Recent State Policies/Activities


Education Commission of the States • 700 Broadway, Suite 810 • Denver, CO 80203-3442 • 303.299.3600 • fax 303.296.8332 • www.ecs.org

The following summary includes policies enacted since 2000. Summaries are collected from state Web sites, state newsletters, StateNet, LexisNexis and Westlaw. Descriptions often reflect the content of bills as introduced and may not reflect changes made during the legislative process. To assure that this information reaches you in a timely manner, minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) or format.

State Status/Date Level Summary
+ Access
+ Accountability
+ Accountability--Current Designs/Models
+ Accountability--Measures/Indicators
+ Accountability--Next-Generation Designs/Models
+ Accountability--Reporting Results
+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
+ Accountability--School Improvement
+ Accountability--System Evaluation
+ Accountability (Postsecondary)
+ Accreditation
+ Accreditation--Performance-Based
+ Admissions
+ Adult Learning/Continuing Education
+ Adult Literacy
+ Affirmative Action
+ Alternative Education
+ American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian
+ Arts in Education
+ Arts in Education--Availability
+ Arts in Education--Economic Development
+ Arts in Education--Standards & Assessment
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
+ Assessment--College Entrance Exams
+ Assessment--Computer Based
+ Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
+ Assessment--Legal Issues
+ Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization)
+ Assessment--Performance Based
+ Assessment--Portfolios
+ Assessment--Reliability/Validity
+ Assessment--State
+ Assessment--Value Added
+ At-Risk
+ At-Risk--Definitions
+ At-Risk--Foster Care
+ At-Risk--Statistics
+ Athletics/Extracurricular Activities
+ Attendance
+ Attendance--Compulsory
+ Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower)
+ Attendance--Truancy
+ Background Checks
+ Bilingual/ESL
+ Business Involvement
+ Career/Technical Education
+ Career/Technical Education--Apprenticeship
+ Career/Technical Education--Career Academies
+ Career/Technical Education--Evaluation
+ Career/Technical Education--Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)
+ Career/Technical Education--Skill Standards
+ Career/Technical Education--Tech Prep
+ Censorship
+ Character Education
+ Charter Districts
+ Charter Schools
+ Charter Schools--Closings
+ Charter Schools--Cyber Charters
+ Charter Schools--Evaluation
+ Charter Schools--Finance
+ Charter Schools--School Examples
+ Cheating
+ Child Abuse
+ Choice
+ Choice--Finance
+ Citizenship Education
+ Class Size
+ Community Colleges
+ Community Education
+ Compensatory Education
+ Completion
+ Completion/Postsec. Graduation
+ Condition of Children/Adults
+ Constructivism
+ Consumer Education
+ Corrections Education
+ Counseling/Guidance
+ Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Alignment
+ Curriculum--Core Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Excusal
+ Curriculum--Multicultural
+ Curriculum--Reform
+ Demographics
+ Deregulation/Waivers
+ Desegregation
+ Disabled Students (Postsecondary)
+ Disaster/Emergency Preparedness
+ Distance Learning/Virtual University
+ Drivers Education
+ Drugs/Alcohol
+ Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
+ Early Colleges/Middle Colleges
+ Early Learning
+ Early Learning--Assessment
+ Early Learning--Child Care
+ Early Learning--Developmentally Appropriate Practice
+ Early Learning--Ensuring Quality
+ Early Learning--Evaluation
+ Early Learning--Family Involvement
+ Early Learning--Finance
+ Early Learning--Governance
+ Early Learning--Infants & Toddlers
+ Early Learning--Integrated Services
+ Early Learning--K-12 Alignment
+ Early Learning--Readiness
+ Early Learning--Special Education
+ Early Learning--Teaching Quality
+ Economics Education
+ Economic/Workforce Development
+ Economic/Workforce Development--High Tech (STEM)
+ Economic/Workforce Development (value of an education)
+ Education Excellence/Reform
+ Education Oversight
+ Education Research
+ Educational Attainment
+ Elementary Education
+ Employment (Student)
+ Enrollment
+ Environmental Education
+ Equity
+ Equity--Equal Opportunity
+ Equity--Ethnic/Racial
+ Equity--Gender
+ Ethics/Conflict of Interest
+ Extended Day Programs
+ Facilities
+ Faculty
+ Faculty--Compensation
+ Faculty--Teaching Assistants
+ Faculty--Tenure
+ Faculty--Workload
+ Family Living Education
+ Federal
+ Federal--Aid
+ Federal--Legislation
+ Finance
+ Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
