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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 Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Common Core/National Tests Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Brain Research Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Counseling/Guidance Curriculum Curriculum--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Computer Science Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Home Economics Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Demographics Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Economic/Workforce Development--Value of an Education Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Aid to Private Schools Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Does Money Matter? Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Litigation Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Performance Funding Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues UT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Education Contribution on Tax Returns S.B. 141 Amends the Individual Income Tax Contribution Act to provide an individual income tax contribution for education. Creates the Invest More for Education Account within the Uniform School Fund. Permits an individual to designate a contribution to the account on ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2012 Postsec. California Hope Public Trust A.B. 2442 Primarily from bill summary: Provides that the purpose of the California Hope Public Trust is to increase revenue for higher education by developing state properties that are currently underutilized. Establishes the California Hope Public Trust in state govern... More... HI Signed into law 07/2012 P-12 School Facilities Special Fund S.B. 2534 Establishes a school facilities special fund, to be administered by the department of education in consultation with the board of education. Provides all proceeds from leases, permits, interest income generated from public school lands and facilities, and othe... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund H.B. 1852 The measure creates the Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund to be used for grants to public classroom teachers. The State Board of Education will award the grants and establish the criteria for and application process for the grants. Teachers must u... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2010 P-12 Department of Education and School Parking Fees S.B. 2256 Authorizes the department of education to make rules governing traffic and parking conditions on roadways and other areas under the jurisdiction of the department, including rules for the assessment of parking fees. Requires such fees to be deposited into the ... More... OH Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Funds for Simulated Driving Curriculum H.B. 27 Creates the teen driver education license plate fund in the state treasury, from applicants who obtain teen driver education license plates. Directs the department of public safety to use the money in the fund to fund the rental, lease or purchase of the simul... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Autism Awareness Funds H.B. 327 Creates an Autism Awareness support special group license plate for programs that create or support autism awareness programs. Requires applicants for a new plate to make a $25 annual donation to the Autism Awareness Restricted Account. Creates the Autism Awar... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 District-Sponsored Bingo Games S.B. 126 Deletes a reference to school districts in provisions specifying the organizations that may conduct bingo games. Authorizes charitable organizations affiliated with a school district to conduct bingo games. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0101-... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Finance Adequacy H.B. 2261--Section 112, Technical Working Group Section 112 instructs the office of financial management, with assistance and support of the office of the superintendent of public instruction, to convene a technical working group to: develop the details of the funding formulas under RCW 28A.150.260; recomme... More... SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 165 Provides that school district governing boards may authorize one or more private, nonprofit benevolent organizations to, independently of the control of the school district, accept and solicit donations, gifts, grants, or other private financial resources for ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Wind Generation Turbine Farms H.B. 4646 Provides that a county, municipality, school district, community college district or other unit of local government may either individually or jointly own and operate a wind generation turbine farm that reduces energy or other operating costs. Provides that su... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 Postsec. Community College Police Association License Plates H.B. 5607 Provides for the issuance of Police Association License Plates. Provides that certain amounts of the license plate issuance and renewal fees must be deposited into the police association fund. Creates the police association fund; provides that all funds in the... More... LA Became law without governor's signature 06/2008 Postsec. Community College Special College and University License Plates H.B. 1240 Relates to special college and university license plates. Amends present law which requires a royalty fee for the use of an institution's design on a special license plate to be paid to such institution. Provides that the royalty fee is an annual fee. http://w... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Agriculture in the Classroom Fund H.B. 1024 Creates the Agriculture in the Classroom Fund in the State treasury. Provides for the issuance of Agriculture in the Classroom license plates. Provides that in addition to the appropriate registration fees, an applicant for the special plate must be charged a ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 Postsec. Community College Scholarship Funds from License Plates S.B. 169 Specifies that scholarship awards from moneys deposited into the state college and university trust fund are to support Illinois residents. Directs the state treasurer to create separate accounts within the university grant fund for each university or college ... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act S.B. 2054 States that the general assembly recognizes the importance of school support organizations in providing financial support to help carry out academic, arts, athletic, and social programs to further educational opportunities for the children of Tennessee. The ge... More... ND Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Fee-Based Catering Services S.B. 2344 Allows institutions of higher education and school districts to provide (for fee) catered meal services off-site as long as those functions meet certain parameters (i.e., are related to school or institution activities). http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-200... More... ID Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Public School Permanent Endowment Fund S.B. 1098 Amends existing law to require that property from an estate with no heirs or other claimants be paid to the Public School Permanent Endowment Fund; provides for distribution of funds received as unclaimed dividends and interest paid by Idaho corporations to th... More... SD Unofficially approved by Voters. 11/2006 P-12 Revenue for "Education Enhancement" V. 5 (INITIATED MEASURE 2) Increases the tax on cigarettes and tobacco products; dedicates revenue for tobacco prevention and cessation program, for property tax reduction, for education enhancement and for health care; makes an appropriation.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Community College Donation of Political Subdivisions' Surplus Computer Equipment S.B. 218 Requires political subdivisions to establish procedures to give first priority for donation of their surplus computer equipment to public elementary and secondary schools in the state and community and technical colleges under the management and control of the... More... SC Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Arts Awareness License Plates S.B. 418 Adds a new Section 56-3-5400. Allows the department to issue Arts Awareness special license plates to establish a special fund to be used by the South Carolina Arts Commission for the purpose of funding activities that support a thriving arts environment in So... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Seized Motor Vehicles H.B. 2828 Allows motor vehicles seized by law enforcement agencies to be donated to school districts for driver's education courses. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb2828.pdf... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Penalties S.F. 73 Unless otherwise provided by law, all civil or administrative fines or penalties collected under this article are to be paid over to the state treasurer to be credited to the public school fund of the county in which the violation for which the fine or penalty... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 Postsec. Motor Vehicle License Plates H.B. 246 Creates the Louisiana State University National Champions and Southern University Black College National Champions prestige license plates. Each license issued shall be assessed a one-time $25 royalty fee, which monies must be used solely for academic or finan... More... KS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Motor Vehicle License Plates H.B. 2947 Requires a person or organization sponsoring a distinctive license plate to submit to the Division of Vehicles a nonrefundable amount not to exceed $10,000 to defray the division's cost for developing the distinctive license plate; discontinues issuance of dis... More... KS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Motor Vehicle License Plates H.B. 2143 Regulates distinctive license plates; requires an organization sponsoring a distinctive license plate to submit a nonrefundable fee; creates the distinctive license plate fund to deposit the distinctive license plate application fees; discontinues issuance of ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Charitable Gambling H.B. 162 Repeals provision allowing only one parent-teacher association or booster club for each school. http://www.legis.state.la.us/bills/byinst.asp?sessionid=03RS&billid=HB162&doctype=BT... More... MD Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Paper Gaming to Pay for Specified School Costs H.B. 1000 Establishes in Allegany County a licensing procedure for specified for-profit businesses and qualified organizations to sell paper gaming devices and for persons to sell paper gaming devices to licensees; authorizes the board of county commissioners to impose ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 District Funds H.B. 1572 Authorizes school districts which receive gifts, grants, or donations of monies for noncapital expenditures to place the monies in the general fund, and such monies shall not be required to be used during the year in which the money was received but may accum... More... OK Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Crimes And Punishments S.B. 837 Allows raffles to be conducted by churches, schools and affiliated entities, and certain organizations and states that such raffles are not a violation of lottery or gambling laws of the state. Any raffle conducted by a qualified organization must be conducte... More... OK Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 School Sales Tax Exemption H.B. 1002 Deletes the sales tax exemption for sales of tangible personal property by accredited public and private schools to allow for the sale of rings, bracelets, necklaces and other similar items that exceed a certain cost under such exemption.... More... WV Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Property Leases S.B. 522 Relates to county boards of education to lease school property no longer needed.... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Timber Disposal on Highways to Benefit Education Enhancment Fund S.B. 2102 Allows the Mississippi Transportation Commission to enter into an agreement with the state forestry commission for the general supervision and management of timber on selected portions of the rights-of-way of the interstate highway system and those completed s... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Education Support License Plates S.B. 176 Modifies the Motor Vehicles Code by adding a Public Education Support special group license plate to provide financial support to the state public education.... More... WY Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 Sales Tax School Fundraiser Events H.B. 161 Provides a sales tax exemption for school fundraising activities.... More... CT Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Postsec. United We Stand Tuition and Fee Waivers S.B. 102 Requires the issuance of United We Stand commemorative number plates, most funds from which are to go to the commemorative account. Establishes "United We Stand commemorative account, 50% of which is to pay tuition and fees waivers at the University of Connect... More... IA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Changes to Statutes Regarding School Raffles H.B. 2109 Relates to the regulation of games of skill or chance and raffles conducted for fundraising by charitable, religious, educational, public, civic, or patriotic organizations, or other entities, or between individuals.... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Proceeds of Coal Sale to Educational Organizations H.B. 405 Provides that a mining permit is not required of a landowner if coal extraction is related to construction, and the coal or proceeds of a coal sale are donated to charitable, governmental,or educational organizations; requires that technical assistance be prov... More... ME Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Postsec. Maine Black Bears Scholarship Fund H.B. 1506 Creates the Maine Black Bears Scholarship Fund for need-based scholarships to attend the University of Maine; authorizes the distribution of Maine Black Bears Licence Plates, $10 from the sale of which is to go to the Maine Black Bears Scholarship Fund. http:/... More... IN Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 District Donations to Charitable Foundations H.B. 1201 Allows the governing body of a school corporation to donate specified sources of revenue to a charitable nonprofit community foundation if the foundation retains all rights to the donation and agrees to: (1) hold the donation as a permanent endowment; (2) dist... More... KY Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 H.B. 254 Creates a special Parent-Teacher Association license plate.... More... NY Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 License Plates to fund Agriculture in the Classroom S.B. 3077 Authorizes distinctive agriculture license plates to fund Agriculture in the Classroom programs; establishes a fund for deposit of fees associated with such license plates to provide funds for such program.... More... AK Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. The use of tobacco fund to finance school construction H.B. 234 Relates to funding and use of the Tobacco Use Education and Cessation Fund; Relates to finance of construction and major maintenance of public school facilities; authorizes the commissioner of revenue to sell the right to receive a portion of the anticipated r... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Tax Return Funds Earmarked for Education S.B. 1211 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY INDIVIDUAL WHOSE STATE INCOME TAX REFUND FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR IS $ 2 OR MORE MAY DESIGNATE $ 2 OF THE REFUND TO BE DEPOSITED INTO THE HAWAII SCHOOL-LEVEL MINOR REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE SPECIAL FUND ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Income Tax Checkoff for Schools of Deaf/Blind H.B. 2267 Establishes an income tax checkoff for the Arkansas School for the Blind and Arkansas School for the Deaf.... More... AR Became law without governor's signature 04/2001 P-12 Alcoholic beverages tax to provide funding for the child care for working families act S.B. 576 Relates to the imposition and collection of an alcoholic beverages tax to provide funding for the child care for working families act and the Arkansas Better Chance education program.... More... IN Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Education license plates H.B. 2126 Continues the division of fees collected from the education license plates as follows: 25% to the School Intervention and Career Counseling Development Fund, 75% to local education foundations.... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Contracts With Soft Drink Vendors H.B. 1070 Allows vendors to sell soft drinks or other concessions on school property; permits a school district to enter into contracts for sale of soft drinks or other concessions.... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Tax Refunds as School Contributions H.B. 2583 Permits individuals to designate that a specified amount of their income tax refunds, or additional amounts, be contributed to local school improvement projects.... More... SD Unofficially approved on the ballot 11/2000 P-12 Investments of School Funds V. 5 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT E (SJR-1-2000); permits the investment of the Permanent School Funds in certain stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other financial instruments and the use of a certain portion of the interest and income to increase the principal in the F... More... UT Unofficially approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Revenues for Deposit to Uniform School Fund V. 2 Ballot Initiative Relates to forfeiture of assets and property; establishes uniform procedures for the forfeiture of property; forbids forfeiture against innocent owners; permits law enforcement officials to seize contraband and the proceeds and instrumentalities of crime; prov... More... HI Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Local School Funds H.B. 1905 Establishes a pilot project that requires moneys collected by any public school from rental fees for usage of facilities to be deposited with that school rather than the General Fund.... More... NH Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Use of Education Trust Fund H.B. 1316 Prohibits school districts from using disbursements from the Education Trust Fund as unanticipated revenue.... More... CA Died 03/2000 P-12 Proposition 28 V. 19 PROPOSITION 28 Repeals additional $ .50 per pack tax on cigarettes and equivalent increase in state tax on tobacco products previously enacted by Proposition 10 at the 11/3/99 election. Provides for elimination of funding for Proposition 10 early childhood dev... More... NE Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Tobacco Fund Settlement L.B. 1436 Relates to the tobacco fund settlement; creates the Teen Tobacco Education and Prevention Project; creates a committee and a fund; harmonizes provisions; repeals the original sections.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Revenues from License Plates S.B. 413 Authorizes the issuance of special license plates with a design incorporating an apple, representing teachers and education; designates an additional fee of $ 25 to be paid to the State Treasury and distributed to the Department of Education to purchase textbo... More... WA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Student Fund-Raisers H.B. 2332 Declares an intent to allow students to broaden the types of fund-raisers that they may conduct for charitable purposes in their private non-associated student body capacities, and ensure that these funds will be separate from student body funds to avoid const... More... MT Died 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 145 Allocation of Money for Technology Purchases Authorizes the issuance of K-12 education license plates; authorizes the collection of donations for educational technology acquisition in addition to regular license plate fees; authorizes the distribution of donations to public elementary and secondary schoo... More... 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