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From the ECS State Policy Database 1994-2013

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The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. 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. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills WV Adopted 06/2012 P-12 Mathematics Content Standards and Objectives for West Virginia Schools WV ADC s 126-44B-1, 2, 3, 4 Defines content standards and instructional goals and objectives for mathematics program of study, consistent with West Virginia's move to a... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 Curriculum Frameworks, Standards, Instructional Materials, Model Professional Development Modules A.B. 250 - Curriculum Frameworks, Standards, Instructional Materials, Model Professional Development Modules From bill summary: Deletes the schedule for submission of instructional materials for foreign languages and health for state board approval,... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Certification in "Soft Skills" H.B. 186 - Certification in "Soft Skills" Authorizes the Governor's Office of Workforce Development to establish certification in soft skills, which may include, but not be limited t... More... MD Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Postsec. Establishes the P-20 Leadership Council of Maryland S.B. 286 Establishes the Governor's P-20 Leadership Council of Maryland (the Council), a partnership among the state, educators, and the business com... More... NE Adopted 01/2010 P-12 Quality Indicators Related to State System of Accreditation Title 92, NAC Chapter 10 - Multiple Provisions Adds quality indicators to major provisions. For example, 004.01 K-12 Curriculum. Quality Indicator: The curriculum is comprehensive, coordi... More... WV Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Performance Based Accreditation System Title 126, Series 13 Amends rules regarding standards, assessment, and accountability for student performance and progress. Incorporates 21st Century skills into... More... Accountability CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Revising Academic Performance Index (API) S.B. 1458 From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to develop and implement a specified program of school quality review... More... LA Adopted 09/2012 P-12 Retesting Due to Testing Irregularity LAC 28:CXI.312 Provides that where retests on an assessment required for accountability are available, LEAs may request that School Performance Score (SPS)... More... LA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Allows BESE to Expend Certain Funds to Use Peer-Review Consultants S.B. 635 Allows the state board to expend Louisiana Quality Education Support Fund monies to use peer-review consultants to review programs. http://w... More... OK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Commission for Education Quality and Accountability S.B. 1797 Creates Commission for Education, Instruction Quality and Accountability combining the Oklahoma Commission on Teacher Prep with the Office o... More... IA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 A bill for an act relating to mandatory reporting of school employee misconduct to the board of educational examiners. H.F. 2383 Requires local boards, local or regional superintendents, directors of accredited nonpublic schools, etc. to report any disciplinary action ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Core Academic Standard Implementation S.B. 293 Requires that the county board include in its goals to improve student academic achievement a description of how it plans to ensure and meas... More... MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Repealed - Office of Educational Accountability H.F. 2949 Repealed statute which created and funded the Independent Office of Educational Accountability, which advised the legislative education comm... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 School Performance Accountability S.B. 1458 Amends the existing school achievement profile phase-out to limit the time frame to the remainder of the academic year. http://www.azleg.gov... More... OR Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Task Force on Accountable Schools H.B. 4014 Establishes and sets membership for the Task Force on Accountable Schools to develop a plan to improve accountability practices for schools ... More... OR Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Postsec. Achievement Compact S.B. 1581 Defines "education entity" as a school district, an education service district, a community college district or community college service di... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Financial Oversight Panels S.B. 2149 Requires that if an Annual Financial Report resulting from a mandated audit reflects a deficit, the district must, within 30 days after acce... More... OR Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Fiscal Accountability H.B. 2280 Expands scope of audits of best business practices of education districts to include performance audits. Removes discretion of education ... More... NH Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Accountability Standards met with NEASC Accreditation H.B. 130 Allows a school to demonstrate compliance with New Hampshire's input-based school accountability standards by furnishing evidence that it ha... More... FL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Expands Definition of Failing School for Purposes of Student Eligibility for the Opportunity Scholarship Program H.B. 1331 From House of Representatives Staff Analysis: Expands the definition of a failing school for purposes of student eligibility for the Opportu... More... OR Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Accountability S.B. 800 Removes outdated, unnecessary or redundant provisions in education statutes related to evaluations, reports, reporting requirements, filings... More... OR Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Accountability H.B. 2289 (1)Establishes the Task Force on Accountable Schools, consisting of 14 members appointed as follows: (a) President of the Senate is to appoi... More... PA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Multiple Sections - Intermediate Unit Transparency H.B. 1352 Section 907-A requires the posting of financial and contract information for Intermediate Units. Section 921-A brings the intermediate units... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Increased Flexibility for Increased Accountability H.B. 192 Extends until end of 2014-15 school year the provision that each local school system either notify the department of its intention to reques... More... AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 District Takeovers by State Board S.B. 383 If the state board orders the takeover of a school district under authority and also orders the removal of the school district board of dire... More... NJ Issued 04/2011 P-12 Education Transformation Task Force E.O. 58 Establishes the New Jersey Education Transformation Task Force. Charges the task force with reviewing all current administrative regulations... More... AR Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Performance Ratings for Education Service Cooperatives H.B. 1433 Establishes performance ratings for education service cooperatives. Requires that each education service cooperative be evaluated during the... More... WY Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Wyoming Accountability in Education Act S.F. 70 Creates the Wyoming Accountability in Education Act and establishes a statewide education accountability system; establishes system componen... More... TX Adopted 01/2011 P-12 Financial Accountability Rating System 19 TAC 109.1002, 1003, 1004, 1005 From the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: The sections establish provisions that detail the ratings, types of ratings, criteria, reporting a... More... CA Vetoed 08/2010 P-12 Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Quality Education Investment Act S.B. 1191 Requires that, in the report evaluating the effectiveness of the Quality Education Investment Act of 2006, the department identify the strat... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Impact Aid H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions Requires school districts receiving impact aid to establish an Impact Aid Fund and separately account for impact aid monies received and pro... More... NJ Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College New Jersey Economic Stimulus Act of 2009 S.B. 920 Meant to ease restrictions on public-private partnerships between higher education institutions and private entities, encouraging flexibilit... More... MD Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Race to the Top Legislation - Innovative School Scheduling Models H.B. 439 Requires the state board of education to explore the use of innovative school scheduling models, including extended year, year-round schooli... More... MS Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 New Start School S.B. 2293 Creates a New Start School Program. Requires a New Start School to be established in each public school that is considered failing. Provides... More... WA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Dropout Prevention S.B. 6403 Regarding accountability and support for vulnerable students and dropouts. Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Reporting on Workplace Readiness Skills Assessment H.B. 566 Requires each local school board to include in its annual report to the Board of Education the number of students who passed Virginia's Work... More... WA Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Private Schools H.B. 2996 Includes approved private schools in the Superintendent of Public Instruction's record check information rules. Chapter 100 http://apps.leg.... More... MA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Underperforming or Chronically Underperforming Schools S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL) Repeals and replaces existing policies relating to Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education to designate a school as underperformi... More... GA Adopted 11/2009 P-12 LEA Contracts for Flexibility and Accountability GAC 160 -5-1-.33 Renames rule (previously titled "School District Contracts for Flexibility and Accountability to Improve Student Achievement") to "Investing... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Annual Report on Dropouts S.B. 651 Requires the superintendent of public instruction by August 2011 to submit a report called the Annual Report on Dropouts in the state. Requi... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Reporting, Accountability and Data S.B. 1977 - Reporting, Accountability and Data Requires teacher supply and demand reports to be published every three years instead of annually. Deletes provision that adequate yearly pro... More... NH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Establishment of an Accountability System S.B. 180 Establishes an accountability system to ensure schools are providing the opportunity for an adequate education. This bill is a request of th... More... NH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Accountability System to Ensure the Opportunity for an Adequate Education S.B. 180 Establishes an accountability system to ensure schools are providing the opportunity for an adequate education and repeals the joint legisla... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Community Schools H.B. 1 - Section 3314.012, 3314.015, 3314.016 and 3314.02 Partially from DOE summary of H.B. 1: Eliminates the two-year wait before the department of education begins issuing annual report cards for... More... DE Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Eliminating the DSTP S.B. 68 Eliminates the DSTP; requires its replacement beginning in the 2010-2011 school year with a test administered in English language arts and m... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Comprehensive Review of School Finance Weights, Allotments and Adjustments H.B. 3646 - Section 65 Adds new Subchapter I in Chapter 42 of Education Code. Establishes the Select Committee on Public School Finance Weights, Allotments, and Ad... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Special Accreditation Investigations H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part II Adds to circumstances under which special accreditation investigations must be conducted. Directs the commissioner to authorize special accr... More... CO Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 School Accountability and Accreditation S.B. 163 Repeals and reenacts the Educational Accreditation Act of 1998 to align accountability and accreditation measures and procedures; assigns sp... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 College and Career-Readiness Workgroup H.F. 2 Establishes a college and career-readiness workgroup headed jointly by MDE and the U of M to evaluate and make recommendations to the commis... More... OK Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Performance Review for Districts with High Poverty S.B. 473 Authorizes the Office of Accountability to conduct a performance review program to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the budget ... More... WA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Public Reporting S.B. 5889 Repeals, modifies, or suspends certain laws related to notice and reporting by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and sc... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Closing the Achievement Gap H.B. 2163 Increases accountability for achievement gaps in school districts; provides intervention and support to public school districts to address t... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Improving Parents' Access to Public School Data S.B. 943 Improves student achievement and closes achievement gaps among student subgroups by providing public access to comprehensive school improvem... More... LA Adopted 04/2009 P-12 District and State Accountability LAC 28:LXXXIII.301, 611, 1101, 1501-1505, 1701-1707, 2401, 3905, 4311 Amends rules relating to the School, District and State Accountability System. Implements fundamental changes in classroom teaching by helpi... More... MS Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Task Force on Failing Schools Districts S.B. 2288 Continues the task force to study and report on the status of failing schools and school districts, effectiveness measures for improvement o... More... NM Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Acct. System Pilot Project and Data Collection S.B. 156 Creates an alternative school accountability system pilot project; provides for data collection and analysis; provides for periodic reports ... More... OK Vetoed 04/2009 P-12 Educational Accountability Reform Act S.B. 1111 Relates to schools; creates the Educational Accountability Reform Act; provides short title; transfers powers, duties, functions, and respon... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Accountability System S.B. 1 Section 4, 5 and 7 Repeals provisions relating to rewards for successful schools. Establishes provisions to recognize schools that would have been rewarded und... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Transition to New Assessment and Accountability System S.B. 1 Section 18 Provides that whereas it is imperative that schools, administrators, teachers, parents and policymakers maintain high expectations for stude... More... MS Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 School District Accreditation Levels S.B. 2308 Relates to school district accreditation levels; revises accreditation terminology. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/SB/2... More... MS Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Children First Act of 2009 S.B. 2628 Prohibits public school students in 7th-12th grades who fail to maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 from participating in extracurricular activ... More... NJ Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 After School Activities in Abbot Districts S.B. 1175 Requires the board of education of each former Abbott district, in conjunction with the local governing body of the municipality in which th... More... UT Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Impact Fees H.B. 259 Enacts a definition of "educational facility" in Utah municipal code. Enacts a definition of "charter school" in Impact Fees Act of Title 11... More... GA Adopted 10/2008 P-12 Increased Local Flexibility and Accountability GAC 160-5-1-.33 Allows school districts to enter into contracts with the state to allow for increased local flexibility and accountability. http://www.doe.k... More... MA Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 School District Accountability H.B. 4967 Relates to school district accountability; provides the the makeup of the membership of the advisory council on school and district accounta... More... NY Adopted 07/2008 P-12 Expenses to Be Paid Distinguished Educators and Technical Assistance Teams Title 8 NYCRR Section 100.15 Adds new rules to establish criteria for determining the reasonable and necessary expenses to be paid by school districts to distinguished e... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Commissioner of Education Authority A.B. 2965 Establishes Commissioner of Education as the rule- making authority under several school district accountability statutes relating to early ... More... OK Adopted 06/2008 P-12 Co-Curricular and Extracurricular Programs OAC 210:35-17-2 Amends rules to require all state accredited schools to follow Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) guidelines related t... More... SC Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Amends Multiple Accountability Provisions H.B. 4662 Revises the Education Accountability Act. Adds poverty, limited English proficiency status, disability status, or other groups required by f... More... GA Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Flexibility in Exchange for Increased Accountability H.B. 1209 Relates to elementary and secondary education; provides that a local school system may enter into a contract with the state board of educati... More... MS Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Low-Performing Schools S.B. 2666 Relates to low performing schools and school districts. Changes the designation of priority schools to schools at risk. Modifies and expands... More... MS Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Removal of Superintendents in Underperforming Districts S.B. 2149 Provides that the appointed or elected superintendent of education in an underperforming school district for a specified number of consecuti... More... MS Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Task Force on Underperforming Schools and Districts S.B. 2405 Creates a task force to study and report on the status of underperforming schools and districts in the state, effectiveness measures for imp... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Charter Schools and Charter School Accountability H.B. 160 Modifies provisions relating to charter schools. Modifies the appointment procedures for the staff director of the State Charter School Boar... More... AK Adopted 10/2007 P-12 IMPLEMENTING GROWTH MODEL 4 AAC 06.805(b), .812, .845(c) Implements a growth model as part of the state's accountability system under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. ALASKA 3552... More... LA Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System LAC 28:LXXXIII.603, 613, and 4313 Revises Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System (LAC Part Number LXXXIII). Revises section 603 to i... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Accountability A.B. 494 Requires the Department of Education to notify a school district that a review is scheduled to occur if the department intends to waive that... More... IA Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 Postsec. Student Information Systems H.F. 468 Directs the department of education to conduct a study on the student information systems currently in use in the state, the types of data c... More... WV Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Performance Based Accreditation System Title 126, Series 13 Amends rules regarding standards, assessment, and accountability for student performance and progress. Incorporates 21st Century skills into... More... MA Issued 08/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College The Readiness Project Executive Order No. 489 Establishes the Readiness Project to develop a plan to implement fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth ov... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Accountability and Technology Infrastructure S.B. 184 Revises provisions governing the annual reports of accountability and the plans to improve. Eliminate the requirement for the establishment ... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Independent Office of Educational Accountability H.F. 2245 [Educational Accountability] Amends duties of the Independent Office of Educational Accountability as it relates to the commissioner of education's reporting requirement... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School Performance Report Cards H.F. 2245 [School Performance Report Cards] Requires the Independent Office of Educational Accountability to convene and faciliate an advisory group of curriculum and measurement exper... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 School improvement plans H.B. 1517 Relates to an act to expand monitoring by the Department of Education of school district implementation of school improvement plans as requi... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Evaluation of state education system H.B. 2663 Enacts the continuing adequacy evaluation act of 2007 to continually evaluation the state education system by strengthening and preserving t... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 SDE staffing for accountability S.B. 274 (Accountability--Evaluating Performance) Section 68 changes the position of director of the Division of Public School Accountability of the Department of Education to assistant comm... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Arkansas Evaluation Center S.B. 951 Creates the Arkansas evaluation center to: Attract students to existing courses and provide new online and distance learning courses; stimul... More... TN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Accountability System Review S.B. 457 Adds a new section. Directs the office of education accountability to periodically study the overall school accountability system and report... More... NJ Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School District Fiscal Accountability A.B. 5; S.B 4 Amends school district accountability measures; provides that if a school district is spending state education funds for purposes not in com... More... NJ Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School District Fiscal Accountability A.B. 5 Amends school district accountability measures; provides that if a school district is spending state education funds for purposes not in com... More... CO Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Growth Model for Student Performance H.B. 1048 Requires the convening of a technical advisory panel to assist in the development of a longitudinal growth model to measure the academic gro... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2007 P-12 State Accountability System A.B. 3676 Revises various provisions of The New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum public school district monitoring system, related repor... More... NJ Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Evaluation of State Department of Education S.J.R. 1; A.J.R. 10 Directs Commissioner of Education to contract with independent entity to conduct an evaluation of the Department Of Education and its oversi... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 District Performance/Reporting, Non-Teaching Personnel H.B. 276 -- Misc. Sections Any district that leases a building to a community school [charter] located in the district or that enters into an agreement with a communit... More... DE Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 School District Fiscal Accountability S.B. 374 Implements enhanced public education financial accountability provisions. Includes vocational- technical school districts and charter school... More... GA Adopted 06/2006 P-12 Comprehensive Academic Performance System (CAPS) Demonstration Site Grant GAC 160-1-4-.272 Clarifies rules regarding the Comprehensive Academic Performance System (CAPS) Demonstration Site Grant. The intent of the funding is to pro... More... DE Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Financial Accountability for Districts and Charters S.B. 308 Implements enhanced financial accountability provisions for public school districts and charter schools; relates to district and charter sch... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Florida Secondary School Redesign Act H.B. 7087 - Section 19 Defines secondary schools as those serving grades 6-12. Specifies that the following guiding principles must be used in the annual preparat... More... TX Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Financial Accountability H.B. 1 C (Sections 2.05; 2.09) Requires the commissioner, in consultation with the comptroller, to develop and implement a financial accountability rating system for schoo... More... KY Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Annual Research Agenda for the Office of Education Accountability H.B. 581 Requires, on or before December 1 of each year, that the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee adopt an annual researc... More... WA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Center for Improvement of Student Learning, Education Ombudsman H.B. 3127 Declares an intent to reactivate the center for the improvement of student learning, and to create within the center an educational ombudsm... More... IL Adopted 02/2006 P-12 CODE OF REGULATIONS 74 IAC 420.130, 140, 310, 320, 410, 420, 430, 630, 640, 710, 720 Provides standards for the conduct of financial audits of regional offices of education and certain educational service centers. http://www.... More... MS Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Hurrican Katrina and school accountability S.B. 2012 Authorizes the state board of education to exempt certain schools from accountability standards due to Hurricane Katrina of 2005. http://bi... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Evaluation of State Accountability System and Revised Designations S.B. 214 (Section 1-2) Requires the department to contract every 3 years for an independent evaluation of the state accountability system and the No Child Left Beh... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 School Safety and Accountability Reports Content/Design/Layout S.B. 214 (Section 3) Requires the department to convene a working group of specified members to evaluate the current rules, definitions and reporting of incident... More... NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Monitoring system for the statewide system of accountability; honor code S.B. 214 Establishes a monitoring system for the statewide system of accountability; revises various provisions governing the statewide system of acc... More... NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Technical assistance partnerships and regional training programs for professional development of teachers and administrators H.B. 109 Revises provisions governing the statewide system of accountability for public schools; redesignating the four regional training programs fo... More... NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Statewide system of accountability for school districts and public schools H.B. 154 The board of trustees of each school district and the principal of each public school must prepare an annual summary of accountability info... More... NV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Creates Commission on Educational Excellence. S.B. 404 Creates the Commission on Educational Excellence; prescribing the membership and duties of the Commission; creating the Trust Fund for Educ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Annual Report of Accountability H.B. 527 AN ACT relating to education; renaming the University and Community College System of Nevada as the Nevada System of Higher Education; clari... More... TX Rule Adoption 05/2005 P-12 Accountability and Performance Monitoring 19 TAC 2.97.AA.97.1005 Proposes rules concerning accountability and performance monitoring. Describes the Performance- Based Monitoring Analysis System (PBNAS). Ad... More... GA Adopted 12/2004 P-12 Statewide Accountability GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru .04 Clarifies rules regarding the following: single statewide accountability system; accountability system definitions; accountability profiles;... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Insufficient Textbooks and Instructional Materials S.B. 550 (multiple provisions) Requires the county superintendent, for purposes of enforcing the use of required textbooks and instructional materials, to specifically rev... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Annual Report on Status of Low-Performing Schools S.B. 550 (multiple provisions) Requires the county superintendent to annually present a report to the governing board of each school district under his or her jurisdiction... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Nonpublic Schools Serving Special Education Students A.B. 1858 (multiple provisions) Requires a master contracts with nonpublic, nonsectarian schools for the provision of special education and related services to include that... More... AL Issued 08/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Governor's Commission on Education Spending Executive Order No. 02-2003 The governor issued Executive Order No. 02-2003 on January 30, 2003, creating the Governor's Commission of Education Spending. The Commissio... More... MS Rule Adoption 08/2004 P-12 Accountability Standards (Uncodified) Establishes rules concerning accountability standards for the four state special schools governed by the Board of Education. MISSISSIPPI REG... More... NM Rule Adoption 08/2004 P-12 Public Education Department Administration NMAC 6.19.1, .3, .7, .8, .9 Amends to reflect the Public Education Department as the issuing agency, current statutory authority, adds and clarifies definitions, and am... More... GA Adopted 07/2004 P-12 Statewide Accountability; Definitions; School Profiles GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru -.04 Clarifies rules regarding statewide accountability, applicable definitions, school profiles, and awards and consequences; creates a single s... More... HI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Education Reform H.B. 2002 The education reform in this Act shall be known as the "Reinventing Education Act of 2004." The provisions include (1) establishing a weight... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Impact Aid Bonds H.B. 2010 Removes the restriction on accommodation school districts located on a military base from issuing impact aid revenue bonds.  The district ma... More... HI Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Federal Impact Aid H.B. 1908 Sets aside funds in federal impact aid for the establishment of a military liaison position within the department of education and to provid... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Education Excellence Fund H.B. 666 Provides relative to Education Excellence Fund amounts and related investment earnings credited to ineligible entities. Provides that fund ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Impact Aid for Teacher Housing H.B. 2475 Allows school districts to use Impact Aid for teacher housing. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws... More... DE Rule Adoption 05/2004 P-12 Accountability for Schools, Districts and the State 14 DAC 103 Amends regulation to reflect the changes made to Delaware's plan under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Changes include: defini... More... GA Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Education Provisions H.B. 1190 Provides for the revision of certain provisions regarding education flexibility and accountability; requires the State Board of Education to... More... HI Veto override 05/2004 P-12 Reinventing Education Act of 2004 S.B. 3238 Establishes a weighted student formula; provides additional information technology; empowers principals through a Hawaii principals academy ... More... MS Rule Adoption 05/2004 P-12 Public School Accountability Standards, 2003 (Uncodified) Revises public school accountability standards, 2003. MISSISSIPPI REG 9117 (SN)... More... KY Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 School Accountability H.B. 176 Amends KRS 158.6455 to require that a student be enrolled in a specific school for at least 100 days prior to the beginning of the statewide... More... LA Adopted 04/2004 P-12 School, District and State Accountability LAC 28:LXXXIII.303, 311, 1701, 2701, 2702, 2703, 2713, 2715, 2717, 2719, 2721, 3905, 4001, 4003, 4005 Adopts rules relating to the implementation of fundamental changes in the classroom by helping schools and communities focus on student achi... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Standards of Learning S.B. 416 Requires the state board, in consultation with the chairpersons of the eight regional superintendents' study groups, to provide for timely r... More... MS Rule Adoption 03/2004 P-12 Public School Accountability Standards Appendix A Revises rules regarding the public school accountability standards. MISSISSIPPI REG 9027 (SN)... More... WA Signed into law 03/2004 Postsec. Degree Granting Institutions H.B. 2381 Ensures the quality of degree-granting institutions of higher education; relates to the accreditation of and site inspections of such instit... More... WY Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Statewide Assessment of Student Performance H.B. 126 Modifies statewide student assessment (WyCAS) to conform with NCLB by expanding grades assessed from grades 4, 8 and 11 to grades 3 through ... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Department of Education H.B. 1009 Creates the Division of Public School Accountability and the Arkansas Public Schools Accountability Advisory Council; creates the Division o... More... AR Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, & Accountability Program and Academic Distress Program ADE 162 Establishes rules governing the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability Program and the Academic Distress Program (ACT... More... IL Total veto stands 11/2003 P-12 Accountability Council S.B. 564 Extends the repeal date of a Section requiring the establishment of the Chicago Schools Academic Accountability Council (from June 30, 2004 ... More... TX Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Postsec. State Government H.B. 7 One portion of this bill transfers the performance review of school districts, interscholastic competition, state agencies and state agency ... More... MS Rule Adoption 07/2003 P-12 Public School Accountability Standards (Uncodified) Revises content of the document formerly known as Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards 2001. MISSISSIPPI REG 8796 (SN)... More... FL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Community College Postsec. Charter Schools H.B. 55-A Requires emphasis on reading; requires certain accountability measures; eliminates the limitations on the number of charter schools per scho... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 School Accountability H.B. 2277 Modifies school achievement profile designations and extends for an additional year the time before a school is classified as a school faili... More... OK to governor 05/2003 P-12 Postsec. Modification of Oversight Commission H.B. 1767 - Omnibus Bill Amends membership of Education Oversight Board; assigns responsibility to oversee implementation of the provisions of Enrolled House Bill No... More... OK Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Accountability H.B. 1414 (Accountability Component) Requires the state board to develop and implement in accordance with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2001 (ESEA), P.L. No. 107... More... TX Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Accreditation of Public School Districts H.B. 2683 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, for purposes of determining the performance of a school district under this chapter, inclu... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Department of Education Website Requirements H.B. 2887 Requires certain data be made available on the Department of Education website; includes financial data reports for school districts, admini... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Quality Education Act of 2003 - Accountability and Assessment H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill) Amends §§ 6-15-402 - 6-15-406. Creates the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program Act; including requiring t... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Postsec. Internal Audits Required at Postsecondary Institutions and Department of Education H.B. 650 Establishes full-time program of internal auditing at specific state postsecondary institutions, including various community/junior colleges... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Office of Education Accountability H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill) Adds Section 69 to create the "office of education accountability" in the legislative council service. The office is to provide an independ... More... SD Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Accountability System for Public Schools S.B. 40 Establishes a single, statewide state accountability system. The system is required to hold public schools and public school districts accou... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Duties of Boards S.B. 154 (Omnibus Bill) Section 53A-3-402 requires local boards to implement the core curriculum using instructional materials that best correlate to the core curri... More... NE Adopted 12/2002 P-12 Regulations and Procedures/Accreditation of Schools 92 NAC 10 (Rule 10) Establishes major rules regarding regulations and procedures for the accreditation of schools. Repeals 94 NAC 3. NEBRASKA REG 895 (SN)... More... PA Adopted 12/2002 P-12 No Child Left Behind Act 32 PAB 6096 22 PA. CODE CH. 403 Promulgates rules relating to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Ensures that all children have the opportunity to obtain a high-quality ... More... UT Adopted 11/2002 P-12 Annual Assurance of Compliance by School Districts R277-108 Provides school districts with a comprehensive list of required assurances and provides for accountability to the State Board of Education. ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Quality Education Commission A.B. 2217 Establishes the California Quality Education Commission for the purpose of developing, evaluating, validating and refining a quality educati... More... FL Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: School Improvement and Accountability Program; Florida School Recognition Program S.B. 20E Eliminates commissioner waiver authority in school improvement/accountability system (see bill section 379, page 849, line 29 ff) Places Flo... More... OK Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Performance Review S.B. 1335 Relates to performance review of certain school districts; modifies authority and duties of Office of Accountability related to school perfo... More... SC Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Membership of Oversight Committee H.B. 3602 Relates to the education oversight committee, so as to add the state superintendent of education or the superintendent's designee as an ex o... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards H.B. 853 Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Teacher Quality Duties of the Office of Education Accountability S.B. 166 Makes it explicit that the Office of Education Accountability has a responsibility to periodically review personnel policies and practices r... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Membership and Rules of Education Assessment and Accountability Subcommittee H.B. 292 Requires the membership of the Education assessment and accountability subcommittee include 4 members from each chamber, including at least ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Revisions to Standards of Quality S.B. 201 Requires, to ensure the integrity of the standards of quality, the Board of Education is to exercise its constitutional authority to determi... More... WV Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Major Education Bill - Accountability/Standards Component H.B. 4319 Calls for development and implementation of a system to hold schools accountable for student performance and progress toward obtaining a hig... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Quality Education Commission H.B. 2295 Establishes Quality Education Commission; directs the Commission to identify quality goals for kindergarten through grade 12; directs the Co... More... FL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Florida Education Finance Program H.B. 1545 2001-157., Requires the designation and publication of district performance grades; revises minimum requirements of the Florida Education Fi... More... MD Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Grants for Improvement of Low-Performing Schools S.B. 64 Alters the authorized uses of Schools for Success challenge grant funds and extends the termination date provisions relative to challenge gr... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Reporting Exemptions and Teacher Pay H.B. 1433 Except for school districts with one or more school sites which are identified as low performing or high challenged, all school districts sh... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Academic Performance S.B. 810 Requires state to complete draft Academic Performance Index by July 13, 2001. On or before February 28, 2002, must file the final baseline ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Public School Accountability, Various Components H.B. 1144 Requires that records relating to student performance be coordinated and maintained in standardized, compatible formats that allow the excha... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Performance Audits H.B. 2934 Creates a system of education performance audits as a tool for determining the quality of education. Stipulates that measures used to evalu... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Fiscal Audits/Inspections H.B. 2225 §18-9B-13. Eliminates the requirement that audits of school boards be conducted once every three years by the office of chief inspector. T... More... ME Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Use of Impact Fees H.B. 268 Public Law No. 38., 39 (LD 346) Clarifies that communities that are part of a school administrative district or other single or multicommuni... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Postsec. Audits H.B. 87 Relates to public money; provides for stratified or statistical pre- and post-audits; requires quarterly reports from local public bodies, s... More... PA Signed into law 11/2000 P-12 Interscholastic Athletic Accountability S.B. 1403 Establishes Pennsylvania Athletic Oversight Council; provides for interscholastic accountability; provides for transportation, education emp... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Statewide Testing S.B. 1139 States the State Board of Education shall administer the standardized norm-referenced achievement test two times during each academic year t... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Oversight S.B. 280 Requires the Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee to advise and monitor the Office of Education Accountability.... More... CA Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Charter School Accountability S.B. 434 Requires a charter school to offer, at a minimum, a specified number of minutes of instruction for the appropriate age levels, and to mainta... More... CT Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Promotion Policies and School Improvement Plans H.B. 7043 Requires local school boards to review and revise their promotion policies to ensure they foster student achievement, reduces social promoti... More... LA Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Data Collection and Reporting Requirements S.B. 1024 Relates to annual data collection and reporting requirements of the state Department of Education.... More... NE Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 School at the Center Program L.B. 812 Provides for the implementation of educational standards and assessment for public schools, the School at the Center Program, a needs study ... More... HI Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Performance Indicators and Achievement Goals S.B. 1307 Requires the Director of Education to establish a comprehensive accountability system, including a student assessment program and a school p... More... NJ Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Expediting Adoption of Regulations for Abbott Districts S.B. 1976 Permits an expedited procedure for the adoption of regulations by the Commissioner of Education in regard to the Abbott districts for the 19... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Financial Accountability S.B. 875 Relates to the financial accountability of school districts.... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Performance Reviews of School Districts H.B. 2553 Relates to performance reviews of school districts by the comptroller.... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Improving Special Education Student Performance S.B. 476 Provides that each district improvement plan must include measures to improve student performance, including students in special education p... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Accreditation and Accountability H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part I Makes former Section 39.071 new Section 39.051, and repeals portions of existing 39.051, "Academic Excellence Indicators." Provides that in ... More... FL Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 A+ Plan (Part of Omnibus Bill) H.B. 751 Revises legislative intent to establish a system that is accountable for producing graduates with competencies and skills necessary to achie... More... IN Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Accrediting Schools According to Baldrige Criteria H.B. 1750 Provides that a school may be accredited by meeting the criteria for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Education rather than u... More... NE Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Amends Performance Indicators L.B. 813 Sets parameters for one of the state performance indicators. Amends "(c) At least sixty percent of the graduating seniors in the local syste... More... NM Vetoed 05/1999 P-12 Creates the Education Initiatives and Accountability Task Force H.B. 28A Creates the Education Initiatives and Accountability Task Force; provides for membership and duties; makes an appropriation.... More... WA Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 State Accountability System S.B. 5418 Declares that the accountability system should be based on continuous improvement at all levels of Washington's education system and on a fu... More... AR Became law without governor's signature 04/1999 P-12 Requests a Review of Arizona Public Education Task Force Recommendations S.C.R. 22 Requests the senate and house interim committees on education and the educational standards commission to conduct a thorough review of the r... More... AR Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Requires the Filing of School District Audit Reports with the County Clerk H.B. 2221 Requires the Division of Legislative Audit to provide a copy of every audit report performed on each school district to the county clerk in ... More... AR Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Relates to Assessment and Accountability S.B. 751 Amends various sections of the Arkansas Code related to assessment and accountability in the public schools.... More... KS Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Kansas Commission on Education Restructuring and Accountability S.B. 32 Concerns the Kansas Commission on Education Restructuring and Accountability.... More... UT Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Creates Task Force on Learning Standards and Accountability H.B. 144 Creates a task force on learning standards and accountability in public education; provides for membership; staff, duties and reporting date... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Governor's Schools H.B. 2077 Provides that the Board of Education shall include consideration of special school division accomplishments, such as numbers of dual enrollm... More... VA Signed into law 01/1999 P-12 Amends Teacher Preparation, Evaluation and Employment Laws H.B. 2710 Relates to the Education Accountability and Quality Enhancement Act; makes a variety of changes to the statutes governing teacher preparatio... More... DE Signed into law 07/1998 P-12 S.B. 250 Educational Accountability Act of 1998 Creates the "Educational Accountability Act of 1998". Intended to reduce social promotion, reward the academic achievement of students, scho... More... HI Vetoed 07/1998 P-12 Temporary Commission on Educational Accountability H.B. 2564 Establishes temporary commission on educational accountability. Authorizes hiring retired teachers as part-time instructors. Authorizes char... More... SC Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 Performance and Accountability S.B. 850 Perfomance Accountability Relates to quality controls and productivity rewards, so as to enact the South Carolina Performance and Accountability for Excellence in Tea... More... IA Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 Accountability H.B. 2272 Requires the state board of education to adopt rules relating to the incorporation of accountability for student achievement into the educat... More... AL Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 717 Relates to the requirement for taking a school census; provides further for the dates of taking the census.... More... WA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 2849 Accountability Enhances student achievement accountability. Provides that as of 12/15/98, each School District Board of Directors shall select the reading ... More... WV Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 4306 Provides legislative intent for establishing a process of standards, assessment, accountability and capacity building to provide assurances ... More... MI Signed into law 12/1997 P-12 H.B. 5233 Requires MEAP and high school proficiency test scores to be used as an indicator in school improvement process; relates to supporting academ... More... OH Signed into law 08/1997 P-12 H.B. 269 Mayor's Governing Board Allows certain urban school districts, specifically Cleveland City Schools, to be governed by a board named by the mayor. Gives the mayor au... More... NV Died 07/1997 P-12 S.B. 241 Accountability of Public Schools Statewide Relates to education; requires the Department of Education to evalulate the performance of public schools; requires certain notice of the ev... More... NV Signed into law 07/1997 P-12 S.B. 482 Nevada Education Reform Act of 1997 Part of the Nevada Educational Reform Act of 1997--ADDITIONAL DATA: Districts to collect and report additional data concerning presence of c... More... NV Signed into law 07/1997 P-12 S.B. 482 Nevada Education Reform Act of 1997 Part of the Nevada Education Reform Act of 1997--IDENTIFICATION: Uses existing state accountability indicator system to identify schools fai... More... NV Signed into law 07/1997 P-12 S.B. 482 Nevada Education Reform Act of 1997 Part of the Nevada Education Reform Act of 1997--LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION: Eight members: 4 Senators and 4 Assembly Members. Revie... More... OK Signed into law 07/1997 P-12 Education Oversight Board Recreates the Education Oversight Board; authorizing the appointment of two nonlegislative members by the governor and two legislative membe... More... AZ Died 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 2187 Accountability of Underachieving School Districts Provides for a plan to improve accountability of underachieving school districts; states that by December 15, 1997 the superintendent of pub... More... LA Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 2450 Accountability of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools Requires the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide an annual report to each legislator ranking public elementary and second... More... NC Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 Excellent Schools Act - General Knowledge Tests, etc. Certified staff members employed in the lowest performing schools shall take a general knowledge test. Staff members who do not pass the tes... More... TN Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 405 Student Information Reporting; Dropout Reduction Requires Commissioner of Education to annually report certain information pertaining to student suspensions, expulsions and dropouts; requir... More... AR Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 57 Relates to Arkansas education goals and performance accountability; relates to student competency, graduation rates; educational testing.... More... CT Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 1200 Dissolves the Hartford Board of Education and establishes the State Board of Trustees for the Hartford Public Schools to take its place; tra... More... IN Died 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 2026 Allows a local school corporation to determine curriculum requirements and other educational issues for the school corporation. Requires a c... More... NM Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 997 Amends the school district accountability report to require the State Board of Education to establish the format of the reports and ensure t... More... AR Signed into law 02/1997 P-12 H.B. 1135 Requires more detailed dropout information be included in the annual school district report card; requires local school districts to file dr... More... VA Died 02/1997 P-12 H.B. 1662 Accountability of Public Instruction Requires the superintendent of Public Instruction to include in educational performance criteria standards for determinations of substantial... More... DE Signed into law 07/1996 P-12 S.B. 275 Public School Accountability Establishes a process for the publication of school profiles to give public school parents and students and taxpayers accurate, informative ... More... FL Signed into law 06/1996 P-12 H.B. 1009 Accountability (Effective: 07/01/96) Provides responsibility of the State Board of Education to implement a system of school improvement and accountability... More... FL Became law without governor's signature 06/1996 P-12 Performance and Management Review S.B. 1044 State Accountability Requires the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to contract with private firms to conduct performance and manag... More... NC Signed into law 06/1996 P-12 S.B. 1139 Accountability for Public Schools Implements the ABCs Plan in order to establish an accountability model for the public schools to improve student performance and increase lo... More... FL Died 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 451 School Improvement and Education Accountability Amends provision reimplementation of state system of school improvement and education accountability; provides for waiver of certain statute... More... HI Active 03/1996 P-12 Comprehensive Assessment and Accountability System (CAAS) In order for schools and the school system to have sufficient information for making systematic rather than fragmented improvements, the Dep... More... KY Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 461 Secondary Education (Effective: 03/29/96) Relates to high school equivalency diplomas,to create a high school external diploma that may be obtained by persons t... More... SC Died 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 4597 South Carolina School Accountability Act of 1996 Gives schools and districts greater control over education decisions, and evaluates funding needs in exchange for increased accountability f... More... AZ Died 01/1996 P-12 S.B. 1379 Parental Satisfaction With Public Schools Directs Department of Education to survey parents to see if they are satisfied with public schools.... More... ID Died 01/1996 P-12 S.B. 1291 & 1292 Accountability Report Cards Both Bills, 1291 and 1292 deal with Accountability/Report Cards, but bill 1291, repeals existing law which requires a school accountability ... More... ID Signed into law 01/1996 P-12 S.B. 1400 School Accountability Report Card Amends existing law to provide that the school accountability report card is optional for the school district and may be required by the boa... More... VT Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 676 Establishment of Goals, Standards, and Assessment Tools for Students Establishes goals, standards, and assessment tools for students; requires school districts to report annually on their performance and finan... More... AL Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 Chapter 16-6B Education Accountability Plan The Legislature finds that the people of Alabama desire two basic things from their public schools: 1) high achievement for students 2) safe... More... NC Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 H.B. 6/S.B. 99 School Flexibility and Accountability (Effective: 07/18/95) An act to grant additional management flexibility to local boards of education, to ensure that local boards of educati... More... IL Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 206 1995 Chicago School Reform Act Implements the 1995 Chicago School Reform Act, replaces the Chicago Board of Education with a 5 person Board of Trustees, revises administra... More... KS Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 2173 Elementary and Secondary H.B. 2173, as it pertains to accreditation of schools, eliminated the statutory listing of the ten outcomes of the school accreditation syst... More... MS Passed 05/1995 P-12 Policy for Withholding Funds for Failure to Submit Student, Fiscal and Personal Data (Effective: 06/21/95) Establishes a policy for withholding funds for failure to submit student, fiscal and personnel data.... More... GA Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 H.B. 145 State Grants to Local School Systems on the Basis of Achievement, Article 6, Chapter 2, Title 20, Section 1 The State Board of Education shall provide qualified public elementary and secondary schools and local school systems with incentive award g... More... GA Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 H.B. 145 State Grants to Local School Systems on the Basis of Achievement, Article 6, Chapter 2, Title 20, Section 3 The State Board of Education shall supervise a comprehensive evaluation of each public school, local school system, and regional educational... More... ND Signed into law 03/1995 P-12 H.B. 1270 - Performance Standards and Assessments Repeals student performance standards and assessments and school district policies and plans for participating in school decisionmaking (15-... More... KY Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 KRS 158.6455 "Schools in crisis" Requires that a school in which the proportion of successful students declines by five percent (5%) or more in any biennium beginning with t... More... NV Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 S.B. 511 Accountability Changes the law concerning the accountability program for public schools. The statute is expanded to require each school district to report ... More... NV Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 A.B. 290 Accountability Requires the State Board of Education to establish a pilot program to evaluate the feasibility of transferring the responsibility of public ... More... Accountability--Accreditation MT Adopted 10/2012 P-12 Accreditation, Including Teacher Evaluation ARM 10.55.601-1003 Modifies accreditation. One modification deletes old section on teacher evaluation and replaces with new. Requires that evaluation system fo... More... MT Adopted 10/2012 P-12 Assessment Required for Accrediation ARM 10.56.101 Chapter 55 Accreditation Standards provide a framework to ensure the constitutional right of every Montana student to a basic system of free... More... ID Adopted 05/2012 P-12 Rules Governing School Accreditation and Uniformity ID ADC 08.02.02.140 All public secondary schools, serving any grade(s) 9-12, will be accredited. Accreditation is voluntary for elementary schools, grades K-8, ... More... MS Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Authorizes Consolidation of Low-Performing Schools and School Districts in Emergency Situations S.B. 2737 Relating to low-performing schools and school districts: Provides that if a local school district violates accreditation standards determine... More... OK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Temporary Waiver for Certain Mandates S.B. 1443 Extends the period during which schools cannot be penalized or denied accreditation for failure to comply with certain standards such as tex... More... ID Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Creating a Process to Ensure all Schools can Participate in State Functions Such as Playoffs S.B. 1301 Directs the state department of education to define and implement a process outlining secondary school accreditation requirements for the pu... More... VA Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 High School Accreditation; Industry Certifications H.B. 642/S.B. 514 Requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations adjusting the formula for calculating the final high school accreditation status to add... More... NH Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Accountability Standards met with NEASC Accreditation H.B. 130 Allows a school to demonstrate compliance with New Hampshire's input-based school accountability standards by furnishing evidence that it ha... More... NC Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 High School Accrediation H.B. 342 Provides that the State Board of Education (SBE) is an authorized accrediting entity for public schools. Requires the SBE to adopt rigorous ... More... ND Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Certification System for Public and Nonpublic Schools H.B. 1029 Establishes a certification system for the approval of public and nonpublic schools. Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Charter School Reporting S.B. 436 Requires a public charter school to annually submit a report detailing: (1) The number of applications for enrollment received; (2) The numb... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Alternative Accreditation H.B. 2494 Provides that any school board, on behalf of one or more of its schools, may request from the Board of Education releases from state regulat... More... VA Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 Delayed Implementation of Certain Statutes and Regulations H.B. 1554/S.B. 810 Provides for the delayed implementation of statutes and regulations upon which the accreditation of schools in the Commonwealth is based tha... More... MO Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Accreditation H.B. 1543--Multiple Provisions In fiscal years 2011 through 2013, the Department of Education cannot penalize a school district on its accreditation review for failing to ... More... MS Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Schools At Risk H.B. 1097 Requires the Department of Education to provide assistance to certain schools not meeting adequate performance of accreditation standards. R... More... IA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Deaccreditation of Districts and/or Nonpublic Schools S.B. 2289 Allows for the deaccreditation of districts or nonpublic schools. Allows the director of the department of education to order the positive f... More... VA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Delaying Implementation of Certain Statutes H.B. 111/S.B. 352 Relates to delayed implementation of certain statutes and regulations upon which accreditation is based, with the exception of the graduatio... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Special Accreditation Investigations H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part II Adds to circumstances under which special accreditation investigations must be conducted. Directs the commissioner to authorize special accr... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Assistance to Low-Performing Districts and Schools H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part IV Amends language regarding actions the commissioner may take as regards a district that does not satisfy accreditation criteria, academic per... More... CO Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 School Accountability and Accreditation S.B. 163 Repeals and reenacts the Educational Accreditation Act of 1998 to align accountability and accreditation measures and procedures; assigns sp... More... IA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Accreditation S.B. 360 Relates to the accreditation of school districts and nonpublic schools and the reorganization of school districts. If a recommendation is fo... More... MS Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 School District Accreditation Levels S.B. 2308 Relates to school district accreditation levels; revises accreditation terminology. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/SB/2... More... VA Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Delay of Accreditation Implementation H.B. 2166 Provides for the delayed implementation of statutes, regulations and standards upon which the accreditation of schools or school divisions i... More... TX Adopted 12/2007 P-12 Accountability 19 TAC Chapter 97 Adopts new 19 TAC Chapter 97, Planning and Accountability, Subchapter EE, Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions. The new subchapter... More... UT Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Accreditation of Secondary Schools R277-413 Deletes previous Northwest Association of Accredited Schools and State Board of Education accreditation standards and provides newly revised... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Expands Use of State Institute Fund S.B. 68 Adds support activities related to school accreditation and teacher training and retention to the list of purposes for use of the State Inst... More... VA Rule Adoption 07/2006 P-12 Standards For Accrediting Public Schools 8 VAC 20-131-10 thru -320 non seq. Amends regulations establishing standards for accrediting public schools in Virginia. The amendments include additional options for student... More... WV Rule Adoption 06/2006 P-12 Performance Based Accreditation System Title 126, Series 13 Amends rules regarding a process for improving education and a performance-based accreditation system. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School Accreditation and Resource Allocation S.B. 549 - Section 1 Provides that whenever the state board determines that a school has failed either to meet the accreditation requirements or standards adopte... More... MO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Lapse of Provisional Accrediation S.B. 894 If a school district has been classified as unaccredited within the previous five school years and the district is subsequently classified a... More... MI Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 New High School Graduation Requirements H.B. 5606 Establishes statewide high school graduation requirements effective with the class of 2010, including 4 units English; 3 units science, incl... More... MS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Exempting Level 4 or 5 Accredited Districts from Certain Requirements H.B. 1121 Relates to school districts; establishes home rule; exempts Level 4 or 5 accredited districts from certain requirements. Authorizes the Stat... More... WV Rule Adoption 07/2005 P-12 Performance Based Accreditation System Title 126, Series 13 Amends rules relating to a performance based accreditation system to improve education. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4602 (SN)... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Accreditation Indicators and Dropout/Graduation Rates S.B. 91 Standardizes the calculation of graduation rates and dropout rates that are required to be reported by school districts for accreditation. S... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Evaluation of State Accountability System and Revised Designations S.B. 214 (Section 1-2) Requires the department to contract every 3 years for an independent evaluation of the state accountability system and the No Child Left Beh... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 School Accountability Reports and State Accreditation S.B. 214 (Section 4-6) Section 4: Repeals and reenacts 22-7-605 pertaining to the content and format of state-mandated school accountability reports. Section 5: ... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Diagnostic Academic Growth Calculation S.B. 214 (Section 7-8) Section 7: Encourages the state board to establish accreditation indicators based in part on the diagnostic academic growth calculation adde... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Accreditation Standards H.B. 2757 Requires the department of education to conduct an on-campus Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools review for each school d... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 H.B. 2247 (section 6) Requires every accredited school to teach the subjects and areas of instruction adopted by the state board of education as of January 1, 200... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 2010 Commission H.B. 2247 (section 7-9) Establishes the 2010 Commission. States that the commission shall cease to exist on December 31, 2010. Requires the commission to: (a) Condu... More... OH Rule Adoption 10/2004 P-12 Accreditation of Education Programs OAC 4715-12-04 Amends rules regarding accreditation of education programs, applications, fees, suspensions, and revocations. OHIO REG 11562 (SN)... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Special Education in Private Schools A.B. 1858 (multiple provisions) Require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to conduct an investigation onsite at any time without prior notice when there is substanti... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Nonpublic Schools Serving Special Education Students A.B. 1858 (multiple provisions) Requires a master contracts with nonpublic, nonsectarian schools for the provision of special education and related services to include that... More... WV Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Performance Based Accreditation System Title 126, Series 13 Amends rules regarding a process for improving education through a performance based accreditation system. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4415 (SN)... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Standards of Quality S.B. 479, H.B. 1014 Reorganizes the Standards of Quality and makes substantive amendments that would (i) increase from one half-time to one full-time principal ... More... AR Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 Standards for Accreditation of Public Schools ADE 156 Establishes rules governing standards of accreditation of Arkansas public schools. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/ade%20156%20standards.pdf... More... AR Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 Standards/Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools Uncodified Establishes rules regarding standards for accreditation of Arkansas public schools; describes the process for how public schools or district... More... TX Rule Adoption 05/2003 P-12 Youth Commission Schools 37 TAC 91.41 Amends rules concerning education administration. Clarifies that Youth Commission schools are accredited under certain provisions. TEXAS REG... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Quality Education Act of 2003 - Accreditation H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill) Amends §§ 6-15-202 - 6-15-209. Revises state accreditation regulations and consequences for schools and districts failing to meet Arkansas S... More... AR Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2003 P-12 Emergency Amendment to Standards of Accreditation ADE 153 Allow the Arkansas State Board of Education to waive the minimum of 178 days required in the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public ... More... CO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Testing and Reporting of K-12 ESL Students S.B. 109 Requires department to develop single test for districts to identify students eligible to participate in K-12 English language proficiency p... More... KS Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Curriculum Standards Review, State School Report Card, Pupil Performance Study S.B. 9 Requires review of curriculum standards in certain core academic areas every five instead of three years. Changes date to requires state boa... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Guidance Counselors, Reading Specialists H.B. 1136 Amends the Standards of Quality to require, within the Standards of Accreditation, guidance counselors in elementary schools at the followin... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Posting Information on losing accreditation A.B. 1725 Chapter No.598, Requires a school board to give official notice at a school board meeting if a public school within the district that has el... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Exemption from Accreditation S.B. 223 Exempts elementary and secondary education institutions operated by churches, religious organizations and faith-based ministries from requir... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Waivers S.B. 2166 Allows any school or school district to apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver of any rule governing the accreditati... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Accreditation Process S.B. 661 Increases the cycle of accreditation from three years to six years. The language in the bill leaves the cycle open so that some schools can ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Minimum Wage for School Employees H.B. 2553 From the legislation: FULL-TIME CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SHALL NOT RECEIVE AN HOURLY RATE OF COMPENSATION LESS THAN SIX DOLLARS AND TWENTY FIVE ... More... MT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Multiyear accreditation of schools; accreditation of 7th and 8th grades funded at high school rates H.B. 103 Allows for multiyear accreditation of schools; requires compliance with teacher certification laws to receive multiyear accreditation; provi... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Admission Contingent on Accreditation S.B. 1324 Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation pursuant to the Standards of Accreditation promulga... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Using Accreditation as Factor for Admission H.B. 2144 Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation shall not be the sole criterion for denial of admis... More... CO Vetoed 06/2000 P-12 State Board Accreditation of Schools H.B. 1219 Concerns accreditation by the State Board of Education; provides that the Board of Education will appraise and accredit school districts in ... More... IA Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Accreditation Standards H.B. 2474 Provides for the adoption of administrative rules; requires school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to adopt policies relating to ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Transfer of Credits, Accreditation H.B. 987 Provides that the Board of Education recognizes, for purposes of facilitating the transfer of academic credits for students who have attende... More... LA Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Postsec. Repeals Exemption from Board of Regents' Requirements H.B. 615 Repeals exemption for certain postsecondary academic degree-granting institutions from Board of Regents' registration and licensure requirem... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Accreditation and Accountability H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part I Makes former Section 39.071 new Section 39.051, and repeals portions of existing 39.051, "Academic Excellence Indicators." Provides that in ... More... IN Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Accrediting Schools According to Baldrige Criteria H.B. 1750 Provides that a school may be accredited by meeting the criteria for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Education rather than u... More... KS Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Evaluation and Accreditation S.B. 37 Concerns school district self-evaluation and accreditation.... More... MS Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Student Promotion and Accreditation Standards S.B. 2156 Authorizes student assessment standards for student promotion and graduation in the public schools; defines standards for the implementation... More... IA Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 Accountability H.B. 2272 Requires the state board of education to adopt rules relating to the incorporation of accountability for student achievement into the educat... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 Mississippi Report Card S.B. 2836 Accountability Requires that the annual Mississippi Report Card shall include a special report assessing the implementation of the Mississippi Adequate Edu... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 S.B. 2082 Accreditation Requires the State Board of Education to wxempt school districts meeting level 4 or 5 accreditation from xompulsory accreditation standards ... More... CO Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 1267 Accreditation Process Requires the State Board of Education to implement a school accreditation process that focuses on student achievement results on standards-b... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 356 Requires the Board of Education to include in the student outcome measures, which are required by the Standards for Accreditation; end of co... More... MO Died 05/1997 P-12 H.B. 759 Accreditation Standards Requires that the school classification requirements and accreditation standards be approved by the General Assembly before a school may be ... More... VA Vetoed 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 2213 Standards of Accreditation Provies that no revisions to the Standards of Accreditation for public schools shall be implemented prior to July 1, 1998.... More... MS Died 02/1997 P-12 S.B. 2127 Performance-Based Standards, Workforce-Education Act Eliminates performance-bsed standards of public school accreditation. Repeals Workforce-Education Act.... More... TN Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 29/S.B. 605 Accreditation Organization (Effective: 03/13/96) Adds Tennessee Association of Church Related Schools to the list of standards organizations which a church related sch... More... TX Passed 01/1996 P-12 19 TAC 97.1-97.7 Education Agency/Planning and Accreditation (Effective: 09/01/96) Proposes new 97.1-97.7, concerning planning and accreditation. Establishes definitions, requirements, and procedures r... More... HI Signed into law 06/1995 P-12 S.B. 995 Establishment and Supervision of Private Schools Relates to the establishment and supervision of private schools; requires application to a Board of Independent Schools, which shall be regi... More... HI Passed 06/1995 P-12 Accreditation Transfers the supervision of Hawaii's private schools from the state education department to a board of independent schools.... More... KS Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 2173 Elementary and Secondary H.B. 2173, as it pertains to accreditation of schools, eliminated the statutory listing of the ten outcomes of the school accreditation syst... More... OK Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 1441 Public School Accreditation Deletes from public school accreditation provision language relating to standards consistent of an outcome-oriented approach to accreditatio... More... GA Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 H.B. 145 State Grants to Local School Systems on the Basis of Achievement, Article 6, Chapter 2, Title 20, Section 3 The State Board of Education shall supervise a comprehensive evaluation of each public school, local school system, and regional educational... More... Accountability--Measures/Indicators LA Adopted 12/2012 P-12 Testing, Graduation Rates and Accountability LAC 28:LXXXIII, Chapter 3, §§301, 302, 303, 307, Chapters 4, 5, 6 Reflects new policy as a result of the ESEA flexibility request approved for implementation by the U.S. Department of Education. For K-8 sch... More... AK Adopted Text or Summary of Text 11/2012 P-12 Modified Growth and Special Programs 4 AAC 33.500, 510, 520, 530, 540, 550, 560, 570, 580, 590 Amending the chapters to repeal the Public School Performance Incentive Program, redefine the purpose of the public school growth and profic... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Accountability, Dropout Recovery High Schools A.B. 1668 From bill summary: Changes the definition of a dropout recovery high school to mean a school offering instruction in any of grades 9-12 in w... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Revising Academic Performance Index (API) S.B. 1458 From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to develop and implement a specified program of school quality review... More... LA Adopted 09/2012 P-12 Accountability Measures LAC 28:LXXXIII.409, 705, 707, and 3301 From Louisiana Register: Amends provisions in "Calculating a 9-12 Assessment Index." Provides detail on how incentive points will be earned ... More... AL Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 School and District Grading, School Awards, Funding Flexibility H.B. 588 Establishes legislative findings. Directs the state superintendent of education to develop a school grading system for schools and districts... More... CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 School Performance Measures S.B. 458 (Sec. 18) Revamps the education accountability law post-NCLB (renamed as the performance management and support plan), regarding identifying... More... LA Adopted 05/2012 P-12 Assessment System LAC 28:LXXXIII.409, 515, 707, 3501, 3503, and 3507 From May 2012 Louisiana Register: Removes references in LAC 28:LXXXIII. §409 ("Calculating a 9-12 Assessment Index"), §515 ("State Assessmen... More... NM Adopted 05/2012 pre-K-12 Grading of Public Schools 6.19.8 NMAC Amends rule 6.19.8 NMAC 'Grading of Public Schools,' which was adopted on December 15, 2011 and implemented the 'A-B-C-D-F Schools Rating Ac... More... OK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Advanced Placement Participation and Scores Included as Metrics H.B. 2494 Specifies that participation and scores in Advanced Placement courses whether taught at a high school, technology center or regional site of... More... TN Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Statewide Accountability S.B. 2208 Directs commissioner of education to establish appropriate performance goals and measures for LEAs. Rewards LEAs that reach the achievement ... More... FL Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 School Improvement and Education Accountability H.B. 7127 - School Improvement and Education Accountability Requires a school improvement plan to include strategies for improving student achievement if a school has a significant student achievement... More... GA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 School and School System Indicators of Quality, Report Cards S.B. 410 Directs the office of student achievement to work in coordination to review, and revise as necessary, indicators of quality. Requires such r... More... MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Repealed - Office of Educational Accountability H.F. 2949 Repealed statute which created and funded the Independent Office of Educational Accountability, which advised the legislative education comm... More... NE Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Quality Education Accountability Act L.B. 870 - Multiple Measures Section Provide for an accountability system to measure school performance under the Quality Education Accountability Act. Requires by August 1, 201... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Underperforming Schools H.B. 2663 Enables a school that is assigned a letter grade of "D" for less than three consecutive years to also be assigned a letter grade of "F" if S... More... SD Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 State Accountability System S.B. 25 Creates a new state accountability system for public elementary and secondary schools to hold public schools accountable for student achieve... More... VA Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 High School Accreditation; Industry Certifications H.B. 642/S.B. 514 Requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations adjusting the formula for calculating the final high school accreditation status to add... More... WY Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Statewide Accountability System S.F. 57 Establishes indicators to measure student achievement and school-level performance. Stipulates that indicators will be used to create an ove... More... CA Vetoed 10/2011 P-12 Size of Pupil Subgroups for Purposes of API Reporting S.B. 512 From bill summary: Requires that reporting for purposes of the Academic Performance Index (API) include performance data for pupil subgroups... More... CA Vetoed 10/2011 P-12 Education Quality Index S.B. 547 From bill summary: Makes provisions relating to the Academic Performance Index (API) inoperative on July 1, 2014, and repeals them as of Jan... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 Dropout Recovery High Schools and Individual Pupil Growth Model A.B. 180 From bill summary: Existing law requires the superintendent of public instruction, with approval of the state board, to develop an alternati... More... TX Adopted 07/2011 P-12 Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System 19 TAC 97.1005 Adopts excerpted sections of the Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System (PBMAS) 2011 Manual. From Texas Register: The 2011 PBMAS inclu... More... TX Adopted 07/2011 P-12 Accountability Rating System 19 TAC 97.1001 Adopts the 2011 Accountability Manual. Provides earlier versions of the manual will remain in effect with respect to the school years for wh... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 School Grades H.B. 1456 Adds a new section of that that requires the assignment and reporting of school grades. Requires that grades of schools be based 33 percent ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Graduation Rates S.B. 2 Instructs the state board to adopt a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate to establis... More... NM Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 School Accountability Ratings S.B. 427 Creates the A-B-C-D-E-F rating system to grade public schools in a way that is easily understandable to parents, school personnel and the co... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 School Grading System S.B. 59 Requires the state board of education to establish a school grading system in which a school receives a grade of A, B, C, D, or F based on t... More... WY Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Accountability Indicators S.F. 70--Indicators Wyoming Accountability in Education Act--Established through legislation and implemented by Department of Education. PHASE 1 --Establishes ... More... AK Adopted 01/2011 P-12 Assessment/Academic Indicators, Report Card to the Public and Definitions 4 AAC 06.825, 895, 899 Revises various provisions regarding the other academic indicator, including graduation rate, for school, district and state accountability.... More... CA Vetoed 09/2010 P-12 Including Primary Language Assessment in State Assessment/Accountability System S.B. 930 From bill summary: Requires that any primary language assessment developed by the department and administered to limited English proficient ... More... CA Vetoed 08/2010 P-12 Determining Graduation Rates in Lowest-Achieving Schools A.B. 2083 Existing law provides that persistently lowest-achieving schools include a high school with a graduation rate below 60% in each of the last ... More... TX Adopted 07/2010 P-12 Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions 19 TAC 97.1051, 1053, 1055, 1057, 1059, 1061, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1067, 1069, 1071, 1073 Makes various changes to state accountability provisions. Language below primarily from July 23, 2010 Texas Register. 97.1051: Amends defini... More... TX Adopted 07/2010 P-12 Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System 19 TAC 97.1005 The Texas Education Agency (TEA) proposes an amendment to s.97.1005, concerning accountability and performance monitoring. The section descr... More... LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Exclusion of Student Data in School Accountability S.B. 112 Prohibits inclusion of performance data related to students educated in office of juvenile residential centers, justice detention centers, o... More... LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 School/District Performance Letter Grades H.B. 925 In addition to any other performance-related labels or designations assigned to schools and districts, the State Board of Elementary and Sec... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 School Achievement Profiles S.B. 1286 Relates to school and school district accountability. Changes the classifications used for school achievement profiles and specifies the dat... More... CA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Academic Performance Index and Student Growth Measurements S.B. 1E - Section 7 By January 2011, directs the superintendent and state board, in consultation with the advisory committee established through 52052.5(a), to ... More... NE Adopted 01/2010 P-12 Quality Indicators Related to State System of Accreditation Title 92, NAC Chapter 10 - Multiple Provisions Adds quality indicators to major provisions. For example, 004.01 K-12 Curriculum. Quality Indicator: The curriculum is comprehensive, coordi... More... OH Signed into law 12/2009 P-12 Charter School Accountability During First Two Years of Operation H.B. 19 - Community Schools Amends accountability provisions applicable to charter schools. When determining whether a community school meets triggers for certain accou... More... OH Signed into law 12/2009 P-12 Charter Schools H.B. 218 - Charter Schools Authorizes specified community schools (charter schools) to operate as conversion schools. Authorizes the governing authority of specified c... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 Including Improving English Proficiency in State Accountability System A.B. 1435 Relates to the advisory committee on the creation of the Academic Performance Index and the implementation of the Immediate Intervention/Und... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Annual Report on Dropouts S.B. 651 Requires the superintendent of public instruction by August 2011 to submit a report called the Annual Report on Dropouts in the state. Requi... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Performance Indicators H.B. 1 - Section 3302.01 and 3302.02 Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1: 3302.01: Amends performance index score to reflect combination of reading and writing tests into ... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Report Card Data on College and Work Readiness H.B. 1 - Section 105.01/3302.032 Repeals 3302.032, which directed the state board, by June 30, 2012, to select one or more methods of measuring high school graduates' prepar... More... CO Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 School Accountability and Accreditation S.B. 163 Repeals and reenacts the Educational Accreditation Act of 1998 to align accountability and accreditation measures and procedures; assigns sp... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Student Academic Achievement and Growth H.F. 2 Requires the statewide educational accountability and reporting system to measure and separately report the adequate yearly progress of scho... More... NM Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Acct. System Pilot Project and Data Collection S.B. 156 Creates an alternative school accountability system pilot project; provides for data collection and analysis; provides for periodic reports ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Accountability System S.B. 1 Section 4, 5 and 7 Repeals provisions relating to rewards for successful schools. Establishes provisions to recognize schools that would have been rewarded und... More... FL Adopted 11/2008 P-12 School Improvement and Accountability FAC 6A-1.09981 Ensures consistency among all schools designated School Performance Grade of D by requiring that they utilize the Bureau of School Improveme... More... LA Adopted 10/2008 P-12 Alternative Assessment Results LAC 28:LXXXIII.3905 Amends rules relating to the school, district and state accountability system. Relates to the inclusion of alternate assessment results for ... More... AK Rule Adoption 07/2008 P-12 GOVERNMENT OF SCHOOLS 4 AAC 06.825(b)(2), (c), .830(c), .885, 33.520(3)(4), .540(a)(2),(5), (6) Deals with government of schools and special programs. Allows more flexibility in determining the graduation rate for purposes of Adequate Y... More... SC Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Amends Multiple Accountability Provisions H.B. 4662 Revises the Education Accountability Act. Adds poverty, limited English proficiency status, disability status, or other groups required by f... More... GA Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Flexibility in Exchange for Increased Accountability H.B. 1209 Relates to elementary and secondary education; provides that a local school system may enter into a contract with the state board of educati... More... LA Adopted 12/2007 P-12 School, District and State Accountability System LAC 28:LXXXIII.301, 517, 613, 707, 709, 903, 1301, 1601-1609, 1901,2101, 2301, 2401, 2501-2505, 2701- 2721, 3301-3303, 3503, 3507, 3701, and 3905. Amends rules concerning Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System. Sets the target graduation rate for ... More... LA Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System LAC 28:LXXXIII.603, 613, and 4313 Revises Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System (LAC Part Number LXXXIII). Revises section 603 to i... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Accountability A.B. 400 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to incorporate various indicators into the Academic Performance Index, including high scho... More... LA Adopted 08/2007 P-12 School, District and State Accountability System LAC 28:LXXXIII.4302 and 4313 Revises the use of Alternative Assessment results in accountability as suggested by the Department of Education's Technical Advisory Committ... More... LA Adopted 04/2007 P-12 District Accountability LAC 28:LXXXIII.4301, 4302, 4310, 4311, 4313, 4315, 4503, and 4517 Replaces District Responsibility Index with District Responsibility Indicators to provide a more specific picture of how districts are to be... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 High Quality Educational Programs S.B. 657 From Fiscal Note: The purpose of this bill is to revise the standards, assessment and accountability system to accommodate the higher order ... More... CO Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Growth Model for Student Performance H.B. 1048 Requires the convening of a technical advisory panel to assist in the development of a longitudinal growth model to measure the academic gro... More... LA Adopted 11/2006 P-12 School Performance Score Component LAC 28:LXXXIII.301 and 303 Transition made to new accountability system that includes iLEAP and Graduation Index. Page 1: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0611/061... More... LA Adopted 11/2006 P-12 School Performance Score Goal and Disaster Considerations for the School and District Subgroup Component LAC 28:LXXXIII.301 and 4527 Adjusts accountability policy to more effectively address conditions imposed by the hurricanes of 2005 and implementation of a new testing p... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 School Report Card Indicators S.B. 1510 Deletes certain items from the list of school conditions for which assessments are required to be included in the school accountability repo... More... CA Adopted 08/2006 P-12 High Priority Schools Grant Program Title 5 CCR Sections 1030.7, 1030.8 Amends rules relating to high priority schools grant program. Provides clarification regarding the use of valid APIs in the determination of... More... LA Adopted 08/2006 P-12 School, District and State Accountability System LAC 28:LXXXIII.Chapter 45 Designed to address the impact of natural disasters on schools/districts ability to meet the objectives of the accountability system. Create... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 District Financial Reports S.B. 2272 - Section 14-15 Directs each local board to annually develop, maintain, and distribute a financial report. Provides that the objective of the financial rep... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School Performance Grades H.B. 7087 (Section 45) Makes revisions to school grade provisions, such as the inclusion of information for students receiving a special diploma and grades for K-3... More... CO Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Measuring Student and School Performance H.B. 1109 Concerns measuring public school effectiveness; identifies the schools that receive the governor's distinguished improvement awards; instruc... More... FL Adopted 04/2006 P-12 School Accountability Ratings FAC 6A-1.09981 Reviews the current school grading calculation to explore the inclusion of other criteria and/or make current criteria more rigorous. Measur... More... FL Adopted 03/2006 P-12 Science Assessments and Proficiency Levels FAC 6A-1.09422 Includes the science grade-level scale scores for each achievement level for use in reporting student proficiency levels in science as part ... More... IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Pupil Counts S.B. 173 Requires each school corporation (district) to conduct an informational count on May 1, 2007, May 1, 2008, and May 1, 2009 -- in the same ma... More... IL Adopted 11/2005 P-12 23 IAC 1.10, thru .70, .75, .80, .85, .90, .95, Makes changes in the accountability system for public schools. Changes the requirement for adequate yearly progress and the indicators that ... More... KY Adopted 11/2005 P-12 Accountability Rewards and Consequences 703 KAR 5:020 Amends rules which establish a system for identifying and rewarding successful schools and appropriate consequences for schools failing to m... More... TX Adopted 09/2005 P-12 Institutional Reports 19 TAC 1.17.K.17.101 From background information: Proposed amendment to 19 TAC §97.1001 would describe the state accountability rating system and adopt excerpts ... More... TX Adopted 09/2005 P-12 Accountability Ratings and Measures 19 TAC §97.1001 BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES: Legal counsel with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has recommended that the procedures for i... More... TX Adopted 09/2005 P-12 Annual Accountability Standards 19 TAC 2.97.AA.97.1001 Amends rules regarding the annual accountability standards. Describes the state accountability rating system for districts, campuses, and ch... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Evaluation of State Accountability System and Revised Designations S.B. 214 (Section 1-2) Requires the department to contract every 3 years for an independent evaluation of the state accountability system and the No Child Left Beh... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Diagnostic Academic Growth Calculation S.B. 214 (Section 7-8) Section 7: Encourages the state board to establish accreditation indicators based in part on the diagnostic academic growth calculation adde... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Public School Performance Accountability Program:Opportunity for Teaching and Learning Index S.B. 1419 Existing law establishes the Public School Performance Accountability Program which consists of the Academic Performance Index (API), the Im... More... TN Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Education Performance Goals and Measures H.B. 3511 Deletes several sections of 49-1-601 and and substitutes new language. Relates to educational performance goals and measures;changes from d... More... DE Rule Adoption 05/2004 P-12 Accountability for Schools, Districts and the State 14 DAC 103 Amends regulation to reflect the changes made to Delaware's plan under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Changes include: defini... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 School Academic Progress Measurement H.B. 2353 Concerns schools and measures of academic progress; concerns calculation of the measure of academic progress as the extent of academic progr... More... LA Adopted 04/2004 P-12 School, District and State Accountability LAC 28:LXXXIII.303, 311, 1701, 2701, 2702, 2703, 2713, 2715, 2717, 2719, 2721, 3905, 4001, 4003, 4005 Adopts rules relating to the implementation of fundamental changes in the classroom by helping schools and communities focus on student achi... More... WV to governor 03/2004 P-12 Exemplary Performance and Progress H.B. 4001- Multiple Sections Part of H.B. 4001 requires standards for determining exemplary student, school and school system performance and progress. These indicators ... More... WV to governor 03/2004 P-12 Indicators of Efficiency H.B. 4001 - Multiple Sections Part of H.B. 4001 requires the state board to adopt and periodically review and update indicators of efficiency for use by the appropriate d... More... WV Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 School Improvement H.B. 4001- Mult. Sections - School Improvement Requires the department to make available through its web site or the West Virginia education information system an electronic unified schoo... More... CA Vetoed 10/2003 P-12 School Accountability: Opportunity to Learn Index S.B. 495 States the intent of the Legislature to establish an Opportunity for Teaching and Learning Index as part of the Public School Performance Ac... More... OH Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 State Public School Accountability System H.B. 3--Section 3302.01 Creates the Ohio Accountability Task Force to study the state's accountability system (to make recommendations, periodically review fees for... More... OH Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 AYP H.B. 3--3302.01 This section defines "performance index score;" defines subgroups as major racial and ethic groups, students with disabilities, economically... More... NV Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Alignment with No Child Left Behind Act - Accountability Provisions S.B. 1 (Omnibus Bill) The measure revises the public school accountability provisions of the Nevada Education Reform Act and related sections of the law to confor... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 District Accreditation Standards S.B. 1820 Currently, Texas law requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to adopt rules to evaluate the performance of schools using the academic e... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 School Accountability H.B. 2277 Modifies school achievement profile designations and extends for an additional year the time before a school is classified as a school faili... More... NM Adopted 12/2002 P-12 Indicators and Measurements/School Ratings NMAC 6.19.1.8, 6.19.1.9; 6.19.2.16 Establishes rules annually measuring public schools on the five statewide indicators. All scores, rates, and other measures used in the Acco... More... NM Adopted 12/2002 P-12 Public School Accountability, General Provisions 6.19.1, 6.19.2 NMAC Amends rules regarding the annual measurement of schools. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.019.0001.pdf 6.19.1.9 Address... More... AK Adopted 08/2002 P-12 School Designators 4 AAC 06 - Article 4 Establishes the indicators and formulas used to measure school performance. http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/adopted/4AAC06_schooldesignator... More... AK Adopted 06/2002 P-12 School Designators 4 AAC 06 Each school will receive accountability points for each student included in school accountability, based on their performance category ("Adv... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Annual Reports on Schools and Districts S.B. 1331 Changes distribution deadline for state board's annual reports for every school and district and the state as a whole from July 1 to Septemb... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Performance Indices, School Classification and Intervention for Failing Schools H.B. 2658 Requires that the academic achievement profile report for schools serving students grades K-8 include as indicators the Arizona Measure of A... More... CO Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Alternative Education Campuses S.B. 94 Requires state board to establish criteria and application process for a school to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates t... More... KS Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Curriculum Standards Review, State School Report Card, Pupil Performance Study S.B. 9 Requires review of curriculum standards in certain core academic areas every five instead of three years. Changes date to requires state boa... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Annual Fall Reports H.B. 884, S.B. 350 Directs the Board of Education to include, in its annual fall report on public education needs and schools failing to meet the Standards of ... More... WA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Disaggregating data S.B. 6456 Authorizes the Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission to set performance improvement goals for certain groups of students and dr... More... WV Signed into law 03/2002 Postsec. Higher Education Accountability S.B. 533 Authorizes the rules relating to a higher education report card and performance indicators.... More... OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Performance Indicators Provision S.B. 1 Repeals all former district performance indicators, and requires the state board to establish at least 17 new indicators annually through 20... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools A.B. 961 Establishes the High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools within the Public Schools Accountability Act. Requires a scho... More... OR Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Grading Schools and Reporting S.B. 811 Encourages school districts to implement programs to improve student performance and school personnel satisfaction such as the Initiative fo... More... NH Vetoed 07/2001 P-12 School Performance S.B. 164 Establishes criteria for measuring school performance standards and creates a watch list for schools which are not making satisfactory progr... More... CO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 New rankings for school report cards S.B. 98 Directs new rankings for school report cards; adds new categories of information to be included in school report cards; requires low perform... More... DE Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 School Accountability Program H.B. 220 Relates to school and district accountability for student outcomes; provides for notification to the public of school rankings; provides tec... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 At Risk Guidelines S.B. 702 Texas law defines a "student at risk of dropping out of school" by age rather than grade level for students in grade levels higher than seve... More... FL Filed as Chapter No 05/2001 P-12 School Performance Grades H.B. 1633 2001-90. Revises provisions relating to the designation of school performance grade categories; revises the basis for such designations; rev... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Staff Performance Evaluation Plan S.B. 165 Section formerly required each school to develop staff performance evaluation plan that would examine each employee's performance. New langu... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Accountability System S.B. 165 Eliminates language that defined "expected [school] performance level" by student attendance rates, remediation rates, assessment scores and... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Academic Performance S.B. 810 Requires state to complete draft Academic Performance Index by July 13, 2001. On or before February 28, 2002, must file the final baseline ... More... SC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Performance Indicators H.B. 3600 Relates to the education oversight committee's academic performance ratings and performance indicators under the education accountability ac... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Students Tested; Reporting S.B. 660 Relates to annual school accountability reporting. There are five indices through which public school performance shall be measured and rep... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Attendance Rates Reported H.B. 1222 Concerns the replacement of information on student dropout rates with information on school attendance rates in reports for elementary schoo... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 School Accountability Report Card S.B. 1632 Requires the State Department of Education to develop and recommend for adoption a standardized template for the school accountability repor... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Statewide Testing S.B. 1139 States the State Board of Education shall administer the standardized norm-referenced achievement test two times during each academic year t... More... CO Signed into law 06/1999 Postsec. Revises Quality Indicator System S.B. 229 Revises the statewide expectations and goals under the quality indicator system for the statewide system of higher education so that the ind... More... NE Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Amends Performance Indicators L.B. 813 Sets parameters for one of the state performance indicators. Amends "(c) At least sixty percent of the graduating seniors in the local syste... More... CA Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Public School Accountability Act of 1999 S.B. 1X Institutes a ranking of California's schools, with rewards for schools that improve and interventions in underperforming ones. Creates an A... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Governor's Schools H.B. 2077 Provides that the Board of Education shall include consideration of special school division accomplishments, such as numbers of dual enrollm... More... WI Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 A.B. 883 Relates to information included in the annual school and school districts performance reports.... More... MI Signed into law 12/1997 P-12 H.B. 5233 Requires MEAP and high school proficiency test scores to be used as an indicator in school improvement process; relates to supporting academ... More... CA Vetoed 08/1997 P-12 S.B. 305 School Accountability Report Card Requires that the statewide model school accountability report card also include, as a school condition to be assessed, the quality of schoo... More... Accountability--Reporting Results LA Adopted 12/2012 P-12 School Performance Categories LAC 28:LXXXIII, Chapter 11, 13 Chapter 11, "School Performance Categories," provides that beginning with the release of 2012-2013 school accountability data, schools will ... More... LA Adopted 12/2012 P-12 State Annual Reporting LAC 28:LXXXIII, §2901, Chapter 31 Amends requirements for board of elementary and secondary education's annual rep0orting on state progress in reaching Louisiana's 2014 goal.... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Revising Academic Performance Index (API) S.B. 1458 From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to develop and implement a specified program of school quality review... More... MO Signed into law 07/2012 P-12 Gifted Education S.B. 599- Gifted Education School districts must include in their annual school accountability report card whether the school district currently has a state-approved g... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Report Card for Joint Vocational School Districts and Other Career-Technical Planning Districts S.B. 316 - Report Card for Joint Vocational School Districts & Other Career-Technical Planning Districts Defines "career-technical planning district". Directs the state board, in consultation with the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents, any... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Public Accountability Report Card at Student Enrollment S.B. 316 - Public Accountability Report Card at Student Enrollment Provides that when a student enrolls in a school operated by a school district, a school official with responsibility for admissions must pr... More... AL Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 School and District Grading, School Awards, Funding Flexibility H.B. 588 Establishes legislative findings. Directs the state superintendent of education to develop a school grading system for schools and districts... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Reporting School Rankings H.B. 2622 Prohibits a school, charter school or school district from displaying a classification or ranking received from any public or private entity... More... CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Department of Education Reporting on Website S.B. 458 (Sec. 88) Requires SDE to annually make the following information available on its website: 1) the statewide performance management and acco... More... MS Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Authorizes Consolidation of Low-Performing Schools and School Districts in Emergency Situations S.B. 2737 Relating to low-performing schools and school districts: Provides that if a local school district violates accreditation standards determine... More... MS Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Changes School and District Accreditation Rating Terminology S.B. 2776 Authorizes and directs the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education to change the performance level terminology for sc... More... TN Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Statewide Accountability S.B. 2208 Directs commissioner of education to establish appropriate performance goals and measures for LEAs. Rewards LEAs that reach the achievement ... More... FL Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 School Improvement and Education Accountability H.B. 7127 - School Improvement and Education Accountability Requires a school improvement plan to include strategies for improving student achievement if a school has a significant student achievement... More... GA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 School and School System Indicators of Quality, Report Cards S.B. 410 Directs the office of student achievement to work in coordination to review, and revise as necessary, indicators of quality. Requires such r... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Underperforming Schools H.B. 2663 Enables a school that is assigned a letter grade of "D" for less than three consecutive years to also be assigned a letter grade of "F" if S... More... OR Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Task Force on Accountable Schools H.B. 4014 Establishes and sets membership for the Task Force on Accountable Schools to develop a plan to improve accountability practices for schools ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Education Reporting Efficiency H.B. 500 Directs the state board to determine how reporting requirements may be modified or eliminated to reduce the time district and charter school... More... WY Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Statewide Accountability System S.F. 57 Establishes indicators to measure student achievement and school-level performance. Stipulates that indicators will be used to create an ove... More... IL Signed into law 01/2012 P-12 State, District and School Report Cards H.B. 605 Directs the state board of education, through the state superintendent of education, by October 31, 2013 and each October 31 thereafter, to ... More... NM Adopted 01/2012 P-12 Review of Public School Reporting Requirements H.M. 13 Requests a work group to review the public school reporting requirements. http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/memorials/house/HM013... More... MI Signed into law 12/2011 P-12 Reporting AYP Status S.B. 618 Requires the board of a schooldistrict or ISD or the board of directors of a PSA to post a notice of the adequate yearly progress (AYP) stat... More... NV Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Parent Involvement A.B. 224 Creates the Office of Parental Involvement and Family Engagement within the Department of Education. Describes the duties of the office, whi... More... OR Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Fiscal Accountability S.B. 27 Requires education service districts (ESDs) to prepare annual audit of district books and accounts. Authorizes Oregon Department of Educatio... More... SC Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Report Cards/WorkKey Assessments/Teacher Loans H.B. 3663 Suspends the requirement that the Department of Education (DOE) provide printed copies of 2011 district and school report cards. Requires a ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Charter Schools H.B. 1002 Allows charter schools to opt in to the state health insurance plans. Establishes the charter school board as a statewide sponsor of charter... More... MT Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Revenues, Shared Services, Reporting S.B. 329 Excerpts from the fiscal note: SB 329, as amended, increases the basic and per-ANB entitlements for K-12 public schools by 1.1% in FY 2012 a... More... NV Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Accountability S.B. 35 Section 1 of this bill removes the requirement that the automated system of accountability information have the capacity to identify which p... More... NV Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Accountability A.B. 138--Report Cards Revised the requirements for the reports of accountability information prepared by the State Board of Education and the board of trustees of... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 School Grades H.B. 1456 Adds a new section of that that requires the assignment and reporting of school grades. Requires that grades of schools be based 33 percent ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 School Performance Reporting S.B. 737 Requires the annual school performance report to be submitted to the Senate and the House Committees on Education. Requires the annual schoo... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Financial Accountability H.B. 2421 Directs each school district to submit the following to Arizona Department of Education and, if the district maintains a website, post a lin... More... ID Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Report Cards S.B. 1184 - Accountability Modifies the duties of the state department of education to include the posting of a fiscal report card on each school district and charter ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Accountability S.B. 5184 Relating to second-class school districts and compliance reports. Permits second-class districts to submit condensed compliance reports to ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 School Grading System S.B. 59 Requires the state board of education to establish a school grading system in which a school receives a grade of A, B, C, D, or F based on t... More... WY Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Assessment S.F. 70--Assessment State Board of Education: --Pilot statewide benchmark adaptive assessment for school year 2011-2012 (1) Results of pilot program will be u... More... AK Adopted 01/2011 P-12 Assessment/Academic Indicators, Report Card to the Public and Definitions 4 AAC 06.825, 895, 899 Revises various provisions regarding the other academic indicator, including graduation rate, for school, district and state accountability.... More... NY Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 Comparing Apples to Apples in School Violence Reporting A.B. 11566 - Section 4 Amends provisions related to reporting violence and disruptive incidents in public schools. Repeals provision requiring commissioner to iden... More... TX Adopted 07/2010 P-12 Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System 19 TAC 97.1005 The Texas Education Agency (TEA) proposes an amendment to s.97.1005, concerning accountability and performance monitoring. The section descr... More... LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 High School Graduation/Droput Data S.B. 753 Requires each local public school system to post the four-year cohort graduation rate for each high school and for the system as a whole on ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 School/District Performance Letter Grades H.B. 925 In addition to any other performance-related labels or designations assigned to schools and districts, the State Board of Elementary and Sec... More... OH Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Student Health S.B. 210, Part I Establishes the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Council. Directs the council to: (1) Monitor progress in improving student health and ... More... OK Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 School District Transparency Act S.B. 1633 Creates the school district transparency act; requires school district expenditure information be made available on state department of educ... More... ID Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Fiscal Accountability H.B. 699 The purpose of this legislation is to provide public transparency for the spending of Idaho's public school districts and other education pr... More... TN Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Report to Include Programs Offered in Detention Facilities S.B. 2198 Requires the Commissioner of Education to include a description of short and long-term educational programs that are offered to juveniles in... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 State Reporting of Class Size and Charter School Funding S.B. 56 Modifies the state superintendent's annual report of the public school system by: (1) requiring reporting of data on average class sizes cal... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Postsec. Money-Saving Measures H.B. 166 Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Workplace Readiness Skills S.B. 630 Requires each local school board to include in its annual report to the Board of Education the number of students who passed the state Workp... More... WA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Public Reporting S.B. 6604 Relates to school finance; provides that school districts must comply with building energy requirements only to the extent funds are availab... More... VA Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Reporting on Workplace Readiness Skills Assessment H.B. 566 Requires each local school board to include in its annual report to the Board of Education the number of students who passed Virginia's Work... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Reporting, Accountability and Data S.B. 1977 - Reporting, Accountability and Data Requires teacher supply and demand reports to be published every three years instead of annually. Deletes provision that adequate yearly pro... More... LA Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Reporting Requirements for School Funding H.B. 821 Requires districts to provide uniform data collection and reporting for how finance formula funds are spent on certain students and activiti... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Financial Reporting and Minimum Standards H.B. 1 - Section 3301.07 Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1:Modifies the current requirement for the state board to develop a standard for reporting financial ... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Statewide Education Management Information System H.B. 1 - Section 3301.0714 Amends types of data that must be maintained in the education management information system (EMIS http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pa... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Performance Indicators H.B. 1 - Section 3302.01 and 3302.02 Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1: 3302.01: Amends performance index score to reflect combination of reading and writing tests into ... More... CT Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 School Report Cards S.B. 940 Adds truancy data to annual school report cards. The bill spells out all data that schools are required to report on an annual basis to the ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 District Reporting Requirements H.B. 3041 Directs the state education agency to develop and maintain a comprehensive schedule that addresses all district reporting requirements (incl... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Student Assessment Data Portal H.B. 3 - Section 48 and 49 Deletes provision that education Internet portal provides secure access to student assessment data. Amends 32.258 to direct the state educat... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Reporting Requirements H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part VIII (Parent and Educator Reports, Campus and District Report Cards) Creates new Subchapter J, "Parent and Educator Reports." Provides that in addition to the indicators adopted under Section 39.053, the commi... More... WI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Native American Charter School A.B. 75 Provides that if a school board enters into an agreement with an American Indian tribe to establish a charter school, the board must, upon r... More... CO Adopted 05/2009 P-12 Data Reporting for School Accreditation 1 CCR 301-67 Expands mandatory school age to match current law and revises timelines for implementation of the on-time graduation and completion rates. ... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Student Academic Achievement and Growth H.F. 2 Requires the statewide educational accountability and reporting system to measure and separately report the adequate yearly progress of scho... More... OK Adopted 05/2009 P-12 Annual Student College Remediation Reports OAC 210:35-25-4 Requires that a high school representative annually provide for review and discussion a report for each site regarding first-year college pe... More... OK Adopted 05/2009 P-12 Annual Student Dropout Reports to Local School Boards OAC 210:35-25-3 Requires that a school representative annually report the dropouts for each school site that serves students in Grades 7-12 to the local sch... More... TN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Parental Involvement Standards S.B. 293 Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to develop standards for parental involvement in K-12 public schools and include a report on loca... More... CO Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Education Data Reporting Requirements H.B. 1214 Concerns education data reporting requirements; clarifies that the Education Data Advisory Committee is directed to review the reporting req... More... IA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Changes to Miscellaneous Provisions H.B. 687 Deletes several requirements for reporting (i.e., simply the number of graduates, rather than specifying that the number has to be calculate... More... NM Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Acct. System Pilot Project and Data Collection S.B. 156 Creates an alternative school accountability system pilot project; provides for data collection and analysis; provides for periodic reports ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Accountability System S.B. 1 Section 4, 5 and 7 Repeals provisions relating to rewards for successful schools. Establishes provisions to recognize schools that would have been rewarded und... More... NM Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Reporting of High School Student Results by Higher Ed. Inst. S.B. 152 Requires public post-secondary educational institutions to report annually to public high schools on freshman year outcomes of the students ... More... KY Adopted 02/2009 P-12 School and District Report Cards 703 KAR 5:140 Amends rules regarding content and distribution of school and district report cards. Provides that as accurate, reliable data become availab... More... NY Adopted 06/2008 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 Establishes allowable programs and activities, criteria for public reporting by school districts of their total foundation aid expenditures,... More... SC Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Amends Multiple Accountability Provisions H.B. 4662 Revises the Education Accountability Act. Adds poverty, limited English proficiency status, disability status, or other groups required by f... More... TN Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Reporting of Disciplinary Actions H.B. 3321 Requires the commissioner of education to report on a semi-annual basis to the select oversight committee on education and the education com... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Publishing of Approved Budgets S.B. 376 Requires local school divisions to publish their annual budget on the local school division website. If there is no local school division we... More... WA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Strategies for Success for Students with Disabilities and Reporting Requirements on the WASL H.B. 3212 The Center for the Improvement of Student Learning (CISL) and the education ombudsman are directed to identify strategies to improve the aca... More... NY Adopted 01/2008 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 The board of regents has readopted, by emergency action effective January 22, 2008, the emergency rule adopted at the September 10, 2007 Reg... More... NY Emergency Rule Extension 11/2007 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 Readopts, by emergency action effective November 25, 2007, the emergency rule adopted at the September 10, 2007 Regents meeting that added a... More... CA Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Accountability, Report Cards A.B. 1061 Relates to the Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act. Deletes items from the list of school conditions for which assess... More... NY Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 Establishes allowable programs and activities, criteria for public reporting by school districts of their total foundation aid expenditures,... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Oregon Report Card H.B. 2263C, Section 9 The purpose of the Oregon Report Card is to monitor trends among school districts and Oregon¢s progress toward achieving the goals stated in... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Accountability and Technology Infrastructure S.B. 184 Revises provisions governing the annual reports of accountability and the plans to improve. Eliminate the requirement for the establishment ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Accountability S.B. 1522 Relates to accountability and standard measurements of acceptable academic progress. Adds provisions for calculating academic gains on the ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 State Report Card Requirements and Procedures H.B. 1345 Concerns modifications to school accountability reports. Spells out various proceedures and requirements related to state and No Child Left ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Reporting S.B. 274 (Accountability Provisions) Section 1: Provides for the accountability information formerly reported by the Department of Education will now be reported on each distri... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Report Cards S.B. 274 Relates to information that school districts must publish on their websites; relates to education assessment programs and the confidentialit... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Accountability H.B. 2039 Requires the Department of Education to provide a single achievement profile to schools that offer instruction in grades K-12 or a combinati... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Student Progress Reports S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 2 Provides that by July 1, 2008, a student progress report must be prepared for all students. States that the progress report must provide par... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Contract for Excellence S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 12 Requires every district with at least one school currently identified as requiring academic progress or in need of improvement or in correct... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School Reporting Amendments H.B. 215 Specifies how average class size shall be calculated for the purpose of reporting class size by grade and subject on annual school performan... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2007 P-12 State Accountability System A.B. 3676 Revises various provisions of The New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum public school district monitoring system, related repor... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Parental Information in Languages other than English A.B. 680 Relates to students whose primary language is not English. Requires the Department of Education to monitor adherence to requirements relatin... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 School Report Card Indicators S.B. 1510 Deletes certain items from the list of school conditions for which assessments are required to be included in the school accountability repo... More... CA Signed into law 08/2006 P-12 Reporting Exit Exam Results S.B. 1592 Requires the superintendent of public instruction to report on the number and percentage of pupils who failed to receive a diploma of gradua... More... DE Adopted 07/2006 P-12 Accountability and AYP for Schools and Districts 14 DAC 103 Enables school districts to choose to either track students back to the school of residence or to make the school that is providing the inst... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 District Financial Reports S.B. 2272 - Section 14-15 Directs each local board to annually develop, maintain, and distribute a financial report. Provides that the objective of the financial rep... More... KY Adopted 06/2006 P-12 School and District Report Cards 703 KAR 5:140 Establishes rules regarding the standards for a school and district report card. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/703/005/140.htm... More... CO Vetoed 05/2006 P-12 School Performance Ratings S.B. 69 Concerns school accountability; establishes that, if a school covers more than one school level, it shall be assigned one academic performan... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School Report Cards- High School Data H.B. 7087 (Section 11) School districts and boards must provide information regarding performance of students and educational programs as required pursuant to ss. ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Annual Student Performance Reports H.B. 7087 (Section 40) Adds the following reporting requirements. The Department of Education must annually provide a report on the following: (a) Longitudinal per... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School Report Cards H.B. 7087 (Section 46) Requires school report cards to be delivered -- not just available -- to parents. The Department of Education will annually develop, in coll... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School Improvement Rating for Alternative Schools H.B. 7087 (Section 47) Alternative schools that provide dropout-prevention and academic-intervention services pursuant to s. 1003.53 shall receive a school-improv... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School Performance Grades H.B. 7087 (Section 45) Makes revisions to school grade provisions, such as the inclusion of information for students receiving a special diploma and grades for K-3... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College K-20 Quality Data Improvements H.B. 7087 (Section 44) To provide data required to implement education performance accountability measures in state and federal law, the Commissioner of Education ... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Reporting of High Performing Schools S.B. 1270 Relates to publications and payment of claims for printing; provides for the powers and duties of the Superintendent of Public Instruction; ... More... KY Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. High School and College Readiness Assessments S.B. 130 Section 1: Requires the state assessment system, by the 2007-2008 school year, to include: 1. A high school readiness examination to assess ... More... MA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Student Report Cards to Parents S.B. 2206 Describes the requirements for providing student records to parents and the information that must be included academic and other indicators.... More... IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 District Report Cards H.B. 1347 Section 7 Requires district report cards to report: --The number and percentage of students participating in the school flex program, if offered (see... More... IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 District and School Financial Management, Analysis and Reporting H.B. 1006 - Section 4 Requires the department to develop a plan to upgrade the financial management, analysis, and reporting system for school corporations (distr... More... WI Signed into law 12/2005 P-12 Notification of Right to Request Performance Reports A.B. 425 From Legislative Council Memo: Prior law required each school board to annually distribute, by January 1, to the parent or guardian of each ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Accountability Report Cards - Inclusion of Expenditures and Salaries S.B. 687 The Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act requires each school district to develop and implement a school accountabilit... More... TX Adopted 09/2005 P-12 Institutional Reports 19 TAC 1.17.K.17.101 From background information: Proposed amendment to 19 TAC §97.1001 would describe the state accountability rating system and adopt excerpts ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Data Reporting A.B. 110 -- Reporting Section Legislative intent: (a) Promote good data management practices with respect to education data. (b) Support the efforts of the State Departme... More... KS Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 School Finance S.B. 3 Makes changes to the School District Finance and Quality Performance Act, other school funding legislation, and enact policies relating to t... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Educational Data Advisory Committee S.B. 19 Requires the state board to identify volunteer districts, boards of cooperative services and a charter school to send representatives to for... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Sufficient Academic Growth H.B. 1217 Modifies definition of "sufficient academic growth" for purposes of diagnostic assessment. Makes related changes to governor's distinguished... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 School Accountability Reports and State Accreditation S.B. 214 (Section 4-6) Section 4: Repeals and reenacts 22-7-605 pertaining to the content and format of state-mandated school accountability reports. Section 5: ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Statewide system of accountability for school districts and public schools H.B. 154 The board of trustees of each school district and the principal of each public school must prepare an annual summary of accountability info... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Annual Performance Ratings H.B. 3297 From bill analysis: Under current law, public schools and school districts are given annual performance ratings by the Texas Education Agenc... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Consolidating Reporting H.B. 1444 A new section requires the state board to study and assess ways to eliminate, reduce, consolidate, and simplify the number, type, and length... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Student Tracking and Reporting (STAR) Pilot Program H.B. 1021 (multiple provisions) One section of this bill creates the Student Tracking and Reporting (STAR) Pilot Program. Requires interoperability with other state student... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Board of Directors H.B. 2517 Increases from six to nine the number of hours of training that a newly elected member of a school board of directors is required to obtain ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Student Assessment Scores H.B. 2881 Concerns assessments scores for students attending the Arkansas school for mathematics, sciences and the arts of the University of Arkansas.... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Accountability and Crime Reporting S.B. 1044 Authorizes local boards to adopt guidelines for the standardization of the format of school accountability report cards required by section ... More... KS Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2005 P-12 School Records H.B. 2247 (section 1-2) Requires districts to report expenditures by categories as directed by the department of education and requires the department to verify cos... More... GA Adopted 12/2004 P-12 Statewide Accountability GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru .04 Clarifies rules regarding the following: single statewide accountability system; accountability system definitions; accountability profiles;... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Public School Performance Accountability Program:Opportunity for Teaching and Learning Index S.B. 1419 Existing law establishes the Public School Performance Accountability Program which consists of the Academic Performance Index (API), the Im... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Reporting School Performance S.B. 722 Requires the comparable improvement in academic achievement to be measured by the Academic Performance Index for all numerically significant... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 State Reimbursement for the School Accountability Report Card and the STAR Program A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions) SEC. 19: Existing law requires the governing board of a school district maintaining an elementary or secondary school to develop and cause t... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 School Accountability Report Card: Requirements A.B. 2596 Deletes the requirement, under the Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act, that the School Accountability Report Card in... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Review of Audit Exceptions S.B. 550 (multiple provisions) SEC. 13: Requires the county superintendent of schools to include in the review of audit exceptions those audit exceptions related to use of... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Annual Report on Status of Low-Performing Schools S.B. 550 (multiple provisions) Requires the county superintendent to annually present a report to the governing board of each school district under his or her jurisdiction... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 District Compliance Audits S.B. 550 (multiple provisions) SEC. 2: Requires a district compliance audit to include verification of the reporting requirements for the sufficiency of textbooks and inst... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 School Accountability Report Cards S.B. 550 (multiple provisions) SEC. 10: Requires the school accountability report card to include information regarding the availability of sufficient textbooks and other ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Nonpublic Schools Serving Special Education Students A.B. 1858 (multiple provisions) Requires a master contracts with nonpublic, nonsectarian schools for the provision of special education and related services to include that... More... AK Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 School Performance Reports H.B. 405 Relates to reports on school and school district performance; relates to accountability of public schools and school districts. http://www.l... More... CO Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Accountability for Alternative Campuses 1 CCR 301-57 Clarifies rules regarding the administration of accountability for alternative campuses and processes for being designated an alternative ca... More... GA Adopted 07/2004 P-12 Statewide Accountability; Definitions; School Profiles GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru -.04 Clarifies rules regarding statewide accountability, applicable definitions, school profiles, and awards and consequences; creates a single s... More... CO Signed by Governor 06/2004 P-12 Measuring Student Academic Growth H.B. 1433 Requires the Department of Education, no later than 15 days after the effective date of the act, to choose a public or private entity to dev... More... NH Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 421 Specifies that it is the purpose of the state charter school statutes to encourage the establishment of public charter schools that meet the... More... CO Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Parental Questions On School Reports H.B. 1217 Concerns changes to the school accountability report to include a page that specifies certain information a parent may request from a school... More... KY Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 School Accountability H.B. 176 Amends KRS 158.6455 to require that a student be enrolled in a specific school for at least 100 days prior to the beginning of the statewide... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Standards of Quality H.B. 1254 Requires the state board to include requirements for the reporting of the Standards of Learning assessment scores and averages for each year... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Standards of Learning S.B. 416 Requires the state board, in consultation with the chairpersons of the eight regional superintendents' study groups, to provide for timely r... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Substantial Amendments to the Standards of Learning H.B. 1014 Amends section 22.1-253.13:1 and 22.1-253.13:2 . Specifies that the Standards of Learning form the core of Virginia's educational program a... More... CO Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 State School Accountability Reports H.B. 1124 Changes the state school accountability report to add information on adequate yearly progress; adds information on achievement levels for va... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Reporting Test Results H.B. 1132 Allows the Department of Education to extend the deadline for test results if the deadline substantially increases the cost of administratio... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - Reporting S.B. 33 §§ 1, 4, 5, 6 Amends Ark. Code § 6-15-404, adds 6-15-434, 6-15-1806, 6-15-1901, 6-15-1902, 6-15-1903 .Creates the Student Assessment and Educational Accou... More... MI Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Reporting Requirements H.B. 4401 (multiple provisions) Sec. 19. (1) A district shall comply with any requirements of sections 1204a, 1277, 1278, and 1280 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1204a... More... MI Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Center for Educational Performance and Information H.B. 4401 (multiple provisions) Sec. 94a. (1) There is created within the office of the state budget director in the department of management and budget the center for educ... More... OH Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Report Cards H.B. 3--Sec. 3302-021 Requires, by July 1, 2005 and not later than July 1, 2007, the implementation of a value-added progress dimension for districts and building... More... NH Became law without governor's signature 07/2003 P-12 New Hampshire School District Profiles H.B. 139 (193-E:3, III) States that a comprehensive, statewide educational accountability system should include reporting on pupil performance at the school, school... More... NY Adopted 07/2003 P-12 No Child Left Behind Act of 2001-Public Reporting Req. Section 100.2(m) of Title 8 NYCRR Establishes rules to establish criteria and procedures to ensure State and local educational agency compliance with the provisions of the Fe... More... NY Adopted 07/2003 P-12 No Child Left Behind Act of 2001-Data Reporting Req. 8 NYCRR Section 100.2(bb) Establishes rules to establish criteria and procedures relating to school district data reporting to ensure State and local educational agen... More... DE Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 Education Profiles/Schools/Districts and the State 14 DAC 104 Establishes rules due to changes in state and federal statutes concerning school, district and state accountability for student performance;... More... FL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Education Accountability H.B. 915 Expands legislative intent for K-20 education performance accountability system; provides requirements and implementation schedule for perfo... More... NV Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Assessment, Reporting Requirements S.B. 1 (Omnibus Bill) Senate Bill 1 also revises provisions governing accountability and reporting requirements, in accordance with implementing spring testing fo... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School Dropout Data S.B. 894 Requires the commissioner to develop a process for auditing school district dropout records electronically. The commissioner must also deve... More... TX Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 06/2003 P-12 School District Reporting S.B. 900 Relates to computation and reporting of the ratios of a school district's expenditures and personnel relating to direct student instruction.... More... CO Vetoed 05/2003 P-12 School Accountability Reports S.B. 275 Eliminates the requirement that the department of education print and provide to each public school a specified number of school accountabil... More... DE Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Education Profile Reports S.B. 76 Requires the State Department of Education to issue Delaware Public Education Profiles for all public schools, including charter schools and... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Student Achievement Reporting H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Specifies that the state board must incorporate reporting of student achievement into the standards and accreditation system. NEW SUBSECTIO... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Early Intervention Block Grant Program Repeal Date H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Changes repeal date from 2003 to 2004 on chapter establishing statewide early intervention block grant program. Components of this program i... More... MD Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Data Collection Forms for Schools H.B. 1055 Extends the implementation date for the applicability of specified standards for data collection forms for schools, school systems, and the ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Quality Education Act of 2003 - School Improvement H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill) Amends §§ 6-15-420 - 6-15-429. Requires the state board to establish a clear concise system of reporting the academic performance of each sc... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Quality Education Act of 2003 - Accountability and Assessment H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill) Amends §§ 6-15-402 - 6-15-406. Creates the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program Act; including requiring t... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Reporting Requirements H.B. 2303 Requires the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to submit two reports to the Governor and Legislature that summarize the reporting requir... More... CO Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Department of Education Accountability Reports S.B. 117 Concerns the schedule by which the Department of Education releases school accountability reports; deletes the requirement that the departme... More... IN Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Corporation Performance Report; Graduation Rate H.B. 1120 Changes the required publication date and some components of school corporation annual performance reports. Provides for reports to be made ... More... CO Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Unsatisfactory Schools Classification; Charter School Proposals S.B. 137 Concerns modifications for notifying schools districts of unsatisfactory schools. Concerns deadlines for charter school proposals. http://ww... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Reporting H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill) Adds a new section (22-2A-11). Requires state board to adopt the format for reporting student scores to parents. If the state board has ad... More... PA Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 State Report Card H.B. 204 Amends the Public School Code (P.L.30, NO.14). Provides for a state report card and for the collection of data that meets the requirements o... More... AZ Active 10/2002 P-12 Accountability Reporting N/A Arizona LEARNS Achievement Profiles Results: http://www.ade.az.gov/azlearns/... More... GA Active 10/2002 P-12 Accountability Reporting N/A 2000-01 Report Card web page: (http://techservices.doe.k12.ga.us/reportcard/)... More... ID Active 10/2002 P-12 Acountability Reporting N/A 2000-01 State and District Profiles: http://www.sde.state.id.us/DistProfiles/DistrictProfiles.asp... More... LA Active 10/2002 P-12 Accountability Reporting N/A Accountability Reports: (http://www.doe.state.la.us/DOE/asps/home.asp?I=PROF98) 1998-1999 Report Cards: (http://www.doe.state.la.us/DOE/asps... More... MD Active 10/2002 P-12 Accountability Reporting N/A Performance Reporting Web site: http://msp.msde.state.md.us/... More... MS Active 10/2002 P-12 Accountability Reporting N/a 2000-2001 Mississippi Record Card: (http://www.ms.gov/frameset.jsp?URL=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/)... More... NE Active 10/2002 P-12 Accountability Reporting N/A 2000-2001 Report Card: (http://reportcard.nde.state.ne.us/Main/PDFDownload.asp)... More... OK Active 10/2002 P-12 Accountability Reporting N/A Report Cards and Statistics: http://www.sde.state.ok.us/other.html... More... SC Active 10/2002 P-12 Accountability Reporting N/A 2001 Report Cards web page: (http://www.myscschools.com/reportcard/)... More... WV Active 10/2002 P-12 Accountability Reporting N/A Report Cards web page: http://wvde.state.wv.us/data/report_cards/... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Accountability Report Cards, Other A.B. 1818 Requires the school accountability report card to include the rate of pupils who earn Governor's scholarship awards. Deletes provisions whic... More... WA Active 09/2002 P-12 Accountability Reporting N/A 2002-03 District and school report card requirements: (http://www.k12.wa.us/ESEA/pubdocs/Reportcardchecklist.pdf). Also, Washington has a s... More... IL Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 School Report Cards H.B. 5663 Amends the School Code. Provides that the school report card assessing the performance of a school district's schools and students must spec... More... AK Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 School Performance Designation and Improvement Deadlines Pushed Back H.B. 352 Requires school report cards to include performance designations and the department to monitor the progress of the implementation of school ... More... AK Adopted 06/2002 P-12 School Report Regulations Change - 4 AAC 06.170 Amends the number of students that must be tested in order to publicly report test results from 3 to 10. http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/ad... More... CO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Testing and Reporting of K-12 ESL Students S.B. 109 Requires department to develop single test for districts to identify students eligible to participate in K-12 English language proficiency p... More... IL Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 NAEP Testing, School Report Cards, Parental Notification of Child Placement in Bilingual Program, Supplemental Aid to Low-Income Districts S.B. 1983 Requires schools that are part of the sample drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics to administer the biennial State academic... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Performance Indices, School Classification and Intervention for Failing Schools H.B. 2658 Requires that the academic achievement profile report for schools serving students grades K-8 include as indicators the Arizona Measure of A... More... CO Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Alternative Education Campuses S.B. 94 Requires state board to establish criteria and application process for a school to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates t... More... KS Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Curriculum Standards Review, State School Report Card, Pupil Performance Study S.B. 9 Requires review of curriculum standards in certain core academic areas every five instead of three years. Changes date to requires state boa... More... IN Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Districts Annual Performance Reports H.B. 1108 Changes the required publication date and some components of school corporation annual performance reports; provides for reports to be made ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Annual Fall Reports H.B. 884, S.B. 350 Directs the Board of Education to include, in its annual fall report on public education needs and schools failing to meet the Standards of ... More... WA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Disaggregating data S.B. 6456 Authorizes the Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission to set performance improvement goals for certain groups of students and dr... More... WV Signed into law 03/2002 Postsec. Higher Education Accountability S.B. 533 Authorizes the rules relating to a higher education report card and performance indicators.... More... OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Performance Indicators Provision S.B. 1 Repeals all former district performance indicators, and requires the state board to establish at least 17 new indicators annually through 20... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools A.B. 961 Establishes the High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools within the Public Schools Accountability Act. Requires a scho... More... OR Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Grading Schools and Reporting S.B. 811 Encourages school districts to implement programs to improve student performance and school personnel satisfaction such as the Initiative fo... More... CO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 New rankings for school report cards S.B. 98 Directs new rankings for school report cards; adds new categories of information to be included in school report cards; requires low perform... More... DE Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 School Accountability Program H.B. 220 Relates to school and district accountability for student outcomes; provides for notification to the public of school rankings; provides tec... More... MO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 School Report Cards H.B. 865; S.B. 575 Requires an annual report for each building in a district to be made available in several ways, including but not limited to, providing the ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Accountability System S.B. 165 Eliminates language that defined "expected [school] performance level" by student attendance rates, remediation rates, assessment scores and... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Accountability and Various Provisions S.B. 165 Revises provisions governing the accountability of public schools; revises provisions governing the requirements for a person to take tests ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Annual Reports A.B. 364 Requires regional subdistricts created in certain school districts to prepare annual reports, prescribing the information required to be rep... More... SC Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Higher Education Reporting H.B. 3533 Relates to the Commission on Higher Educations Annual Report under the Education Accountability Act; provides for that information which mus... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Disaggregated Data H.B. 1301 Requires the disaggregation of the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program scores prior to release as part of the commissioner's annual r... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Financial Accounting Rating System S.B. 218 Requires the commissioner to, in consultation with the comptroller, develop and implement a financial accountability rating system for schoo... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Students Tested; Reporting S.B. 660 Relates to annual school accountability reporting. There are five indices through which public school performance shall be measured and rep... More... UT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Reporting Requirements H.B. 235 Modifies the provisions relating to the State System of Public Education by requiring school districts to have published in an newspaper the... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Attendance Rates Reported H.B. 1222 Concerns the replacement of information on student dropout rates with information on school attendance rates in reports for elementary schoo... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Disaggregated Data, Professional Development S.B. 28 Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education to address issues related to the Utah Performance Assessment System for ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 School Accountability Report Card S.B. 1632 Requires the State Department of Education to develop and recommend for adoption a standardized template for the school accountability repor... More... UT Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Establishment of U-PASS Assessment Program H.B. 177 Puts into legislation recommendations of Task Force on Learning Standards and Accountability in Public Education created by 1999 legislation... More... DE Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 State Report on Education Outcomes S.B. 387 Requires the Secretary of Education to provide a graduate follow up study each year to the Governor and to the General Assembly. Provides th... More... HI Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 State Accountability System S.B. 2837 Requires the Department of Education to implement the educational accountability system for Hawaii's public schools; requires Department of ... More... IL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Safety, School Report Cards, Background Checks, Summer School H.B. 4587 Public Act No. 91-4587; Amends the School Code to provide that the School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program shall provi... More... MS Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Recognition for Full Inclusion S.B. 2745 Direct the State Department of Education to provide an annual recognition program for schools for providing full inclusion of children with ... More... CO Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Accountability S.B. 186 Directs the Department of Education to evaluate the academic performance and safety environment of every public school within the state; spe... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Education Oversight Committee & Office of Education Accountability H.B. 1187 The Governor may appoint study commissions as he deems appropriate to study education questions, issue findings and make recommendations to ... More... IN Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Reports to the Public; Kindergarten S.B. 489 Requires the mailing, instead of publishing, of the school corporation performance report; provides that a child must be at least five years... More... NE Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 School at the Center Program L.B. 812 Provides for the implementation of educational standards and assessment for public schools, the School at the Center Program, a needs study ... More... NE Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Appropriation for Reporting System L.B. 144 Reduces General Fund appropriation to department to implement a state assessment system. Intent language added to direct that $220,000 of r... More... HI Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Performance Indicators and Achievement Goals S.B. 1307 Requires the Director of Education to establish a comprehensive accountability system, including a student assessment program and a school p... More... RI Became law without governor's signature 06/1999 P-12 Education Program for Suspended Students H.B. 6241 Provides a description of the education program provided to each student suspended for over then (10) consecutive school days in a school ye... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Campus Improvement Plans and Performance Reports S.B. 1724 Relates to public school campus improvement plans and school district performance reports.... More... TX Signed by governor 06/1999 P-12 Listing Average Class Size in Annual Campus Reports S.B. 576 Provides that the annual campus report card will no longer include the pupil/teacher ratio. It will instead list the average class size by ... More... FL Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 A+ Plan (Part of Omnibus Bill) H.B. 751, 753, 755 Enhances the comprehensive management information system to clarify that the system must be able to collect, via electronic transfer, all st... More... CA Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Public School Accountability Act of 1999 S.B. 1X Institutes a ranking of California's schools, with rewards for schools that improve and interventions in underperforming ones. Creates an A... More... IN Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Performance Report H.B. 1197 Removes the requirement in the law concerning improvement in student achievement in certain cities. Indianapolis public Schools(IPS) must pu... More... AR Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Annual School Performance Reports S.B. 125 Provides for annual individual school performance reports and for distribution of the reports to all parents or guardians of children enroll... More... MT Signed into law 12/1998 P-12 Amends Reporting Requirements S.B. 69 Changes the various annual reporting date requirements from September to the second Monday in September, revised the reporting time requirem... More... WI Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 A.B. 883 Relates to information included in the annual school and school districts performance reports.... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 Mississippi Report Card S.B. 2836 Accountability Requires that the annual Mississippi Report Card shall include a special report assessing the implementation of the Mississippi Adequate Edu... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 Public Reporting H.B. 244 Accountability Requires the State Department of Education to annually prepare a comprehensive evaluation report on the state of public education in each co... More... NH Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 1526 Special Education Requires the Department of Education to publish an annual report of special education statistics detailing certain specific categories to be... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 Teacher/Pupil Ratios H.B. 211 Pupil/Teacher Ratios Requires school boards to report, annually, on or before January 1, to the public the pupil/teacher ratios in the current school year by sch... More... CA Vetoed 08/1997 P-12 S.B. 305 School Accountability Report Card Requires that the statewide model school accountability report card also include, as a school condition to be assessed, the quality of schoo... More... AL Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 H.B. 466/S.B. 391 Nationally Normed Test Requires the implementation of a nationally normed test to assess student achievement in grades three through eleven; requires a comprehensi... More... Accountability--Rewards AL Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 School and District Grading, School Awards, Funding Flexibility H.B. 588 Establishes legislative findings. Directs the state superintendent of education to develop a school grading system for schools and districts... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 School District Regulator Exemptions H.B. 2599 Exempts school districts that have received a letter grade of "A" for three consecutive years and do not have any schools within the distric... More... TN Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Statewide Accountability S.B. 2208 Directs commissioner of education to establish appropriate performance goals and measures for LEAs. Rewards LEAs that reach the achievement ... More... GA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 School and School System Indicators of Quality, Report Cards S.B. 410 Directs the office of student achievement to work in coordination to review, and revise as necessary, indicators of quality. Requires such r... More... GA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Achievement Grants H.B. 706 - Achievement Grants Repeals Section Section 20-2-253, relating to achievement grants to recognize schools and school systems with high achievement, high levels ... More... WY Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Statewide Accountability System S.F. 57 Establishes indicators to measure student achievement and school-level performance. Stipulates that indicators will be used to create an ove... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 More Efficiency and Effectiveness H.B. 153 - More Efficiency and Effectiveness Directs the department of education to develop a system to rank all districts, community schools and STEM schools according to: (1) performa... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Distinction Designations and Charter Schools S.B. 1484 Specifies that an open-enrollment charter school may not be awarded a distinction designation if the charter school is evaluated under alter... More... NY Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 School District Performance Improvement Awards Grant S.B. 2808 - Part B, Sec. 2 Creates the School District Performance Awards Grant program. Directs the commissioner of education to award competitive grants to school di... More... FL Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Repeals Secondary School Improvement Award Program HB 7037 - Sec 25 Repeals Subsection (5) of section 1003.413, which directed the commissioner of education to implement the Secondary School Improvement Award... More... OK Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Rewards for Performance H.B. 2302 Relates to the Academic Achievement Award program; modifyies number of awards granted under the program and adds or specifies award levels;... More... TX Adopted 06/2010 P-12 District Awards for Teacher Excellence 19 TAC 102.1073 Establishes procedures and adopts guidelines for the administration of awards for teacher excellence. Incorporates statutory changes resulti... More... WA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Accountability S.B. 6696 Creates a coherent and effective accountability framework for improvement for all schools and districts to provide an excellent and equitabl... More... VA Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Recognizing and Reqwarding Significant Progress S.B. 145/H.B. 1172 Codifies a current recognition program for schools and local school divisions that recognizes and rewards fully accredited schools and schoo... More... CA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Race to the Top S.B. 1E - Section 8 Adds Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 53100) to the Education Code. Numbers below relate to new section numbers. 53100: For purposes of... More... DE Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Pilot Academic Achievement Awards program S.B. 151 Creates a pilot Academic Achievement Awards program, which would use federal stimulus funds to make financial awards to schools that signifi... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Educator Excellence Awards Program H.B. 709 Adds national board-certified teachers as a group of educators eligible to be awarded stipends for improved student achievement through the ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Teacher and Principal Awards H.B. 3646 - Sections 11-14 Section 11: Provides that the educator excellence fund will be annually funded by an amount determined by legislative appropriation, rather ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 School Recognition H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part VI (Distinction Designations and Awards) Establishes new Subchapter G, "Distinction Designations". Directs the commissioner at the beginning of each school year to award distinction... More... OK Vetoed 05/2009 P-12 Academic Achievement Award Program H.B. 1575 Amends Academic Achievement Award program to allow for more schools to receive awards (was limited to four). Adds and clarifies award levels... More... TN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Education Pays Pilots H.B. 556 Encourages each local district to develop an Education Pays pilot program for at-risk students to encourage student academic achievement thr... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Accountability H.B. 2261--Section 501-507, Accountability Section 501-507 relates to shared accountability for school and district improvement. Legislature recognizes that comprehensive education fi... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Accountability System S.B. 1 Section 4, 5 and 7 Repeals provisions relating to rewards for successful schools. Establishes provisions to recognize schools that would have been rewarded und... More... LA Adopted 12/2007 P-12 School, District and State Accountability System LAC 28:LXXXIII.301, 517, 613, 707, 709, 903, 1301, 1601-1609, 1901,2101, 2301, 2401, 2501-2505, 2701- 2721, 3301-3303, 3503, 3507, 3701, and 3905. Amends rules concerning Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System. Sets the target graduation rate for ... More... LA Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Rewards Eligibility and Corrective Actions LAC 28:LXXXIII.1301, 4313, 4903, and 4905 Amends the following Sections of Bulletin 111: • §1301 Reward Eligibility: Changes one requirement for exemplary academic growth to 2.0 poin... More... TX Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Modifies Use of Rewards H.B. 2399 House Bill 2399 amends the Education Code to allow a school campus to use the 25 percent of its student achievement program award that is no... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Academic Achievement Award Program H.B. 1593 Relates to the Academic Achievement Award (AAA) program: expanding the program to the top four schools in each category; adding an award for... More... AK Adopted 04/2007 P-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE 4 AAC 33.520 Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development.Amends the participation rate in the Public School Performance IncentivePr... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Flexible Funding for Pupil Achievement Program A.B. 756 Establishes the Flexible Funding for Pupil Achievement Program. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer the program.... More... ID Temporary Rule Adoption - Concurrently Proposed 08/2006 P-12 School Rewards IDAPA 08.02.03 Pending legislative approval in 2007: Gives responsibility of calculating school rewards for purposes of NCLB to the state department of edu... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Florida Secondary School Redesign Act H.B. 7087 - Section 19 Defines secondary schools as those serving grades 6-12. Specifies that the following guiding principles must be used in the annual preparat... More... CO Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Measuring Student and School Performance H.B. 1109 Concerns measuring public school effectiveness; identifies the schools that receive the governor's distinguished improvement awards; instruc... More... IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 U.S. Savings Bonds for Students Earning Academic Honors Diploma S.B. 231 Allows districts that before January 1, 2006 purchased U.S. savings bonds for graduates who earned an academic honors diploma to continue to... More... KY Adopted 11/2005 P-12 Accountability Rewards and Consequences 703 KAR 5:020 Amends rules which establish a system for identifying and rewarding successful schools and appropriate consequences for schools failing to m... More... KY Adopted 11/2005 P-12 District Accountability Rewards and Sanctions 703 KAR 5:130 Establishes a local school district accountability program. Establishes eligibility for district rewards, and procedures for determining ass... More... OK Adopted 08/2005 P-12 Academic Achievement Award Program OAC 210:20-26-1, -2, -3 Implements the Academic Achievement Award Program. OKLAHOMA 13819 ... More... GA Adopted 07/2005 P-12 Accountability System GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru -.04 Clarifies rules regarding the statewide accountability system, including definitions, profiles and awards and school- and district-level con... More... NC Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Rewards for growth S.B. 630 The personnel in participating schools that achieve a level of expected growth greater than one hundred percent (100%) at a level to be dete... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Sufficient Academic Growth H.B. 1217 Modifies definition of "sufficient academic growth" for purposes of diagnostic assessment. Makes related changes to governor's distinguished... More... FL Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College International General Certificate of Secondary Education (pre-AICE) and Advanced International Certificate of Education H.B. 579 Adds International General Certificate of Secondary Education (pre-AICE) and Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) to publi... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Academic Honors Diploma Awards H.B. 1001 (Section 201) Districts are eligible for the academic honors diploma awards according to the number of students who successfully completed an academic hon... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Academic Achievement Award (AAA) Program H.B. 1992 New section of law: 3-152.1 of Title 70. Requires the state board of education to develop an Academic Achievement Award (AAA) program. The ... More... WA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Apple Award H.B. 1998 Adds a new section to chapter 28A.655 RCW. The Apple Award program is created to honor and reward public elementary schools that have the gr... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 End-of-Course Success Incentive Program H.B. 1983 (multiple provisions) Creates the End-of-Course Success Incentive Program under the department of education. Awards schools $50.00 for each student passing the en... More... GA Adopted 12/2004 P-12 Statewide Accountability GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru .04 Clarifies rules regarding the following: single statewide accountability system; accountability system definitions; accountability profiles;... More... ID Temporary Rule Adoption - Concurrently Proposed 08/2004 P-12 Distinguished Schools, Additional Yearly Growth Award IDAPA 08.02.03 Proposes rules regarding awards, distinguished schools, and Additional Yearly Growth (AYG) Award. http://www2.state.id.us/adm/adminrules/rul... More... GA Adopted 07/2004 P-12 Statewide Accountability; Definitions; School Profiles GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru -.04 Clarifies rules regarding statewide accountability, applicable definitions, school profiles, and awards and consequences; creates a single s... More... OH Rule Adoption 05/2004 P-12 Identification of Excellent Schools and Districts OAC 3301-15-01 thru -05, -56-01 Rescinds rules pertaining to process and indicators used to identify excellent schools and districts, corrective action plans, state monitor... More... UT Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Public Education Amendments S.B. 185 Modifies the membership and terms of the nominating and recruiting committee that selects candidates for membership on the State Board of Ed... More... WV to governor 03/2004 P-12 Exemplary Performance and Progress H.B. 4001- Multiple Sections Part of H.B. 4001 requires standards for determining exemplary student, school and school system performance and progress. These indicators ... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Public School Funding Act of 2003 S.B. 42 Relates to the Public School Funding Act of 2003; provides equitable funding to public schools; provides a system for monitoring public scho... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - Rewards S.B. 33 § 6 Adds Ark. Code 6-15-1902(e), 6-15-1907. School receiving annual improving category Level 5 or Level 4 are eligible for school recognition aw... More... WV Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Education H.B. 4111 Requires the state board to adopt system standards, including student performance and progress, school and school system progress, etc. Req... More... NJ Signed into law 12/2003 P-12 Outstanding Educational Services Professionals S.B. 2397 Establishes the Governor's Annual Award for Outstanding Educational Services Professionals.... More... NY Emergency Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 Prepayment Methods of Academic Performance Awards Title 8 NYCRR 2206.3 Prepayment Methods of General and Academic Performance Awards. Reflects the prepayment method which results in cost savings and improves adm... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 School Accountability S.B. 878 Makes changes concerning school recognition standards for student performance and school improvement, recognition levels, rewards and acknow... More... MI Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 State Payment of National Board Certification Application Fee and Rewards H.B. 4391 (multiple provisions) Sec. 704. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for national board certification, the department shall pay 1/2 of the application fee for te... More... LA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 School Rewards Fund-School Improvements S.B. 231 Allows state board to provide for and department to use monies (remaining after department provision of all school rewards in school account... More... MD Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 Review and Recognition of Schools under NCLB COMAR 13A.01.04.09 A. The State Board and the State Superintendent of Schools shall annually review the progress of each local school system to determine if th... More... DE Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Education Profile Reports S.B. 76 Requires the State Department of Education to issue Delaware Public Education Profiles for all public schools, including charter schools and... More... FL Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: School Improvement and Accountability Program; Florida School Recognition Program S.B. 20E Eliminates commissioner waiver authority in school improvement/accountability system (see bill section 379, page 849, line 29 ff) Places Flo... More... MO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Major Bill - Accountability Component H.B. 1711 Department is required to identify high-achieving schools as performance schools and specify the waivers of rule applicable to those schools... More... CO Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Summer School Grant Program and Teacher Pay Incentive Program H.B. 1304 Expands the Summer School Grant Program to provide funding to school districts for the operation of intensive literacy and reading comprehen... More... HI Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Incentive Bonuses S.B. 2036 Provides an incentive bonus equal to 10% of any nonstate grant or subsidy that is awarded to a school or school teacher on a competitive bas... More... LA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 School and District Accountability Rewards Fund S.B. 14A Reestablishes a dedicated fund to set aside funds for providing rewards to schools earning rewards pursuant to the accountability system. ht... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Changes In the States Accountability Reward System A.B. 1295 Deletes the provision by which schools that meet the State target are eligible for the Governor's Performance Award Program and would requir... More... DE Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 School Accountability Program H.B. 220 Relates to school and district accountability for student outcomes; provides for notification to the public of school rankings; provides tec... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Rewards, Continuing Education, Teacher Shortages, H.B. 1499--Multiple Components Concerns Academic Performance Awards Programs, continuing education for mathematics teachers, National Board certification; removes authorit... More... UT Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Establishment of U-PASS Assessment Program H.B. 177 Puts into legislation recommendations of Task Force on Learning Standards and Accountability in Public Education created by 1999 legislation... More... CT Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Underperforming Schools - Assistance and Incentives H.B. 5737 Concerns underperforming schools; provides grants for boards of education with schools in need of improvement; provides for partnerships wit... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Florida's Accountability System H.B. 63 Requires each school district with school designated as performance grade category F to permit transfer of teachers with certain qualificati... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Financial Rewards for Schools and Boards S.B. 122 Establishes the Governor's Academic Achievement Program; provides financial rewards to public schools and local boards of education that imp... More... MS Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Incentives for Low-Performing Schools S.B. 2488 Empowers and directs the State Board of Education to establish and implement an improving and high performing schools program for identifyin... More... MS Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Financial Incentives for Schools H.B. 1134 Establishes and implements a superior-performing and exemplary schools program for identifying and granting financial incentives to low perf... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Education Oversight Committee & Office of Education Accountability H.B. 1187 The Governor may appoint study commissions as he deems appropriate to study education questions, issue findings and make recommendations to ... More... NM Vetoed 03/2000 P-12 Intervention, Incentives S.B. 40 Relates to interventions for school improvements; changes the distribution of the incentives for school improvement fund.... More... CO Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Excellent Schools Program H.B. 1375 Concerns creation of the Excellent Schools Program; specifies criteria for eligibility for school awards.... More... HI Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Performance Indicators and Achievement Goals S.B. 1307 Requires the Director of Education to establish a comprehensive accountability system, including a student assessment program and a school p... More... FL Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 A+ Plan (Part of Omnibus Bill) H.B. 751,753,755 Provides that schools designated "D" or "F" receive assistance and intervention. School board must develop 2-year plan of increasing indivi... More... IN Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Accrediting Schools According to Baldrige Criteria H.B. 1750 Provides that a school may be accredited by meeting the criteria for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Education rather than u... More... CA Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Public School Accountability Act of 1999 S.B. 1X Institutes a ranking of California's schools, with rewards for schools that improve and interventions in underperforming ones. Creates an A... More... MD Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 School Accountability Funding for Excellence H.B. 1 Establishes a School Accountability Funding for Excellence for public school systems of the State; appropriates funds for various education ... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 48 Authorizes school districts meeting level 3,4 or 5 accreditation requirements to exercise home rule authority; excludes certain actions from... More... NE Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 Accountability LB 1 Relates to probation, federal medicaid funds, truancy, school closing, reorganization of school districts, the assistant commissioner of edu... More... OK Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 Certificates of Distinction S.B. 1406 Requires school boards to issue diplomas with distinction to students who have met or exceeded certain academic standards.... More... VA Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 653 Establishes the Virginia Educational Reward Program and Fund to be administered by the Board of Education; allows funds to be disbursed to a... More... NE Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 L.B. 1228 Adopts the Quality Education Accountability Act; provides incentive payments to local systems that have adopted academic standards promulgat... More... OK Died 01/1998 P-12 H.B. 2854 Incentives Relates to providing extra funding for school districts which have ninety percent of the graduated classes not needing remedial classes in h... More... OR Signed into law 08/1997 P-12 S.B. 880 Incentive Rewards A new Oregon law gives school districts greater control over the quality of instruction. Under Bill S.B. 880-C, all current and new teachers... More... NC Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 Excellent Schools Act-School Based Incentive Awards School Based Incentive Awards Under the ABCs Plan - Addresses expanding school-based incentive awards under the ABCs program. Larger financi... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions LA Adopted 12/2012 P-12 Sanctions for Low-Performing Schools LAC 28:LXXXIII, Chapter 14, 16, 19, 23 Repeals §1401, §1403, §1405, which related to levels to, entry and movement in academic assistance. Amends §1601, "Entry into Academically U... More... TX Adopted 07/2012 P-12 Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions 19 TAC 97.1065, 1067 Section 97.1065 addresses provisions relating to repurposing, alternative management, or campus closure, including actions requested by pare... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Parent Trigger in Columbus S.B. 316 - Parent Trigger in Columbus From final bill analysis: Specifies that the provisions of the "parent trigger" restructuring petition, under the Columbus pilot program, pr... More... PA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Authority of a Commonwealth Partnership School District H.B. 1901 - Sec. 1704-B Section 1704-B continues provisions of the Empowerment Act that were scheduled to expire June 30, 2012. A Commonwealth Partnership School Di... More... CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Low Performing Districts S.B. 458 (Sec. 34) Defines an alliance district as a town whose school district is among those with the lowest academic performance as measured by a ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Statewide Accountability S.B. 2208 Directs commissioner of education to establish appropriate performance goals and measures for LEAs. Rewards LEAs that reach the achievement ... More... LA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Transferring Low-performing School to Recovery District and Parent Petitions H.B. 976 Allows for a public school to be transferred to the Recovery School District (RSD) if such transfer is approved by the state board of educat... More... LA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 School Choice and Voucher Program H.B. 976 Expands the current choice program, Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program, beyond schools in the New Orleans district to s... More... SD Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 State Accountability System S.B. 25 Creates a new state accountability system for public elementary and secondary schools to hold public schools accountable for student achieve... More... WY Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Statewide Accountability System S.F. 57 Establishes indicators to measure student achievement and school-level performance. Stipulates that indicators will be used to create an ove... More... CA Vetoed 10/2011 P-12 Parent Trigger Amendments A.B. 203 From bill summary: Requires interventions to be implemented for a school that is identified as persistently lowest-achieving but does not re... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Full-Year School Plan H.B. 1415 Provides that if certain specified schools remain on academic watch status for two years, subject to the availability of federal appropriati... More... CT Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Secondary School Reform Act Delay/Teacher Evaluations/Tenure/Student Governance Councils/6th Grade Student Success Plan H.B. 6498 Secondary School Reform Act - Delays by two years the implementation of the secondary school reform requirements enacted in 2010 that: (1) I... More... HI Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Reconstituting Public School and Charter School S.B. 1485 Allows the superintendent of education to reconstitute a public school, except for charter schools. Directs the department to negotiate with... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Parent Trigger Pilot for Columbus H.B. 153 - Parent Trigger Pilot for Columbus Establishes a pilot project for any school operated by the Columbus school district that has been ranked in the lowest 5% of all public scho... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Sanctions for the Lowest-Performing Schools H.B. 153 - Sanctions for the Lowest-Performing Schools Provides that for any building that is ranked in the lowest 5% of all public school buildings statewide for three consecutive years and is d... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Licensure Exam Retakes for Teachers in Lowest-Performing Schools H.B. 153 - Licensure Exam Retakes for Teachers in Lowest-Performing Schools Directs the board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district, the governing authority of each community school, ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Parent Trigger Law--Local Board May Trump S.B. 738 Provides that if the commissioner is presented with a written petition signed by the parents of a majority of the students enrolled at a cam... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Increased Flexibility for Increased Accountability H.B. 192 Extends until end of 2014-15 school year the provision that each local school system either notify the department of its intention to reques... More... IN Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Accountability H.B. 1001--Turnaround Academies Provides that a school that remains in the lowest performance category for a fifth year becomes a turnaround academy. Requires the state boa... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Graduation Rates S.B. 2 Instructs the state board to adopt a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate to establis... More... AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 District Takeovers by State Board S.B. 383 If the state board orders the takeover of a school district under authority and also orders the removal of the school district board of dire... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Accountability H.B. 2234 Amends section 15-241. Changes the method used to calculate a school's classification and replaces the current labels of "excelling", "highl... More... GA Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 School Board Member Terms S.B. 79 Provides that members of local boards of education must serve terms of no less than four years. Provides for a phase-in period and for excep... More... MI Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Supervision of Lowest-achieving Schools S.B. 157 Provides that if a school included on the list of lowest-achieving 5% of public schools was operated by a district in which an emergency man... More... CA Adopted 09/2010 P-12 Parent Empowerment 5 CA ADC 4800, 4801, 4802, 4803, 4804, 4805, 4806, 4807 Adopts emergency regulations to implement Senate Bill 4, Chapter 3, 5th Extraordinary Session of 2010. This Senate Bill and these emergency ... More... TX Adopted 07/2010 P-12 Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions 19 TAC 97.1051, 1053, 1055, 1057, 1059, 1061, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1067, 1069, 1071, 1073 Makes various changes to state accountability provisions. Language below primarily from July 23, 2010 Texas Register. 97.1051: Amends defini... More... OK Signed by Governor 06/2010 P-12 Improvement Plans S.B. 1617 Amends law to require each school district identified as in need of improvement for four years to submit a plan for compliance with this sec... More... OK Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Four Intervention Models S.B. 2033 This section of S.B. 2033 establishes and defines four intervention models, one of which a school identified as being among the persistently... More... CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 School Governance Council S.B. 438 - Sec. 21 Permits the local/regional board of education for a school that has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant or designated as a lo... More... CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Monitoring of Reconstituted Schools S.B. 438 - Sec. 22 Requires the department of education to monitor, within available appropriations, those schools that have reconstituted (See section 21 of t... More... NY Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 School Takeovers by Educational Partnership Organizations A.B. 11171, Section 6 From "Summary of Specific Provisions" on Assembly Web site: Section 6 of this bill would add a new S21l-e to the Education Law to authoriz... More... OK Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 S.B. 509 Authorizes a district board of education for a district with an average daily membership of more than 30,000 which implements an alternative... More... MS Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Schools At Risk H.B. 1097 Requires the Department of Education to provide assistance to certain schools not meeting adequate performance of accreditation standards. R... More... MS Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 New Start School S.B. 2293 Creates a New Start School Program. Requires a New Start School to be established in each public school that is considered failing. Provides... More... WI Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Act 215 - Multiple Provisions S.B. 437 Act 215. For a district in need of improvement for 4 consecutive years, new section requires district boards to take certain actions (additi... More... WA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Accountability S.B. 6696 Creates a coherent and effective accountability framework for improvement for all schools and districts to provide an excellent and equitabl... More... CA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Race to the Top S.B. 1E - Section 8 Adds Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 53100) to the Education Code. Numbers below relate to new section numbers. 53100: For purposes of... More... CA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Parent Empowerment S.B. 4E - Parent Empowerment Creates new sections 53300 and ff. of the Education Code, establishing new "Parent Empowerment" section. Provides that for any school not id... More... KY Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Interventions for Persistently Low-Achieving Schools and Advanced Placement H.B. 176 Amends accountability provisions in KRS 160.346. Defines "persistently low-achieving school". Defines "school intervention" as a process cho... More... KY Emergency Rule Adoption 01/2010 P-12 Low-Achieving Schools 703 KAR 5:180 Establishes the processes to be followed during a school leadership assessment and district leadership assessment after a school is identifi... More... MA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Underperforming or Chronically Underperforming Schools S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL) Repeals and replaces existing policies relating to Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education to designate a school as underperformi... More... MI Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Reform Failing Schools H.B. 4787 - Sec. 1280c Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Beginning in 2010, not later than September 1 of each year, the state superintendent is requ... More... TN Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010 - Multiple Provisions S.B. 7005A - H.B. 7010A Enacts the Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010. From fiscal note: Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to move any public school or l... More... NM Adopted 12/2009 P-12 Academic Proficiency, Attendance and Driving Permits NMAC 6.30.11 Establishes requirements for demonstrating 9th grade math & reading proficiency and meeting school attendance standards prior to receiving a... More... GA Adopted 11/2009 P-12 Athletics Participation, No Pass No Play Grades 6-12 GAC 160 -5-1-.18, -.19 Adds that retention of students for athletic purposes is prohibited. Repeals rule 160-5-1-.19 "Grades 6-8: Competitive Interscholastic Activ... More... IL Adopted 11/2009 P-12 Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision 23 IAC 1.20, .30, .100, .240, .420, .465, .480, .510, .737 Partially from "Notice of Adopted Amendments" in Illinois Register (changes from this rulemaking but not listed below are technical in natur... More... CA Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 CTE Programs at Regional Occupation Centers/Programs S.B. 640 Requires an employer advisory board to recommend measures, criteria and methods to evaluate the skills and knowledge of students in a region... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Leadership of Districts in Financial Trouble H.B. 2674 Authorizes a district under the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel to appoint a district superintendent with a specified certification... More... IL Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 612 Increases statewide charter school cap and charter school cap for Chicago. Above and beyond caps, permits five Chicago charters (and specifi... More... LA Vetoed 07/2009 P-12 Low-performing Schools H.B. 495 Specifies criteria that exempts a school from being transferred to the state-run Recovery School District, even if the school is low perform... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Accountability Compliance Commission H.B. 1 - Section 3306.34 Provides that a separate accountability compliance commission must be established for each school district for which the state superintenden... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Failure to Comply with Finance Provisions H.B. 1 - Section 3306.33 By July 2011, directs the department of education to provide technical assistance to that either has failed to comply with any applicable ex... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Triggers for Automatic Closure of Community Schools H.B. 1 - Section 3314.35 From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Revises the current performance criteria that trigger automatic closure of a community school after July 1, 2009... More... OH Adopted 06/2009 P-12 School Building and District Improvement Planning OAC 3301-13-01, -02, -37-01 thru -12, -56-01 Rescinds and adopts new rules relating to school building and district improvement planning, parent notification and intervention. Requires ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Bonds H.B. 3646 - Sections 69-72 Section 69: Adds new section 45.0531. Authorizes the state board by rule to establish a percentage of the cost value of the permanent school... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 School Leadership Pilot Program H.B. 3 - Section 9 Clarifies language in Section 11.203 regarding participation in the school leadership pilot program for principals. Specifies that an indivi... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Participation in Teacher Reading Academy H.B. 3 - Section 24 Amends action that triggers a teacher's participation in a teacher reading academy. Former provision required teacher to participate in read... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Schools Liable to Reconstitution, Alternative Management, "Repurposing" H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part V Directs a campus intervention team to assist a reconstituted campus in developing an *updated targeted* improvement plan (former language ca... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Assistance to Low-Performing Districts and Schools H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part IV Amends language regarding actions the commissioner may take as regards a district that does not satisfy accreditation criteria, academic per... More... OK Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Accepting Support Team Assistance H.B. 1461 Requires schools identified as not making Adequate Yearly Progress to utilize school support team assistance; provides that the support team... More... OK Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Alternative Governance for Schools in Need of Improvement S.B. 268 Requires district boards of education for schools identified for improvement for a specified number of consecutive years to implement altern... More... NY Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Contracts for Excellence A.B. 157 - Part A, Sections 1-5 Provides that a district that submitted a contract for excellence for the 2008-09 school year must submit a contract for excellence for the ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Accountability H.B. 2261--Section 501-507, Accountability Section 501-507 relates to shared accountability for school and district improvement. Legislature recognizes that comprehensive education fi... More... MS Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Children First Act of 2009 S.B. 2628 Prohibits public school students in 7th-12th grades who fail to maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 from participating in extracurricular activ... More... LA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Student Attendance and Driver's License S.B. 275 Authorizes the denial or suspension of a driver's license or learner's permit of a minor who is not enrolled in or has not completed school ... More... LA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Academic Crisis Schools H.B. 909 The recovery district shall retain jurisdiction over any school transferred to it for academic crisis purposes for a period of not less than... More... LA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Assistance to Low-performing Schools S.B. 582 Requires the state Department of Education to develop a program that provides for early identification of low performing chools that are at ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Academically Unacceptable School Plans H.B. 463 Relates to schools that have been labeled academically unacceptable or failed schools for which a school board has not presented or implemen... More... NY Adopted 06/2008 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 Establishes allowable programs and activities, criteria for public reporting by school districts of their total foundation aid expenditures,... More... TN Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Processes for Schools in Improvement H.B. 4148 Outlines procedures to be followed re: schools identified as in improvement. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC... More... CO Vetoed 05/2008 P-12 No Penalties for Students Missing State Assessment H.B. 1186 Excepts from the calculation of a school's academic performance ratings and from determining accreditation, the assessment scores of student... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Accountability H.B. 2711 Relates to intervention in mismanaged school districts. A. Provides the Department of Education shall investigate a school district for syst... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2008 P-12 fiscal accountability H.B. 2560 Concerns school districts compliance; relates to withholding monies; provides if the Department of Education, the Auditor General or the Att... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Fiscal Accountability H.B. 2469 An emergency measure which delays and extends the payback period for over-expenditures for Saddle Mountain Unified School District and Union... More... MS Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Low-Performing Schools S.B. 2666 Relates to low performing schools and school districts. Changes the designation of priority schools to schools at risk. Modifies and expands... More... MS Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Removal of Superintendents in Underperforming Districts S.B. 2149 Provides that the appointed or elected superintendent of education in an underperforming school district for a specified number of consecuti... More... MS Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Task Force on Underperforming Schools and Districts S.B. 2405 Creates a task force to study and report on the status of underperforming schools and districts in the state, effectiveness measures for imp... More... NY Adopted 01/2008 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 The board of regents has readopted, by emergency action effective January 22, 2008, the emergency rule adopted at the September 10, 2007 Reg... More... LA Adopted 12/2007 P-12 School, District and State Accountability System LAC 28:LXXXIII.301, 517, 613, 707, 709, 903, 1301, 1601-1609, 1901,2101, 2301, 2401, 2501-2505, 2701- 2721, 3301-3303, 3503, 3507, 3701, and 3905. Amends rules concerning Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System. Sets the target graduation rate for ... More... TX Adopted 12/2007 P-12 Accountability 19 TAC Chapter 97 Adopts new 19 TAC Chapter 97, Planning and Accountability, Subchapter EE, Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions. The new subchapter... More... LA Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System LAC 28:CXI.2007, Bulletin 118 In accordance with R.S. 49:950 et seq., the Administrative Procedure Act, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has amended Bullet... More... NY Emergency Rule Extension 11/2007 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 Readopts, by emergency action effective November 25, 2007, the emergency rule adopted at the September 10, 2007 Regents meeting that added a... More... LA Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System LAC 28:LXXXIII.603, 613, and 4313 Revises Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System (LAC Part Number LXXXIII). Revises section 603 to i... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Accountability A.B. 438 Relates to the Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 which establishes the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program to pro... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Reinstating authority A.B. 45 Requires the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistant Team, until all operational areas have been returned to the governing board of the Oakla... More... CA To governor 07/2007 P-12 Special education A.B. 485 Relates to special education. Prohibits a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency whose certification has been revoked, and certain other a... More... LA Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Rewards Eligibility and Corrective Actions LAC 28:LXXXIII.1301, 4313, 4903, and 4905 Amends the following Sections of Bulletin 111: • §1301 Reward Eligibility: Changes one requirement for exemplary academic growth to 2.0 poin... More... NY Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 Establishes allowable programs and activities, criteria for public reporting by school districts of their total foundation aid expenditures,... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 School Improvement Plans H.B. 2263C -- Improvement Plan Components Requires state superintendent to assign school ratings. Requires schools rated as in need of improvement to file school improvement plan. Su... More... PA Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Distressed School Districts H.B. 842, Sec. 5 (Section 113 (c) of the Act) These provisions set parameters for how staff of a "distressed" district in which pupils have been reassigned to another district are to be ... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 No Pass No Drive Amended to Include One Year Suspension/Expulsion H.B. 2260 Adds making a threat, including a false report, to use a bomb, dynamite, any other deadly explosive or destructive device including chemical... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Exemptions for No-Pass No-Play Law S.B. 1517 Standardizes the exemptions for students enrolled in certain advanced courses from the requirement that a student be suspended from particip... More... AK Adopted 04/2007 P-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE 4 AAC 33.520 Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development.Amends the participation rate in the Public School Performance IncentivePr... More... AR Adopted 04/2007 P-12 Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability 005.19.06-002, ADE 247 Adopts rules to develop a single comprehensive testing, assessment and accountability program which utilizes the most current and effective ... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Standards and Accountability S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 1 Adds new sections 211 (see separate record), 211-a, 211-b and 211-c to the education code. Section 211-a: Directs the regents, by the begi... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Contract for Excellence S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 12 Requires every district with at least one school currently identified as requiring academic progress or in need of improvement or in correct... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 charter school, accountability H.B. 1504 Provides a major revision of the Public Charter School Law. Amends Public Charter School Law to allow for obtaining conversion public chart... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Sanctions Applicable to Schools/Districts Under Conservatorship S.B. 2960 Revises and clarifies sanctions applicable to schools and districts which are under conservatorship due to a declaration of an emergency or ... More... SD Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Sanctions for Cheating H.B. 1033 Establishes process for following up on allegations of certified personnel and teachers for compromising the integrity of a state-required a... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2007 P-12 State Accountability System A.B. 3676 Revises various provisions of The New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum public school district monitoring system, related repor... More... LA Adopted 10/2006 P-12 Compliance Monitoring Procedures LAC 28:XCI.107, 109, and 309 (Bulletin 1922_ Reverts back to having the state board rather than the state superintendent withhold federal funds under the Individuals with Disabilities E... More... IL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 School/District Improvement Plans S.B. 2829 - School/District Improvement Plans Deletes existing provisions related to the approval of a district improvement plan for a district on academic early warning status or watch ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Districts Academically in Crisis H.B. 310 Repeals R.S. 17:10.6(C) and (D). Section (C) limited the power of local boards of districts identified as academically in crisis. Section (... More... LA Adopted 06/2006 P-12 Accountability System LAC 28:LXXXIII.Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 17, 21, 24, 35, 41,43, and 45 Full text of language on pages 8-20 of 62: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0606/0606RUL.pdf Changes define/outline/clarify the followi... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 School Achievement Profiles and Improvement Plans H.B. 2359 Relates the district profiles and accountability for schools failing to meet academic standards. Describes information, procedures and other... More... CA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Accountability and Funding for Low-Performing Schools A.B. 1758 Provides that 36 months after the receipt of funding to implement a school action plan, all schools that are not subject to state monitoring... More... IL Adopted 04/2006 P-12 Deadline for Status Appeal 23 IAC 1.95 Modifies deadline for a district's status appeal to within 30 days of receipt of notification from the state board of the school's or distri... More... MD Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 04/2006 P-12 State Takeover of Low Performing Schools H.B. 1215; S.B. 914 Prohibits the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Schools from imposing a certain restructuring of a governance arrange... More... NJ Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 School District Fiscal Accountability Act A.B. 2684 Provides for appointment of a state monitor in school districts with fiscal issues such as deficit balances or whose audits found material w... More... CO Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 School Improvement and Reviews H.B. 1240 Concerns measures to improve the academic performance of unsatisfactory public schools; allows a school that receives an overall academic pe... More... SD Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 District Funding Related to Meeting Adequate Yearly Progress S.B. 198 Appropriates funds to increase funding to education and to assist sparse school districts; requires legislation as part of the final report ... More... GA Signed into law 12/2005 P-12 Accountability and Interventions S.B. 35 Makes the department responsible for the implementation of a single statewide system of accountability. Adds school systems to the system of... More... IL Adopted 11/2005 P-12 23 IAC 1.10, thru .70, .75, .80, .85, .90, .95, Makes changes in the accountability system for public schools. Changes the requirement for adequate yearly progress and the indicators that ... More... LA Adopted 11/2005 P-12 AYP and Sanctions for Underperforming Schools LAC 28:LXXXIII.517, 1101, 1501, 1705, 2301, 3301, and 3303 Defines growth label changes for three-star schools. Defines the movement of three-star schools into Academic Assistance if performance sign... More... LA Signed into law 11/2005 P-12 Recovery School District H.B. 121A Establishes procedures for identifying underperforming schools to be transferred to the Recovery School District. Requires the Recovery Sch... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 School Intervention Contract Criteria H.B. 953 This bill would require the Superintendent to provide a list of approved school assistance and intervention teams with which a school distri... More... MS Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Hurrican Katrina and school accountability S.B. 2012 Authorizes the state board of education to exempt certain schools from accountability standards due to Hurricane Katrina of 2005. http://bi... More... GA Adopted 07/2005 P-12 Accountability System GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru -.04 Clarifies rules regarding the statewide accountability system, including definitions, profiles and awards and school- and district-level con... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Corrective Action H.B. 1216 Repeals and reenacts the corrective action provisions for underperforming public schools. Requires the state board to annually notify each d... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 No Pass No Drive Revisions S.B. 35 - Attendance Provisions Amends No Pass No Drive law. Adds provision that a student who is pursuing a general education development (GED) diploma will not have his/h... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Facilities Program Act S.B. 593 Establishes the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act. Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Trans... More... VA Emergency Rule Adoption 02/2005 P-12 Conducting Division-Level Academic Reviews 8 VAC 20-700-10 thru -50 Outlines the process and procedures for conducting the division-level academic review and submitting the corrective action plan to the Board... More... GA Adopted 12/2004 P-12 Statewide Accountability GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru .04 Clarifies rules regarding the following: single statewide accountability system; accountability system definitions; accountability profiles;... More... GA Adopted 07/2004 P-12 Statewide Accountability; Definitions; School Profiles GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru -.04 Clarifies rules regarding statewide accountability, applicable definitions, school profiles, and awards and consequences; creates a single s... More... SC Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 School Districts Rated Unsatisfactory S.B. 90 Authorizes the state board to implement a training program for the school district board of trustees and the district superintendent; author... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Education Accountability H.B. 1659 Defines "academically in crisis" district and "academically unacceptable" school. Requires state superintendent to notify the state board, t... More... RI Became law without governor's signature 06/2004 P-12 Drivers License Requirement H.B. 7397 Would set eligibility requirements for school attendance to obtain a driver's license for minor students. This act would take effect on Janu... More... RI To governor 06/2004 P-12 No Pass No Drive S.B. 2594 Provides that if a minor accumulates fifteen (15) unexcused absences within ninety (90) calendar days, they are ineligible for driving privi... More... TN Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Low Performing Schools and Districts H.B. 1175 Chapter No. 832. Renames low performing schools and school districts as high priority schools and school districts; allows the commissioner ... More... TN Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Education Performance Goals and Measures H.B. 3511 Deletes several sections of 49-1-601 and and substitutes new language. Relates to educational performance goals and measures;changes from d... More... OK Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Reading Sufficiency H.B. 2477 Part of this bill relates to the Reading Sufficiency Act; limits certain students who are excluded from the reading goals and program of rea... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 School Academic Review H.B. 1294 Modifies provisions. When the state board has obtained evidence through the school academic review process that the failure of schools with... More... NM Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Early Identification of Unexcused Absences H.B. 106 Relates to compulsory school attendance; provides for early identification of unexcused absences and truancy; provides for enforcement of ha... More... WV Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Education H.B. 4111 Requires the state board to adopt system standards, including student performance and progress, school and school system progress, etc. Req... More... TX Rule Adoption 12/2003 P-12 Accountability 19 TAC 2.97.A.97.1 thru 97.4 Repeals old rules and establishes rules relating to public school accountability. Each school district must be assigned an accountability ra... More... AR Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, & Accountability Program and Academic Distress Program ADE 162 Establishes rules governing the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability Program and the Academic Distress Program (ACT... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 School Accountability S.B. 878 Makes changes concerning school recognition standards for student performance and school improvement, recognition levels, rewards and acknow... More... OH Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Consequences for Schools H.B. 3--Section 3302.03 Spells out what constitutes school or district status of "excellent," "effective," "in need of continuous improvement," "academic watch" and... More... CA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 High-Priority Schools A.B. 96 Designates low-performing schools as high-priority schools for purposes of the Academic Performance Index. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin... More... AR Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 Comprehensive Testing/Assessment/Accountability Program ADE 188 Requires the development of a single Arkansas comprehensive testing, assessment and accountability program (ACTAAP); ensures all public scho... More... LA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Temporary Driver's License Revocation for School Disciplinary Infractions H.B. 1686 Requires the principal of any public or private school to notify the office of motor vehicles when any student between the ages of 14 and 18... More... MD Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 State Reconstitution COMAR 13A.01.04.10 A. If the State Board of Education rejects a local board of education reconstitution proposal, school improvement plan, or annual update, or... More... NH Became law without governor's signature 06/2003 P-12 School Peformance and Accountability Chapter H.B. 139 (193-G:1) Requires state commissioner to make public a list of schools not meeting performance targets. Establishes strategic responses for local edu... More... NV Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Consequences for Low-Performing Schools S.B. 1 (Omnibus Bill) The act sets forth the consequences for public schools and school districts that are designated as demonstrating need for improvement. Scho... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Low Performing Public Schools S.B. 618 Requires the commissioner of education to reconstitute any campus rated as low performing for two consecutive years, removing closure of the... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College High School Completion, Pilot BA Degree Program S.B. 976 Requires districts to analyze information related to dropout prevention. Sec. 29.908. MIDDLE COLLEGE EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM requires: (a... More... DE Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Education Profile Reports S.B. 76 Requires the State Department of Education to issue Delaware Public Education Profiles for all public schools, including charter schools and... More... LA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Transfer of Failed School or Failed Charter to Recovery School District S.B. 710 Specifies that any elementary or secondary school found academically unacceptable under the state school accountability system must be desig... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Quality Education Act of 2003 - Districts in Fiscal Distress H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill) Adds §§ 6-20-1901- 6-15-1911. Creates the Arkansas Fiscal Assessment and Accountability Program; to establish and implement a program at the... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Quality Education Act of 2003 - Governance H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill) Amends §§ 6-13-1403 - 6-13-1405; 6-13-1410. Outlines the conditions and the policies under which the State Board of Education may annex scho... More... SC Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2003 P-12 Impaired Local School District H.B. 3872 (Joint Resolution) Approves regulations of the Board of Education; relates to intervention where quality of education in a local school dist... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Takeover Provisions H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill) Amends Sections 22-2-6 and Section 22-2-14 to allow the state department to take over the control and management of a public schools or dist... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Adquate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill) Outlines procedures and timelines for schools that have failed to make adequate yearly progress for two consecutive years (ranked as a schoo... More... WV Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 No Pass No Drive Changes S.B. 162 Expunges motor vehicle license information for nineteen-year-olds when suspensions or revocations of their licenses are due to school attend... More... NM Adopted 12/2002 P-12 Indicators and Measurements/School Ratings NMAC 6.19.1.8, 6.19.1.9; 6.19.2.16 Establishes rules annually measuring public schools on the five statewide indicators. All scores, rates, and other measures used in the Acco... More... NM Adopted 12/2002 P-12 Public School Accountability, General Provisions 6.19.1, 6.19.2 NMAC Amends rules regarding the annual measurement of schools. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.019.0001.pdf 6.19.1.9 Address... More... PA Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 Distressed School Districts H.B. 2644 Authorizes the state superintendent to petition the court in the county to take over any district that has been declared "distressed." http... More... CA Vetoed 09/2002 P-12 Requires State Takeover A.B. 1904 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to assume all the legal rights, duties and powers of the governing board of the West Fresn... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Sanctions S.B. 1310 Sets deadlines regarding sanctions applied to state-monitored schools, allows for the placement of a trustee at a low-performing school. Spe... More... CT Repealed 09/2002 P-12 Low-Performing Schools List C.G.S. 10-223 b-c In 1999, the State Board of Education prepared a list of elementary and middle schools, by school district, that are in need of improvement ... More... NC Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Takeover of Schools S.B. 1275 Requires the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee to report to the state board if a local board and school are not responsive to ... More... NY Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Conforms to Provisions of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 A.B. 11858 Amends the Education Law to conform to the provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; directs the Commissioner of Education... More... TN Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Intervention in Low-Performing Schools H.B. 3159 By September 1 of each year, the commissioner is required to recommend for approval to the state board a listing of all schools to be placed... More... AK Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 School Performance Designation and Improvement Deadlines Pushed Back H.B. 352 Requires school report cards to include performance designations and the department to monitor the progress of the implementation of school ... More... IL Active 06/2002 P-12 Academic Watch Process N/A In 1992 the Academic Watch List was enacted into law in Illinois; the Academic Early Warning List (AEWL) became law in 1996. Schools with lo... More... MO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Major Bill - Accountability Component H.B. 1711 Department is required to identify high-achieving schools as performance schools and specify the waivers of rule applicable to those schools... More... NY Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Governance Reorganization A.B. 11627 Reforms the governance structure of New York City schools. The new law gives the mayor control over city schools, including the power to app... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Performance Indices, School Classification and Intervention for Failing Schools H.B. 2658 Requires that the academic achievement profile report for schools serving students grades K-8 include as indicators the Arizona Measure of A... More... CA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Intermediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program S.B. 508 Modifies 1999 Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program (IIUSP), which formerly required that every participating school distri... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Education Code Re-Write: State Board Oversight Enforcement Authority S.B. 20E Creates new section giving state board oversight of all public school boards and public postsecondary institution boards, gives state board ... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Prince George's County Governance and Administration H.B. 949 Establishes appointed New Prince George's County Board of Education and requirements for membership. Provides for compensation of board memb... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Principal Training Pilot Program H.B. 7 Establishes the Principal Training Pilot Program; requires that the State Board of Education award incentive funding under the program to pr... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards H.B. 853 Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Districts to Develop Comprehensive Master Plans S.B. 856 Requires each county board to develop and implement comprehensive master plan that states the goals and strategies to be used to raise stude... More... NY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Roosevelt Union Free School District Takeover S.B. 6617 Authorizes the removal of the Board of Education of the Roosevelt Union Free School District and the appointment of an interim board of educ... More... NY Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Takeover Powers Extension A.B. 9916 Extends from April 9,2002 to July 1, 2005, the expiration and repeal of provisions of law which authorizes the chancellor of the city school... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 No Pass No Drive Modifications H.B. 160 Modifies the current statute regarding suspension of driver's licenses for truancy to provide, upon a finding of a second or subsequent trua... More... OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Levels of Intervention S.B. 1 Requires the state board to establish a standard unit of improvement for buildings and requires districts that are not excellent or effectiv... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools A.B. 961 Establishes the High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools within the Public Schools Accountability Act. Requires a scho... More... PA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 School Districts in Distress S.B. 640 Amends the Public School Code. Relates to distress in school districts. Authorizes a school reform commission to assume control of a distric... More... NH Vetoed 07/2001 P-12 School Performance S.B. 164 Establishes criteria for measuring school performance standards and creates a watch list for schools which are not making satisfactory progr... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Placement of School in Academic Receivership S.B. 165 Deletes language permitting local board to place school in academic receivership if school fails for four consecutive school years to attain... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Accountability and Various Provisions S.B. 165 Revises provisions governing the accountability of public schools; revises provisions governing the requirements for a person to take tests ... More... SC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Technical Assistance H.B. 3890 (Joint Resolution) States that schools may qualify for technical assistance based on the criteria established by the Education Oversight Com... More... TN Became law without governor's signature 05/2001 P-12 No Pass No Drive Amendments S.B. 146 Increases from five to ten unexcused absences allowed prior to suspension or denial of driver license of minor individual enrolled in GED co... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Omnibus Bill with Appropriations S.B. 307 Creates public school reading proficiency fund to help train teachers to teach reading and writing to students below grade level; sets up "e... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Admission Contingent on Accreditation S.B. 1324 Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation pursuant to the Standards of Accreditation promulga... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Using Accreditation as Factor for Admission H.B. 2144 Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation shall not be the sole criterion for denial of admis... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Extended School Year for Low-Performing Schools S.B. 1387 Extends the date of repeal of existing law authorizing the Compton Unified School District to identify low-performing schools in the distric... More... UT Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Establishment of U-PASS Assessment Program H.B. 177 Puts into legislation recommendations of Task Force on Learning Standards and Accountability in Public Education created by 1999 legislation... More... CA Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Possible Change In the School Calendar A.B. 2162 Adjusts the prescribed dates, and would provide that the school action plan pursuant to the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools P... More... CT Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Underperforming Schools - Assistance and Incentives H.B. 5737 Concerns underperforming schools; provides grants for boards of education with schools in need of improvement; provides for partnerships wit... More... OK Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Assessment S.B. 491 Modifies the Oklahoma School Testing Program by administering a norm-referenced test in the third-grade beginning with the 2000-2001 school ... More... PA Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Accountability, Funding S.B. 652 Act No. 16 of 2000., Amends the Public School Code. Provides funding for basic education, services to nonpublic schools, special education, ... More... FL Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Extracurricular Eligibility S.B. 92 Relates to student standards for participation in interscholastic extracurricular student activities; relates to the grade point average of ... More... MS Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Financial Incentives for Schools H.B. 1134 Establishes and implements a superior-performing and exemplary schools program for identifying and granting financial incentives to low perf... More... WV Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Determining High Quality H.B. 4674 Relates to high quality education programs and standards, efficiency standards and indicators, performance measures, the process for improvi... More... CO Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Accountability S.B. 186 Directs the Department of Education to evaluate the academic performance and safety environment of every public school within the state; spe... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Administrative Salaries and Performance of Schools H.B. 1187 The state will reduce funding for all administrative salaries of schools which are deemed to be failing for three years and who have not imp... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Education Oversight Committee & Office of Education Accountability H.B. 1187 The Governor may appoint study commissions as he deems appropriate to study education questions, issue findings and make recommendations to ... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Accountability - Rewards/Sanctions Component H.B. 1187 If a school is consistently underperforming, the local board of education may request from a RESA an instructional care team. RESAs must dev... More... NM Vetoed 03/2000 P-12 Intervention, Incentives S.B. 40 Relates to interventions for school improvements; changes the distribution of the incentives for school improvement fund.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Fees for Repeated Classes S.B. 146 Establishes the presumption that public school students will pay the fees associated with courses they are repeating or remediation; provide... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Attendance/Driving Privileges H.B. 490 Requires the juvenile and domestic relations court to order the denial of driving privileges for at least 30 days to any child at least 13 y... More... IL Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Criteria for District Status S.B. 1192 Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code; requires the Board of Education to establish criteria concerning the factors ... More... HI Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Performance Indicators and Achievement Goals S.B. 1307 Requires the Director of Education to establish a comprehensive accountability system, including a student assessment program and a school p... More... LA Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Technical Assistance to Low-Performing Schools S.B. 253 Requires the establishment of a program of distinguished educators to provide technical assistance in schools determined under the accountab... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Master Reading Teacher Program H.B. 2307 Relates to assistance to low performing public school districts; relates to and provides for the Master Reading Teacher Grant Program; provi... More... FL Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 A+ Plan (Part of Omnibus Bill) H.B. 751,753,755 Provides that schools designated "D" or "F" receive assistance and intervention. School board must develop 2-year plan of increasing indivi... More...