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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
CASigned into law 08/2010P-12Pupil Survey of Teachers
S.B. 1422
Authorizes a high school's student government to establish a committee of pupils and teachers to develop a survey by which pupils may provid...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 8010, S.B. 2738
Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, allowing children of military families to achieve educationa...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Enrollment of Foreign Exchange Students
H.B. 433
Requires a district or charter school to accept a foreign exchange student if another student from the same school is participating in the s...

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UTAdopted 01/2010P-12Bullying and Hazing Policies and Training
R277-613
Defines "bullying", "cyberbullying", and "hazing". Requires school districts and charter schools to implement bullying and hazing policies d...

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NDSigned into law 08/2009P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 1309
Provides for a legislative council study of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
http://www.legis.nd.go...

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NDSigned into law 08/2009P-12North Dakota Youth Council
H.B. 1463
Creates a state youth council; sets membership and duties. Requires the North Dakota youth council to develop a list of issues and concerns ...

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MESigned into law 06/2009P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 928
Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; relates to active duty status; relates to veterans, educatio...

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ORSigned into law 05/2009P-12Student Employment
H.B. 2826
Exempts children under 16 years of age from limitation on hours of work during summer and any vacation period of five or more consecutive sc...

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WASigned into law 04/2009Postsec.Student Health Insurance
S.B. 5925
Regards insurance for higher education students participating in study or research abroad; authorizes a governing board of a state instituti...

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MDSigned into law 04/2009P-12Youth Advisory Council Member
H.B. 485; S.B. 463
Alters the term of a youth member of the Youth Advisory Council; increases the term of a youth member who is elected cochair of the Council;...

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WASigned into law 04/2009P-12Recess
S.B. 5551
Regards recess periods for elementary school students; requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to collaborate with t...

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MDSigned into law 04/2009P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 306; S.B. 257
Establishes, through an Interstate Compact with specified member states, the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Chil...

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NMSigned into law 04/2009P-12School Athletics Programs
H.B. 432
Enacts the School Athletics Equity Act which provides that each public school shall operate its athletics program in a manner that does not ...

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MSSigned into law 03/2009P-12Placement of Twins
H.B. 1191
Relates to school classrooms; allow parents to choose if twins attend same class or separate classes.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/docum...

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IASigned into law 03/2009P-12Military Children
H.B. 214
Establishes the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children; establishes a council on educational opportunity for mi...

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MSSigned into law 03/2009P-12Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 2669
Relates to interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; enact.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/S...

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VASigned into law 03/2009P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 1727
Establishes a compact to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deplo...

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VASigned into law 03/2009P-12Class Placement of Twins or Higher Order Multiples
H.B. 2070
Requires local school boards to develop and implement policies to allow a parent of twins or higher order multiples to request that the chil...

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WYSigned into law 03/2009Postsec.Teacher Shortage Loans
H.B. 173
Relates to the Teacher Shortage Loan Repayment Program; expands loan program to specified teaching endorsements; excludes federal financial ...

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CAVetoed 09/2008P-12whole child
A.B. 2252
Establishes the Commission on Youth to examine policy and fiscal issues affecting the youth of this state and to make recommendations on tho...

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CAVetoed 09/2008P-12Student employment
A.B. 2213
Authorizes the principal of a public or private school to issue, or designate another administrator in the school to issue, work permits to ...

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MASigned into law 09/2008P-12Placement of Twins in Classrooms
H.B. 469
Relates to classroom placement of twins; provides that the parents of twins or higher order multiples may request that the children be place...

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FLSigned into law 06/2008P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 1203
Relates to educational opportunity for military children; directs the Governor to execute the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity ...

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SCSigned into law 06/2008P-12Enrollment of Military Families' Kids
H.B. 4320
Provides that a student whose parent or legal guardian has been called to active duty more than a specified number of miles outside of his r...

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MISigned into law 06/2008P-12Education Compact for Military Children
H.B. 5963
Establishes interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children; provides for the facilitation of the timely enrollment of c...

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CTSigned into law 05/2008P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Youth Policy Council
H.B. 5133
Continues the function of the Youth Futures Committee by establishing the Youth Policy Council to assist youth between the ages of twelve an...

