From the ECS State Policy Database Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies

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 OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Establishing Youth Development Division for At-Risk Prevention and Intervention H.B. 3231 Establishes the Youth Development Division in the department of education to ensure services provided to children through 20 years of age support educational success, focus on crime prevention, and reduce high risk behaviors. Places control of the youth develo... More... OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Establishing the Early Learning Division H.B. 3234 (Section 1) Establishes the Early Learning Division in the department of education. Places the division under the direction of the Early Learning Council and the responsibilities of the Early Learning Council are transferred to the Early Learning Division. Directs unexpe... More... IL Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Postsec. Employment of Persons with Disabilities in State Boards and Institutions H.B. 2591 Creates the Illinois Employment First Act. Provides that "state agency" includes all boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, and bodies politic and corporate of the state, created by or in accordance with the Illinois Constitution or statute,... More... DE Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Duties of the State Board of Education S.B. 103 Transfers authority for Perkins funds (career/technical education) from the department of labor to the department of education. http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+103?Opendocument... More... OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Postsec. P-20 Collaboration Services H.B. 3232 (Section 1) Requires that the Oregon Education Investment Board design and implement programs that make strategic investments to: (1) Promote collaboration and alignment among early childhood service providers, school districts, community colleges, public universities an... More... OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 State Board of Education Membership Adjustment H.B. 3234 (Section 2) Amends existing law to place one member of the Oregon Education Investment Board onto the state board of education and reduces the amount of at-large members selected by the governor to the state board to one. Directs the amended change to go into effect on Ma... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 State Superintendent S.B. 467 Revises the qualifications for the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to remove the requirements that the Superintendent hold a master's degree in the field of education or school administration and have at least three years of school superviso... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Continues Board of Directors, Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind S.B. 1100 Continues the Board of Directors (Board) of the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind (ASDB) for 10 years. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/51leg/1r/laws/0195.pdf... More... IA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Term for Student Board Member, State Board HF 454 - Student Board Member Amends term for non-voting students appointed by the governor to the state board. If in grade 11, term is one year. For students in grade ten, two years. http://coolice.legis.iowa.gov/linc/85/external/govbills/HF454.pdf... More... MT Vetoed 04/2013 P-12 Processes for Changes to Any Accreditation Standard S.B. 302 SB 302 requires the Board of Public Education (BPE), prior to adoption or amendment of any accreditation standard, to submit proposals to the Education and Local Government Interim Committee (ELG). During periods that the legislature is not in regular session,... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 ELL Task Force Replacement H.B. 2425 Repeals the Arizona English Language Learners Task Force (ELL Task Force). Transfers its authority, powers, duties and responsibilities to the State Board of Education (SBE). http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/51leg/1r/laws/0020.pdf... More... ND Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 District Reorganization H.B. 1146 Amends provisions related to per diem payments for the state board of public school education. Amends details of school district annexation, reorganization, and dissolution proceedings. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/63-2013/documents/13-0404-02000.pdf?20130... More... UT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Vice-Chairs on State Board of Education H.B. 201 Authorizes the state board to elect up to three-vice chairs (currently one vice-chair) annually. http://le.utah.gov/~2013/bills/hbillenr/HB0201.pdf... More... DC Transmitted to Congress 03/2013 P-12 State Board Personnel Authority L.B. 774 Grants the State Board of Education personnel authority and the authority to appoint up to 3 employee and make it responsible for administrating its budget. Amends the Ombudsman for Public Education Establishment Act of 2007 to provide that the Ombudsman for P... More... WY Signed into law 01/2013 P-12 Education-state administration. S.F. 104 Establishes the position of director of the department of education by statute. Enumerates director's duties. Transfers duties from the state superintendent, an elected position, to the director of the state department of education, a position appointed by the... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Indirect Cost Rates A.B. 2435 From bill summary: Requires, until January 1, 2016, the department of education, and any other state agency that administers a grant or allocation of federal funds to a district, to allow an indirect cost rate that is not less than the indirect cost rate estab... More... IL Signed into law 08/2012 P-12 Postsec. Financial Reporting by State Agencies, Including Postsecondary Institutions S.B. 3794 Establishes the Financial Reporting Standards Board Act. Includes in definition of "agencies" all departments, officers, commissions, boards, authorities, institutions, universities, foundations, and bodies politic and corporate of the state required to submit... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 State Board Meetings S.B. 316 - State Board Meetings Repeals provisions directing the state board to hold regular meetings once every three months. Replaces with provisions directing the state board to adopt, by March 31 of each year, a calendar of regular meetings for the following fiscal year. Authorizes the b... More... RI Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Student Member of Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education H.B. 8257 (S.B. 2447) Authorizes the addition of a nonvoting ex-officio student representative member to the Rhode Island board of regents for elementary and secondary education. Also establishes a student advisory council to the board of regents consisting of one high school repre... More... HI Adopted 06/2012 P-12 Review and Evaluate Compliance with Act 51 S.R. 61 Requests the board of education and department of education to review and evaluate compliance with the reinventing education act of 2004, a.k.a. Act 51, in achieving the state's educational goals, and to make recommendations to the legislature regarding any ne... More... HI Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Revision of Certain Education Code Provisions S.B. 2540 - Revision of Certain Education Code Provisions From bill preface material: The recent change in educational governance from an elected school board to a gubernatorally-appointed provides a unique opportunity to review sections of state statute to assist in creating a more effective educational delivery sys... More... RI Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Postsec. Governance of Education H.B. 7323A - Streamlining Governance Section The budget bill includes provision for a process of streamlining the work of the Board of Governors for Higher Education and the Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education. Effective January 1, 2013, creates an 11-member Board of Education to help... More... LA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Ethics Education for Statewide Candidates for Elected Office H.B. 365 Requires a candidate for statewide elective office or state legislator to obtain at least one hour of ethics education and training in the same manner as statutorily required of public servants. Provides for certification of completion of such education and tr... More... LA Adopted 06/2012 P-12 Reporting on Implementation of Certain Education Reform Measures H.R. 175 Urges and requests the state superintendent of education or the state board of elementary and secondary education, as appropriate, to report electronically every 60 days to each member of the legislature on the status of implementation of certain education ref... More... LA Passed 06/2012 P-12 Sexual Harassment Training for Public Agency Employees S.C.R. 107 Authorizes and directs public agencies to provide in-service education and training on sexual harassment for its public servants. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=806998... More... MS Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 School District Procurement Efficiency Commission S.B. 2761 Establishes a commission on school district efficiency within the state department of education and requires annual reports to the governor and the legislature relative to business efficiency standards for accreditation, authorizes the department of finance an... More... GA Vetoed 05/2012 P-12 State School Superintendent Authority to Employ and Dismiss Employees S.B. 38 Provides that the state school superintendent has the authority to employ and dismiss employees. Revises a provision relating to contracting authority of the state school superintendent, to increase the amount for which the state superintendent has authority t... More... VT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Establishes Secretary of Education, Amends State Board H.B. 440 Effective January 1, 2013 (with board staff, board duties and secretary's duties effective 4/01/2013), creates an agency and a secretary of education (cabinet position) and clarifies the purpose of the state board. With the advice and consent of the senate, th... More... GA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Postsec. Zero-Base Budgeting S.B. 33 Directs the governor, in making his/her budget report, and budget units in preparing their estimates, to use zero-base budgeting, beginning with the budget report presented to the general assembly in January 2013. Requires the governor's budget report to inclu... More... GA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Ten-Year Projection of Costs in Certain Fiscal Notes H.B. 1178 To amend Code Section 28-5-42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to introduction of bills having significant impact upon anticipated revenues or expenditures and furnishing of fiscal notes. Requires a 10-year projection of costs for bills that... More... HI Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Hawaii State Public Library System S.B. 2772 Clarifies that the transfer of the intent of Act 51 by amending section 46 of Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, to confirm that all personnel in the Hawaii state public library system are within the personnel system administered by the department of human r... More... GA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Powers of State Board H.B. 706 - Powers of State Board Repeals provision that authorized the state board, after a reasonable attempt at consultation with the state superintendent, to organize and reorganize the department of education and to prescribe the duties, functions, and operations of the various offices, d... More... GA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Education Research H.B. 706 - Education Research Repeals Section 20-2-254, which authorized the state board to engage in or otherwise provide for educational research. Page 6 of 11: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/127649.pdf... More... VA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Open Education Curriculum Board; Alters Function from a Policy Board to an Advisory Board S.B. 45 Alters the function of the Open Education Curriculum Board from a policy board to an advisory board. In its new role, the Open Education Curriculum Board shall advise the Governor and the Board of Education on the