| State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | From section 56 of bill summary: Reduces by various amounts appropriations made for supplemental school counseling, special education, partnership academies, instructional support to help pupils pass the high school exit examination, English language tutoring to limited-English-proficient pupils, incentive grants to support the hiring of more K-8 physical education teachers, the Arts and Music Block Grant, certificated staff mentoring, and community colleges. Makes available for reappropriation the unencumbered balances of specified appropriations made in prior fiscal years for various educational purposes and would reappropriate $220,137,000 to the state department of education for apportionment for special education programs. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1001-1050/sb_1016_bill_20120627_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1016 - Appropriations and Reappropriations
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | This act would require that individuals seeking to participate in any mentoring program whereby the individual would be working with a student or students as a mentor or in a mentoring situation would be required to undergo a criminal background check similar to other employees in a public or private school..
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText12/HouseText12/H7077.pdf
Title: H.B. 7077
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires that funds for remediation and intervention be used for any student in grades 6-12 determined to be in need of remediation or intervention including students who have scored at the unsatisfactory or limited knowledge level on tests. Directs school districts to provide intervention, rather than just remediation, to students who do not score at least proficient on certain criterion-referenced tests and end-of-instruction tests. Intervention and remediation may include supplementary services provided on an individual basis or in a classroom setting.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB1917%20ENR.DOC
Title: H.B. 1917
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| DE | Issued 01/2011 | P-12 | Reconstitutes the Delaware Mentoring Council created under former Governor Mike Castle. Establishes the council as the statewide organization responsible for promoting and facilitating mentoring programs for school-aged children. Directs the council, in cooperation with the office of the lieutenant governor and Delaware Department of Education, to support a statewide mentoring network and promote both school-based and community-based mentoring focused on building academic, career, social and life skills. Identifies constituencies to be represented among the 28 council members.
Directs the council to:
(a) Promote the benefits of mentoring and the recruitment of mentors
(b) Identify and promote "The Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring" of MENTORTM, the National Mentoring Partnership, for safe and effective mentoring programs
(c) Oversee data collection and reporting on the status of mentoring in the state, including the number of mentoring pairs and how many children are in need of a mentor
(d) Work to ensure an adequate level of financial resources to support mentoring programs statewide, including fund raising and funds distribution
(e) Support efforts to provide and improve training, match supervision, technical assistance and evaluation of mentoring programs
(f) Coordinate centralized mentor and mentee training that is both accessible and affordable
(g) Provide technical assistance to organizations interested in starting, strengthening or expanding a quality mentoring program
(h) Coordinate statewide media campaigns, maintain a Web site and serve as the coordinator of National Mentoring Month
(i) Advocate and promote public policies that strengthen mentoring
(j) Provide an annual report of its activities to the governor each July
(g) Conduct a full evaluation of its activities and administrative arrangements within five years of the execution of this order and provide a report to the governor of its evaluation, which must include a recommendation as to the continuation of the council.
Rescinds Executive Order No. 99, dated September 17, 1991, issued by Governor Michael N. Castle, and Executive Order No. 26, dated January 10, 2002, issued by Governor Ruth Ann Minner.
http://governor.delaware.gov/orders/exec_order_24.shtml
Title: Executive Order 24
Source: governor.delaware.gov
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Creates Missouri Senior Cadets Program which will provide opportunities for twelfth grade students in public school to mentor kindergarten through eighth grade students. Seniors must be a state resident, attending a state high school, maintaining a 3.0 GPA and planning to attend college. Seniors who donate ten hours per week during the academic year will receive one elective credit that may be used to fulfill graduation requirements. If a student attends a public college or university located in the state after participating in the program, subject to appropriation, the state will provide a reimbursement in the amount of three credit hours per semester for up to four years.
