under the district's or school's charter. Specifies several potential sanctions for a district that fails to satisfy any standard under Section 39.054(e) due to the district's dropout rates.
Amends language regarding actions the commissioner may take as regards a campus whose performance is below any standard under Section 39.054(e). Repeals provision allowing the commissioner to permit the campus to participate in an innovative redesign of the campus to improve campus performance. Repeals language establishing certain sanctions for low-performing campuses (e.g., ordering a hearing by the local board of trustees at the campus, ordering the preparation of a report on campus's parental involvement program, ordering a report on the effectiveness of the district- and campus-level planning and decision-making committees, ordering the preparation, state approval and implmementation of a student improvement plan).
Adds that if a campus performance is below any standard under Section 39.054(e), the commissioner may establish a school community partnership team that includes members of the campus-level planning and
decision-making committee and additional community representatives. Provides that if the commissioner determines that a campus subject to interventions or sanctions has implemented substantially similar intervention measures under federal accountability requirements, the commissioner may accept the substantially similar intervention measures as measures in compliance with state-level sanctions/interventions policy.
Amends provisions relating to a campus whose performance satisfies performance standards under Section 39.054(e) for the current school year but that would not satisfy performance standards under Section 39.054(e) if the standards to be used for the following school year were applied to the current school year. Provides that on the commissioner's request, the campus-level committee must revise and submit to the commissioner the portions of the campus improvement plan that are relevant to those areas for which the campus would not satisfy performance standards. Provides that if the campus is a charter school, the campus must establish a campus-level planning and decision-making committee and develop a campus improvement plan. On the commissioner's request, directs the charter school to submit to the commissioner the portions of the campus improvement plan that are relevant to those areas for which the campus would not satisfy performance standards.
Amends provisions related to campus intervention teams. Requires the commisioner to assign any campus whose performance is below any standard under Section 39.054(e) a campus intervention team. Requires the team, with the involvement of the school community partnership team, if applicable, to conduct a targeted on-site needs assessment relevant to an area of insufficient performance or, if the commissioner determines necessary, a comprehensive on-site needs assessment (former language called for a comprehensive on-site needs assessments for low-performing schools). Directs a campus intervention team to develop a *targeted* improvement plan (former language called for creation of "school improvement plan for student achievement"). Additionally directs the campus intervention team to assist the campus in submitting the targeted improvement plan to the board of trustees for approval and presenting the plan in a public hearing. Clarifies that teams must use *all* of enumerated guidelines and procedures relevant to each area of insufficient performance in conducting a targeted on-site needs assessment, and must use each of the enumerated guidelines and procedures in conducting a comprehensive on-site needs assessment. Adds that all targeted (as appropriate) and comprehensive on-site needs assessments must include (1) an assessment of the percentage of teachers who are fully certified, (2) an assessment of the extent and quality of the mentoring program for teachers with less than two years teaching experience in the subject or grade level to which they are assigned, and (3) a comparison of findings of specified elements against other campuses serving the same grade levels in the district or to other campuses within the campus's comparison group if there are no other campuses within the district serving the same grade levels as the campus. Provides that if the campus has a school community partnership team, the campus intervention team must seek the involvement and advice of the partnership team in recommending actions relating to any area of insufficient performance. Adds teacher recruitment and retention strategies as an area upon which the campus intervention team and school community partnership team may make recommendations following completion of the on-site needs assessment. Provides that in executing a targeted improvement plan, the campus intervention team must, if appropriate, require the district to develop a teacher recruitment and retention plan to address the qualifications and retention of the teachers at the campus.
Directs the campus intervention team to help the campus submit the targeted improvement plan to the commissioner for approval. Provides the commissioner may authorize a school community partnership team to supersede the authority of and satisfy the requirements of establishing and maintaining a campus-level planning and decision-making committee. Provides the commissioner may authorize a targeted improvement plan or updated plan to supersede the provisions of and satisfy the requirements of developing, reviewing and revising a campus improvement plan.
Updates language to provide that a campus intervention team must work with a campus with an unacceptable performance rating until the campus satisfies all performance standards under Section 39.054(e) for a two-year period (or a one-year period under certain circumstances). Provides that the campus intervention team must additionally assist the low-performing campus in updating the targeted improvement plan
to identify and analyze areas of growth and areas that require improvement, and submit each such updated plan to the district board of trustees. Directs the board of trustees to conduct a public hearing to inform the public and solicit public comment after a targeted improvement plan or updated plan is submitted, and to submit the targeted improvement plan or any updated plan to the commissioner for approval.
