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Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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VA | To governor 02/2013 | Postsec. | Preservation of Postsecondary Student Data
H.B. 2088
Provides that in the event of a postsecondary school closure, the school shall transfer the academic and financial records of its students t...
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CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | Postsec. | Regaining Institutional Eligibility for Cal Grant Awards
S.B. 1028 - Regaining Institutional Eligibility for Cal Grant Awards
From bill summary: Requires that an otherwise qualifying institution that becomes ineligible for initial and renewal Cal Grant awards due ei...
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CA | Vetoed 09/2012 | Postsec. | Statewide Postsecondary Metrics and Performance Report
S.B. 721
Primarily from bill summary: States legislative intent that budget and policy decisions regarding postsecondary education generally adhere t...
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CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | Postsec. | Data on Student Outcomes at Cal Grant Participating Institutions
S.B. 1103
Ror each Cal Grant participating institution, requires the Student Aid Commission to provide in a searchable database on its website (1) enr...
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CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | Postsec. | Cal Grant Institutional Eligibility + Cohort Default Rates and On-Time Completion Rates
S.B. 1016 - Cal Grant Institutional Eligibility + Cohort Default Rates and On-Time Completion Rates
From section 46 of bill summary: Existing provisions provide that, effective with the 2012-13 academic year, for students at the institution...
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CT | Signed into law 06/2012 | Postsec. | Data Collection for Financial Aid Programs
S.B. 43
Directs each institution of higher education to submit specified information to the Office of Financial and Academic Affairs for Higher Educ...
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FL | Vetoed 04/2012 | Postsec. | State Universities of Academic and Research Excellence and National Preeminence Act
H.B. 7129
Provides these provisions may be cited as the "State Universities of Academic and Research Excellence and National Preeminence Act." Establi...
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FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | Postsecondary Planning and Performance
H.B. 7135 - Postsecondary Planning and Performance
Directs the state board to identify enrollment and graduation expectations by baccalaureate degree program, and requires this and other task...
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IL | Adopted 04/2012 | Postsec. | Program Review (Private Colleges and Universities)
23 IL ADC 1030.10, 20, 30, 60, 70, 90
Guides the reviews of private colleges' and universities' (a) applications to establish new colleges and universities in the state and (b) a...
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IL | Adopted 04/2012 | Postsec. | Approval of New Units of Instruction, Research and Public Service at Public Institutions
23 IL ADC 1050.10, 20, 30
This rule guides the reviews of (a) applications for new degree programs at public universities and community colleges and (b) proposals fro...
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VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | Requires Postsecondary Institutions to Publish Employment Rates for Graduates
H.B. 639
Requires public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education to publish data on the proportion of graduates with employment at 18 ...
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OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Achievement Compact
S.B. 1581
Defines "education entity" as a school district, an education service district, a community college district or community college service di...
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IL | Signed into law 08/2011 | Postsec. | Admission, Retention and Graduation of 1st-Generation College-Goers
S.B. 122
Directs the board of higher education to include in a specified annual report to the governor and general assembly information on each publi...
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OR | Signed into law 07/2011 | Postsec. | Task Force on Higher Education
H.B. 3418
Creates Task Force on Higher Education Student and Institutional Success and specifies membership. Directs task force to study and prepare r...
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CT | Signed into law 07/2011 | Postsec. | Planning Commission for Higher Education
S.B. 858 - Postsecondary Provisions
Existing law creates the Blue Ribbon Commission to develop and implement a strategic master plan for higher education in the state. Renames ...
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LA | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | LA Graduation Act Performance Audits
H.B. 560
Requires audits of information submitted by such Board of Regents institutions as indication of achievement of performance objectives under ...
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LA | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Revises LA Grad Act - Peformance Agreements
H.B. 549
Revises the Louisiana Granting Resources and Autonomy for Diplomas Act (LA GRAD Act) to provide for additional operational autonomies to be ...
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FL | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Higher Education Coordinating Council/Articulation Coordinating Committee/Various Postsecondary Provisions
H.B. 7151
Establishes the Higher Education Coordinating Council and directs the council to make recommendations on: (1) The primary core mission of pu...