http://www.senate.mo.gov/09info/pdf-bill/tat/SB291.pdf
Title: S.B. 291--Senior Cadets Program
Source: http://www.senate.mo.gov
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| ND | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Beginning with the 2010-11 school year, each district must have available one full-time equivalent student performance strategist for every four hundred students in average daily membership in kindergarten through grade three. Each school district shall submit documentation to the superintendent of public instruction, at the time and in the manner directed by the superintendent, verifying the amount of time that each student performance strategist expended in tutoring students on a one-to-one basis or in groups ranging from two to five, or in providing instructional coaching to teachers. For purposes of this section, a "student performance strategist" must meet the qualifications of an elementary school teacher as set forth in
section 15.1-18-07 and serve as a tutor or an instructional coach.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Sec. 8, Strategist
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | New law. Directs the state department to encourage school districts to develop mentorship programs aimed at reducing drop-out rates; specifies components of program; provides that the goal of these programs shall be to identify middle school and high school students who are at a high risk for leaving school before they obtain their high school diploma and providing these students with comprehensive prevention and intervention programs.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10HB/HB1050_int.rtf
Title: H.B. 1050
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | Authorizes a peer mentoring pilot program at Western Washington University and a community or technical college; requires Western Washington University to create and implement a pilot mentoring program to inspire academic success and introduce elementary students to educational opportunities; requires the higher education coordinating board to award grants to eligible institutions participating in the mentoring pilot project. Chapter 446
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1986.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1986
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| MO | Adopted 08/2008 | P-12 | Proposes rules regarding the mentoring program. Establishes standards for successful mentoring programs.
http://dese.mo.gov/schoollaw/rulesregs/80850045.htm
Title: 5 CSR 80-850.045
Source: http://dese.mo.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Provides restrictions on charges by specified school districts for facility rental fees paid by state- approved supplemental educational services providers; requires the Department of Education to annually evaluate and grade supplemental education services providers; provides reporting requirements.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_s1414er.DOC&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=1414&Session=2008
Title: S.B. 1414
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/
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| IL | Signed into law 11/2007 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | Requires the state community college board to create a 3-year college and career readiness pilot program, beginning with the high school class of 2008, to meet the following goals:
(1) To diagnose college readiness by developing a system to align ACT scores to specific community college courses in developmental and freshman curriculums.
(2) To reduce remediation by decreasing the need for remedial coursework in mathematics, reading, and writing at the college level by (i) increasing the number of students enrolled in a college-prep core curriculum, (ii) assisting students in improving college readiness skills, and (iii) increasing successful student transitions into postsecondary education.
(3) To align high school and college curriculums.
(4) To provide resources and academic support to students to enrich the senior year of high school through remedial or advanced coursework and other interventions.
(5) To develop an appropriate evaluation process to measure the effectiveness of readiness intervention strategies.
Directs the state board to select four community colleges to participate in the program, based on the number of students in developmental courses, student demographics, geographic diversity, the college's willingness to submit developmental and introductory courses to ACT for analysis of college placement, and the college's ability to partner with local high schools to develop college and career readiness strategies and college readiness teams. Directs the state board to work with ACT to analyze up to 10 courses at each college to determine student placement and college readiness. Directs each participating community college to establish an agreement with one or more high schools to:
(A) Create a data-sharing agreement.
(B) Create a Readiness Prescription for each student, showing all of the following:
(i) The readiness status for college-level work.
(ii) Course recommendations for remediation or for advanced coursework in Advanced Placement classes or dual credit and dual enrollment programs.
(iii) Additional academic support services, including tutoring, mentoring, and college application assistance.
(C) Create college and career readiness teams of faculty and counselors or advisers from the community college and high school, the college and career readiness coordinator from the community college, and other members as determined by the high school and community college. Provides the the teams may include
local business or civic leaders. Directs the teams to develop intervention strategies by:
(i) Using the Readiness Prescription to develop a contract with each student for remedial or advanced coursework to be taken during the senior
year.
(ii) Monitor student progress.
(iii) Provide readiness support services.
(D) Retest students in the spring of 2008 to assess progress and college readiness.
Directs the state board to work with participating community colleges and high schools to develop an evaluation process that includes specified criteria, including student enrollment in college in fall 2008, placement of college and career readiness students in developmental and regular courses in the fall of 2008, and retention of college and career readiness students in spring semester 2009. Directs the state board to work with participating community colleges and high schools to establish operational processes and a budget for college and career readiness pilot programs, including employment of a college and career readiness
coordinator at each community college site.
Provides that in year two of the program, beginning with the Class of 2009, the state board must additionally:
(1) Analyze courses at 3 new community college sites.
