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].
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 TX | Adopted 10/2012 | P-12 | 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 in which the total enrollment contains 5.0% or more students who have certificates of eligibility in the state's migrant student tracking database. For each such district or charter school, directs the commissioner of education to calculate annual FTE as used in the calculation of the special education, bilingual education, and career and technical education allotments by using the best four of the six-week periods for each of the three FTE counts. Provides that in no case may the annual FTE count exceed the sum of the number of students who have certificates of eligibility plus the FTEs calculated by using all six six-week periods. Adopted as published in the July 27, 2012 Texas Register (pages 12-13 of 47): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0727/0727prop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 129.1021
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Enables West Virginia to participate as a member of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Establishes the West Virginia Council for Educational Opportunity for Military Children for the purpose of coordinating entities in West Virginia regarding participation in the Interstate Compact. Designates the membership and establishing powers and duties of the West Virginia Council in order to facilitate the timely enrollment of children of military families in the public schools. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2550%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=2550
Title: H.B. 2550
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | 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 children who have ceased to migrate, and instead specifies that priority for services must be consistent with federal law. Deletes the cap on the number of migratory children that may be served in a region established by the service regional system (the primary method for the delivery of services to migrant children). Requires the annual report on the status of the migrant education program to include an evaluation of the program, a review of annual needs, a year-end assessment, policy recommendations, and the data collected regarding the program. Requires the State Parent Advisory Council to submit the report within 120 days from the conclusion of a training program on preparing the report provided by the state superintendent.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0301-0350/sb_331_bill_20100924_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 331
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | 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
Title: S.B. 858
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us
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