From the ECS State Policy Database Postsecondary Participation--Access

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 TN Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. Postsecondary - Veterans H.B. 2961 Provides that a combat veteran shall be allowed to register for classes prior to the general student population at any public institution of... More... OR Signed into law 03/2012 Postsec. Higher Education Coordinating Commission S.B. 1538 Expands duties of Higher Education Coordinating Commission to include the development and recommendation of policies to ensure or improve ac... More... OR Signed into law 03/2012 Postsec. Postsecondary 'Prior Learning' Credit H.B. 4059 Calls on the Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall work with the State Board of Higher Education, community college districts and i... More... 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... More... PA Adopted 07/2011 Postsec. Community College Postsecondary Access in Rural Communities S.R. 147 A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to examine the Commonwealth's programs for post-secondary education in C... More... 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Public Awareness Campaign Promoting Higher Education H.B. 2909 - Public Awareness Campaign Promoting Higher Education Requires that the higher education coordinating board provide specified information in its public awareness campaign promoting higher educat... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Criteria for Programs for the Disadvantaged S.B. 5 - Criteria for Programs for the Disadvantaged Removes requirement that the plan submitted to the higher education coordinating board for a junior college program to serve persons from ba... More... CT Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Community College Extends In-State Tuition Benefits to Certain Postsecondary Students H.B. 6390 Extends in-state tuition benefits. Provides that a person, except a nonimmigrant alien (someone with a visa permitting temporary entrance to... More... MD Signed into law 05/2011 Postsec. Establishes Southern Maryland Higher Education Council H.B. 1347 Establishes a Southern Maryland Higher Education Council to develop a strategy for improving access to higher education for the residents of... More... IA Signed into law 04/2011 Postsec. Financial Aid Reporting S.F. 122 Relates to the College Student Aid Commission. Ensure that students receiving state-funded scholarships and grants are attending institution... More... ND Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Postsec. Student names and addresses - Authorized disclosure S.B. 2278 Adds new section requiring each high school to provide to the North Dakota university system a list of all students enrolled in grades ten a... More... CA Vetoed 07/2010 Postsec. Identification for Admission to Postsecondary Testing A.B. 2026 Adds Section 99155, requiring a test sponsor to accept the Matricula Consular de Alta Seguridad (Consular Matriculation of High Security), i... More... TX Adopted 11/2009 Postsec. Uniform Recruitment and Retention Strategy (URRS) 19 TAC 1.4.O.4.240 -.245 Texas Educ. Code § 61.086 directs the higher education coordinating board to develop and annually update a uniform strategy to identify, att... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 Postsec. Community College Collaborative Baccalaureate Degree Development Grant Program S.B. 1883 Requires the board of higher education to implement the Collaborative Baccalaureate Degree Development Grant Program to help deliver upper-d... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 Postsec. Postsecondary Affordability and Access H.B. 4094 Requires the Board of Higher Education's master plan to include higher education affordability and accessibility measures. http://www.ilga.g... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 Postsec. Higher Education Veterans Campus Service Act S.B. 1624 Creates the Higher Education Veterans Campus Service Act. Requires all public colleges and universities to conduct a survey of the services ... More... WI Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program A.B. 75 Provides that the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration is to assist the board in administer... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Community College Veterans' Affairs H.B. 2178 Creates Campus Veterans' Service Officers Program in Department of Veterans' Affairs; directs department to appoint sufficient number of vet... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Higher Education Assistance Plan S.B. 175 - Section 6 Directs the higher education coordinating board to develop a plan under which each public high school that is, as determined by the board, s... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Project-Based Instruction H.F. 2 Defines a project-based instructional program as primarily student-led course work for credit that may be completed onsite, in the community... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Community College Study of the Affordability of Higher Education for Undergraduates S.B. 885 Creates an interim study of the affordability of higher education. