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From the ECS State Policy Database
Promotion/Retention


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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.

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State Status/Date Level Summary
OHSigned into law 06/2012P-12Third-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...

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COSigned into law 05/2012P-12Ensuring 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...

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LASigned into law 05/2012P-12Student 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...

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TNSigned into law 05/2012P-12Grade 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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2012P-12Modifies 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...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Ranges 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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Assessing 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...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Reading 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...

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COSigned into law 05/2011P-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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Reading 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 ...

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CASigned into law 10/2010P-12Supplemental 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...

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INNotices of Intent to Adopt Rules 10/2010P-12Reading 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...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Task 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...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Waiver 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...

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LASigned into law 06/2009P-12Promotion/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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12At-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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Student 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 ...

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FLAdopted 01/2009P-12COMPREHENSIVE 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...

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LAAdopted 11/2008P-12Student 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...

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TXAdopted 08/2006P-12Optional 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...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Florida 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...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Middle 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...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12District 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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2005P-12Focus 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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Grade 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...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Supplemental 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...

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ARSigned into law 06/2004P-12Student 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...

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DERule Adoption 12/2003P-12Promotion
14 DAC 230
Establishes rules requiring that local school districts have promotion policies in place for grades K through grade 12. Incorporates the pro...

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OHSigned into law 08/2003P-12Promotion 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 ...

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NVSigned into law 06/2003P-12Promotion
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...

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NVSigned into law 05/2003P-12Requirements 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...

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MNSigned into law 05/2003P-12Retention 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 ...

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NMSigned into law 03/2003P-12Remediation, 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...

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FLSigned into law 08/2002P-12Education 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...

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DESigned into law 05/2002P-12Below 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...

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OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Student 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...

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UTSigned into law 02/2001P-12Middle 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...

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UTSigned into law 09/2000P-12Establishment 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...

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DESigned into law 05/2000P-12Professional 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...

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VASigned into law 03/2000P-12Accelerated Learning
H.B. 1196
Requires Board of Education to establish requirements to facilitate acceleration of students who are qualified under standard of learning as...

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NMSigned into law 02/2000P-12Standards, Remediation, Parent Involvement
H.B. 78
Relates to educational standards; provides for remediation and academic improvement programs; restricts promotions; provides for parental in...

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