From the ECS State Policy Database Special Populations--Migrant Education

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 Exemption of Limited English Proficient Student from State Assessment S.B. 377 From fiscal note: For the purposes of determining whether a student is allowed an exemption or postponement of an assessment because the student recently enrolled in a school in the U.S. and is of limited English proficiency, prohibits the consideration of a s... More... TX Adopted 10/2012 P-12 Calculating FTE Counts for Districts Serving a Significant Migrant Population 19 TAC 129.1021 From Texas Register: Adds provisions to reflect the agency's current practice for determining full-time-equivalent (FTE) counts for special education, bilingual education, and career and technical education allotments for school districts and charter schools i... More... CA Signed into law 09/2010 P-12 Migrant Education S.B. 331 Reduces the number of years a child may be deemed a migrant child from 5 years to 3 years. Deletes provisions (1) requiring priority to be given to programs and activities for migrant children and (2) prohibiting migrant programs from being provided solely for... More... NM Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Community College College Assistance Migrant Program S.B. 858 Creates the college assistance migrant program at New Mexico State University to serve educational needs of migrants and seasonal farm workers who are students at the university. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0858.pdf... More...