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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.

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State Status/Date Level Summary
CASigned into law 09/2012P-12Ceiling on Parent Liability for Damages Caused by Minor Pupil
A.B. 2662 - Ceiling on Parent Liability for Damages Caused by Minor Pupil
From bill summary: Allows $10,000 limit on liability for damages caused by minor pupil's misconduct to be adjusted annually for inflation. h...

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ILSigned into law 08/2012P-12Bilingual Education and Parent Involvement
H.B. 3819
Provides that once established, each parent advisory committee for transitional bilingual education programs autonomously conduct its affair...

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HIAdopted 06/2012P-12Efforts to Establish, Implement, and Monitor Statewide Policies for Family Engagement
S.C.R. 79
Requests that the board of education and department of education collaborate with parent organizations to establish, implement, and monitor ...

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LASigned into law 06/2012P-12Parent Attendance at Parent-Teacher Conferences Required
S.B. 685
Requires each teacher to schedule at least two parent-teacher conferences during the first semester each school year. Requires at least one ...

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COSigned into law 06/2012P-12Parental Consent For Surveys In K-12 Schools
S.B. 36
Current law prohibits an employee of a school or school district from requiring a student to participate in a survey, analysis, or evaluatio...

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COSigned into law 05/2012P-12Parent Involvement In Education
S.B. 160
Amends membership of the Colorado state advisory council for parent involvement in education appointed by the state board of education. Chan...

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TNSigned into law 05/2012P-12Parent Involvement Program
H.B. 2994
Requires the department of education to establish within the schools in the achievement school district a four-year pilot program to increas...

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NYIssued 04/2012P-12Establishing the New NY Education Reform Commission
E.O. No. 44
Establishes the New NY Education Reform Commission to provide guidance and advice to the governor on education policy, performance, and inno...

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TNSigned into law 04/2012P-12Parental Involvement Programs
H.B. 3505
Authorizes LEAs to partner with individuals, community and faith-based groups and organizations to design and implement programs to improve ...

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LASigned into law 04/2012P-12Transferring Low-performing School to Recovery District and Parent Petitions
H.B. 976
Allows for a public school to be transferred to the Recovery School District (RSD) if such transfer is approved by the state board of educat...

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MESigned into law 03/2012P-12An Act To Encourage Parental Involvement in Education, (LD 1770)
S.P. 609
Requires school administrative units and public charter schools, in consultation with parents, teachers and administrators, to develop a par...

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UTSigned into law 03/2012P-12Online Education Survey
H.B. 149
From bill summary: Requires the state board of education to establish a three-year pilot online school survey system that includes surveys f...

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UTSigned into law 03/2012P-12Encouraging Parental Engagement
S.C.R. 5
Recognizes the parents and family members of students in Utah schools for their efforts to foster the education of their children by nurturi...

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NHVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 01/2012P-12Parental Objections to Course Material
H.B. 542
Requires school districts to adopt a policy allowing an exception to specific course material based on a parent's or legal guardian's determ...

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CAVetoed 10/2011P-12Parent Trigger Amendments
A.B. 203
From bill summary: Requires interventions to be implemented for a school that is identified as persistently lowest-achieving but does not re...

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RISigned into law 07/2011P-12Rhode Island Family Engagement Advisory Council
H.B. 5995
Adds a new chapter to create the Rhode Island Family Engagement Advisory Council to promote family engagement with education practice in Rho...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Parent Trigger Pilot for Columbus
H.B. 153 - Parent Trigger Pilot for Columbus
Establishes a pilot project for any school operated by the Columbus school district that has been ranked in the lowest 5% of all public scho...

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LASigned into law 06/2011P-12Community Outreach Plans
S.B. 216
Requires the superintendent of the Recovery School District (New Orleans) to develop a community outreach plan to engage parents and communi...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Classroom Placement for Multiple Birth Siblings
S.B. 726
Allows the parent of multiple birth siblings who are assigned to the same grade level and school to request a consultative meeting with the ...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Requires Involvement of Parent/Guardian Before Corporal Punishment Administered
S.B. 498
Provides that corporal punishment will not be administered on a student whose parent or guardian has stated in writing that corporal punishm...

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SCSigned into law 06/2011P-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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Parent Trigger Law--Local Board May Trump
S.B. 738
Provides that if the commissioner is presented with a written petition signed by the parents of a majority of the students enrolled at a cam...

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HIAdopted 06/2011P-12Family Engagement
S.C.R. 145-11
Requests that the board of education and the department of education collaborate with parent organizations to develop statewide policies for...

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NVSigned into law 06/2011P-12Parent Involvement
A.B. 224
Creates the Office of Parental Involvement and Family Engagement within the Department of Education. Describes the duties of the office, whi...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Parent Involvement
S.B. 229
Revises the requirements for the policy adopted by the State Board of Education to encourage parental and family involvement in supporting t...

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TNSigned into law 05/2011P-12Employee Leave Time for Volunteering
S.B. 1880
Urges employers to develop programs under which their employees with children in school can take time off to volunteer in their children's s...