(2) Undertake intervention strategies through college and career readiness teams with students in the class of 2009.
(3) Monitor and assist college and career readiness graduates from the class of 2008 in college.
Provides that in year three of the program, beginning with the Class of 2010, the state board must:
(1) Analyze courses at 5 additional community college sites.
(2) Add college and career readiness teams at 3 new sites (from year 2 of the program).
(3) Undertake intervention strategies through college and career readiness teams with students of the class of 2010 at 7 sites.
(4) Monitor and assist students from the classes of 2008 and 2009 in college.
Adds an immediate effective date. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/95/PDF/095-0694.pdf
Title: S.B. 858
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Amends the Educational Partnership Act. Provides that public institutions of higher education that have approved teacher education programs may engage pre-service teacher candidates in the tutorial services for elementary and secondary students in need of such services, as provided in the act. Allows qualified students to receive compensation for such tutorial services while also receiving academic or clinical experience credit or both. Adds an immediate effective date. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0223lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 223
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop a work-study mentorship program under which eligible college students are authorized to mentor and counsel other students. The bill also provides for the funding of the program, authorizes students to serve as mentors in GO Centers and in high schools, and authorizes nonprofit organizations to partner with institutions of higher education to pursue the objectives of the program.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/SB01050F.pdf
Title: S.B. 1050
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| MO | Issued 04/2007 | P-12 | Establishes the Missouri Mentor Initiative, under which up to 200 full-time employees of the state of Missouri are eligible for one hour per week of paid approved work to mentor in Missouri public primary and secondary schools.
Title: E.O. 20
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2006 | P-12 | Relates to the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program to assist pupils in passing high school exit exams. Provides hours of operation per week for each program. Revises grant application procedures and requirements for schools and grant priorities for the Department of Education. Requires specified program outcome reports. Revises the grant application requirements. Provides for local assistance funds to support program improvement and technical assistance.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_638_bill_20060921_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 638
Source: California Legislature
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2006 | P-12 | Permits use of state and local funds if a school is required to contract with an outside entity for supplemental instruction to high-priority pupils. Revises the High Priority Schools Grant Program to require the Superintendent to invite a 2nd cohort of schools into the program for the 2005-06 fiscal year. Revises the application procedure, conditions requiring state monitoring of schools in the grant program, and procedures for establishment of school assistance and intervention teams for certain schools.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2251-2300/ab_2254_bill_20060907_enrolled.pdf
Title: A.B. 2254
Source: California Legislature
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2006 | P-12 | Requires each school district, as a condition of receiving funding under this act, to develop a plan, to be approved by the governing board, certifying that the agency will accomplish certain objectives relating to providing personal English language tutoring to children from backgrounds of limited English proficiency and to collect certain data for use in revising and updating the plan. Requires the board review, revise as necessary, and approve the plan, as a condition for funding.
Title: S.B. 368
Source: California Legislature
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2006 | P-12 | Creates the safe mentoring program accreditation act. Establishes an accreditation process for child mentoring programs, a state board for the accreditation of mentoring programs and requires potential mentors to be subject to a criminal history check.
Title: S.B. 5071
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Relates to school attendance; expands the services of the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards Intervention and Dropout Prevention Program to include middle school pupils and any pupil for 12 months after the student exits the program.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/47leg/2r/bills/sb1382s.pdf
Title: S.B. 1382
Source: Arizona Legislature
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Establishes the Mentoring Partnership Grant Program administered by the Department of Education to provide grants to eligible entities for mentoring programs that provide guidance, support and encouragement to young people through the development of structured relationships; provides for program grants; includes school-based and independent programs.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billdocs/LD097901.doc
Title: H.B. 689; LD 979
Source: Maine Legislature
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| AZ | Adopted 05/2006 | P-12 | Amends rules to allow for the mentoring of school age youths at a public, private, or home school, or through a faith-based organization if the services can be maintained. ARIZONA 3737
Title: R2-5-502
Source: Arizona Rules
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Relates to the Department of Education; concerns school accountability; regards schools failing to meet academic standards; establishes the failing school tutoring fund; provides that the department of education may use monies from the fund to purchase materials designed to assist students to meet academic standards and to achieve a passing score on the instrument to measure standards test in order to graduate from high school.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/47leg/2r/bills/sb1381s.pdf
Title: S.B. 1381
Source: Arizona Legislature
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Beginning with students entering grade 6 in the 2006-2007 school year, promotion from a school composed of middle grades 6, 7, and 8 requires that: (a) The student must successfully complete academic courses as follows: 1.. Three middle school or higher courses in English. 2. Three middle school or higher courses in mathematics. Each middle school must offer at least one high-school-level mathematics course for which students may earn high school credit. 3. Three middle school or higher courses in social studies, one semester of which must include the study of state and federal government and civics education. 4. Three middle school or higher courses in science. 5. One course in career and education planning to be completed in 7th or 8th grade. The course must include career exploration using CHOICES for the 21st Century or a comparable cost-effective program; must include educational planning using the online student advising system known as Florida Academic Counseling and Tracking for Students; and shall result in the completion of a personalized academic and career plan.