Pages 96-109 of 180: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part IV
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Repeals and reenacts the Educational Accreditation Act of 1998 to align accountability and accreditation measures and procedures; assigns specified related duties to the State Board of Education in regard to accountability to include measuring student academic growth, school district and charter school accreditation contracts, public school restructuring, school and district academic growth indicators, school performance monitoring, education related data, and school and district turnaround plans.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E45E06A4FE98EA6587257551006471C8?open&file=163_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 163
Source:
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Relates to the accreditation of school districts and nonpublic schools and the reorganization of school districts. If a recommendation is for the district to no longer be accredited, requires a list of deficiencies and a list of available resources for technical assistance be provided; requires notice of dissolution.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&ga=83&hbill=SF360
Title: S.B. 360
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Provides for the delayed implementation of statutes, regulations and standards upon which the accreditation of schools or school divisions in the Commonwealth is based that are not already in effect; relates to passing rates for full accreditation based on assessments.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB2166ER
Title: H.B. 2166
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Relates to school district accreditation levels; revises accreditation terminology.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/SB/2300-2399/SB2308SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2308
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| TX | Adopted 12/2007 | P-12 | Adopts new 19 TAC Chapter 97, Planning and Accountability, Subchapter EE, Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions. The new subchapter defines the accreditation statuses of Accredited, Accredited-Warned, Accredited-Probation, and Not Accredited-Revoked and states how accreditation statuses will be determined and assigned to school districts. The adopted rules also establish accreditation standards and sanctions, including definitions, purpose, technical assistance teams, campus intervention teams, reconstitution, campus closure, alternative management, intervention stages, and oversight appointments. The adoption reflects changes required by House Bill (HB) 1, 79th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, 2006, which amended the TEC, Chapter 39, Public School System Accountability. As a result of these changes, these new rules were adopted to implement the changes. New 19 TAC §97.1053, Purpose, states the statutory purposes of accreditation statuses and sanctions. The adoption also explains that the accreditation status assigned to a district under this new subchapter reflects performance beginning with the district's 2006 ratings; however, performance for earlier years would be considered for the purposes of accreditation sanctions. New 19 TAC §97.1063, Campus Intervention Team; Reconstitution, implements the provisions of HB 1 related to campuses rated Academically Unacceptable under the state academic accountability rating system and the assignment of a CIT to those campuses. Additionally, the section outlines the obligation of certain principals to participate in the school leadership pilot program required under the TEC, §11.203, and the district's responsibility for covering costs associated with the program. The section also defines the timeline under which a campus can and/or will be ordered to undergo reconstitution. In addition, the adopted new rule describes the activities in which the district, campus, and the CIT must engage to facilitate the reconstitution, including timelines and activities related to the retention or removal of campus educators, including the principal. The adopted new rule also discusses circumstances under which the TEA may assign a monitor, conservator, management team, or board of managers to the campus to ensure the implementation of its school improvement/reconstitution plan and when the TEA may order alternative management or closure of the campus. codifies intervention and sanction processes in place under the Performance-Based Monitoring (PBM) system. The adopted rule describes intervention activities, notification processes for PBM intervention staging, and possible interventions and/or sanctions that may be implemented under the PBM system. Includes other details of related provisions.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/commissioner/adopted/1207/97ee-ltradopt.html
Title: 19 TAC Chapter 97
Source: http://www.tea.state.tx.us
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| UT | Adopted 08/2007 | P-12 | Deletes previous Northwest Association of Accredited Schools and State Board of Education accreditation standards and provides newly revised standards.
http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bull_pdf/2007/b20070701.pdf (p.12)
Title: R277-413
Source: http://www.rules.utah.gov
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Adds support activities related to school accreditation and teacher training and retention to the list of purposes for use of the State Institute Fund by the Department of Education.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2007/bills/SB68enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 68
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| VA | Rule Adoption 07/2006 | P-12 | Amends regulations establishing standards for accrediting public schools in Virginia. The amendments include additional options for students to meet the requirements for graduation; change the methodology for calculating accreditation ratings; create greater flexibility for transfer students; add more rigorous benchmarks for accreditation; and better define sanctions for schools, superintendents, and school boards if a school loses its accreditation. Revisions also require all elementary and middle schools to require students to participate in a program of physical fitness during the regular school year in accordance with guidelines established by the Board of Education. Changes made to the proposed regulations (i) add defined terms and clarify existing terms; (ii) clarify that students who are limited English proficient (LEP) may be granted an exemption from Standards of Learning (SOL) testing in the areas of writing, science, and history and social science; (iii)add a provision encouraging elementary schools to provide instruction in foreign languages; (iv) allow advanced courses to include Cambridge courses, in addition to Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and college level courses for degree credit; (v) beginning with the academic year 2008-2009, limit middle school teachers to a teaching load of no more than 25 class periods a week; (vi) restore language removed in the proposed regulation regarding teachers of block programs that encompass more than one class period with no more than 120 student periods per day may teach 30 class periods per week; (vii) add a provision for one planning period per day or equivalent for middle and secondary teachers; (viii) cross reference the responsibility of the division superintendent in reporting compliance with preaccreditation eligibility requirements; and (ix) repeal Appendix I, which is expired. http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/register/vol22/iss24/f8v20131.doc
Title: 8 VAC 20-131-10 thru -320 non seq.