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MTVetoed 04/2011P-12Parental Control Over Student Participation
H.B. 456
Allows parental control over student participation in courses of instruction, assemblies, etc. that involve human sexual education. Requires...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Parent Rights
S.B. 1453
States that parents have a right to review learning material and activities and remove their child from certain activities or classes deemed...

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COSigned into law 04/2011P-12Parental Involvement and School Improvement Plans
H.B. 1126
Encourages districts to adopt policies to increase parental involvement. Requires schools that must develop improvement plans to notify pare...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Classroom Assignment of Multiple Birth Siblings
S.B. 268
Authorizes parents with multiple birth siblings who are assigned to the same grade level and school, prek-6 to request in writing that the s...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Parental monitors on school buses
S.B. 321
Authorizes a school district board of directors to create and implement a program to authorize a parent of a child enrolled in the school di...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12Parental Involvement Plans
S.B. 740
Directs the department of education to monitor each school district's parental involvement plan to: (i) Evaluate whether the school district...

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OHSigned into law 03/2011P-12Family and Civic Engagement Teams
H.B. 30 - Family and Civic Engagement Teams, Linkage Coordinators
Repeals Section 3306.31, which required each district with a three-year average graduation rate of 80% or less to have a linkage coordinator...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12Parental Notification of Law Enforcement Involvement
H.B. 1578
Concerns parental notification in cases of police investigation of possible child abuse. Directs principals to not provide parental notifica...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12Electronic Records and Signatures
H.B. 2243
Authorizes local school boards to adopt and implement policies pursuant to which electronic records and electronic signatures may be accepte...

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MSVetoed 03/2011P-12Parental Choice for Twin Placement/Loaning of Extra Textbooks
S.B. 2536
Allows parental choice for the placement of twins or higher order multiples in seperate classrooms. Authorizes local boards to offer surplus...

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MSSigned into law 03/2011P-12Classroom Placement of Twins
H.B. 637
Allows parental choice for the placement of twins or higher order multiples in seperate classrooms.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documen...

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CAAdopted 09/2010P-12Parent Empowerment
5 CA ADC 4800, 4801, 4802, 4803, 4804, 4805, 4806, 4807
Adopts emergency regulations to implement Senate Bill 4, Chapter 3, 5th Extraordinary Session of 2010. This Senate Bill and these emergency ...

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NYSigned into law 09/2010P-12Grandparent Membership in Parent and Parent-Teacher Associations
S.B. 6355
Permits membership in certain school related associations by grandparents in parental relation to children in the New York City public schoo...

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CASigned into law 07/2010P-12Background Checks
A.B. 346
Amends Section 45125.01. Adds to existing provision allowing a single district or county superintendent to act on behalf of multiple distric...

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TNSigned into law 06/2010P-12Parent or Caretaker RelativeTraining
H.B. 2644
Requires a parent or caretaker relative receiving temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) services to participate in either a parent ...

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TNSigned into law 05/2010P-12Limits for Parents Whose Parental Rights Have Been Terminated
S.B. 3053
Prohibits parent whose parental rights have been terminated from being eligible to receive child's report card or other information concerni...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Parent Trust Fund
S.B. 438 - Sec. 26
Establishes a Parent Trust Fund to fund programs aimed at improving the health, safety and education of children by training parents in civi...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Parent-Teacher Conferences
S.B. 438 - Sec. 29
Requires all schools to hold parent-teacher conferences at least twice a year. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/ACT/PA/2010PA-00111-R00SB-00438-PA...

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TNSigned into law 04/2010P-12Parental Involvement in Planning for Higher Education Opportunities
S.B. 1321
Requires schools to have a plan for parent participation in the schools which is designed to improve parent and teacher cooperation in such ...

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TNSigned into law 04/2010P-12Parent-Teacher Scheduling Considerations
S.B. 3276
Urges local education agencies to consider the needs of working parents in scheduling parent-teacher meetings.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bil...

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TNSigned into law 04/2010P-12Classroom Placement of Siblings
S.B. 2480
In determining the classroom assignments of multiple birth siblings, the board of education is required to give preference to a request of t...

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WISigned into law 04/2010P-12Act 215 - Misc. Provisions
S.B. 437
Requires boards annually to prepare budgets for each school in the district. Requires boards to collaborate with nonprofits and government a...

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CASigned into law 01/2010P-12Parent Empowerment
S.B. 4E - Parent Empowerment
Creates new sections 53300 and ff. of the Education Code, establishing new "Parent Empowerment" section. Provides that for any school not id...

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CAVetoed 10/2009P-12Bringing Interpreter to School Meetings
A.B. 1510
Authorizes parents or guardians of English learners to bring an oral language interpreter to all conferences, meetings or proceedings held a...

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NYSigned into law 08/2009P-12New York City Board
A.B. 8903 - New York City Board Powers and Duties
Substantially amends powers and duties of New York City board, authorizing the board to:
(1) Approve all regulations proposed by the chance...

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NYSigned into law 08/2009P-12Community Superintendents
A.B. 8903 - Community Superintendents
Amends provisions regarding community superintendents in New York City. Clarifies that a community superintendent's delegation of powers or ...