Each school must hold meetings to inform parents about the course curriculum and activities. Each student shall complete an electronic personal education plan. By January 1, 2007, the Department of Education will develop course frameworks and professional development materials for the career exploration and education planning course.
The Commissioner of Education will collect longitudinal high school course enrollment data by student ethnicity in order to analyze course-taking patterns. For each year in which a student scores at Level l on FCAT Reading, the student must be enrolled in and complete an intensive reading course the following year. Placement of Level 2 readers in either an intensive reading course or a content area course in which reading strategies are delivered will be determined by diagnosis of reading needs. For each year in which a student scores at Level 1 or Level 2 on FCAT Mathematics, the student must receive remediation the following year, which may be integrated into the
student's required mathematics course.
Students in grade 6, grade 7, or grade 8 who are not enrolled in schools with a middle grades configuration are subject to the promotion requirements of this section.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7087er.doc&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7087&Session=2006
Title: H.B. 7087 (Section 21)
Source: Florida Legislature
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Encourages the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish the Kentucky Youth Development Coordinating Council; establishes membership and permits the creation of subcommittees of the council; requires the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service to perform the administrative functions of the council; establishes the duties of the council; requires the council to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly as specified.
Includes among the council's duties collaboration with public and private partnerships to support statewide networks connecting quality and sustainable state and local youth development efforts, such as mentoring partnerships and after-school and extended-learning opportunities, and to leverage private, state, and federal resources to support these efforts; and encouraging state agencies and nonprofit organizations to collaborate on model programs and demonstration projects that promote youth and parental involvement, strengthen families, and focus on target populations of youth. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/SJ184/bill.doc
Title: S.J.R. 184
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MI | Issued 01/2006 | P-12 | Establishes the Mentor Michigan Leadership Council. The Council is to act in an advisory capacity and do all of the following:
1. Review, develop, and advise the Governor and the Commission on the development and implementation of a statewide mentoring initiative to be known as "Mentor Michigan."
2. Develop and recommend to the Governor and the Commission a plan for Mentor Michigan. The plan shall do all of the following:
a. Identify existing mentoring activities and encourage additional mentoring activities throughout Michigan.
b. Make recommendations on the coordination of the mentoring activities of state departments and agencies.
c. Educate Michigan citizens about the importance of mentoring.
d. Promote individuals, organizations, and institutions that serve as outstanding examples of mentoring.
e. Coordinate the use of volunteer resources to recruit Michigan residents to serve as mentors.
f. Identify and promote standards for mentoring programs.
g. Develop and recommend a clearinghouse in partnership with existing mentoring organizations to identify and place mentors.
h. Advocate on behalf of mentors, mentoring organizations, and expansion of mentoring in Michigan.
3. Annually update the plan developed under Section III.A.2 and submit the updated plan to the Governor and the Commission not later than 60 days after the close of each fiscal year.
