From the ECS State Policy Database Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements

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 Vetoed 10/2011 Community College Postsec. Enrollment of Previously Expelled Community College Student A.B. 288 From bill summary: Authorizes the governing board of a community college district to either deny enrollment, permit enrollment or permit con... More... CA Signed into law 08/2011 Postsec. Appeal Procedures for Denial of Admission to CSU A.B. 670 From bill summary: Require the trustees of the California State University to ensure that campuses meet specific requirements with respect t... More... CA Signed into law 08/2011 Postsec. Private Postsecondary Education A.B. 1013 Provides that if the U.S. Department of Education does not have a relevant exam for an ability-to-benefit student (i.e., a student without a... 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... AR Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. Community College Minimum Admissions Standards H.B. 2050 Beginning with the 2012-13 academic year, using one of the federally approved ability to benefit assessments, authorizes use of reassessment... More... CA Vetoed 09/2010 Postsec. Consideration of Certain Factors in Student Admissions A.B. 2047 From bill analysis: Authorizes the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) to consider geographic origin and... More... CA Signed into law 09/2010 Postsec. Public Involvement in and Notification of Changes to Admissions Requirements A.B. 2402 From bill analysis: Requires that, before adopting a change in admissions criteria that affects applicants residing within the local service... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Postsec. Money-Saving Measures H.B. 166 Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ... More... IL Signed into law 12/2009 P-12 Postsec. American Sign Language Courses H.B. 725 Encourages school boards to include American Sign Language courses in schools' foreign language curricula. Provides that the foreign languag... More... TX Adopted 11/2009 Postsec. Top 10% Automatic Admissions Policy 19 TAC 1.5.A.5.5 Adopts rules expanding upon 2007 H.B. 3826 (80th Texas Legislature), amending provisions for students admitted to public universities under ... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 Community College Postsec. Community College Enrollment for Previously Expelled Students A.B. 1400 Authorizes the governing board of a community college district to either deny enrollment, permit enrollment or permit conditional enrollment... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Postsec. CTE Courses as Electives for CSU Admissions Requirements S.B. 147 Requires the trustees of the California State University to develop and implement a procedure for allowing a student to satisfy the completi... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Postsec. Repeals Minimum Age for Postsecondary Admission S.B. 263 Removes a provision that prohibits a student from being admitted to instruction in any of the departments of the university who has not atta... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Community College Postsec. Admissions Requirements H.B. 2424 Exempts Lamar State College--Orange and Lamar State College--Port Arthur from the requirement that an applicant for admission to a general a... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. GPA and University Admissions H.B. 3- Section 31 Amends Section 28.0252, authorizing the commissioner of education to develop a standard method of calculating student grade point average (G... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Exception to Automatic Admission of Students in Top 10% of High School Class S.B. 175 - Section 1, subsections (a)-(f), (j)-(k) Permits the University of Texas at Austin to make an exception to the statute requiring all general academic teaching institutions to admit ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Automatic Admission of Applicants Completing Core Curriculum at Another Institution S.B. 175 - Section 2 Requires a general academic teaching institution to admit any applicant for admission as a transfer undergraduate student who (1) graduated ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Counseling about Automatic Admissions Policy S.B. 175 - Section 3 and 4 Requires districts to notify every high school student, at the time the student first registers for one or more classes required for high sc... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Outreach to Top 10% Seniors S.B. 175 - Section 1, subsections (g), ((l) Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to institute a program to improve the outreach efforts of general academic teaching in... More... IL Issued 06/2009 Postsec. Executive Order 912 Admissions Review Commission Creates an Admissions Review Commission. Directs the commission to: --Examine and evaluate the standards and criteria used to evaluate appl... More... KS Signed into law 03/2009 Postsec. Admissions H.B. 2197 Concerns state educational institutions; provides that regents may adopt rules and regulations for the admision of students; provides that r... More... NE Signed into law 03/2009 Postsec. Community College Definition of High School Graduate L.B. 102 Provides a definition of high school graduate for purposes of postsecondary financial aid and admission to postsecondary institutions. Provi... More... KY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Postsec. STEM S.B. 2 Defines "Advanced science and mathematics" as Advanced Placement (AP) biology, calculus, chemistry, computer science, environmental science,... More... OR Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Postsec. Adminstration of 10th Grade Assessment H.B. 3600A For the purpose of administering an assessment to students in grade 10 (PSAT), a school district may request that the Department of Educatio... More... SD Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Postsec. College entrance exams H.B. 1186 Revises eligibility requirements for the opportunity scholarship by allowing a student to take the ACT or SAT test after graduating from hig... 