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/register/vol22/iss24/v22i24.pdf (pg. 137 of 336)
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| WV | Rule Adoption 06/2006 | P-12 | Amends rules regarding a process for improving education and a performance-based accreditation system. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/126-013.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 13
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Provides that whenever the state board determines that a school has failed either to meet the accreditation requirements or standards adopted by the state board
or provide the curriculum required by state law, the state board must notify the district in which the school is located. Requires such notice to specify the accreditation requirements that the school has failed to meet and the curriculum that the school has failed to provide. Encourages the local board, upon receipt of
such notice, to reallocate the resources of the district to remedy all deficiencies identified by the state board. Directs the local board, when making such reallocation, to take into consideration the resource strategies of highly resource-efficient districts as identified in Phase III of the Kansas Education Resource Management Study conducted by Standard and Poor's (March 2006). http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/549.pdf
Title: S.B. 549 - Section 1
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| MO | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | If a school district has been classified as unaccredited within the previous five school years and the district is subsequently classified as provisionally accredited, the district will be subject to lapse on June 30 of any school year in which the state board of education withdraws provisional accreditation or at a later date as determined by the state board of education.
http://www.senate.mo.gov/06info/pdf-bill/tat/SB894.pdf
Title: S.B. 894
Source: http://www.senate.mo.gov/
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| MI | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Establishes statewide high school graduation requirements effective with the class of 2010, including 4 units English; 3 units science, including biology and either chemistry or physics. Strongly encourages students to complete a fourth credit in science, such as forensics, astronomy, Earth science, agricultural science, environmental science, geology, physics or chemistry, physiology, or microbiology.
Directs the department to develop content area expectations in each of the subject areas required for high school graduation. Requires the process to include input from a number of stakeholder groups, including representatives from 4-year colleges or universities, community colleges, and other postsecondary institutions; from the business community; and from vocational and career and technical education providers
Directs the department to determine the basic level of technology and internet access required for students to complete the online course or learning experience requirement set forth in S.B. 1124 http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/publicact/pdf/2006-PA-0124.pdf and determine the assessments through which students may demonstrate proficiency. Requires the department to develop material to assist schools in implementing the graduation requirements here and in S.B. 1124, including guidelines for alternative instructional delivery methods.
Authorizes a parent to request a personal curriculum for the student that modifies certain graduation requirements. Establishes a procedure for this process. Bars a personal curriculum from deviating from the statewide English and science requirements. Establishes limitations on the modifications possible to the math, social studies, health/physical education and arts graduation requirements in a personal curriculum.
Authorizes schools to provide the high school graduation requirement curriculum through alternative instructional delivery methods such as alternative course
work, humanities course sequences, career and technical education, industrial technology courses, or vocational education, or by a combination of these. Encourages schools operating career and technical education programs to integrate the high school graduation requirements into those programs.
Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, links a high school's accreditation to its offering of the curriculum necessary to fulfill high school graduation requirements. Provides that if a school does not offer all the required credits, the school must ensure student access to the required units via alternate means, such as dual enrollment; enrollment in an online course; a cooperative arrangement with a neighboring school district or with a public school academy; or granting approval for the student to be counted in membership in another school district.
If a student is not successfully completing a unit required for graduation, or is identified as being at risk of withdrawing from high school, requires the student's district or charter school to notify the student's parent of the availability of tutoring or other supplemental educational support and counseling services that may be available to the student under existing state or federal programs, such as those programs or services available under section 31a of the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1631a, or under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Mandates that units required for high school graduation be taught by highly qualified teachers. Provides that if a district or charter school demonstrates to the
department that it is unable to do so because it is unable to hire enough highly qualified teachers, the department must work with the district or charter school to develop a plan to allow it to hire enough highly qualified teachers to meet the highly qualified teachers requirement.
Requires schools to ensure that each grade 7 student has the opportunity to develop an educational development plan, and that each student has developed
an educational development plan before he or she begins high school. Mandates that an educational development plan be developed by the student under the supervision of the student's school counselor or another qualified designee qualified selected by the high school principal and be based on a career pathways program or similar career exploration program.
Allows districts and charter schools unable to implement all of the curricular requirements to apply to the department for permission to phase in one or more of the requirements. Provides that if a district or charter school does not offer all of the required credits or provide options to have access to the required credits and legislation is enacted to allow districts and charter schools to apply for a contract that waives certain state or federal requirements, then the school district or public school academy is encouraged to apply for a contract to improve student performance.
Clarifies that students may complete high school graduation requirements through advanced studies such as accelerated course placement, advanced placement, dual enrollment in a postsecondary institution, or participation in the international baccalaureate program or an early college/middle college program.
