From the ECS State Policy Database Postsecondary

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary CA Signed into law 09/2012 Postsec. From bill summary: Requires, for purposes of promoting peaceful campus demonstrations, the Trustees of the California State University to require each campus of the California State University (and requests the Regents of the University of California) to designate an individual to serve as a liaison between campus law enforcement agencies and students exercising rights guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or a similar provision of the California Constitution, or both. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1951-2000/ab_1955_bill_20120926_chaptered.pdf Title: A.B. 1955 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Adopted 08/2012 Postsec. Resolves that the Assembly unequivocally condemns all forms of intolerance, including anti-Semitism, on public postsecondary educational institution campuses in California. Resolves that the Assembly recognizes recent actions by officials of public postsecondary educational institutions in California and calls upon those institutions to increase their efforts to swiftly and unequivocally condemn acts of anti-Semitism on their campuses and to utilize existing resources, such as the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights' working definition of anti-Semitism, to help guide campus discussion about, and promote, as appropriate, educational programs for combating anti-Semitism on their campuses. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/hr_35_bill_20120828_amended_asm_v97.pdf Title: A.R. 35 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov IL Signed into law 08/2012 Postsec. Extends deadline for fire-sprinker system in a postsecondary dormitory from 2013 to September 2014 for institutions that file a compliance plan with the Office of the State Fire Marshal that is approved by January 1, 2013. Requires the plan to include all of specified elements. Establishes a fine for a violation of these provisions. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB4757lv.pdf Title: H.B. 4757 Source: www.ilga.gov LA Signed into law 06/2012 Postsec. Exempts (1) Test questions, scoring keys, and other examination data pertaining to the administration of an academic examination, and (2) Teaching materials used by faculty that are not provided to students, including unpublished lecture notes, outlines, slides, syllabi, or recordings, from the public records law. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=812377 Title: H.B. 756 Source: www.legis.state.la.us SC Signed into law 06/2012 Postsec. Permits four year higher education institutions to offer doctorate in Marine Science with approval of Commission on Higher Education. http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/bills/5051.htm Title: H.B. 5051 Source: scstatehouse.gov TN Vetoed 05/2012 Postsec. Prohibits state higher education institutions and private institutions receiving more than $24 million in state subsidies from denying equal access or fair opportunity to any student organization on basis of religious content. Provides religious student organizations may determine their leaders and limit participation among non-adherents. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB3597.pdf Title: S.B. 3597 Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov FL Issued 05/2012 Postsec. Establishes the Blue Ribbon Task Force on State Higher Education Reform. Provides the responsibilities of the task force include, but are not limited to: (1) Cataloging and consolidating the recommendations of the various efforts related to Florida's state university system (2) Assessing strengths and weaknesses of the state university system's governance model related to its constitutional charge (3) Analyzing the ability of state universities to contribute to the state university system's 2012-2025 strategic plan (4) Recommending strategies, such as incentive systems and governance improvements, to encourage cooperation between institutions leading to reduced duplication and improved efficiencies (5) Recommending amendments to statutes and regulations necessary to improve state universities' accountability and transparency to the board of governors, and the board of governors' accountability and transparency to the legislature and governor (6) Conducting a review and analysis of efforts to achieve national preeminence and academic and research excellence by Florida universities, including elements that may be considered for future legislation to advance higher education. Directs the task force, no later than November 15, 2012, to provide a written report to the governor, senate president, and speaker of the house detailing assessments and recommendations related to the above. Provides task force continues in existence until May 4, 2013. http://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/orders/2012/12-104-blueribbon.pdf Title: E.O. 12-104 Source: www.flgov.com MN Signed into law 05/2012 Postsec. Requires a public postsecondary institution to grant a waiver from the institution's required student health plan, if requested by a student. Adds categories of students to the types of students who are not required, under current law, to have a statement of immunization on file with the public or private postsecondary institution as a prerequisite to enrolling, subject to exemptions provided in law. Specifically excludes students attending only extension, online, or evening or weekend adult accelerated programs. Requires MnSCU institutions to compile course schedules with all course materials required and recommended for each course. The course schedule must include, to the extent practicable, information now required of bookstores. Course schedule information must be available on the institution's Web site. Makes notification to the campus bookstore of selected course material mandatory for MnSCU academic departments or instructors. Also requires the notice of selection must be provided to the bookstore and students 45 days, instead of 30 days, before the start of the term in which the selected material will be used. Requires notice 45 days prior to the start of the term if an earlier version of a book is an acceptable substitute for a new edition. Increases from $300 million to $405 million the maximum amount of the aggregate principal of revenue bonds issued by MnSCU. Changes "individual" to "person" to accommodate trusts as a designated account owner in the Minnesota college savings plan. Exempts postsecondary schools offering only avocational, recreational, or remedial subjects from having to be licensed as a private career school if, before August 1, 2008, its name included academy or institute. Expands the safety officer survivor educational grant program to include grants for graduate education. Sets the maximum award for graduate education at the tuition maximum for four-year programs as set in session law. Requires the MnSCU board of trustees to establish a work group to study methods to reduce the cost of textbooks for students, including alternative textbook delivery methods, cross-campus delivery, and expanded use of e-books to provide textbook cost savings. Specifies the groups that must be represented on the task force. Requires the Minnesota Board of Teaching to report to the legislative committees with responsibility for K-12 and Higher Education with recommendations for eliminating lower priority tests to offset the fees charged to students for the new teacher performance assessment. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php Title: S.F. 1573 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ HI Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. Exempts certain private dorm management companies that provide housing to students of private universities or other higher education institutions from the residential landlord-tenant code. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/bills/HB2628_HD2_.pdf Title: H.B. 2628 Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov CA Signed into law 10/2011 Postsec. From bill summary: Provide that the governing bodies of the California State University and each community college district have the authority to enforce specified smoking and tobacco control requirements by citation and fine. Provides that if a campus adopts the enforcement and fine authority, it may post signs stating its tobacco use policy and inform employees and students of the policy. Authorizes the Regents of the University of California to adopt the above provisions. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0751-0800/ab_795_bill_20111010_chaptered.pdf Title: A.B. 795 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Signed into law 10/2011 Postsec. From bill summary: Provides that any student, including a person without lawful immigration status, or a person who is exempt from nonresident tuition, as described in statute, may serve in any capacity in student government at the California State University or the California Community Colleges and receive any grant, scholarship, fee waiver or reimbursement for expenses that is connected with that service to the full extent consistent with federal law. Requests the University of California to comply with this provision. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_844_bill_20111008_chaptered.pdf Title: A.B. 844 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Signed into law 09/2011 Postsec. From bill summary: Revises the conditions for a tuition and fees refund for National Guard and reservist students called into active duty to remove the requirement of the student's withdrawal by a specified date. Also requires any refund toward an academic term to equal 100% of the tuition and fees paid to the institution for the academic term in which the student was required to report for military service, regardless of whether the student was called to military service before after the academic term had commenced. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0601-0650/ab_636_bill_20110921_chaptered.pdf Title: A.B. 636 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Signed into law 09/2011 Postsec. From bill summary: Requires records maintained by an auxiliary organization of the governing board of a community college district, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and California State University, or a University of California (UC) campus foundation, as defined, to be available to the public to inspect or copy at all times during the office hours of the organization or foundation. Requires an auxiliary organization and a UC campus foundation to follow specified requirements when fulfilling or denying a request for a record. Prohibits specified records maintained by an auxiliary organization or UC campus foundation from being subject to disclosure. Prohibits an auxiliary organization from disclosing trade secrets, as defined, and requires this information to be redacted from the organization's records before disclosure. Provides specified judicial relief to persons seeking disclosure of records from an auxiliary organization or a UC campus foundation pursuant to this bill. Requires a disclosure of a record, which is exempt from disclosure, by an auxiliary organization or a UC campus foundation to constitute a waiver of the exemptions provided by this bill with regard to that record, except as specified. Provides that a contract entered into after the effective date of this bill, which would prevent the disclosure of information required to be disclosed pursuant to this bill, is void and unenforceable. Provides that these provisions do not apply to any records subject to a request made pursuant to the California Public Records Act. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_8_bill_20110906_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 8 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov OR Signed into law 08/2011 Postsec. Community College Creates the Higher Education Coordinating Commission. Title: S.B. 242 Source: leg.state.or.us CA Signed into law 07/2011 Postsec. Memorializes the President of the United States and the Congress to renew the commitment to accessible higher education and the support of research in the interest of the nation. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sjr_1_bill_20110714_chaptered.pdf Title: S.J.R. 1 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CT Signed into law 07/2011 Postsec. Requires the Office of Workforce Competitiveness, every two years, to identify and report on the sectors or subsectors in which workforce shortages exist, the workforce skills needed in those sectors or subsectors, and which career pathways should be established. Requires the Department of Education to electronically distribute information on teacher shortage areas for at least the previous five-year period. Provides that this information must be distributed annually, by March 1, to the president of every higher education institution in Connecticut that offers teacher preparation programs. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/Pa/pdf/2011PA-00133-R00HB-06485-PA.pdf Title: H.B. 6485 Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Prohibits a state agency or state institution of higher education from entering into a contract with a lobbyist for more than $50,000 in a calendar year without the approval of the controlling board. Provides that this does not apply to an employment contract through which a lobbyist is employed directly by a state agency or state institution of higher education. Pages 61-62 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part1.pdf Title: H.B. 153 - Lobbyists for State Agencies and Postsecondary Institutions Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Requires general academic teaching institutions to offer personal financial literacy training. Directs the higher education coordinating board to determine the topics to be covered by the training, which may include budgeting, credit cards, spending, saving, loan repayment and consolidation, taxes, retirement planning, and financing of health care and other benefits. Permits the coordinating board to permit this training by rule to be provided in an online course. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB00399F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: H.B. 399 Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us TX Vetoed 06/2011 Postsec. Directs institutions of higher education to provide written notice to undergraduates of provisions limiting the number of courses that may be dropped. Requires that such notice be given before the end of the first semester in which the student is enrolled in the institution. Bill text: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB00992F.pdf#navpanes=0 Governor's veto message: http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/vetoes/82/hb992.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: H.B. 992 Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Defines "degree plan" as a statement of the course requirements that an undergraduate must complete to be awarded an associate or bachelor's degree from the institution. Requires each student in an associate or bachelor's degree program at an institute of higher education to file a degree plan with the institution by the end of the second regular semester following the semester in which the student completed 45 or more credit hours, including transfer courses, International Baccalaureate, dual credit or any other course for which the student has earned college credit. Requires a student starting at an institution with 45 or more credit hours to file a degree plan by the end of the student's second regular semester at the institution. Requires institutions to provide students with information on the degree plan filing requirement, including the option for consulting with an academic advisor. Requires students to provide notification to the institution when enrolling in subsequent semesters that the student has filed a degree plan, and that the courses for which the student is registering are consistent with that degree plan. Requires student notification if a student does not file a degree plan. Provides a student may not obtain an official transcript until the student has filed a degree plan wtih the institution. Pages 1-3: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB03025F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: H.B. 3025 - Degree Plan Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Permits a university system or institution or agency of higher education to donate data processing equipment that is surplus or salvage property to a public or private hospital located in a rural county. Defines "rural county" for these purposes. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00074F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: S.B. 74 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us MD Signed into law 05/2011 Postsec. Establishes a task force to study the creation of a Regional Higher Education Center in Northeastern Maryland; Provides for the membership, chair, and staffing of the task force. Requires the task force to study and make recommendations regarding the higher education needs of the Northeastern Maryland region. Requires the task force to meet at least monthly and report its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2011. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb1156t.pdf Title: H.B. 1156 Source: http://mlis.state.md.us NE Signed into law 05/2011 Postsec. Adopts the Postsecondary Institution Act and amend provisions of the Private Postsecondary Career School Act. Sec. 85-961 currently provides that community colleges (with exceptions specifically authorized by statute and the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education) have sole responsibility for the award of associate degrees, diplomas and certificates in less than baccalaureate degree program areas. Amends this provision so as to clarify that the reference to certificates relates to certificates comprised of courses at the associate-degree level or below. Authorizes the University of Nebraska (upon Coordinating Commission approval) to offer certificates within fields in addition to those already specifically authorized in statute, if the preponderance of the courses comprising the certificates is above the associate-degree level. Specifically directs the Coordinating Commission to conduct a study (with other education entities) regarding the need for uniform policies and practices for dual enrollment courses and career academies in Nebraska. Also provides for a three year pilot project beginning in 2011-12 for the administration of a standard college admission test to students in the 11th grade. http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB637.pdf Title: L.B. 637 Source: http://nebraskalegislature.gov NJ Issued 05/2011 Postsec. Directs the Governor's Advisory Council on Higher Education to examine the financial disclosure requirements in the higher education community and make a recommendation to the Governor as to the appropriate level and content of financial disclosure applicable to the trustees of the State's College and University boards. http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/circular/eocc64.pdf Title: E.O. 64 Source: http://nj.gov/ AR Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. Community College Beginning with the 2012-13 academic year, using one of the federally approved ability to benefit assessments, authorizes use of reassessment of a student's ability to benefit who scores below 15 on an ACT or below a comparable score on a comparable exam Beginning with the 2012-13 academic year, a student who scores below the acceptable federally determined ability-to-benefit assessment score, but has a high school diploma or GED, may only be enrolled by a two-year or four-year institution of higher education in a specific program approved by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in collaboration with the institutions of higher education until the student can demonstrate academic proficiency that would predict success in a degree program. Directs the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board to provide approved assessment tools and acceptable scores through Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board policy. Does not prevent an institution of higher education from setting higher admissions standards for enrolling freshmen http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/HB2050.pdf Title: H.B. 2050 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ AR Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. Community College Creates the Arkansas Higher Education Information System, to be developed by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. Defines scope of system and information it will record. Requires that information be made available to the legislature, and that procedures for redacting personally identifying information be put in place. Requires institutions to report information to the system and defines penalties for noncompliance. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/HB2142 Title: H.B. 2142 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ AR Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. Community College Revises funding formula for postsecondary institutions to include a needs-based component and an outcome-centered component. Directs the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop an outcome-centered funding formula by December 31, 2011. The outcome-centered component will constitute 25% of funding for two-year colleges and universities by the 2017-18 school year and shall be phased in at a rate 5% per year beginning in the 2013-14 school year. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/SB766.pdf Title: S.B. 766 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ AR Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. Community College Clarifies what information specific to higher education-related reports should contain, including information on affirmitive action programs. Additionally, reports must state: (A) The amount of institutional revenue spent on remediation; (B) The total general revenue subsidy spent on remediation; (C) The total institutional expenditure for remediation; and (D) The general revenue percentage of total expenditures for remediation. . Requires some higher education related reports to be updated annually. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Acts/Act696.pdf Title: H.B. 1454 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us ND Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. Bill text: University of North Dakota fighting Sioux nickname and logo. The intercollegiate athletic teams sponsored by the university of North Dakota shall be known as the university of North Dakota fighting Sioux. Neither the university of North Dakota nor the state board of higher education may take any action to discontinue the use of the fighting Sioux nickname or the fighting Sioux logo in use on January 1, 2011. Any actions taken by the state board of higher education and the university of North Dakota before the effective date of this Act to discontinue the use of the fighting Sioux nickname and logo are preempted by this Act. If the national collegiate athletic association takes any action to penalize the university of North Dakota for using the fighting Sioux nickname or logo, the attorney general shall consider filing a federal antitrust claim against that association. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0349-02000.pdf Title: H.B. 1263 Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov AR Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. Community College Clarifies the purposes, duties and operation of the Arkansas Student Loan Authority. Defines loans and students. Authorizes authority to adopt rules governing: (1) Compliance statutes or regulations governing the guaranty, insurance, purchase, or other dealing in guaranteed educational loans or education loans by corporations or federal agencies; and (2) Standards of eligibility for educational institutions, students, and lenders. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Acts/Act521.pdf Title: H.B. 1489 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us AR Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. Community College Clarifies that discretion is granted to state-supported institutions of higher educaiton on whether or not to compensate all employees for unpaid sick leave on retirement or death. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/SB354.pdf Title: S.B. 354 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ NJ Issued 01/2011 Postsec. Community College Establishes the Governor's Higher Education Council, to: (a) serve as an advisory body to the Governor on higher education issues; (b) make recommendations to the Governor on higher education initiatives of statewide significance; and (c) provide advice to the Secretary of Higher Education and assist the Secretary in carrying out his or her duties. The Council may be tasked with other duties as requested by the Governor. http://nj.gov/infobank/circular/eocc52.pdf Title: E.O. 52 Source: http://nj.gov/ NJ Issued 01/2011 Postsec. Community College Establishes the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Advisory Committee. The Committee shall consist of up to five (5) members to be appointed by the Governor. These members shall include individuals from both inside and outside government who have knowledge or expertise in the areas of (a) administration, (b) public health, (c) medical, dental, nursing, or biomedical science education, and/or (d) related areas or subject matters. The Committee is charged with examining the delivery of graduate medical education in the state and developing recommendations for the Governor concerning this issue. http://nj.gov/infobank/circular/eocc51.pdf Title: E.O. 51 Source: http://nj.gov/ DE Signed into law 09/2010 P-12 Postsec. Dissolves the Higher Education Commission as a unit of the state Department of Education and vests the commission's functions with the Delaware Higher Education Office within the Department of Education. http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+482/$file/legis.html?open Title: H.B. 482 Source: http://legis.delaware.gov/ CA Signed into law 08/2010 Postsec. Amends 66002, regarding the state Master Plan for Higher Education, to reference "Appreciating Our Past, Ensuring Our Future: A Public Agenda for Public Higher Education in California," the report of the Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education. Adds to the act legislative intent that the master plan review committees be used to guide higher education policy. Further adds to the act legislative intent to outline in statute clear, concise statewide goals and outcomes for effective implementation of the master plan, attuned to the public interest of the people and state. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1901-1950/ab_1901_bill_20100827_chaptered.pdf Title: A.B. 1901 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov NH Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Postsec. Requires early childhood programs and postsecondary institutions to submit a report to the department of education containing information on pupil indicators in the following areas: (a) Attendance rates. (b) Annual and cumulative drop-out rates of high school pupils and annual drop-out rates for pupils in grades 7 and 8. (c) School environment indicators, such as safe-schools data. (d) Number and percentage of graduating pupils going on to post-secondary education, military service, and advanced placement participation. (e) Performance on state tests administered pursuant to RSA 193-C and other standardized tests administered at local option. (f) Expulsion and suspension rates, including in-school and out-of-school suspensions, which shall be reported for each school year. (g) Number and percentage of classes taught by highly qualified teachers. (h) Teacher and administrative turnover rates at the school and district levels. Requires the department of education to collect and integrate such information into the data warehouse. Requires early childhood programs and postsecondary institutions to participate in the unique pupil identification system. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2010/SB0503.html Title: S.B. 503 Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us GA Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Postsec. Defines "educational institution" as any K-12 school, child care learning center, or college, university, technical school or other institution of higher learning. Bars any educational institution receiving state funds to enter into a contract for student transportation without first verifying that such carrier is certified by the Public Service Commission or any other similarly required certifying agency. Also bars a motor common or contract carrier from entering into any contract to transport passengers without first providing all parties with a copy of the carrier's proof of legally required minimum insurance coverage and a number proving the carrier's current certification by the commission, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, or any other similarly required certifying agency. Provides that any contract entered into without proof of insurance and/or the carrier's current certification number is void and unenforceable. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/sb392.pdf Title: S.B. 392 Source: www.legis.state.ga.us TX Adopted 05/2010 Postsec. Establishes new sections 4.285 - 4.293, which establish procedures for annual review of the number of graduates produced by degree programs at institutions of higher education to determine which are low-producing degree programs, and provides remedies for those programs that meet the definition of low-producing. Sections 4.285, 4.286 and 4.292 are adopted as published in the January 8, 2010 issue of the Texas Register (pp 26-27 of 52): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0108/0108prop.pdf Sections 4.287-4.291 are adopted as published in the May 21 issue of the Texas Register (pp 5-6 of 46): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0521/0521adop.pdf Title: 19 TAC 4.285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293 Source: www.sos.state.tx.us CO Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Provides greater flexibility to improve the financial position of state higher eduation institutions. Requires a common course number system in conjunction with the guaranteed transfer program and to develop articulation agreements for degree programs; relates to the ratio of resident and non- resident students; regulates financial aid eligibility requirements; relates to information technology rules, financial data statements and audits; implements measures to reduce student debt. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E7D30EB79557E237872576A80026B0CD?open&file=003_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 3 Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us NJ Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Meant to ease restrictions on public-private partnerships between higher education institutions and private entities, encouraging flexibility in planning and growth at state and county colleges, and creating jobs. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/S1000/920_R3.HTM Title: S.B. 920 Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us MN Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Authorizes the Minnesota Office of Higher Education to match individual student data from the student record enrollment database with individual student financial aid data collected and maintained by the office in order to audit or evaluate federal or state supported education programs as permitted by U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations. The office may not release data that personally identifies parents or students other than to employees and contractors of the office. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86 Title: S.F. 184 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ MN Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Provides that institutions are eligible to participate in state student aid programs if the institution is: •  operated by the state (MnSCU) or the Board of Regents (U of M); •  privately operated and has academic standards comparable to Minnesota institutions, is licensed or regulated by OHE, participates in federal financial aid programs by July 1, 2010, or has participated in state financial aid programs and requires signed disclosure forms from each enrolled student recognizing it does not participate in federal aid programs; or •  offers only graduate programs or programs too short for federal financial aid and the institution is registered or licensed by OHE. A private institution that does not participate in the federal Pell program must participate within three years of an ownership change to continue as an eligible institution, subject to an appeal for a single one-year extension. Any institution that loses eligibility for the federal Pell program is not an eligible institution for state grants. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86 Title: S.F. 184 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ MN Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Increases from 62 to 66 the age at which "senior citizens" can take postsecondary courses at MnSCU and the U of M, paying only an administrative fee. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86 Title: S.F. 184 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ MN Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Clarifies that public and private institutions outside Minnesota offering courses or programs to Minnesota residents must register with OHE https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86 Title: S.F. 184 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ MN Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Declares that a school will be deemed to have ceased operations when the school: (1) has an unscheduled nonemergency closure or cancellation of classes for more than 24 hours without prior notice to the office; (2) announces it is closed or closing; or (3) files for bankruptcy. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86 Title: S.F. 184 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ MN Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Requires the MnSCU board to reduce expenditures by streamlining centrally delivered services. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86 Title: S.F. 184 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ MN Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Requires the U of M and MnSCU to report to the legislature by February 1, 2011, on nanotechnology research and education, including ethical issues and principles for the responsible use to protect health, environment, and workers safety. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86 Title: S.F. 184 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ MN Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Directs OHE to monitor the implementation of federal requirements for disclosure of information to students on textbooks, including pricing and other information and report to the legislature by February 1, 2011. Provides an immediate effective date. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86 Title: S.F. 184 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ NJ Issued 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Creates the New Jersey Higher Education Task Force. The Task Force will consist of up to 7 members appointed by the Governor who shall serve at his pleasure. The Task Force is charged with developing recommendations for the Governor concerning the State's higher education system. In particular, the Task Force shall consider and make recommendations to improve the overall quality and effectiveness of the State's higher education system. http://nj.gov/infobank/circular/eocc26.pdf Title: E.O. 26 Source: whttp://nj.gov AL Signed into law 04/2010 Postsec. Relates to the Teachers' Retirement System; authorizes the officers and employees of the Alabama Higher Education Partnership, Inc. (http://www.higheredpartners.org/ ), to participate in the system. Title: H.B. 585 Source: www.lexis.com MN Vetoed 04/2010 Postsec. Community College Regulates the transfer of credits within institutions belonging to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H3164.3.html&session=ls86 Title: H.B. 3164 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov VA Signed into law 03/2010 Postsec. Community College Requires the president and vice-president of each public institution of higher education, or the superintendent in the case of the Virginia Military Institute, to annually certify in writing to the Department of Emergency Management comprehension and understanding of the institution's crisis and emergency management plan. The bill also provides that each public institution of higher education shall annually conduct a functional exercise in accordance with the protocols established by the institution's crisis and emergency management plan. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+SB608ER+pdf Title: S.B. 608 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us VA Signed into law 02/2010 Postsec. Community College Relates to State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; provides that when performing its duty to develop a uniform, comprehensive data information system designed to gather all information necessary to the performance of the Council's duties, the Council may contract with private entities to create de-identified student records for the purpose of assessing the performance of institutions and specific programs relative to the workforce needs of the Commonwealth. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+HB7ER+pdf Title: H.B. 7 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us MA Signed into law 01/2010 Postsec. Creates a state university system for nine current state colleges. Six state colleges will be renamed as Bridgewater State University, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, Salem State University, Westfield State University and Worcester State University. Three specialized state colleges—Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and Massachusetts Maritime Academy, will retain their existing names but as part of a state university system. http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/BillText/8999 Title: H.B. 4864 Source: http://www.mass.gov NJ Signed into law 01/2010 Postsec. Community College Establishes Task Force on Underage Drinking in Higher Education. Defines membership and duties of task force. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/A1500/1145_I1.PDF Title: S.B. 2491 Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us TX Adopted 11/2009 Postsec. Encourages institutions of higher education to develop undergraduate certificate programs of less than degree length, to be awarded upon completion of the institution's higher education coordinating board (HECB)-approved core curriculum, a HECB-approved field of study curriculum or a HECB-approved statewide articulated transfer curriculum. The note in the Texas Register clarifies, "The new academic certificate would allow students to receive an academic credential signifying the completion of a significant component of an associate's or bachelor's degree; would provide assurance of that completion to a receiving institution in the case of a student transferring to another institution; and would provide for the reporting of certificates as success measures for colleges and universities." The Register also notes that the assistant commissioner for academic affairs and research "has ... determined that for each year of the first five years the new section is in effect, the proposed change would benefit students by providing them with a pre-degree-completion credential demonstrating a certain level of academic attainment, and to institutions by providing a success measure." Adopted as published in the August 7, 2009 Register (Page 12 of 100): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0807/0807prop.pdf Title: 19 TAC 1.4.B.4.36 Source: www.sos.state.tx.us NY Vetoed 10/2009 Postsec. Creates the Academic Research Information Access (ARIA) Program. Directs the department of economic development, in cooperation with the state university of New York and the state board of regents, to establish contracts and licenses for the provision of proprietary electronic resources, including academic, professional, and industry journals, reference handbooks and manuals, research tracking tools, indexes and abstracts, for the benefit of persons operating in the fields of science, technology, and medical research and development. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A07229&sh=t Title: A.B. 7229 Source: assembly.state.ny.us CA Signed into law 10/2009 Postsec. Community College Requires the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and requests the Regents of the University of California, to work with their respective colleges and universities to confer an honorary degree upon each person, living or deceased, who was forced to leave his or her studies as a result of the federal Executive Order 9066 which caused the incarceration of individuals of Japanese ancestry during World War II. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_37_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf Title: A.B. 37 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Vetoed 10/2009 Postsec. Relates to State Whistleblower Protection Law law which authorizes a University of California employee or applicant for employment to recover damages caused by acts of reprisal, retaliation, threats or coercion only if the university failed to reach a decision regarding a complaint filed with a specified officer by the injured party within established time limits. Authorizes an available action for damages if the university reached a decision regarding the complaint filed with the officer. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0201-0250/sb_219_bill_20090825_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0201-0250/sb_219_vt_20091011.html Title: S.B. 219 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Vetoed 10/2009 Postsec. Authorizes each ex officio trustee of the California State University, except the chancellor, to designate a person to attend a meeting or meetings of the trustees at the California State University in his or her absence. Prohibits an ex officio trustee from designating more than one person to attend meetings of the trustees in any calendar year. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_690_bill_20090910_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_690_vt_20091012.html Title: A.B. 690 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Expresses legislative intent to refine higher education reporting requirements to provide for more effective, manageable and transparent reporting by the higher education segments. Requests that the University of California notify each high school's governing board of (1) the number of graduates who enrolled in the university in the previous year and the number of graduates who were required to take the entry level writing requirement and (2) the comparable numbers of all California high school graduates who enrolled in the university. Requests that the university of California report such information to the department of finance and the joint legislative budget committee. Establishes legislative intent that California State University (CSU) assess and report the entry-level proficiency of all first-time freshmen. Requires the CSU system to annually report to the legislature, by campus: (1) The total number of regularly admitted and specially admitted first-time freshmen (2) The proportion of regularly admitted and specially admitted first-time freshmen that are exempt from entry-level proficiency exams (3) The proportion of regularly admitted and specially admitted first-time freshmen that become exempt through each of the approved alternatives (4) The entry-level proficiency exam pass rates of regularly admitted and specially admitted first-time freshmen. Directs the California State University to and requests that the University of California report annually to the legislature on specified components of their institutional financial aid programs for undergraduate, graduate and professional degree students, including the typical financial aid package for a typical dependent undergraduate student with a parent income of $20,000, $40,000, $60,000, $80,000 and $100,000. Amends Section 66057 by establishing legislative intent that the University of California and the California State University accommodate enrollment growth by maximizing the utilization of existing instructional facilities during the summer term before building new classrooms and teaching laboratories. Also establishes legislative intent that the University of California and the California State University make requests for capital outlay funding for space for classrooms and class laboratories justified using legislatively approved utilization standards and a reasonable assumption of summer-term enrollment. Adds provisions related to five-year capital outlay for UC and CSU systems. Requests that the University of California and requires that California State University report annually to the legislature on summer enrollment counts and on efforts undertaken to increase summer enrollment. Repeals 66352, "Task force on instruction in business ethics." Eliminates provision in 67312(b) that the California State University must and the University of California system may report on its efforts to serve students with disabilities (requirement that California Community Colleges submit such reports remains in place). Adds Section 67501, which directs the California State University and California Community Colleges, and permits the University of California, to annually submit to the legislature a comprehensive five-year capital outlay plan that includes specifeid components. Requires five-year plans to be updated annually. Adds Section 67502, which requests that the the Regents of the University of California provide the joint legislative budget committee and the department of finance with a summary of all instructional and research space in the university system. Specifies elements the summary must address. Requires the California State University to provide the joint legislative budget committee and the department of finance with a summary of all instructional and faculty office space in the university system. Adds Section 67503, which requests that the Regents of the University of California, and requires California Community Colleges and the California State University, to annually report on the utilization of classrooms and teaching laboratories. Adds Section 67504, which relates to the Long Range Development Plans (LRDPs) that each University of California campus and medical center periodically develops to guide physical development. Repeals 71020, requiring the California Community Colleges Board of Governors every three years to develop and submit a diversity paper concerning its own membership. Adds 92611.9, establishing legislative intent that the University of California carefully monitor the use and effects of the contracting of services at newly developed facilities. Requests that the UC system annually report to the fiscal committees of the legislature on specified provisions related to hiring and contracting. Adds Chapter 10.5. University of California-Mexico Research Programs and Section 92830 under that chapter, requesting the University of California to report annually until 2013 to the legislature on specified components regarding the facility for University of California-Mexico research and academic programs in Mexico City. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1151-1200/ab_1182_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf Title: A.B. 1182 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov TX Adopted 08/2009 Postsec. Provides that preliminary authority to add a degree program is not necessary for a program that meets the following criteria: (a) the program has institutional and Board of Regents approval, (b) the program is a non-doctoral program, (c) the program is a non-engineering program, and (d) the program would be offered by a university or health-related institution. Allows the Commissioner of Higher Education to approve doctoral-level preliminary authority requests. Title: 19 TAC 1.5.B.5.24 Source: www.lexis.com OR Signed into law 08/2009 Postsec. Approves certain fees adopted by the Oregon Student Assistance Commission for program reviews. Chapter 738 http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb5500.dir/sb5545.en.pdf Title: S.B. 5545 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us IL Signed into law 08/2009 Postsec. Community College Requires the board of higher education to implement the Collaborative Baccalaureate Degree Development Grant Program to help deliver upper-division courses and bachelor's degree programs offered by colleges and universities at a location geographically convenient to student populations currently being served by existing public community colleges. Requires the grant application and award process to be as efficient as possible to encourage collaborative applications and shall include consideration of existing programs and facilities. Requires grant applications to be jointly submitted by a community college and one or more public or private 4-year colleges or universities. Specifies purposes for which grant funds may be used. Requires each grant application to include how the state's grant will be matched by at least 50% by dollars from the partner institutions (both the two- and four-year institutions). http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1883lv.pdf Title: S.B. 1883 Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation TX Adopted 08/2009 Postsec. Establishes rules concerning professional development through education and training for higher education coordinating board administrators and employees. Title: 19 TAC 1.1.A.1.19 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TX Adopted 08/2009 Postsec. Amends the approval process for new bachelor's and master's programs. Makes the approval of new bachelor's and master's programs automatic if they meet the following criteria: (1) The program has institutional and board of regents approval (2) The institution certifies compliance with the Standards for New Bachelor's and Master's Programs developed by the higher education coordinating board (3) The institution certifies that adequate funds are available to cover the costs of the program (4) New costs during the first five years of the program would not exceed $2,000,000 (5) The program is a non-engineering program (6) The program would be offered by a university or health-related institution (7) No objections to the proposed program are received by the higher education coordinating board during the 30-day public comment period. Also clarifies the approval process for new undergraduate and graduate certificate programs, and for administrative changes, making either automatic if certain criteria are met. Starting page 9 of 44 (adopted without change as published in May 8, 2009 Register): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0508/0508prop.pdf Title: 19 TAC 1.5.C.5.44 Source: www.sos.state.tx.us CA Adopted 08/2009 Postsec. Allows the president of each California State University campus to preclude a student from enrolling in any additional state-supported courses when the student has met all conditions for a degree but has not taken the steps to be awarded the degree. Allows each president under such circumstances to take the actions necessary to confer the degree upon the student. Title: Title 5 CCR Section 40411 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ID Adopted 08/2009 Postsec. Provides that a proprietary school must hold a valid certificate of registration issued by the Board. The Board delegates authority to its executive director, or his designee, and the Office of the State Board of Education to administer the registration of proprietary schools according to other provisions of law. www.adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/bulletin/Legislative_Books/10/10Fee/10H&S_FEE_EDUCATION.pdf Title: IDAPA 08.01.11 Source: www.adm.idaho.gov/ ND Signed into law 08/2009 Postsec. Community College Requires that the Commissioner of Higher Education study the interplay between the State University System and tribally controlled community colleges. Specifically, requires the commissioner to address ways in which the North Dakota university system as a whole and the individual campuses can better interact with tribally controlled community colleges through improved communication, collaboration, and relationship-building activities. In addition, the commissioner shall focus on ways in which tribally controlled community colleges can encourage American Indians to pursue options in higher education, thereby bringing economic benefit to their families and communities and ways in which the university system and the individual campuses can work with tribally controlled community colleges to provide tutoring, mentoring, and other types of assistance necessary to ensure that the retention rates and graduation rates of American Indian students are increased. The commissioner shall report any findings and recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the sixty-second legislative assembly. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBPS0300.pdf Title: H.B. 1566 Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov NH Signed into law 07/2009 Postsec. Community College Clarifies residency requirements for the New Hampshire incentive grant program. Expands the number of institutions of higher education at which scholarship funds for natural and adopted children of veterans may be used. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0317.html Title: H.B. 317 Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us OH Signed into law 07/2009 Postsec. Requires boards of trustees of state-assisted institutions of higher education to ensure that faculty members devote a proper and judicious part of their work week to the actual instruction of students. Specifies that total class credit hours of production per quarter per full-time faculty member is expected to meet the standards set forth in the budget data submitted by the chancellor of the board of regents. Also specifies that the authority of government vested by law in the boards of trustees of state-assisted institutions of higher education must in fact be exercised by those boards. Specifies that administrative decisions about (1) the use of available resources, (2) organizational structure, (3) disciplinary procedure, (4) the operation and staffing of all auxiliary facilities, and (5) adminstrative personnel are the exclusive prerogative of boards of trustees. Requires any delegation of authority in other areas of responsibility to be accompanied by (1) appropriate standards of guidance concerning expected objectives in the exercise of of such delegated authority and (2) periodic review of the exercise of this delegated authority, to the end that public interest, as opposed to any institutional or special interest, is served. Page 2957 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf Title: H.B. 1 - Section 371.30.10(C) and (D) Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us DE Signed into law 07/2009 Postsec. Community College Makes several changes to the Delaware National Guard Educational Benefits program; requires State- supported institutions to charge members the in- state rate for tuition and fees regardless of the members' state of residence; makes changes to allow members to pursue master's degree programs; allows members to receive a grade less than a 2.0 on an individual course, but requires members to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher. http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+73/$file/legis.html?open Title: H.B. 73 Source: http://legis.delaware.gov/ LA Signed into law 07/2009 Postsec. Community College Creates the Postsecondary Education Review Commission; provides for a comprehensive review of all aspects of the postsecondary education system in the state, including governance, facilities, programs, funding, and any other issues that impact postsecondary institutions. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=665588 Title: H.B. 794 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/ OR Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Directs the Joint Boards of Education and the State Board of Higher Education to conduct studies relating to higher education; directs certain institutions of higher education to develop and implement processes and programs for the purpose of cost efficiency. Chapter 801 http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0400.dir/sb0442.en.pdf Title: S.B. 442 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us OR Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Directs Joint Boards of Education to report to Legislative Assembly on development of applied baccalaureate degree programs at state institutions of higher education and community colleges. Chapter 779 http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb3000.dir/hb3093.en.pdf Title: H.B. 3093 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us/ FL Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Relates to the legal jurisdiction of campus police; redefines the term mutual aid agreement to authorize state university police officers to enforce laws within a specified jurisdictional area as agreed upon in a mutual aid agreement; authorizes university police officers to enforce traffic violations and to arrest persons for violations committed within a specified distance from property under the supervision or control of the university or a direct-support organization of the university. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb0554er.html&Directory=session/2009/Senate/bills/billtext/html/ Title: S.B. 554 Source: http://www.flsenate.gov TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Community College Relates to requiring a public institution of higher education to make available to the public on the institution's Internet Web site the syllabus for each undergraduate course, each instructor's curriculum vitae, and, if available, the most recent departmental budget report of the department under which the course is offered. Adds provisions ensuring the relative ease of locating such information. Directs each institution of higher education to report biennially to specified state policymakers on the institution's compliance with this section. Also requires institutions of higher education to conduct end-of-course student evaluations of faculty and develop a plan to make evaluations available on the institution's Web site. Directs each institution of higher education to establish and maintain an online list of on-campus work-study employment opportunities, sorted by department as appropriate, and ensure this list is easily accessible on the institution's financial aid section of its Web site. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02504F.pdf Title: H.B. 2504 - Section 1 and 2 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. These identical companion bills authorize institutions of higher education to charge students an environmental service fee, if approved by a majority vote of students in a general student election. Specify amounts a fee may not exceed. Provide fee may be used only to (1) provide environmental improvements at the institution through services related to recycling, energy efficiency and renewable energy, transportation, employment, product purchasing, planning and maintenance, or irrigation, or (2) provide matching funds for grants to obtain such improvements. H.B. 3353: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03353F.pdf S.B. 2182: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB02182F.pdf Title: H.B. 3353 and S.B. 2182 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Section 5: Directs the higher education coordinating board biennially to determine the appropriate amount for funding the program in Section 61.0596 (see below, "University Funding for Excellence in Specific Programs and Fields; Incentive Grants") in the next fiscal biennium, and to make recommendations to the governor and the legislative budget board for funding those programs in that biennium. Section 6: Creates Section 61.0596, "University Funding for Excellence in Specific Programs and Fields; Incentive Grants". Provides that the section is to help general academic teaching institutions that are not categorized as "research universities" or "emerging research universities" in the state system to develop and maintain specific programs or fields of study of the highest national rank or recognition for that type of program or field. To that end, directs the higher education coordinating board to award incentive grants to general academic teaching institutions that the board considers to have demonstrated the greatest commitment to success in developing or improving the quality of the institution's existing degree program. Requires institutions to use such grants for faculty recruitment or other faculty support for the degree program for which the grant is awarded, including establishment of endowed faculty positions or enhancement of faculty compensation. Specifies that an institution may designate only one degree program at a time for consideration for new incentive grant funding. Directs the higher education coordinating board to set a series of benchmarks for each degree program designated by an institution. Provides the institution becomes eligible for incentive grant funding for each benchmark the board determines the institution to have met. Provides that in addition to supporting programs designated to receive incentive grants, the board must provide additional funds as the board deems appropriate to help general academic teaching institutions maintain the excellence of programs or fields of study that have achieved the highest national ranking or recognition for that type of program or field. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00051F.pdf Title: H.B. 51 - Section 5 and 6 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Directs each research university and emerging research university to submit to the coordinating board a strategic plan documenting the institution's strategy to achieve recognition as a research university or enhance the university's reputation as a research university. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00051F.pdf Title: H.B. 51 - Section 1 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Creates a select interim committee to study the feasibility of maintaining a searchable electronic database or other data collection regarding specialized technology research projects at Texas public universities or other facilities operated by a state agency, so as to facilitate coordination by universities and facilities on the projects and improve access to and awareness of the specialized research and technologies developed at those institutions and facilities. Requires the study to consider, among other issues, the information the data collection would include, such as (1) a list of projects involving (a) Energy research, including methods of creation, storage, distribution and conservation of energy; (b) Biomedical science research, including research that involves stem cells or human cloning; (c) Nanotechnology research, including nanomedicine; (d) Other specialized technology research; (2) other relevant information, inculding available technology and patents obtained, and public grants or contracts awarded. Also requires the study to examine the current state of public access to information about specialized technology research projects, and best methods of facilitating access to the information. Directs the committee to report its findings and recommendations to the governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the house by December 2010. Requires the committee's recommendations to include specific legislation to address the need for and feasibility of establishing a data collection as determined by the committee's findings. Provides the committee is abolished January 16, 2011. Pages 29-32 of 36: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00051F.pdf Title: H.B. 51 - Section 18 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Directs the higher education coordinating board to study and make recommendations on the appropriate definitions and categories of research expenditures to be applied in determining an institution's eligibility for and distributions from the Research University Development Fund (created in this bill, starting page 17 of 36). By December 2010, directs the coordinating board to to report its study and deliver its recommendations to the governor, lieutenant governor, and specified legislative leaders. Page 32-33 of 36: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00051F.pdf Title: H.B. 51 - Section 19 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us ID Adopted 06/2009 Postsec. Clarifies that postsecondary institutions need to register to ensure they are legitimate degree granting institutions and that proprietary schools are legitimate. adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/rules/idapa08/0111.pdf Title: IDAPA 08.01.11 Source: adm.idaho.gov/adminrules MD Adopted 05/2009 Postsec. Community College Establishes minimum requirements for issuing certificates, diplomas, and degrees by in-state public and private institutions of postsecondary education. http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/subtitle_chapters/13B_Chapters.htm Title: COMAR 13B.02.02.01 to .22 Source: http://www.dsd.state.md.us NH Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College This bill requires national guard members seeking New Hampshire postsecondary educational assistance to first utilize certain federal educational benefits and entitlements. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2010/sb0204.html Title: S.B. 204 Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us NV Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to plan for and establish programs for the study of renewable energy resources within the Nevada System of Higher Education. Chapter 217 http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/SB/SB298_EN.pdf Title: S.B. 298 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Encourages all public higher education systems and other higher education institutions in Minnesota to offer research-based high school-to-college developmental transition programs to prepare students for college-level academic coursework. Defines program requirements. Requires annul report to the legislature that evaluates the effectiveness of programs in improving the academic performance of students who participated in the transition programs. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2083.3.html&session=ls86 Title: S.F. 2083 Source: Westlaw/StateNet MN Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Community College Under current law, the UMN and MnSCU are required to develop and maintain course equivalency guides, for use in considering transferring between higher educational institutions.  This section requires the guides to include information on course equivalency and credit for learning acquired through completion of formal military courses and occupational training. https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2083.3.html&session=ls86 Title: S.B. 2083 Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishes a program to offer research-based high school-to-college programs to prepare students for college. Requires an evaluation for participating programs with a working group to develop methods and timelines for data collection and analysis of program effectiveness. Requires a report to the legislature on the effectiveness of these programs in improving the academic performance of participating students. https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2083.3.html&session=ls86 Title: S.B. 2083 Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us MN Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Community College Requires all postsecondary institutions in Minnesota to notify students that criminal arrests, charges or convictions may limit their educational choices and access to financial aid.  