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COSigned into law 05/2008P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 1317
Creates the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to remove barriers to educational success imposed on childre...

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COSigned into law 05/2008P-12Youth Advisory Council
H.B. 1157
Establishes a Youth Advisory Council to formally advise and make recommendations to elected officials on issues affecting youth in the State...

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GAVetoed 05/2008P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 345
Adds Georgia as a member of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Includes provisions related to unoffici...

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MDSigned into law 04/2008P-12Education of Military Children
H.B. 784; S.B. 457
Establishes a Task Force on Educational Issues Affecting Military Children; provides that the task force shall examine educational issues af...

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CAVetoed 10/2007P-12Student employment
S.B. 406
Authorizes certificated employees, who are employed by the applicable school district, authorized by the superintendent of the school distri...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Reassingment Appeals
H.B. 488
Permits local boards of education to provide for an administrative initial screening of pupil reassignment appeals.
http://www.ncga.state.nc...

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LASigned into law 06/2007P-12Legislative Youth Advisory Council
S.B. 46
Establishes the Legislative Youth Advisory Council as an initiative under the administration of the state commission on civic education. Pro...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Student Identification Number
S.B. 211
Directs the higher education department, in collaboration with public post-secondary educational institutions, to use the same student ident...

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ILSigned into law 05/2006Postsec.Smoking Ban in Dorms
S.B. 2465
Provides that smoking is prohibited in any portion of a building used in whole or in part as a student dormitory that is owned, operated or ...

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KYSigned into law 03/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Students Called to Active Duty
H.B. 80
Relates to students called to military active duty; requires that a student called to federal military active duty shall receive credit for ...

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GAAdopted 10/2005P-12Case Management Consultation for Agency-Placed Transfer Students
GAC 160-4-8-.17
Establishes rules regarding case management consultation for agency-placed transfer students to provide necessary transition services for st...

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NYSigned into law 08/2005P-12Code of conduct at school function
H.B. 6283
Relates to the definition of school function as it relates to codes of conduct, to include all school authorized extra-curricular event or a...

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ORSigned into law 07/2005Postsec.Athletic Agents
H.B. 3179
From Staff Measure Summary (Fiscal Note): A person desiring to conduct business as an athlete agent in the State of Oregon is required to ob...

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ILSigned into law 06/2005P-12Steroid Abuse Prevention Education
S.B. 64
Requires a school district to provide steroid abuse prevention education to students who participate in interscholastic athletic programs. h...

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MNSigned into law 06/2005P-12
S.F. 232
A secondary student may possess and use nonprescription pain relief in a manner consistent with the labeling, if the district has received...

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GASigned into law 05/2005P-12Statewide Preparticipation Physical Examination Form
S.B. 272
Requires the state board to develop a school interscholastic extracurricular athletic policy that provides for the use of a single, comprehe...

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MNEFFECTIVE DATE '05-'06 SCHOOL YEAR AND LATER 05/2005P-12Parent discretion in classroom placement of multiples (twins, etc.)
S.F. 180
A parent or guardian of twins or higher order multiples may request that the children be placed in the same classroom or in separate classro...

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INSigned into law 04/2005P-12Cheerleading Safety
S.B. 301
Requires the state board of education to develop standards and guidelines concerning cheerleading safety in schools. http://www.in.gov/apps/...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12Governing Boards
H.B. 2368
Repeals provision granting a school district and its employees immunity from civil liability for the consequences of the good faith adoption...

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MSSigned into law 04/2005Postsec.
Community College
University Or Community College Students
H.B. 524
University or community college students; clarify residence status. A student who, upon registration at a Mississippi institution of higher...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Definition of Interschool Athletic Program
S.B. 1044 (section 19)
Deletes from definition of interschool athletic program any athletic program which is subject to regulation by the Arkansas Activities Assoc...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Arkansas Supreme Court Decision
H.B. 2646
Conforms the Arkansas Code to comply with the Arkansas Supreme Court decision in the Lake View case. Requires any school district that was a...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Interschool Athletic Programs
H.B. 2916
Includes salaries or supplemental pay for staff for organized physical activity courses as provided under Act 660 of 2005 in the definitions...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12General Assembly Pages
H.B. 2461
Provides an excused absence from school for the one day a student is serving as a page for the general assembly. States that the student may...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12Continuity of Educational Services for Foster Children
H.B. 1710
Ensures the continuity of educational services to foster children. Prohibits the grades of a child in foster care from being lowered for sch...