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TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Degree Plan
H.B. 3025 - Degree Plan
Defines "degree plan" as a statement of the course requirements that an undergraduate must complete to be awarded an associate or bachelor's...
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TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Internet Access to Faculty Information for General Academic Teaching Institutions
H.B. 736 - Internet Access to Faculty Information for General Academic Teaching Institutions
Requires that each general academic teaching institution make public on the institution's Web site the following information: (1) the studen...
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TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Institution Resume for Institutions of Higher Education
H.B. 736 - Institution Resume for Institutions of Higher Education
Amends provisions of 51A.002, "Powers and Duties of Coordinating Board Relating to Institution Resumes; General Requirements for Institution...
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TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policymakers (51A.052)
H.B. 736 - Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policymakers (51A.052)
Amends provisions of 51A.052, "Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policy Makers"--these resumes differ from those established by 5...
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TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Institution Resume for Prospective Students, Parents and Members of the Public
H.B. 736 - Institution Resume for Prospective Students, Parents and Members of the Public
Amends provisions of 51A.053, "Institution Resume for Prospective Students, Parents, and Members of the Public". Requires that, under the "E...
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TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policy Makers (51A.102)
H.B. 736 - Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policy Makers (51A.102)
Amends provisions of 51A.102, "Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policy Makers", which differs from 51A.052, "Institution Resume ...
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TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Online Information Regarding Certain Career Educational Entities
H.B. 736 - Online Information Regarding Certain Career Educational Entities
Directs the Texas Workforce Commission and the higher education coordinating board to jointly develop a comprehensive strategy to improve an...
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TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Comparison Tool
H.B. 736 - Comparison Tool
Directs the higher education coordinating board to make available on its Web site a search tool allowing for comparisons of general academic...
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TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Postsecondary Reporting Requirements
S.B. 5 - Postsecondary Reporting Requirements
Provides for the expiration of specified reporting requirements applicable to institutions of higher education and university systems. Provi...
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LA | Adopted 06/2011 | Postsec. | Study of Higher Education Institutions
H.C.R. 30
Urges and requests the Board of Regents to study the provision of public postsecondary educational opportunities, to establish the appropria...
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LA | Adopted 06/2011 | Postsec. | Postsecondary and Workforce Development Study
H.C.R. 66
Urges and requests the Board of Regents, the Department of Revenue, and the Louisiana Workforce Commission to report and share information a...
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NV | To governor 06/2011 | Postsec. | Tuition and Fees
S.B. 449
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada, in fixing tuituon charges and assessing registration fees and other fees, to ad...
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LA | Adopted 06/2011 | Postsec. | Shared Vision for Higher Education in Louisiana
H.C.R. 121
Urges the Louisiana Board of Regents to aggressively and fully implement its previously established admission standards, those standards the...
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WA | Partial veto 05/2011 | Postsec. | Higher Education Opportunity Act
H.B. 1795
Establishes the Higher Education Opportunity Act to: (1) ensure tuition dollars are spent to improve student access, affordability and the q...
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TX | Adopted 05/2011 | Postsec. | Approval of New Academic Programs and Administrative Changes at Public Universities, Health-Related Institutions, and Review of Existing Degree Programs
19 TAC 5.43, 44, 52
Defines terms, including "doctoral graduation rate", "graduate placement" and "master's graduation rate". Provides that if the minimum numbe...
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CO | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | Higher Education Master Plan
S.B. 52
Directs the commission on higher education to design a master plan that achieves the following goals: increasing the overall number of degre...
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NV | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | Postsecondary Accountability
A.B. 220
AN ACT relating to the Nevada System of Higher Education; encouraging the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to examine, audit and...
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IN | Vetoed 05/2011 | Postsec. | Board of Trustee Membership
H.B. 1177
Modifies the manner in which alumni members of the Indiana University board of trustees are elected. Requires all of the members of the boar...
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WV | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | Collection and Dissemination of Information Concerning Higher Education Institutions
S.B. 375
Authorizes the Higher Education Policy Commission to collect and disseminate information concerning higher education institutions. Requires ...
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AR | Signed into law 03/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Presentation of Expenditure Data
H.B. 1017
Requires state-supported institutions of higher education to present expenditure data on a Web site operated by the institution. The website...
