From the ECS State Policy Database P-3 Grades 1-3

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 VA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Third Grade Reading Intervention H.B. 1181 Public schools; reading intervention. Requires local school divisions to provide reading intervention services to students in grade three wh... More... CO Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Early Literacy Assessment Tool H.B. 1345 (sec. 7) Requires the education department to issue request for proposals for the purchase of an early literacy assessment tool that teachers may use... More... KY Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 K-3 Response to Intervention System in Reading, Writing, Math and Behavior H.B. 69 - K-3 Response to Intervention System in Reading, Writing, Math and Behavior Defines "aphasia", "dyscalculia", "dysgraphia", "dyslexia", "phonemic awareness" and "scientifically based research". Directs the state boar... More... OH Issued 10/2011 P-12 Early Education Executive Order 2011-21K Creates the position of Early Education and Development Officer ("Officer") within the Governor's Office of 21st Century Education. Directs ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Reading Proficiency and Support S.B. 346 Starting with students entering first grade in the 2011-2012 school year, the program of reading instruction must include provisions of the ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Evaluation of Early Learning Programs S.B. 337 Directs the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education to assess each early childhood program in this state that receives state fu... More... MN Issued 03/2011 P-12 The Early Learning Council E.O. 11-05 Creates the Early Learning Council to serve as the state advisory council on early childhood education and care. The council will consists o... More... MN Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 School Readiness S.F. 2505 Modifies school readiness program requirements by removing the requirement to arrange for early childhood screening and appropriate referral... More... MD Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Requests for Multiple-birth Children Entering Kindergarten to be in Same Classroom H.B. 272 Prohibits a local board of education from adopting a classroom placement policy that automatically separates or places together multiple-bir... More... OH Signed into law 12/2009 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten H.B. 318 - Section 9 Permits a district to seek a delay of the requirement to implement all-day kindergarten for all students until fiscal year 2012. Directs the... More... WI Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 A.B. 119 Beginning on September 1, 2011, a school board may not enroll a child in the first grade in a school in the school district, including in a ... More... ND Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Entrance Ages, Upper Statutory Age H.B. 1378 Modifies 15.1-06-01. Changes the cut-off date for enrollment in grade one from September first to August first. For kindergarten, the cut-of... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2009 P-12 Early Learning S.B. 1329 Bars schools from moving students between junior kindergarten and kindergarten, except in cases in which the move is warranted and based on ... More... CT Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Early Learning Student Data S.B. 1014 Concerns longitudinal studies of student achievement; provides for access to student data to a qualified nonprofit educational organization ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Early Childhood School Readiness Commission H.B. 1343 Creates the early childhood and school readiness legislative oversight commission. Sets forth membership requirements and administrative fun... More... WY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 early childhood H.B. 255 Relates to school districts; requires provision of full-day kindergarten programs as resourced within the education resource block grant mod... More... AR Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Kindergarten Entry H.B. 1098 Allows students who have completed Pre-Kindergarten to enroll in kindergarten in certain circumstances. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assemb... More... MI Signed into law 01/2009 P-12 Early Intervention Programs for K-3 S.B. 1039 Provides that an intermediate school district may develop and make available to districts and public school academies an early intervening m... More... NH Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Kindergarten Construction Aid Program S.B. 530 Extends the kindergarten construction aid program until all school districts operate a kindergarten program; allows a school district to ele... More... MD Adopted 05/2008 P-12 Kindergarten Age Eligibility COMAR 13A.08.01.01 Provides for transfers to public kindergarten of age- eligible kindergarten students attending nonpublic kindergarten programs. Unsafe Scho... More... CO Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Gifted and Talented Young Children H.B. 1021 Amends the definition of gifted children to include children who are 4 years of age; permits an administrative unit to include in its progra... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 UPSTART Program S.B. 2 - Sections 3-9 Establishes UPSTART, a pilot project that uses a home-based educational technology program to develop the school readiness skills of childre... More... OR Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Half-Day and Full-Day Kindergarten S.B. 1068A Requires school districts to offer half-day kindergarten; requires transportation for students in half-day and supplemental kindergarten; al... More... NY Adopted 12/2007 P-12 Universal Prekindergarten Programs Title 8 NYCRR Subpart 151-1 Complies with 2007 S.B. 2107, Part B, section 19, which authorizes the board of regents and the commissioner to prescribe uniform quality st... More... OH Signed into law 11/2007 P-12 All-Day Kindergarten H.B. 190 -- Multiple Components Permits school districts that are not eligible for state payments for all-day kindergarten to charge tuition on a sliding scale for all-day ... More... NY Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Program Requirements Title 8 NYCRR Section 100.3 Amends regulations regarding program requirements for students in prekindergarten and kindergarten. Directs each school operating a prekinde... More... GA Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Student Assessment Programs GAC 160-3-1-.07 Adds language regarding the Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State for English Language Learners (ACCESS for EL... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Compulsory School Age S.B. 543 Requires a person having custody or control of a child who is below the compulsory school age but enrolled in kindergarten in a public schoo... More... MA Issued 08/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College The Readiness Project Executive Order No. 489 Establishes the Readiness Project to develop a plan to implement fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth ov... More... HI Vetoed 07/2007 P-12 Prekindergarten and Kindergarten S.B. 613 Directs the department to encourage inclusionary prekindergarten and kindergarten classes of both special education eligible and general edu... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School Admission Requirements H.B. 150 Modifies school admission requirements. Moves cut-off date for enrollment to August 31 from October 16. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Pre-K Readiness H.B. 1078 Directs the commissioner to approve School Readiness Service Agreements for up to 50 providers that represent diverse parts of the state and... More... OK Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 New Member for School Readiness Board H.B. 1557 Amends membership of the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board to include one representative of a state association of federally f... More... MT Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Kindergarten Average Number Belonging Funding S.B. 2A (Kindergarten) Provides full-time Average Number Belonging funding for school districts that enroll students in full-time kindergarten. Provides start-up f... More... ND Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Defines full day kindergarten S.B. 2200 (kindergarten section) Beginning with the 2008-09 school year, a full day of instruction consists of: (1) At least five and one-half hours for kindergarten and ele... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Voluntary All-Day Kindergarten S.B. 5841 Provides that, beginning with the 2007-08 school year, funding for voluntary all-day kindergarten programs shall be phased-in beginning with... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 kindergarten entrance age S.B. 217 Lowers the age of enrollment in kindergarten in public school from 5 by September 1 in 2009-2010, for the 2010-2011 school year the cutoff a... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Optional Extended Day Kindergarten S.B. 49 Establishes a program, administered by the State Board of Education, through which school districts and charter schools may provide voluntar... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Kindergarten Attendance S.B. 33 Amends 13-28-2 to read: Any child who is five years old on the first day of September is eligible for enrollment in kindergarten during that... More... UT Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Early Childhood Reading Readiness H.C.R. 5 This concurrent resolution of the legislature and governor encourages reading with a child 20 minutes a day to help prepare children for suc... More... CO Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Funding for Full-day Kindergarten S.B. 26 Authorizes a school district, upon voter approval, to impose an additional mill levy for purposes of funding the school district's excess fu... More... NC Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Vision Screening H.B. 2699 Requires vision screening for children entering kindergarten. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H2699v5.html... More... NY Vetoed 07/2006 P-12 Dental Health Certificates A.B. 6640 Requires every child enrolling in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or first grade in a public elementary school to present a dental health cer... More... ND Adopted 07/2006 P-12 Kindergarten or First Grade Early Entrance NDAC 67-26 Repeals rules pertaining to kindergarten or first grade early entrance. http://www.legis.nd.gov/information/acdata/pdf/67-26.pdf... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Community Empowerment Initiative H.B. 2769 Increases membership on the community empowerment state board. Requires family support services in the community empowerment initiative to ... More... MN Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment H.B. 4162 Authorizes the commissioner of education to implement a kindergarten readiness assessment representative of incoming kindergartners. The ass... More... CO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Compulsory Attendance Age and Hour Requirements S.B. 73 Concerns the age specifications relating to compulsory school attendance. Every child who has attained the age of seven years and is under t... More... DE Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Full-day Kindergarten S.B. 251 Requires school districts by the start of the 2008- 2009 school year, to offer any kindergarten-eligible child the option of attending full-... More... CO Vetoed 03/2006 P-12 Full-day Kindergarten Funds and Policies H.B. 1005 Authorizes of additional school district revenues to fund costs associated with full-day kindergarten programs. Districts that receive voter... More... KY Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Advancing Kindergarten-Age Students to First Grade S.B. 35 Clarifies that a school district may advance a child through the primary program if he or she is at least five but less than six years old; ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Timing H.B. 226 This bill modifies the recommended time to provide the assessment of reading and numeric skills given to potential kindergarten students. Th... More... SD Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Requires Kindergarten Attendance H.B. 1175 Requires all children to attend kindergarten; establishes a minimum length of time for kindergarten programs; provides that any child under ... More... NM Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Kindergarten Plus Pilot Project H.B. 43 Extends the Kindergarten Plus Pilot Project; expands eligibility to add other school districts with high- poverty schools; makes an appropri... More... MD Issued 03/2006 P-12 Amends Membership of the Advisory Council for Children 01.01.2006-03 (Executive Order) Amends amend Executive Order 01.01.2005.34, which established the Advisory Council for Children; the Governor's Office for Children as a sep... More... MD Issued 02/2006 P-12 Maryland Child Care Subsidy Coordinating Council EXECUTIVE ORDER 01.01.2006.02 Establishes the Maryland Child Care Subsidy Coordinating Council, defines membership and duties. Purposes of council includes increasing acc... More... CT Issued 02/2006 P-12 Governor's Early Childhood Research and Policy Council EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 13 Establishes the Governor's Early Childhood Research and Policy Council and defines membership and duties. The Council will: (1) Advise the E... More... RI Adopted 09/2005 P-12 Early Childhood Certificate Requirements Section I Adopts rules regarding the requirements for an Early Childhood Education in public schools in grades PK-2 certificate. Outlines rules for Ce... More... MN Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Kindergarten H.F. 141 - Multiple Components "Kindergarten" means a program designed for pupils five years of age on September 1 of the calendar year in which the school year commences ... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 School-Readiness Quality Improvement Program H.B. 1238 Changes the name of the "school-readiness child care subsidization program" to the "school-readiness quality improvement program". Recognize... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005 S.B. 982 New law establishing the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005. One new section establishes the Oklahoma Mathematics Improvement Progra... More... MD Rule Adoption 05/2005 P-12 Kindergarten admissions COMAR 13A.08.01.01, .02, .02-2 Proposes to adopt rules to the Board of Education. Provides for transfers to public kindergarten. Requires local boards of education to esta... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten S.B. 1516 (Section 4) Deletes certain provisions from 15-901.02 referring to full-day kindergarten and the joint legislative study committee on full-day kindergar... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Kindergarten Cutoff Date H.B. 1001 (Section 177) Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, changes kindergarten eligibility date from age 5 by July 1 to age 5 by August 1. http://www.in.gov... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten S.B. 982, Section 9 Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, requires districts to provide and offer a full six-hour day of kindergarten free of tuition for ev... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten for Schools Rated "Unsatisfactory" S.B. 200 (Section 5-7) Revises certain language related to funding full-day kindergarten for students in a school receiving an "unsatisfactory" rating in the state... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten S.B. 200 (Section 15) Increases from 1,000 to 1,500 the number of children a district may apply to the department for authorization to serve through a full-day ki... More... MD Rule Adoption 04/2005 P-12 State Board Of Education COMAR 13A.02.06.02, 13A.0801.01, .08.02.01 Revises the Maryland Student Records System Manual (MSRSM) as a result of recent changes regarding health and graduation requirements. State... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Kindergarten H.B. 2435 Requires every school district with a kindergarten program to offer half-day kindergarten programs aligned with the state board's academic s... More... MD (S) THIRD READING PASSED (46-0) 04/2005 P-12 State Department of Education - Early Learning and Child Care Programs H.B. 1491 Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a plan to accredit certain early learning programs and child care programs that are p... More... DE Adopted 04/2005 P-12 Early Admission to Kindergarten for Gifted Students 14 DAC 940 Establishes regulation relating to early admission to kindergarten for gifted students in order to clarify what a school must do if they cho... More... CO Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Kindergarten S.B. 88 Requires all districts to offer kindergarten. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/24338C60B3B3DBFE87256F56006898F3?op... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 School Finance S.F. 47 Continues assistance to school districts for full-day kindergarten programs ($5 million) and the summer school grant program ($4.5 million);... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Kindergarten Scheduling A.B. 2407 Authorizes a school district that is implementing an early primary program to maintain kindergarten classes at different school sites within... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Preschool for All Program A.B. 712 Requires the California Children and Families Commission to complete and submit a cost study that provides an estimate of the cost of a volu... More... MI Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 State School Aid Act S.B. 885 Relates to the State School Aid Act of 1979; allocates funds for grants to intermediate districts to provide programs for parents with presc... More... IA Issued 08/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College IOWA LEARNS COUNCIL Executive Order No. 30 - 2003 Creates the IOWA LEARNS COUNCIL. The Iowa Learns Council shall work towards the ambitious goal of 90% of Iowa children having a quality pre-... More... ME Rule Adoption 08/2004 P-12 Early Intervention and Special Education for Children 05-071-180 Establishes rule to allow parents of preschool children with disabilities who are already receiving free appropriate public education (FAPE)... More... HI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Two-tier Kindergarten Program and Kindergarten Entrance Age S.B. 17 Establishes a junior kindergarten and kindergarten program in the department of education; establishes a pilot program for the 2005-2006 sch... More... LA Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Extended Kindergarten For Disadvantaged Children S.B. 301 Subject to appropriation, creates the Kindergarten Plus pilot program of classes, at least one in each of the state's eight regional service... More... CO Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Childhood School Readiness H.B. 1277 Changes the name of the Child Care Commission to the Early Childhood and School Readiness Commission; modifying the responsibilities of the ... More... CT Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 School Readiness Programs H.B. 5690 Concerns school readiness; relates to the state encouraging the development of a network of school readiness programs; relates to the fundin... More... MD Rule Adoption 05/2004 P-12 Standards for Kindergarten Programs COMAR 13A.03.01, .01, .04, 13A.03.02, .01-.12 Proposes rules regarding standards for kindergarten programs and graduation requirements for public high schools. MARYLAND REG 9845 (SN)... More... ME Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Preschool Handicapped Children S.P. 801 Amends applicable statutes and instructs the Department of Human Services and the Department of Education to amend rules to clarify that a c... More... NE Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Compulsory Attendance Ages L.B. 868 LB 868 changes the mandatory ages for compulsory education. From the fiscal note: Currently, ages are from age 7 through age 15. Beginning i... More... WV Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Early Childhood Education H.B. 4043 Establishes the priority for early childhood education in the basic skills of reading, mathematics and English language arts.... More... SD Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Kindergarten Standards S.B. 67 Requires school districts to offer kindergarten and to require content standards for kindergarten. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2004/b... More... SC Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 02/2004 P-12 Student Readiness Determination H.B. 3871 (Joint Resolution) Approves regulations of the Board of Education; relates to minimum standards for the determination of student readiness.... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - Readiness S.B. 33 § 1 Amends Ark. Code § 6-15-404. Requires the state board of education and the state department of education to develop and implement a school r... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Postsec. Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - P-16 S.B. 33 § 10 Adds Ark. Code 6-15-2201. Requires postsecondary education to report on the readiness of high school students for higher education; the stat... More... OK Emergency Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 Mathematics Instruction Competencies OAC 210:20-9-172 Specifies that early childhood education includes pre-kindergarten-third grade. Expands on the competencies for teaching mathematics that te... More... CA Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education Finance A.B. 1754 Relates to reimburse rates under the Child Care and Development Services Act, revenue limits for school districts and county superintendents... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Summer Kindergarten S.B. 903 Allows a school board to establish, maintain, and operate a summer kindergarten program for grade one readiness. Provides the summer kinderg... More... MI Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 School Readiness Program Procedures H.B. 4391 (multiple provisions) Sec. 703. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for school readiness programs shall be made available through a competitive application proce... More... DE Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Lead Poisoning S.B. 74 Permits a student to enroll in kindergarten without the student first being screened for lead poisoning; requires that the student be screen... More... DE Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Early Childhood Education Programs H.J.R. 9 Creates a task force to examine early childhood education programs; develops a plan for implementation of universal pre-kindergarten and ful... More... CT Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Funding to Promote Children's Well-being S.B. 886 Requires the State Prevention Council to determine long-term goals, strategies and outcome measures to promote the health and well being of ... More... AK Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Admission to and Advancement in Public Schools H.B. 154 Relates to advancement in public schools of children under school age; provides that a district's educational program must prescribe that un... More... TN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Mandatory Kindergarten S.B. 1974 Removes a reference in TCA 49-6-301 which made kindergarten an optional program. Under current law, kindergarten is a mandatory program.... More... CO Partial veto 05/2003 P-12 Financing of Public Schools S.B. 248 Concerns the procedures for the funding of public schools, including adjustments to the district size factor, minimum per pupil funding, at-... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Early Intervention Block Grant Program Repeal Date H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Changes repeal date from 2003 to 2004 on chapter establishing statewide early intervention block grant program. Components of this program i... More... ND Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Teacher Qualifications (Early Childhood and Kindergarten) H.B. 1489 Requires the state board to issue major equivalency endorsements and minor equivalency endorsements (new requirement). Also adds new requir... More... SC Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2003 P-12 Program Readiness Test H.B. 3870 (Joint Resolution)The CSAB was administered for the last time in fall 2001. The Education Accountability Act of 1998 (EAA) required the deve... More... SC Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2003 P-12 Kindergarten Objectives H.B. 3869 (Joint Resolution) Approves regulations of the Board of Education; relates to basic skills assessment programs kindergarten objectives.... More... OK Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Act H.B. 1094 Creates the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Act; states intent, purposes, and goals; creates the Oklahoma Partnership for School R... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 The Better Chance for School Success Program H.B. 2376 Creates the Better Chance for School Success Program to provide early education for low-income, 3- and 4-year-old children in low-performing... More... NM Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Kindergarten for Disadvantaged Students H.B. 61 Creates a three-year kindergarten plus pilot project to study the efficacy of extending the kindergarten year by four months for disadvantag... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Quality Education Act of 2003 - Accountability and Assessment H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill) Amends §§ 6-15-402 - 6-15-406. Creates the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program Act; including requiring t... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Cost-Benefit Analysis of Pre-Kindergarten, Mandatory Kindergarten and Occupational Diplomas H.B. 859 Requires the department of education to conduct a needs assessment to determine what areas do not currently have pre-kindergarten programs, ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Skills Needed for Children Entering Kindergarten H.B. 1951 Requires the department of education to develop a list of skills that child should have in order to be prepared to enter kindergarten. The d... More... CA Vetoed 09/2002 P-12 Compulsory Attendance for Kindergarten A.B. 634 Makes, commencing 7/1/2004, the Compulsory Attendance Law apply to a child, and the parents or guardian of a child between the ages of 5 and... More... MD Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten Implementation S.B. 856 Requires county boards to provide full-day kindergarten for all kindergarten students by 2007-08 school year. Each district's comprehensive... More... RI Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Kindergarten Entrance Age H.B. 7342 This act amends the date of a child attending kindergarten at the age of five (5) years by reducing the eligibility date from December 31 to... More... CO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 School-Readiness Child Care Subsidation Program H.B. 1297 Creates the School-Readiness Child Care Subsidization Program on and after January 1, 2003, which program offers three-year school-readiness... More... IA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 School Ready Children Grants Account H.B. 2615 Appropriates $1,153,250 from the Healthy Iowans tobacco trust to the school ready children grants account. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/7... More... HI Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 School Readiness S.B. 2283 Defines the term "school readiness" to mean that young children are ready to have successful learning experiences in school when there is a ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Student Records for pre-school students A.B. 1539 Requires State-funded preschool or infant and toddler program to provide a child's records to a public school when the child transfers, as s... More... CA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Kindergarten Students in a Year-Round School A.B. 764 Authorizes a pupil in a kindergarten in a school operating on a program of multitrack year-round scheduling to be kept in school on any day ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten H.B. 1499--Multiple Components Every school district must provide and offer a full six-hour day of kindergarten free of tuition for every child residing in such district w... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Kindergarten Enrollment H.B. 1092 Allows six-year olds that did not attend kindergarten the opportunity to enroll in either kindergarten or first grade; allows school princip... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Children Entering Kindergarten H.B. 2195 Requires the Department of Education to develop and conduct readiness testing for children who are entering kindergarten.... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Omnibus Bill with Appropriations S.B. 307 Creates public school reading proficiency fund to help train teachers to teach reading and writing to students below grade level; sets up "e... More... NM Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Amends Full-Day Kindergarten H.B. 246 Full-day kindergarten programs shall be phased in over a five-year period as follows with priority given to those school districts that serv... More... OH Signed into law 11/2000 P-12 Kindergarten Entrance Age H.B. 383 Permits school district boards beginning with the 2000-2001 school year to adopt the first day of August, instead of the thirtieth day of Se... More... NH Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Alternative Kindergarten Programs H.B. 1188 Relates to the establishment of an alternative kindergarten program within a school district; provides that school districts operating an ap... More... NH Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Funding for Full-Day Kindergarten S.B. 397 Makes an appropriation from the Education Trust Fund to the Department of Education for the funding of public kindergarten programs; adjusts... More... OK Vetoed 06/2000 P-12 Partnership for School Readiness S.B. 1597 Creates the Partnership for School Readiness Act to facilitate community collaboration of efforts and services that will prepare children to... More... FL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Composition of School Readiness Partnership S.B. 2088 Relates to school readiness; provides sovereign immunity for school readiness coalitions; revises funding for prekindergarten early interven... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Office of School Readiness and Pre-Kindergarten Program S.B. 132 Creates the Office of School Readiness within the Department of Children's Affairs; provides for the operation and management of a voluntary... More... NY Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Full-day Kindergarten, Universal Prekindergarten Reserve Fund A.B. 9291 Relates to state aid for school districts; funds a workforce education program in New York City; creates the Universal Prekindergarten Reser... More... IN Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Reports to the Public; Kindergarten S.B. 489 Requires the mailing, instead of publishing, of the school corporation performance report; provides that a child must be at least five years... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Early Childhood Component H.B. 1187 There is created an Early Intervention Program in kindergarten and a Primary Grades Early Intervention Program in grades 1-3. These programs... More... GA Signed by governor 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Early Intervention Component H.B. 1187 There is created an Early Intervention Program in kindergarten and a Primary Grades Early Intervention Program in grades 1-3. These programs... More... NM Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Full Day Kindergarten H.B. 211 Relates to full day kindergarten programs; provides funding.... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2000 P-12 Funding for Full-Day Kindergarten A.B. 2773 Provides additional State aid to support full-day kindergarten programs in charter schools located in the Abbott districts.... More...