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act964.pdf... More... NH Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. School Indoor Air Quality H.B. 1171 Establishes a commission to study air quality issues in public school buildings; provides for membership and compensation and a report; prov... More... DE Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. Charter School Moratorium S.J.R. 11 Would impose a one-year moratorium on new charter school applications during the 2008-09 school year. During this time period, applications ... More... MD Chapter No. 559 05/2008 P-12 Postsec. Youth Advisory Council S.B. 1 Establishes the Youth Advisory Council; provides for the appointment, selection, membership, terms, and duties of the Council; establishes a... More... NJ Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Postsec. Alicia's Law S.B. 442 Enacts Alicia's Law, permits a student whose high school special education program requires instruction beyond four years to participate wit... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Postsec. Accountability, financial report H.B. 2369 Relates to mandated reporting of a school districts annual financial report by the governing board of the district; authorizes publication b... More... MS Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Postsec. Teacher Compensation S.B. 2176 Increases and authorizes annual experience salary increments for teachers fore up to 35 years of experience for all certificate levels, to b... More... MS Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Postsec. Blind Persons' Literacy Rights and Education Act H.B. 638 Amends portions of the Blind Persons' Literacy Rights and Education Act. Relates to requirements for for the development of an individualize... More... IL Signed into law 11/2007 P-12 Community College Postsec. College and Career Readiness Pilot Program S.B. 858 Requires the state community college board to create a 3-year college and career readiness pilot program, beginning with the high school cla... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-12 Community College Postsec. Corrections Education A.B. 1049 Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish reentry programs for parolees between 16 and 23 years of age to assis... More... CA Signed into law 10/2007 Community College Postsec. community college finance A.B. 1368 Authorizes a school district or community college district to issue notes that mature within a period not to exceed a specified number of ye... More... CA Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Postsec. Cash for College Program A.B. 1540 Expresses the intent of the Legislature that resident students with financial need be made aware of the opportunities afforded to them throu... More... ID Adopted 10/2007 Postsec. PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IDAPA 08.01.05 Rewrites rules of both the Promise A and Promise B scholarships in the Promise Scholarship Program to modify the selection criteria and the ... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2007 P-12 Postsec. Running Start Program H.B. 767 Requires the department of education to provide students who participate in the running start dual enrollment program with guidance in earni... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Access to Student Assistance Programs in Reach of Everyone (ASPIRE) H.B. 2729 Authorizes the Oregon Student Assistance Commission to establish Access to Student Assistance Programs in Reach of Everyone (ASPIRE) to prov... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Postsec. College Application Requirement for High Schoolers H.P. 758; L.D. 1040 Resolves that the department of education implement methods to encourage districts to encourage secondary school students to complete at lea... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Postsec. Modifies Higher Learning Access Act H.B. 1762 Relates to the Higher Learning Access Act; modifies eligibility requirements by adding that a student must be a resident of this state or be... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Postsec. Dropout Reporting, Exit Exam Alternatives, Competency Based Credits S.B. 312 Expands the annual reports of accountability information to include the rate of pupils who drop out of school in grades 6, 7 and 8. Requires... More... 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: ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Postsec. 21st Century Scholars Program Expansion, Graduation H.B. 1647 Expands eligibility for the 21st Century Scholars program to grade 7 students, and beginning with the 2008-09 school year, to grade 6 studen... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Postsec. Eligibility for 21st Century Scholars Program H.B. 1266 Provides that a student who is in foster care or placed in the home of a relative or other unlicensed caretaker may enroll in the 21st Centu... More... FL Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Minority or Underrepresented Student Achievement S.B. 108 The Florida Partnership for Minority and Underrepresented Student Achievement must cooperate with school districts to identify minority & un... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. College Board Scholarship Program S.B. 5098 Declares an intent to inspire and encourage all Washington students to dream big by creating a guaranteed four-year tuition scholarship prog... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Passport to College Promise Program Pilot H.B. 1131 Declares an intent to create the passport to college promise pilot program that will have two primary components, as follows: (1) Significan... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Access, Special ed. definitions H.B. 2184 Regards special education definitions for schools, adds autism. (Chapter No. 68) ... More... NM Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Community College College Affordability Scholarships at Tribal Colleges S.B. 355 Enables students at tribal colleges to receive scholarships under the College Affordability Act. Defines student eligibility and terms of sc... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Community College Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program H.B. 2179 Revises the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to clarify that qualified survivors and dependents shall be admitte... More... VA Issued 11/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Emergency Preparedness Planning & Training E.O. 44 Directs all executive branch agencies, including institutions of higher education, to include emergency preparedness planning, training and ... More... WY Approved by voters 11/2006 Postsec. Community College Higher Education Scholarship & Improvement Funds V. 3 Proposes an amendment (amendment C) to the Constitution to authorize the creation of permanent funds for two purposes: First, higher educati... More... WY Approved by voters 11/2006 P-12 Postsec. Limits Property Tax Revenue Redistribution to School Districts V. 2 Proposes an amendment (amendment B) to the Constitution to repeal the current limitation on the amount of property tax revenues that may be ... More... Adopted 11/2006 Postsec. Community College Amends Federal Student Aid Program 34 CFR Parts 600, 668, 673, 674, 675, 676, 682, 685 Amends the Federal Student Aid Program regulations to implement the changes to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), resulting... More... WY Rule Adoption 08/2006 Postsec. Community College Residency Requirements In-state Tuition Community Colleges Chapter 3, 5 Extends residency for purposes of in-state tuition eligibility at community colleges for immigrants and certain nonimmigrants and their depe... More... IL Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Illinois GEAR UP S.B. 2328 Establishes the Steps for Attaining Higher Education through Academic Development (Illinois Steps AHEAD) program as the state's GEAR UP prog... More... HI Signed into law 06/2006 Postsec. Community College Scholarship Assistance S.B. 3120 Encourages state residents to pursue postsecondary education by clarifying the financial eligibility guidelines, establishing a workforce de... More... VT Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Commission to Develop the Next Generation Initiative S.B. 312 Relates to higher education. Creates a commission to develop the next generation initiative to encourage Vermonters to live and work in Ver... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Postsec. Low-Income Family Postsecondary Savings Accounts Incentive Program S.B. 332 Establishes the low-income family postsecondary savings accounts incentive program as a three-year pilot program to encourage qualified indi... More... VA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program and Fund S.B. 443 This bill attempts to modify and strengthen the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program and Fund to accomplish the purposes of the p... More... WA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Postsec. Post-School Support for Foster Youth H.B. 2002 Provides that, beginning in 2006, the department shall have the authority to allow up to 50 youth reaching age 18 to continue in foster care... More... FL Issued 01/2006 P-12 Postsec. Access and Diversity Commission Executive Order 06-05 Governor Bush signed Executive Order 06-05 creating the Access and Diversity Commission. The 17-member commission, set to complete their dut... More... NC Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Postsec. Alternative schools H.B. 1076 AN ACT to direct the state board of education to adopt standards for alternative learning programs, and to require local boards of education... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2005 P-12 Postsec. Impact Fees S.B. 1814 Authorizes the department of education to assess and collect impact fees as fair share contributions of developers for state public school f... More... WA to governor 05/2005 Postsec. Community College Expanding Access to Baccalaureate Degree Programs H.B. 1794 Maintains the top priority for branch campuses as expansion of programs and capacity for upper division and transfer students, in accordance... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. Community College Postsecondary Educational and Living Expense Grants for Foster Children H.B. 272 Provides for a program of educational and living expense grants for certain children who qualify as foster children (or are adopted and whos... More... ND Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Department of Public Instruction Appropriations H.B. 1013 AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of public instruction, the school for the deaf, North Dakota... More... WA To governor 04/2005 Postsec. Baccalaureate Degree Programs H.B. 1794 Expands access to baccalaureate and master's degree programs through the evolution of branch campuses and 2+2 programs in the state. Branch... More... MD Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Child Care Administration and Office for Children, Youth, and Families and Maryland Family Support Centers Network - Transfer to State Department of Education H.B. 932 Establishing an Early Childhood Development Division within the State Department of Education; transferring the Child Care Administration fr... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Community College College Affordability Act S.B. 669 Relates to the College Affordability Act; provides for scholarships; creates funds. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB... More... IL Signed into law 08/2004 Community College Postsec. Transit Ridership: Low-Income Student Access H.B. 2587 Adds to the list of programs to be funded with the West Central Transit District. Provides for routes, vehicle purchase and Community Colleg... More... MA Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Postsec. School Building Assistance Program H.B. 4978 Relates to the School Building Assistance Program; provides for grants, investments, trusts and bonds; creates the School Building Authority... More... HI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education Trust Fund H.B. 1893 Authorizes the University of Hawaii to create a trust fund to dispense scholarships as a requirement of the State's participation in the fed... More... RI Passed 07/2004 Postsec. Community College Postsecondary Education Access H.B. 7936 Bill as written would have prohibited the Board of Governors for Higher Education from denying admission to any state secondary institution ... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2004 Postsec. Student Access to Postsecondary Education H.B. 2369 Requires the Arizona Board of Regents to establish policies for guaranteed admission that assure fair and equitable access to Arizona studen... More... FL Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Student Achievement S.B. 2184 Relates to student achievement;creates the Partnership for Minority and Underrepresented Student Achievement; mission of partnership is to p... More... MO Issued 12/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Commission on the Future of Higher Education Executive Order 03-07 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 ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Postsec. School Facilities: Maintenance and Repair A.B. 1124 Requires a priority for the use of maintenance funding under the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 be to ensure that facilities,... More... WA Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Statewide Strategic Plan H.B. 2076 Directs the board to develop a statewide strategic master plan for higher education that proposes a vision and identifies goals and prioriti... More... OK Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Postsec. Higher Learning Access Program S.B. 326 Amends 70 O.S. 2001, Section 2605, which relates to the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program. Students who qualify on the basis of finan... More... MD Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Postsec. Need-Based Financial Aid Programs H.B. 661 Requires governor to include in state budget at least 80% of funds appropriated in prior fiscal year for specified need-based financial aid ... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Need-Based Financial Aid Programs for Undergraduate and Professional Degrees; College Readiness Mentoring Program; PSAT for 10th-Graders, K-16 Leadership Council, Middle School Teacher Certificate S.B. 453 Requires the department to distribute a grant in specified amounts to distressed counties in FY 03 and 04 and to all counties in FY05 and su... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Postsec. Career technical programs A.B. 1018 Establishes the Industry-Based Certification Incentive Grant Program for the purpose of awarding grants to selected school districts, county... More... NC Signed into law 07/2001 Postsec. Community College Measures for Admissions, Placement H.B. 1246 Directs the board of governors of the University of North Carolina, in cooperation with the state board of education and the state board of ... More... CO Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities H.B. 1263 Establishes the Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities; establishes a standard degree credit hour requirement; provides for additional ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Parents as Scholars Pilot Program H.B. 1187 Sec. 31.072. PARENTS AS SCHOLARS PILOT PROGRAM. Requires the commission to establish a Parents as Scholars pilot program under which recipi... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Providing Higher Education Adult Part-Time Student Grants H.B. 2897 Provides higher education adult part-time student grants to students enrolled in post-secondary certificate, industry recognized credential ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 Postsec. Minority Education Programs S.B. 1721 Authorizes the Trustees of the California State University to establish an African American Political Institute and an Institute for Central... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Postsec. Honors Grant Program A.B. 2613 Establishes the Honors Grant Program under which a high school would design and implement a plan that would result in its pupils having acce... More... OK Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Postsec. Notification of Access H.B. 2728 (Omnibus Bill) Each school year, every 5th- through 9th-grade student in the public schools and their parent(s) or guardian(s) shall be apprised of the stu... More...