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... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Postsec. Abolishes Certificates of Initial Master and Advanced Mastery, Adds/Modifies Assessments H.B. 2263C - Certificates of Mastery and State Assessments Abolishes Certificate of Initial Mastery and Certificate of Advanced Mastery. From the staff summary: The Certificate of Initial Mastery (CI... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Postsec. Grade Point Calculation H.B. 3851 Requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to adopt rules establishing a standard method for computing a student's high ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. Admission of Students in Top 10% of Graduating Class H.B. 3826 Existing law requires general academic teaching institutions to automatically admit students who graduate in the top 10% of their high schoo... 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... ID Adopted 01/2007 P-12 Postsec. Graduation Requirements and Advanced Opportunities IDAPA 08.02.03 Increases total number of credits required for high school graduation to 46 credits (23 Carnegie units) starting with the 2013 graduating cl... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Postsec. Dual/Concurrent Enrollment S.B. 311-- Sec. 3301.42 + This section requires the partnership for continued learning to make recommendations for increasing opportunities for students to earn highe... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Postsec. Admissions and Remediation S.B. 311 -- Sec. 3345.06 Beginning with the 2014-2015 academic year, each state university listed in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, except for Central state u... More... LA Adopted 10/2006 P-12 Postsec. ACT/SAT Scores for Teacher Certification LAC 28:CXXXI.243 Allows prospective teachers to use ACT composite score of 22 or SAT combined verbal and math score of 1030 as alternative to taking PRAXIS I... More... IA Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Postsec. College Admissions Requirements H.B. 2395 Directs the board of regents to conduct a study of the admissions requirements common to the state universities. Requires the board to repor... More... TN Signed into law 05/2006 Postsec. In-state Resident Admissions Preference H.B. 3262; S.B. 3383 Requires state institutions of higher education to give preference in admissions to Tennessee residents over equally qualified out-of-state ... More... VT Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Postsec. SAT or ACT as High School Assessment H.B. 867 - Section 20 (g) Directs the commissioner of education to consult with high school principals and other appropriate people to consider whether the SAT or ACT... More... TN Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Postsec. At-Risk Student After School Programs S.B. 3113; H.B. 3249 Concerns Lottery, Scholarships and Programs; creates pilot after school program for at-risk students to prepare for ACT and SAT examinations... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Postsec. High School Achievement Tests H.B. 7087 (Section 40) The State Board of Education must analyze the content and concordant data sets for widely used high school achievement tests, including, but... More... KY Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. High School and College Readiness Assessments S.B. 130 Section 1: Requires the state assessment system, by the 2007-2008 school year, to include: 1. A high school readiness examination to assess ... More... WY Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Postsec. College Entrance Test or Job Skills Test for all 11th Graders Act 59 Effective school year 2006-2007 and each requires the state Commissioner to establish a program of administering a standardized, curriculum ... More... NC Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) H.B. 403 AN ACT to amend the law regarding the purchase of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) for the public schools. http://www.ncleg.... More... HI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Deployment of Hawaii Based Military Members S.B. 1394 The purpose of this Act is for schools whose student population includes at least twenty per cent or one hundred students from military fami... More... TX Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. Community College Common Application Forms S.B. 502 Expands use of common application form to community colleges. From bill analysis: The Common Application Advisory Committee, convened by the... More... TX Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. H.B. 1170 An institution of higher education shall consider, in determining whether to award to a student course credit toward a degree offered by th... More... IN Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Core 40 Curriculum S.B. 200 Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, requires, with certain exceptions, a student to complete the Core 40 curriculum in order to gradua... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Career Counseling for Students H.B. 2868 Requires each district's student services plan to include a district-level tracking system for students who fail to reach proficiency on sta... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Medically Underserved Areas Health Care Career Aid H.B. 1735 Provides for additional consideration in college admissions for individuals from medically underserved areas who are interested in pursuing ... More... WV Rule Adoption 01/2005 Postsec. Community College Undergraduate Admissions Title 135, Series 23 Establishes new rules relating to standards and procedures for undergraduate admissions at community and technical colleges. WEST VIRGINIA R... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Public Postsecondary Education: Admissions Policy A.B. 2387 Authorizes the University of California and the California State University to consider culture, race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, g... More... NY Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Student Admission Minimum Standardized Test Score A.B. 7143 Precludes the use of a minimum standardized test cut-off score for student admission to or rejection by the State University of New York and... More... CA Signed into law, with line items vetoed 08/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education Finance S.B. 1108 Relates to revenue limit calculation factors for school districts and county superintendents of schools for specified fiscal years. Relates ... More... IA Issued 08/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College IOWA LEARNS COUNCIL Executive Order No. 30 - 2003 Creates the IOWA LEARNS COUNCIL. The Iowa Learns Council shall work towards the ambitious goal of 90% of Iowa children having a quality pre-... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Postsec. College Admissions H.B. 177 Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, exempts out-of-state persons (1) seeking admission to any college or university in the Louisiana... More... IA Adopted 06/2004 Postsec. Admission Rules 681 IAC 1.1, 1.2, 2.27 Amends admission rules common to the three State Universities and supplemental specific rules for each institution. Eliminates references to... More... FL Signed by Governor 05/2004 P-12 Postsec. Accelerated High School Graduation, High Stakes Testing, Reading Deficiencies S.B. 364 Revises course requirements in college & career preparatory accelerated high school graduation program; amends requirements for grade point ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Postsec. Curriculum: Foreign Languages S.B. 5 Requires the department of education, by June 1, 2009, to adopt content standards for teaching foreign languages in grades K-12 pursuant to... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 Postsec. Public Postsecondary Education: Cross-Enrollment A.B. 1783 Extends indefinitely a provision of the Donahoe Act permitting students of community colleges or state universities enrollment, at the discr... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Postsec. Grade Point Average S.B. 801 Repeals the provision that prohibits a school district from assigning extra grade weighting to a course that covers a subject required for a... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 Postsec. False Academic Degrees H.B. 1448 Provides it is unlawful for a person to knowingly manufacture or produce a false academic degree or for a person to knowingly use a false ac... More... CO Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Selective Service Registration S.B. 255 Concerns provisions relating to selective service registration as a prerequisite for enrolling at a state supported institution of higher ed... More... CO Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Higher Education Institutions' Role and Mission S.B. 304 Concerns provisions governing the operations of state-supported institutions of higher education, including the institutions' missions, admi... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Institutions of Higher Education H.B. 944 Prohibits institutions of higher education from discriminating against students with a nontraditional secondary education" (home-schooled o... More... FL Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Special Education Students H.B. 1739 Deletes requirement that the high school life management skills course be taken at specific grade levels; requires certain test accommodatio... More... CO Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. International Baccalaureate Diploma Students H.B. 1108 Concerns a standard policy for accepting international baccalaureate diploma students in Colorado institutions of higher education. http://w... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. School Admissions Requirements H.B. 2096 Modifies school admission requirements for students in small, isolated school district as defined in section 15-901. http://www.azleg.state.... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Education Code Re-Write: Articulated Acceleration Mechanisms S.B. 20E Adds subsection relating to Advanced International Certificate of Education Program (AICE); sets out that public secondary school students a... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. PSAT for 10th-Graders H.B. 661 Requires the department to distribute grants in qualified distressed counties for the administration of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude ... 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... SD To governor 02/2002 P-12 Postsec. Admission Requirements Revision S.B. 17 Revises provisions regarding public university admission requirements for foreign language instruction; deletes the exception for high schoo... More... CA Chaptered by Secretary of State 10/2001 Postsec. Community College Study of admissions/attrition rates for associate degree in nursing S.B. 664 Chapter No.443, Requires the Postsecondary Education Commission to conduct, or contract to conduct, a review and analysis of community colle... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 Postsec. Reports from the Postsecondary Education Commission A.B. 1721 Requires the Postsecondary Education Commission, in carrying out its duty as the statewide postsecondary education planning and coordinating... 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... TX Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Graduate and Professional Program Admissions H.B. 1641 Revises admissions standards for graduate and professional programs. One portion states that an applicant's performance on a standardized t... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Using Accreditation as Factor for Admission H.B. 2144 Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation shall not be the sole criterion for denial of admis... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Postsec. Tutoring Services for SAT S.B. 169 Relates to Stanford Achievement Tests (SAT) given to students in public schools as required by the State Department of Education; provides f... More...