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NYSigned into law 08/2009P-12Parent Association/Parent-Teacher Association Meetings
A.B. 8903 - Parent Association/Parent-Teacher Association Meetings
Existing provision permits the use of school facilities for holding civic meetings. New provision specifies that civic meetings include meet...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Financial Reporting and Minimum Standards
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.07
Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1:Modifies the current requirement for the state board to develop a standard for reporting financial ...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Parental Notification Procedures for Responding to Threats and Emergencies
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.536
From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Requires school districts, community schools, STEM schools and chartered nonpublic schools to inform, prior to o...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Family and Civic Engagement Teams, Business Advisory Councils
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.82, 3313.821, 3313.822
Renumbers to 3313.82 existing provision requiring local boards and educational service center boards to appoint a business advisory council....

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Best Practices for Improving Parental Involvement
H.B. 1 - Section 265.80.40
Directs the state board, by January 29, 2010, to develop a list of best practices for improving parental involvement that public and nonpubl...

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MOSigned into law 07/2009P-12
Postsec.
Parental Involvement
S.B. 291--Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program
Creates the Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program to be implemented and administered by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Educati...

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LAVetoed 06/2009P-12Tax Credit for Parental Involvement Time
S.B. 194
Provides for a tax credit against the corporate income tax and the corporation franchise tax for employers who allow parental involvement in...

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COSigned into law 05/2009P-12Parent Involvement Council in Education Department
S.B. 90
Creates the state advisory council for parent involvement in education in the department of education. Specifies the council membership. Dir...

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NVSigned into law 05/2009P-12Parent Involvement
A.B. 243
Requires employers with a certain number of employees to grant to an employee who is a parent, guardian or custodian of a child enrolled in ...

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NYSigned into law 05/2009P-12Public Schools Emergency Alert Act
A.B. 1245
Enacts the public schools emergency alert act. Requires the New York City Schools chancellor to implement an emergency alert notification sy...

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COSigned into law 05/2009P-12Parental Leave for School Activities
H.B. 1057
Allows an employee of a qualified employer to take unpaid leave to attend parent-teacher conferences; limits the unpaid leave; permits the e...

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MNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Access to Student Records
H.F. 2
Allows a child's parent or guardian to designate a "significant individual" to participate in a school conference involving that child. Requ...

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TNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Parental Involvement Standards
S.B. 293
Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to develop standards for parental involvement in K-12 public schools and include a report on loca...

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IDVetoed 04/2009P-12Parent Involvement
H.B. 245
Enacts the Parents as Teachers Family Support Act; awards grants to local agencies to provide home visits for eligible families, parent grou...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009P-12Improving Parents' Access to Public School Data
S.B. 943
Improves student achievement and closes achievement gaps among student subgroups by providing public access to comprehensive school improvem...

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ARSigned into law 03/2009P-12Parental Involvement
H.B. 1272
Requires each school's parental involvement plan to provide instruction to parents on how to incorporate developmentally appropriate learnin...

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VASigned into law 02/2009P-12Dissemination of Information on Family Life Education
H.B. 1980
Requires school divisions to include a detailed statement in the summary already required by law to be issued to parents and guardians to as...

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MASigned into law 12/2008P-12Authorizing a Designated Caregiver
H.B. 4718
Provides the procedures by which a parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of a minor, by a caregiver authorization affidavit, may author...

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UTAdopted 11/2008P-12English Language Learner Family Literacy Centers
R277-715
Provides a formula to allocate funds appropriated by the 2008 Legislature for school districts and charter schools to provide English Langua...

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MASigned into law 10/2008P-12Develoment of Education Programs
H.B. 391
Provides access to pupil information for parents and evaluators; provides that a school committee shall, upon request by parents, provide ti...

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NYSigned into law 09/2008P-12Special Education Services Outside the School Setting
S.B. 7981
Provides that members of committees on special education may provide parents of a child with a disability with a list of programs and servic...

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MASigned into law 09/2008P-12Placement of Twins in Classrooms
H.B. 469
Relates to classroom placement of twins; provides that the parents of twins or higher order multiples may request that the children be place...

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NYVetoed 07/2008P-12New York State Schools for the Deaf and Blind
A.B. 9511
Requires school districts to provide information to parents of blind and deaf students regarding programs and institutions administered by t...

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LASigned into law 07/2008P-12Parental Information Requests and Complaints
S.B. 440
Requires public schools to provide parents or guardians with information regarding making complaints or requesting information; provides for...

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LASigned into law 07/2008P-12Habitual Truancy and Habitual Tardiness
H.B. 1133
Revises provisions related to habitual truancy and habitual tardiness. Requires a student's parent to enforce the student's attendance at th...

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NJSigned into law 06/2008P-12Classroom Placement of Twins
A.B. 1671
Permits parent of twins or higher order multiples enrolled in public school to select shared or separate classroom placement of their childr...

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TNSigned into law 06/2008P-12Parents Supporting Instruction
S.B. 2162
Specifies that identifying opportunities for parents to participate in and support classroom instruction in the school includes the followin...

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LASigned into law 06/2008P-12Parent Participation in Rehabilitation or Counseling
H.B. 361
Provides that no student who has been expelled from any school for possessing weapons or drugs shall be admitted or readmitted to any public...