+ Finance--Aid to Private Schools
+ Finance--Alternative Revenues
+ Finance--Bankruptcy
+ Finance--Bonds
+ Finance--District
+ Finance--Does Money Matter?
+ Finance--Equity
+ Finance--Facilities
+ Finance--Funding Formulas
+ Finance--Impact Aid
+ Finance--Litigation
+ Finance--Local Foundations/Funds
+ Finance--Lotteries
+ Finance--Performance Funding
+ Finance--Private Giving
+ Finance--Resource Efficiency
+ Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
+ Finance--Student Fees
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues
+ Finance (Postsecondary)
+ Financial Aid
+ Food Service
+ For-Profit/Proprietary
+ Foreign Language
+ Future Trends
+ Geography Education
+ Gifted and Talented
+ Governance
+ Governance--Local/Mayoral Takeovers
+ Governance (Postsecondary)
+ Grading Practices
+ Graduate/Professional Education
+ Health
+ Health--Mental Health
+ Health--Nutrition
+ Health--School Based Clinics
+ Health--School Nurses
+ Health/Nutrition Education
+ High School
+ High School--Advanced Placement
+ High School--Career Pathways
+ High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates
+ High School--Exit Exams
+ High School--GED (General Education Development)
+ High School--Grad Requirements
+ High School--Transitions to Postsecondary
+ Higher Order Thinking Skills
+ History Education
+ Home Economics
+ Homeless Education
+ Homeschooling
+ Homework
+ Immigrant Education
+ Integrated Services
+ Integrated Services--Evaluation
+ Intellectual Property
+ International Baccalaureate
+ International Comparisons
+ International Education
+ Kindergarten
+ Kindergarten--Full Day/Half Day
+ Kindergarten--Readiness
+ Language Arts
+ Language Arts--Writing/Spelling
+ Leadership
+ Leadership--Compensation
+ Leadership--Distributed Leadership
+ Leadership--Licensure/Certification
+ Leadership--Preparation & Professional Development
+ Leadership--Quality & Evaluation/Standards
+ Leadership--Recruitment/Retention
+ Leadership--Tenure
+ Leadership (Postsecondary)
+ Libraries
+ Magnet/Specialized Schools
+ Magnet/Specialized Schools--Arts
+ Magnet/Specialized Schools--International/Language Immersion
+ Magnet/Specialized Schools--Math and Science
+ Magnet/Specialized Schools--Residential
+ Mandates
+ Mathematics
+ Mentoring/Tutoring
+ Middle School
+ Migrant Education
+ Military Education
+ Minority/Diversity Issues
+ Minority/Diversity Issues (K-12) African American
+ Minority/Diversity Issues (K-12) Hispanic
+ Minority/Diversity Issues (PS)
+ No Child Left Behind
+ No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress
+ No Child Left Behind--Assessment
+ No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer
+ No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools
+ No Child Left Behind--Finance
+ No Child Left Behind--Flexibility
+ No Child Left Behind--Paraprofessionals
+ No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement
+ No Child Left Behind--Reactions
+ No Child Left Behind--Reading/Literacy
+ No Child Left Behind--Report Cards
+ No Child Left Behind--Results
+ No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools
+ No Child Left Behind--School Support
+ No Child Left Behind--Scientifically Based Research
+ No Child Left Behind--Special Populations
+ No Child Left Behind--Storing/Using Data
+ No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services
+ No Child Left Behind--Teaching Quality
+ Official English
+ Open Enrollment
+ Outreach Programs
+ P-16
+ Parent/Family
+ Parent/Family--Family Literacy
+ Parent/Family--Parent Rights
+ Parent/Family--Research
+ Participation
+ Partnerships--University/School
+ Pedagogy
+ Performance Management
+ Persistence/Retention
+ Personnel--Non-Teaching
+ Physical Education
+ Politics
+ Postsecondary
+ Postsecondary--Academic Issues
+ Postsecondary--Diploma Mills
+ Postsecondary--Quality/Reform
+ Postsecondary--Residency/Reciprocity
+ Postsecondary--Statistics
+ Postsecondary--Supported Research
+ Pre-Kindergarten
+ Private Colleges/Universities
+ Private Schools
+ Privatization
+ Privatization--Corporate Sponsorship
+ Privatization--Services (Non-Instructional)
+ Problem Based Learning
+ Promising Practices
+ Promotion/Retention
+ Psychology
+ Public Involvement
+ Purpose of Public Education
+ Reading/Literacy
+ Reading/Literacy--Assessment
+ Reading/Literacy--Programs
+ Reading/Literacy--Reading First
+ Reading/Literacy--Research
+ Religion
+ Religion--Prayer/Meditation
+ Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution)
+ Religion--State Aid To Religious Schools
+ Remediation
+ Rural
+ Safety/Student Discipline
+ Safety/Student Discipline--Bullying/Conflict Resolution