From the ECS State Policy Database Promotion/Retention

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 OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Third-Grade Reading Proficiency S.B. 316 - Third-Grade Reading Proficiency Directs the state board to determine a level of achievement on the 3rd grade English language arts assessment for a student to be promoted t... More... CO Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Ensuring K-3 Literacy Education H.B. 1238 Requires each local education provider (LEP, i.e., school districts, Boards of Cooperative Educational Services or BOCES, charter schools) t... More... LA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Student Assessment and Statewide Standards H.B. 707 Relates to the Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program and the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program. Provides greater clarity to th... More... TN Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Grade Retention S.B. 2156 Prohibits promotion of students in the third and eighth grades who do not demonstrate understanding of the curriculum and the ability to per... More... OK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Modifies the Reading Sufficiency Act H.B. 2516 Adds kindergarten students to assessment requirement (K-3 students are to be assessed at the beginning of each year using an approved screen... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Ranges of Scores on State Assessments H.B. 153 - Ranges of Scores on State Assessments Directs the state board not to prescribe the three ranges of scores for the assessments prescribed by division (A)(2) of section 3301.0710 o... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Assessing Students Taking Courses Above Their Grade Level H.B. 2135 Specifies that state policy does not require a 5th or 8th grader to be administered a criterion-referenced assessment if the student is enro... More... TN Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Reading Proficiency S.B. 1776 Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, a student in the third grade may not be promoted to the next grade level unless the student has sh... More... CO Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Postsec. Community College Task Force on Student Academic Success S.B. 111 Creates the Task Force on Student Academic Success. The overall charge of the task force is to identify the junctures at which grade-level p... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Reading Proficiency and Support S.B. 346 Starting with students entering first grade in the 2011-2012 school year, the program of reading instruction must include provisions of the ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2010 P-12 Supplemental Instruction A.B. 1610 - Supplemental Instruction From bill summary: Makes inoperative until July 1, 2013 the requirement that districts offer programs of direct, systematic and intensive su... More... IN Notices of Intent to Adopt Rules 10/2010 P-12 Reading Framework 511 IAC 6.1-5-2.6; 511 IAC 6.2-3.1 Amends 511 IAC 6.1-5-2.6 to include the utilization of the reading framework adopted by the state board of education as part of the required... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Task Force on Reading Assessment H.B. 2732 Requires the State Board of Education to adopt specific competency requirements for the promotion of third grade pupils. Establishes the Tas... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Waiver of American History Course Requirement H.B. 1 - Section 3313.60 From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Allows school district boards to waive the requirement to take an American history course for promotion from 8th... More... LA Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Promotion/retention policies H.B. 179 Prohibits using test scores as the sole criteria for determining student promotion to the succeeding grade; deletes the requirement that the... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 At-Risk Definition H.B. 2703 Provides that a student is not considered at risk of dropping out of school if the student was retained in prekindergarten or kindergarten s... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Student Promotion H.B. 3 - Section 28 and 29 Section 28: Provides that in determining student promotion, a district must consider the student's teacher's recommendation, the student 's ... More... FL Adopted 01/2009 P-12 COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FAC 6A-1.094221 Amends rule to provide guidance relating to the statewide public school student progression law eliminating social promotion by removing the... More... LA Adopted 11/2008 P-12 Student Promotion/Retention LAC 28:28:XXXIX.503, 1301 Modifies the 8th grade waiver policy with additional criteria to be considered for requirement to pass state test to be promoted to 9th grad... More... TX Adopted 08/2006 P-12 Optional Extended Year Program 19 TAC 2.105.AA.105.1001 Amends rules relating to the optional extended year program for students in kindergarten through grade eleven who are identified as likely n... 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... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Middle School Reforms H.B. 7087 (Section 21) Beginning with students entering grade 6 in the 2006-2007 school year, promotion from a school composed of middle grades 6, 7, and 8 require... More... IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 District Report Cards H.B. 1347 Section 7 Requires district report cards to report: --The number and percentage of students participating in the school flex program, if offered (see... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Focus on Reading and Math in Grades K to 3 H.B. 1621 Requires each school district to ensure that instructional time each day of the school year in kindergarten through third grade is focused o... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Grade 3-8 Assessments, End-of-Course Exams and Remediation H.B. 2824 Requires a student not passing an immediately previous grades 3-8 benchmark assessment or in a secondary level end-of-course assessment to p... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Supplemental Instruction: Reading Ability S.B. 651 Requires a school district, as a condition of receiving funding for supplemental instruction, to convene a pupil study team for each pupil w... More... AR Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - Promotion S.B. 33 § 5 Adds Ark Code 6-15-1805. Eliminates social promotion; requires no student be assigned to a grade level based on age. http://www.arkleg.state... More... DE Rule Adoption 12/2003 P-12 Promotion 14 DAC 230 Establishes rules requiring that local school districts have promotion policies in place for grades K through grade 12. Incorporates the pro... More... OH Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Promotion Provisions H.B. 3 -- Third Grade Reading Guarantee This section specififes that the following options available to districts under the third grad reading guarantee for students who receive a ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Promotion S.B. 34 Amends NRS 392.125 with the provision "except for the promotion of a pupil to high school," to the requriement that no pupil may be retained... More... NV Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Requirements for Promotion to Next Grade S.B. 253 Provides that a pupil must be in attendance for a minimum number of days to obtain credit or to be promoted to the next higher grade; requir... More... MN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Retention Based on State Test Scores H.F. 302 (multiple provisions) Allows a school, district or charter school to use a student's performance on a state assessment as one of multiple criteria in determining ... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Remediation, Promotion Policies H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill) Amends Section 22-2A-6. Remediation programs, academic improvement programs and promotion policies shall be aligned with alternative school... More... FL Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Public School Student Progression, Remedial Services, Reporting Requirements S.B. 20E Shifts responsibility for establishing rules regarding student report cards from state superintendent to state board. Modifies rules relatin... More... DE Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Below the Standard Score and Individual Improvement Plan for Promotion S.B. 322 Before enactment of this legislation, this subparagraph banned any 3rd-, 5th- or 8th-grader scoring Well Below the Standard on the state rea... More... OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Student Interventions S.B. 1 Requires districts and community schools (charters) to provide intervention services to students who fail to attain a proficient score on an... More... UT Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Middle School Exit Requirements S.B. 102 Utah requires middle school students to meet required competencies before advancing to high school. The Utah legislature amended the law by... More... UT Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Establishment of U-PASS Assessment Program H.B. 177 Puts into legislation recommendations of Task Force on Learning Standards and Accountability in Public Education created by 1999 legislation... More... DE Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Professional Development and Educator Accountability Act S.B. 260 Creates the Professional Development and Educator Accountability Act. Beginning in 2002, at least 20% of educator's performance evaluation w... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Accelerated Learning H.B. 1196 Requires Board of Education to establish requirements to facilitate acceleration of students who are qualified under standard of learning as... More... NM Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Standards, Remediation, Parent Involvement H.B. 78 Relates to educational standards; provides for remediation and academic improvement programs; restricts promotions; provides for parental in... More...