From the ECS State Policy Database Education Research

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 TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Educational Research Centers and P-20/Workforce Data Repository H.B. 2103 Partially from fiscal note: Amends provisions related to educational research centers. Defines "cooperating agencies" as the Higher Education Coordinating Board ("Board"), the Texas Education Agency (TEA), and the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). Directs the ... More... CO Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Postsec. Education Innovation Institute S.B. 32 Creates the Education Innovation Institute within the University of Northern Colorado to collaborate with institutions to leverage research, funding, expertise, and other resources, discover and study innovations in teaching and learning, create, pilot, and ad... More... CA Signed into law 09/2008 Community College Education resource centers A.B. 2261 Authorizes the Board of Governors of the State Community Colleges to establish a pilot program to provide faculty and staff from community college districts with the information, methods, and instructional materials to establish open education resource centers... More... IA Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 State Research and Development PreK-12 School S.F. 2307 Establishes committees to formulate plans to expand for a state research and development prekindergarten through grade twelve school and providing an effective date. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&frame... More... TX Adopted 12/2007 P-12 Education Research Centers 19 TAC Chapter 95 This item adopts new 19 TAC Chapter 95, Commissioner's Rules Concerning Education Research Centers, §95.1001, Operation of Education Research Centers. The adopted new section implements the Texas Education Code (TEC), §1.005, Education Research Centers; Sharin... More... CO Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. Innovative Higher Education Research Fund S.B. 182 Concerns State matching funds for competitive Federally sponsored research projects at Colorado public universities; creates the Higher Education Competitive Research Authority and the Innovative Higher Education Research Fund. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Florida Secondary School Redesign Act H.B. 7087 - Section 19 Defines secondary schools as those serving grades 6-12. Specifies that the following guiding principles must be used in the annual preparation of each secondary school's improvement plan: (a) Struggling students, especially those in failing schools, need th... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Phonologic Weakness H.B. 1488 Defines "phonologic weakness." Requires the department of education to develop and implement a plan to (1) train teachers, especially the teachers directly involved in reading and language arts, about phonologic weakness and its role in reading development; (... More... WA Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. Independent Nonprofit Washington Academy of Sciences S.B. 5381 Authorizes an independent nonprofit Washington Academy of Sciences. The legislature finds that public policies and programs will be improved when informed by independent scientific analysis and communication with state and local policymakers. Throughout the st... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Participation in Research S.B. 982, Section 13 Requires the state board to develop rules that allow every school district, school, administrator, teacher, and student of the public school system in this state to choose to participate in scientifically based research designed for the purpose of improving ac... More... AR Issued 04/2005 P-12 Declares Arkansas will participate in the Compact for Education Research and Development Executive Order 04-01 Declares Arkansas will participate in the Compact for Education Research and Development. Council is intended to create a partnership among member states for purposes of creating a high quality, sustained research and development effort that would improve tea... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Role of Colleges and Universities in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 7) Requires colleges and universities to: (a) Utilize institution-wide resources to work with elementary and secondary educators and other entities to align curriculum content to ensure that students who achieve proficiency on standards established at the prekin... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Teacher' Professional Growth Fund H.B. 93 (Sections 5 and 6) Specifies that the teachers' professional growth fund is to provide teachers with high quality professional development in content knowledge in reading and classroom-based screening, diagnostic, assessment and intervention strategies. States that the fund may ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Program S.B. 19 This act is to be cited as the "Read to Achieve Act of 2005." Relates to reading; makes an appropriation therefor; describes the general assembly's findings and intent regarding reading. Defines "comprehensive reading program," "reading diagnostic assessment,"... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Reading First Plan A.B. 2416 Authorizes a local educational agency that provides every pupil in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, with instructional materials in reading that were adopted by the state board of education in January 2002, to determine which supplemental instruction... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Underperforming Schools Program A.B. 2066 Requires the state department of education to identify and notify local educational agencies that are in danger of being identified within three to four years as program improvement local educational agencies under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 200. ... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 P-12 Strategies Based on Scientific Research H.B. 8180 Requires that activities under this act include strategies to improve the performance of students in mathematics, reading and writing. Such activities must be founded on a scientific research base, as described in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Reading ... More... RI To governor 06/2004 P-12 Strategies Based on Scientifically Based Research S.B. 2623 Activities under this act must include strategies to improve the performance of students in mathematics, reading and writing. Such activities must be founded on a scientific research base, as described in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Reading instructi... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Required Components of English Standards of Learning H.B. 1014 Requires the English Standards of Learning for reading in grades K-3 to be based on components of effective reading instruction, including, at a minimum, phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary development, and text comprehension. http://leg1.state.va... More... MO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Major Bill - Phonics Component H.B. 1711 Requires districts to have reading programs for kindergarten through grade three that are based on scientific research. The programs must contain five elements, one of which is phonics. Explicit systematic phonics, as defined in the bill, is permitted as par... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Reading Programs A.B. 876 Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for purposes of contracting for a study that identifies reading programs in schools that maintain any kindergarten or grades 1-6 where the performance of 75% of the pupils was at or above the 80th percentile on... More...