From the ECS State Policy Database Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School

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 06/2013 P-12 Grant Program to Provide Instruction to Educationally Disadvantaged Students H.B. 742 Establishes a grant program for districts to provide summer instruction primarily for students who are educationally disadvantaged. Directs the commissioner to establish and administer a grant program to provide grants to up to 10 districts to provide instruct... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Expanded Learning Opportunities Council S.B. 503 Establishes the Expanded Learning Opportunities Council to study and make recommendations concerning expanded learning opportunities for public school students. Establishes membership. Provides "expanded learning opportunities" may be provided by offering rigo... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Summer Course Enrollment of Students Not Enrolled in District H.B. 2137 Requires a district, with exceptions, to permit a person eligible to attend school under statutory school age laws but who is not enrolled in the district to enroll in a summer school course on the same basis as a district student. Requires such person to sati... More... DC Passed 05/2013 P-12 Participation in summer learning D.C. Resolution 20-126 It is the sense of the Council that in light of the DCPS's late announcement of its new invitation-only policy for summer education, the District's 70% proficiency goals, and the District's financial position, in 2013, any student resident who wishes to enrol... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science A.B. 1663 Partially from bill summary: Amends methodology for establishing tuition fee for the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science operated by the regents of the University of California. Requests the regents to set a tuition fee within a range th... More... MD Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Maryland After-School and Summer Opportunity Fund Program H.B. 886 Extends the Maryland After-School Opportunity Fund Program to include summer programs. Provides that only nonpreofit organizations are eligible to receive a grant. Directs the executive committee to ensure funds are granted to nonprofit organizations in all ge... More... KY Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Summer Learning Camps S.B. 95 - Summer Learning Camps Outlines rationale for summer learning camps. Encourages development of a summer learning program for children from low-income families and children behind in grade level work who are entering the second year of the primary program through grade 5. Requires th... More... KY Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Governor's Scholars Program Administration H.B. 278 Transfers the Governor's Scholars Program from the office of the governor to the education and workforce development cabinet. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB278/bill.doc... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 After School Education and Safety Program S.B. 429 From bill summary: Provides that any school that establishes a program pursuant to the After School Education and Safety Program, or establishes a program with a before school program component pursuant to the program, is eligible to receive a supplemental gra... More... IL Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Summer Remediation in Reading and Math H.B. 139 Provides that if a student has performed below grade level for two consecutive years, a remedial summer school program must provide an emphasis on reading and math. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB0139lv.pdf... More... CT Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Closing the Achievement Gap/Early Literacy S.B. 929 Sec. 1 - Establishes a task force to address the academic achievement gaps in Connecticut by considering effective approaches to closing the achievement gaps in elementary, middle and high schools. Requires the task force to submit a master plan to the General... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Remediation H.B. 192 - Remediation Extends for 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years a provision waiving the state from specified reimbursement for additional days of instruction for low-performing students. Page 8 of 11: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/116810.pdf... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Allowable Expenditures of K-3 Reading Improvement Program Funds S.B. 63 Identifies allowable expenditures of K-3 Reading Improvement Program funds, including, among other uses, focused reading remediations through before- and after-school programs and summer programs, or reading software. Directs the state board to annually report... 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 supplemental instruction (during summer, before or after school, on Saturdays or during intersession--not during the regul... More... CA Signed into law 09/2010 P-12 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program S.B. 798 Primarily from bill summary: Requires, in any fiscal year in which the total state appropriation for that fiscal year under the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program exceeds the total state appropriation for the 2008–09 fiscal year after certain fund... More... RI Passed 11/2009 P-12 Task Force to Study Summer Learning Programs H.B. 5967 Creates a thirteen member special legislative task force whose purpose it would be to make a comprehensive study of summer learning programs and report back to the General Assembly. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext09/housetext09/h5967aa.htm... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Community Schools H.B. 684 Defines "community school" as a school that partners with its community to provide enrichment and life skill opportunities for students, parents and community members. Subject to an appropriation or the availability of funding for such purposes, requires the s... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Summer Food Service S.B. 1977 - Summer Food Service Clarifies that districts must continue to operate a summer breakfast and lunch program as long as they have one or more schools (i) in which at least 50% of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals and (ii) that have a summer school pro... More... CA Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 After School Education and Safety Program A.B. 2 - Section 8 The purpose of the After School Education and Safety Program is to create incentives for establishing before- and after-school enrichment programs (including during the summer) that partner public schools and communities to provide academic and literacy suppor... More... RI Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Rhode Island After School and Summer Learning Program Act H.B. 5802 Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to begin planning an initial, demonstration after school and summer learning program that meets high quality standards; includes child care. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law09/law09087.ht... More... RI Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Rhode Island After School and Summer Learning Program Act S.B. 954 Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to begin planning an initial, demonstration after school and summer learning program that meets high quality standards. Goal: Meets high quality standards, is age/grade appropriate, runs programming... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Summer school S.B. 484 Requires the Department of Education to establish a pilot program to encourage school districts to provide supplemental summer instruction; authorizes school districts participating in the program to seek public or private funds for the purposes of offering su... More... ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Summer School Support H.B. 1400 - Summer School Section Summer school courses and programs eligible for payment from the state: 1. a. Remedial mathematics provided to students enrolled in any grade from kindergarten through eight; b. Remedial reading provided to students enrolled in any grade from kindergarten thro... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Smart Core Incentive Funding Program S.B. 918 Creates the Smart Core Incentive Funding Program to provide a financial incentive to assist with a public high school's efforts to encourage students to complete the Smart Core curriculum and promote programs that contribute to student success, including tutor... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Assorted Amendments to the School Code S.B. 2482 Repeals the Professional Development Block Grant. Amends requirements related to annual census for special education, such that census must include students age 3 to 21 (rather than birth to 21) receiving special education services. Eliminates requirement that... More... WV Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Summer School Teaching Staff H.B. 217B Requires county boards filling summer school program positions to give employment preference to professional educators who are regularly employed by the county on a full-time basis. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/2X/BILLS/hb217%20enr... More... MO Adopted 07/2008 P-12 SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS 5 CSR 50-340.050 Proposes rules regarding standards for summer school programs. MISSOURI 17889 http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/5csr/5c50-340.pdf... More... WY Adopted 07/2008 P-12 Bridges Summer School, Enrichment, Extended Day Grant Chapter 33 Establishes emergency rules regarding grants under the Wyoming Bridges Summer School, Enrichment and Extended Day Grant Program. Sets forth grant requirements and application procedures to which districts must adhere to for eligibility. http://www.k12.wy.us/A/... More... OK Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Support for Summer Reading, Survey on District Online Testing Capacity S.B. 1769 Relates to schools; provides a school district which has a certain amount of students participating in a summer reading program may be allocated a base amount of moneys for the program which shall be in addition to the per-student reimbursement amount provided... More... TX Adopted 06/2008 P-12 Intensive Summer Program Grants 19 TAC 1.4.L.4.210 -.214 The Intensive Summer Program purpose is to create pilot programs in which institutions of higher education provide intensive academic instruction for students who are identified as being at risk of dropping out of school or college. The areas for intensive ins... More... IL Adopted 01/2008 P-12 Summer Bridges Program 23 IAC 232.50, .60 Strengthen recipient districts' accountability with respect to implementation of the program, chiefly by providing for some quality assurance measures regarding the teachers paid from the state funds provided. Salient among these requirements are following the... More... CO Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Summer School Grant Program 1 CCR 301-50 Clarifies rules regarding the Summer School Grant Program for Academic Achievement, including funding provisions, curriculum and assessments and evaluation of progress. COLORADO 9376 http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/download/bdregs_301-50.pdf... More... NY Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Summer Academies and Teacher Professional Development for Middle Grades Math and Science Title 8 NYCRR Section 100.14 and 100.15 Establishes criteria for the award of grants for the Excelsior Scholars program for grade 7 math and science students. Establishes criteria for the award of grants for summer institutes for mathematics and science teachers in grades 5-8. Effective November 15,... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Summer Breakfast/Lunch Program H.B. 1964 Directs a district to develop a plan to have a summer breakfast or lunch (or both) program for each school (i) in which at least 50% of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals and (ii) that has a summer school program. Requires such pl... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Education Code Amendments H.B. 2189 Amends Education Code in the following ways: 1) Prescribes authorities of county school boards. 2) Expands purposes for which schools may expend funds. 3) Establishes certain vehicle and driver safety requirements for transporting students to a school-sponso... More... WY Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Extended Day & Summer School Programs, Distance Learning/Virtual University & Finance - Alternative Education Updates H.B. 115 Requires the state superintendent of public instruction to review at-risk program strategies funded under the block grant model, specifically including alternative schools and imposes a moratorium on new alternative schools recognized under the model during th... 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 not to be promoted to the next grade level for the succeeding school year. TEXAS 9885 http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/ta... More... WY Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2006 P-12 Summer School & Extended Day Grant Program Chapter 33 Establishes emergency rules concerning the Bridges summer school, enrichment, and extended day grant programs. Sets forth the grant requirements and application procedures for eligibility and application for financial assistance for the provision of interventi... 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 preparation of each secondary school's improvement plan: (a) Struggling students, especially those in failing schools, need th... More... ND Adopted 04/2006 P-12 Credentials and Instructional Standards NDAC 67-11-01-01, thru 01-07.1 non-seq, 67-15-02-01 thru 02-07non-seq, 67-19-01-01 thru 01-43 non-seq, 67-20-01-01 thru 01-08, 67-22-01-01thru 01-03, 67- 24-01 thru -01-07 Amends administrative rules pertainingto credentials for Title I coordinator, library media, special education director, special education strategist, and reconfiguration ofinstructional days, high school summer school payments, and entrance standards or high ... More... WY Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Resource Block Grant Model -- Recalibration H.B. 139 Relates to school finance; implements 2005 recalibration modifications to the state education resource block grant model; clarifies duties of the secretary of state, state superintendent, Department of Education, school districts and the School Facilities Comm... More... LA Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Summer School and Private Providers LAC 28:CXV.2504 Allows students to attend summer school from private providers if the summer school applications from the private provider are approved by the district. Page 7 of 106: http://www.doa.state.la.us/osr/reg/0512/0512RUL.pdf... More... LA Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Private Summer School Providers LAC 28:LXXIX, Chapter 1-31 Relates to private schools. Adds programs of study and revises summer school policy. Pages 8-34 of 106: http://www.doa.state.la.us/osr/reg/0512/0512RUL.pdf... 