4. Advise the Governor and the Commission on the development and establishment of local mentoring initiatives.
http://www.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168-21975-134724--,00.html
Title: Executive Order No. 2006-3
Source: http://www.michigan.gov
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| DE | Issued 05/2005 | P-12 | Establishes Governor's Mentoring Initiative to encourage state employees to volunteer as mentors to school-aged youth in their communities, and to facilitate such service through use of flexible employee schedules. The Delaware Mentoring Council is responsible for overseeing and implementing the Governor's Mentoring Initiative.
http://www.state.de.us/governor/orders/webexecorder75.shtml#TopOfPage
Title: Executive Order #75
Source: http://www.state.de.us/
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, provides an elective credit towards high school graduation for serving as a student mentor. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1043.pdf
Title: S.B. 1043
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Relates to State employees; requires Department of Administration rules to encourage employees to mentor school age youths. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=sb1388
Title: S.B. 1388
Source: Arizona Legislative web site
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| IA | Vetoed 05/2004 | P-12 | Relates to and making appropriations from the healthy Iowans tobacco trust and the tobacco settlement trust fund and providing an effective date; provides for high school mentors to teach life skills, violence prevention and character education in an effort to reduce the illegal use of alcohol, tobacco and other substances. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&hbill=HF2577
Title: H.F. 2577
Source: StateNet
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| AZ | Issued 01/2004 | P-12 | Creates the Governor's Mentoring Initiative to encourage state employees to volunteer as mentors to school-aged youth in their community through one hour of flex time per week. Specifies that employees whose jobs are compatible with allowing flex time may volunteer through mentoring, tutoring, reading/literacy activities or guest-speaking to classrooms of school-aged youth. Requires the governor's office for children, youth and families to track the number of state employees who volunteer through this initiative. Requires state employees to exercise common sense in evaluating the entities for whom they volunteer through this initiative, and bars them from volunteering for any organization whose interests conflict with those of the state of Arizona or the employee's agency or division. http://www.governor.state.az.us/eo/2004_01.pdf
Title: Executive Order 2004-01
Source: www.governor.state.az.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes each school district to provide a mentoring services program to students at risk of dropping out of school. The bill requires a district that provides a mentoring services program using compensatory education funds to meet standards adopted by the governor under the mentoring initiative established by the governor. The bill requires the board of trustees of the district to obtain the consent of a student's parent or guardian before allowing the student to participate in the program. The bill authorizes the board of trustees of the district to arrange for any public or private community-based organization to come to the district's schools and implement the program. The bill authorizes funds allocated under Section 42.152 to be used to fund a district's mentoring services program. (Committee Analysis Report) http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=S&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00016&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: S.B. 16
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Makes appropriation from the healthy Iowans tobacco trust and the tobacco settlement trust fund for various initiatives, including for a $400,000 grant to a program that utilizes high school mentors to teach life skills, violence prevention, and character education in an effort to reduce the illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and other substances. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/80GA/Legislation/HF/00600/HF00685/Current.html
Title: H.F. 685
Source: www.legis.state.ia.us
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| FL | Signed into law 08/2002 | P-12 | Creates "directory" section to inform tutors of obligation to keep and prepare records in accordance with other statutes. See bill section 108, page 306, line 18, ff: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0020Eer.pdf
Title: S.B. 20E
Source: www.leg.state.fl.us
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| MD | Signed into law 08/2002 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires governor to include in state budget at least 80% of funds appropriated in prior fiscal year for specified need-based financial aid programs and other programs. Changes name of Maryland Higher Education Commission's State Scholarship Administration to Office of Student Financial Assistance. Allows students in grades 9 and 10 who qualify for a guaranteed access grant award on basis of financial need to prequalify for such award by agreeing in writing to specified criteria, including refraining from substance abuse and participating in the College Readiness Outreach Program. Establishes the College Readiness Outreach Program to help students who qualify for a guaranteed access award in 9th or 10th grade to continue to higher education. Requires designation of state and regional program coordinators to cooperate with districts in offering guidance and mentoring to participating high school students. Permits contracts between commission and department and existing organizations to provide mentoring and counseling. Provides for supplementation of mentors with other individuals. Requires state to fund 50% of specified costs of program. Extends deadline for submission of Education Excellence Awards applications under specified circumstances. Establishes additional commission responsibilities for administration of educational excellence award program. Establishes Maryland Graduate and Professional Development Program for full-time and part-time students in specified professional fields (not education.) Requires College Readiness Outreach Program to be established over a 5-year period starting in FY04 to the extent funds are available. Requires that in first year, up to 1,000 students participate in 4 specified counties, and that additional counties be added until students in all counties are participating. Requires that performance evaluation of College Readiness Outreach Program be completed and report on program delivered to assembly by July 1, 2007. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/hb/hb0661e.rtf
Title: H.B. 661
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Requires the State Department of Education to assist interested schools in implementing Structured Academic Mentoring Programs, designed to improve student performance and to assist these schools in developing Structured Academic Mentoring Programs that meet criteria necessary to qualiify for reading first funds established under the no Child Left Behind Act or any other available source.
