From the ECS State Policy Database Students--Incentives

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 WA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Creates the pay for actual student success program to invest in proven dropout prevention and intervention programs and to provide a financial award for high schools that demonstrate improvement in certain dropout prevention indicators. Gives certain responsibilities relating to the program to the office of the superintendent of public instruction. Creates the high school completion account. Provides that the act is null and void if appropriations are not approved. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202011/1599-S2.SL.pdf Title: H.B. 1599 Source: apps.leg.wa.gov CA Vetoed 07/2008 P-12 Authorizes school districts to provide nonmonetary incentives to pupils in grades 7 to 11, inclusive, for achievement or improvement based upon the individual results of each pupil test in the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program, including a designation of achievement on their diplomas. Encourages school districts to solicit ideas from pupils for local incentives for achievement or improvement on the test. Title: S.B. 1709 Source: http://www.senate.ca.gov/ AZ Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Provides that charter schools may be recipients of money from the Academic Contests Fund for the purpose of sending pupils who are state level winners of academic contests and their chaperons to the national levels of these contests so that the pupils may represent this state. Chapter 61 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/2r/summary/s.2167k12.doc.htm Title: H.B. 2167 Source: http://www.azleg.gov AR Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. Improves retention and graduation rates at public colleges and universities by providing a mechanism to distribute incentive funding for improved student outcomes. Requires Higher Education Coordinating Board to design the measurement and mechanism by July 1, 2009. (Act No. 1592) http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/HB2325.pdf Title: H.B. 2325 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us