The notice must be given at the time the student is accepted and when the student selects a major. https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2083.3.html&session=ls86 Title: S.B. 2083 Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us ID Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Adds to existing law to provide that the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho may establish additional retirement plans for members of the teaching staff and officers of the University of Idaho, Idaho State University, Boise State University, Lewis-Clark State College and the State Board of Education who are eligible to participate in an optional retirement program. Chapter 286 http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/H0199.htm Title: H.B. 199 Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov WA Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Community College Creates a work group with faculty from a paramedic training program and an associate degree nursing program; requires the state board for community and technical colleges to identify a community or technical college offering both a paramedic training program and an associate degree in nursing program to create an interdisciplinary work group with faculty from each program to review the training and curriculum of both programs to establish a set of course and skill competencies between the programs. Chapter 168 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1808-S.PL.pdf Title: H.B. 1808 Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov AR Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Community College Enacts the Campus Security Enhancement Act to create a multidisciplinary advisory task force composed of leaders in education, mental health, and law enforcement which shall provide support for designing effective campus security policies and proactive measures that prevent further acts of violence on campuses of institutions of higher education in the State and help ensure an effective response and recovery system when those acts of violence occur. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1400.pdf Title: H.B. 2135 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ WA Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Eliminates the exclusive authority of the University of Washington and Washington State University to offer civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering and aeronautic and astronautic engineering courses. Allows for engineering courses at other universities and colleges in the state. Chapter 207 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5276-S.PL.pdf Title: S.B. 5276 Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov AR Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Community College Repeals the faculty/administrator development fellows program that assists state institutions of higher education in increasing the academic qualifications of minority faculty, administrative, and other employees and alumni. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1219.pdf Title: S.B. 857 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ AR Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Community College Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Board, in collaboration with state-supported institutions of higher education, to develop by institution uniform measurable exit standards for remedial courses that are comparable to the ACT or SAT equivalent required for college-level enrollment in credit courses. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB1990.pdf Title: H.B. 1990 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us AR Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Community College Requires the Department of Higher Education to collect information necessary to prepare reports of college achievement of high school graduates from each state institution of higher education; requires the Department and it's Office of Accountability to develop a system of reporting the number of students who required remediation during their first year of enrollment in a state-supported institution of higher education in this state if the enrollment occurred within a certain number of years of graduation. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB1764.pdf Title: H.B. 1764 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us WA Signed into law 03/2009 Postsec. Requires the Higher Education Coordination Board to convene a work group to develop a plan to create a single, coordinated, collaboratively supported, one- stop college information web-based portal for students and families planning, preparing, and applying for, as well as those attending, postsecondary education. Chapter 23 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5043-S.PL.pdf Title: S.B. 5043 Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov CO Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Postsec. Creates the Education Innovation Institute within the University of Northern Colorado to collaborate with institutions to leverage research, funding, expertise, and other resources, discover and study innovations in teaching and learning, create, pilot, and advocate for innovations in educational delivery methods, and work to align the public education system from preschool through postsecondary and workforce readiness with an objective of universal proficiency for all students; creates a funding mechanism. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FCCE1B03FF61A0AA87257537001A2B3C?open&file=032_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 32 Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us AR Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Postsec. Creates the comprehensive higher education annual report; consolidates all current legislatively required reports pertaining to higher education submitted by the department of higher education, colleges and universities, agencies, boards, commissions and all others, into one annual comprehensive report. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB1589.pdf Title: H.B. 1589 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us VA Signed into law 03/2009 Postsec. Community College Provides that in certain circumstances a student called to active military duty during a course at an institution of higher education may still receive full course Directs governing boards of each public institution of higher education to implement policies that provide students called to active military duty during an academic semester with the opportunity to earn full course credit. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB1810ER Title: H.B. 1810 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us AR Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Postsec. Increases salary transparency for administrators in state-supported institutions of higher education. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/SB55.pdf Title: S.B. 55 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ AR Signed into law 03/2009 Postsec. Community College Limits the amount of unrestricted educational and general tuition and fee income a state-supported institution of higher education can spend on academic and performance scholarships. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/SB316.pdf Title: S.B. 316 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us ID Signed into law 03/2009 Postsec. Amends existing law relating to the Board of Education and employee sick leave to provide that employees of Boise State University who have accrued sick leave and who are transferred or otherwise become eligible employees of the College of Western Idaho shall be credited with the amount of such sick leave at the time of transfer. Chapter 22 http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/H0018PrinterFriendly.htm Title: H.B. 18 Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov VA Signed into law 02/2009 Postsec. Community College Provides that scholarships awarded through the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program may be used to cover the costs of required academic fees, in addition to tuition and textbooks already provided by state law, and graduate study at the masters and doctoral levels, as determined by the Awards Committee; clarifies the Awards Committee's authority to establish policies, standards, and rules to govern the program; includes an accredited career and technical education postsecondary school. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB1893ER Title: H.B. 1893 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us VA Signed into law 02/2009 Postsec. Community College Provides that notwithstanding the eligibility requirement that a member of the National Guard have a minimum of two years remaining on his service requirement in order to receive a grant, if a member is activated or deployed for federal military service or state active duty, an additional day must be added to the member's eligibility for the grant for each day of federal service or state active duty. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB2342ER Title: H.B. 2342 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us VA Signed into law 02/2009 Postsec. Community College Permits the State Council of Higher Education to appoint students enrolled in private, accredited and nonprofit institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth to the student advisory committee whose primary purpose is to provide collegiate or graduate education and not to provide religious training. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB1663ER Title: H.B. 1663 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us AR Signed into law 02/2009 Postsec. Community College Allows taxpayers to divert all or part of their state income tax refund to a tax-deferred tuition savings program account by designating the contribution on their income tax form; provides that the account must be in existence. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/SB49.pdf Title: S.B. 49 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ OH Adopted 02/2009 Postsec. Establishes the Co-op/internship program. Defines "Cooperative education program" as a partnership between students, institutions of higher education and employers that formally integrates students' academic study with work experience in cooperating employer organizations and that meets specified criteria. Defines an "internship" as a partnership between students, institutions of higher education and employers that formally integrates students' academic study with work or community service experience and meets specified criteria. Provides that the purpose of the program is to promote and encourage cooperative education programs and internship programs at Ohio institutions of higher education, so as to encourage Ohio students to stay in the state and to attract back to Ohio students who left to attend out-of-state institutions of higher education, to participate in high quality academic programs that use cooperative education programs or significant internship programs. http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/3333/0/1/3333-1-63_PH_FF_N_RU_20090205_1342.pdf Title: OAC 3333-1-63 Source: www.registerofohio.state.oh.us IL Adopted 01/2009 Postsec. Community College Clarifies requirements for program approval, procedures for obtaining approval, and requirements for reviews of existing programs at public two- and four-year institutions. Requires the following information to be included in the institution's catalog of programs: --A statement regarding the transferability of college credits, including the fact that the decision to accept transfer credits is determined by the receiving institutions --A statement as to how the institution will advise students on the nature of the transfer process, including the importance of consulting with institutions to which the student may seek to transfer --Evidence of arrangements for the transfer of courses or credits or both to institutional counterparts, when these arrangements exist; these arrangements are also known as articulation agreements --A statement of the institution's most recent graduation rates as provided by the institution to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Pages 84-101 of 209: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue1.pdf Title: 23 IAC 1050.10, 1050.20, 1050.30, 1050.40, 1050.50, 1050.ILLUSTRATIONA Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com IL Adopted 01/2009 Postsec. Provides exemptions from program approval requirements. Requires any institution offering online instruction where the core academic support services, including admission, evaluation, assessment, registration, financial aid, academic scheduling, and faculty hiring and support, are located in Illinois, to be approved by the state board of higher education. Adds that as part of the criteria for postsecondary program approval, the institution must be prepared to provide students with (1) a statement regarding the transferability of college credits, including the fact that the decision to accept transfer credits is currently made by receiving institutions; (2) a statement as to how the institution will advise students on the nature of the transfer process, including the importance of consulting with institutions to which the student may seek to transfer; (3) evidence of articulation arrangements with institutional counterparts, when these arrangements exist; and (4) a statement of the institution's most recent graduation rates as provided by the institution to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The approval process also is amended such that, if the institution requires the student to sign an enrollment agreement or a similar agreement, the agreement must provide consumer information, including an explanation of all criteria and requirements for retention, progress towards degree, and graduation of the student; the institution's tuition, cancellation and refund policies; and a statement of the purpose and amount of any fees assessed. Adds that any institution applying for a certificate of approval or authorization to operate in the state must specify its accreditation status. Requires new institutions without accreditation from an accrediting authority recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation to provide a clearly defined plan to move from candidate to affiliate status. Provides the plan should include the name of the accrediting organization, the basic outline of the accreditation process, and the projected time line for obtaining affiliate status within five years after the date of state higher education board approval, unless the higher education board waives the original time line because it is found to be an unrealistic expectation. Creates new provision that initial authorization to operate in Illinois for institutions new to the state is for five years. In the fifth year of operation, requires the executive director of the board to direct staff to conduct a review. Provides circumstances under which the board may deny a continuation of the initial approval or offer a limited extension. Adds a requirement that, prior to submission of the request for approval of a new degree program, the institution seeking approval complete a notice of intent that includes the degree and program name, description of the program, demographics of the intended students and estimated enrollment. Adds provisions allowing an institution to temporarily suspend a program after receiving state higher education board approval. Pages 57-80 of 209: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue1.pdf Title: 23 IAC 1030.10, 1030.20, 1030.30, 1030.60, 1030.70, 1030.80,1030.ILLUSTRATION A Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com ME Adopted 11/2008 Postsec. Community College Amends rules relating to authorization for institutions of higher education to confer academic degrees or to offer degree courses. http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/05/071/071c149.doc Title: 05-071-149 Source: http://www.maine.gov/sos/ NJ Signed into law 10/2008 Postsec. Community College Allows full-time faculty members at state public institutions of higher education having a doctoral degree and expertise in the areas of ethics, philosophy and government with extensive experience in state legislative organization and procedures to serve on the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards even though they are full-time state employees. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A3500/3204_I1.PDF Title: A.B. 3204 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NY Vetoed 09/2008 Postsec. Provides that when the state university posts a position for a vacancy for the title of staff assistant or associate or professional staff assistant or associate the human resources department must notify local bargaining units representing both classified and unclassified employees; provides for objections to the filling of such vacancies; makes a technical correction. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S06780&sh=t Title: S.B. 6780 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NY Vetoed 09/2008 Postsec. Community College Prohibits the State University of New York, the City University of New York and community colleges from licensing their trademarks for use on unlawfully manufactured apparel; requires such educational institutions to disclose certain information regarding licensees of their trademarks. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S04249&sh=t Title: S.B. 4249 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WV Adopted 09/2008 Postsec. Amends rules relating to postsecondary program review. Adds section 133-10-4, which requires each institution to develop a reporting format that includes mission, faculty, curriculum, resources, student learning outcomes, other learning and service activities, viability and program improvement. Provides that the program review process must include a five-year schedule, delineate the roles of faculty, administrators and the institutional governing board, and include an external review process that includes at least one reviewer as an outside evaluator for each program reviewed. Requires each institution to submit the results of the program review to the Higher Education Policy Commission. Requires the following to be reported: name and degree level of program; synopses of significant findings, including findings of external reviewer(s); plans for program improvement, including timeline; identification of weaknesses or deficiencies from the previous review and the status of improvements implemented or accomplished; five year trend data on graduates and majors enrolled; summary of assessment model and how results are used for program improvement; data on student placement (i.e., number of students employed in positions related to the field of study or pursuing advanced degrees); and final recommendations approved by governing board. For programs with specialized accreditation, the institution must provide a copy of the letter continuing the conferral of accreditation. Accredited programs that meet productivity guidelines will not be subject to further review by the Commission. Adds section 133-10-7, which provides the commission will conduct a productivity review on a biennial basis of programs that have been established for at least five years. Programs will be required to meet at least one of the indicators established in rule for degree awards and enrollment in majors at either the baccalaureate, master's/first professional or doctoral level. Programs that do not meet productivity standards will be recommended for placement on probationary status by the institutional governing board for a 4-year period, during which time institutions will be expected to increase program enrollment and degrees awarded. At the end of the probationary period, the commission will recommend continuing approval status for programs meeting productivity standards and termination of programs that again fail to meet the standards. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/133-10.pdf Title: Title 133, Series 10 Source: www.lexis.com IL Signed into law 08/2008 Postsec. Allows alcohol to be served or sold in state university buildings during public events and not related student activities. Requires the board of trustees to approve a policy concerning events eligible for an exemption. Requires approval from the office of the chancellor for the campus where the event is to be located. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2231lv.pdf Title: S.B. 2231 Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation SC Signed into law 08/2008 Postsec. (Joint Resolution) Extends the date by which the Higher Education Task Force must submit their recommendations for the higher education statewide strategic plan to the General Assembly until September 15, 2008. Act 399 http://www.scstatehouse.net/html-pages/house2.html Title: S.B. 1034 Source: http://www.scstatehouse.net MA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Provides for maintaining transition age requirements and measurable postsecondary goals for school age students with disabilities. http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/185/st00/st00286.htm Title: S.B. 286 Source: http://www.mass.gov/l NY Signed into law 07/2008 Postsec. Amends provisions of law establishing a faculty development program to assist institutions of higher education with the retention and recruitment of research faculty to expand eligibility for the program to research institutions; for reconstruction and improvement of facilities, and for other related purposes. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A10944&sh=t Title: A.B. 10944 Source: http://assembly.state.ny.us HI Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 07/2008 Postsec. Requires the board of regents of the University of Hawaii to disclose, in open meetings for the purpose of public comment, proposed compensation or changes in compensation for executive and managerial positions. Requires all documents regarding expenditures and changes thereto made by the board to be disclosed in such meetings and be made available to the public. Bill text: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2008/Bills/SB2263_HD1_.htm Governor's veto message: http://hawaii.gov/gov/leg/2008-session/veto-messages/SB2263%20SOBJ.pdf Title: S.B. 2263 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NC Signed into law 07/2008 Postsec. Community College Waives fees as well as tuition for residents over the age of 65 attending classes at a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina or at a community college. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1076v0.pdf Title: H.B. 1076 Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us NC Signed into law 07/2008 Postsec. Community College Authorizes use of remaining end-of-year tuition assistance program funds for repayment of outstanding eligible student loans for deployed members of the North Carolina National Guard. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1304v4.html Title: H.B. 1304 Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us HI Signed into law 05/2008 Postsec. Authorizes the University of Hawaii to transfer all funds at its disposal, with the exception of general funds and tuition and special fund moneys, into the revolving fund to finance the establishment of new commercial enterprises. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2008/Bills/HB2245_CD1_.htm Title: H.B. 2245 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CO Signed into law 05/2008 Postsec. Community College Clarifies the authority related to the authorization to do business for private colleges or universities, bible colleges, and seminaries; permits the Commission on Higher Education to establish fees payable by institutions related to the administration of degrees; specify procedures by which students may file complaints; provides for investigation of complaints; authorizes the commission to take action to remedy a meritorious complaint if it is not resolved by the institution and the student. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/882205586E336245872573DA008193E8?open&file=167_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 167 Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ NH Signed into law 05/2008 Postsec. Community College Increases the maximum scholarship amount available from the National Guard Scholarship Fund. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2008/SB0521.html Title: S.B. 521 Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ TN Signed into law 05/2008 Postsec. Community College Tennessee Higher Education Commission - Requires THEC to address any deficiencies in the articulation of major preparation courses between the community college system and the universities within the board of regents system and the University of Tennessee system by facilitating the universal articulation of lower division courses required for baccalaureate majors; revises other provisions regarding articulation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB4096.pdf Title: H.B. 4096 Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us MN Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Various provisions related to higher education. Allows educational data sharing between the department of education and the office of higher education as authorized by the code of federal regulations for the purpose of analyzing and improving school district instruction; Modifyies Indian scholarship provisions relating to student eligibility, scholarship use, costs of attendance and award amounts; Allows the ACHIEVE scholarship program to request additional student documentation, modifying student eligibility requirements, application deadline and scholarship disbursement; Permitting conditional approval for degrees or names for new schools; Prohibiting certain school advertising or representation; Clarifying school fees for programs degree and nondegree programs; Requires the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities to report annually to the legislature on the current policy setting the maximum number of semester credits required for a baccalaureate and an associate of arts degree and identify requests for waivers and granted requests for waiver; Requires surety bonds from certain schools with a private career school license; Modifying the cost of attendance for the GI program, the definition of veteran and an educational assistance condition; Modifying the definition of veteran; requiring completion and submission of the free federal application for federal student aid (FAFSA); Clarifying the part-time student loan standard and specifying a minimum award per term for undergraduate and graduate students. https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2942.3.html&session=ls85 Title: S.B. 2942 Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ HI Signed into law 04/2008 Postsec. Requires the University of Hawaii to preaudit all proposed payments of $10,000 or more to determine the propriety of expenditures and compliance with applicable laws, executive orders, and rules. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2008/Bills/HB2163_SD1_.htm Title: H.B. 2163 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AZ Signed into law 04/2008 Postsec. Concerns the sunset of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. Chapter No. 141 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/2r/bills/hb2075h.pdf Title: H.B. 2075 Source: http://www.azleg.gov MD Signed into law 04/2008 Postsec. Community College Authorizes the Maryland Higher Education Commission to require an application fee from institutions of postsecondary education seeking certification to operate in the State. http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/bills/sb/sb0187t.pdf Title: S.B. 187 Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/ TN Signed into law 04/2008 Postsec. Requires each institution of higher education that receives funding from the state of Tennessee to do the following on an annual basis: (1) Develop and enforce a computer use and ethics policy covering students, staff, and faculty, which prohibits the infringement of copyrighted works; and (2) Reasonably attempt to prevent copyright infringement over network resources, if the institution receives 50 or more legally valid notices of infringement as prescribed by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 within the preceding year. Requires the Tennessee board of regents, the board of trustees for the University of Tennessee, and the Tennessee independent colleges and universities association to report to THEC on any reasonable efforts taken to deter copyright infringement over a school's computer and network resources. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB3974.pdf Title: S.B. 3974 Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us WA Signed into law 03/2008 Postsec. Authorizes student employees of Washington State University (WSU) to engage in collective bargaining. New bargaining units are to include graduate teaching assistants, staff assistants, project assistants, veterinary assistants and tutors, readers and graders. Excluded from the new bargaining units are graduate research assistants (and employees like them) who perform research primarily related to their dissertation and who have little to no service expectations placed upon them by the university. The scope of bargaining for WSU student employees does not include the ability to terminate an employee not meeting academic requirements set by the university, the amount of tuition or fees at WSU, the academic calendar nor the number of students admitted to a particular class. Compensation from a collective bargaining agreement may not exceed limits established by the legislature. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/2963-S.SL.pdf Title: H.B. 2963 Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature WA Signed into law 03/2008 Postsec. Beginning in 2008, public four-year postsecondary institutions are to pilot test performance agreements that set outcome-oriented priorities, target investments, link operating and capital planning, and create a longer-term view than the biennial budget cycle typically permits. The higher education performance agreements will be pilot tested over a six year period. A state performance agreement committee is also created to stae interests in developing the agreements. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/2641.SL.pdf Title: H.B. 2641 Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature WA Signed into law 03/2008 Community College Postsec. By February 2008, the state board for community and technical colleges (SBCTC) must select up to three additional colleges to develop and offer programs of study leading to an applied baccalaureate degree. At least one must be a technical college. Students may not enroll in upper division courses before the fall of 2009. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/5104-S.SL.pdf Title: S.B. 5104 Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature VA Signed into law 03/2008 Postsec. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor (a fine up to $2,500 and/or up to 12 months in jail) to issue or manufacture a fraudulent academic credential or knowingly using a fraudulent academic credential to obtain employment, promotion, licensure, or admission to an institution of higher learning. The bill also provides for a civil remedy for damages. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+HB766ER Title: H.B. 766 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us SD Signed into law 02/2008 Postsec. Authorizes the Governor to enter the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Compact; provides for the appointment of resident members to the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Commission. http://legis.state.sd.us Title: S.B. 153 Source: http://legis.state.sd.us WI Signed into law 10/2007 Postsec. Directs the department of administration to: (1) Serve as the state's liaison agency between the higher educational aids board, the department of public instruction, the University of Wisconsin System, the technical college system, and other public and private organizations that are interested in promoting postsecondary education in the state; (2) Contract with the Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., if the secretary determines it appropriate, to establish and implement a campaign to promote attendance at nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions in the state; (3) Coordinate the postsecondary education promotional activities of the department, the entities specified in section (1) above, and the Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., and prevent duplication of effort in conducting those activities; (4) On or before July 1, 2009, and every July 1 thereafter, submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees, a report on the postsecondary education promotional activities conducted by the Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc.. Pages 11-12 of 674: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/acts/07Act20.pdf Title: S.B. 40 Source: www.legis.state.wi.us MO Adopted 10/2007 Postsec. Deletes the certification requirements for Postsecondary Career Educators as of June 2007. http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/5csr/5c80-800.pdf Title: 5 CSR 80-800.220 Source: http://www.sos.mo.gov CA Signed into law 09/2007 Postsec. Extends the provisions of the Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Reform Act of 1989. Provides for the extension of voluntary agreements with institutions regarding compliance with related state statutes. Authorizes accredited institutions to make specified modifications. Continues the Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Administration Fund and the Student Tuition Recovery Fund. Establishes the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education. Chapter 635 http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_45_bill_20071013_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 45 Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov NY Vetoed 08/2007 Postsec. Community College Relates to the authority of the civil service commission to designate positions as unclassified; provides that the commission shall not consider a request by the chancellor of the state university and by the board of trustees of community colleges which seeks to designate as unclassified any position in the classified service which is the same or substantially similar in scope and duties as the specifications for a position. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S03054&sh=t Title: S.B. 3054 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet OR Issued 08/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Executive Order 07-13 establishes the Postsecondary Quality Education Commission, to be chaired by the president of Oregon State University and the president of Lane Community College. The commission is charged with developing a Postsecondary Quality Education Model, designed to create a complete picture of what is needed to offer a quality, affordable postsecondary education to Oregonians. http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/pdf/eo0713.pdf Title: Executive Order 07-13 Source: http://governor.oregon.gov NC Signed into law 08/2007 Postsec. Community College Modifies the public records laws applicable to the University of North Carolina and the North Carolina community colleges. Protects the privacy of applicants who are not admitted or who do not enroll; provides that certain audit records are public documents. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1023v3.html Title: S.B. 1023 Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us MD Adopted 08/2007 Postsec. Community College Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish minimum requirements for issuing certificates, diplomas, and degrees by public and nonpublic institutions of postsecondary education. A. The requirements in this chapter apply to all degree-granting institutions, including colleges and universities, and separately incorporated graduate institutions or centers that require or seek a certificate of approval to operate, or continue to operate, and grant formal awards within the State. B. The requirements in this chapter also apply to existing institutions that are seeking approval to offer a new degree level in Maryland. C. The approval granted to an institution to operate and award degrees applies only to the formal awards, instructional programs, and locations designated in the certificate of approval and is not applicable to off-campus programs that are separately authorized by the Commission. D. Programs to be reviewed under this authority include: (1) New certificates or degree levels; (2) Off-campus program offerings; and (3) Program suspensions or discontinuances. E. Out-of-State degree-granting institutions shall apply for approval to operate in Maryland http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/13b/13b.02.02.02.htm Title: COMAR 13B.02.02.02-.08, .10-.19, .21, .22 Source: MA Issued 08/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishes the Readiness Project to develop a plan to implement fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth over the next ten years. The project will have three chairs appointed by the Governor.  The plan will include recommendations to: (1) Deliver universal and high quality early education for three- and four-year-olds as well as Full-Day kindergarten; (2) Expand time for teaching and learning in primary and secondary schools; (3) Extend education an additional two years beyond secondary school to better prepare students for higher education, work and citizenship; (4) Align curricula from pre-Kindergarten through high school, higher education and work force development, including with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math as well as other subjects and methods that enhance creativity and problem-solving skills; (5) Structure and support a reasonable degree of school choice, including charter and pilot schools, so that all serve as complementary components of a comprehensive system; (6) Recruit, retain and develop strong educators and administrators at all levels; (7) Streamline and strengthen teacher certification and licensing; (8) Improve the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System and introduce additional appropriate standards and assessments to measure other aspects of students' academic development; (9) Fund the education system adequately, equitably and reliably, including for students with special educational needs; (10) Facilitate collaboration between and among the Commonwealth's public and private institutions of higher education; (11) Strengthen the structure and clarify the mission of the institutions that comprise the University of Massachusetts system and all public higher education institutions in the Commonwealth; (12) Implement an effective and efficient accountability system for students, instructors and administrators from pre-Kindergarten through higher education that enables authorities both to review performance and to target assistance where it is most needed; and (13) Leverage information technology throughout the system to improve instruction, student acquisition of skills, administrative processes, and the quality of and access to data. implements fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth over the next 10 years. http://www.mass.gov/Agov3/docs/Executive%20Orders/executive_order_489.pdf Title: Executive Order No. 489 Source: http://www.mass.gov NC Signed into law 07/2007 Postsec. Community College Requires the president of the University of North Carolina (UNC) to appoint a task force to examine the application of the state personnel act to UNC with a goal of making recommendations that will improve the ability of the University to attract, reward, and retain high quality employees, enable the UNC to better meet the needs of its employees, and improve the efficiency of UNC personnel operations. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1353v2.html Title: S.B. 1353 Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us RI Signed into law 07/2007 Postsec. Prohibits the purchase and sale of academic degrees wherein the degree is obtained on the basis of a combination of a payment of a fee and the attainment of academic credit for so-called life experiences, without the applicant undertaking any coursework. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07405.htm Title: S.B. 392 Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us RI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Postsec. Establishes a research foundation, as a nonprofit corporation, at the University of Rhode Island to administer the development of scientific research, technology, the commercialization of intellectual property and such other work as necessary to develop, promote and enhance scientific research and technology at the University of Rhode Island and within the state of Rhode Island. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07232.htm Title: H.B. 5455 Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us OR Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. Community College Allows the Student Assistance Commission to terminate activities of diploma mills and operation of post-secondary accrediting bodies not recognized by United States Department of Education; defines diploma mill; removes the authority of the commission to substitute private accreditation standards for standards adopted by commission under certain circumstances; New provisions allow the Oregon Student Assistance Commission, through the Office of Degree Authorization, to terminate activities of diploma mills operating in or from Oregon; and to terminate the operation in or from Oregon of post-secondary accrediting bodies that are not recognized by the United States Department of Education or by the commission. Does not apply to a body the role of which is to accredit schools that offer only associate, bachelor's or master's degrees with titles in theology or religious occupations or, if the schools also offer doctoral degrees, offer doctoral degrees only in theology or religious occupations that have been approved by a federally recognized accrediting organization. http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/sb0100.dir/sb0198.en.pdf Title: S.B. 198 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us NH Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. Community College Makes various changes to the state College Tuition Savings Plan. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/SB0245.html Title: S.B. 245 Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ CT Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. Community College Concerns enhanced enforcement authority by the Department of Higher Education; provides the Board of Governors of Higher Education and the Commissioner of Higher Education with enhanced enforcement authority regarding colleges and universities which are operating illegally in the state; provides for investigations. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/ACT/Pa/pdf/2007PA-00090-R00SB-01139-PA.pdf Title: S.B. 1139 Source: Connnecticut CO Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. Concerns State matching funds for competitive Federally sponsored research projects at Colorado public universities; creates the Higher Education Competitive Research Authority and the Innovative Higher Education Research Fund. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/AE2BA436E6A7180E87257275007AA745?open&file=182_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 182 Source: Colorado Legislature TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Postsec. Requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop a work-study mentorship program under which eligible college students are authorized to mentor and counsel other students. The bill also provides for the funding of the program, authorizes students to serve as mentors in GO Centers and in high schools, and authorizes nonprofit organizations to partner with institutions of higher education to pursue the objectives of the program. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/SB01050F.pdf Title: S.B. 1050 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us NY Issued 05/2007 Postsec. (Executive Order No. 14) Establishes the New York State Commission on Higher Education. The Commission's inquiry shall include analysis of: (a) academic standards and performance in New York's colleges and universities, with particular emphasis on SUNY and CUNY; (b) access to higher education in New York State and particularly to the SUNY and CUNY systems; (c) the degree to which public primary and secondary education adequately prepare New York students to enter and succeed in college; (d) the mission of the State's community colleges, and the proper balance between preparing students to enter four-year institutions upon graduation and to obtain high-value jobs upon graduation; (e) the extent to which SUNY and CUNY research and degree programs are aligned with economic development objectives of the State and the region of the State where each campus is situated; (f) the financing of public colleges and universities, including State support, federal support, tuition, alumni support and other sources of income; (g) the reasonable costs of an education for students in various SUNY and CUNY degree programs, and the available sources and amounts of financial aid for students who need assistance to meet such costs; (h) the types and amounts of financial support provided by the State to private colleges and universities and their students, and the rationale for such programs; (i) the degree to which different types of SUNY institutions (i.e. two-year colleges, four-year colleges, technical colleges, university centers and the SUNY schools within Cornell University) are treated and governed similarly or differently within SUNY and by the State; (j) the degree to which different SUNY campuses are permitted to tailor their offerings, practices and policies to the specific needs of their students, faculties and the surrounding communities; and (k) the nature of public and community service opportunities and degree requirements afforded and enforced at SUNY, CUNY and more generally in New York's colleges and universities. http://www.ny.gov/governor/executive_orders/exeorders/14.html Title: Executive Order No. 14 Source: http://www.ny.gov/governor IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Recodifies the law governing higher education. Changes references in provisions that cross reference to the law being recodified. Makes related changes. Repeals obsolete provisions. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.) Title: S.B. 526 (omnibus) - Recodification of Higher Education Code Source: http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/SE/SE0526.1.html MO Signed into law 05/2007 Postsec. Community College Multiple provisions relating to higher education. Stipulates that in order to receive increases in state appropriations, two- and four-year institutions must work with the commissioner of higher education to establish agreed-upon competencies for certain entry-level courses. The coordinating board for higher education will establish policies to ensure that such courses are accepted in transfer among public institutions. Authorizes the commissioner to order an institution willfully disregarding a coordinating board policy to remit a fine. Requires the coordinating board to hold out-of-state public higher education institutions to criteria similar to those required of public in-state higher education institutions in order for such institutions to operate within the state. Requires binding resolution for certain disputes among institutions of higher education. Prohibits higher education institutions from rejecting applicants for faculty positions based solely on lack of graduate degree if candidate has an undergraduate degree and has served at least eight years in the general assembly. http://www.senate.mo.gov/07info/pdf-bill/tat/SB389.pdf Title: S.B. 389 [Postsecondary Institutions] Source: http://www.senate.mo.gov MO Signed into law 05/2007 Postsec. Community College Increases the amount of the Bright Flight scholarships from $2,000 to $3,000 beginning with fiscal year 2011. Beginning with fiscal year 2011, students with test scores between the top five percent and the top three percent qualify for a scholarship of $1,000. Creates the Access Missouri Financial Assistance program, defines eligibility criteria and maximum and minimum financial awards. Repeals Gallagher student financial assistance and college guarantee programs and directs that certain gambling boat boarding fee revenue that currently goes to the Missouri College Guarantee Fund be instead deposited into the Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program. Enacts the Higher Education Student Funding Act, limiting tuition increases that institutions may charge. Grants Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MoHELA) authority to transfer assets of the authority to the newly created Lewis and Clark Discovery Fund. Requires MoHELA to distribute $350 million of assets of the authority to the fund not later than September 30, 2013. Moneys in the fund may be appropriated by the general assembly only for funding for capital projects at public colleges and universities and funding for the Missouri Technology Corporation's ability to work with colleges and universities in identifying opportunities for commercializing technologies. Directs the department of economic development to allocate a percentage of the state ceiling for private activity bonds to MoHELA. http://www.senate.mo.gov/07info/pdf-bill/tat/SB389.pdf Title: S.B. 389 [Postsecondary Finance] Source: http://www.senate.mo.gov MS Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. Community College Expands the jurisdiction of law enforcement officers employed by Jackson State University, University of Southern Mississippi and state junior and community colleges to an area within 500 feet of university or college property. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/SB/3000-3099/SB3015SG.htm Title: S.B. 3015 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us WV Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Requires the state's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to create and implement a program to refurbish and donate state surplus computers which are no more than four years old from state agencies to public schools and low-income school children; encourages the CTO to collaborate with other agencies including, but not limited to, the State Board of Education; the Department of Education's Division of Technical and Adult Services; Regional Education Service Agencies; the Division of Corrections; Prison Industries; and private technology industries in creating and establishing the program; requires the CTO to consult with and provide any necessary assistance to any governing board of an institution of higher education in creating a computer and computer equipment donation program. Continues the board of governors at specified public institutions of higher education and specifies the appointment of members to each board. Continues the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education and places the community college employee salary schedule and classification system under its authority. Establishes the Health Education Loan Program for students enrolled in a school of medicine; allows any individual who has received a loan through the program and who has provided services as a medical doctor or a doctor of osteopathy in a medically underserved area or in a medical specialty in which there is a shortage of physicians in the state to be eligible for cancellation of ten thousand dollars of the outstanding loan or loans for every full twelve consecutive calendar months of such service. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2558%20EnrSUB.htm Title: H.B. 2558 Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ NM Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Community College Ensures that the military is treated as equal to any other recruiter permitted to recruit on-campus in New Mexico public post-secondary educational institutions. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0566.pdf Title: S.B. 566 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MS Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Community College Makes changes to the calculation of state-aid for public junior and community colleges. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2364PS.htm Title: S.B. 2364 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us VA Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Community College Directs the governing boards of each public institution of higher education to develop and implement policies that advise students, faculty, and staff, including residence hall staff, of the proper procedures for identifying and addressing the needs of students that exhibit suicidal tendencies or behavior. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB3064ER Title: H.B. 3064 Source: http://legis.state.va.us/ AL Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Sustains the disapproval by the Joint Committee on Administrative Regulation Review of the Commission on Higher Education proposed amendment to Rule 300- 2-1-.02, entitled Review and Approval or Disapproval of Proposed Postsecondary Course Offerings in Alabama by Non-Alabama Institutions. Act No. 2007-067 Title: S.J.R. 8 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AR Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Relates to an act to repeal the requirement that college juniors take the Rising Junior Exam. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/SB203.pdf Title: S.B. 203 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us UT Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Community College Directs the state Board of Regents to adopt a policy requiring an applicant for a position in a higher education institution that involves significant contact with a minor or a position that is security sensitive to submit to a criminal background check as a condition of employment; requires an existing employee of a higher education institution to submit to a criminal background check, where reasonable cause exists; authorizes higher education institutions to request the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification to conduct criminal background checks; addresses the payment of the costs of criminal background checks, and; requires notice of criminal background checks to prospective and existing employees and an opportunity for review of information obtained through a criminal background check. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillenr/hb0196.htm Title: H.B. 196 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/ UT Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Community College Creates the Higher Education Task Force, which is charged with studying issues concerning the state system of higher education, including institutional missions, tuition, and other issues. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillenr/hb0396.htm Title: H.B. 396 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/ NM Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Community College Creates the higher education department in the executive branch. Department is a cabinet department including the followiong divisions: (1) administrative services, (2) planning and research, (3) financial aid, (4) public information, (5) adult basic education, (6) information technology, (7) private and proprietary schools and (8) public schools liaison. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0248.pdf Title: S.B. 248 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us UT Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Authorizes higher education institutions in the state to make a rule that allows a dormitory resident to request only roommates who are not licensed to carry a concealed firearm under law. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/sbillint/sb0251s02.htm Title: S.B. 251 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/ UT Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Appropriates monies to institutions of higher education in the state to provide increased degree opportunities in high-demand academic areas through partnerships and regional programs. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillenr/hb0185.htm Title: H.B. 185 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/ MS Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Community College Authorizes the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning to authorize universities to lease land at the univeersity for the construction of facilities by private financing for a term of 31 years. Contains requirements for building code compliance, percentage of maximum land to be leased on any campus, number of annual projects and compliance with state bid law requirements. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1208PS.htm Title: H.B. 1208 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us VA Passed 02/2007 Postsec. This joint resolution of the legislature requests the State Council of Higher Education to conduct as a follow up to the development of its new strategic plan, an assessment of Virginia's competitiveness in attracting and retaining faculty at Virginia's public institutions of higher education. http://198.246.135.1/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HJ642H1 Title: H.J. 642 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/lis.htm AL Adopted 02/2007 Postsec. Clarifies the Commission's definition of "non-resident institution." ALABAMA 7823 Rule Adoption 02/06/07 http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/docs/hged/index.html Title: AAC 300-2-1-.02 Source: http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.usl NV Rejected by Voters. 12/2006 Postsec. Community College Proposes to amend the Constitution to provide for the election of certain members of the Board of Regents and the gubernatorial appointment of certain members of the Board of Regents; specifies the number and terms of the members. http://leg.state.nv.us/73rd/bills/AJR/AJR11_72_EN.pdf Title: AJR 11 Source: http://leg.state.nv.us/ VA Issued 11/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Directs all executive branch agencies, including institutions of higher education, to include emergency preparedness planning, training and promotion as a core component of their mission (Executive Order 2006-42). http://www.governor.virginia.gov/Initiatives/ExecutiveOrders/index.cfm Title: E.O. 44 Source: http://www.governor.virginia.gov/ MI Signed into law 09/2006 Postsec. Community College Exempts religious colleges from state regulation of educational programs offering degrees, diplomas or certificates based on education beyond high school, or education for transfer to institutions of higher learning. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/publicact/pdf/2006-PA-0420.pdf Title: H.B. 6016 Source: http://www.michiganlegislature.org MI Signed into law 09/2006 Postsec. Community College Revises the provisions of existing law regulating educational corporations; provides for an educational corporation classification to include those that are instituted and maintained by an ecclesiastical or religious order, society, corporation, or corporations that retain control of the institution for denominational purposes; allows for an ecclesiastical educational corporation to organize and operate a religious college under certain guidelines. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/publicact/pdf/2006-PA-0420.pdf Title: H.B. 6014 Source: http://www.michiganlegislature.org NJ Adopted 07/2006 Postsec. Community College Establishes procedures for higher education institutions to apply for State matching funds under the Higher Education Incentive Funding Act, and delineates how and when the matching funds will be distributed to such institutions. Title: NJAC 17:26 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NY Signed into law 07/2006 Postsec. Community College Extends provisions of the regents awards to children of deceased and disabled veterans of U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Title: S.B. 8422 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WY Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2006 Postsec. Community College Defines the scholarships made available by the Hathaway Scholarship Program, which is a scholarship program that begins with the graduating class of 2006, and sets forth the requirements students must meet and maintain to be eligible for these scholarships. http://soswy.state.wy.us/RULES/6300.pdf Title: Chapter 38 Source: http://soswy.state.wy.us/Rule_Search_Main.asp AZ Vetoed 06/2006 Postsec. Concerns rights of student organizations in a postsecondary institution or community college; relates to a student government body; provides that a public postsecondary institution shall not deny recognition of a student organization on the basis that the organization advocates religious, political or philosophical beliefs or limits membership to students who share the same religious, political or philosophical beliefs. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/47leg/2r/bills/sb1153c.pdf Title: S.B. 1153 Source: Arizona Legislature MI Signed into law 06/2006 Postsec. Community College Eliminates the $1,000 awards currently available to merit scholarship award qualifiers enrolling in postsecondary institutions outside the state. Effective with the high school graduating class of 2007. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/publicact/pdf/2006-PA-0241.pdf Title: S.B. 861 Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/ WY Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2006 Postsec. Community College Amends rules regarding operation or registration of all private postsecondary degree granting education institutions that are located within the state, or have their principle place of business out of state but are doing business in the state. These rules do not apply to any parochial, church, or religious school as defined by W.S. 21-4-101(a)(iv), home-based educational programs as defined by W.S. 21-4- 101(a)(v), aircraft flight training schools approved and authorized by the Federal Aviation Agency of the United States of America. http://soswy.state.wy.us/RULES/6254.pdf; http://soswy.state.wy.us/RULES/6385.pdf Title: Chapter 30 Source: http://soswy.state.wy.us/Rule_Search_Main.asp WI Signed into law 05/2006 Postsec. Community College Relates to college student reenrollment and the registration priority of persons called into active military service; provides that the reenrolling student shall have the same priority in registering for courses as if the student had registered at the beginning of the registration period. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act470.pdf Title: S.B. 436 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TN Signed into law 05/2006 Postsec. Concerns Education, Higher; requires public higher education institutions to place warnings concerning misrepresentation of academic credentials in catalogs, on Web sites, and in employment contracts for positions requiring academic credentials, constitutes a Class A misdemeanor. The warning shall define the offense of misrepresentation of academic credentials. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB3526.pdf Title: H.B. 3526 Source: Tennessee Legislature CO Vetoed 04/2006 Postsec. Requires all policies and amendments to existing policies adopted by the commission on higher education to be promulgated in accordance with the State Administrative Procedure Act. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/87BF5B4CF1B2A2978725711E0071C75D?Open&file=203_rer.pdf Title: S.B. 203 Source: Colorado Legisature WI Signed into law 04/2006 Postsec. Community College Relates to college reenrollment of students called into active military service. Requires colleges and universities to reenroll the student beginning in the semester following his or her military discharge or the next succeeding semester, whichever the student prefers. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act324.pdf Title: A.B. 378 Source: www.legis.state.wi.us ME Signed into law 04/2006 Postsec. Community College Amends the Notice of Risk to Personal Data Act; relates to a security breach; amends notification requirements regarding agencies of state government, university and community college systems, the maritime academy, private colleges and universities; requires notification to residents by information brokers and other persons; relates to third party entities. The Chief Information Officer shall establish written standards for the security of computerized data, including personal information, maintained by state agencies and departments, including standards for notification to a resident of this State when an agency or department becomes aware of a breach of security with regard to personal information and if a reasonable investigation reveals that personal information has been misused or a reasonable possibility exists that personal information will be misused. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billtexts/ld201701.asp Title: H.B. 1417; LD 2017 Source: Maine Legislature MS Signed into law 04/2006 Postsec. Community College Defines the authority of the Commission on College Accreditation and authorizes the seeking of an injunction to enjoin unapproved course offerings. Includes junior colleges. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2218SG.htm Title: S.B. 2218 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/ MD Signed into law 04/2006 Postsec. Relates to the university system; prohibits a member of the Board of Regents from being a candidate for public office while serving on the Board; restricts campaign contributions. http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/bills/hb/hb1674t.pdf Title: H.B. 1674 Source: Maryland Legislature VA Signed into law 04/2006 Postsec. Establishes the New College Institute, or New College. Directs that New College shall: 1. Seek to diversify the region's economy by engaging the resources of other institutions of higher education, public and private bodies, and organizations of the region and state. 2. Serve as a catalyst for economic and community transformation by leveraging and brokering resources that support economic diversity. 3. Facilitate development of the technology and trained workforce necessary for new economic enterprises to flourish, using the resources available from collaborating educational institutions. 4. Expand educational opportunities in the region by providing access to degree-granting programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, through partnerships with private and public institutions of higher education, the public schools, and public and private sectors. 5. Encourage and coordinate the development and delivery of degree programs and other credit and noncredit courses with a focus on statewide and regional critical shortage areas as well as the needs of industry. This shall include needed adult education and workforce training. 6. Serve as a resource and referral center by maintaining and disseminating information on existing educational programs, research, and university outreach and technology resources. Establishes the New College Board of Directors and the powers and duties of the board. Requires the board to direct the development and focus of New College's curriculum. Requires New College to enroll students by the fall semester of 2007 or as soon as practicable. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0808 Title: S.B. 40 Source: leg1.state.va.us MD Signed into law 04/2006 Postsec. Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to submit a review of the State Plan for Higher Education to the Governor and to the General Assembly every 4 years instead of every 2 years; requires that the president of each public institution of higher education update the institution's mission statement within a year of the review of the State Plan for Higher Education. http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/bills/hb/hb0122t.pdf Title: H.B. 122 Source: Maryland Legislature MI Signed into law 03/2006 Postsec. Community College Directs state budget director to: (1) establish and maintain the Higher Education Institutional Data Inventory (HEIDI) to collect data on public universities in the state; (2) Develop policies for the collection of data, including policies to ensure the privacy of student data; (3) provide data to state policymakers, assist public universities with audits and perform other duties. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/publicact/pdf/2006-PA-0095.pdf Title: H.B. 4838 Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov UT Signed into law 03/2006 Postsec. Recommends that the governor consider the allocation of economic development funds for Centers of Excellence to be matched by industry and federal grants on at least a two-for-one basis for colleges and universities in the state that offer any doctoral degrees; requires the Governor's Office of Economic Development to develop a process to determine whether to require the return of economic development Centers of Excellence grant moneys from a higher education institution if the technology that is developed from grant proceeds is licensed to a licensee that does not maintain a manufacturing or service location in the state from which the technology is exploited or transfers the manufacturing or service location out of state within a five-year period after the issuance of the license. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2006/bills/sbillenr/sb0112.pdf Title: S.B. 112 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/ WA Signed into law 03/2006 Postsec. Community College Declares that a person is guilty of issuing a false academic credential if the person knowingly: (1) Grants or awards a false academic credential or offers to grant or award a false academic credential in violation of this act; (2) Represents that a credit earned or granted by the person in violation of this act can be applied toward a credential offered by another person; (3) Grants or offers to grant a credit for which a representation as describe in this act is made; or (4) Solicits another person to seek a credential or to earn a credit the person knows is offered in violation of this act. Provides that a person is guilty of knowingly using a false academic credential if the person knowingly uses a false academic credential or falsely claims to have a credential issued by an institution of higher education that is accredited by an accrediting association recognized as such by rule of the higher education coordinating board. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202006/2507-S.SL.pdf Title: H.B. 2507 Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov VA Signed into law 03/2006 Postsec. Community College Defines "qualifying institution" as an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth or its associated intellectual property foundation that adopts a policy regarding the ownership, protection, assignment, and use of intellectual property pursuant to § 23-4.3. Requires that boards of visitors of state-supported institutions of higher education and the State Board for Community Colleges adopt policies regarding the ownership, protection, assignment, and use of intellectual property. Binds all employees of state-supported higher education institutions to intellectual property policies of the institution employing them. Requires the boards of visitors of state-supported institutions of higher education, including the State Board for Community Colleges, to provide a copy of their intellectual property policies to the Governor and the Joint Commission on Technology and Science. Defines "intellectual property" as (i) a potentially patentable machine, article of manufacture, composition of matter, process, or improvement in any of those; (ii) an issued patent; (iii) a legal right that inheres in a patent; or (iv) anything that is copyrightable. Authorizes boards of visitors, the State Board for Community Colleges, or their designees to assign any interest they possess in intellectual property or in materials in which the institution claims an interest, provided such assignment is in accordance with the terms of the institution's intellectual property policies. Requires The president of each state-supported institution of higher education, including the chancellor of the Virginia Community College System, to report annually to the Governor and the Joint Commission on Technology and Science regarding the assignment of any intellectual property interests by that institution. This bill reflects the Governor's substitute language. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0077 Title: H.B. 134 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us SC Issued 02/2006 Postsec. Community College Establishes the South Carolina Higher Education Task Force. The task force will examine ways to improve the state's system of higher education, including identifying concrete steps that can be taken to lower tuition at the state's public institutions of higher learning, reducing program duplication, improving business management practices and improving and increasing statewide coordinatino and collaboration of higher education. Task force will work with the Commssion on Higher Education and its commisioners to make recommendations in a final report to the governor by June 30, 2006. Defines membership of task force. http://www.scgovernor.com/uploads/executiveorders/2006-01.pdf Title: Executive Order 2006-01 Source: http://www.scgovernor.com/ TX Adopted 02/2006 Postsec. Adds new definitions pertaining to "fictitious degree," "fraudulent or substandard degree," "protected term." TEXAS 98741 Title: 19 TAC 1.7.A.7.3 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MI Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Postsec. Establishes a postsecondary enrollment options program for certain students enrolled in Michigan schools; to prescribe certain duties of public schools; to prescribe certain powers and duties of certain state departments, officials, and agencies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts," by amending section 3 (MCL 388.513), as amended by 2004 PA 594. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/publicact/pdf/2005-PA-0180.pdf Title: H.B. 4143 Source: StateNet CA Vetoed 09/2005 Postsec. An act to add Article 4.3 (commencing with Section 92043) to Chapter 1 of Part 57 of the Education Code, relating to municipal services. Expresses legislative findings and declarations on the relationship between the growth of campuses of the University of California and the ability of cities and counties to provide municipal services to these campuses. Require the Legislative Analyst, in collaboration with other entities, to conduct a review of the planning processes used by the University of California to prepare long range development plans for its campuses; the methods for measuring the economic costs and benefits, including the fiscal costs and benefits to public agencies, attributable to the campuses of the University of California; and the policies adopted by other states to mitigate the local impacts of university campuses, including the identification of any models for implementation in California. Also requires the review to include recommendations as to whether there are better alternatives available to mitigate the local impacts of university campuses. Requires the review to be completed and delivered to the Legislature no later than December 1, 2006. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1690_bill_20050902_enrolled.pdf Title: A.B. 1690 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Signed into law 09/2005 Postsec. From legislative counsel's digest: Authorizes the California State University to award the Doctor of Education degree, and prescribe standards for the awarding of that degree. Requires the California State University, the Department of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst's Office to jointly conduct a statewide evaluation of the doctoral programs implemented under the bill and to report the results of the evaluation, in writing, to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2011. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0701-0750/sb_724_bill_20050922_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 724 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov IL Signed into law 08/2005 Postsec. Community College Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois and amends the Public Community College Act. Requires public institutions of higher education to allow a currently enrolled student who is called to active military service to complete any unfinished courses at a later date at no additional charge, unless course credit has already been given or the student received a full refund upon withdrawing from the course (in which case the student's record shall reflect that the withdrawal is due to active military service). Provides that the student must be given priority over other students in reenrolling in the course or courses. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0587 Title: H.B. 3724 Source: StateNet OR Signed into law 07/2005 Postsec. Allows a person who holds a degree from a post-secondary institution that is not accredited or approved by the Office of Degree Authorization to claim or represent that a person has an academic degree if a disclaimer is included. Directs that Oregon Student Assistance Commission, through the Office of Degree Authorization, to exempt certain schools from statutory provisions regulating conferring or offering of degrees. Requires school to apply for exemption, meet certain requirements and comply with specified conditions. Establishes an appeal process if exemption if denied, suspended or revoked. http://www.leg.state.or.us/05reg/measpdf/sb1000.dir/sb1039.en.pdf Title: S.B. 1039 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us NC Signed into law 07/2005 Postsec. AN ACT designating the university of north carolina at pembroke as North Carolina's historically american indian university. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H371v3.html Title: H.B. 371 Source: StateNet HI Signed into law 06/2005 Postsec. Requires the University of Hawaii to establish a program to allow returning military personnel the right to retain admission to programs to which they had been admitted prior to deployment, including students who had been admitted but did not enroll due to the timing of their deployment; provided that the individual is returning from a tour of duty and identifies the individual's prior acceptance to the appropriate campus registrar. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb115_cd1_.htm Title: H.B. 115 Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov FL Vetoed 06/2005 Postsec. Community College Establishes provisions effective with the postsecondary freshmen of the fall of 2005. States that undergraduate tuition and fees for state university resident students are established within proviso in the General Appropriations Act or law. Requires each board of trustees to set university tuition and fees for graduate, graduate professional and nonresident students, although these may not exceed the average full-time tuition and fees for corresponding programs at member schools of the Association of American Universities. Bars the annual percentage increase in tuition and fees set by each board of trustees for students enrolled prior to the fall of 2005 from exceeding the legislature's annual percentage increase for resident undergraduate students. Requires at least 20 percent of the amount raised by tuition increases to be allocated by each university to need-based financial aid for students. Allows tuition and fees for for graduate, graduate professional, or nonresident students to exceed a cap set for undergraduate resident students. Requires an undergraduate student to pay 75% over the in-state tuition rate for any credit hours exceeding 120 percent of the number of credit hours required to complete the student's degree program. Provides that a community college student who has earned the associate degree need not pay the full cost for a maximum of 24 hours taken while enrolled at a community college which apply to the student's baccalaureate degree. Provides that an undergraduate student at a state university or in a baccalaurate program at a community college must pay the higher rate for exceeding the aforementioned credit hour limit, regardless of whether those hours were taken while enrolled at a community college, a state university or any private postsecondary institution if the student received state funds while enrolled at the private postsecondary institution. States that credit hours earned under the following circumstances are not calculated as hours required to earn a degree: (a) College credits earned through an accelerated mechanism identified in s. 1007.27; (b) Credit hours earned through internship programs; (c) Credit hours required for certification, recertification, or certificate degrees; (d) Credit hours in courses from which a student must withdraw due to reasons of medical or personal hardship; (e) Credit hours taken by active-duty military personnel; (f) Credit hours required to achieve a dual major undertaken while pursuing a degree; (g) Remedial and English as a Second Language credit hours; and (h) Credit hours earned in military science courses (R.O.T.C). Requires postsecondary institutions to implement a process for notifying students regarding these requirements, which notice must be provided upon the student's initial enrollment in the institution and again upon the student's having earned the credit hours required to complete the degree program in which he or she is enrolled. Requires the notice to include a recommendation that each student who intends to earn credit hours at the institution beyond those required for his or her enrolled degree program meet with his or her academic advisor. Last bill text: http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2005/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s2236er.pdf Staff analysis: http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2005/Senate/bills/analysis/pdf/2005s2236.ea.pdf Title: S.B. 2236 Source: www.flsenate.gov NV Signed into law 06/2005 Postsec. Community College AN ACT relating higher education; requiring the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to ensure that students enrolled in a program for the education of teachers are instructed in the academic standards required for high school pupils; requiring access to library facilities for students enrolled at an institution within the University and Community College System of Nevada; specifying that a student at a university or state college within the System completes a full course of study for the issuance of a diploma of graduation from the System if he satisfies the requirements for graduation and a degree as set forth in the catalog of the university or state college that is in effect at the time of enrollment or at the time of graduation, whichever the student elects; revising the terms of office of members of the Board of Regents; revising provisions regarding the degrees and transferability of credits earned within the System; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law provides for the establishment of courses of study and academic standards for the public schools in this State. (Chapter 389 of NRS) This bill requires the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to work with the State Board of Education and the Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools to ensure that students enrolled in a program for the education of teachers are provided instruction in the standards for high school pupils. Existing law sets forth the requirements for issuance of a baccalaureate degree by the Board of Regents. (NRS 396.560) This bill specifies the manner in which a student is determined to have completed a full course of study for the issuance of a diploma of graduation from the System. Existing law prescribes 6-year terms of office for the members of the Board of Regents. (NRS 396.040) This bill reduces the terms of office to years. The current members elected will continue to serve out their 6-year terms of office. This provision becomes effective only if AJR 11 of the 72nd Session of the Nevada Legislature is not passed by the 73rd Session of the Legislature. Existing law requires that all credits earned at a community college within the System be transferable to a university or state college within the System if the course catalog identifies the course by the same title and description. (NRS 396.568) This bill requires that all courses earned at a community college within the System automatically transfer to a university or state college within the System and removes the requirements regarding the course catalog. This bill also provides that a student who has been awarded an associate's degree must be enrolled as a junior if he enrolls in any institution within the System. This bill further provides that a student enrolled at any campus of the System must be granted access to library facilities available within the System and must be adequately informed of those facil http://leg.state.nv.us/73rd/bills/AB/AB280_EN.pdf Title: H.B. 280 Source: StateNet TX Signed into law 06/2005 Postsec. From bill analysis: Requires the president of each general academic teaching institution to annually provide, no later than November 1 of each year, to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board a report describing the institution's efforts regarding timely graduation of undergraduate students. Reduces the undergraduate funding cap and allows universities to charge non-resident tuition to students who exceed the funding cap. The current funding cap is 45 semester credit hours (SCH) above the degree requirement; the new funding cap would be 30 hours.  The bill also directs the degree length to include minors, double majors, certificates, special programs, and study-abroad programs.  The bill only applies to those students who initially enroll as an undergraduate student in the Fall 2006. Creates a work-study student mentorship program at certain institutions of higher education.  Changes the requirements regarding satisfactory academic progress after the initial academic year, requires a student to complete at least 24 semester credit hours in the student's most recent academic year and earn an overall grade point average of at least 2.5 on a four-point scale in all previously attempted coursework at the institution for continued TEXAS grant eligibility. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01172&VERSION=5&TYPE=B Title: H.B. 1172 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2005 Postsec. Community College Adds Sec. 61.3021. Requires Texas Higher education Coordinating Board (board) by rule to establish a process for reviewing and approving a degree conferred by a person described by Section 61.302(11)(B) or (C). Requires the review process to include a determination by the board whether the degree is the equivalent of a degree granted by a private postsecondary educational institution or other person in accordance with the person's accreditation by a recognized accrediting agency or with the person's certificate of authority. Authorizes the board to charge an applicant for review. Requires the board, to protect the public from private postsecondary educational institutions or other persons that confer or offer to confer fraudulent or substandard degrees and from persons that use or hold fraudulent or substandard degrees or that use or claim to hold fictitious degrees, to disseminate certain information through the board's Internet website. Defines "fraudulent or substandard degree." http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01173&VERSION=5&TYPE=B Title: H.B. 1173 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2005 Postsec. From bill analysis: Requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to create a pilot project under which a governing board of an institution participating in the pilot project may enter into a contract with a student to award the student an incentive provided that the student graduates in a timely manner and meets other requirements established by the institution under the contract. Provides that a student is not required to enter into the contract. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=S&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00030&VERSION=5&TYPE=B Title: S.B. 30 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us AZ Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. Community College Establishes the Arizona partnership for nursing education demonstration project to increase the capacity of nursing education programs in the state by fostering collaboration among the state's education and health care communities and the state and federal governments. Requires the demonstration project to address the state's nursing shortage by increasing the number of nurses graduating from the state's nursing education programs with the goal of doubling the number of nursing graduates by the end of fiscal year 2009-2010 from the number graduating in fiscal year 2004-2005. Establishes the nursing education demonstration project fund and appropriates monies to this fund. States that the fund consists of monies appropriated to the fund and monies provided by any federal agency, entity or program for nursing education and workforce expansion, and that monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations. Requires monies in the nursing education demonstration project fund to be used: 1. To pay for salaries, benefits, training and related expenses and operational costs necessary to increase the number of qualified nursing education faculty members teaching in nursing degree programs operated or overseen by the Arizona board of regents or by community college districts. 2. To pay for certain expenses only for additional nursing education faculty members based on the number of faculty members who provide this education on June 30, 2005. 3. To supplement and not supplant monies that are appropriated by the legislature for the fiscal years 2005-2006 through 2009-2010 by funding the number of nursing education faculty members who provide this education in fiscal year 2004-2005. Requires fund monies to be distributed in a manner designed to increase the number of nurses graduating from universities and community colleges by increasing available faculty and teaching resources in a manner that provides for the efficient use of available monies and shared resources, geographic distribution of nurses in this state and increased diversity in the nursing workforce. Allows the distribution systems to include grant programs that provide monies to universities and community colleges after submission of grant proposals. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1517 Title: S.B. 1517 (Section 15-16) Source: www.azleg.state.az.us AZ Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. Establishes the joint study committee on medical school education. Requires the committee to: 1. Evaluate the medical education and training needs for health professions and careers throughout the state, including the medical and nursing fields. 2. Review and evaluate public and privately provided education programs in health professions and careers. 3. Review plans submitted by the Arizona commission on medical education and research. 4. Review and evaluate the funding necessary to address the medical education needs of the state. 5. Review the implications of family practice on graduate medical education in the state. 6. Study methods to retain medical practitioners trained in the state. 7. Review locations for medical training facilities that are the most economical and that provide the most benefit to the state. 8. Study the medical needs of the communities of the state as they relate to special health care districts and their coordination with existing medical training facilities. 9. Study the funding for any phase of a newly established state medical campus and identify additional funding and capital commitments from other public and private entities. 10. Study any other market or environmental factors that create barriers to the practice of medicine in Arizona. 11. Submit a report by December 1, 2005 that summarizes the joint study committee's findings and conclusions to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. Requires the Committee to provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state and the director of the Arizona state library, archives and public records. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1517 Title: S.B. 1517 (Section 14) Source: www.azleg.state.az.us AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Requires the university of Arizona to establish a medical campus in Phoenix. Provides appropriations and procedures. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1517 Title: S.B. 1517 (Section 13) Source: www.azleg.state.az.us CO Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. Changes status of college admissions standards from "moderately selective" to "selective." http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9BC8F8C5EFD55F0A87256FAB0082015C?Open&file=194_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 194 Source: www.leg.state.co.us MS Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Community College University or community college students; clarify residence status. A student who, upon registration at a Mississippi institution of higher learning or community college, presents a transcript demonstrating graduation from a Mississippi secondary school and who has been a secondary school student in Mississippi for not less than the final four (4) years of secondary school attendance shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition.  This section shall not apply to the residence of a person as it relates to residency for voter registration or voting. http://www.state.ms.us/frameset.jsp?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ls.state.ms.us Title: H.B. 524 Source: StateNet AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. As a part of the school improvement plan pursuant to § 6-15-2201, requires the state board to ensure that every district and high school develops strategies to improve student readiness for the postsecondary level based on annual analysis of the feedback report data. Requires the department of education to biennially recommend to the General Assembly statutory changes to reduce the incidence of postsecondary remediation in mathematics, reading, and writing for recent high school graduates who enroll in an institution of higher education. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1983.pdf Title: H.B. 1983 (multiple provisions) Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us MD Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Authorizes regional higher education centers and community colleges to submit to the Higher Education Commission requests for proposals for the offering of specified baccalaureate degree programs. http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/bills/hb/hb0228t.pdf Title: H.B. 228 Source: StateNet NM Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 Postsec. Relates to higher education as Cabinet Department. Title: S.B. 677 Source: StateNet NM Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Relating to higher education; amending the post- secondary educational institution act; providing for licensure and regulation of nonregionally accredited colleges and universities; exempts organizations that offer brief courses of instruction in specific skills training; providing for administrative fees; prescribing penalties. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/house/HB0541.html Title: H.B. 541 Source: StateNet ID Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Amends existing law relating to records exempt from disclosure to provide that certain records relating to academic research shall be exempt from disclosure; relates to trade secrets, production records, appraisals, bids and proprietary information that affects the ability to patent or copyright the research or intellectual property. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/H0238.html Title: H.B. 238 Source: http://www3.state.id.us AR Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Makes it unlawful in an academic building and within one hundred feet of an academic building on the campus of an institution of higher education to solicit any person to apply for a credit card. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/SB1098.pdf Title: S.B. 1098 Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us CT Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Makes the pilot program under section 4 of public act 01-141 that allows the Connecticut State Universities to award education doctoral degrees a permanent program. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=605&which_year=2005 Title: S.B. 605 Source: StateNet AR Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Community College Appropriates $85,000 to the the Department of Higher Education to use national consultants to review the role and scope of each higher education institution relative to the state's overall and regional economic development goals. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/SB795.pdf Title: S.B. 795 Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us ID Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Appropriates funds to postsecondary institutions and programs in the state. "The Legislature agrees with the State Board of Education that achieving funding equity among Idaho's four year institutions of higher education is an important goal. The Legislature therefore directs the State Board of Education to complete that process within existing and future appropriations to achieve the base instructional equity and the science and technology adjustment that form the basis of funding equity." Establishes legislative intent to determine how many credit hours per faculty member are spent in teaching, service and research. Requires the State Board of Education, in cooperation with the Division of Financial Management and the Legislative Services Office, to develop a standardized system for reporting meaningful data about faculty member workload and productivity at the state's four four-year institutions of higher education. Mandates that such reports include the number of faculty by classification, whether tenured, tenure track or adjunct; the number of credit hours taught by faculty member by department, the number of service hours and the number of research hours by faculty member by department. Requires the state board to continue to maintain a standardized system for tracking and reporting meaningful data about faculty, nonfaculty exempt, and classified staff turnover at the state's institutions of higher education. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1187.html Title: S.B. 1187 Source: www3.state.id.us AR Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Requires any university staff member assigned to provide course selection advice to incoming freshman students to provide any student who has declared a major with a written, eight semester course of study providing a recommended sequence for all course requirements for completion of most bachelor's degrees within eight semesters. Provides that a student may elect to sign this course of study or to sign a written waiver that clearly outlines the student's rights to obtain a bachelor's degree in eight semesters and verifies that the student chooses to not enter into the commitment. Provides that a student will be guaranteed a bachelor's degree at the end of the eight semesters if the student signs the recommended course sequence schedule and meets other requirements. Requires universities to offer courses in a time, sequence, and manner that will enable students to complete requirements for a degree within the time frame set out in the recommended course sequence schedule. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB2459.pdf Title: H.B. 2459 Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us AR Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. An act to increase the uniform filing fee for initiating a cause of action in circuit court and to use the increase to restore legal education funding to the University of Arkansas in support of the law school. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1359.pdf Title: H.B. 1359 Source: StateNet AR Signed into law 02/2005 Postsec. Assists students at state-supported postsecondary educational institutions who are called into military service. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1201.pdf Title: H.B. 1201 Source: StateNet MI Signed into law 12/2004 Postsec. Creates the Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Fund; provides grants to encourage certain institutions of higher education to establish and operate a pregnant and parenting student services office for pregnant and parenting students attending the institution. Title: S.B. 72 Source: StateNet MI Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 Postsec. Provides for replacing high school MEAP test with the Michigan Merit Examination in Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2004-SB-1154 Title: S.B. 1154 Source: StateNet NJ To governor 12/2004 Postsec. Prohibits display of students' social security numbers by institutions of higher education to identify the student for posting or public listing of grades, on class rosters or other lists provided to teachers, on student identification cards, in student directories or similar listing. Title: A.B. 1205 Source: StateNet MA Signed into law 10/2004 Postsec. Relates to providing creditable service for retirement purposes for certain research faculty employed at the University of Massachusetts. Provides that any member employed by the University and subsequently directed to accept employment with an institute or foundation supporting research facility, was so employed in furtherance of a contract for services between the University and any such institute or foundation, shall be allowed as creditable services; relates to retirement makeup payments. Title: H.B. 2873 Source: StateNet NY Signed into law 10/2004 P-12 Postsec. Authorizes the Board of Trustees for the State University of New York and the City University of New York to promulgate regulations regarding tuition waivers for up to 2 courses per semester a quarter for police officer students in baccalaureate or higher degree programs, provides that such course is related to their employment as police officers and that such tuition-waved attendance does not deny course attendance at a senior college by an otherwise qualified individual. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S01531&sh=t Title: S.B. 1531 Source: StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2004 Postsec. Community College Provides that the California Community Colleges and the California State University shall adopt and the University of California and private postsecondary institutions may adopt, a common course numbering system for the 20 highest-demand majors in the respective segments. Requires each campus of a public postsecondary educational institution to incorporate the common course numbering system in its catalogue at the next adoption of a campus catalogue after June 1, 2006. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1401-1450/sb_1415_bill_20040924_chaptered.pdf Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/SB_1415_sign.pdf Title: S.B. 1415 Source: California Legislative Web site CA Signed into law 09/2004 Postsec. Community College Establishes a program to ensure that community college students who wish to earn baccalaureate degrees at a campus of the California State University are able to do so. Requires the Chancellor to establish admissions requirements for community college transfer students. Requires the Chancellor of the California State University, in consultation with specified others, to specify for each high-demand baccalaureate program major a systemwide lower division transfer curriculum. Requires each campus of the California State University, as allowed by enrollment demand and available space, to develop a transfer admission agreement with each student who intends to meet the requirements of the bill. Requires this transfer admission agreement to guarantee admission to the campus and major identified in that agreement and the transfer of 60 semester units, or the quarter-unit equivalent, creditable to the baccalaureate degree, subject to the student's meeting of specified criteria. Requires campuses of the California State University to guarantee that transfer students admitted under the bill will be able to complete the baccalaureate degree in the minimum number of course units required for that degree. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1751-1800/sb_1785_bill_20040924_chaptered.pdf Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/SB_1785_sign.pdf Title: S.B. 1785 Source: California Legislative Web site CA Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Relates to the Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Reform Act of 1989. Defines nationally accredited institution to mean an institution that provides a degree, diploma or certificate and that is accredited by a recognized national institutional accrediting body. Recasts and revises the standards of approval of a non-WASC regionally accredited institution to issue degrees, diplomas or certificates and financial responsibility requirements. Defines ''recognized national institutional accrediting body'' to mean an institutional accrediting agency that is recognized by the United States Department of Education pursuant to a specified provision of federal law as a reliable authority as to the quality of education and training offered by postsecondary educational institutions, and the scope of the recognition of which is not limited to a specific region of the United States. Also specifies 5 bodies to which this definition is limited. Exempts nationally accredited institutions and non-WASC nationally accredited institutions that meet prescribed standards from being required to apply to the bureau to issue degrees, diplomas, or certificates that were not previously included in the bureau's approval to operate these institutions. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_711_bill_20040826_enrolled.html Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_711_veto.pdf Title: A.B. 711 Source: California Legislative Web site IA Emergency Rule Adoption 09/2004 Postsec. Removes references to specific amounts for application fees in Chapters 1 and 2; creates a new rule with all application fees listed. 1.2 and 1.7: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Rules/Current/iac/681/6811/6811.pdf 2.27: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Rules/Current/iac/681/6812/6812.pdf Title: 681 IAB 1.2, 1.7, 2.27 Source: StateNet CA Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Community College Establishes the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) for the collection of data pertinent to the planning and coordination of the higher education system of the state. Adds the California Postsecondary Education Accountability Act (CPSEA) of 2004 to the Donahoe Higher Education Act. Establishes a statewide CPSEA structure that would annually provide an assessment of the progress made by the state's system of postsecondary education in meeting the educational needs of California. Establishes statewide reporting system and requires annual reports. Requires the Postsecondary Education Commission to administer the postsecondary education accountability structure. Existing law establishes a higher education accountability program under which the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges are required to prepare a list of reports on a regular basis to the Legislature and to state agencies. Under the program, commencing on November 15, 1994, and each November 15 thereafter, the CPEC is required to submit a higher education report to the Legislature and the Governor that provides information on significant indicators of the performance of the public colleges and universities. This bill repeals this program. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1301-1350/sb_1331_bill_20040823_enrolled.html Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/SB_1331_veto.pdf Title: S.B. 1331 Source: California Legislative Web site CA Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Requires the California State University to employ an independent investigator on all complaints alleging actual or attempted acts of reprisal, retaliation, threats, coercion, or similar improper acts for having made a protected disclosure to the State Auditor. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2601-2650/ab_2637_bill_20040824_enrolled.html Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/AB_2637_veto.pdf Title: A.B. 2637 Source: California Legislative Web site CA Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Recasts and revises existing law relating to the Postsecondary Education Commission's duties, membership, priorities and policy responsibilities. Requires the commission's Executive Director to submit to the Legislative Analyst, the chairpersons of specified legislative committees, and the Director of Finance and the Governor, a written strategic plan for the agency. Establishes a Policy Advisory Committee to CPEC and specifies its membership and responsibilities. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2901-2950/ab_2923_bill_20040826_enrolled.html Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/AB_2923_veto.pdf Title: A.B. 2923 Source: California Legislative Web site CA Rule Adoption 09/2004 Postsec. Amends regulations by changing 'the California State University and Colleges' to read 'the California State University'. Title: Title 5 CCR, Div 5, Ch(s) 1, Subch(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, Art(s) 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, Sec(s) 40000, 40050, 40650, 40900, 41302, 41304, 41901.5, 42501, 43000 Source: StateNet AR Report Issued 08/2004 Postsec. Community College The governor formed the committee to make recommendations to the governor and the Legislature for improving postsecondary education in Arkansas. http://www.arkansas.gov/governor/media/releases/press/11062003-1.html The Blue Ribbon Committee for Higher Education released its report in June 2004. The recommendations covered three main areas with subpoints: (1) Governance - Arkansas needs an empowered authority over higher education; (2) Mission and Scope - Arkansas needs centralized coordination of their institutions; and (3) Finance - Arkansas needs coordinated funding to act as a proper incentive. http://www.arkansashighered.com/pdfs/BRC/Final%20BRCRpt.pdf Title: N/A Source: Arkansas State Web site AL Issued 08/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College The governor issued Executive Order No. 02-2003 on January 30, 2003, creating the Governor's Commission of Education Spending. The Commission was to engage in a thorough examination of how education dollars have been spent in Alabama during the past ten years. http://www.governorpress.state.al.us/pr/ex-02-2003-01-30.asp The Highlights of the Initial Report focused on: (1) Management and Accountability Reforms for K-12; (2) Student Assessment and Accountability for K-12; (3) Management and Accountability Reforms for the Alabama College System; (4) Management and Accountability Reforms for University Governance; (4) Reforms in Terms of Public Employment; and (5) Education Trust Fund Accountability. The Working-Group Sessions (December 2003) made the following proposals: (1) Achieve the maximum savings possible from non-state and non-education agencies; (2) Freeze the state appropriations to PEEHIP at the Fiscal 2004 level; (3) Allocate higher education cutbacks to institutions; and (4) Allocation K-12 education cutbacks to school systems. http://www.alabama.gov/onlineservices/egov_pdfs/ESCReport11404.pdf Title: Executive Order No. 02-2003 Source: Alabama State Web site CA Signed into law 08/2004 Postsec. Community College Relates to required reports from various segments of the state's public postsecondary education system to the governor, the legislature's education policy committees and the California Postsecondary Education Commission. Deletes the requirement that the Commission review these reports and submit comments and recommendations to the governor and the education policy committees. Amends other postsecondary education reports' requirements. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2451-2500/ab_2469_bill_20040825_chaptered.html Title: A.B. 2469 Source: California Legislative Web site MA Signed into law 07/2004 Postsec. Community College Requires student immunization against meningococcal disease; includes public and private colleges, universities and public and private secondary schools that provide certain housing; requires certificate of immunization prior to matriculation; provides an exemption; relates to a student's initial enrollment and shall not be construed to require any institution to provide the vaccine or the expenses for the vaccine. Title: S.B. 2159 Source: StateNet HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2004 Postsec. Establishes the higher education statutory analysis interim study group to determine an improved organizational framework for higher education statutes and recommend statutes that may be consolidated, amended, or repealed. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb2716_cd1_.htm Title: S.B. 2716 Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site PA Signed into law 07/2004 Postsec. Makes change to University of Pittsburgh as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-related university in the higher education system of the Commonwealth. Provides for change of name. Authorizes issuance of bonds exempt from taxation" of July 28, 1966. Makes appropriations for carrying the same into effect. Provides for basis of payments and the method of accounting the funds. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/BT/2003/0/HB2531P4298.HTM Title: H.B. 2531 Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Postsec. Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, exempts out-of-state persons (1) seeking admission to any college or university in the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, or (2) who is seeking Louisiana public college or university admission and meets National Collegiate Athletic Association initial eligibility standards required for participation in intercollegiate athletics, from having attained a minimum ACT score (or SAT equivalent score). http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT7/OUT/0000LUSZ.PDF Title: H.B. 177 Source: www.legis.state.la.us SC Signed into law 06/2004 Postsec. (Joint Resolution) Approves regulations relating to the Higher Education Excellence Enhancement Program. Title: S.B. 1195 Source: StateNet CO Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Establishes the fixed tuition and fee rate program. Beginning with the 2005-06 school year, state institutions designated as an enterprise institution may offer a fixed tuition and free rate to students willing to enter into a contract. Guarantees availability of classes so student can complete degree program within contract period. Includes provisions for flexibility to allow for additional fees and major/degree changes. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/080A0C1EB54B464187256DB0004D0212?Open&file=1207_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1207 Source: Colorado Legislative Web site OR Rule Adoption 05/2004 Postsec. Revises methods and standards used to determine validity of unaccredited degrees. OREGON REG 25382 (SN) Title: OAR 583-050-0031 Source: StateNet TN Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Concerns criminal offenses; creates Class A misdemeanor for person who knowingly issues, sells or manufactures false academic degree; creates Class C misdemeanor for individual who knowingly uses or claims to have false academic degree to obtain employment, promotion in employment or admission to institution of higher learning. Specifies that this bill does not prohibit properly accredited institutions from issuing honorary degrees to recognize distinguished individuals for service. Also defines "false academic degree" to mean any degree that was issued: without requiring any student academic work; based solely on the student's life experiences or portfolio without requiring any post secondary work submitted to and evaluated by faculty with appropriate academic degrees from accredited and authorized institutions; or using not more than 25 percent of required credits based on the student's life experience or portfolio. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Summary.asp?BillNumber=SB2305 Title: S.B. 2305 Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills MD Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Repeals a specified termination provision relating to procedures governing the approval of new programs at institutions of higher education; requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to identify low-productivity programs; governs certain programs at the constituent institutions of the University of Maryland. Title: S.B. 812 Source: StateNet MD Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Establishes the State Digital Library in the Maryland Higher Education Commission; authorizes the State Higher Education Commission to encourage specified institutions to meet specified goals; authorizes the Digital Library, in collaboration with certain entities, to develop specified programs. Title: H.B. 1167 Source: StateNet MD Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Provides that the authority of the Board of Regents of the University System may not be superseded by any other State agency or office in management affairs except by a provision of law that specifically references the University System; allows the University System to create personnel positions under specified conditions without requiring a specific provision in the State budget. Title: S.B. 738 Source: StateNet MD Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Community College Establishes that specified military personnel, spouses and dependents of military personnel, and veterans are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public institutions of higher education under specified circumstances; requires the State Higher Education Commission to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the Act. Title: H.B. 172 Source: StateNet MS Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Relates to income taxation; increases the tax credit for employers providing skills training at a local community or junior college. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2710SG.htm Title: S.B. 2710 Source: StateNet MS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Postsec. Relates to Ayers Settlement Fund; extends date for establishment of Ayers Settlement Fund; provides for appropriations to historically black institutions of higher learning for educational enhancement and recruitment of white students. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2004/html/history/HB/HB1174.htm Title: H.B. 1174 Source: StateNet MD Signed into law 04/2004 Postsec. Community College Requires a public institution of higher education to allow a national guard student to withdraw from courses the student is currently enrolled in without negative consequences to the national guard student's academic standing if the national guard student's unit is activated and deployed to a location outside the State; requires a public institution of higher education to try to assist the national guard student in completing the course requirements. Title: H.B. 1314 Source: StateNet CO Signed into law 04/2004 Postsec. Modifies the criteria for determining which administrative employees of higher educational institutions are exempt from the state personnel system to focus on an employee's duties and responsibilities rather than whether the employee reports to an officer. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/ Title: S.B. 7 Source: Colorado Legislative Web site AZ Signed into law 04/2004 Postsec. Allows the Director of the Department of Administration and the Executive Director of the Board of Regents to establish a performance based incentives program of state employee appraisal. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws/0047.htm Title: H.B. 2032 Source: Arizona Legislative Web site CO Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Concerns the treatment of American Sign Language as a foreign language in education that counts toward graduation requirements. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2004a/sl_74.htm Title: H.B. 1037 Source: Colorado Legislative Web site WA Signed into law 03/2004 Postsec. Establishes additional protections for persons ordered to active military service; permits post- secondary students to withdraw from a course and complete it upon return or complete the course with a grade and no penalty for missed classes if the instructor believes sufficient coursework has been completed; provides a refund of unused room and board. Title: S.B. 6302 Source: StateNet WA Signed into law 03/2004 Postsec. Reaffirms the mission of the higher education branch campuses; revises the provisions governing the responsibilities of mission of said campuses. Title: H.B. 2707 Source: StateNet UT Signed into law 03/2004 Postsec. Modifies the State System of Higher Education by requiring disclosure to students of certain dollar amounts relating to the full cost of instruction; requires each institution within the state system of higher education to plainly disclose to its students the full cost of instruction, the portion of that amount collected from student tuition and fees, and the difference that is paid by state tax dollars and other monies. Title: H.B. 248 Source: StateNet WA Signed into law 03/2004 Postsec. Ensures the quality of degree-granting institutions of higher education; relates to the accreditation of and site inspections of such institutions; requires public dissemination of information regarding entities that sell or award degrees without requiring appropriate academic achievement at a postsecondary level. Title: H.B. 2381 Source: StateNet VA Issued 01/2004 Postsec. Community College The governor created the Governor's Commission on Higher Education Board Members. The Commission shall develop and implement a process for evaluating potential appointees to higher education governing boards based on substantive qualifications such as merit and experience. The Commission also shall make other recommendations to the Governor as may be appropriate. http://www.governor.virginia.gov/Press_Policy/Executive_Orders/html/EO_63.html Title: Executive Order 63 - 2004 Source: Virginia State Web site MO Issued 12/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College The Commission of the Future of Higher Education was created by Executive Order 03-07 on March 17, 2003, with a final report due by January 1, 2004. The purpose of the Commission on the Future of Higher Education shall be to develop plans to strengthen and improve postsecondary education in Missouri. The commission's objectives will include, but are not limited to: identifying ways to increase the number of Missourians prepared to pursue training and education after high school, including technical, community college, and college or university education; increasing the number of high school students who enroll in and complete such programs; enhancing the affordability of postsecondary education for students from families at all income levels; and increasing the civic and economic benefits of advanced education for individuals, their families, communities, and the state of Missouri. Report was issued December 31, 2003. http://www.mocbhe.gov/commission/pp/finalreport.pdf Title: Executive Order 03-07 Source: Missouri State Web site AR Signed into law 12/2003 Postsec. Establishes a growth pool of positions for the two year institutions of higher education of non- classified and classified positions to be used in situations where the need for positions exceeds the specific number of positions assigned to an institution. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB3.pdf Title: S.B. 3 Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site OR Rule Adoption 10/2003 Postsec. Revises definitions of school types to classify degree-issuing entities as standard, substandard, or diploma mill. Establishes fee schedule for degree validations and school information. OREGON REG 24799 (SN) Title: OAR 583-050-0006, -0011, -0016, -0031, -0040, -0021 Source: StateNet CA Signed into law 10/2003 Postsec. Expresses various findings and declarations of the Legislature with respect to gender equity in athletics. Provides standards to determine if an educational institution has effectively accommodated the interests of both sexes in athletics. Prohibits a public postsecondary institution using public funds for an athletic program not equivalently equal to both sexes. Provides requirements for educational institutions required to cut athletic budgets. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_833_bill_20031003_chaptered.html Title: A.B. 833 Source: California Legislative Web site OR Signed into law 08/2003 Postsec. Modifies the provisions relating to the Oregon University System regarding academic degree programs, delegation of duties, functions and powers, information technology, funds and accounts, property and public records; establishes the Office of Degree Authorization Account. Title: S.B. 437 Source: StateNet CA Signed into law 08/2003 Postsec. Provides the circumstances under which the Public Employment Relations Board is authorized to conduct a representation election. Requires, if an employee organization provides proof of support of more than 50% of the members of the appropriate bargaining unit of a State institution of high education, and no other employee organization has proof of support of at least 30% of those members, then the organization providing proof of support is to be certified. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1201-1250/ab_1230_bill_20030811_chaptered.html Title: A.B. 1230 Source: California Legislative Web site RI Signed into law 07/2003 Postsec. This act would provide that researchers at institutions of higher education may form relationships with or hold interests in commercial ventures stemming from their research. The act would provide procedures for approval of such relationships and for the development of conflict of interest regulations and guidelines governing such relationships. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law03/law03158.htm Title: H.B. 6154, S.B. 864 Source: StateNet FL Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Creates the University Concurrency Trust Fund within the Education Department; provides for sources of funds and purposes; exempts the trust fund from service charges; provides for annual carry forward of funds; provides for future legislative review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund; provides legislative intent regarding identifying the trust fund and its source of revenue; amends 1013.63. http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2003/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0816er.pdf Title: S.B. 816 Source: Florida Legislative Web site TX Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Relates to the establishment of the Research Development Fund to promote research at certain institutions of higher education and to the abolition of the Texas Excellence Fund and the University Research Fund. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=03526&VERSION=5&TYPE=B Title: H.B. 3526 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us NV Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Community College Requires the Legislative Auditor to conduct an audit of the University and Community College System of Nevada and the Board of Regents of University of Nevada including an analysis of capital construction projects, athletic program costs, administration costs, utilization of host accounts, enrollment data, investment income generation policies, contracting and bidding procedures. Title: A.B. 148 Source: StateNet CO Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Concerns provisions governing the operations of state-supported institutions of higher education, including the institutions' missions, admissions' standards and degrees offered. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/EF9D291339411D6387256CAF0001637C?Open&file=304_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 304 Source: Colorado Legislative Web site CO Passed 06/2003 Postsec. Concerns the importance of history and civic education at the college level. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/DC1C87A2F74B970D87256CBC0064C346?Open&file=HJR1027_enr.pdf Title: H.J.R. 1027 Source: Colorado Legislative Web site TX Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Relates to institutions of higher education, including the administration, operation, governance, and financing of those institutions. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/78R/billtext/SB01652F.HTM Title: S.B. 1652 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us GA Vetoed 06/2003 Postsec. Relates to salaries and fees of public officers and employees; provides that deductions are authorized for the purpose of contributing to savings trust accounts established under the Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/sum/hb424.htm Title: H.B. 424 Source: Georgia Legislative Web site GA Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Provides cause of action against certain persons in favor of certain colleges and universities and student athletes for violations of college athletic recruitment rules and regulations; provides for damage, costs, attorney's fees, and injunctive relief; provides for certain required disclosures for all student-athletes in high schools; provides for criminal penalties. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/fulltext/hb95.htm Title: H.B. 95 Source: Georgia Legislative Web site NV Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Community College Creates Committee to Evaluate Higher Education Programs. Requires the Committee to: 1. Examine and evaluate the need in this state for existing and potential higher education programs to ensure economic progress and development within the state and to ensure that the educational needs of its residents are being met; 2. Identify areas of high priority where needs are not currently being met, including, without limitation, the areas of educational programs for students who desire to become nurses or teachers; 3. Determine whether it is feasible to reallocate existing resources within institutions to meet the critical needs of the state that are not currently being met; 4. Determine whether appropriations from the state and student fee revenues are being efficiently distributed internally at each campus of the University and Community College System of Nevada; and 5. Recommend to the Board of Regents and the Legislature such action as may be needed for the efficient and effective operation of higher education in Nevada if the state is to progress economically and socially. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/72nd/Reports/history.cfm?ID=472 Title: A.B. 203 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us AZ Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Permits the Board of Regents to acquire an ownership interest, in the form of securities, in a business enterprise as consideration for the licenses or other disposition of interest in technology or intellectual property created or acquired by the Board; permits the board to enter into research, licensing, joint venture or profit sharing agreements concerning the research, development, or marketing of new products developed based on university research. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=HB2403 Title: H.B. 2403 Source: Arizona Legislative Web site CO Vetoed 05/2003 Postsec. Authorizes an institution of higher education, a group of institutions of higher education, or a school or college within an institution of higher education that is managed by the governing body of such an institution or the board of directors of the Auraria Higher Education Center to be designated as an enterprise for purposes of section 20 of article X on the state constitution (TABOR Amendment). http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/BD3228557D09DF7987256CE700679AC1?Open&file=264_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 264 Source: Colorado Legislative Web site AZ Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Establishes the Commission for Postsecondary Education for the purposes of reviewing postsecondary education institutions in order to determine eligibility for student financial aid; requires one member to be an owner, operator, or administrator of a charter school in Arizona. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=HB2008 Title: H.B. 2008 Source: Arizona Legislative Web site CT Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Concerns student members of the armed forces called to active duty during a semester and college course fees; ensures that members of the armed services that are called to active duty during the school year get to take the classes they paid for, without additional charge. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6199&which_year=2003&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=11 Title: H.B. 6199 Source: Connecticut Legislative Web site SC Became Law Without Governor's Signature 05/2003 Postsec. Establishes the South Carolina Higher Education Equalization Program; requires the Commission on Higher Education to enter into contracts with private, historically black colleges and universities to be used for certain purposes intended to enhance the educational opportunities of low-income, educationally and socially disadvantaged students. Title: S.B. 203 Source: StateNet WA Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Directs the board to develop a statewide strategic master plan for higher education that proposes a vision and identifies goals and priorities for the system of higher education in Washington state. The board shall also specify strategies for maintaining and expanding access, affordability, quality, efficiency, and accountability among the various institutions of higher education. Provides that, in developing the statewide strategic plan, the board shall collaborate with the four-year institutions of higher education, the community and technical college system, and, when appropriate, the work force training and education coordinating board, the superintendent of public instruction, and the independent higher education institutions. The board shall also seek input from students, community and business leaders in the state, members of the legislature, and the governor. Provides that as a foundation for the statewide strategic plan, the board shall develop and establish role and mission statements for each of the four-year institutions of higher education and the community and technical college system. The board shall determine whether certain major lines of study or types of degrees, including applied degrees or research-oriented degrees, shall be assigned uniquely to some institutions or institutional sectors in order to create centers of excellence that focus resources and expertise. Establishes a legislative work group to review options pertaining to the higher education coordinating board. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2003-04/House/2075-2099/2076-s_pl.pdf Title: H.B. 2076 Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov VA Vetoed 05/2003 Postsec. Beginning July 1, 2003, provides for the Joint Rules Committee to appoint five of the 11 members of the State Council of Higher Education, and for the Governor to appoint six members. Initial appointments to be made by the Governor and the Joint Rules Committee under the bill are as follows: (i) for the two appointments expiring on June 30, 2003, the Governor shall appoint one member and the Joint Rules Committee shall appoint one member; (ii) for the three appointments expiring June 30, 2004, the Governor shall appoint two members and the Joint Rules Committee shall appoint one member; and (iii) for the three appointments expiring June 30, 2005, the Joint Rules Committee shall appoint three members. Three members shall be appointed by the Governor in 2006. Appointments made by the Joint Rules Committee shall be from a list or lists of persons recommended by the Senate Committees on Finance and Education and Health, and the House Committees on Appropriations and Education. Current law provides for the Governor to make all appointments to the State Council of Higher Education. This bill is identical to SB 1255. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?031+sum+HB2678S Veto explanation: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?031+amd+HB2678AG Title: H.B. 2678 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us CT Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Postsec. Allows institutions of higher education to save resources currently used to collect information that has already been collected by Connecticut high schools; relates to proof of immunization against measles and rubella. Title: H.B. 6373 Source: StateNet WA Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Requiring policies regarding the efficient use of instructional resources. Adds provisions relating to increased tuition fees for excess credits taken at institutions of higher education. Requires each four-year institution of higher education and the state board for community and technical colleges to develop policies that ensure undergraduate students enrolled in degree or certificate programs complete their programs in a timely manner in order to make the most efficient use of instructional resources and provide capacity within the institution for additional students. Declares that policies adopted under this act shall address, but not be limited to, undergraduate students in the following circumstances: (1) Students who accumulate more than one hundred twenty-five percent of the number of credits required to complete their respective baccalaureate or associate degree or certificate programs; (2) Students who drop more than twenty-five percent of their course load before the grading period for the quarter or semester, which prevents efficient use of instructional resources; and (3) Students who remain on academic probation for more than one quarter or semester. Provides that policies adopted under this act may include assessment by the institution of a surcharge in addition to regular tuition and fees to be paid by a student for continued enrollment. Requires each public four-year institution of higher education and the state board for community and technical colleges to report to the higher education coordinating board by January 30, 2004, on the policies developed under this act. Directs the higher education coordinating board to summarize the reports from the institutions and the state board and make a report to the higher education committees of the legislature by March 1, 2004. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2003-04/Senate/5125-5149/5135-s2_pl.pdf Title: S.B. 5135 Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/ AR Vetoed 04/2003 Postsec. Relates to the State Agency Paper Reduction Law; exempts information, brochures, and catalogs distributed by an institution of higher education to any prospective student from the Paper Reduction Law; requires the publication to contain information notifying the recipient of the right to be removed from the distribution list. Title: S.B. 420 Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site WA Vetoed 04/2003 Postsec. Relates to establishing standards of review in order to change lines of instruction at research universities; provides that courses of instruction at state institutions of higher education shall relate to major lines of industry exclusive to the state. Title: H.B. 1808 Source: StateNet AZ Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Prohibits Internet access to pornography for state employees; includes all offices, agencies, departments, boards, councils, commissions, junior colleges, state universities and courts. Title: H.B. 2498 Source: Arizona Legislative Web site CO Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Requires each Colorado institution of postsecondary education to assign a unique identifying number to each student enrolled at the institution; prohibits the use of a student's social security number as the unique identifying number or any part of the unique identifying number; provides for phase in dates. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2003a/sl_148.htm Title: H.B. 1175 Source: Colorado State Web site IN Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. State educational institution credit agreements. Requires the statewide transfer and articulation committee to: (1) submit an annual report to the legislative council; (2) develop statewide transfer of credit agreements for courses that are most frequently taken by undergraduates; (3) develop statewide agreements under which associates of arts and associate of science programs articulate fully with related baccalaureate degree programs; and (4) publicize a master list of course transfer of credit and program articulation agreements. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2003/HE/HE1209.1.html Title: H.B. 1209 Source: Indiana Legislative Web site ND Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Relates to the issuance, manufacture, and use of false academic degrees or certifications; provides a penalty. Title: H.B. 1068 Source: StateNet AR Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Creates a program for college students to participate in the election process as poll workers. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB1487.pdf Title: H.B. 1487 Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site NM Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Provides a means for post-secondary educational institutions to address and improve the state's response to critical social, economic, educational and other issues; creates the Higher Education Program Development Enhancement Fund. At the beginning of each fiscal year in which the commission determines that the balance of the fund is sufficient to make awards, the commission must define or reaffirm no more than four critical issues to be addressed through awards from the fund. Issues to be addressed may include: (1) expanding instructional programs to meet critical statewide work force and professional training needs; (2) enhancing instructional programs that provide employment opportunity for New Mexico students in a global economy; and (3) developing mission-specific instructional programs that build on existing institutional academic strengths. Grants are to be made based on competitive proposals submitted by postsecondary educational institutions. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/senate/SB0370.pdf Title: S.B. 370 Source: StateNet NM Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Relates to higher education; provides for additional endowed professorships at major research institutions for the purpose of economic development. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/senate/SB0466FCS.html Title: S.B. 466 Source: StateNet CO Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2003 Postsec. Establishes temporary rules concerning miscellaneous compensation and other benefits, specifying authorizing institutions and agencies of the Department of Higher Education to institute voluntary separation incentive plans for its non-classified employees, subject to approval by the State Controller and the Governor or his delegate. COLORADO REG 7275 (SN) Title: 1 CCR 101-1, Rule 2-8 Source: StateNet CO Signed into law 03/2003 Postsec. Concerns the governance and funding of State colleges within the Colorado higher education system. Title: H.B. 1093 Source: StateNet VA Signed into law 03/2003 Postsec. Authorization to transfer interest in patents and copyrights owned by institutions of higher education. Title: H.B. 2285 Source: StateNet VA Signed into law 03/2003 Postsec. Relates to the State Council of Higher Education; provides for the council to review the proposed closure of any academic program in a high demand or critical shortage area by a public institution of higher education and to assist in the development of an orderly closure plan. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?031+ful+CHAP0715 Title: H.B. 2489 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Postsec. Establishes full-time program of internal auditing at specific state postsecondary institutions, including various community/junior colleges, the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University, and the department of education. Requires each specified postsecondary institution and the department to employ an agency internal audit director and professional and support staff to conduct internal auditing. Sets forth internal audit directors' qualifications and duties. Establishes manner in which audits should be conducted as well as availability, procedures and frequency of audit reports. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0650SG.htm Title: H.B. 650 Source: StateNet CO Signed into law 03/2003 Postsec. Concerns authorization to move moneys from the Colorado Student Obligation Bond Authority Fund to funds established for the future payment of higher education expenses. Title: H.B. 1048 Source: StateNet CO Signed into law 03/2003 Postsec. Concerns the annual allowable cash funds for state supported institutions of higher education; adds funds received from student financial aid, tuition assistance, and scholarships to the maximum amount of cash funds that may be raised, spent, or transferred to reserves by such institutions. Title: S.B. 189 Source: StateNet AR Signed into law 02/2003 Postsec. Amends the requirement for a course in American History or civil government prior to receiving a baccalaureate degree. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB213.pdf Title: S.B. 213 Source: State legislative web site IL Adopted 01/2003 Postsec. Establishes rules intending to explain what the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University is, how the Board is organized, and how the public can obtain information from the Board. Title: 2 IAC 6000.110 thru .250 Source: West Law MI Signed into law 12/2002 Postsec. Expands the Michigan Merit Scholarship Program to include additional eligible costs and to grant scholarship for students attending the United States Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, United States Air Force Academy and United State Merchant Marine Academy. Title: H.B. 4330 Source: StateNet MD Adopted 12/2002 Postsec. Provides procedures for the computation application of certain addition and subtraction modifications for an individual who establishes an account under the Maryland College Investment Plan. Makes contribution to the account. MARYLAND REG 9258 (SN) Title: COMAR 03.04.02.15 Source: StateNet MD Emergency Rule Adoption 12/2002 Postsec. Makes definitions relating to the Maryland Higher Education Investment Board. MARYLAND REG 9299 (SN) Title: COMAR 14.15.02.01 -.04 Source: StateNet IA Adopted 11/2002 Postsec. Clarifies the definitions used to administer the Iowa Tuition Grant Program. Requires that students receiving Iowa Tuition Grants attend an accredited private educational institution located in Iowa. Title: 283 IAC 12.2 Source: StateNet KS Adopted 11/2002 Postsec. Establishes rules considering the adoption of proposed amended rules and regulations of the Kansas State Treasurer on a permanent basis. Implements the Kansas postsecondary education savings program (known as Learning Quest). Addresses both regulations are proposed for amendment in order to implement L. 2002, Ch. 104, Sec. 2 as well as to reflect changes to 26 U.S.C. Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code and developing Internal Revenue Service interpretations of Section 529. Establishes standards for determining when a contribution must be considered an 'excess contribution'. Addresses procedures for preventing excess contributions on behalf of a designated beneficiary. Title: KAR 3-2-2, -3 Source: StateNet LA Adopted 11/2002 Postsec. Amends rules relating to the Office of Student Financial Assistance's Scholarship and Grant Programs. Title: LAC 28:IV.301, 703, 803, 2103, 2105 Source: StateNet LA Emergency Rule Adoption 11/2002 Postsec. Establishes emergency rules to provide definitions of terms concerning the Office's Scholarship and Grant Programs. LOUISIANA REG 8661 (SN) Title: LAC 28:IV.301 Source: StateNet LA Emergency Rule Adoption 11/2002 Postsec. Establishes emergency rules to allow the Office of Student Financial Assistance to effectively administer the Student Tuition and Revenue Trust (START Saving) program. Provides definitions of terms. LOUISIANA REG 8662 (SN) Title: LAC 28:VI.107 Source: StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2002 Postsec. Requires the State Department of Education and the Postsecondary Education Commission to contract with an independent evaluator for the preparation of a report on interscholastic athletics in the State to be submitted to the Legislature. Requires the report to include findings relating to the percentage of participating women athletes, percentage of funding, percentage of scholarship and the overall level of compliance with federal law. Title: A.B. 2295 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2002 Postsec. Requires the State Auditor, by 1/1/2004, and every 3 years thereafter, to report the results of an audit of a sample of not less than 6 institutions of postsecondary education that receive federal student aid, to evaluate the accuracy of their statistics and the procedures used by the institutions to identify, gather, and track data for publishing, disseminating and reporting accurate crime statistics in compliance with the Clery Act. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/01-02/bill/asm/ab_2501-2550/ab_2533_bill_20020923_chaptered.html Title: A.B. 2533 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet IL Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. In provisions concerning the Illinois National Guard grant program, provides that if the recipient of a grant fails to complete his or her military service obligations or requirements for satisfactory participation, the Department of Military Affairs shall require the recipient to repay the amount of the grant received, prorated according to the fraction of the service obligation not completed, and, if applicable, reasonable collection fees. Amends the State Finance Act to create the National Guard Grant Fund in the State treasury. Effective July 1, 2002. Title: SB 2204 Source: State Website MD Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Community College Authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Community College of Baltimore County to conduct noncompetitive negotiations for specified procurements, contracts in amounts not exceeding $100,000; establishing procurements by noncompetitive negotiation as an exception to the general requirements for procurements by community colleges; requiring the Board of Trustees of the Community College for Baltimore County to establish standards and procedures relating to noncompetitive negotiation procurements; etc. Title: HB 572 Source: State website MD Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Community College Altering the fiscal year in which unrestricted grants of specified amounts shall be distributed to the boards of each small community college; requiring that Allegany College of Maryland and Garrett Community College receive additional unrestricted grants in the amount of $360,000 and $240,000, respectively, in fiscal years 2003, 2004, and 2005; and providing for the termination of the Act. Title: HB 179 Source: State website MD Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Providing that a student who resides in Howard County or Prince George's County and attends the Laurel College Center is deemed an in-county student; prohibiting specified students from being subject to specified out-of-county fees; and providing that the Act applies to specified students who attend the Laurel College Center on or after a specified date. Title: HB 522 Source: State website MA Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Act sets the teacher career path at Quincy College. Teachers with 0-3 years of experience are non-tenured, after three years teachers achieve "instructor" status. After six years, a teacher is considered a "professor" and gains all rights and privileges accorded by the general laws of Massachusetts. Prior to six years, teachers are subject to yearly contract renewals. Title: HB 4695 Source: State website IL Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Act creates scholarships for students to study optometry and work in state. Recipients must practice in state for each year awarded scholarship or repay. Title: HB 4037 Source: Lexis LA Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. An act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College to increase tuition and nonresident attendance fee amounts for students in future entering classes at the Paul M. Herbert Law Center. Title: HB 141A Source: Lexis LA Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Amends law that established Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance Revenue Trust Program (START), a mechanism for persons to establish savings accounts as owners to be used by named beneficiaries to pay the cost of eligible postsecondary education expenses. Changes to the START program include - expands the type of educational expenses for which START account moneys may be used; expands the definition of "fully funded," previously five times the cost of tuition at the highest cost Louisiana public college, to include qualified expenses; changes certain limitations and clarifies that the account owner may invest 100% of account in equity securities. Title: SB 19A Source: Lexis-Nexis LA Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Act authorizes the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College to establish certain program fee amounts and increase certain tuition and attendance fee amounts, including amounts for the School of Allied Health Professions at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Centers in Shreveport and in New Orleans, the dentistry and medicine programs at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, and the Master of Nursing, Nurse Anesthetist Program of the School of Nursing at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. Title: HB 136A Source: Lexis MD Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Community College Provides for certain unrestricted grants to be provided to the Board of certain small community colleges. Title: HB 179 Source: Lexis MD Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Community College An act extending the Innovative Partnerships for Technology Program for state community colleges for a certain number of years, alters the institutions eligible under the program and the maximum state contributions. Title: HB 1237 Source: Lexis ME Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Act establishes the Maine Higher Education Attainment Council; establishes that the council should consist of 16 members to be appointed by the Governor, President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives; lists membership requirements including term length, requirements for quorum; establishes powers and duties of the council including developing a long-term plan and recommendations for increasing the level of educational attainment in the state, monitoring progress on plan, and requiring council to develop plan to implement recommendations from the Blue Ribbon Commission on Postsecondary Education Attainment. Council will report to the legislature on a yearly basis. Title: SB 767 Source: Lexis FL Signed into law 07/2002 Postsec. Act defines terms "institution of higher education" and "change in enrollment of employment status" for purposes of the Florida Sexual Predators Act; provides additional registration requirements for sexual predators who are enrolled, employed or working at an institution of higher education; provides for the testing of certain persons for HIV under certain circumstances. Title: HB 841 Source: State website FL Signed into law 07/2002 Postsec. Act provides for an emergency order suspending the license of any health care practitioner who has defaulted on a student loan issued or guaranteed by state of Federal government; clarifies grounds for disciplinary action for failing to perform statutory or legal obligation to include failing to repay student loan issued or guaranteed by state or federal government in accordance with the terms of the loan. Title: HB 1405 Source: State website GA Signed into law 07/2002 Postsec. A BILL to amend Chapters 3 and 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating respectively to postsecondary education and vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to provide that each publisher of a textbook shall provide an electronic format of such textbook; and for other purposes. Title: H.B. 1342 Source: State website CO Enacted 07/2002 Postsec. Bill changes name from the University of Southern Colorado to Colorado State University - Pueblo. The role and mission will change to create a regional, comprehensive university with moderately selective admissions standards. The university will offer baccalaureate programs with a strong focus on liberal arts and science as well as some master's programs. Title: HB 1324 Source: Lexis CO Enacted 07/2002 Postsec. Amends current law to make available records of institution governing board meetings regarding nominations for awarding honorary degrees, medals and other awards or naming of a building after a person. Title: SB 144 Source: Lexis CO Enacted 07/2002 Postsec. An act to allow the liquor industry to provide financial assistance to institutions of higher education regardless of whether they hold a liquor license. Title: SB 4 Source: Lexis CO Enacted 07/2002 Postsec. Provides supplemental appropriation for higher education. Title: HB 1426 Source: Lexis CO Enacted 07/2002 Postsec. An act concerning the repeal of provisions allocating certain moneys appropriated to the Department of Local Affairs from the waste tire recycling development cash fund for the Colorado Commission of Higher Education. Title: SB 52 Source: State website CO Enacted 07/2002 Postsec. Amends existing law concerning the operation of higher education student financial aid enterprises to provide guidelines for hiring personnel and new the powers of the division. Title: HB 1452 Source: Lexis CO Enacted 07/2002 Postsec. Act requires higher education institutions to adopt guidelines to govern how they will provide information to the FBI, CIA, INS and Office of Homeland Security in connection with anti-terrorism investigations. Title: SB 113 Source: Lexis CO Enrolled 07/2002 Postsec. A bill concerning the clarification of the cost-neutral requirements in the performance plan for periodic salary increases for certain employees of the Department of Higher Education who are included in the state personnel system. Title: HB 1477 Source: Lexis CO Enacted 07/2002 Postsec. Changes existing legislation regarding Fort Lewis College to include guidelines for the Board of Trustees and the types of programs offered. Title: HB 1419 Source: Lexis CO Enacted 07/2002 Postsec. Provides for supplemental appropriations to the Department of Higher Education. Title: HB 1371 Source: Lexis CT Signed into law 07/2002 Postsec. This bill prohibits smoking in any dormitory room in a public college or university. Current law specifically exempts such dorm rooms from the general prohibition on smoking in public buildings. That general prohibition permits designating smoking areas in public buildings and would apparently allow college officials to designate places in dormitories where people could smoke. By law, no one can be arrested for smoking in a room where it is prohibited unless a sign indicating the prohibition is posted there. Title: HB 5290 Source: State website CT Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Postsec. This bill permits judges and family support magistrates to order divorcing parents and fathers subject to paternity orders to support their offspring who enroll in accredited college or vocational programs after high school until they reach age 23. It specifies criteria the court must consider and conditions the parents and students must satisfy. It applies to cases where the first child support order is entered on or after October 1, 2002. Parents must ask the court to enter such orders, and can do so at any time before the child's 23rd birthday. The bill states that it does not create a right of action by a child for parental support for higher education and that its coverage does not include support for graduate or post-graduate education. Title: HB 5088 Source: State website FL Signed into law 05/2002 Postsec. An act related to economic development; creates the "Florida Technology Development Act"; provides definition, purposes and objectives for centers of excellence dedicated to conducting high-tech research, building technology sectors, fostering innovative cutting-edge technology research at Florida's colleges and universities; creates the Emerging Technology Commission; provides for the Florida Research Consortium, Inc., to report to the commission on factors contributing to the success of the creation of a center of excellence; requires the commission to solicit and evaluate proposals for creating centers and to submit recommended plans to the State Board of Education; provides for the State Board of Education to develop and approve a final plan for establishing centers of excellence in the state and authorize expenditures for plan implementation. Title: S.B. 1844 Source: Lexis-Nexis; www.state.fl.us AZ Signed by governor 05/2002 Postsec. Proposes a Constitutional Amendment to extend the termination date of the State Board of Regents to July 1, 2012. Title: S.B. 1243 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Requires state board to establish criteria for the approval of new programs at state universities, including requirements that new programs: (a) meet objectives that cannot be met through use of educational technology; (b) avoid unnecessary duplication; (c) encourage cooperative programs; (d) are consistent with the state master plans adopted by the state board. Community college program approvals should meet similar criteria. For graduate programs, new programs must take into account the offerings of counterpart institutions, including those in other sectors, particularly at the regional level; must not alter the emphasis on undergraduate education; meet regional need and demand. Title: S.B. 20E (waiver authority section) Education Code Re-Write: Program Approval Source: http://www.leg.state.fl.us HI Vetoed 05/2002 Postsec. Establishes a professional counselor licensing program; sets standards of qualifications for education and experience; requires licensure for those persons who seek to represent themselves to the public as licensed professional counselors. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb251_.htm Title: S.B. 251 Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov FL Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Community College An act relating to postsecondary education; revises the membership of state university boards of trustees; provides requirements for university student governments, the adoption of internal procedures and for review of an internal procedure disapproved by a university president; provides procedures for suspension and removal of student government officers; revises the membership of the Board of Trustees of New College of Florida; repeals statue related to the suspension and removal of elected student government officials at state universities and community colleges. (http://www.firn.edu/doe/legislative/pdf/review2002.pdf) Title: H.B. 353 Source: www.state.fl.us; Lexis-Nexis KS Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. The Act defines terms related to vocational and technical education, amends current law to remove Kansas State University - Salina College of Technology from inclusion and provides a breakdown of types of vocation institutions and requirements for Boards of Control. Title: H.B. 2820 Source: Kansas legislature website KS Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Community College Amends existing law to include that any community college Board of Trustees may establish an early retirement incentive program for employees younger than the normal retirement age of 65 and repeals the need for a use of an actuary; establishes report requirements for the Board of Regents. Title: S.B. 375 Source: Kansas legislature website KS Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. An Act authorizing the state board of regents to exchange and convey certain tracts of real estate located in Reily county, Kansas, for and on behalf of Kansas State University with the Kansas State University Foundation. Title: 2901 Source: Kansas legislature website KS Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Amends law to state that the per hour tuition rate for postsecondary students shall be fixed by each board subject to approval of the state Board of Regents. Additionally, removes calculations to determine tuition rate. Title: H.B. 2821 Source: Kansas legislature website KY Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Act amends law to include university safety and security departments in list of those to receive proceeds of firearm sales to buy body armor and those authorized to dispose of firearms. Title: H.B. 338 Source: Kentucky legislature website MI Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. The Act provides that interest on the principal of any educational funds shall be computed from the time of payment or time of last computation of interest on payment to the first Monday in April of each year. Title: SB 896 Source: Lexis MS Enrolled 04/2002 Postsec. An act providing that the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges shall contract with an outside firm to study the state funding formula for community and junior colleges. The study shall have the following specific outcomes: evaluate the validity of the current student classifications used in the funding formula; evaluate the weights assigned to each student classification; identify best management practices associated with the production of graduates in each of the classifications; and, recommend all reporting requirements and systems needed to collect information necessary to maintain a valid system. The report is due December 15, 2002 to the Chairs of the House and Senate Education Committees and the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. Title: HB 1612 Source: Lexis ME Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Establishes the Higher Education Council to develop a long-term plan for increasing the level of educational attainment in the State and to provide a unified voice for higher education. Title: S.B. 767 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet KY Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Amends existing law to specify that tuition waiver for foster and adopted children applies to undergraduate programs and may include part-time students; clarify eligibility requirements and add that out-of-state adopted student may be eligible for waiver of in-state tuition costs; set requirements for participation by Department for Juvenile Justice foster children to include recommendation from department official, commitment of a period of two years, termination of parental rights, or prior commitment to Cabinet for Families and Children; require confirmation of eligibility status by state agencies; permit student participation in federal work study program; require state agencies to report on the number of students participating in tuition waiver program; require Council on Postsecondary Education to report nonidentifying data on graduation rates; and clarify that postsecondary institutions shall not be required to forfeit funds from other sources of financial assistance for foster or adopted student. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recarch/02rs/HB202/bill.doc Title: H.B. 202 Source: Kentucky Legislature website KY Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Amend current law to increase the amount of compensation for board member of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to $100/day for their services; to permit meetings of the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation board of directors to be conducted by alternate means rather than personal attendance; maintain public access to meetings; and permit board members to receive $100/day for their services. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recarch/02rs/HB505/bill.doc Title: H.B. 505 Source: KY Legislature website WV Passed 04/2002 Postsec. Amends and reenacts code. Requires commission to develop budget for state higher education system and submit it to the governor by September 1. Lists what must be included in the budget (amount of institutional operating budgets and budget appropriation for higher education system), commission responsibilities including allocating funds appropriated to it for other purposes (with respect for information to be provided by institution governing boards, and legislative funding priorities. Establishes a public school service program providing college students with credit for service provided in public schools Title: HB 4362 Source: Lexis WV Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Amendment to the code to create a financial aid coordinating council to examine and recommend strategies for coordinating various financial aid sources. Amendment requires the council to explore the feasibility of - administrating a simplified application process, developing a single application form, developing a strategy to balance different types of financial aid, ensuring timely awards, developing a marketing plan for middle school and high school students to increase awareness regarding financial aid resources, creating an articulation plan between secondary and postsecondary institutions regarding available financial aid and creating a strategy to work with high school guidance counselors. The council must make recommendations regarding application for and disbursement of funds and identify and coordinate all student financial aid sources. Additionally, the amendment establishes requirements for meetings, council membership and annual reports. Title: 4534 Source: Lexis WA Enrolled 04/2002 Postsec. Act to promote collective bargaining for graduate teaching assistants and university employees enrolled in academic programs. Enumerates which employees can serve as a bargaining unit and lists those things outside the scope of bargaining. Title: HB 2540 Source: Lexis ME Enacted-interim 04/2002 Postsec. An act to give the Maine Technical College System limited revenue bonding authority. Aggregate principal of outstanding bonds not to exceed $35,000,000 at any one time not including temporary and renewal notes. Title: HB 1362 Source: Lexis MN Enacted 04/2002 Postsec. Any member of the Minnesota National Guard or other reserve service branch who is enrolled in a postsecondary institution while called to active service may: withdraw without penalty from one or more courses with full tuition reimbursement, receive an incomplete and finish the course upon return, continue with all absences excused, receive reimbursement for room and board costs, and/or be readmitted without new admissions determination. Title: HB 3274 Source: Lexis IA Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Community College Eliminates licensure of community college faculty and instead requires each college to develop a plan for hiring and developing quality faculty. The act specifies various components that must be part of the plan (implementation schedule, orientation for new faculty, continuing professional development, recordkeeping and documentation procedures for plan, consortium arrangements where applicable, activities to ensure that faculty attains and demonstrates instructional competencies including individual documentation, compliance with accreditation standards). The plan must be submitted no later than July 1, 2003 to the Department of Education, which will review plans and conduct site visits to ensure compliance. Title: H.B. 2394 Source: Lexis IA Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Provides for licensure sanctions against defaulters of designated loan and scholarship programs; provides that each licensing board shall establish procedures, consistent with college student aid commission provisions, for the suspension, denial, or revocation of a license, or for the imposition of disciplinary action. Title: H.B. 2467 Source: Lexis KY Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. The act increases the amount of bonds the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation may issue from $950,000,000 to $1,950,000.000. Title: H.B. 131 Source: Lexis CO Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Concerns modifications to the state income tax credit available to Colorado taxpayers who make monetary contributions to the Colorado Institute of Technology; clarifies the amount of the credit that may be claimed; requires submission of certain documentation when claiming the credit; delays the applicability of the credit for one year; corrects the name of the institute to which contributions are to be made in order to qualify for the credit. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/F3045117CEFD624C87256AFB0056B030?Open&file=1059_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1059 Source: www.leg.state.co.us VA Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Directs the Research and Technology Advisory Commission to develop and adopt a statewide policy and uniform standard for the commercialization of intellectual property developed through university research. Title: H.B. 530 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet KY Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Postsec. Relates to tobacco research; establishes the Tobacco Research and Development Center to be overseen by the Tobacco Research and Development Center Board; allows for expansion of the new center's research beyond tobacco into related and complementary interests; includes plant natural products research and research into development of new crops based on tobacco and other plants. Title: S.B. 86 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ME Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Postsec. Directs the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine to establish a review of the doctorate level educational opportunities provided through the university's system. Title: H.B. 414 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet IN Signed into law 03/2002 Postsec. Provides that a student, before enrolling in a residential campus at a public university, must be immunized for meningococcal disease or qualify for an exemption from the immunization requirement. Title: H.B. 1161 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet KY Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Postsec. Includes a representative of the State's independent colleges and universities as a member on the Council on Postsecondary Education; requires the member to be selected by the board of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Title: H.B. 191 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WV Signed into law 03/2002 Postsec. In order to facilitate research and development grants and opportunities for state institutions of higher education, it is appropriate to authorize the governing boards to contract with private corporations organized for the purpose of providing such services to state institutions of higher education and to provide funding and property, both real and personal, to the corporations to enable them to provide the services to the institutions and to facilitate the purposes of this article. Title: H.B. 4322 Source: ftp://129.71.164.29/ftp-house02/HB4301-4400/ LA Signed into law 10/2001 Postsec. Provides for policies addressing academic issues of student members of uniformed services; prohibits undue penalties against student members of the uniformed services called to active service; requires the Board of Regents and the management boards of public postsecondary education, proprietary schools, and nonpublic colleges and universities to adopt certain policies. Title: H.B. 13B Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2001 Postsec. Requires the Postsecondary Education Commission, in carrying out its duty as the statewide postsecondary education planning and coordinating agency and adviser to the Legislature and the Governor, to conduct a study periodically of the percentages of California public high school graduates estimated to be eligible for admission to the University of California and the California State University. Title: A.B. 1721 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Chaptered by Secretary of State 08/2001 Postsec. Chapter No.219, Specifies that the names of various campuses of the State University are the property of the State. Requires the trustees of the California State University to prescribe policies and procedures for the acquisition of services, facilities, materials, goods, supplies, or equipment. Requires these policies and procedures to include competitive means for obtaining best value, and would authorize the policies and procedures to include financing arrangements. Title: A.B. 1719 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CO Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Establishes the Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities; establishes a standard degree credit hour requirement; provides for additional fees for students who exceed a certain amount of credit hours without a degree for each additional credit hour for which the student registers; provides for common core course concept which will define the education course guidelines for public institutions of higher education. Title: H.B. 1263 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AK Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Relates to the Commission on Postsecondary Education in the Alaska Student Loan Corporation; relates to student financial aid programs and the financing of those programs; establishes the Alaska Advantage Loan Program and the Alaska Supplemental Education Loan Program; increases bonding authorization; provides for liens resulting from default; relates to fees for the review of certain postsecondary institutions; makes conforming amendments; provides effective date. Title: H.B. 204 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CT Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Requires meningitis vaccinations of college students living in on-campus housing. Title: H.B. 5675 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet LA Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Community College Authorizes the Board of Regents to establish learning centers and to provide for their operation, management, and supervision. The Board of Regents may establish learning centers designed to develop and use consortia of existing institutions of postsecondary education to provide comprehensive offerings of college courses and programs in areas of the state not adequately provided with postsecondary education services. However, no learning center shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section in any service delivery area as defined by the Board of Regents and in which educational services are provided by one or more public community colleges unless the establishment of the learning center is approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. Title: S.B. 829 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ME Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. Resolve No. 67., (LD 1797) Creates the Blue Ribbon Commission on Postsecondary Educational Attainment. Title: S.B. 616 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet OR Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Changes name of State System of Higher Education to Oregon University System; changes name of Chancellor of State Board of Higher Education to Chancellor of Oregon University System. Title: S.B. 326 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet IL Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and various Acts relating to the governance of the public universities in Illinois; requires the governing board of each public university to report to the Board of Higher Education of each year the tuition and fee waivers the university participates; requires the Board of Higher Education to annually compile this information and report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly. Title: H.B. 260 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TX Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Sec. 31.072. PARENTS AS SCHOLARS PILOT PROGRAM. Requires the commission to establish a Parents as Scholars pilot program under which recipients of financial assistance participating in the program are allowed to fulfill applicable work or employment activities requirements by engaging in educational activities designed to result in receipt of a postsecondary degree. Certain recipients of temporary assistance for needy families are eligible. Title: H.B. 1187 Source: Texas Legislative Web Site HI Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Requires the University of Hawaii to reduce legal liability. From the legislation: (B) THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SHALL SUBMIT A CONFIDENTIAL REPORT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE CHAIRS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES NO LATER THAN TWENTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE CONVENING OF EACH REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE REPORT SHALL: <A] [A> (1) DESCRIBE THE CLAIMS AND THE ATTENDANT CIRCUMSTANCES THEREOF AND INCLUDE THE ADVICE FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION RENDERED TO THE CLIENT; <A] [A> (2) DESCRIBE REMEDIAL MEASURES THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WILL TAKE OR THAT ARE RECOMMENDED THAT THE LEGISLATURE TAKE IF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII DOES NOT TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME; AND <A] [A> (3) BE DEEMED A CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION TO THE LEGISLATURE AND SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED AS PROVIDED BY SECTIONS 92F-13 AND 92F-19(B). <A] [A> TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DISCLOSURE REQUIRED BY THIS SUBSECTION REQUIRES THE DISCLOSURE OF PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION, OR LEGAL WORK PRODUCT, SUCH DISCLOSURE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE WAIVER OF THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE OR ANY OTHER PRIVILEGE THAT MAY APPLY, SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO DISCOVERY, AND SHALL NOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE IN ANY PROCEEDING INVOLVING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. <A] [A> SECTION 304- SUITS. THE UNIVERSITY MAY SUE AND BE SUED IN ITS CORPORATE NAME; HOWEVER, IT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO SUIT ONLY IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR SUITS AGAINST THE STATE, AND ANY LIABILITY INCURRED BY THE UNIVERSITY IN SUCH SUIT SHALL BE A LIABILITY OF THE STATE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PROVISION, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS ARE "EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE" AS THE TERM IS USED IN CHAPTER 662. Title: S.B. 1207 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AL Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Establishes the Higher Education Governance Joint Interim Legislative Committee to study and produce innovative recommendations and action initiatives for improving the governance of higher education in the state. Title: S.J.R. 134 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet FL Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. 2001-79., Creates Higher Educational Facilities Financing Act; creates the Higher Educational Facilities Financing Authority; provides criteria for and covenants relating to authorization of issuance of notes and revenue bonds not obligating the full faith and credit of the authority, any municipality, the state, or any political subdivision; providing for loans from revenue bonds to participating institutions; providing for trust funds and remedies of bondholders. Title: S.B. 302 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet KS Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Community College Concerns postsecondary educational institutions; relates to the identification, selections and approval of core indicators of quality performance; preserving certain powers, duties and functions of community college boards of trustees. Title: S.B. 10 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TX Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Relates to public awareness campaign to promote the value and availability of higher education. Title: S.B. 573 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TX Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Relates to the use of certain transferred freshman-level credit courses to satisfy the requirements of the Texas Academic Skills Program. Adds Subsection. Applies to an undergraduate student who transfers to an institution of higher education from an accredited private or independent institution of higher education or an accredited out-of-state institution of higher education. A transfer student is exempt from the requirements of Texas Academic Skills Program if in each of the three skill areas if the student has earned a grade of "B" or better in a transferred freshman-level credit course included in the list of courses. A transferred course may not be considered for purposes of this subsection unless the transfer student submits to the institution of higher education a transcript reflecting the grade earned in the course. Title: H.B. 1645 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TX Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Requires the board to develop and periodically revise a long-range statewide plan to provide information and guidance to policy makers to ensure that institutions of higher education meet the current and future needs of each region of this state for higher education services and that adequate higher education services at all levels are reasonably and equally available to the residents of each region of the state. Title: H.B. 1799 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet VT Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Increases the scope to include any institution that uses the words "college," "university" or "institute," which is intended to indicate that it offers postsecondary education; requires that the institution apply for a certificate of approval from the state board prior to registering the business name, receive approval from the state prior to both offering credit-bearing courses and admitting its first student, and secure a certificate of degree-granting authority from the state board prior to conferring a degree to a student enrolled in its Vermont school; exempts non credit-granting postsecondary schools and religious instruction not resulting in earned credits as well as non-degree schools. Title: S.B. 86 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WV Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Relates to higher education retirement plans; directs Higher Education Policy Commission to oversee certain private institutions; relates to student aid; provides terms for issuance of tax-exempt revenue bonds; relates to employee classification system, pay grades and merit increases; authorizes lease-purchase agreements by governing boards of community and technical colleges; provides interest component of agreements are exempt from taxation; provides for state autism training center. Title: S.B. 703 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WV Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Provides higher education adult part-time student grants to students enrolled in post-secondary certificate, industry recognized credential and other skill development programs of study in demand occupations. Title: H.B. 2897 Source: West Virginia Department of Education - Legislative Update AR Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Amends Arkansas code 6-63-309 to allow institutions of higher education to exceed the maximum salary levels for exceptionally well qualified personnel; relates to non-academic personnel; relates to non-classified personnel. Title: S.B. 583 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AR Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Requires state agencies and institutions of higher education to develop an informational program on employee benefits. Title: H.B. 2362 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AZ Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Exempts from the public records laws State university records such as intellectual property, donated historical materials and names and information concerning donors or potential donors to a university. Title: S.B. 1527 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet HI Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Exempts an accredited degree granting institution from the disclosure requirement under specified conditions. From the legislation: (B) WHERE PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL FOR AN UNACCREDITED INSTITUTION CONSISTS OF AN ADVERTISEMENT IN A PERIODICAL PUBLISHED BY A PERSON OR ENTITY THAT IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE UNACCREDITED INSTITUTION, THE DISCLOSURE REQUIRED IN SUBSECTION (A) MAY BE ABBREVIATED TO STATE AS FOLLOWS: NOT ACCREDITED BY AN AGENCY RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION. THE DISCLOSURE REQUIRED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE MADE IN A TYPE SIZE AS LARGE OR LARGER THAN ANY OTHER TEXT IN THE ADVERTISEMENT. Title: H.B. 761 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MD Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Community College Modifies the term "institution of higher education" under the Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority Act (MHHEFA) to include specified community colleges; authorizes the boards of trustees of community colleges to finance or refinance the costs of specified projects by entering into agreements with MHHEFA. Title: S.B. 588 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ND Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Updates statutes defining State Board of Higher Education (SBHE) powers and duties. Allows the board to go into executive session when considering the appointment or removal of a chancellor of higher education, as it currently may do in regard to an institution president. Allows the board to appoint and/or remove the commissioner, fix his/her salary and duties. Grants the power to appoint/remove university system personnel and fix their salaries, office terms and duties. Grants authority to the SBHE to adopt rules that promote research and discoveries. Title: S.B. 2042 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TX Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Relates to the University of North Texas System and the component institutions of that system. Analysis states that the Laws pertaining to the University of North Texas System have been introduced piecemeal into legislation, and as a result the language of current law may not be uniform. In addition, the current University of North Texas System Center (center) at Dallas offers junior, senior, and graduate courses. However, to meet the needs of the diverse population of the city of Dallas, the center may eventually need to be established as a full undergraduate university. Senate Bill 576 establishes the University of North Texas at Dallas and restructures provisions relating to the University of North Texas System. Title: S.B. 576 Source: Texas Legislative Web Site AR Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. Amends code sections pertaining to Arkansas State Building Services review and approval of higher education institution capital improvements. Title: S.B. 512 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AR Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. Relates to motor vehicle restrictions for the various institutions of higher education. Title: S.B. 540 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AR Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. Until such time as the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approves other assessment processes or exams to be used by Arkansas colleges and universities, the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency exam, known as the "rising junior exam," shall be the required exam. On or before the October 2001 meeting of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Department of Higher Education shall recommend to the board criteria and guidelines to use when considering the adequacy of other assessment processes or exams proposed for use at Arkansas public colleges and universities in lieu of the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency exam. Title: H.B. 1048 Source: State Legislation SD Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. Prohibits the offering of postsecondary education credit or degree by non-accredited institutions. Title: S.B. 160 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet HI Approved by voters 11/2000 Postsec. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (SB 539 CD1, 2000); Amends the Hawaii State Constitution; provides the University of Hawaii with autonomy in all matters related to the University. Title: V. 1 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Vetoed 09/2000 Postsec. Relates to public postsecondary education. Increases the percentage of lottery moneys that may be pledged under the program to the equivalent of 50% of the amount allocated in the 1996-97 fiscal year. Makes an appropriation by authorizing more funds to be deposited in the continuously appropriated Postsecondary Education Technology Pooled Revenue Bond Fund. Title: A.B. 2565 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Vetoed 09/2000 Postsec. Adds to the Donahoe Higher Education Act provisions that require a campus of the University of California or the California State University that maintains an intercollegiate athletic program, including scholarship student athletes, that must be suspended or eliminated to notify the scholarship student athletes of the proposed suspension or elimination. Title: S.B. 338 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2000 Postsec. Community College Requires the Student Aid Commission in collaboration with the various segments of higher education, to develop and establish a pilot program entitled "Transfer: Making it Happen," which would assist community college students who are planning to transfer to a 4 year institution of higher education by providing academic preparation and information on financial aid opportunities. Title: S.B. 1898 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2000 Postsec. Requests the University of California and requires the California State University, to require each campus in their respective systems to develop a process through which a student admitted to full-time undergraduate status may apply to defer his or her enrollment for up to one academic year. Specifies that the decision as to whether to grant the deferral of enrollment would be made at the discretion of the affected university on a case-by-case basis. Title: A.B. 1958 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2000 Postsec. Conducts in consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs, a study concerning prescribed topics relating to educational opportunities for veterans. Requires the Commission of Higher Education to report these findings to the Governor and the appropriate legislative policy and fiscal committees no later than 12/31/2001. Title: A.B. 1739 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Vetoed 09/2000 Postsec. Community College Requests the Regents of the University of California, and requires the Trustees of the California State University, to develop and maintain prescribed articulation agreements with all campuses of the California Community Colleges prior to the 2005-06 academic year. Requires the California Community Colleges to negotiate with the University of California and the California State University when developing articulation agreements with those systems. Title: A.B. 1861 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2000 Postsec. Existing case law provides that in the absence of evidence of agreement to the contrary, a teacher, rather than the institution for which he or she teaches, owns the common law copyright to his or her lectures. This bill would prohibit any business, agency, or person from preparing, causing to be prepared, giving, selling, transferring, or otherwise distributing or publishing, any contemporaneous recording of an academic presentation, as defined. Title: A.B. 1773 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 07/2000 Postsec. Enacts the Vasconcellos-Poochigan-Burton-Ortiz-Pacheco Cal Grant Guarantee Program, which would, among other things, set forth the long-term policy that first-year Cal Grant awards be granted to all applicants with eligible grade point averages. Title: S.B. 1644 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet DE Signed into law 07/2000 Postsec. Relates to financial assistance for higher education; creates an annual legislative essay scholarship fund that will fund a nonrenewable scholarship to a 12th grader in each senatorial and representative district as well as 3 other scholarships to the top 3 district historic essay writers; states the Delaware Higher Education Commission shall administer the fund. Title: H.B. 545 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2000 Postsec. Provides the University of Hawaii with autonomy in all matters related to the University. Title: S.B. 539 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MO Vetoed 07/2000 Postsec. Makes several changes in the operations of the governing bodies of public colleges and universities, and provides for technical clarification in the statutes relating to these governing boards; includes a technical change to clarify that the board of curators at the University of Missouri and the 7 regional schools may exclude a student representative to the board from a closed meeting, if the voting board members unanimously vote to do so. Title: H.B. 1396 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet OK Approved by voters 07/2000 Postsec. STATE QUESTION 686 (SB 151-2000) Amends the State Constitution; relates to the State budget; allows State colleges and universities to contract with presidents for multi-year contracts; establishes a lease-financing program. Title: V. 3 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Authorizes the Regents of the University of California to establish 3 California Institutes for Science and Innovation for the purpose of combining technological and scientific research and training and educating future scientists and technological leaders. Title: A.B. 2883 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet HI Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Establishes a post-secondary education benefits program, known as the bridge-to-hope program, for heads of households in the temporary assistance to needy families program; requires the University of Hawaii to submit a report on the expenditure of funds for the program to the Legislature prior to the convening of the regular session of 2001. Title: S.B. 3123 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CO Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Requires the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to adopt and the governing boards of state institutions of higher education to implement, standards and procedures whereby basic skills courses may be offered by such institutions; directs the commission to require each student admitted to a state institution of higher education pursuant to alternative admissions criteria be tested to determine if the student is proficient in the skills generally needed to perform college work. Title: H.B. 1464 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet FL Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Community College Relates to direct-support organizations; prohibits university, community college, and statewide community college direct-support organizations from making certain political contributions. Title: S.B. 890 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MI Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Provides a wider variety of options to high school pupils by encouraging and enabling students to enroll in career and technical preparation programs at eligible nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions. Provides for dual enrollment options for career and technical preparation programs; establishes these programs for certain students in state schools; prescribes certain duties of public schools and certain postsecondary institutions; prescribes certain powers and duties of certain state departments, officials, and agencies; repeals acts and parts of acts. Title: H.B. 5534 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet OH Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Permits the Board of Trustees of a State college or university to establish rules that describe circumstances in which an employee of that institution may solicit or may be given a financial interest in any firm, corporation, or other association to which the board has assigned, licensed, transferred, or sold the institution's interest in discoveries, inventions, intellectual property, or patents resulting from research; prescribes coordination with the Ethics Commission. Title: S.B. 286 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet OK Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Creates the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Advisory Committee (EPSCoR) to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Its purpose is, through a partnership of higher education institutions, independent research entities, industry, and state government, to enhance scientific and engineering research and development conducted at universities in the state and to enhance the success of Oklahoma researchers in federal award competitions. Title: H.B. 2532 Source: Legislative Review, Oklahoma OK Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Relates to revenue and taxation and higher education. Appropriates to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education $634,890,903 from the general fund to increase faculty salaries 3% and to correct deferred maintenance in public postsecondary institutions throughout the state. Title: S.B. 984 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet OK Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Relates to revenue and taxation and higher education. Appropriates $634,890,903 from the general fund to increase faculty salaries 3% and to correct deferred maintenance in public postsecondary institutions throughout the state. Title: H.B. 2249 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TN Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Pertains to the University of Tennessee; provides that copyrighted computer materials held by state institution, the university are not open to public inspection; provides that such materials produced by university employees are open to audit inspections. Title: H.B. 2770 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AL Vetoed 05/2000 Postsec. Exempts from competitive bidding the renewal of all existing contracts that do not involve the expenditure of State funds and that are made for the selection of service contractors by or on behalf of public two-year and four-year colleges and universities of the state. Title: S.B. 478 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AL Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Relates to viability and non-viability of programs of instruction as reviewed by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education; provides that students completing certain programs of instruction in two-year technical and vocational colleges shall be deemed graduates for the purposes of determining viability standards of the program. Title: S.B. 356 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TN Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Modifies certain procedures for protecting confidential research records and materials handled by higher education. Title: H.B. 2769 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WV Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Postsec. Relates to education and related subheadings; relates to exemption from motor vehicle and travel rules, goals for post-secondary education, retirement and separation incentives; defines terms; relates to compact with higher education, institutional compacts, peer institutions, legislative financing goals, financing, base funding, additional funding, statewide task force on teacher quality, statewide task force on student financial aid, and graduate education. Title: S.B. 653 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AZ Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. Relates to costs and revenues of intellectual property created by certain state universities. Title: S.B. 1554 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet