From the ECS State Policy Database At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education

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 LA Adopted 07/2012 P-12 Approval for Alternative Schools or Programs LAC 28:CXV.2903 From July 2012 Louisiana Register: This policy revision, related to approval for alternative schools or programs, will ensure that LEAs comp... More... LA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Alternative Education H.B. 1209 Transfers responsibility for placing a student in alternative school or alternative educational placement from local board to local superint... More... KY Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Assignment of Certified or Classified Staff to Alternative Education Programs H.B. 168 Defines "alternative education program." Prohibits a superintendent from assigning an employee to an alternative education program in the di... More... MD Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Compulsory Attendance S.B. 362 Raises from 16 to 17 the maximum age at which children are required to attend a public school regularly during the entire school year, subje... More... ID Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Youth Challenge Program H.B. 662 Amends existing law to provide for federal funds and state funding, to provide that the school district where the Youth Challenge Program is... More... IN Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Nonpublic Alternative High Schools Accreditation S.B. 283 Requires the department of education to waive accreditation standards for an accredited nonpublic alternative high school that contracts wit... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Transfer of Suspended or Expelled Students to Alternative Education H.B. 2086 Permits a student who has been suspended for more than 20 days to be immediately transferred to an alternative program. Provides that an eli... More... NH Adopted 08/2011 P-12 Alternative Education, Tuition and Transportation NH ADC Ed 1301.01; NH ADC Ed 1302.01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06; NH ADC Ed 1303.01, 02; NH ADC Ed 1304.01; NH ADC Ed 1405.01 Implements alternative education programs at regional career and technical education centers or associated high schools. Adds language for ... More... TX Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Alternative Education S.B. 1 Requires that a district located in a county with a population of 125,000 or less provide educational services to a student who is expelled ... More... CT Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Expelled Students Participation in Adult Education Programs H.B. 6433 Specifies that a student who has been expelled for the first time and is at least 16 years old is not required to withdraw from regular pub... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Transfer to Alternative School H.B. 153 - Transfer to Alternative School Provides that local policies to allow a student to enroll in an alternative school may permit a student to permanently transfer to an altern... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Expulsion or Placement in Disciplinary Alternative Education H.B. 968 Requires a student who receives deferred prosecution for, is found by a court or jury to have engaged in, or a superintendent or designee ha... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Opportunity to Complete Graduation Requirements for Student in Disciplinary Alternative Education S.B. 49 Requires a district to provide the parents of a student removed to a disciplinary alternative education program with written notice of the d... More... FL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 College-Preparatory Boarding Academy Pilot Program S.B. 404 From Legislative Staff Summary: Creates the College-Preparatory Boarding Academy Pilot Program (Academy) for at-risk students. Defines the k... More... AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Alternative Learning Environments S.B. 81 Requires districts to establish alternative learning environment programs for at-risk students. Specifies that such programs are not punitiv... More... MS Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Alternative School Placement H.B. 1178 Provides criteria for districts to make a determination on an individualized basis before placing compulsory-school-age children returning f... More... WV Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Alternative Schools S.B. 2010 Provides uniformity in alternative schools and requires a pilot program that will allow alternative schools in elementary and middle schools... More... GA Adopted 07/2010 P-12 Alternative/Non-Traditional Education Programs 160-4-8-.12 Rule 160-4-8-.12, "Alternative Education Programs" has been repealed and a new rule adopted. Defines "alternative/non-traditional education ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Alternative Schools and Programs H.B. 1225 Relates to approval by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education of certain alternative schools and alternative education progra... More... AK Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Alternative Education H.B. 360 An Act relating to the provision of information regarding a student by a school district to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Alternative Education H.B. 1425 Existing policy requires a county with a population greater than 125,000 to develop a juvenile justice alternative education program. This p... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Alternative Learning Centers H.F. 2 Establishes parameters for alternative learning centers, alternative learning programs, and contract alternative programs. https://www.revi... More... MS Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Alternative Schools and Workforce Development S.B. 2575 Authorizes students assigned to alternative schools to attend workforce training programs; requires each school district having an alternati... More... VA Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Alternative Education for Students Charged with an Offense H.B. 2341 Provides that pending the decision by the division superintendent as to whether to require that a student charged with an offense involving ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Students At-Risk for Long-Term Suspension H.B. 1945 Provides that a school division may assign a student deemed at-risk for a long-term suspension to a regional alternative education program; ... More... KY Adopted 02/2009 P-12 Extended School Services 704 KAR 3:390 Establishes requirements for extended school services. Defines "A5 program" as an alternative program with no attendance boundaries, serving... More... NH Adopted 11/2008 P-12 Alternative Education Programs Ed 1300 Requires the department to deliver a program of prevention and recovery of dropouts that increased the dropout age to 18 and permits a stude... More... DE Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Placement in Alternative Education H.B. 326 Establishes a presumption that students 16 years of age and younger who are expelled or suspended pending expulsion by a local school distri... More... ME Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Alternative Education Programs H.B. 1661A Defines alternative education program as a program in which the primary purpose is to provide at-risk students with curricula and assessment... More... MI Signed into law 01/2008 P-12 Alternative Education Academies S.B. 703 (sec. 1311g) Specifies policies, requirements and procedures for "strict discipline academies" for students who have been expelled, suspended or referred... More... CA Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Alternative education finance S.B. 219 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to revise the Academic Performance Index to include additional information by a specified ... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Greater Accountability for Alternative Education S.B. 2157 Requires greater accountability for alternative education; for example, requires academic indicators to include grade point averages or othe... More... NH Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Alternative Education and Regional Vocational Centers S.B. 101 Permits at risk students to attend an alternative education program at a regional vocational education center. Authorizes the department of ... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Alternative Education Programs Committee H.B. 1224 Establishes the Alternative Education Programs Committee. The committee shall review and make recommendations for the promotion of alternati... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Pilot: of Mandated Attendance for Suspended Students H.B. 2138 Adds a new section: A pilot project of mandated attendance in an alternative school for students who have been suspended shall be establishe... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Alternative Programs of Education A.B. 2A Creates pilot program for alternative programs of education for disruptive pupils established, appropriates funds and district eligibility r... More... TN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Alternative School Pilot H.B. 1545 Requires the advisory council for alternative education to study alternative school pilot sites and report to the governor, the state board ... More... TN Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2007 P-12 Alternative Schools H.B. 1545, S.B. 1427 Requires the advisory council for alternative education, established by Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-3404, to study issues relatin... More... MT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Alternative Adolescent Residential or Outdoor Programs H.B. 769 Requires registration and licensure of alternative adolescent residential or outdoor programs. Allows provisional licensing and requires bac... More... KY Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 No Pass No Drive H.B. 32 Deletes the requirement that a local school district operate an alternative education program prior to the revocation of a student's operato... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Alternative Education Authority S.B. 2338 Directs the state board to promulgate guidelines for alternative school programs which provide broad authority to school boards of local sch... More... WY Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Extended Day & Summer School Programs, Distance Learning/Virtual University & Finance - Alternative Education Updates H.B. 115 Requires the state superintendent of public instruction to review at-risk program strategies funded under the block grant model, specificall... More... TN Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Goals for Alternative Education Schools S.B. 2723 Requires state board of education curriculum for alternative schools to stress student success and removes language concerning alternative s... More... VT Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Increasing Compulsory Education Age H.B. 867 - Section 20 (h) Directs the commissioner of education to gather information to facilitate discussion during the next legislative session about increasing th... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School Improvement Rating for Alternative Schools H.B. 7087 (Section 47) Alternative schools that provide dropout-prevention and academic-intervention services pursuant to s. 1003.53 shall receive a school-improv... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School Performance Grades H.B. 7087 (Section 45) Makes revisions to school grade provisions, such as the inclusion of information for students receiving a special diploma and grades for K-3... More... KY Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Behavior Which Constitutes a Threat H.B. 688 Relates to expelled or suspended students. Defines "behavior which constitutes a threat" (and as such, allows a board to place a student in ... More... NC Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Postsec. Alternative schools H.B. 1076 AN ACT to direct the state board of education to adopt standards for alternative learning programs, and to require local boards of education... More... CA Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Options for Expelled Students A.B. 110 --Expulsion Section Governing boards that expel pupils must provide access to an educational program for those students. Such a program may be operated by the s... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Evaluation of Expelled and At-Risk Student Services Grant Program H.B. 1311 Authorizes the department of education to retain up to 1% of any appropriation for the expelled and at-risk student services grant program t... More... TN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 P-12 Alternative Schools Okay for Younger Students H.B. 1938 Allows local boards of education to establish evening alternative schools for students in grades six (age 11) through twelve (6-12). Previou... More... WV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Alternative Education H.B. 3018 House Bill 3018 includes provisions relating to alternative education programs and the Mountaineer Challenge Academy. Attendees of both are ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Resolution Urging Greater Funding of Alternative Schools H.J.R. 116 Urges the Governor to include increased funding for alternative education programs in the 2005-06 General Appropriations Act. Currently, LEA... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Funding Act of 2003 S.B. 939 Amends the public school funding act of 2003. Requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules clarifying not only which alternativ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Conditions Not Requiring Certification S.B. 1044 (sections 16-17) States that teacher certification requirements do not apply to persons teaching concurrent credit courses or advanced placement courses who:... More... IL Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Compulsory School Age; Alternative Education S.B. 2918 Increases the compulsory school age from 16 to 17 years of age, with exceptions. Provides that certain provisions that apply to truant offic... More... MA Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 P-12 Alternative Education Grant Program H.B. 4914 Relates to establishing an alternative education grant program; contains text of section 126 of H 4850; requires that parents or legal guard... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 P-12 Alternative Education Programs H.B. 7722 Each school district is required to adopt a plan to create alternative education programs to educate students who are removed from the class... More... CO Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Accountability for Alternative Campuses 1 CCR 301-57 Clarifies rules regarding the administration of accountability for alternative campuses and processes for being designated an alternative ca... More... NC Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Alternative Learning Program Funding H.B. 1455 and 1456 Implements the recommendation of the house interim committee on providing an appropriate education for students on long-term suspension to d... More... CA Vetoed 07/2004 P-12 Regional Occupational Program: Pupil Eligibility S.B. 1591 Provides that a pupil who will attain the age of 16 years during the school year may be admitted to a regional occupational center or progra... More... OH Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Child Released from Custody H.B. 106 Requires that upon a child's discharge or release from the custody of the Department of Youth Services certain records pertaining to the chi... More... MD Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Enhancement of Juvenile Services Programs H.B. 1139 Establishes the Department of Juvenile Services Education Department; requires each facility established and operated by the Department of J... More... MD Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Juvenile Services Step Down Aftercare S.B. 767 Requires a child discharged from a committed residential placement to receive step down aftercare for a period to be determined by the Depar... More... MS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 No Child Left Behind Act H.B. 657 Authorizes local school boards to expand federal No Child Left Behind Act funds to pay for training, incentives and salary supplements to sc... More... TN Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Alternative Schools: Curriculum & Policies S.J.R. 746 Concerns General Assembly, Directed Studies; directs the office of education accountability (with the asasistance of the state board and sta... More... MS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Delinquent Child H.B. 1500 Relates to a delinquent child; provides that a youth court must consider additional factors before entering a disposition order or placing t... More... CO Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Alternative Schools Under Accountability System S.B. 83 The performance of alternative schools that qualify is to be measured under a different set of accountability indicators. Schools that serve... More... WV Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Providing For Safe Schools H.B. 4037 Provides for safe schools through alternative education programs; provides certain juvenile justice records to public school officials.... More... CA Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2003 P-12 Alternative Schools Accountability Model (ASAM) Title 5 CCR 1068 thru 1074 Establishes emergency rules concerning alternative schools accountability model. CALIFORNIA REG 15452 (SN) http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/cgi-bin/om_... More... NC Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Innovative Education Initiatives Act S.B. 656 Creates the Innovative Education Initiatives Act to develop cooperative efforts between secondary schools and institutions of higher educati... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Alternative Education Programs H.B. 1314 Relates to placement of certain students in alternative education programs.... More... LA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Expulsion Provisions for Students Found Guilty of Certain Drug Charges H.B. 639 States that mandatory minimum 24-month expulsion of any student age 16 or older, or mandatory minimum 12-month expulsion of student under ag... More... MD Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program H.B. 490 Makes juvenile justice alternative education pilot program a permanent, non-pilot program. Specifies that the juvenile justice alternative ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Schools S.B. 801 Prohibits the state board from providing funding to an alternative education program that does not receive a recommendation for continued fu... More... CO Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Alternative Education Campuses S.B. 94 Requires state board to establish criteria and application process for a school to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates t... More... LA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Age to Attend Alternative Or Voc-Ed Programs H.B. 21A Lowers age for when certain students may attend alternative education or vocational-technical education programs; provides relative to atten... More... WV Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Zero Tolerance, Alternative Education S.B. 4 Defines terms; expands defined terms to include definitions for alternative education and dangerous student; sale of narcotics and possessio... More... WA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 National Guard Youth Challenge Program H.B. 1646 Relates to alternative educational service providers that the school district may contract with; includes the state national guard youth cha... More... OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Contracts, Provisions for Alternative Schools H.B. 196 Permits school districts that establish certain alternative schools to contract with nonprofit or for profit entities to operate those schoo... More... CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 School district superintendents and suspension policy A.B. 177 Authorizes a school district superintendent or designee, if he or she chooses to extend a suspension, to address the academic needs of the p... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Private Alternative Education Programs S.B. 258 Allows State Board of Education to establish standards for private alternative education programs; specifies what is included in school dist... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Alternative Approaches Grants H.B. 1460 Alternative Approaches grants are to be targeted at school districts located in counties with a high number of dropouts for the school year ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 False alarms, Threats H.B. 1088 Relates to the placement in an alternative education program or expulsion of a public school student who makes a false alarm or report or a ... More... NC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Programs for Short-Term Suspensions S.B. 71 Establishes a pilot program under which participating local school administrative units place all students who are on short-term out-of-scho... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 At-Risk Elementary Students H.B. 1499 Multiple Components for At-Risk Elementary Students States that each urban school district as defined in Section 1210.568 of this title and as identified as having a high population of element... More... VA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Age-Appropriate Education Programs S.B. 1144 Creates optional age-appropriate education programs for students in grades K-5 who require guidance, supervision and discipline in a structu... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Suspension, Expulsion, Alternative Programs H.B. 2512 Reorganizes the student discipline statutes and moves some sections to other articles of Title 22.1. Requires division superintendents, in m... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Changing the Rules for School Discipline S.B. 852 Revises the definition of suspension; revises data used to determine school's performance grade category; revises information required to be... More... MS Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Suspension, Expulsion, Alternative Education H.B. 776 Clarifies the authority of school superintendents, principals and school boards to suspend, expel, or change the placement of pupils for con... More... OK Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Alternative Education Expands to Include Middle Schoolers S.B. 901 Contingent upon the provision of appropriated funds designated for such purpose, all school districts in the state providing alternative edu... More... ME Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Alternative Education H.B. 1420 Public Law No. 683, (LD 2027); Encourages public school alternative education programs; requires school alliance to set consistent standards... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Alternative Education Plan Compliance H.B. 1468 Provides that a student who has been granted an Alternative Education Plan and fails to comply with the condition of the plan shall be in vi... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Special Education, Alternative Education H.B. 114 Relates to elementary and secondary education; changes certain provisions regarding special instructional assistance programs for students w... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Alternative Education H.B. 188 Clarifies that regional pilot projects for alternative education are designed for elementary as well as middle and high school students; dir... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Alternative Schools for Suspended Students H.B. 1187 In-school suspension and alternative schools have been combined to create alternative programs. In-school suspension may be included as a ty... More...