From the ECS State Policy Database High School--College Readiness

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 CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Revising Academic Performance Index (API) S.B. 1458 From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to develop and implement a specified program of school quality review... More... RI Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 College and Career Success for All Student Act H.B. 7108 (S.B. 2275) Requires the establishment of clear training guidelines for teachers who will teach advanced placement classes in Rhode Island public school... More... RI Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Access to Advanced Placement S.B. 2356 Adds new chapter 93 designed to promote access to advanced placement courses for all students in Rhode Island public high schools by funding... More... CO Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Individual Student Career and Academic Plans H.B. 1345 (sections 12 and 15) The state board of education must require schools and charter schools to assist students and their parents/gardians to develop and maintain ... More... CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 College and Career Readiness S.B. 40 Requires that by Fall semester 2016, each public high school and public institution of higher education complete curricular alignment to ena... More... CO Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Postsec. High School Early Assessment and Intervention H.B. 1345 (sections 13 to 15) Allows districts and charter schools to administer to 9th-12th-grade students the basic skills placement or assessment tests that are used f... More... GA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Transitional Courses for 11th and 12th Graders Not College-Ready H.B. 713 - Transitional Courses for 11th and 12th Graders Not College-Ready Section 4: Requires that transitional courses for 11th and 12th graders in reading, writing and math be offered by all local boards, and req... More... KY Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Helping Students Meet College/Career-Readiness Standards S.B. 38 - Helping Students Meet College/Career-Readiness Standards Section 3: Directs the department of education, by January 2013, to communicate to all districts the minimum core content standards for post... More... ME Became law without governor's signature 04/2012 P-12 Postsec. Reporting Number of Students Enrolled in Remedial Courses S.P. 544 Requires the Maine Community College System, the University of Maine System and the Maine Maritime Academy to report annually on the number ... More... DC To mayor 04/2012 P-12 Early Warning and Support System Act of 2012, Title I Bill 19-648 Establishes a pilot early warning and support system to track how individual students in grades 4 through 9 in 4 feeder school groups are pe... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Competency-Based Pathways S.B. 1255 Directs the State Board of Education to adopt rules to define competency-based educatational pathways for college and career readiness. Esta... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Alternative High School Diploma S.B. 1254 Adds an additional pathway for students eligible for a Grand Canyon Diploma (allows students who perform at a higher academic level than cur... More... AK Adopted 03/2012 P-12 Postsec. Alaska Performance Scholarship 4 AAC 43.030 Revises the math and science curriculum and the social studies and language curriculum requirements for all levels of Alaska Performance Sch... More... WI Issued 01/2012 P-12 College and Workforce Readiness Council E.O. #56 Creates the 15-member College and Workforce Readiness Council. Tasks the council with recommending policies and programs to improve student ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 Community College Postsec. Common Assessment System for Community Colleges A.B. 743 From bill summary: Requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to establish a common assessment system with specifi... More... LA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 College and Career Readiness Commission H.B. 79 Changes the name of the High School Redesign Commission to the College and Career Readiness Commission and changes its membership. http://w... More... SC Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Extends the Implementation Date of Personal Pathways to Success H.B. 3748 Extends the date by which the Education and Economic Development Act, now called Personal Pathways to Success, must be implemented fully (th... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Generation Texas Week H.B. 2909 - Generation Texas Week Renames "Education: Go Get It Week" as "Generation Texas Week." Adds that the information provided to students during this week must include... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 College Readiness H.B. 3468 - College Readiness Directs the Texas Education Agency, in consultation with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, to conduct a study of best practices... More... CO Final Regulations 06/2011 P-12 Standards for Individual Career and Academic Plans 1 CO ADC 301-81:1.00; 1 CO ADC 301-81:2.00, 01, 02, 03 Establishes Standards for Individual Career and Academic Plans ('ICAP') for students enrolled in public schools.Each ICAP shall include a ca... More... FL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Statewide Assessment Provisions H.B. 1255 - Sec. 16, 18, 25, 26 Allows a principal to waive the civics end-of-course (EOC) assessment requirement for a transfer student who already completed a civics cour... More... NV Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Postsec. College Readiness A.B. 138--Readiness Authorizes the Department of Education to work in consultation with the Nevada System of Higher Education to establish clearly defined goals... More... AK Adopted 05/2011 P-12 Work Keys Assessment 4 AAC 06.717 The Department of Education & Early Development proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 4 of the Alaska Administrative Code, 4 AAC 06.... More... CO Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Postsec. Community College Task Force on Student Academic Success S.B. 111 Creates the Task Force on Student Academic Success. The overall charge of the task force is to identify the junctures at which grade-level p... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Postsec. College and Career Readiness H.B. 186 - College and Career Readiness Directs the state board, working with the board of regents of the University System of Georgia and the board of technical and adult educatio... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 College and Career Academies S.B. 161 Amends provisions related to career academies. Defines "college and career academy" as a specialized charter school established by a partner... More... ND Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Summative Assessment -- High School S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions Eleventh graders in both public and nonpublic schools were required in the past to take the ACT, but this bill adds a requirement that stude... More... AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Number of Districts Providing Remediation or College Prep S.B. 352 Includes information in the department of education's school performance report about the number of districts providing remediation and coll... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 School Grading System S.B. 59 Requires the state board of education to establish a school grading system in which a school receives a grade of A, B, C, D, or F based on t... More... AR Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Postsec. Community College College and Career Readiness standards H.B. 1620 Establishes the Arkansas College and Career Readiness standards. Develops criteria to evaluate, support, promote and fund career and technic... More... AR Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Postsec. Community College Postsecondary Prep Programs H.B. 1617 Requires each public school administering the college readiness assessment to provide the basis for the counseling concerning postsecondary ... More... WY Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Accountability Indicators S.F. 70--Indicators Wyoming Accountability in Education Act--Established through legislation and implemented by Department of Education. PHASE 1 --Establishes ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2010 Community College Postsec. Common Assessment, Data Warehouse and Web Portal A.B. 2682 Requires the board of governors of the California Community Colleges to establish a pilot project that seeks to create a centrally delivered... More... NC Issued 09/2010 P-12 Governor's Education Transformation Commission E.O. 65 Creates the Governor's Education Transformation Commission. Charges the commission with: (A) (1) Making recommendations on the strategic di... More... AK Adopted 08/2010 P-12 Work Ready/College Ready Transitional Skills Curriculum and Benchmark Assessments 4 AAC 06.715 Amends the Alaska Administrative Code, 4 AAC 06. 715(b), regarding Work Ready/College Ready transitional skills curriculum and benchmark ass... More... IL Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Community College Extension of College and Career Readiness Pilot Program S.B. 3705 On July 1, 2010, subject to appropriation, directs the state community college board to extend the College and Career Readiness Pilot Progra... More... GA Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 "College-Ready" Benchmark and Individual Graduation Plans H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-327 Provides that student performance at the advanced proficiency/honors level on any tests required for high school graduation must be recogniz... More... CO Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Postsec. Community College Visual and Peforming Arts Standards H.B. 1273 Amends several provisions of the Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment Act to specifically incorporate visual arts and performing a... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Grand Canyon Diploma H.B. 2731 Creates the Grand Canyon Diploma (GCD) offered to students who demonstrate readiness for college level mathematics and English according to ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Postsec. Miscellaneous H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions Exempts private schools approved by the department of education's division of special education prescribed in the pupil's individualized edu... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Postsecondary Finance, Governance and Reporting A.B. 1182 Expresses legislative intent to refine higher education reporting requirements to provide for more effective, manageable and transparent rep... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 College-Readiness Tests S.B. 511 Requires the department to ensure that a California Standards Test that is augmented for the purpose of determining readiness for college-le... More... IL Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System S.B. 1828 Creates the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act. Requires the state board of education, the community college board, and the board o... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 College and Career Readiness, Financial Literacy H.B. 1 - Section 3301.0721, 3301.079(A)(2) and 3313.601, 3313.603 Section 3301.079(A)(2). Requires the state board to adopt K-12 standards for instruction in financial literacy and entrepreneurship, which m... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Report Card Data on College and Work Readiness H.B. 1 - Section 105.01/3302.032 Repeals 3302.032, which directed the state board, by June 30, 2012, to select one or more methods of measuring high school graduates' prepar... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 State Assessment System H.B. 1 - Section 3301.079, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3301.0712 Replaces all references to "tests" to "assessments". Section 3301.079: Existing law requires the state board to inform all districts when an... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Community College Postsec. Admissions Requirements H.B. 2424 Exempts Lamar State College--Orange and Lamar State College--Port Arthur from the requirement that an applicant for admission to a general a... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Open-Source Textbooks H.B. 2488 Defines open-source textbooks as textbooks downloadable from the Internet at no cost to the student. Requires districts and charter schools ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Programs to Improve High School and College Completion S.B. 2258 Amends various provisions in Section 29.098 related to intensive summer programs for public school students and to college readiness program... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 College-Ready Indicators on End-of-Course Assessments H.B. 3 - Section 27 Eliminates provision that a student's performance on a college-ready question on an end-of-course assessment may not be used to determine th... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Diplomas for Students Demonstrating Early Readiness for College H.B. 3 - Section 32 Requires any research university that chooses to participate in the pilot program to: (1) Post on its Web site the benchmarks students must ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 College Readiness Standards H.B. 3 - Section 53, Part I Defines "college-readiness" as the level of preparation a student must attain in English language arts and math to enroll and succeed, witho... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 State Assessments H.B. 3 - Section 50 through 52 Directs the state education agency, in developing state assessments for math, reading, writing, social studies and science for grades 3-8, t... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Determining Performance Standards on State Assessments H.B. 3 - Section 53, Part II Transfers from the state board to the commissioner the duty of determining the performance level considered satisfactory on specified assess... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 H.B. 3 - Section 61 and 63 (College Placement Testing and Math, Science Courses for High-Demand Occupations) Section 61: Provides that a student who has completed a recommended or advanced high school program and demonstrated the performance standar... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 School Recognition H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part VI (Distinction Designations and Awards) Establishes new Subchapter G, "Distinction Designations". Directs the commissioner at the beginning of each school year to award distinction... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College High School-to-College Developmental Transition Programs S.B. 2083 Establishes a program to offer research-based high school-to-college programs to prepare students for college. Requires an evaluation for pa... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 College and Career-Readiness Workgroup H.F. 2 Establishes a college and career-readiness workgroup headed jointly by MDE and the U of M to evaluate and make recommendations to the commis... More... VT Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Strategies for Expanding Opportunities H.B. 405 Strategies to expand education opportunities for high school students and others. Requires the Vermont state colleges, in consultation with ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 College and Career Readiness Planning Program Act H.B. 1808 Creates the College and Career Readiness Planning Program Act. Defines "college and career readiness". Beginning with the 2010-11 school yea... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 State Assessment System S.B. 1 Section 2(3), 6, 9 and 11 Repeals language referring to the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS). Directs the state board, using the revised content stan... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Core Content Standards for Introductory College Courses S.B. 1 Section 15 Within 30 days from the effective date of this Act, requires each postsecondary institution in the state to plan and implement a process to ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Postsec. Postsecondary Remediation and College Completion S.B. 1 Section 21 Provides that the general assembly finds the continuing high rates of postsecondary remediation totally unacceptable and an unwarranted addi... More... NM Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Reporting of High School Student Results by Higher Ed. Inst. S.B. 152 Requires public post-secondary educational institutions to report annually to public high schools on freshman year outcomes of the students ... More... NM Adopted 01/2009 P-12 High School Assessment System NMAC 6.19.7.1, .2, .3, .4, .5, .6, .7, .8, .9, .10, .11 The objective of this rule is to establish procedures for implementing the high school readiness assessment