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


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State Status/Date Level Summary
CASigned into law 09/2012P-12Revising 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...

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RISigned into law 06/2012P-12College 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...

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RISigned into law 06/2012P-12Access 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...

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COSigned into law 05/2012P-12Individual 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 ...

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CTSigned into law 05/2012P-12College 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...

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COSigned into law 05/2012P-12
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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...

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GASigned into law 05/2012P-12Transitional 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...

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KYSigned into law 04/2012P-12Helping 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...

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MEBecame law without governor's signature 04/2012P-12
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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 ...

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DCTo mayor 04/2012P-12Early 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...

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AZSigned into law 03/2012P-12Competency-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...

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AZSigned into law 03/2012P-12Alternative 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...

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AKAdopted 03/2012P-12
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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...

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WIIssued 01/2012P-12College 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 ...

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CASigned into law 10/2011Community College
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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...

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LASigned into law 06/2011P-12College 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.
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SCSigned into law 06/2011P-12
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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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Generation 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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12College 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...

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COFinal Regulations 06/2011P-12Standards 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...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12
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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...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011P-12
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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...

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AKAdopted 05/2011P-12Work 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....

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COSigned into law 05/2011P-12
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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...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12
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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...

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GASigned into law 05/2011P-12College 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...

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NDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Summative 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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Number 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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12School 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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12
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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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12
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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 ...

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WYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Accountability Indicators
S.F. 70--Indicators
Wyoming Accountability in Education Act--Established through legislation and implemented by Department of Education.

PHASE 1
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CAVetoed 09/2010Community College
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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...

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NCIssued 09/2010P-12Governor'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...

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AKAdopted 08/2010P-12Work 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...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-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...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-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...

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COSigned into law 05/2010P-12
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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...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Grand 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 ...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12
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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...

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CASigned into law 10/2009P-12
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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...

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CASigned into law 10/2009P-12College-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...

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ILSigned into law 07/2009P-12
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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...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12College 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...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Report 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...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12State 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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12
Community College
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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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12
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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 ...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12
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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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12College-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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Diplomas 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 ...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12College 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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12State 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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Determining 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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12School 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...

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MNSigned into law 05/2009P-12
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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...

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MNSigned into law 05/2009P-12College 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...

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VTSigned into law 05/2009P-12
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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 ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009P-12College 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...

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KYSigned into law 03/2009P-12State 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...

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KYSigned into law 03/2009P-12Core 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 ...

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KYSigned into law 03/2009P-12
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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...

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NMSigned into law 03/2009P-12
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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 ...

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NMAdopted 01/2009P-12High 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...

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UTSigned into law 10/2008P-12Assessment 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...

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COAdopted 10/2008P-12
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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,...

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CASigned into law 09/2008P-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...

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ILSigned into law 07/2008P-12
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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...

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IASigned into law 05/2008P-12Student 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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2008P-12Utah 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...

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NMSigned into law 02/2008P-12
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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...

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ILSigned into law 11/2007P-12
Community College
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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...

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CASigned into law 09/2007P-12
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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...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12
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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...

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MESigned into law 06/2007P-12
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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...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12
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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...

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TXAdopted 01/2007P-12
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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...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12
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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...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12
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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 ...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12S.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...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12
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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 ...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12
Community College
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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 ...

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MISigned into law 04/2006P-12High 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...

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TXIssued 12/2005P-12
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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...

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PAIssued 08/2005P-12
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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...

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NMSigned into law 03/2003P-12Graduation 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...

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