Requires the department to submit an annual report to the legislature that evaluates the overall success of the new graduation requirements, the rigor and relevance
of the course work required by the curriculum, the ability of public schools to implement the curriculum and the required course work, and the impact of the curriculum on pupil success, and that details any activities the department has undertaken to implement these requirements and the requirements in S.B.1124 or to assist public schools in implementing the new graduation requirements. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/publicact/pdf/2006-PA-0123.pdf
Title: H.B. 5606
Source: www.legislature.mi.gov
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Relates to school districts; establishes home rule; exempts Level 4 or 5 accredited districts from certain requirements. Authorizes the State Board of Education to exempt any school district meeting Level 4 or 5 state accreditation standards from any compulsory standard of accreditation. However, if the standard of accreditation is an educational policy required by statute, exemptions may only be made if specifically authorized by law.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1121SG.htm
Title: H.B. 1121
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/
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| WV | Rule Adoption 07/2005 | P-12 | Amends rules relating to a performance based accreditation system to improve education. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4602 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 13
Source: StateNet
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Standardizes the calculation of graduation rates and dropout rates that are required to be reported by school districts for accreditation. Standardizes and requires the reporting of continuing education rates and mobility rates by school districts for accreditation. Requires one accreditation indicator to be the percentage of students enrolled in an Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate diploma program, or institution of higher education through a dual enrollment program. Requires districts to report achievement of accreditation indicators disaggregated for student year, race, low family income, students with disabilities, and English language learners. Requires districts and the state charter school institute to annually report the status of students who have not graduated in 4 years and remain enrolled in the district or an institute charter school. Permits the state board of education to audit accreditation data.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DFD64504612C4BC587256F5800587C38?Open&file=091_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 91
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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| CO | Vetoed 06/2005 | P-12 | Requires the department to contract every 3 years for an independent evaluation of the state accountability system and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Requires the evaluation to include:
(1) The impact of the accountability systems on learning and teaching;
(2) Public perception of and confidence in the accountability sytems;
(3) The effectiveness of the parties involved in the accountability systems, including the department, districts, state charter school institute, and public schools;
(4) Improvements that may be made to the data collected through the accountability systems; and
(5) Recommended changes to statutes or rules pertaining to the accountability systems.
Requires the report to include an evaluation of the state acceditation indicators and how districts or the state charter school institute can meet or fail to meet such standards.
Changes the school designations in the state accountability system from "excellent", "high", "average", "low" and "unsatisfactory" to "excellent", "high achieving", "achieving", "priority" and "high priority". Requires the state board to develop procedures for a district or the state charter school institute to appeal or waive a school's rating based upon unusual testing circumstances.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/489B14D223FBDD2087256F5D006BE665?Open&file=214_rev.pdf
Title: S.B. 214 (Section 1-2)
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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| CO | Vetoed 06/2005 | P-12 | Section 4: Repeals and reenacts 22-7-605 pertaining to the content and format of state-mandated school accountability reports.
Section 5: Adds new subsection requiring the department to print selected school accountability reports in Spanish. Requires the department to work with each district and the state charter school institute to determine whether a school's report will be printed in Spanish and the number of reports to be printed in Spanish for each selected public school.
Section 6: Requires state acceditation process to be based on individual student improvement (in addition to student achievement), both in the subjects tested in the state assessment system (reading, writing, math and science) and in subjects for which there are state model content standards but no statewide assessment.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/489B14D223FBDD2087256F5D006BE665?open&file=214_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 214 (Section 4-6)
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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| CO | Vetoed 06/2005 | P-12 | Section 7: Encourages the state board to establish accreditation indicators based in part on the diagnostic academic growth calculation added by paragraph (d), section 22-7-604.3.
Section 8: Creates new paragraph (d) in section 22-7-604.3. States that a diagnostic academic growth calculation showing each student's improvement from year to year might more accurately reflect a school's performance. Encourages the department to extend the use of the diagnostic academic growth calculation to the school level, and to use this method to evaluate schools for the state and federal accountability systems.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/489B14D223FBDD2087256F5D006BE665?open&file=214_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 214 (Section 7-8)
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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| KS | Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 | P-12 | Requires every accredited school to teach the subjects and areas of instruction adopted by the state board of education as of January 1, 2005. Requires every accredited high school to also teach the subjects and areas of instruction necessary to meet the graduation requirements adopted by the state board of education as of January 1, 2005. Requires the state board to design subjects and areas of instruction to achieve the following goals established by the legislature to allow for the:
(1) Development of sufficient oral and written communication skills which enable students to function in a complex and rapidly changing society;
(2) acquisition of sufficient knowledge of economic, social and political systems which enable students to understand the issues that affect the community, state and nation;
(3) development of students' mental and physical wellness;
(4) development of knowledge of the fine arts to enable students to appreciate the cultural and historical heritage of others;
(5) training or preparation for advanced training in either academic or vocational fields so as to enable students to choose and pursue life work intelligently;
(6) development of sufficient levels of academic or vocational skills to enable students to compete favorably in academics and the job market;
and
(7) needs of students requiring special education services.