creation, collection, categorization, distribu... More... VA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Governor's Reorganization of Executive Branch of State Government H.B. 1291 Reorganizes the executive branch of state government and certain local transportation entities including: Eliminates the Child Day-Care Council and assigns responsibility for regulating child day programs to the State Board of Social Services. The bill incre... More... ID Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Full Time Equivalent Positions S.B. 1398 Limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to 23.75 and provides guidance for employee compensation and benefits. http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2012/S1398.pdf... More... VA Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Establishes an Innovation Technical Advisory Committee H.B. 756 The Department of Education may establish an Innovation Technical Advisory Group, comprised of individuals with experience in the establishment and operation of charter schools, college partnership laboratory schools, and virtual school programs, or it may ret... More... OR Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Postsec. Education System Oversight S.B. 1581 Provides that for the purpose of furthering the mission of the Oregon Education Investment Board to oversee a unified public education system, the Chief Education Officer has direction and control over specified positions, including the commissioner for commun... More... IL Signed into law 11/2011 P-12 Regional Offices, Regional Superintendents, Regional Assistant Superintendents S.B. 2147 Permits payments into the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to be distributed to regional offices and officials for fiscal year 2012. Provides that if there is an insufficient amount in the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund for payments for regional ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2011 P-12 Duties of Secretary of Education and State Board President S.B. 942 - Duties of Secretary of Education From bill summary: Eliminates the secretary of education's duties with regard to specified programs, including, among others, the Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund, the Advisory Committee on Before and After School Programs, the Healthy Start Support Servic... More... CA Signed into law 09/2011 P-12 Office of the Governor S.B. 940 - Office of the Governor From bill summary: Requires reports submitted to the Legislature by the University of California, the California State University, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and the California Postsecondary Education Commission to be de... More... DE Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Child Care Provider Advisory Board S.B. 132 Establishes a Provider Advisory Board which shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Office of Child Care Licensing with regard to adopting, promulgating and amending such rules and regulations as are required to carry out the Delaware Child Care Act with re... More... MN Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Integration Revenue Replacement Advisory Task Force H.F. 26 (a) Directs the education commissioner to convene a 12-member advisory task force to develop recommendations for repurposing integration revenue funds to create and sustain opportunities for students to achieve improved educational outcomes. Requires the task ... More... TX Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Postsec. Staet Suplus or Salvage Property S.B. 1 Amends various provisions regarding the disposal of state surplus or salvage property. Requires a state agency that determines it has surplus or salvage property to inform the Texas Facilities Commission so that the method of disposal of the property may be de... More... DE Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Data Collection and Usage by the Department of Education H.B. 213 Provides that the Department of Education may conduct audits and evaluations, including studies for improving instruction and complying with State and federal accountability measures; collect data to effectuate those activities; and promulgate regulations to g... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Lobbyists for State Agencies and Postsecondary Institutions H.B. 153 - Lobbyists for State Agencies and Postsecondary Institutions Prohibits a state agency or state institution of higher education from entering into a contract with a lobbyist for more than $50,000 in a calendar year without the approval of the controlling board. Provides that this does not apply to an employment contract ... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Exams for Classified Service H.B. 153 - Exams for Classified Service Requires an exam to be administered when a position in the classified service of the state is to be filled (provides exceptions). Authorizes the director of administrative services, with sufficient justification from the appointing authority, to allow the appo... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Agency Purchases H.B. 153 - Agency Purchases Provides that upon the request of a state agency or the director of budget and management, the agency's controlling board may approve a purchase if the agency used specified competitive selection or evaluation and selection processes and the agency provided in... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Use of Volunteers at DOE H.B. 153 - Use of Volunteers at DOE Permits the department of education to utilize the services of volunteers to accomplish any of the purposes of the department. Directs the superintendent of public instruction to approve for what purposes volunteers may be used and for these purposes may recru... More... DE Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Contract Nonrenewal Procedures for Department of Education Employees H.B. 90 Amends the contract nonrenewal procedures and hearing procedures for Department of Education employees. Imposes a time limitation on employees who have a right to a hearing upon contract nonrenewal or termination to seek a hearing within 15 days after receipt ... More... LA Adopted 06/2011 P-12 Study of State Superintendent Selection S.C.R. 87 Urges and requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a process by which to select a state superintendent of education that is open and accessible to the public and utilizes a committee composed of representatives of the general p... More... TN Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Department of Education H.B. 249 Extends the Sunset Law termination date for the department of education to June 30, 2013; requires the division of audit in the comptroller's office to provide its findings to the house and senate government operations committees by July 1, 2013, on the depart... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Membership of Commissioner of Education and TEA on Committees, Task Forces, etc. H.B. 3278 From fiscal analysis: Amends a number of statutory provisions relating to membership of the commissioner of education and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) on advisory committees, commissions, task forces, and other similar groups. Overall, the bill would be an... More... NC Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 P-12 Single Department to Support Agency Operations H.B. 200 - Single Department to Support Agency Operations Directs the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations to study the feasibility of creating a single department to support state departments, agencies, and offices, including human resource management, information technology, purchasing, and budge... More... NC Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 P-12 Department of Public Instruction Reorganization H.B. 200 - Department of Public Instruction Reorganization Permits the department of Public Instruction, after consultation with the Office of State Budget and Management and the Fiscal Research Division, to reorganize if necessary to implement the budget reductions set out in this act. Directs the department to repor... More... FL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Creation and Transfer of Various State Agencies S.B. 2156 Creates the Department of Economic Opportunity. Transfers the functions and trust funds of the Agency for Workforce Innovation to other agencies. Transfers the Ready to Work program from the Department of Education (DOE) to the Department of Economic Opportuni... More... DE Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Board of Education Meetings Digitally Recorded H.B. 26 Requires that all public meetings of the State Board of Education be digitally recorded and made available to the public on the Department of Education's website within one business day. The recordings will not be considered the official Board minutes. http://... More... HI Adopted 06/2011 P-12 Review of State Board Bylaws and Policies S.C.R. 79-11 Requests that the board of education undertake a two-year review of its bylaws and policies, as well as applicable sections of state statutes and administrative rules, and make changes that would help the board, department of education and administrators creat... More... NC Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Reduction of State Government S.B. 593 Reduces the number of boards and commissions. Repeals: The Taskforce of School Based Management; The Taskforce on the Coordination of Children's Services; The Blue Ribbon Taskforce on State Health Plan for Teachers; The N.C. Teacher Academy Board of Trustees; ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Oklahoma Innovation, Efficiency and Accountability Act of 2011 H.B. 1207 Multiple sections, including one new section that establishes the "State Government Conferences Web-based Transparency pilot program". Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to publish on a website a listing of all expenses paid by the Department of... More... MD Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Requires Posting of Various Paths Leading to Teacher Certification and Tenure S.B. 687 Requires the state Department of Education to develop an informational form that lists and explains the various paths that can be taken in order to obtain certification and tenure in the state and must post the form on its website. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 State Board of Education Appointments S.B. 435 Requires that upon assuming office, the governor must appoint one member from each congressional district and one member from the state at-large to serve on the State Board of Education. The state superintendent of public instruction will be the seventh member... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Postsec. P-20 Council Task Force S.B. 206 Creates until November 1, 2011, the P-20 Council Task Force. The 9- member task force must study the feasibility, value and structure of a P-20 council or educational partnership that would assure a seamless system of education that maximizes achievements of a... More... MS Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Mental Health and Teacher Shortage Committees H.B. 1177 Creates the Joint Legislative and Paraprofessional Education and Mental Health Study Committee to examine, make recommendations and assist in shaping public policy to improve student outcomes and educational opportunities for students with serious emotional an... More... OK Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Removes State Board as Governing Body for State Department H.B. 2139 Expands the authority of state superintendent of public instruction to have control of and direct the State Department of Education. Modifies authority of the state board of education (no longer the governing board for the state department of public instructi... More... AK Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Education Board Annual Report S.B. 1 - State Board Reporting to Legislature Requires that the board present an annual report not later than the 30th legislative day of each regular session that describes the efforts of the board to develop, maintain, and continuously improve a comprehensive quality public education system, as provided... More... TN Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 State Board Scheduled to Terminate (Sunset) June 30, 2013 S.B. 161 Extends the termination date for the state board of education to June 30, 2013, and directs the division of state audit in the office of the comptroller of the treasury to provide its findings to the house and senate government operations committees by July 1,... More... HI Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Gubernatorial Appointment of State Board Members S.B. 8 Implements the constitutional amendments to article X, section 2, of the Hawaii State Constitution that were adopted by the legislature and ratified by the electorate in the 2010 general election, by statutorily requiring the members of the board of education ... More... HI Approved by voters 11/2010 P-12 Appointed Board of Education H.B. 2376 Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to direct the governor to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint the members of the board of education (Hawaii is currently a single-district state, meaning that the district boar... More... AL Signed into law 09/2010 P-12 State Agency Employee Furloughs H.B. 678 Authorizes a state agency to enact an employee furlough plan if the plan is approved by the state personnel department. Provides any adopted furlough plan must be applicable to the entire agency affected and must be voluntary at the sole discretion of the empl... More... TX Adopted 08/2010 P-12 Administration of State Board for Educator Certification 19 TAC 250.1, 2, 3, 20, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 The State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) proposes an amendment to s.250.1, the repeal of s.s.250.2, 250.3, 250.20, 250.30- 250.34, and 250.40-250.49, and new s.250.3 and s.250.20, concerning provisions for administration. The sections provide for rule... More... LA Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 Broadcast of State Board Meetings H.B. 403 Requires live broadcasts over the Internet of State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meetings. The meetings must be recorded and archived, which must be made publicly available. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=722516... More... IL Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Postsec. Community College Diversity in Persons at Supervisory, Technical, Professional and Managerial Levels S.B. 3531 Establishes the African American Employment Plan Act. Provides that the purposes of the act are to: (a) improve the delivery of state services to Illinois' African Americans by increasing the number of African American state employees total and the number se... More... HI Vetoed 07/2010 P-12 Appointed Board of Education from Nominations by Advisory Council H.B. 2377 Requires board of education members to be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor from pools of qualified candidates presented to the governor by the board of education selection advisory council. Establishes ... More... HI Vetoed 07/2010 P-12 Salaries of State Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendents, Complex Area Superintendents S.B. 2434 Increases the salary cap for the superintendent of education to $160,000 a year, and creates an annual performance bonus (of no more than $30,000 before the 2nd annual performance evaluation, no more than $70,000 before the 3rd annual performance evaluation, a... More... HI Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Teacher Standards Board S.B. 2346 Makes numerous changes relating to the Hawaii teacher standards board. Requires the board to include expenditure information in its annual report. Authorizes the board to delegate to its executive director, or other designee, any of its powers and duties as it... More... TN Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Postsec. Video-Streamed Meetings H.B. 2474 Requires meetings of the state board of education, the Tennessee higher education commission, the Tennessee board of regents and the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee system to be video-streamed over the Internet. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills... More... LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 State Superintendent Qualifications H.B. 251 Provides that the state superintendent shall possess certain minimum qualifications at the time of appointment by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; to provide that the state board may establish additional qualifications; to provide limitat... More... LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Community College Postsec. Adult Education S.B. 297 Eliminates the division of adult and community education within the Dept. of Education and transfers the responsibility for adult education programs from Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to Louisiana Board of Supervisors for Community and Tec... More... GA Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Georgia Foundation for Public Education S.B. 427 Establishes the Georgia Foundation for Public Education. Provides for its membership, duties, powers and purposes, including (among other purposes) to solicit and accept money and in-kind contributions of services and property to support educational excellence... More... IL Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Educational Service Centers H.B. 16 Permits educational service centers to provide training in the area of financial planning. Eliminates the Suburban Cook County Regional Office of Education and, according to press release from governor's office, transfers its responsibilities to three intermed... More... CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 State Board of Education Membership S.B. 379 - Sec. 1 and 2 Requires the state board of education to conduct a formal vote before closing or suspending operations of a vocational-technical school; Requires that at least 2 members of the state board have industrial, trade or technical school experience; Requires that on... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 04/2010 P-12 Early Learning Council Meetings S.B. 2121 Allows the Early Learning Council to conduct meetings by teleconference. Sets out quorum requirements and public notice and participation requirements for teleconference meetings. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2010/Bills/SB2121_.HTM... More... MD Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Student Member of the State Board Voting Rights S.B. 536 Allows the student member of the state board of education to vote on the dismissal of or other disciplinary actions involving personnel, the state board's budget, and specified appeals to the state board. http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/bills/sb/sb0536e.pdf... More... AL Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Postsec. Community College Vacancies in Leadership Positions H.B. 79 Amends Sections 16-4-1.1 and 16-60-111.1. Requires the state board to post a vacancy notice for the position of state superintendent of education or chancellor on the Internet. Requires vacancy notice for chancellor's position to be additionally posted at each... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Financial Disclosures/Conflicts of Interest H.B. 270 Requires candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, state auditor, state treasurer, attorney general, state legislator, or state board of education member to file a financial disclosure at the time of filing a declaration of candidacy, and at least annually... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Transmission of State Board Meetings and Hearings S.B. 312 Requires the state board of education and the state allocation board to provide for live video and audio transmission of all meetings and hearings that are open to the public through a technology that is accessible to as large a segment of the public as possib... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 "Twice-Exceptional" Students H.B. 900 Requires the Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities and the Advisory Council on the Education of Gifted and Talented Children to research and discuss best practices for addressing the needs of children who are gifted and talented and h... More... OH Vetoed 07/2009 P-12 District Transition from One Educational Service Center to Another H.B. 1 - Section 3311.059 Specifies the impacts the state board must consider in determining whether to approve a local district's resolution to sever from its educational service center and annexation to the territory of another educational service center. Prohibits the state board fr... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Recordings of State Board Meetings H.B. 1 - Section 3301.041 Adds new section. Requires the state board of education to make an audio recording of each regular and special business meeting, to be made available on the Internet within 5 business days of each meeting. Provides the state board must not make available audio... More... OH Vetoed 07/2009 P-12 Dissolution of Educational Service Center H.B. 1- Section 3311.0510 Establishes procedures for the dissolution of an educational service center (ESC) from which all districts within the ESC's service area have withdrawn. Pages 1135-1136 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Early Childhood Advisory Council and Early Childhood Financing Workgroup H.B. 1 - Section 3301.90 and 265.70.20 Section 3301.90:Creates the Early Childhood Advisory Council to serve as the federally mandated state advisory council for early childhood education and care, and to advise the state regarding the creation and duties of the Center for Early Childhood Developme... More... OH Vetoed 07/2009 P-12 Recontracting Following Dissolution of Educational Service Center H.B. 1 - Section 3313.843 Provides that if an educational service center that has received funding according to statutory provisions as they stood prior to September 26, 2003 for providing services to a school district is dissolved or scheduled to be dissolved, the district that previo... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. Ohio Tuition Trust Authority H.B. 1 - Section 3334.03, 3334.07, 3334.08, 3334.11 Places the Ohio tuition trust authority in the office of the chancellor of the board of regents. Provides that the Ohio tuition trust authority board must solely perform specified duties and responsibilities. Authorizes the Ohio tuition trust authority board, ... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 "Help Me Grow" Advisory Council H.B. 1 - Section 3701.611 and 289.20 Establishes the "Help Me Grow" advisory council, to serve as the state interagency coordinating council, as described in 20 U.S.C. 1441. Establishes duties of the council. Authorizes the council to advise and assist the departments of health and education on t... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Early Childhood Cabinet Appointment H.B. 1 - Section 265.10.23 Directs the governor to appoint to the early childhood cabinet a representative of a board of health of a city or general health district or an authority having the duties of a board of health Pages 2801-2802 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillTex... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Department of Education Use of Volunteers H.B. 1- Section 265.60.30 Authorizes the department of education to use volunteers to accomplish any of the purposes of the department. Directs the state superintendent to approve the purposes for which volunteers may be used. Authorizes the superintendent to recruit, train and oversee... More... HI Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 07/2009 P-12 Teacher Standards Board H.B. 183 Increases the membership on the Hawaii teacher standards board from 13 to 15 with two public members representing the community. Allows the board to employ an executive director for a term of up to four years, who must be appointed by the board of education, a... More... HI Vetoed 07/2009 P-12 Department of Education Employee Benefits H.B. 541 Extends repealer from 2009 to 2011 for provision requiring civil service benefits for department of education civil service employees to be the same as those provided to civil service employees of other executive branch agencies. Provides that if the departmen... More... UT Adopted 07/2009 P-12 MESA Funding Application Review Committee R277-717-1 Changes the composition of the MESA Public Education Funding Application Review Committee in the definitions. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bulletin/2009/20090515/32646.htm... More... UT Adopted 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Payment for Attending and Traveling to Meetings R25-5 Clarifies rules related to per diem payments and reimbursement of travel expenses for policy board officers or employees to attend official board meetings. Provides that higher education officers and employees will be paid per diem rates established in rule un... More... TX Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Education Agency Sunset S.B. 2A Relates to the governmental entities subject to the sunset review process. Extends the sunset of the education agency, the tax division, the department of insurance and other specified departments. Makes the department of forestry subject to sunset review. htt... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 State Board of Education S.B. 428 Adds the State Treasurer and the Secretary of State to the Board of Education as nonvoting, ex officio members. Chapter 446 http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0400.dir/sb0428.en.pdf... More... ME Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Review of State Board of Education Duties H.B. 900 The Department of Education will review the powers and duties of the State Board of Education and prepare legislation to transfer the powers and duties of the board to other agencies in anticipation of the dissolution of the board. The Department of Education ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Outside Legal Counsel for Teacher Retirement System H.B. 1259 Sets conditions and procedures permitting the the Teacher Retirement System to hire outside legal counsel to provide legal services. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB01259F.pdf... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 SEA Funds H.B. 3646 - Sections 40 and 41 Section 40: Specifies that the state education agency is to use funds appropriated for such purposes to develop (1) summer study guides to help parents of students who do not perform satisfactorily on one or more portions of specified state assessments and (2)... More... TX Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Internet Broadcasts of Open Meetings H.B. 772 Provides for Internet broadcasts of open meetings held by the state board of education. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00772F.pdf... More... AL Pocket veto by governor 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Filling of State and Local Leadership Positions H.B. 64 Requires notice of a vacancy in the positions of state superintendent of education and chancellor to be posted by the state board of education. Establishes procedures for the state board to follow in posting such vacancies. Provides the position may not be fil... More... ID Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 1230 Appropriates moneys to the State Board of Education for the Office of the State Board of Education; limits the number of full-time equivalent positions; provides legislative intent on personnel costs; directs salary reductions; provides for an emergency clause... More... HI Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Teacher Education Coordinating Committee S.B. 501 Clarifies membership requirements of the Teacher Education Coordinating Committee to ensure that all institutions that are state-approved teacher education units have a representative on the committee. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/Bills/SB501_HD1_... More... HI Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Federal Grants Revolving Fund S.B. 164 Relates to the department of education and the federal grants revolving fund. Authorizes the department to expend such funds to monitor grant execution, ensure compliance with grant requirements and audit grant expenditures. Renames the fund to more accurately... More... HI Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 State Board Meetings S.B. 438 Authorizes the board of education to file any meeting notice that specifies legislation or legislation-related agenda items no fewer than two calendar days before the meeting during the period from the convening of the legislature in regular session to adjourn... More... HI Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 District Business and Fiscal Officers S.B. 163 Repeals the district business and fiscal officer positions within the department of education. In lieu of these positions, the legislature has provided for one business manager position in each of the complex areas to support the schools and officers within ea... More... HI Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Performance Standards Review Commission S.B. 162 Repeals the educational and performance standards review commission. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/Bills/SB162_.HTM... More... GA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College State Contracts and Purchases S.B. 44 Establishes elements that must be reflected in state board rules on contracts or purchases of $100 or more. Requires the state board, to the extent reasonable and practicable, to give preference in contracts for or purchases of supplies, materials, equipment o... More... MD Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Youth Advisory Council Member H.B. 485; S.B. 463 Alters the term of a youth member of the Youth Advisory Council; increases the term of a youth member who is elected cochair of the Council; requires the State Department of Education to categorize a specified number of school absences per school year of a you... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Education and Workforce Development Cabinet S.B. 78 Renames the Education Cabinet the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet; amends various statutes to conform; confirms Executive Order 2008-530. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/09RS/SB78/bill.doc... More... MS Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Contracting With Regional Educational Service Agencies S.B. 2315 Authorizes the State Board of Education to contract with and provide funds to regional educational service agencies for any education-related service. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/SB/2300-2399/SB2315SG.pdf... More... UT Adopted 03/2009 P-12 State Board Procedures R277-101 Includes new definitions, a new section regarding consideration of previous state board action, and a new section on state board waiver of administrative rules. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r277/r277-101.htm#T4... More... UT Adopted 03/2009 P-12 State Board of Education Protected Documents R277-117 Provides definitions, procedures in preparing and releasing RFPs, and RFP-like proposals or grants, and procedures for maintaining the fairness and confidentiality of RFP and RFP-like proposals or grants prior to release by the state office of education. http:... More... OH Adopted 03/2009 P-12 Exemptions from Statutes/Rules OAC 3301-46-01 Authorizes the governing board of any educational service center, or the administrative authority of any chartered nonpublic school to submit an application to the state board for an exemption from specific statutes and/or rules in order to implement a propose... More... OH Adopted 03/2009 P-12 Innovative Education Pilot Programs OAC 3301-46-01 Authorizes the governing board of any educational service center or the administrative authority of any chartered nonpublic school to submit an application for exemption from state policies in order to implement a proposed innovative education pilot program. A... More... MS Vetoed 03/2009 P-12 State Board Authority H.B. 590 Authorizes the State Board of Education to contract with and provide funds to regional educational service agencies for any education-related services. (Vetoed as it's identical to S.B. 2315.) http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Commission on the Elimination of Poverty H.B. 4369 Creates the Commission on the Elimination of Poverty to develop a poverty elimination strategic plan to reduce extreme poverty in Illinois by 50% or more by 2015. In developing the overall strategic plan, and in working toward the goal of reducing extreme pove... More... OH Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Appropriations H.B. 496 (Am. Sub. H.B. 562) Permits chartered nonpublic schools to purchase goods and services through group purchasing contracts negotiated and arranged by the Department of Administrative Services. Permits an educational service center (ESC) to authorize the conversion of a building un... More... NY Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Drivers Education S.B. 6985 Creates a temporary special advisory panel on driver education availability and curriculum enhancement to examine, assess and make recommendations to improve drivers education instruction and make such instruction more available. Directs the panel to consider,... More... LA Vetoed 07/2008 P-12 Statewide Educational Facilities Authority S.B. 632 Creates the Statewide Educational Facilities Authority in the department of education to provide funding, coordination, assistance and oversight for the repair, renovation and construction of public school facilities. Directs the authority to conduct a statewi... More... KY Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Teacher Retirement System Trustees and Teacher Sick Leave H.B. 1A Establishes new retirement requirements and benefit multipliers for Kentucky Employees' Retirement System retirement plans. Requires the establishment of a formal education program for members of the board of trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System of the ... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Appeals Arising From Disputes Under State Laws A.B. 45 Eliminates role of the Board of Education in the appeal of Commissioner of Education decisions in disputes arising under the State school laws; provides that an appeal of a commissioner's decision would go directly to the Appellate Division of the Superior Cou... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Commissioner of Education Authority A.B. 2965 Establishes Commissioner of Education as the rule- making authority under several school district accountability statutes relating to early termination agreements and revocation of certificates; requires public hearings on proposed regulations. http://www.njle... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Department of Education H.B. 576 Re-creates the department of education; changes the termination date unless the department is again re-created; provides for the general re-creation of the department of education and its statutory entities in accordance with the sunset law; supersedes provisi... More... OK Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) H.B. 2205 Recreates the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) and modifies the termination date from July 1, 2008 to July 1, 2012. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/HB/hb2205_enr.rtf... More... NY Adopted 05/2008 P-12 Postsec. Reorganization of Board of Regents Committees Title 8 NYCRR Sections 3.2 and 4-1.5 Amends rules to reflect a recent reorganization of the committee structure of the Board of Regents. Pages 12-14 of 31: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2008/may14/pdfs/rules.pdf... More... DE Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 State Board Oversight of School Buses H.B. 231 Removes State Board of Education oversight over the design and operation of school buses. http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis144.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+231/$file/legis.html?open... More... GA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Transparency in Government Act S.B. 300 Provides for audits and the examination of books and records. Provides for the creation and maintenance of a searchable Web site that provides public access to certain state expenditure information. Relates to the Department of Audits and Accounts and the Depa... More... AL Vetoed 05/2008 P-12 Posting Notices of Vacant Positions H.B. 222 Requires the posting of notices of vacancies in the offices of State Superintendent of Education, county superintendent of education, city superintendent of education, Chancellor of Postsecondary Education, and the chief executive officer of any two-year schoo... More... WV Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Vision 2020: Education Blueprint S.B. 595 Establishes Vision 2020: An Education Blueprint for Two Thousand Twenty; requires the State Board of Education to create a plan that includes goals, objectives, strategies, indicators and benchmarks and specifies certain public education goals and objectives t... More... LA Adopted 03/2008 P-12 Board of Elementary and Secondary Education LAC 28:I.Chapters 1-13 Makes various revisions to the code of conduct for the board of elementary and secondary education. Pages 409-427: http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0803/0803.doc... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College State Agency and Higher Education Compensation H.B. 4 From the bill synopsis: --Provides budget increases and decreases for the compensation of state and higher education employees not including school district personnel --Provides for a 3% cost of living allowance for state and higher education employees not in... More... WA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Powers of Exec. Dir. of State Board H.B. 3097 Allows the state board of education to delegate to the executive director, by resolution, such duties as deemed necessary to efficiently carry on the business of the board including, but not limited to, the authority to employ necessary personnel and the autho... More... MA Adopted 01/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Reorganizing Certain Education Agencies Executive Order /H.B. 4488 Submits from the governor to the legislature a reorganization plan number 1 of 2008. Relates to reorganizing certain education agencies. Creates an executive office of education, headed by a cabinet secretary. Provides for the executive office to contain three... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Whistleblower Act H.B. 742 Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that an "employer" as defined in the act includes: (1) A political subdivision of the state (2) A unit of local government (3) A school district, combination of school districts, or governing body of a joint agreement of ... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Removal of Local Board Members by State Board H.B. 349 Repeals the law allowing the state board to remove local school board members. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H349v0.html... More... CT Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 State Board of Education Chairperson Qualifications S.B. 1354 Concerns the Chairperson of the State Board of Education and appointment of the Commissioner of Education; requires the Chairperson of the State Board of Education to hold a degree in education; provides that the appointment of the Commissioner of Education go... More... TN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 State Board Member Term Changes H.B. 951 Alters the terms of state board members from nine years to five years. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0316.pdf... More... ME Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Student Member on State Board of Education H.B. 133 Expands the membership of the State Board of Education to include one student member. http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/externalsiteframe.asp?ID=280022477&LD=151&Type=1&SessionID=7... More... HI Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School Health Aides S.B. 98 Repeals the transfer from the department of health to the department of education those public health nurses who supervise the school health aides. Transfers administration of the K-12 school health services program and the teenage health program from the depa... More... ME Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 State Board of Education Membership S.B. 240 Changes the composition of the State Board of Education by requiring that membership of the board be broadly representative of the geographic regions of the State and of municipalities of varying sizes. http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/externalsitefr... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Workforce Proficiency Panel S.B. 345 Repeals provisions establishing the vocational technical proficiency panel (also called the workforce proficiency panel); repeals a provision that requires the panel to adopt standards for postsecondary certificates of achievement for technical education progr... More... IN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Division of Professional Standards and Emergency Communication Disorder Permit S.B. 451 Eliminates reference to professional standards board. Establishes the divisions of professional standards within the department of education. Allows the department of education to issue an emergency communication disorder permit to an individual to serve the n... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Board of Educational Examiners H.F. 615 Extends the membership of the board of educational examiners to include the director of the department of education, or the director's designee. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&ga=82&hbill=HF6... More... TX Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 District Employee Communications with School Board S.B. 135 Protects this important communication by prohibiting employment policies that restrict the ability of a school district employee to communicate directly with a member of the school board on matters relating to the operation of the school district, exception th... More... ND Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Qualifications, State Superintendent H.B. 1169 Deletes the requirement that the state superintendent of public instruction hold a professional teaching license. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HAEI0200.pdf... More... UT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Compensation S.B. 228 Among other provisions, provides budget increases and decreases for the compensation of state employees not including school district personnel; Provides for a 3.5% cost of living allowance for state and higher education employees, not including judges and sch... More... CO Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Qualifications of State Education Commissioner S.B. 20 Clarifies, changes and specifies the qualifications, tenure and performance review criteria for the state Commissioner of Education. http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/C916FE7400E3D3FE87257251007B726E?Open&file=020_enr.pdf... More... NJ Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Evaluation of State Department of Education S.J.R. 1; A.J.R. 10 Directs Commissioner of Education to contract with independent entity to conduct an evaluation of the Department Of Education and its oversight capacity; relates to public school funding reform. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/SJR/1_I1.PDF... More... NJ Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Evaluation of State Department of Education Related to School Funding Reform S.J.R. 1 Directs the Commissioner of Education to contract with an independent entity to conduct an evaluation of the Department Of Education and its oversight capacity; relates to public school funding reform.... More... IN Adopted 07/2006 P-12 Teacher Licensing 515 IAC 8-1, -21, -35, 28-2-6 and 515 IAC 9-1, -2, 1-2-2 Clarifies rules to add a definition to reflect that the responsibility for teacher licensing has been transferred to the Department of Education. ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Paid Leave to Attend Meetings H.B. 800 Requires that a local school board employee be provided paid leave to attend meetings of certain public entities on which the employee serves as an elected or appointed member. Provides that public entities include the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retire... More... HI Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Department of Education S.B. 2720 Repeals the transfer of functions from the departments of budget and finance, attorney general, and human services to the department of education; delays the transfer of school health aides and public health nurses from the department of health to the departme... More... WA Rule Adoption 06/2006 P-12 Educator Preparation & Certification Authority WAC 181-77-001, -003, -005, -014, -015, -031 Complies with state legislation shifting rule-making authority and governance for educator preparation and certification from the State Board of Education to the Professional Educator Standards Board. http://www1.leg.wa.gov/documents/wsr/2006/14/06-14-010.htm... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Civil Immunity H.B. 892 Provides for government immunity of the state and other political subdivisions during and in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Adds that no student, employee, volunteer, parent, or person attending or visiting a school within an area affected by H... More... HI Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Chief Financial Officer H.B. 1865 Strengthens the operations of the Department of Education by creating a chief financial officer position and a secretarial position in the office of the superintendent to assist the CFO in performing his or her functions. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessionc... More... TN Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Renaming of Vo-Tech Division in SDE H.B. 4040; S.B. 3919 Concerns Education; renames the division of vocational-technical education within the department of education as the division of career and technical education; revises membership of the Tennessee council for vocational-technical education. http://www.legislat... More... HI Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 State Superintendent Reporting Requirement H.B. 1861 Repeals requirement that the superintendent of education provide an annual report to the board of education of principal transactions within the department. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/HB1861_CD1_.pdf... More... KY Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. Education Cabinets and Councils S.B. 105 Relates to reorganization; renames Education, Arts, and Humanities Cabinet as the Education Cabinet; creates new offices in the Education Cabinet; abolishes the Workforce Development Cabinet and create the Department of Workforce Investment in the Education Ca... More... WY Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 State Superintendent Voting Member of State Board S.B. 87 Relates to the State Board of Education; expands board voting membership to include the State superintendent of public instruction. The superintendent, however, may not participate in board deliberations on or vote on any matter relating to a contested case in... More... WA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Responsibilities of the State Board H.B. 3098 In 2005, the legislature reconstituted the 19 state board of education to refocus its purpose; abolished the academic achievement and accountability commission; and assigned policy and rule-making authority for educator preparation and certification to the pro... More... OR Adopted 02/2006 P-12 Constituent Complaints OAR 581-024-0215 Amends rules to define a process to allow the Superintendent torespond to constituent complaints and other alleged violations of standards byan ESD, other than through the regular, cyclical standardization review. OREGON 27185... More... OR Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Education Service Districts H.B. 3184 Requires education service districts to provide regionalized core services to component school districts. The goals of these services are to: (a) Assist component school districts in meeting the requirements of state and federal law; (b) Improve student learni... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2005 P-12 Department of Education Employees' Benefits H.B. 1614 Ensures that department of education civil service employees' benefits related to transfer, reduction in force, promotion, medical placement, and seniority are the same as those provided to civil service employees of other executive branch agencies. http://www... More... WA Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Education Governance S.B. 5732 Revises the powers, duties, and membership of the state board of education and the Washington professional educator standards board and eliminates the academic achievement and accountability commission. Changes state board membership from all members elected b... More... CT Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Review of Department Programs and Services H.B. 6989 New section: Requires the state board to review the programs and services administered or provided by the Department of Education in order to: (1) Evaluate the effectiveness and benefits of such programs and services, and (2) assign priority for the continued ... More... FL Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Personal Care Attendant Program S.B. 720 Eliminates requirement that for purposes of participating in the personal care attendant program, the department of education determine the applicant eligible for training services. Eliminates requirement that the association, in cooperation with the Division ... More... FL Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Homeland Security H.B. 1715 Requires that assessments of any building, facility, or structure owned or leased by a state agency, state university or community college not previously provided to the chief of domestic security must be completed by the state agency, state university or comm... More... HI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 S.B. 1643 Clarifies definitions of "new century charter schools" and "public schools". Requires charter school plans to include a plan for identifying, recruiting, and retaining highly-qualified instructional faculty. Requires a charter school's governance structure to ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Arizona Performance Based Compensation System Task Force S.B. 1074 Establishes the Arizona Performance Based Compensation System Task Force within the state board of education. By Februrary 2006 and annually thereafter, requires the superintendent of public instruction to submit specified school district data to the task forc... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 State Budget Review and Government Efficiency Commission H.B. 1001 (Section 255-256) Establishes legislative intent that the state budget be reviewed comprehensively before the budgetary process for the next biennium begins in 2007. Asks the governor to direct the office of management and budget to thoroughly review the budget of each executiv... More... FL Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Paper Reduction Task Force H.B. 281 Establishes the Paper Reduction Task Force for the purpose of recommending strategies to reduce the paperwork required of school districts and school district personnel, with special emphasis given to the reduction of paperwork required of teachers. Provides m... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 State Board Powers H.B. 2349 (section 1 and 5) Allows the state board to adopt any rules and policies it deems necessary to exercise general supervision over and regulate the conduct of the public school system. Exempts the state board from the formal rule-making process, unless otherwise required by law. ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Proposed Budgets Posted on the Department Web Site H.B. 2349 (section 3) Allows school districts the option to post their proposed budget or summary of proposed budget on a website maintained by the department of education.  If the school district prefers to submit their proposed budget for posting on the department website, requir... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College State Accounting Office H.B. 293 Creates the state accounting office, to be overseen by the state accounting officer. Creates the position of state accounting officer, to be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor. Requires the state accounting officer to: (1) Prescribe state... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Office of Technology Established H.B. 1137 Creates the office of technology by combining the duties performed by the division of information technology of the department of administration, the information technology oversight commission, and the enhanced data access review committee. Provides that the ... More... ND Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Department of Public Instruction Appropriations H.B. 1013 AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of public instruction, the school for the deaf, North Dakota vision services - school for the blind, and the state library; to provide an appropriation to the division of independe... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Eliminates Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission S.B. 5732 Revises the powers, duties, and membership of the state board and the Washington professional educator standards board and eliminates the Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission. The governor will appoint seven of the 16 board members, with another ... More... HI Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School-to-Work Council S.B. 1249 Repeals the school-to-work executive council. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb1249_.htm... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Special Education Provisions S.B. 1044 (sections 28-30) Modifies membership of Advisory Council for the Education of Children with Disabilities from "parents of children with disabilities" to parents of persons from birth to age 26 with disabilities. Includes officials who carry out activities under subtitle B of t... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2005 P-12 Department Reporting and Student Testing H.B. 2033 Requires the department to report to specified members of the legislature on its budget status every two months for the first half of each fiscal year and every month thereafter. Requires every report to include the department's current funding surplus or shor... More... ID Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Division of Professional-Technical Education and the Office of the State Board of Education S.B. 1234 Reaffirms that the Division of Professional-Technical Education and the Office of the State Board of Education each play unique and vital roles in the state's educational system. Authorizes these agencies to share administrative resources only to the extent n... More... NM Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 Postsec. Education S.B. 677 Relates to higher education as Cabinet Department.... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. HIgher Education Department H.B. 745 Replaces the Commission on Higher Education with the Higher Education Department -- a cabinet department; creates an Advisory Board; provides for the powers and duties; provides for the transfer of appropriations, money, property, contractual obligations and s... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Department of Education H.B. 2530 Renames the position of director of the department of education the commissioner of education. Reorganizes the department of education into departments under the commissioner of education. Effective July 1, 2007, shifts oversight for the division of public sch... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Academic Oversight Committee S.B. 591 Creates the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee and the advisory committee on public school academic facilities. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/SB591.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Distance Learning Coordinating Council S.B. 592 Repeals language relating to the Arkansas Interagency Distance Learning Review Commission. Establishes the Distance Learning Coordinating Council. Assigns the council to evaluate distance learning activities for K-12 education across the state and determine if... More... ME Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 State Board of Education Term Limit H.P. 186 Limits the number of terms of office for members of the State Board of Education to 2 5-year terms, which need not be consecutive, beginning with new appointments by the Governor at the expiration of the current board members' terms of office. http://janus.st... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Public School Facilities and Transportation S.B. 590 Revises the duties and responsibilities of the division of public school academic facilities and transportation and creates the commission on public school academic facilities and transportation. Provides that the enumerated duties of the Division of Public ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Student Achievement Improvement H.B. 93 (Section 1, multiple provisions) Sets forth legislative intent related to early diagnosis of and intervention for elementary students struggling in reading and mathematics, state student achievement goals, provision and quality of diagnostic and intervention services to students below profici... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Committee for Mathematics Achievement H.B. 93 (Section 2) Defines terms, including "mathematics coach," "mathematics diagnostic assessment," "mathematics intervention program," "mathematics leader," "mathematics mentor," and "numeracy." Establishes the Committee for Mathematics Achievement to develop a multi-faceted ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Role of the Council of Postsecondary Education in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 5) Specifies that, for the state to achieve its student achievement goals, the Council on Postsecondary Education, in cooperation with the Education Professional Standards Board, must exercise its duties and functions under KRS 164.020 to ensure that teacher educ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Role of Department of Education in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 4) Mandates that the Kentucky Department of Education provide assistance to schools and teachers, including publicizing professional development opportunities, methods of measuring effective professional development, the availability of high quality instructional... More... IL Adopted 02/2005 P-12 Access to Information 2 IAC 5001.100 thru .600 (non seq) Clarifies rules regarding access to information of the state board of education under the Freedom of Information Act. http://www.isbe.state.il.us/rules/archive/pdfs/5001ARK.pdf... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Special Education: Visually Impaired Pupils A.B. 662 Creates the Advisory Task Force for Education of Blind and Visually Impaired Pupils to provide input to formulate the most effective policy for the education of such pupils. Requires the Department of Education to provide outreach and technical assistance to p... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 State Mandates: Commission on State Mandates A.B. 2856 Revises the procedures for receiving claims and for hearings on claims from local governmental agencies, including school district, for reimbursement of costs of state mandates with the Commission on State Mandates. Revises the definitions of terms related to ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Content Standards A.B. 2744 Removes the authority of the State Board of Education to modify proposed content and performance standards in core curriculum areas. Deletes the statement that the standards are not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act. Requires the Superintendent of Pu... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education Governance A.B. 2339 Provides that, to the extent possible, the State Board of Education shall not meet on the same day on which the Regents of the University of California or the Trustees of the California State University convene for a regular meeting. Provides, to the extent po... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Postsecondary Education Commission A.B. 2923 Recasts and revises existing law relating to the Postsecondary Education Commission's duties, membership, priorities and policy responsibilities. Requires the commission's Executive Director to submit to the Legislative Analyst, the chairpersons of specified l... More... IL Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Education Reform and Accountability Act of 2004 S.B. 3000 Under the School Employee Benefit Act, provides the prescription drug benefit program shall be maintained on an ongoing, affordable basis, and the cost to school districts shall not exceed the State's actual program costs. Makes changes to the provisions con... