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.
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 TN | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Requires the State Board of Education to study the integration of geographic information technology into career and technical education curriculum and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to study the integration of geographic
information technology into adult education curriculum. Requires both entities to make a report to the Education Committees of the General Assembly on or before March 1, 2011.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB2767.pdf
Title: S.B. 2767
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Amends several pieces of required instruction; changes from United States history, geography, and government to 1) geography; 2) government; and 3) North Dakota studies, with an emphasis on the geography, history, and agriculture of this state, in the fourth and eighth grades. In addition to these requirements, each public and nonpublic high school
is required to make available to each student, at least once every two years, one-half unit of North Dakota studies, with an emphasis on the geography, history, and agriculture of this state. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HARP0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 1172
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Establishes in law a program to promote the value and importance of geography in schools through a committed and cooperative effort among agencies involved in higher education, K-12 education, and the National Geographic Society of Washington, D.C.
Provides the program must consist of activities designed to improve geography education, including the following pursuits conducted by Louisiana Geography Education Alliance:
(a) Providing professional development opportunities to for K-12 throughout the state, including out-of-state summer institutes provided by other alliances and the National Geographic Society.
(b) Sponsoring master teachers to conduct workshops at Northwestern State University or other selected sites throughout the state for Louisiana teachers.
(c) Purchasing classroom materials developed by the National Geographic Society and distributing them throughout schools in the state.
(d) Holding a yearly conference for K-12 teachers that imports hundreds of teachers.
(e) Distributing information related to geography and social studies education via an electronic mail distribution list as needed throughout the year.
(f) Providing Internet access to geography lesson plans, related geography websites, professional development events, alliance activities, and the national geography standards through a Louisiana Geography Education Initiative Program (LaGEIP) Web site.
Establishes in law a regional partnership program to carry out specified activities related to geography education. Directs the legislature to make an annual appropriation to LaGEIP to the extent funds are available.
Creates the Louisiana Geography Education Initiative Program Council to approve activities selected for LaGEIP sponsorship and other LaGEIP projects and programs, and to establish rules and procedures for the conduct of the LaGEIP and the council in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=403764
Title: S.B. 489
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| GA | Adopted 04/2006 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding educator preparation programs for grades 6-12 geography, history, economics, and political science to replace existing "broad field" Social Science certification area.
Geography: http://www.gapsc.com/TeacherEducation/Rules/505-3-.40.pdf
History: http://www.gapsc.com/TeacherEducation/Rules/505-3-.41.pdf
Economics: http://www.gapsc.com/TeacherEducation/Rules/505-3-.42.pdf
Political Science: http://www.gapsc.com/TeacherEducation/Rules/505-3-.43.pdf
See also: http://www.gapsc.com/msgc_SocialSciencesCertificationChanges.asp
Title: GAC 505-3-.40 thru .43
Source: Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GASPC) Web site
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2001 | P-12 | Session Law Number 363., Requires the public schools to provide courses of instruction on North Carolina history and geography to students in elementary and middle schools; enacts the Student Citizenship Act of 2001.
Title: H.B. 195
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Relates to geography education; establishes the Kentucky Geographic Education Board and the Kentucky Geography Education Trust Fund; permits the Fund to receive grants and gifts from public and private sources.
Title: H.B. 254
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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