Bill as enacted: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=38800
Fiscal note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=35742
Supplemental note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=37465
Title: H.B. 2247 (section 6)
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| KS | Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 | P-12 | Establishes the 2010 Commission. States that the commission shall cease to exist on December 31, 2010. Requires the commission to:
(a) Conduct continuous and on-going monitoring of the implementation and operation of the school district finance and quality performance
act and other provisions of law relating to school finance and the quality performance accreditation system;
(b) evaluate the school district finance and quality performance act and determine if there is a fair and equitable relationship between the costs of the weighted components and assigned weightings;
(c) determine if existing weightings should be adjusted;
(d) determine if additional school district operations should be weighted;
(e) review the amount of base state aid per pupil and determine if the amount should be adjusted;
(f) evaluate the reform and restructuring components of the act and assess the impact thereof;
(g) evaluate the system of financial support, reform and restructuring of public education in Kansas and in other states to ensure that the Kansas system is efficient and effective;
(h) conduct other studies, as directed by the legislative coordinating council, relating to the improving, reforming or restructuring of the educational system and the financing thereof;
(i) conduct hearings and receive and consider suggestions from teachers, parents, the department of education, the state board of education,
other governmental officers and agencies and the general public concerning suggested improvements in the educational system and the financing thereof;
(j) appoint advisory committees when deemed necessary. Such advisory committees shall conduct hearings and seek a wide variety of input from individuals and groups affected by and concerned with the quality, efficiency and cost of public elementary and secondary education in Kansas. Such individuals and groups shall include, but not be limited to, teachers, parents, students, the department of education, the state board of education, other governmental officers and agencies, professional educational organizations and associations, the business community, institutions of higher education, other persons who have an interest in the quality and efficiency of elementary and secondary education in Kansas and members of the general public interested in the improvement in the state's educational system and the financing thereof.
(k) make any recommendation it deems is necessary to guide the legislature to fulfill goals established by the legislature in meeting its constitutional duties of the legislature to: (A) Provide for intellectual, educational, vocational and scientific improvement in public schools established and maintained by the state; and (B) make suitable provision for the finance of the educational interests of the state;
(l) examine the availability of revenues to ensure adequate funding of elementary and secondary education in the state;
(m) examine school district efficiencies and whether districts are using best practices to deliver a high quality level of services and programs;
(n) examine school district consolidation and impediments thereto;
(o) examine voluntary activities, including extracurricular activities, which affect educational costs;
(p) monitor and evaluate associations and organizations that promote or regulate voluntary or extracurricular activities including, but not limited to, the Kansas state high school activities association;
(q) conduct other studies, as directed by the legislature, relating to the improving, reforming or restructuring of the educational system and the financing thereof;
(r) make and submit annual reports to the legislature on the work of the commission concerning recommendations of the commission relating
to the improving, reforming or restructuring of the educational system and the financing thereof and other topics of study directed to the commission by the legislative coordinating council. Such report also shall include recommendations for legislative changes and shall be submitted to the legislature on or before December 31 of each year.
Shifts responsibility for matters or issues relating to school finance from the legislative educational planning committee.
Bill as enacted: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=38800
Fiscal note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=35742
Supplemental note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=37465
Title: H.B. 2247 (section 7-9)
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Requires the department of education to conduct an on-campus Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools review for each school district in the state at least once every four years. Authorizes the department of education to visit any school campus for an on-campus Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools review at other additional times as determined necessary by the director of the department of education or the state board of education.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB2757.pdf
Title: H.B. 2757
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| OH | Rule Adoption 10/2004 | P-12 | Amends rules regarding accreditation of education programs, applications, fees, suspensions, and revocations. OHIO REG 11562 (SN)
Title: OAC 4715-12-04
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to conduct an investigation onsite at any time without prior notice when there is substantial reason to believe that there is an immediate danger to the health, safety, or welfare of a child, and to monitor the facilities, the educational
environment, and the quality of the educational program of an existing certified nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency on a 3-year cycle. Also requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with respect to a nonpublic, nonsectarian school, to conduct an investigation, which is to include an unannounced onsite visit, if the Superintendent of Public Instruction receives evidence of a significant deficiency in the quality of educational services provided by the school or noncompliance with other specified requirements. Places additional requirements on a nonpublic, nonsectarian school regarding financial recordkeeping, submitting an annual budget and an annual audit, and documenting services and programs. Increases the base fees charged a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency when it applies for certification and when it updates its
application for annual review by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Provides that any educational funds received from a local educational agency for the educational costs of individuals with exceptional needs it has placed in nonpublic, nonsectarian schools are to be used solely for those purposes and not for the costs of a residential program.
Requires the State Department of Education to implement a program to integrate individuals with exceptional needs placed in nonpublic, nonsectarian schools into public schools.
