From the ECS State Policy Database Promising Practices

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 TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Texas High Performance Schools Consortium S.B. 1557 Creates the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium to inform the governor, legislature and commissioner on methods for transforming publi... More... WA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Innovative Schools H.B. 1546 Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop a process for school districts to apply to have one or more schoo... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Best Practices Clearinghouse H.B. 3 - Section 1 Amends responsibilities of state education agency's best practices clearinghouse. Eliminates directive for clearinghouse to provide best pra... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Innovative Education H.F. 2 Establishes a nine-member advisory council to advise and make recommendations to the commissioner on site-governed schools, innovation in sc... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Innovative Education H.F. 2 Establishes a nine-member advisory council to advise and make recommendations to the commissioner on site-governed schools, innovation in sc... More... CO Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Postsec. Education Innovation Institute S.B. 32 Creates the Education Innovation Institute within the University of Northern Colorado to collaborate with institutions to leverage research,... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Florida Secondary School Redesign Act H.B. 7087 - Section 19 Defines secondary schools as those serving grades 6-12. Specifies that the following guiding principles must be used in the annual preparat... More... TX Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Best Practices Clearinghouse H.B. 1C (Section 7.009) In coordination with the Legislative Budget Board, the Texas Education Agency must establish an online clearinghouse of information relating... More... NJ Signed into law 11/2000 P-12 Eligibility of Low-Income Pupils, Effective Programs S.B. 838 Relates to State aid for school districts with concentrations of low-income pupils; establishes minimum period of school district eligibilit... More...