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NMSigned into law 03/2005P-12Students Medication Administration
S.B. 275
Allows public school students to carry and self- administer asthma medication and emergency anaphylaxis medication.

http://legis.state.nm.u...

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NDSigned into law 03/2005P-12Student Residency Requirements
S.B. 2033
Concerns enrollment and provision of services to elementary and high school students placed by out- of-state agencies or entities; relates t...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12Arkids First Program
H.B. 1895
Establishes a program to inform students in local school districts about the Arkids First Program. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bil...

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SDSigned into law 03/2005P-12Interscholastic Student Activities
H.B. 1093
Any seventh or eighth grade student who attends a nonpublic elementary or middle school that is not affiliated with a nonpublic high school ...

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NYSigned into law 01/2005P-12School Records Review
S.B. 6818
Authorizes caregivers to review school records and to consent to medical and dental diagnosis and treatment of a minor child, excuse absence...

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MASigned into law 12/2004P-12Diabetic Student Treatment
S.B. 2231
Authorizes self-monitoring and treatment of students with diabetes. Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary...

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MISigned into law 12/2004Postsec.Pregnant Higher Education Students Services Office
S.B. 72
Creates the Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Fund; provides grants to encourage certain institutions of higher education to establish...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Equity in Athletics Bill of Rights
A.B. 2240
Enacts the Equity in Athletics Bill of Rights and enumerates the rights available to a pupil relating to gender equity in athletics. Require...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Steroids and Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements
S.B. 1630
Requires the Department of Health Services to develop a list of performance enhancing dietary supplements. Requires school districts to proh...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Student Work Permits
A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions)
Permits a caregiver with whom a minor pupil resides, other than the pupil's parent, guardian, foster parent, or residential shelter services...

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CAVetoed 08/2004P-12Student Academic Review and Counseling
S.B. 1299
Authorizes a unified school district or a high school district to implement the Student Academic Review and Counseling Program in grade 8 or...

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LASigned into law 07/2004P-12Field Trips
S.B. 57
Requires every local board to establish criteria and limits for individuals, organizations and entities planning, organizing or promoting st...

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LASigned into law 07/2004P-12Standard School Health Forms
S.B. 826
Requires the secretary of the health and hospitals department to create an advisory board to establish a standard health form for schools, i...

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LASigned into law 06/2004P-12Legislative Auditor
H.B. 490
Notwithstanding any provision of present law to the contrary, any entity which establishes scholastic rules which are the basis for the stat...

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LASigned into law 06/2004P-12Employment of Minors
H.B. 691
Bars minor age 16 who has not graduated from high school from working between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. before a school day, and minor age 17 from ...

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DERule Adoption 05/2004P-12Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA)
14 DAC 1025, 1049 -- 1056
Amends, repeals and replaces, and updates regulations pertaining to the following: Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA); DIAA Definit...

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NHSigned into law 05/2004Postsec.Penalties for Crimes on College or University Campus
H.B. 1361
Specifies the penalties for rioting offenses committted on or near a public college or university campus....

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MDSigned into law 04/2004Postsec.
Community College
National Guard Students
H.B. 1314
Requires a public institution of higher education to allow a national guard student to withdraw from courses the student is currently enroll...

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COSigned into law 03/2004P-12Activities At School
H.B. 1363
Permits students to participate in activities in another district if activity is not offered within a student's school district. http://www....

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FLSigned into law 06/2003P-12Florida High School Activities Association
S.B. 2156
Relating to the Florida High School Activities Association; renames the association as the Florida High School Athletic Association; revises...

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NESigned into law 06/2003P-12Compensation for Football Players
L.B. 688
Any person who competes in the sport of football for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln may be granted a stipend, the amount of which
shall...

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HISigned into law 05/2003P-12Caregiver Consent
S.B. 946
Allows a caregiver of a minor who lives with the minor, but is not the minor's legal guardian, to execute an affidavit of caregiver consent ...