Title: S.B. 834
Source: http://www.scstatehouse.net/wdprever/currsess/834_20020418.doc
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the department to distribute a grant in specified amounts to distressed counties in FY 03 and 04 and to all counties in FY05 and subsequent years for the administration of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test to 10th-graders. Funding should be sufficient to administer PSAT to all 10th graders in the county. Replaces "State Scholarship Administration" with "Office of Student Financial Assistance." Requires governor to annually fund need-based scholarship programs at a minimum of 80% of the funds allocated the previous year. States that 9th- or 10th-grader who applies and qualifies for a Guaranteed Access Grant Award on the basis of financial need is prequalified for a guaranteed access award by agreeing in writing to meet certain criteria as a secondary and postsecondary student, including participating in the College Readiness Outreach Program until high school graduation; establishes the College Readiness Outreach Program for 9th- and 10th-grade students; allows, if state funds are available, students to receive Educational Excellence Awards who meet requirements but have missed March 1 deadline. Designates specified responsibilities in Educational Excellence Awards to the Maryland Higher Education Commission; establishes need-based Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program for full- and part-time students professional students in specified fields studying at specified universities; establishes K-16 Leadership Council. Requires that department develop, in conjunction with state professional standards board, certificate for middle school teachers. Establishes that College Readiness Outreach Program be implemented over 5-year period beginning in FY04, and that the program be implemented in its first year for up to 1,000 students in Allegany, Prince George's, and Wicomico counties and Baltimore City. Requires that College Readiness Outreach Program be evaluated by commission, in consulation with department, and reported on to general assembly by July 1, 2007. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/sb/sb0453e.rtf
Title: S.B. 453
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Appropriates specified funds from the Education Trust Fund to the State Department of Education for the support and maintenance for a tutorial program for the fiscal year; provides that the appropriation is subject to certain provisions of the Code of Alabama 1975; requires an operations plan and an audited financial statement prior to the release of funds. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2002rs/bills/hb143.htm
Title: H.B. 143
Source: alisdb.legislature.state.al.us
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | States that if a child is exempt from compulsory attendance and is employed to work in the entertainment industry pursuant to a written contract for a period of more than 91school days, including employment with a motion picture company or employment with a production company hired by a casino or resort hotel, the entity that employs the child must, upon the request of the parent or legal guardian of the child, pay the costs for the child to receive at least three hours of tutoring per day for at least five days per week. In lieu of tutoring, the parent or legal guardian of such a child may agree with the entity that employs the child that the entity will pay the costs for the child to receive other educational or instructional services, which are equivalent to tutoring.
Title: S.B. 236
Source: http://www.ecs.org/html/offsite.asp?document=http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| NM | Vetoed 03/2001 | P-12 | Appropriates $3 million from the general fund to the state department for the purpose of establishing a new fund designed to support academic and social enrichment activities through tutoring and enhanced learning opportunities for students in grades 6, 7 and 8. Adds a new section, provides a definition of the terms within the Student Enhancement Act and lays out the general requirements for school participation. Schools that would like to begin these programs must apply to the state department, which will determine the need of the eligible school based on the number of students who are receiving free or reduced-fee lunches and have a significant level of student under-performance. The department retains the ability to monitor the results of these programs and can, if it has been determined, cease to provide funds to non-complying schools.
Title: H.B. 46
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site
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| GA | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Relates to the powers and duties of the Governor; enacts the Georgia Mentoring Act of 2000; makes legislative findings; authorizes the office of the Governor to develop and implement a State-wide strategy to provide academic support and guidance, to award grants to local school systems, to administer academic volunteer and mentor service programs; provides for the use of such funds; provides for awards for outstanding academic mentors; repeals conflicting laws.
Title: S.B. 290
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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