Prohibits a licensed residential school for children with exceptional needs from requiring as a condition of residential placement that it provide the appropriate educational programs to those individuals through a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency owned, operated by, or associated with, a licensed children's institution. Provides that those services may only be provided if the special education local plan area determines that appropriate public alternative education programs are not available. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1851-1900/ab_1858_bill_20040930_chaptered.pdf
Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/AB_1858_sign.pdf
Title: A.B. 1858 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Requires a master contracts with nonpublic, nonsectarian schools for the provision of special education and related services to include that, with respect to a nonpublic, nonsectarian school that is associated with a licensed children's institution, there be a method of evaluating whether the school meets specified guidelines, and with respect to a nonpublic, nonsectarian school, the school be subject to the alternative accountability system of the Public School Performance Accountability Program in the same manner as public schools during the school's testing period, and each pupil placed in the school be tested in accordance with that accountability program, and the school prepare a school accountability report card. Requires the test results to be reported by the nonpublic, nonsectarian school to the State Department of Education.
Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to certify a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency for a period of not longer than 18 months. Requires a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency to make notification of its intent to seek certification. Requires that only those nonpublic, nonsectarian schools and agencies that provide special education that utilize staff who hold a certificate, permit, or other document equivalent to that which staff in a public school would be required to hold may be certified.
Requires a nonpublic, nonsectarian school that provides special education and related services to an individual with exceptional needs to certify in writing to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that the school satisfies various requirements relating to, among others, access to standards-based curriculum and instructional materials, access to specific instruction and assistance, and a discipline policy. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1851-1900/ab_1858_bill_20040930_chaptered.pdf
Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/AB_1858_sign.pdf
Title: A.B. 1858 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| WV | Rule Adoption 07/2004 | P-12 | Amends rules regarding a process for improving education through a performance based accreditation system. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4415 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 13
Source: StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Reorganizes the Standards of Quality and makes substantive amendments that would (i) increase from one half-time to one full-time principal in elementary schools with fewer than 300 students; (ii) provide one full-time assistant principal for each 400 students in each school, regardless of grade level; (iii) require five elementary resource positions per 1,000 students in kindergarten through grade five for art, music, and physical education; (iv) lower the pupil-teacher ratio from 25:1 to 21:1 in middle and high schools, to ensure the provision of scheduled teacher planning time; (v) reduce the required speech pathologist caseload from 68 to 60 students; (vi) require one full-time reading specialist for each 1,000 students in average daily membership; (vii) require two technology support positions per 1,000 students in kindergarten through grade 12 divisionwide; and (viii) modify the current funding mechanism for remediation.
A second enactment clause provides that any provision that is not required on June 30, 2004, and does require state funding will not take effect unless the state's share of the funding for the provision is included in the general appropriation act for the period July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2006, passed during the 2004 Session of the General Assembly and signed into law by the Governor.
The Board of Education proposed and approved these changes on June 25, 2003. Because the Virginia Constitution grants the General Assembly "ultimate authority" over educational policy and provides that the Standards are to be "prescribed from time to time by the Board of Education" but are subject to revision "only by the General Assembly," legislation is necessary to enact the Board's proposals.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?041+ful+CHAP0939
Title: S.B. 479, H.B. 1014
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| AR | Rule Adoption 11/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules governing standards of accreditation of Arkansas public schools. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/ade%20156%20standards.pdf
Title: ADE 156
Source: Arkansas State Web site
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| AR | Rule Adoption 06/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding standards for accreditation of Arkansas public schools; describes the process for how public schools or districts will be cited or placed in probationary status for failure to meet standards of accreditation; establishes enforcement actions that may be applied to public schools or school districts that fail to meet standards of accreditation.
http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/standards%20regs.pdf
Title: Uncodified
Source: Arkansas State Web site
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| TX | Rule Adoption 05/2003 | P-12 | Amends rules concerning education administration. Clarifies that Youth Commission schools are accredited under certain provisions. TEXAS REG 85576 (SN)
Title: 37 TAC 91.41
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2003 | P-12 | Allow the Arkansas State Board of Education to waive the minimum of 178 days required in the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools for the purposes of professional development or natural necessity due to inclement weather, fire, natural disaster or
other catastrophic event which makes conducting required student-teacher interaction time impossible or would create imminent
danger to the health or safety of students or school personnel. Regulation is effective April 14, 2003 and expires August 10, 2003. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/waivers%20school%20days.pdf
Title: ADE 153
Source: Arkansas State Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Amends §§ 6-15-202 - 6-15-209. Revises state accreditation regulations and consequences for schools and districts failing to meet Arkansas Standards of Accreditation. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2697.pdf
Title: H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Requires department to develop single test for districts to identify students eligible to participate in K-12 English language proficiency programs; establish statewide proficiency levels and accomodations on test; and disaggregate testing data to track the academic progress of ESL students who have been in a Colorado public school for three years or more or have subsequently been assessed as having attained proficiency in English. Also mandates creation of advisory commission within department and membership thereof to assist in implementing the above changes. Beginning July 1, 2005, requires districts to use single test developed by department to identify students eligible to participate in K-12 English language proficiency programs. Requires districts to annually report to the department the number of non-English languages which are the primary language of students served, as well as the number of students who speak each non-English language as their primary language. Requires as an accreditation indicator the results of the assessments of students whose dominant language is other than English but who have been enrolled in a Colorado public school for at least three years or have been assessed as proficient in English, and are consequently required to take the state assessment in English. Authorizes the state board to recommend to the general assembly any format or content changes to the school accountability reports, as well as to reconfigure and rearrange the data due to space limitations. Beginning in the 2005-06 academic year, provided there are sufficient funds from "No Child Left Behind," school accountability reports must provide a chart indicating the progress of students on the test to determine if the student's dominant language is one other than English. Requires scores of students whose dominant language is not English and who have attained a proficient score in English in each component of the test to identify students eligible to participate in K-12 English language proficiency programs to be included in the calculation of school academic performance ratings and accreditation. Requires the department to administer reading assessments in Spanish for 3rd- and 4th-graders whose dominant language is Spanish and a writing assessment in Spanish to such 4th-graders. Provided there are sufficient funds provided by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001," the board must develop and, starting spring 2003 the department must administer a writing assessment in Spanish for 3rd-graders whose dominant language is Spanish http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/5FC3C9C533C2716287256B3C0059EE95?Open&file=109_enr.pdf.
