From the ECS State Policy Database Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning

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 ME Became law without governor's signature 05/2013 P-12 Elementary School Applied Learning Opportunities S.P. 150 Proposes to assemble a working group to identify opportunities for and best practices of applied learning opportunities in kindergarten to grade 8. These opportunities and practices will then be posted on the Department of Education's website so that all schoo... More... IA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Community College Community College Innovative Sharing Project HF 454 - Dual Enrollment Adds new subsection: 7A, establishing a district to community college innovative sharing project. A school district that collaborates with a community college to provide pupils enrolled in the school district's high school with a class that uses an activiti... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Project-Based Instruction H.F. 2 Defines a project-based instructional program as primarily student-led course work for credit that may be completed onsite, in the community or online and is available to all or only some students and grades in a school. Establishes requirements that schools m... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Outdoor Education and Recreation Program H.B. 1677 Declares an intent to establish an outdoor education and recreation program to provide a large number of underserved students with quality opportunities to directly experience the natural world. It is the intent of the program to improve students' overall acad... More... WA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Study on Quality Environmental Education H.B. 2910 Directs the office of superintendent of public instruction to conduct an environmental education study in partnership with public and private entities invested in strategies to reach every student, family, and community with quality environmental education exp... More... PA Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education Program H.B. 2775 Establishes the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education Program. Provides for the issuance of grants and for the powers and duties of the Department of Education.... More...