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Trustees of the California State University A.B. 2849 Increases the membership of the Trustees of the California State University by requiring the Governor to appoint a nonfaculty employee of the university for a 2-year term. Requires members of the trustees to act in the best interests of the university, rather ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 A.B. 1846 Designates the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction as the state educational agency to carry out the purpose and provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act. Vests the superintendent with all necessary power and authority to perform all acts neces... More... AR Report Issued 08/2004 Postsec. Community College Arkansas Blue Ribbon Committee for Higher Education N/A The governor formed the committee to make recommendations to the governor and the Legislature for improving postsecondary education in Arkansas. http://www.arkansas.gov/governor/media/releases/press/11062003-1.html The Blue Ribbon Committee for Higher Educati... More... CA Signed into law 08/2004 Postsec. Community College Public Postsecondary Education A.B. 2469 Relates to required reports from various segments of the state's public postsecondary education system to the governor, the legislature's education policy committees and the California Postsecondary Education Commission. Deletes the requirement that the Commis... More... CA Signed into law 08/2004 Postsec. Ethnics Course for Postsecondary Board Members A.B. 1969 Requires the Trustees of California State University, and urges the Regents of the University of California, to offer, on at least a semiannual basis, to each member, officer, or designated employee who, because of his or her affiliation with their respective ... More... MA Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 P-12 Board of Education Membership H.B. 4903 Relates to the membership makeup of the State Board of Education. http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/ht04903.htm... More... FL Rule Adoption 07/2004 Community College Postsec. State Board of Community Colleges FAC 6A-14.004, .0243, .0247, .0262, .0341, .039, .0412, .063, .073, .0732, .0735, .0751, .0752, .0771, .0772, .078 Repeals rules pertaining to the State Board of Community Colleges. Provides changes in governance and subsequent transfers of powers and duties to the State Board of Education. FLORIDA REG 28449 (SN)... More... HI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Ethics Training H.B. 680 Provides for mandatory ethics training for legislators, elected members of the board of education, executive department heads and deputies, and trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs, the governor, the lieutenant governor and executive department heads and... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Legislative Auditor H.B. 490 Notwithstanding any provision of present law to the contrary, any entity which establishes scholastic rules which are the basis for the state board of elementary and secondary education's policy relative to extracurricular activities which are required for all... More... AZ Adopted, on November 2004 Ballot 06/2004 P-12 State Board of Education Membership SCR 1022; Ballot Measure 105 Proposed amendment to the Arizona Constitution; Changes the composition of the state board of education by removing a member of the State Junior College Board and adding a president or chancellor of a community college district, an owner or administrator of a ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Training for Members of Boards of Trustees of State Retirement Systems H.B. 373 Defines "actuarial science". Provides for educational training for members of the boards of trustees of the state and statewide retirement systems. Adds the laws, rules, and regulations of the system as an area of required education. Refers to 2 hours of requ... More... HI Veto override 05/2004 P-12 Reinventing Education Act of 2004 S.B. 3238 Establishes a weighted student formula; provides additional information technology; empowers principals through a Hawaii principals academy and other means; strengthens community involvement through school community councils and parent-community networking cen... More... NM Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 03/2004 P-12 Public Education Department H.B. 161 Provides for transition to the Public Education Department.... More... NM Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Public Education Department Act H.B. 96 Relates to education; creates the "public education department" in the executive branch. The department is a cabinet department. The secretary may organize the department and divisions of the department and may transfer or merge functions between divisions and... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Department of Education H.B. 1009 Creates the Division of Public School Accountability and the Arkansas Public Schools Accountability Advisory Council; creates the Division of Public School Academic Facilities to ensure equal access to adequate educational facilities and educational equipment;... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 State Department of Education Staffing Audit H.B. 1108 Requires an audit of staffing needs of the Department of Education. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1108.pdf... More... VA Issued 01/2004 Postsec. Community College Governor's Commission on Higher Education Board Members Executive Order 63 - 2004 The governor created the Governor's Commission on Higher Education Board Members. The Commission shall develop and implement a process for evaluating potential appointees to higher education governing boards based on substantive qualifications such as merit an... More... CA Rule Adoption 01/2004 Community College Postsec. Conflict of Interest Codes Title 5 CCR 50500 Establishes conflict of interest codes for the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=218406&E22=title%205&E23=50500&E24=&infobase=ccr&querytemplate=%261.%20Go%20to%20a%20Specific%20Section&... More... NY Emergency Rule Adoption 10/2003 P-12 Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer Title 8 NYCRR 3.8 and 3.9 Provides for the appointment of a chief of staff; specifying the duties of the chief of staff and the chief operating officer; and designates the chief of staff as the deputy commissioner of education as specified in Education Law, section 101, who, in the abs... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 Community College Community Colleges: Board of Governors S.B. 644 Revises the membership of the Board of Governors of the California State Community Colleges so it would include 12 members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of 2/3 of the membership of the Senate. Adds to the board of governors one classifi... More... LA Approved by voters 10/2003 P-12 Authorizes State Board to Operate Failing Schools Ballot Measure 4 (SB 225) To authorize the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to supervise, manage, and operate any public elementary or secondary school determined to be failing or to provide for others to do so; to authorize the state board to receive, control, and exp... More... NM Approved by voters 09/2003 P-12 Proposed Constitutional Amendment Constitutional Amendment 1 (S.J.R. 2) Transfer the state department of Public Education to a cabinet department headed by a secretary of public education who shall serve in the executive cabinet and to create an elected Public Education Commission. . Creates a Public Education Commission that sha... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 Postsec. Board of Higher Education Membership Requirement H.B. 2805 Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that one of the 10 members of the Board of Higher Education that is appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a faculty member at an Illinois public university.... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Non-certified Personal H.B. 2350 Provides the state board of education shall accept, as qualifications for non-certified personnel, relevant life experiences as determined by the State Board by rule. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2350&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID... More... HI Vetoed 07/2003 P-12 Advisory Boards H.B. 289 Authorizes the Superintendent of Education to create complex areas and advisory boards for each complex area consisting of multiple school complexes. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/search/billsearch.asp?qu=HB289&press1=search... More... NC Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 State Board of Education S.B. 698 Adds 3 advisory members to the state board of education, one of whom is a superintendent; another is principal of the year; and the third is an award-winning board member. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/AllVersions/Senate/S698vc.html... More... HI Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Department of Education Restructuring H.B. 1175 Proposes statutory revision to reflect the new administration structure of the Department of Education; replaces district superintendents with complex area superintendents. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus.asp?qu=HB1175&showstatus=on&showtext... More... LA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Recreates the Department of Education S.B. 83 Includes provisions to provide for the re-creation of the department of education and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law; provides for the effective termination date for all statutory authority for the existence of such statutory entit... More... LA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Membership and Duties of State Advisory Commission on Teacher Education and Certification S.B. 126 Increases membership on the state advisory commission on teacher education and certification from 11 to 13 members. Decreases from ten to nine the members who are employed by a city or parish, adds that one of these nine may be employed by some "other local pu... More... CO Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Higher Education Institutions' Role and Mission S.B. 304 Concerns provisions governing the operations of state-supported institutions of higher education, including the institutions' missions, admissions' standards and degrees offered. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/EF9D291339411D6387256CA... More... MN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Department of Children, Families, and Learning Name Change to Department of Education S.F. 296 Renames the Department of Children, Families, and Learning to the Department of Education; makes conforming changes to reflect the department name change. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/bldbill.pl?bill=S0296.0&session=ls83... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Commission for Postsecondary Education H.B. 2008 Establishes the Commission for Postsecondary Education for the purposes of reviewing postsecondary education institutions in order to determine eligibility for student financial aid; requires one member to be an owner, operator, or administrator of a charter s... More... TN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 State Board of Education H.B. 455 Relates to the state board of education; requires one appointee to be a K-12 public school teacher.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Department of Education Website Requirements H.B. 2887 Requires certain data be made available on the Department of Education website; includes financial data reports for school districts, administrator and teacher salary and benefit data, and local and state revenue sources. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/... More... MS Vetoed 04/2003 P-12 Postsec. State Personnel Board H.B. 773 Removes the repeal on the State Personnel Board; provides that the State Board of Education may increase the salary of the State Superintendent of Public Education upon the approval of the State Personnel Board. Exempts state superintendent of education from ... More... CO Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Elections and Political Parties H.B. 1142 Eliminates the distinction between major and minor political parties with respect to declaring political party affiliation for various elections including the State Board of Education. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2003a/sl_172.htm ... More... ID Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Education Board S.B. 1084 Amends existing law to authorize the State Board of Education to set up and regulate deferred compensation programs for certain eligible employees; and to provide rulemaking authority. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1084.html#billtext... More... KS Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 State Board of Education Member Elections H.B. 2179 Repeals section 25-1904 of the state statutes, which describes the method by which state board members are to be elected. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2004/2179.pdf... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Board Contract and Certificate Actions H.B. 2051 Deletes requirement for school districts to have prior approval of Board of Education in order to contract with each other; adds Board to provisions dealing with appealable agency actions insofar as the actions are related to certificate issuance, renewal or t... More... NM Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Secretary of Education, State Board S.B. 911 Replaces the state board with the Secretary of Education and changes state superintendent to Secretary of Education, contingent upon the adoption by the people of the amendment put forth by S.J.R. 2. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/bills/senate/... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Digital Library Development H.B. 2048 Relates to the department of education - Arkansas state library - Arkansas digital library development appropriation for the 2003-2005 biennium. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/hb2048.pdf... More... ID Adopted 03/2003 P-12 Rules Governing Federally Funded Programs Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 106 Stating findings of the legislature and rejecting IDAPA 08.02.01.100, rule of the state board of education relating to rules governing administration and federally funded programs. REJECTED RULE IDAPA 08.02.01.100: The State Board of Education designates the S... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Study and Recommendations S.B. 154 (Omnibus Bill) Section 21 (53A-13-108) was added to law. The Legislature finds that a free public education should: (1)(a) prepare each student for the student's choice of higher education or gainful employment, focusing on the core academic skills of reading, writing, scie... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 State Board Membership (Section 20A-14-104) S.B. 154 (Omnibus Bill) Amends law to establish a nominating and recruiting commmittee with broad-based membership to recruit potential candidates for membership on the state board prior to the deadline to file a declaration of candidacy. The committee will also prepare a list for ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Repeal of Education Reports and Duties H.B. 39 This act modifies provisions relating to the state system of public education by eliminating requirements to submit certain reports to the Legislature. Modifies certain duties and responsibilities of the state board and the superintendent of public instruction... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Postsec. Internal Audits Required at Postsecondary Institutions and Department of Education H.B. 650 Establishes full-time program of internal auditing at specific state postsecondary institutions, including various community/junior colleges, the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University, and the department of education. Requires each specifi... More... KY Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Kentucky Board of Education Member Requirements S.B. 152 Clarifies the specific qualifications for members of the State Board of Education regarding age, education, business or political ties, relation to any education department employee, etc. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/03RS/SB152.htm... More... AZ Issued 01/2003 P-12 Governor's Children's Cabinet Executive Order 2003-04 Establishes a Children's Cabinet to focus attention and resources on problems facing the state's children by collaborating and promoting coordinated policies and service delivery systems that support children, families and communities. Establishes an Advisory ... More... IA Adopted 01/2003 P-12 Organization and Operation 281 IAC 1.1, 1.2, 1.4 Establishes rules giving public secondary students in Iowa a voice, although not a vote, on the State Board of Education. Gives voting Board members the benefit of the thoughts and experiences of the secondary student. IOWA REG 2176 (SN)... More... CO Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Filling Vacancies on the State Board H.B. 1245 Repeals the process for filling a vacancy on the state board; specifies that any vacancy occurring on the state board other than a vacancy of the state board at-large seat shall be filled by the vacancy committee of the party Congressional Central Committee of... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Specific Powers of State Board of Education S.B. 20E This bill, which rewrites the Florida Education Code, modifies the specific powers of the State Board of Education and modifies language relating to department under direction of state board. See bill section 21, page 53, line 18 ff: http://www.leg.state.fl.us... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education Code Re-Write: Office of Inspector General Established S.B. 20E According to a legislative summary, "The bill establishes the Office of Inspector General within the State Board of Education to be responsible for promoting accountability, efficiency and effectiveness and detecting fraud and abuse within school districts, co... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Education Code Re-Write: State Board to Enforce Compliance S.B. 20E According to a legislative summary, "The bill provides for the state board to be the entity responsible for ensuring that school districts and public postsecondary institutions comply with law and state board rule and authorizes a number of options to enforce ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Education Code Re-Write: State Board Oversight Enforcement Authority S.B. 20E Creates new section giving state board oversight of all public school boards and public postsecondary institution boards, gives state board authority to undertake sanctions, including withholding funds, against school district or public postsecondary education... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Commissioner's Waiver Authority Eliminated S.B. 20E (waiver authority section) According to a legislative summary, "The bill eliminates the commissioner's waiver authority over law. However, it authorizes the commissioner to waive state board rule, if the state board delegates to him that authority." http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/sessi... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Community College Education Code Re-Write: Department Operations S.B. 20E According to state legislative summary: "Designates the State Board of Education as the head of the department, the Commissioner as the Executive Director of the department; revises divisions [to create three divisions within the department, namely the Divisio... More... HI Vetoed 05/2002 P-12 State Board Use of Attorneys H.B. 1969 Allows the state board to employ attorneys without the attorney general's approval. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb1969_.htm... More... IA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Numerous Program Changes H.B. 2515 Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of student member. Also requires school districts and nonpublic schools to report number of ninth graders who do not graduate f... More... MS Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Designee of State Superintendent May Serve on Certain Boards S.B. 2283 Authorizes the State Superintendent of Education to designate an appropriate individual to serve in his place on certain State boards and councils.... More... WV Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Major Education Bill - One Component H.B. 4319 Brings state's Regional Education Services (RESAs) under the state board's authority allows the state superintendent to appoint their executive directors. RESAs are responsible for providing technical assistance to "low performing schools and school systems" ... More... OH Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Redistricting Adjustments: State Board S.B. 192 Abolishes the requirement that the State Board of Education be dissolved and recreated following the creation of new State Board of Education districts; specifies that members of the Board as of the time new districts are created shall represent their assigned... More... UT Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 State Board Elections H.B. 2002B Modifies statutory provisions governing State Board of Education districts; eliminates current boundaries and establishes new boundaries; establishes election dates for each district to ensure that state board terms are staggered.... More... MO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Removes Residency Requirement for Commissioner of Education H.B. 45 Removes the one-year residency requirement for the Commissioner of Education.... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. Board Membership S.B. 14A Relates to elections; revises the districts from which members of the state legislature are elected; changes the number of members of the state board of education; revises the districts from which members of the state board of education are elected; changes th... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Commission on Postsecondary Education S.B. 237 Removes the commission on postsecondary education from the Department of Education.... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Regional Education Cooperatives H.B. 139 Regional education cooperatives authorized by the state board may own, and have control and management over, buildings and land independent of the control division of the general services department; cooperatives shall submit budgets to the department of educa... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Task Force H.B. 267 Creates the Enhancement of Public Education Task Force with a primary focus on reviewing the purpose, functions, roles, and responsibilities of the State Office of Education.... More... OH Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 State Board Membership H.B. 711 Re-enacts as a separate act the sections of law adding eight members appointed by the Governor (with advice and consent of Senate) to the State Board of Education, creating a 19-member board. No person may hold office for more than two consecutive 4-year term... More... HI Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Superintendent Pay S.B. 1276 Requires the Board of Education to set the salary of the Superintendent of Education.... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Reorganizing Florida's Education System H.B. 2263 Creates the Florida Education Governance Reorganization Act of 2000; Creates a governance system that deals with K-20 education. The new board will oversee Florida's education system from Kindergarten to grad school.... More... KY Vetoed 04/2000 P-12 Employees S.B. 287 Permits the spouse of a principal to work in the principal's school if the district contains elementary schools, 1 middle school and 1 high school; changes references from "chief state school officer" to the "commissioner of education"; provides that contract ... More... FL Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Lottery Capital Outlay and Debt Service Fund H.B. 627 Creates Lottery Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund within the Education Department; provides for sources of funds; provides purposes; provides for annual carry forward of funds; provides for transfer of certain funds to trust fund; proclaims that trust... More... ID Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Limit on FTE H.B. 742 Appropriates funds to the State Board of Education for the Office of the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2001; limits the full-time positions; reappropriates the unexpended and unencumbered fund balance to the State Board of Education for the Office o... More... VT Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Addition of One Adult and Two Student Members to State Board H.B. 234 This Act expands the Vermont State Board of Education from seven to ten members. The three additional members will be appointed by the Governor. One new member will be an adult, appointed for a six-year term. Two students shall be appointed by the Governor for... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Postsec. Omnibus Bill - Reporting and Planning Requirements of Agencies H.B. 1187 Removes the current requirements of a state strategic plan and reporting by the Georgia Department of Education. Also removes the current requirement for complying with Public School Standards. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accredited sch... More... ID Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Limits FTE in State Department S.B. 1568 Appropriates funds to the Superintendent of Public Instruction/State Department of Education for fiscal year 2001; limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to 113; provides legislative intent that a specified amount may be used to assist in defrayin... More... KY Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Department of Education Reorganization H.B. 79 Reorganizes departments within the Department of Education.... More...