Title: S.B. 109
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Requires review of curriculum standards in certain core academic areas every five instead of three years. Changes date to requires state board to prepare public education performance report card on or before January 1 of each academic year. Eliminates language requiring Kansas, Inc. to perform a study to be conducted in 1997 evaluating changes in pupil performance attributable to the school accreditation system. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2002/9.pdf
Title: S.B. 9
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Amends the Standards of Quality to require, within the Standards of Accreditation, guidance counselors in elementary schools at the following staffing levels: one hour per day per 100 students, one full-time at 500 students, and one hour per day additional time per 100 students or major fraction thereof. In addition, elementary schools may employ one full-time reading specialist.
Title: H.B. 1136
Source: http://hod.state.va.us/welcome.htm
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2001 | P-12 | Chapter No.598, Requires a school board to give official notice at a school board meeting if a public school within the district that has elected to be accredited loses its accreditation. Requires written notice to parents or guardians of students if a school has lost accreditation.
Title: A.B. 1725
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Exempts elementary and secondary education institutions operated by churches, religious organizations and faith-based ministries from requirements of the Private Elementary and Secondary Education Authorization Act. Before a child enrolls in an institution that is exempt pursuant to this section, however, the institution must provide written notice to the parents or legal guardian of the child that the institution is exempt.
Title: S.B. 223
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Allows any school or school district to apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver
of any rule governing the accreditation of schools, provided the waiver encourages innovation, has
the potential to result in improved education opportunities or enhanced academic opportunities for students. Waivers may not exceed one year.
Title: S.B. 2166
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr
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| NM | Vetoed 04/2001 | P-12 | Increases the cycle of accreditation from three years to six years. The language in the bill leaves the cycle open so that some schools can be visited more often than the current three years, and some less often. These changes support an effort to shift the focus of accreditation and the resources available to school improvement while maintaining oversight of all schools in the state. They allow flexibility in designing accreditation procedures that are more useful in focusing on low-performing schools and are creative in the ways in which school meeting standards are evaluated.
Title: S.B. 661
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | From the legislation:
FULL-TIME CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SHALL NOT RECEIVE AN HOURLY RATE OF COMPENSATION LESS THAN SIX DOLLARS AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS ($ 6.25) PER HOUR.
Title: H.B. 2553
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation pursuant to the Standards of Accreditation promulgated by the board of education shall not be the sole criterion for denial of admission and enrollment of a student graduating from such high school to a public institution of higher education in Virginia.
Title: S.B. 1324
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Allows for multiyear accreditation of schools; requires compliance with teacher certification laws to receive multiyear accreditation; provides for accreditation of 7th and 8th grades funded at high school rates.
Title: H.B. 103
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2001 | P-12 | Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation shall not be the sole criterion for denial of admission and enrollment of a student graduating from such high school to a public institution of higher education in Virginia.
Title: H.B. 2144
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | Vetoed 06/2000 | P-12 | Concerns accreditation by the State Board of Education; provides that the Board of Education will appraise and accredit school districts in this state and submit recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly for improvements in education.
Title: H.B. 1219
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Provides for the adoption of administrative rules; requires school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to adopt policies relating to health services, media services programs and guidance programs as part of the accreditation standards applicable to school districts.
Title: H.B. 2474
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2000 | P-12 | Provides that the Board of Education recognizes, for purposes of facilitating the transfer of academic credits for students who have attended private schools and are now enrolling in public schools and to satisfy the accreditation requirement for an exemption from licensure for certain child day programs, those private nursery, preschool, elementary, and secondary schools accredited by an organization approved by the Virginia Council for Private Education.