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AR | Signed into law 03/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Higher Education Annual Report
H.B. 1454
Clarifies what information specific to higher education-related reports should contain, including information on affirmitive action programs...
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CA | Signed into law 03/2011 | Postsec. | State Financial Aid Programs
S.B. 70 - Sec. 69432.7, 69432.9, 69433.2, 69433.6
Makes amendments to the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Awards, the Co...
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FL | Signed into law 07/2010 | Postsec. | Repeals Annual Crime Statistics Report
HB 7037 - Sec 31
Repeals 1006.67, which required each postsecondary institution to submit an annual report of campus crime statistics to the department of ed...
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LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Higher Education Performance Agreements and Flexibility
H.B. 1171
Louisiana Granting Resources and Autonomy for Diplomas Act; provides for performance agreements between the Board of Regents and public post...
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TX | Adopted 05/2010 | Postsec. | Review of Low-Producing Degree Programs
19 TAC 4.285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293
Establishes new sections 4.285 - 4.293, which establish procedures for annual review of the number of graduates produced by degree programs ...
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WI | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
Community College |
S.B. 431
Prohibits a person that holds itself out to the public in any way as a legitimate institution of higher education from using the term "colle...
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MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Individual Student Data
S.F. 184
Authorizes the Minnesota Office of Higher Education to match individual student data from the student record enrollment database with indivi...
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MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Institution Eligibility Requirements
S.F. 184
Provides that institutions are eligible to participate in state student aid programs if the institution is:
• operated by the state (MnSCU)...
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AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec. | Shared Course Numbering
S.B. 1186
Relates to postsecondary institutions and course numbering; requires community college districts and the universities under the jurisdiction...
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AZ | Signed into law 04/2010 | Postsec. | Scholarships Distribution
S.B. 1280
Requires the universities under the Arizona board of regents to publish and disclose the following information related to each merit based s...
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TN | Signed into law 01/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Complete College Tennessee Act of 2010
S.B. 7006, H.B. 7008
Enacts the Complete College Tennessee Act of 2010. Revises previously established provisions to require the Tennessee higher education commi...
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TX | Adopted 08/2009 | Postsec. | Quality and Effectiveness of Degree Programs
19 TAC 1.5.5.52
Requires each public institution of higher education to have a process to assess the quality and effectiveness of existing degree programs f...
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LA | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Higher Education System Review
H.B. 794
Creates the Postsecondary Education Review Commission; provides for a comprehensive review of all aspects of the postsecondary education sys...
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TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | College Syllabi, Faculty CVs and Work-Study Opportunities
H.B. 2504 - Section 1 and 2
Relates to requiring a public institution of higher education to make available to the public on the institution's Internet Web site the syl...
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TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Institutional Groupings in State Postsecondary Accountability System
H.B. 51 - Section 7
Creates new Section 61.0904. Directs the higher education coordinating board to conduct a review at least once every 10 years of the institu...
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TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Developing Programs of the Highest National Rank or Recognition
H.B. 51 - Section 5 and 6
Section 5: Directs the higher education coordinating board biennially to determine the appropriate amount for funding the program in Section...
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WV | Adopted 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION
Title 135, Series 49
Provides rules from The West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College regarding an accountability system for public higher educa...
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WV | Adopted 04/2009 | Postsec. | ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
Title 133, Series 49
Sets forth an accountability system for West Virginia public higher education institutions under the West Virginia Higher Education Policy C...
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AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Reporting of Postsecondary Remediation
H.B. 1764
Requires the Department of Higher Education to collect information necessary to prepare reports of college achievement of high school gradua...
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TX | Adopted 02/2009 | Postsec. | Publishing of Doctoral Program Data
19 TAC 1.5.C.5.51
Requires public institutions with doctoral programs to publish information on their Web sites regarding the "18 Characteristics of Doctoral ...
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CA | Vetoed 09/2008 | Postsec. | Postsecondary accountability
S.B. 325
Require the State to establish a new accountability framework for achieving prescribed educational and economic goals for public higher educ...