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OKSigned into law 06/2008P-12Placement of Multiple-Birth Siblings
S.B. 2037
Allows a parent or guardian of multiple-birth siblings to request that the children attend the same school and be placed in the same classro...

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TNSigned into law 06/2008P-12Parent Notification
H.B. 3162
Provides that if a student is a victim of child abuse or sexual abuse that occurred on school grounds or under the schools care, then the pr...

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MNVetoed 05/2008P-12Omnibus Education Policy Bill
S.B. 3001
Authorized a parent or guardian of a student to designate an individual to participate in a school conference involving the child of the par...

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KYSigned into law 04/2008P-12Family Resource and Youth Services Centers
S.B. 192
Provides that family resource and youth services centers must provide services to enhance a student's ability to succeed in school. Provides...

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

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UTSigned into law 03/2008P-12English Language Learner Family Literacy Centers
S.B. 2 - Section 24
Establishes the English Language Learner Family Literacy Centers to:
(1) Increase parent involvement
(2) Communicate with parents who are no...

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VASigned into law 03/2008Postsec.Students' Educational Records
H.B. 1058
Requires the Board of Visitors or other governing body of every public institution of higher education in Virginia to establish policies and...

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UTAdopted 03/2008P-12Standards for School District Discipline Plans
R277-609
Provides that all charter schools (and schools if district does not have districtwide plan) must develop a school-wide written model for pre...

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UTAdopted 10/2007P-12Charter Schools
R277-477-3
Requires all charter schools to have a committee consisting of a majority of parents designated to make decisions regarding School LAND Trus...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Parental Notice of Suspension or Expulsion
H.B. 1739
Ensures that parents receive actual notice of a student's expulsion or suspension from school.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bil...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Reaching One's Potential for Excellence (ROPE) Scholars Pilot Program.
S.B. 1030
The purpose of the ROPE Scholars Pilot Program is to strengthen middle grades education in order to provide students with the opportunity to...

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DESigned into law 07/2007P-12Parent Members fo Professional Standards Board
S.B. 123
Revises the designated nominating organization for the parent members of the Professional Standards Board from the Congress of Parents and T...

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TNSigned into law 07/2007P-12No Tax on School Art Supplies During Annual Sales Tax Holiday
S.B. 616
Includes school art supplies with a sales price of $100 or less per item as items exempt from sales tax during the annual sales tax holiday....

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ORSigned into law 06/2007P-12Defines "Person in Parental Relationship"
S.B. 215
Defines "Person in parental relationship" as an adult who has physical custody of a child or resides in the same household as the child, int...

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SCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2007P-12Parent Orientation
H.B. 3254
Adds a new section (59-18-1600) to provide that a school that has received an unsatisfactory absolute academic performance rating on its mos...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Advisory Council on Parental Involvement
S.B. 143
Establishes an Advisory Council on Parental Involvement and prescribes the membership and duties of the council. State accountability law re...

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GASigned into law 05/2007P-12Multiples and Maximum Class Sizes
S.B. 123
Requires twins or other multiples to be placed in the same classroom if the parent requests. Also allows districts to establish maximum clas...

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GASigned into law 05/2007P-12Charter Systems Act
S.B. 39
Enacts the Charter Systems Act. Amends definitions of "charter," "charter petitioner," "local revenue," and "petition," and adding definitio...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Parental Consent Prior to Reporting of Sexual Offense Victim
S.B. 57
Requires the parent of a child who is the victim of a sexual offense to give written consent before the name of the child may provided to a ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Parental and Family Involvement Policies
H.F. 2245 [Parental Involvement]
Encourages local school board to formally adopt and implement parental and family involvement policy. Specifies requirements and components ...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Student Progress Reports
S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 2
Provides that by July 1, 2008, a student progress report must be prepared for all students. States that the progress report must provide par...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 2107 -- Part D-2
Provides that an application for a charter school cannot be approved unless the charter entity finds that in a school district where the tot...

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IDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Official State Language
S.B. 1172
Amends existing law to declare English to be the official state language. Provides that English is the sole language of government, subject ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12Parental Notification/Consent Clinical Health Care Class
H.B. 371
Requires specific parental notification and consent before public education students who are minors may participate in the clinical experien...

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WYSigned into law 03/2007P-12Child Care Facilities Improvement
H.B. 95
Requires the state to provide staff development grants to child caring facilities to assist the owners or staff of those facilities to obtai...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Individual Academic Career Plan
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3313.603(H)
Directs the department to make its individual academic career plan available through its Ohio career information system web site for distric...

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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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ILIssued 09/2006P-12Parent Leadership Council
E.O. 2006-10
Creates the Parent Leadership Council to serve as an advisory body to the state board of education and office of the governor. Provides tha...

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ILAdopted 09/2006P-12Parental Participation Pilot Project
23 IAC 560.10, .20, .30, .40, .50
Establishes rules regarding the Parental Participation Pilot Project. Pages 259-264 of 405: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/in...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Parental Information in Languages other than English
A.B. 680
Relates to students whose primary language is not English. Requires the Department of Education to monitor adherence to requirements relatin...