Title: H.B. 987
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/1999 | P-12 | Makes former Section 39.071 new Section 39.051, and repeals portions of existing 39.051, "Academic Excellence Indicators." Provides that in determining a district's accreditation status, the commissioner must evaluate performance on the student achievement indicators described by revised Section 39.053(c). Adds that a school district's accreditation status may be raised or lowered based on the district's performance or may be lowered based on the performance of one or more campuses in the district that is below the standard the commissioner establishes. Adds that the commissioner must notify a campus performing below a standard set in statute, in the same manner that districts with accredited-warned or accredited-probation accreditation status are already notified.
Former Section 39.053 was "Performance Report." Section 39.053 is now "Performance Indicators: Student Achievement." New Section 39.053 directs the commissioner to adopt a set of indicators of the quality of learning and student achievement, and to review those indicators on a biennial basis for potential revision (this was formerly the state board's duty). Eliminates provision requiring student achievement indicators to be based on information disaggregated by gender. Requires indicators of student achievement adopted according to these provisions to include the results of assessments required for graduation retaken by a student. Requires indicators related to assessment results to be aggregated across grade levels by subject area, including the percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on state assessments, and for students who did not perform satisfactorily, the percentage of students who met the standard for annual improvement; and for the college readiness performance standard, the percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the assessment instruments, and for students who did not perform satisfactorily, the percentage of students who met the standard for annual improvement on the assessment instruments.
Directs the commissioner to determine by rule the period within which a student must retake an assessment for that assessment to be considered in the district's performance rating determination. Deletes numerous former performance indicators by which schools were evaluated. Deletes references to rankings in former accreditation system ("exemplary," "recognized" and "unacceptable" performance for each academic excellence indicator). Directs the commissioner to periodically raise the state standards for the college readiness performance standard for accreditation as necessary to reach the goals of achieving, by the 2019-20 school year, student performance, disaggregated by race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status, that ranks nationally in the top 10 states in terms of college readiness, and student performance, including the percentage of students graduating under the recommended or advanced high school program, with no significant achievement gaps by race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
Provides that in computing dropout and completion rates for purposes of accreditation and performance evaluation, the commissioner must exclude students who are ordered by a court to attend a high school equivalency certificate program but who have not yet earned a high school equivalency certificate; students who were previously reported to the state as dropouts; students in attendance who are not in membership for purposes of average daily attendance; students whose initial enrollment in a U.S. school in grades 7-12 was as unschooled refugees or asylees; students who are in the district exclusively as a function of having been detained at a county detention facility but are otherwise not students of the district in which the facility is located; and students who are incarcerated in state jails and federal penitentiaries as adults and as persons certified to stand trial as adults.
Former Section 39.054 was assigned to "Uses of Performance Report." New Section 39.054 is "Methods and Standards for Evaluating Performance." Directs the commissioner to adopt rules to evaluate district and campus performance, and by August 8 each year, assign each district and campus a performance rating reflecting acceptable or unacceptable performance. Provides that if a district or campus received a performance rating of unacceptable performance for the preceding school year, the commissioner the district must be notified of a subsequent such designation on or before June 15. In evaluating performance, requires the commissioner to evaluate against state standards and consider the performance of each campus in a school district and each charter school based on the campus's or school's performance on the
student achievement indicators adopted under Section 39.053(c).
Adds that consideration of the effectiveness of district programs for special populations and of career and technology programs must be based on data collected through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) and on state assessment results, and may be based on the results of a special accreditation investigation. Provides that in evaluating district and campus performance on the student achievement indicators, acceptable performance must be defined as as meeting the state standard determined by the commissioner under 39.053(e) for the current school year using either student performance in the current school year, or student performance as averaged over the current school year and preceding two school years. Authorizes the commissioner to assign an acceptable performance rating if a campus or district performs satisfactorily on 85% of the measures the commissioner determines appropriate with respect to the student achievement indicators and performs satisfactorily by the same measure for two consecutive school years. Provides the commissioner may grant such an exception only if the performance of the district or campus is within a certain percentage, as determined by the commissioner, of the minimum performance standard established by the commissioner for the measure of evaluation, and authorizes the commissioner to establish other performance criteria for a district or campus to obtain an exception. Provides the commissioner may grant the 85% exception only in special circumstances, including campus or district performance on the same measure for student groups that are substantially similar in composition to all students on the same campus or district.
Eliminates Section 39.0721, "Gold Performance Rating System," a rating system based on enhanced performance. Deletes most provisions of former 39.073, "Determining Accreditation Status."
Adds section 39.055, which clarifies that for purposes of determining district and school performance, a student ordered by a juvenile court into a residential program or facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Youth Commission, the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, a juvenile board or any other governmental entity is not considered to be a student of the school district in which the program or facility is physically located. Also provides that such a student's performance on a state assessment or other student achievement indicator is to be considered separately from the performance of students attending schools in the district in which the program or facility is located.
Authorizes commissioner, based on the results of a special accreditation investigation, to change the accreditation status of a district, change the accountability rating of a district or campus, or withdraw a distinction designation. Pages 67-86 of 180: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part I
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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