system, including: (a) the proce... More... UT Signed into law 10/2008 P-12 Assessment System S.B. 2002A Allows the State Board of Education to exempt a school district or charter school from testing requirements under the Utah Performance Asses... More... CO Adopted 10/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Workforce Readiness Assessments 1 CCR 301-77 Addresses the administration of the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Assessments Pilot Program. Beginning in the 2008-09 academic year,... More... CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Community College Early Assessment Program S.B. 946 Expresses legislative intent that the Early Assessment Program (EAP) be expanded to include state community colleges. Authorizes community c... More... IL Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Postsec. State Scholars H.B. 4567 Requires the student assistance commission to conduct a study detailing in 2008 and 2009 the number of students designated State Scholars, t... More... IA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Student Readiness for College or Work S.F. 2216 - Generally Concerns state and local measures for preparing a student for a career or for postsecondary education, including a mandated statewide core c... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative Centers Program S.B. 2 - Section 22 Establishes the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR) Centers Program to provide a financial incentive for charter schools... More... NM Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College College and Workplace Readiness Assessment S.B. 460 Relates to public schools; changes the statewide college and workplace readiness assessments; allows the eleventh grade standards-based asse... More... IL Signed into law 11/2007 P-12 Community College Postsec. College and Career Readiness Pilot Program S.B. 858 Requires the state community college board to create a 3-year college and career readiness pilot program, beginning with the high school cla... More... CA Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 Postsec. P-16 A.B. 428 Requires each school district offering any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, prior to class registration, for each school in the district, to pr... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Postsec. Abolishes Certificates of Initial Master and Advanced Mastery, Adds/Modifies Assessments H.B. 2263C - Certificates of Mastery and State Assessments Abolishes Certificate of Initial Mastery and Certificate of Advanced Mastery. From the staff summary: The Certificate of Initial Mastery (CI... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Postsec. College Application Requirement for High Schoolers H.P. 758; L.D. 1040 Resolves that the department of education implement methods to encourage districts to encourage secondary school students to complete at lea... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. High School Redesign H.B. 584/S.B. 561 Provides for high school redesign. Directs the department of education to establish a readiness assessment system to measure the readiness o... More... TX Adopted 01/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College P-16 College Readiness and Success Strategic Action Plan 19 TAC 1.4.A.4.3 Establishes rules, in cooperation with the commissioner of education, for the implementation of the P-16 College Readiness and Success Strat... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Postsec. College and Work Readiness S.B. 311-- Sec. 3301.43 Requires that the partnership for continued learning, in conjunction with the Ohio board of regents and the state board, recommend a means o... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Remediation S.B. 311--Sec. 3313.603(C)(7) Part 3 Directs the state board of education, the Ohio board of regents, and the partnership for continued learning (state P-16 council) to develop ... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 S.B. 311 -- Sec. 3313.6014 S.B. 311 Requires local boards to adopt procedures for notifying each high school student's parent of the requirements of the Ohio core curriculum (h... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Remediation S.B. 311--Sec. 3313.603(C)(7) Part 3 Directs the state board of education, the Ohio board of regents, and the partnership for continued learning (state P-16 council) to develop ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Community College Postsec. Community College Early Assessment Pilot Program S.B. 1563 Establishes the Community College Early Assessment Pilot Program for the purpose of providing high school pupils with an indicator of their ... More... MI Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements S.B. 1124 Provides for required high school curriculum; provides that beginning with pupils schedule to graduate from high school in 2010, a student m... More... TX Issued 12/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Enhancing College-Readiness Standards Executive Order 2 (Executive Order RP53) Orders the Education Agency and Higher Education Coordinating Board to cooperate in enhancing college-readiness stan... More... PA Issued 08/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Commission on College and Career Success Executive Order 2005-06 Creates Commission on College and Career Success. The Commission will: (1) undertake a comprehensive review of the Commonwealth's laws, reg... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Graduation Requirements H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill) Amends Section 22-13-1.1. Increases graduation requirements: 4 units of English, with major emphasis on grammar and literature; 3 units of... More...