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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--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--Legal Issues 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--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research 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 Curriculum Curriculum--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship 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 Curriculum--Speech Education Data-Driven Improvement Demographics Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development 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 Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--Mandates Governance--Regional Entities Governance--School Boards Governance--School Boards--Training Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health Health--Child Abuse Health--Mental Health Health--Nutrition Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses Health--Suicide Prevention AK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Youth Suicide Awareness and Prevention Program S.B. 137 Requires the department of education to annually provide youth suicide awareness and prevention training to each teacher, administrator, cou... More... SC Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Suicide Prevention H.B. 4690 Requires two hours of training in youth suicide awareness and prevention as a requirement for the renewal of credentials of individuals empl... More... UT Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Suicide Prevention H.B. 501 Requires districts and charter schools to require each licensed employee to complete two hours of professional development on youth suicide ... More... WA Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Requiring Certain Health Professionals to Complete Education in Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management. H.B. 2366 Requires certain health professionals to complete training in suicide assessment, treatment, and management as part of their continuing educ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention of Youth Suicide H.B. 1386 - Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention of Youth Suicide Directs the department of public health, in coordination with the Texas Education Agency, to provide and annually update a list of best prac... More... FL Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Suicide Prevention Educational Resources S.B. 2104 Eliminates language requiring the approval role of the Office of Drug Control for materials provided to school districts relating to suicide... More... IN Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Suicide Prevention S.B. 4 Allows a governing body to adjourn its schools to allow teachers to participate in a basic or inservice course of education and training on ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Relating to Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying and Suicide Prevention H.B. 1163 Requires the offices of the education ombudsman and the superintendent of public instruction to convene a work group on school bullying and ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Suicide Prevention H.B. 1778 Requires two hours of mandatory in-service professional development once every five years for licensed personnel in teen suicide awareness a... More... PA Adopted 10/2010 P-12 Suicide Prevention Education H.R. 980 A Resolution promoting youth suicide prevention education for all administrative, teaching and counseling personnel in all public and privat... More... FL Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Suicide Prevention Professional Development S.B. 434 Requires that district school boards provide access to suicide prevention educational resources, as approved by the Statewide Office of Suic... More... IL Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Suicide Prevention H.B. 4672 Adds school social workers who work with students in grades 7-12 to the list of persons who must be trained to identify the warning signs of... More... KY Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Suicide Prevention in Secondary Schools S.B. 65 Requires all high school and middle school principals, guidance counselors and teachers each school year to complete a minimum of two hours ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Suicide Prevention H.B. 51 Requires the cabinet for health and family services to post suicide prevention awareness and training information on its Web page by August ... More... AL Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Student Harassment (Bullying) and Suicide Prevention H.B. 216 Effective October 1, 2009. Establishes the Student Harassment Prevention Act. Requires local boards to adopt policies by July 2010 to preven... More... MS Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Suicide Prevention S.B. 2770 Directs the State Department of Education to require annual in-service training for presently employed teachers and principals to include su... More... CA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Suicide prevention S.B. 1378 Authorizes a school district that receives a professional development block grant to offer to each of its teachers staff development in the ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Suicide Prevention Training H.B. 719 Requires in-service training for teachers, school counselors, principals, and other school administrators in suicide prevention; provides th... More... WI Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Suicide Prevention for Public and Private School Professional Staff S.B. 493 Bill directs the local school boards and governing bodies of private schools to inform their professional staffs of the resources available ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Illinois Suicide Prevention Alliance H.B. 1643 Deletes references to the Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic Planning Committee and the Committee and replaces them with references to th... More... HI Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Postsec. Youth Suicide Early Intervention and Prevention Program H.B. 55 Authorizes the department of health to establish a statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention program that focused on young p... More... FL Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Office for Suicide Prevention H.B. 139 Creates the statewide Office for Suicide Prevention as a unit of the drug control office in the office of the governor. Directs the office t... More... TN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Professional Development on Suicide Prevention S.B. 57, H.B. 101 Creates the Jason Flatt Act of 2007 to require that in-service training for teachers and principals include at least two hours of instructio... More... ID Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Teen Early Intervention Mental Health and Substance Abuse Specialist Program S.B. 1147 Defines "teens at risk" as public school students in grades 7-12 who have been identified as expressing or exhibiting indications of depres... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Community College Suicide Prevention Policies H.B. 3064 Directs the governing boards of each public institution of higher education to develop and implement policies that advise students, faculty,... More... MI Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Suicide Prevention & Education Programs H.B. 4375 Encourages schools to provide age-appropriate instruction programs regarding warning signs and risk factors of suicide and depression and th... More... CO To governor 05/2006 Postsec. Suicide Prevention Procedures for Higher Education S.B. 67 Concerns suicidal behavior among students in higher education; authorizes selected state institutions of higher education to notify a design... More... VT Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Hazing, Harassment, Bullying, Suicide, or Substance Abuse Prevention Training H.B. 867 - Section 27 Requires schools to annually submit the names of organizations and individuals who have provided effective hazing, harassment, bullying, sui... More... CO Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Teacher Professional Development on Student Mental Health H.B. 1098 Allows public school teachers to receive professional development credit by attending an in-service program on juvenile mental health issues... More... VT Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Suicide Prevention Education H.B. 630 Provides that teaching about signs of and responses to depression and risk of suicide is critical to promoting a safe and healthy school env... More... ID Issued 03/2006 P-12 Idaho Council on Suicide Prevention Executive Order 2006-08 Establishes the Idaho Council on Suicide Prevention. Provides that the council's responsibilities are: A. To oversee the implementation ... More... NJ Signed into law 02/2006 P-12 Suicide Prevention Professional Development A.B. 3931 Requires State Board of Education to include two hours of instruction in suicide prevention as part of professional development for public s... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Child Fatality Prevention Act H.B. 1280 Defines "unexpected and unexplained death" as a death that, prior to investigation, appears to have been caused by trauma, suspicious or obs... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2005 P-12 Privacy in Schools S.B. 1270 Bars a teacher, principal, counselor or other district or charter school employee, unless the parent is notified in writing and provides wri... More... MD (S) THIRD READING PASSED WITH AMENDMENTS (47-0) 04/2005 P-12 Youth Suicide Prevention School Program - Mental Health Programs H.B. 930 Authorizing the Youth Suicide Prevention School Program to include specified mental health programs; requiring the Youth Suicide Prevention ... More... ME Issued 02/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College An Order to Strengthen Maine's Youth Suicide Prevention Efforts Executive Order Orders the governor's children's cabinet to assign staff to participate in a strategic planning process to update and revise the Maine Youth... More... NH Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Youth Suicide Prevention H.B. 1397 Expands the duties of the health education review committee to include specific consideration of youth suicide prevention initiatives.... More... CT Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Funding to Promote Children's Well-being S.B. 886 Requires the State Prevention Council to determine long-term goals, strategies and outcome measures to promote the health and well being of ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Training Programs for Teachers S.B. 36 The governing body of a regional training program may facilitate and coordinate access to information by teachers and administrators concern... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Suicide Prevention Program S.B. 792 Establishes a program of suicide prevention in public schools.... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Requires Parental Notification of Suicide Risk S.B. 1250 Requires licensed school personnel who have reason to believe that a student is considering suicide to immediately contact at least one of t... More... 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Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure Middle School Minority/Diversity Issues Minority/Diversity Issues--African American Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress No Child Left Behind--Assessment No Child Left 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Students--Minority Postsecondary Success Postsecondary Success--Completion Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation Private Schools Privatization Privatization--Education Management Agencies (EMOs) Proficiency-Based Approaches Promising Practices Promotion/Retention Public Involvement Purposes of Public Education Reading/Literacy Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy Religion Religion--Prayer/Meditation Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) Rural Scheduling/School Calendar Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School Scheduling/School Calendar--Week Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round School Climate/Culture School Safety School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution School Safety--Code of 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Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. 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