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AZSigned into law 05/2003Postsec.
Community College
Community College Governance; Student Organizations
S.B. 1105
States student political organizations may conduct lawful meetings on community college property, except to influence elections as provided ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2003P-12Education and Military Dependents
S.B. 2802
Directs the Department of Education to assist in the transition of dependents of military personnel into the public school system; requires ...

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COBecame law without governor's signature 04/2003P-12School Transfer Rules
H.B. 1083
Repeals of the requirement that transfer rules shall not prohibit a student's participation in extracurricular activities if the student enr...

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MESigned into law 04/2003P-12Number of Hours per Week/Day That Minors May Work
H.P. 13
Concerns child labor laws; provides that a minor shall not be employed more than 60 hours in any week, and from 10 to 12 hours in any day, w...

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MTSigned into law 04/2003P-12
Postsec.
Uniform Athlete Agents Act
S.B. 306
Relates to uniform athlete agents and student athlete agents.
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/SB0306.htm...

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MSSigned into law 03/2003P-12Pregnancy Incentive Grant Fund
H.B. 774
Extends repealer to December 31, 2005 on Mississippi Reducing Out of Wedlock Pregnancies Incentive Grant Fund that provides funds to countie...

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PASigned into law 12/2002P-12Student Employment
H.B. 974
Students may not sell goods or services by minors to customers at their residences, places of business or public places including, but not l...

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MASigned into law 10/2002P-12State and Local Policies on Student Overnight or Early Morning Travel
H.B. 4937
Requires every local board to establish a policy concerning student travel that is planned to occur between the hours of midnight and 6 A.M....

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FLSigned into law 08/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Florida High School Activities Association and Student Athletes' Physicals
S.B. 20E
According to legislative summary, "The bill requires the board of directors of the Florida High School Activities Association (FHSAA) to exa...

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CTSigned into law 05/2002P-12Employment of 15-Year-Olds
H.B. 5062
Extends to 2007 the expiration date of the law allowing fifteen-year-old minors to work in mercantile establishments such as supermarkets an...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002Postsec.Education Code Re-Write: Rights of Student Representatives
S.B. 20E
According to legislative summary, "The bill eliminates from current law the collective bargaining limitation on awarding equivalent teaching...

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GASigned into law 05/2002P-12Eligibility of Students in Home Study Programs
H.B. 1590
Provides that students enrolled in home study programs are to be eligible to participate in any extracurricular program offered in the publi...

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HISigned into law 04/2002P-12Hawaii State Student Council
H.B. 1878
Establishes the Hawaii State Student Council with student representatives from each departmental school district; requires the council to de...

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IASigned into law 03/2002P-12
Postsec.

H.B. 2138
Authorizes the College Student Aid Commission to waive or modify statutory or regulatory provisions applicable to State financial aid progra...

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HIVetoed 06/2001P-12State student council
S.B. 670
Establishes the state student council, with student representatives from each departmental school district; requires the council to conduct ...

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12The Hawaii State Student Council,
H.B. 11
Establishes the Hawaii State Student Council, with student representatives from each departmental school district; requires the council to c...

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ILSigned into law 05/2001P-12Preventing a child from attending school
S.B. 1026
Amends the School Code; provides that whoever by threat, menace, or intimidation prevents a child entitled to attend a nonpublic school in t...

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PASigned into law 11/2000P-12Interscholastic Athletic Accountability
S.B. 1403
Establishes Pennsylvania Athletic Oversight Council; provides for interscholastic accountability; provides for transportation, education emp...

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ILSigned into law 06/2000P-12Students may be excused from dissections
H.B. 3254
Public Act No. 91-771., Relates to the Dissection Alternatives Act; creates the Dissection Alternatives Act; provides that schools may excus...

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HIVetoed 06/2000P-12
Postsec.
State Student Council
H.B. 284
Establishes the Hawaii state student council, with student representatives from each departmental school district; requires the council to c...

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UTSigned into law 03/2000P-12Ethical Conduct Standards for Activities
H.B. 156
Relates to educators; modifies the Public Officers and Employees Ethics Act as related to activities for students organized by an educator; ...

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