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NYSigned into law 07/2006P-12Parent Teacher Communications Act
A.B. 347
Directs the commissioner to develop guidelines by which school districts may establish a program to make available to parents or guardians ...

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HISigned into law 07/2006P-12Assistance to Limited English Proficient Persons
H.B. 2778
Requires each state agency and all covered entities to take reasonable steps to ensure limited English proficient persons have meaningful ac...

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NJSigned into law 06/2006P-12Special education adult services and staff liaison
S.B. 1220
Requires the Department of Education to include in its parental rights in special education booklet, information describing services availab...

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GAAdopted 06/2006P-12Comprehensive Academic Performance System (CAPS) Demonstration Site Grant
GAC 160-1-4-.272
Clarifies rules regarding the Comprehensive Academic Performance System (CAPS) Demonstration Site Grant. The intent of the funding is to pro...

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CTSigned into law 06/2006P-12Parent Involvement Reporting
H.B. 5513
Concerns parental involvement reporting in school profiles; raises the importance of parental involvement among administrators and enable pa...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12K-3 Diagnostic Assessments
S.B. 2272 - Section 5
If the diagnostic assessments administered to K-3 students indicate that a child is reading below grade level, requires the district to subm...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Florida Secondary School Redesign Act
H.B. 7087 - Section 19
Defines secondary schools as those serving grades 6-12. Specifies that the following guiding principles must be used in the annual preparat...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Parent Involvement Time Allowance
S.B. 3246; H.B. 3123
Concerns Education; permits state employees with children enrolled in schools to take off up to one day a month from work to voluntarily par...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Student and Parent Awareness
H.B. 538
Directs the commissioner of education to send annually to each superintendent a list of information that schools must provide to the elector...

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GASigned into law 04/2006P-12Excused Absences
H.B. 984
Provides that a student whose parent or legal guardian is in military service is granted up to 5 excused absences per school year to visit w...

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IDIssued 04/2006P-12Executive Office for Families and Children
Executive Order 2006-09
Establishes the Executive Office for Families and Children. Provides that the duties of the council include:

A. Coordinating all boards, ...

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IDIssued 04/2006P-12Governor's Coordinating Council for Families and Children
Executive Order 2006-15
Continues the "Governor's Coordinating Council for Families and Children" within the governor's office. Provides that the objectives for th...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12Support for Caregiving Grandparents
H.B. 45
Creates the KinCare Support Program, a centralized statewide service program to provide grandparents caring for minor grandchildren with inf...

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WVRule Adoption 04/2006P-12Attendance
Title 126, Series 81
Amends rules regarding half-day attendance and specific ages for compulsory school attendance. Identifies the specific number of days in whi...

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VASigned into law 04/2006P-12Sales Tax Exemptions for School supplies
S.B. 571
Provides a sales and use tax exemption, beginning in 2006, for certain school-related items purchased during a specific three-day period dur...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12Kentucky Youth Development Coordinating Council
S.J.R. 184
Encourages the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish the Kentucky Youth Development Coordinating Council; establishes membersh...

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WASigned into law 03/2006P-12Center for the Improvement of Student Learning, Educational Ombudsman
H.B. 3127
Reactivates the center for the improvement of student learning; creates an educational ombudsman (within the office of the governor) to incr...

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WASigned into law 03/2006P-12Center for Improvement of Student Learning, Education Ombudsman
H.B. 3127
Declares an intent to reactivate the center for the improvement of student learning, and to create within the center an educational ombudsm...

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ILAdopted 02/2006P-12Early Childhood Block Grant
23 IAC 235.10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, Appendix A, B
Establishes rules regarding the Early Childhood Block Grant program. Allows entities other than school districts to apply for preschool and...

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WISigned into law 12/2005P-12Notification of Right to Request Performance Reports
A.B. 425
From Legislative Council Memo: Prior law required each school board to annually distribute, by January 1, to the parent or guardian of each ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2005P-12The Parental Participation Pilot Project
S.B. 10
Provides that by the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year, the State Board of Education shall by rule establish a parental participation p...

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MNSigned into law 07/2005P-12Parental review of basic skills test
H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
The commissioner must adopt and publish a policy to provide public and parental access for review of basic skills tests, Minnesota Comprehen...

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MNSigned into law 07/2005P-12Psychotropic drugs
H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
School officials must not use the refusal of a parent or guardian to consent to the administration of psychotropic drugs to their student or...

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COVetoed 06/2005P-12School Accountability Reports and State Accreditation
S.B. 214 (Section 4-6)
Section 4: Repeals and reenacts 22-7-605 pertaining to the content and format of state-mandated school accountability reports.

Section 5: ...

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NVSigned into law 06/2005P-12Monitoring system for the statewide system of accountability; honor code
S.B. 214
Establishes a monitoring system for the statewide system of accountability; revises various provisions governing the statewide system of acc...

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AK(H) PERMANENTLY FILED LEGIS RESOLVE 19 05/2005P-12Parents' Day
H.C.R. 11
Proclaiming July 24, 2005, as Parents' Day. States that the Alaska State Legislature encourages all parents to commit themselves to responsi...