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 on reading and mathematics. Requires the state board of education to encourage school districts to integrate the teachin... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Pupils With Disabilities H.B. 2432 Changes statutory reference from "extended school year program" to "extended school year services" for students with disabilities. Rewrites language pertaining to circumstances under which extended school year services must be provided to such students. Specif... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 School Finance S.F. 47 Continues assistance to school districts for full-day kindergarten programs ($5 million) and the summer school grant program ($4.5 million); provides assistance to school districts for health insurance ($33,321,419). http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2005/enroll/SF... More... CA Vetoed, back in Senate to unfinished business 10/2004 P-12 Community College Postsec. Concurrent Enrollment S.B. 905 Relates to existing law which authorizes a principal to recommend a high school pupil for community college summer session attendance, if that pupil demonstrates adequate preparation in the discipline to be studies and has exhausted all opportunities to enroll... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Fees for Louisiana School of Math, Science, and the Arts H.B. 431 Increases certain fees imposed by the board of directors of the state school of math, science, and the arts. Increases maximum possible security deposit from $100 to $150; increases maximum possible room and board fee for summer session from $300 to $400 per ... More... DE Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Summer School S.B. 141 Allows the use of indicators other than assessments prior to mandatory summer school; permits other indicators to be used to determine if a student has demonstrated proficient performance relative to the state content standards prior to summer school; provides... More... IN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Joint Summer School Programs; Teacher Testing S.B. 230 Allows a school corporation to enter into an agreement with other school corporations and accredited nonpublic schools to provide joint summer school programs for high school students. Allows the joint programs to be conducted by state educational institutions... More... MA Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Preschool, Extended-Day and -Year Programs for Limited English Proficient Students H.B. 5010 Permits districts to establish full-time or part-time preschool, after-school or summer school programs English language learners programs, although these programs may not substitute for English language learners programs provided during the regular school yea... More... ID Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Alternative summer school programs H.B. 687 Creates mechanism and funding for alternative summer school programs.... More... MD Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot Program H.B. 1370 Allows, if federal funds are sufficient, districts in addition to Baltimore and Prince George's County to apply to department for grants to participate in the Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot Program. Extends pilot program through June 30, 2007. ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Summer School Grant Program and Teacher Pay Incentive Program H.B. 1304 Expands the Summer School Grant Program to provide funding to school districts for the operation of intensive literacy and reading comprehension education services to students preparing to enter the first grade who scored at an unsatisfactory level on the kind... More... MD Signed by governor 05/2002 P-12 Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot Program H.B. 1370 Provides that if additional federal funding becomes available for the Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot Program, counties other than Baltimore County and Prince George's County are eligible to apply to the department for grants. Extends pilot progr... 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 reading assessment from being promoted to the next grade unless the student participated in a summer school program and att... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Waivers for Extended Day/Week/Year Programs H.B. 626 Authorizes the commissioner of education to approve district requests for grant waivers that would allow the district to use grants for extended day/week/year through an "alternative service delivery option," including offering programs during the school day.... More... MS Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Extended Day and -Year Programs and Home Rule S.B. 2317 Deletes the automatic repealer on the authority of local school boards to provide extended school day and extended school year programs and on local school district instructional home rule authority.... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Omnibus Bill with Appropriations S.B. 307 Creates public school reading proficiency fund to help train teachers to teach reading and writing to students below grade level; sets up "enterprise centers" to provide fee-for-service assistance to districts; creates "probationary school intervention funds" ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Extended School Year for Low-Performing Schools S.B. 1387 Extends the date of repeal of existing law authorizing the Compton Unified School District to identify low-performing schools in the district and make pupils in K-12 in those schools eligible for extended school year instruction, to 1/1/2002.... More... CA Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Mandatory Summer School S.B. 1683 Renames summer school instructional programs as supplemental instructional programs and would authorize the programs also to be offered before school. Requires the governing board of each school district to offer that supplemental instruction to pupils in grad... More... IL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Safety, School Report Cards, Background Checks, Summer School H.B. 4587 Public Act No. 91-4587; Amends the School Code to provide that the School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program shall provide funding for school report cards and criminal background investigations; adds the Summer Bridges program to the progra... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Remediation, Summer School H.B. 1353 Re-arranges paragraphs of the Standards of Quality pertaining to remediation programs and requirements in order to provide consistency, clarity, and readability; clarifies that any student who does not pass literacy tests or any of the Standards of Learning as... More...