From the ECS State Policy Database Curriculum--Alignment

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 UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Postsec. Money-Saving Measures H.B. 166 Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some could be waived to remove funding pressures on public schools temporarily. Sections 2-4: Eliminates the requirement to... More... UT Adopted 09/2008 P-12 Instructional Materials Commission R277-469 Amends rule addressing the operating procedures of the Instructional Materials Commission. Defines "curriculum alignment" as the assurance that the material taught in a course or grade level matches the standards, objectives and assessments set by the state or... More... WA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Online Mathematics Curriculum H.B. 2598 Requires the office of the superintentdent of public instruction (OSPI) and the state board to work together to issue a request for proposals to adapt the existing mathematics curriculum to align it with the state's math standards and to make the curriculum av... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Instructional Materials Alignment with Core Curriculum S.B. 2 - Section 11 Directs the state board of education to adopt rules that establish: (1) The qualifications of the independent parties who may evaluate and map the alignment of the primary instructional materials before a district may purchase such primary instructional materi... More... DE Adopted 08/2006 P-12 Statewide Uniform Curriculum 14 DAC 502 Establishes rules regarding the development of a recommended statewide uniform curricula for all public schools in the state. The purpose of this regulation is to provide a process through which all Delaware school districts demonstrate the alignment of their... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2006 P-12 Curriculum Alignment S.B. 3059 Requires standards-based curricula to meet specific K-12 alignment criteria. Authorizes schools to develop an articulated and aligned K-12 standards-based curriculum in one or more of the areas of language arts, math, science and social studies. Requires sch... More... OK Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Achieving Classroom Excellence Steering Committee S.B. 1792 Creates the Achieving Classroom Excellence (ACE) steering committee to assist the state board with implementation of the student assessment requirements in the ACE Act. The ACE steering committee will advise the board on: (1) curriculum alignment of third thro... More... DE Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 State High School Diploma Issuance H.J.R. 34 Authorizes and directs the Department of Education to conduct alignment studies on additional academic indicators to be used for diploma granting decisions; specifies that no additional indicators will be approved until the alignment studies have been complete... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 All Courses Offered by School Districts H.B. 2375 Requires that all courses offered by school districts be aligned with the Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2375.pdf... More... CA Adopted 01/2003 P-12 Instructional Materials Realignment Program Title 5 CCR 9531, 9532 Requires the State Board to adopt instructional materials for grades K-8 that are consistent with the curriculum frameworks and establish rules and regulations for the use of state instructional materials funds. Establishes the expenditure percentages and prio... More...