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WV | Adopted 09/2008 | Postsec. | Program Review
Title 133, Series 10
Amends rules relating to postsecondary program review. Adds section 133-10-4, which requires each institution to develop a reporting format ...
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WA | Signed into law 03/2008 | Postsec. | Performance Agreement Pilot Program for Postsecondary Institutions
H.B. 2641
Beginning in 2008, public four-year postsecondary institutions are to pilot test performance agreements that set outcome-oriented priorities...
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WI | Signed into law 10/2007 | Postsec. | Joint Committee on Information Policy and Technology
S.B. 40
Directs the joint committee on information policy and technology to review any University of Wisconsin System, institution or college campus...
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CA | Signed into law 09/2007 | Postsec. | Accountability
S.B. 190
Makes all meetings of the California State University Trustees to be subject to the Bagley- Keene Act. Requires the trustees to take action ...
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MA | Issued 08/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | The Readiness Project
Executive Order No. 489
Establishes the Readiness Project to develop a plan to implement fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth ov...
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NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Community College Performance Standards
H.B. 642
Amends the law relating to community college performance standards. Provides that the state board may withhold funds from a college that may...
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NY | Issued 05/2007 | Postsec. | Commission on Higher Education
Executive Order No. 14
(Executive Order No. 14) Establishes the New York State Commission on Higher Education. The Commission's inquiry shall include analysis of: ...
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AR | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec. | Legislative Task Force on Postsecondary
H.B. 2736
Creates the legislative task force on higher education remediation, retention, and graduation rates; provides for the appointment of its mem...
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MD | Signed into law 04/2006 | Postsec. | State Higher Education Plan
H.B. 122
Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to submit a review of the State Plan for Higher Education to the Governor and to the Gener...
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TX | Signed into law 05/2005 | Postsec. | Reduction of Reporting Requirements
S.B. 1226
From bill analysis: Currently there are over 400 reporting requirements for institutions of higher education. By consolidating the scope of...
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WV | Emergency Rule Adoption 09/2004 | Postsec. | Performance Indicators
Title 135, Series 6
Establishes new rules regarding performance indicators used to measure the degree to which the goals for the delivery of community and techn...
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CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | Community College
Postsec. | Community Colleges: Funding
A.B. 1417
Requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to provide recommendations to the Legislature and Governor regarding th...
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CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | California Postsecondary Education Accountability Act of 2004 (CPSEA)
S.B. 1331
Establishes the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) for the collection of data pertinent to the planning and coordination o...
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MS | Rule Adoption 07/2004 | Community College
Postsec. | Standards for Quality and Accountability
(Uncodified)
Amends rules concerning standards for quality and accountability. MISSISSIPPI REG 9263 (SN)...
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KS | Signed into law 04/2003 | Postsec.
Community College | Evaluation of Community College Employees
S.B. 82
Requires full-time community college employees to undergo the following evaluations: During the first two consecutive years of employement, ...
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MS | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Internal Audits Required at Postsecondary Institutions and Department of Education
H.B. 650
Establishes full-time program of internal auditing at specific state postsecondary institutions, including various community/junior colleges...
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ME | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | Creates Commission on Postsecondary Educational Attainment
S.B. 616
Resolve No. 67., (LD 1797) Creates the Blue Ribbon Commission on Postsecondary Educational Attainment....
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NC | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec.
Community College | Program Audits
H.B. 386
Session Law Number 111. Modifies the audit procedures of community college programs....
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TN | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Participation of Tennessee
S.J.R. 59
(Joint Resolution) Urges National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education to select Tennessee a one of multi-state participant in lon...
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ND | Signed into law 04/2001 | Postsec. | Designate North Dakota University System colleges and universities as a unified system and provide for a strategic planning process
S.B. 2041
Amends state statute to formally designate North Dakota University System (NDUS) colleges and universities as a unified system dedicated to ...
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NM | Vetoed 04/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | Audits
H.B. 87
Relates to public money; provides for stratified or statistical pre- and post-audits; requires quarterly reports from local public bodies, s...
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WV | Signed into law 03/2000 | Postsec. | Accountability for Higher Education
S.B. 520
Codifies rules approved by legislative oversight commission on accountability for higher education....
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