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FLVetoed 05/2005P-12Psychotropic Medication
H.B. 209
Defines term "psychotropic medication." Prohibits a recipient of state funds from requiring student to be prescribed or administered psychot...

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MOSigned into law 05/2005P-12Encourages effective involvement by parents and families in support of their children's education
S.B. 480
This act requires the State Board of Education to adopt a policy by December 1, 2005, that encourages effective involvement by parents and f...

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MNEFFECTIVE DATE '05-'06 SCHOOL YEAR AND LATER 05/2005P-12Parent discretion in classroom placement of multiples (twins, etc.)
S.F. 180
A parent or guardian of twins or higher order multiples may request that the children be placed in the same classroom or in separate classro...

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COSigned into law 04/2005P-12High School Dropout Parental Notice
S.B. 164
Requires districts to provide written notification to parents of a high school dropout who is not subject to compulsory education laws. Stat...

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AZVetoed 04/2005P-12School Policies
H.B. 2431
Requires every local board, in consultation with parents, teachers and administrators, to develop and adopt a policy to promote the involvem...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12School Accountability and Crime Reporting
S.B. 1044
Authorizes local boards to adopt guidelines for the standardization of the format of school accountability report cards required by section ...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12Early Childhood Education and Family Literacy
H.B. 2050
Transfers the family literacy program from the state board's division of adult education to the division of early childhood education progra...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Arkansas Supreme Court Decision
H.B. 2646
Conforms the Arkansas Code to comply with the Arkansas Supreme Court decision in the Lake View case. Requires any school district that was a...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12
Postsec.
Career Counseling for Students
H.B. 2868
Requires each district's student services plan to include a district-level tracking system for students who fail to reach proficiency on sta...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Parental Notification
H.B. 2688
Clarifies requirements regarding parental notification by school personnel of student misconduct, law enforcement access to a student or a s...

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MTSigned into law 03/2005Postsec.
Community College
Create Parents As Scholars Program
H.B. 555
Create parents as scholars program. For the purpose of this program(1) "Approved educational program" means:
     (a) a program in a unit o...

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VASigned into law 03/2005P-12Noncustodial Parent as Emergency Contact
S.B. 981
Provides that the noncustodial parent of a student enrolled in a public school or day care center must be included, upon the request of such...

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KYSigned into law 03/2005P-12Role 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 developmen...

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IDSigned into law 03/2005P-12Habitual Truant
S.B. 1066
Revises the definition of a "habitual truant." Revises the provisions applicable to proceedings against parents and guardians whose children...

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UTVetoed 03/2005P-12Medical Recommendations for Children
H.B. 42
Prohibits school personnel from making certain medical recommendations for a minor, including the use of psychotropic drugs; prohibits the r...

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ARSigned into law 02/2005P-12Honor Roll Programs
S.B. 250
An act to ensure the continuation of district honor roll and academic achievement recognition programs. Specifies that no district may be pr...

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OHSigned into law 02/2005P-12Parent's Week, Teacher Compensation, Testing Sections
H.B. 493
Designates the fourth week of September as Parent's Week; revises provisions governing child support collection. Qualifies teachers employed...

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NYSigned into law 01/2005P-12School Records Review
S.B. 6818
Authorizes caregivers to review school records and to consent to medical and dental diagnosis and treatment of a minor child, excuse absence...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Pupils: Interrogation
A.B. 1012
Requires the principal of a school to take immediate steps to seek the consent of the parent or guardian of an elementary school pupil prior...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Family Child Care Home Education Networks
A.B. 379
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract with entities organized under law to operate family child care home education ...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Attendance of Counselor at Pupil Suspension Conference
A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Section 10: Changes the law from requiring a school counselor or psychologist to attend a parent-teacher conference regarding a pupil suspen...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Parent of Suspended Pupil Allowed to Attend Portion of School Day
A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Repeals mandate and replaces with policy authorizing school district governing boards to adopt a policy permitting a parent or guardian of a...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12District Uniform Complaint Process
S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
SEC. 12: Requires a school district to use its uniform complaint process to help identify and resolve any deficiencies related to
instructio...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Child Care and Development Services Program
A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions)
Changes the maximum age for program eligibility to 13, and modifies the definition of ''parent'' under the Child Care
and Development Servic...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Teen Parents in Foster Care Act
S.B. 1178
Creates the Teen Parents in Foster Care Act. Provides ways in which families of dependent minor parents may be preserved, by assisting such ...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Prisoners Rehabilitation
S.B. 1399
Requires each person who becomes subject to the Department of Corrections on or after January 1, 2006, with the exception of inmates serving...

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MISigned into law 09/2004P-12State 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...

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MABecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004P-12Board 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...

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HISigned into law 07/2004P-12Paid Leave for Parent-Teacher Conferences
H.B. 1780
Limits paid leave for government employees who attend parent-teacher conferences to two hours, and clarifies that government employees are e...

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NHSigned into law 06/2004P-12Parental Refusal to Administer Drug
H.B. 551
Establishes that further study is needed to determine the biological or medical reasons for administering psychotropic drugs, such as Ritali...

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MISigned into law 05/2004P-12Parent Involvement Plan
S.B. 307
Creates a parent involvement plan within school districts and public school academies designed to encourage parental participation.

http://...

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TNSigned into law 05/2004P-12Parental Involvement
H.B. 2635
Requires local districts to devise policies and procedures to encourage parental involvement in public schools. Plans must include: (1) A pl...

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TNSigned into law 04/2004P-12Education
H.B. 2161
Concerns education; provides for local education agencies to include contact information on child advocacy groups and the state department ...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Notification to Parents of Rights of Students
S.B. 438
Directs local school boards to notify parents of the educational rights of students who fail to graduate or who have failed to achieve the n...

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NESigned into law 03/2004P-12School Districts
L.B. 172
Eliminates a requirement for school districts to provide abortion information....

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ARSigned into law 02/2004P-12Family Resource Centers
H.B. 1091
Provides for family resource centers to remove nonacademic barriers to academic success; authorizes use of national school lunch funds for t...

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DEAdopted 09/2003P-12Releasing Students to Caregivers
14 DAC 881
Amends Regulation 881 "Releasing Students to Persons Other Than Their Parents or Legal Guardians" to add the category of "relative caregiver...

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NYVetoed 08/2003P-12Caregiver Review School Records
S.B. 2062
Authorizes caregivers to review school records and to consent to medical and dental diagnosis and treatment of a minor child, excuse absence...

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MISigned into law 08/2003P-12Family Resource Center Curriculum Blue Ribbon Study Committee
H.B. 4401 (multiple provisions)
Sec. 107a. (1) The family resource center curriculum blue ribbon study committee is established to explore and make
recommendations on imple...

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ILSigned into law 08/2003P-12Homework Assistance Information for Parents
S.B. 891
Amends the School Code. Relates to homework assistance information for parents. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide inf...

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LASigned into law 07/2003P-12Parental Involvement Program
S.B. 706
Provides for the establishment of a 2-year parental involvement demonstration program in local school systems, beginning with the 2003-04 sc...

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LASigned into law 06/2003P-12Charitable Gambling
H.B. 162
Repeals provision allowing only one parent-teacher association or booster club for each school. http://www.legis.state.la.us/bills/byinst.as...

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HISigned into law 05/2003P-12Employee Leave Benefits
S.B. 205
Requires public employers to provide at least two hours of paid (including travel time) leave during normal business hours to attend parent-...

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HISigned into law 05/2003P-12Caregiver Consent
S.B. 946
Allows a caregiver of a minor who lives with the minor, but is not the minor's legal guardian, to execute an affidavit of caregiver consent ...

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IASigned into law 05/2003P-12Family Support Programs
H.B. 549 (omnibus bill)
Eliminates language requiring any district providing a family support program and that is requesting additional Phase III funding to meet th...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12List of Classes for Parents
H.B. 2339
Requires school districts to provide parents of students in grades nine through twelve (9-12) with a list of classes that are required to be...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Academic Achievement Gap and Parental Involvement
H.B. 2067
Appropriates funds for commission on closing the academic achievement gap and parental involvement. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bi...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Parental Authorization for Surveys or Questions
S.B. 895
Requires parental authorization for surveys or questionnaires administered to students requesting any personally identifiable information. h...

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ARSigned into law 03/2003P-12Parental Involvement Plan
H.B. 1387
Requires public schools to create a parental involvement plan. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB1387.pdf...

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SDSigned into law 02/2003P-12Teacher Parent Conferences
H.B. 1041
Amends 13-26-4.   A school may have teacher-parent conferences during the school year and not more than 16.5 hours may be counted as hours i...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Parent Notification
A.B. 2198
Authorizes a school principal, or his or her designee, to notify each pupil's parent or legal guardian and each school employee in writing o...

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CTSigned into law 07/2002P-12
Postsec.
An act concerning educational support orders
HB 5088
This bill permits judges and family support magistrates to order divorcing parents and fathers subject to paternity orders to support their ...

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DESigned into law 06/2002P-12Truancy Charges Against Parents and Students
H.B. 380
Permits civil charges to be brought against a student at the same time that criminal charges are brought against the parent, if the student ...

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MOSigned into law 06/2002P-12Major Bill -- Family Literacy Component
H.B. 1711
Defines family literacy and permits districts to create family literacy programs and to use at-risk funding to support them. Makes family l...

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COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Family Literacy Education Grant Program
H.B. 1303
Establishes a Family Literacy Education Grant Program within the Department of Education; permits local education providers to apply for gra...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Duties of Auditor General
H.B. 2347
Withdraws Auditor General's mandate to evaluate the Healthy Families and family literacy program; moves responsibility for family group deci...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Prince George's County Governance and Administration
H.B. 949
Establishes appointed New Prince George's County Board of Education and requirements for membership. Provides for compensation of board memb...

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CTSigned into law 05/2002P-12Colocation of Family Resource Centers and School-Based Health Clinics
H.B. 5179
Mandates that the Commissioner of Education and Public Health create plan for the colocation where possible of family resource centers and s...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: K-12 Student and Parent Rights
S.B. 20E
Inserts "directory" section to inform students and parents of their rights pertaining to a number of areas, including nondiscrimination, stu...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: New Section on Student Conduct and Parental Involvement Goals
S.B. 20E
Establishes legislative intent that 1) every K-12 public school student attend school throughout the school year and comply with the school'...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Contacting Parents During a Crisis
H.B. 886, S.B. 230
Directs the Virginia Center for School Safety, the Coordinator of Emergency Management, and the Board of Education to include, within the Mo...

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VASigned into law 02/2002P-12Student Surveys
H.B. 357
Requires local school boards to develop and implement policies to prohibit the administration of questionnaires or surveys to public school ...

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UTTo governor 06/2001P-12Notification of Parents (Custodial and Noncustodial)
H.B. 1001A, S.B. 1001A
The House Bill requires a public school to notify the custodial and attempt to notify the noncustodial parent of a student who is injured or...

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MISigned into law 06/2001P-12Parental Involvement Contracts
H.B. 4630
Encourages school districts to adopt parental involvement contracts; requires department to develop model....

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NCSigned into law 06/2001P-12Notices to Parents
S.B. 811
Session Law Number 244., Ensures that the parents or guardians of students who are suspended or expelled for more than 10 days from school r...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Parental Involvement
A.B. 201
Requires the state Board of Education and the board of trustees of each school district to adopt policies encouraging parental involvement i...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.Parents as Scholars Pilot Program
H.B. 1187
Sec. 31.072. PARENTS AS SCHOLARS PILOT PROGRAM. Requires the commission to establish a Parents as Scholars pilot program under which recipi...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Parental involvement in the school
S.B. 505
Sets forth provisions that a school's strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement plan may include to encourage parental inv...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12The use of Internet Filters
H.B. 1003
Requires public schools and public libraries to install internet filters or purchase internet connectivity from a provider that provides fil...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Legislative Parental Involvement Act
S.B. 303
The purpose of the Legislative Parental Involvement Act is to promote school and community partnerships that will increase parental involvem...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Parental Notification for Students involved with the Police
H.B. 2275
Mandates parental notification of students reported to, interviewed by or taken into custody by law enforcement personnel....

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UTVetoed 03/2001P-12Includes Noncustodial Parent in Communications
H.B. 168
Requires a public school to notify the custodial and attempt to notify the noncustodial parent of a student who is injured or becomes ill at...

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UTVetoed 03/2001P-12Notification of Noncustodial Parent
S.B. 222
Requires a peace officer, case worker or school to inform a custodial and noncustodial parent when a minor is taken into custody or suspende...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Parent Rights Concerning Special Education
H.B. 1226
Relates to publication of procedure for changing special education placements. Directs the Board of Education to publicize and disseminate, ...

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CAVetoed 09/2000P-12Parenting Skills and Dysfunctional Behavior
S.B. 1348
Requires the superintendent to convene and conduct the summit pursuant to the approved plan, and would require the various state departments...

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SCSigned into law 09/2000P-12Parent Involvement
S.B. 1164
Relates to education; enacts the Parent Involvement in Their Children's Education Act; establishes a framework for encouragement of increase...

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ILSigned into law 06/2000P-12Changes in Special Education
S.B. 1447
Public Act No. 91-784., Provides that the provision (Article of the School Code) requiring the assignment of a surrogate parent for educatio...

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CTSigned into law 05/2000P-12Surrogate Parents
H.B. 5316
Expands responsibilities of surrogate parents appointed by Education Commissioner to represent children who may require special education in...

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WISigned into law 05/2000P-12Modifies Definition of Parent
A.B. 412
Parent" means any of the following: biological parent; husband who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife; male who is pre...

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NHSigned into law 05/2000P-12Parents as Teachers Pilot Program
S.B. 170
Creates a Parents as Teachers Pilot Program to create a partnership between parents and early childhood development professionals; provides ...

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VASigned into law 04/2000P-12Parent Involvement
H.B. 1147
Provides that the juvenile and domestic relations court, upon finding that a parent has willfully and unreasonably failed to accompany a sus...

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WASigned into law 03/2000P-12
Postsec.
Notification to Parents
S.B. 6559
Requires notification to parents of school courses leading to college credit; requires that each high school shall publish annually and deli...

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TNSigned into law 03/2000P-12Excusal for Parents to Attend Parent-Teacher Conferences
H.J.R. 56
Urges employers to excuse employees from work to attend parent-teacher conferences when given 24 hour notice....

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GASigned into law 03/2000P-12Omnibus Bill - Parental Involvement Component
H.B. 1187
Allows juvenile courts to fine parents for failing to attend parent-teacher conferences. Gives juvenile courts the authority to order parent...

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UTSigned into law 03/2000P-12Parent Rights
H.B. 102
The amendments to this act provide for increased "parents rights" in the realm of public education. The new law states that parents have th...

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VASigned into law 03/2000P-12Parent Rights
H.B. 536
Conforms current law to the requirements of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) by directing schools to annually n...

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NMSigned into law 02/2000P-12Standards, Remediation, Parent Involvement
H.B. 78
Relates to educational standards; provides for remediation and academic improvement programs; restricts promotions; provides for parental in...

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