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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 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 Health--Teen Pregnancy High School TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Three-Year Diploma Option H.B. 1122 - Three-Year Diploma Option Authorizes the Dallas Independent School District to develop and implement a pilot program to offer a three-year high school diploma plan. Requires the program to include partnerships between the district and public junior colleges, public technical institutes... More... VT to governor 06/2013 P-12 Flexible Pathways to Secondary School Completion S. 130 Provides state-funded dual enrollment, expansion of Early College programs, expansion of work-based learning, virtual/blended learning. Requires personal learning plans for all students by 7th grade. The definitions section should be of particular interest to ... More... VT Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Flexible Pathways to High School Graduation Act 77 (S.B. 130) Creates a Flexible Pathways Initiative within the Agency of Education to expand opportunities for secondary students to complete high school and achieve postsecondary readiness.  Among other things, the act provides the opportunity for each high school student... More... IA Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Community College Community College Innovative Sharing Project HF 454 - Dual Enrollment Adds new subsection: 7A, establishing a district to community college innovative sharing project. A school district that collaborates with a community college to provide pupils enrolled in the school district's high school with a class that uses an activiti... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Expanding Participation in Innovation Academy Cooperatives. H.B. 1076 Amends existing law to allow two or more non high school districts to form an interdistrict cooperative and to offer an innovation academy cooperative for high school students residing in other school districts who enroll in the cooperative's reporting distric... More... PA Signed into law 07/2012 P-12 Military Uniforms at Graduation Ceremonies H.B. 1307 - Multiple Provisions Gives a high school student the right to wear a military dress uniform at a graduation ceremony if the student has fulfilled all requirements and is otherwise eligible to participate in the ceremony, and has completed basic training for, and is an active membe... More... DC To mayor 04/2012 P-12 Early Warning and Support System Act of 2012, Title I Bill 19-648 Establishes a pilot early warning and support system to track how individual students in grades 4 through 9 in 4 feeder school groups are performing on certain indicators of high school and college readiness. The system is supposed to identify students who are... More... KY Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Governor's Scholars Program Administration H.B. 278 Transfers the Governor's Scholars Program from the office of the governor to the education and workforce development cabinet. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB278/bill.doc... More... MD Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Compulsory Attendance S.B. 362 Raises from 16 to 17 the maximum age at which children are required to attend a public school regularly during the entire school year, subject to specified exceptions. To take effect July 1, 2015. Raises the maximum age from 17 to 18, with specified exception ... More... MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Revenue from Students Graduating Early H.F. 2949 Repeals the provision that required general education revenues for a student graduating early to be paid as though the student was in attendence for the entire year. Also repeals a provision that exempted these requirements for student participation in the two... More... IA Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Regional Academies H.F. 645 - Multiple Sections Amends regional academies. Intead of serving 9-12th grade student, such academies are allowed to serve 7th-12-grade students. Authorizes a district establishing a regional academy to collaborate and partner with, enter into an agreement or contract with one or... More... RI Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Recovery High Schools H.B. 6055, S.B. 439 A Defines "Recovery High School" as a public school or a special education program licensed by RIDE that: (i) Serves students diagnosed with substance use disorder or dependency, as defined by the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders IV-TR; and ... 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 academic standards for accrediation taking into consideration: (1) Standards of regional and national accrediting agenci... More... CT Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Diplomas to Veterans of WWI or the Korean War H.B. 6319 Allows a local or regional board of education to award a diploma to a veteran of World War II or the Korean hostilities, who left high school prior to graduation in order to serve in the armed forces of the United States and did not receive a diploma as a cons... 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 to, skills relating to punctuality, ability to learn, and ability to work in a team, as a discrete and complementary comp... More... IN Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Postsec. Mitch Daniels Early Graduation Scholarship H.B. 1001--Early Graduation Scholarship Provides a Mitch Daniels Early Graduation Scholarship to a student who graduates from high school before Grade 12. It provides that the amount of the scholarship is $4,000. Requires the state board of education to amend its rules to facilitate graduation from ... More... ME Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Promotes Financial Literacy of High School Students H.P. 161 Requires the Commissioner of Education to develop a program of technical assistance that promotes the importance of financial literacy and encourages school administrative units to implement an integrated model for instruction in personal finance that may be u... More... NC Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 High School To Work Partnerships H.B. 769 Directs local boards of education to adopt and implement policies that encourage high school to work partnerships. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/HTML/H769v4.html... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Reporting Achievement on Transcripts H.B. 1680 The measure requires districts to report on transcripts all levels of students' achievements on end-of-instruction tests, rather than just end-of-instruction tests on which they score proficient or higher. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Community College Grand Canyon Diploma Implementation S.B. 1451 Makes various clarifying, technical and conforming changes related to the implementation of the Grand Canyon Diploma (GCD). Requires the governing body or a charter school and school district governing boards to collaborate with the organization approved by t... More... ME Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Vietnam Veterans Awarded High School Diplomas H.P. 96 Provides that eligible Vietnam veterans may be awarded high school diplomas; Veterans of World War II and the Korean Conflict already included in the statute. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_125th/chappdfs/PUBLIC25.pdf... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Postsec. Community College Cambridge Advanced (A/AS) Exams H.B. 1910/S.B. 1448 Requires the governing boards of each public institution of higher education to implement policies regarding the granting of credit for Cambridge Advanced (A/AS) examinations. Also provides that each institution's policy for course credit for Cambridge Advance... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Diploma Seals H.B. 1793 Allows local school boards to award diploma seals for all Board of Education-approved diplomas. Requirements for the standard technical, advanced technical and modified standard diplomas are established in administrative rule. This legislation bring references... More... CA Signed into law 09/2010 P-12 Work-Based Learning Programs (and Textbooks) A.B. 2211 States legislative findings regarding work-based learning. Authorizes school districts that maintain high schools to establish work-based learning programs, and to purchase liability insurance for pupils enrolled in programs of study involving work-based learn... 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 Program to reward secondary schools that demonstrate continuous student academic improvement and show the greatest stud... More... NC Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Flexibility to Cooperative Innovative High Schools S.B. 1201 Provides that cooperative innovative high schools have the same exemptions from statutes and rules as charter schools, other than those pertaining to personnel. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1201v3.pdf... More... FL Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Academic Scholarship Signing Day S.B. 206 Encourages school boards to adopt policies and procedures to provide for a student "Academic Scholarship Signing Day" by declaring the third Tuesday in April each year as "Academic Scholarship Signing Day." The "Academic Scholarship Signing Day" will recognize... 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 its Internet website. Districts must send a written notice to the parent or other legal guardian of high school students... More... LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Early High School Graduation S.B. 553 Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop and adopt, by the 2010-11 school year, a policy whereby students are allowed to accelerate their academic progress, complete all high school graduation requirements established by the bo... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Grand Canyon Diploma H.B. 2731 Creates the Grand Canyon Diploma (GCD) offered to students who demonstrate readiness for college level mathematics and English according to standards prescribed by an interstate compact on board examination systems and who has passing grades on a set of requir... More... GA Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Research-Based Approaches for Low-Performing High Schools H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-326, 328 and 329 20-2-326 defines: --"Career academy" as (1) a specialized charter school established by a partnership between one or more local boards of education and a technical school or college or (2) a small learning community where a student receives academic instructio... More... SC Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 High Schools May Offer State-funded WorkKeys H.J.R. 4823 - Sec. 4 Permits high schools to offer state-funded WorkKeys (i.e., a job skill assessment system) to 10th grade students using funds appropriated for the assessment of PSAT or PLAN; Provides that the selection of the test for each student should be informed by the stu... More... AL Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Diplomas for Vietnam Veterans H.B. 74 Extends eligibility for high school diplomas to honorably discharged Vietnam veterans.... More... FL Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 High School Diploma Study S.B. 4 - Sec. 14 The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to study: (1) different types of diplomas in different states; (2) criteria for awarding diplomas and endorsements; (3) differences in courses for college-bound and career pathways; (... More... WI Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Act 215 - Misc. Provisions S.B. 437 Requires boards annually to prepare budgets for each school in the district. Requires boards to collaborate with nonprofits and government agencies to provide comprehensive social services and educational support. Requires boards to provide alternative methods... More... MS Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 GED Program Entrance Requirements H.B. 629 Revises the GED program entrance requirements for students who are at least one full grade level behind his or her ninth grade cohort. Requires those students enrolled in certain subject area courses to take the end-of-course subject area tests for those cours... More... VA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Postsec. Undergraduate Credits for International Baccalaureate S.B. 209 Requires the governing boards of each public institution of higher education to implement policies to grant a minimum of 24 undergraduate semester credit hours to entering freshman students who have successfully completed the International Baccalaureate diplom... More... VA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Waiver of Certain Graduation Requirements H.B. 1199 Directs the state board to provide for the waiver of certain high school graduation requirements (i) upon the Board's initiative or (ii) at the request of a local school board. Such waivers may only be granted for good cause and shall be considered on a case-b... More... NH Rule Adoption 02/2010 P-12 Postsec. Community College Adult Education Ed 700  Allows students enrolled in day high school programs to enroll in adult high school programs. Increases the number of credits needed for graduation from an adult high school to 20. Clarifies the awarding of credit through correspondence courses and completion... More... VA Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Sequential Elective Requirements H.B. 394/S.B.629 Ensures that the sequential elective requirement for the standard diploma supports the student-selected career pathway required by the Academic and Career Plan and described in Board of Education regulations. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful... More... VA Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Economics Education and Financial Literacy H.B. 196 Repeals the requirement for economics education and financial literacy instruction in middle and high schools. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+HB196ER+pdf... More... KY Adopted 01/2010 P-12 Recording Student Attendance 702 KAR 7:125 Adds section providing definitions of: "full day of attendance" (student in attendance at least 65% of regularly-scheduled school day), "tardy" (student absent less than 35% of the regularly-scheduled school day), "half-day absence" (student absent 35-84% of r... More... MA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Charter School Recruitment and Retention S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL) Directs the department education to draft a model policy for school districts regarding the grade placement and eligibility for high school graduation of students leaving a charter school and seeking to enroll in a district school.  In drafting the model polic... 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 nature or echo recent changes in legislation): Section 1.20: Revised to distinguish among the appropriate levels of sign-of... More... RI Signed into law 11/2009 P-12 Formula for Calculating On-Time Graduation S.B. 728 Requires adoption and implementation of a formula to calculate information about on-time graduation from students in public high schools in the state. (Public Law No. 2009-204) http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law09/law09204.htm... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Military Uniforms at High School Graduations A.B. 1463 Provides that a pupil who has fulfilled the requirements to receive a diploma of graduation from a high school, is otherwise eligible to participate in a graduation ceremony, and has completed the basic training for, and is an active member of any branch of th... More... AZ Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Early Graduation Scholarship Program H.B. 2011--Section 15 Section 15-105 relates to the early graduation scholarship program. Removes the provisions on the amount of the scholarship award. A part-time student enrolled at least half-time for the academic year shall be prorated in accordance with the part-time status o... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Postsec. State Scholars H.B. 4039 Provides that an applicant for the State Scholar program is eligible to be designated a State Scholar if he or she is a resident attending a Department of Defense school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4039lv.pdf... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Awarding of Credit for Courses Taken in Middle Grades H.B. 4038 Relates to the authorization of students in grade 7 or 8 to enroll in a high school course. Allows a student to participate in the course where the student attends school as long as the course is taught by a certified high school teacher who teaches in a high ... More... NY Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 City-Wide Council on High Schools A.B. 8903 - City-Wide Council on High Schools Creates the City-Wide Council on High Schools for New York City. Provides the council has the power to: (1) Advise and comment on any educational or instructional policy involving high schools (2) Issue an annual report on the effectiveness of the city distri... More... AZ Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 High school diplomas H.B. 2450 Provides for the issuing of honorary high school diplomas to war veterans currently residing in the state. Chapter 19 http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/1r/summary/s.2450vma.doc.htm... More... IL Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Diplomas for Vietnam Veterans H.B. 3731 Allows school boards to award high school diplomas to honorably discharged veterans who served in the armed forces of the United States during the Vietnam Conflict. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB3731lv.pdf... More... NC Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Assist Students in Transition Between Middle School and High School H.B. 187 Employee Leave for Parent Conferences: - Requires local boards of education to work with business leaders to encourage local businesses to adopt personnel policies to permit parents to attend student conferences. Transitioning to High School: - Encourages loc... 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' preparedness for higher education and the workforce. Required district and building performance on each college-/work-ready me... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Governor's Closing the Achievement Gap Initiative H.B. 1 - Section 3306.31 and 265.70.80 Specifies that the following provisions apply to any district with a three-year average graduation rate at or below 80%. Requires each such district's local board to implement actions prescribed by the governor's closing the achievement gap initiative in each ... More... MO Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 School term S.B. 291- School Flex Program Attendance Allows a school term for students participating in a school flex program as established in section 160.539 to consist of a combination of actual pupil attendance and attendance at college or technical career education or approved employment aligned with the s... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Diploma H.B. 2507 Establishes standards for a modified diploma; creates an extended diploma and establishes standards for extended diplomas; prohibits a school district or public charter school from denying a student who qualifies for a modified diploma or extended diploma the ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Job Corps Diploma Programs Ratings H.B. 3 - Section 20 Authorizes the commissioner to develop a system of distinction designations consistent with those developed for purposes of accreditation sanctions to be used in assigning distinction designations to Job Corps diploma programs. Pages 22-23 of 180: http://www.l... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Revised K-12 Curriculum Requirements H.B. 3 - Section 25 Requires the state board to adopt rules requiring students in grades 6-8 to complete at least one fine arts course. Each time the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board revises the Internet database of the coordinating board's official statewide inventory ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Diplomas for Students Demonstrating Early Readiness for College H.B. 3 - Section 32 Requires any research university that chooses to participate in the pilot program to: (1) Post on its Web site the benchmarks students must meet (1) in subject areas for which the higher education coordinating board has adopted college readiness standards, (2)... 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 accreditation investigations to be conducted when: (1) A significant pattern of decreased academic performance has develope... More... FL Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 High School Diplomas for Vietnam Veterans S.B. 316 Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to award a high school diploma to honorably discharged Vietnam War veterans. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb0316er.html&Directory=session/2009/Senate/bills/billtext/html/... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 High School Exit Exams H.F. 2 Ties course credits to state and local academic standards. Requires Minnesota students to successfully pass state graduation exams effective August 1, 2012, and applicable to 9th grade students beginning in the 2012-2013 school year and later. https://www.revi... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Alternative Learning Centers H.F. 2 Establishes parameters for alternative learning centers, alternative learning programs, and contract alternative programs. https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Implementing Rigorous Course Work Measures Related to Student Performance H.F. 2 Establishes a process for the commissioner and qualified experts and other stakeholders including parents and teachers to develop a model that projects anticipated high school performance on preparation and rigorous coursework measures and compares schools wit... 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 commissioner and the legislature on the design of the state high school assessment system, levels of and mechanisms for accoun... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College High School-to-College Developmental Transition Programs S.B. 2083 Establishes a program to offer research-based high school-to-college programs to prepare students for college. Requires an evaluation for participating programs with a working group to develop methods and timelines for data collection and analysis of program e... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. High School-to-College Developmental Transition Programs S.F. 2083 Encourages all public higher education systems and other higher education institutions in Minnesota to offer research-based high school-to-college developmental transition programs to prepare students for college-level academic coursework. Defines program requ... More... MO Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Exceptional Students H.B. 236 Requires school districts to allow certain students with disabilities to participate in graduation ceremonies after four years of high school attendance. http://www.house.mo.gov/content.aspx?info=/bills091/bills/hb236.htm... More... ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Amends High School Course Offerings H.B. 1400 - Sec. 14, Course Offerings For high schools to be approved, they must make available certain courses to students. This amendment requires more specificity in courses offered: from four units of English language arts to units from a sequence that includes literature, composition, and spe... More... OK Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Endorsements on High School Transcripts S.B. 497 Adds reporting of any business and industry-recognized endorsements attained by a student on a student's high school transcript. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB497_ENR.RTF... More... TN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Home School Diplomas Recognized S.B. 433 Requires a high school diploma awarded by any legal means including home school diplomas to be recognized as a regular public high school diploma. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB0433.pdf ... More... VT Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Strategies for Expanding Opportunities H.B. 405 Strategies to expand education opportunities for high school students and others. Requires the Vermont state colleges, in consultation with various persons and organizations, to study and recommend strategies for expanding educational opportunities to prepare ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Smart Core Incentive Funding Program S.B. 918 Creates the Smart Core Incentive Funding Program to provide a financial incentive to assist with a public high school's efforts to encourage students to complete the Smart Core curriculum and promote programs that contribute to student success, including tutor... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Project Graduation Commission H.B. 1956 Creates the Arkansas project graduation commission to investigate high school dropout prevention strategies, analyze the relationship between high school graduation rates and the state's economy, and to recommend strategies that will increase the overall high ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College High School Enrollment Options S.B. 689 Establishes a Study Group on Expanding Enrollment Options for High School Students; establishes the membership and staffing of the Study Group; specifies the duties of the Study Group; requires the Study Group to make specified reports; terminates the Study Gr... More... UT Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 High School Emergency Medical Training Programs H.B. 447 Repeals the funding allocation for high school emergency medical training programs. http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillenr/hb0447.pdf... More... LA Adopted 02/2009 P-12 Revisions to End of Course Tests LAC 28:CXI.1801, 1803, 1805, 1807, 1809, 1811, 1813, 1815, 1817 Amends rules relating to statewide assessment standards and practices, specifically, End of Course Tests (EOCT). http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/28v111/28v111.doc#_Toc222644588... More... MI Signed into law 12/2008 P-12 High School Merit Exam H.B. 6412 Revises the administration and requirements of the state merit examination; provides that pupils in grade 12 may take the exam if they did not complete it in grade 11; provides for a writing component of the test; allows use of the test as an indicator of work... More... LA Adopted 10/2008 P-12 Pre-GED/Skills Option Program LAC 28:CXV.2907 Amends rules relating to the PreGED and Skills Option Programs and spells out requirements for districts. http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/28v115/28v115.doc... More... FL Adopted 09/2008 P-12 GED Testing Fees FAC 6A-6.021 Amends rule to review the General Educational Development (GED) testing fees to recommend an increase in the testing fees so that the Department of Education, as well as local testing centers, can operate with a minimal deficit due to increasing operating cost... More... MA Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Dropout Prevention S.B. 2766 Improves dropout prevention and reporting of graduation rates; requires providing public school districts with a standardized format for the accurate reporting of graduation and dropout data to facilitate the implementation of a longitudinal data collection sy... More... OK Adopted 07/2008 P-12 Postsec. Annual Student College Remediation Reports OAC 210:35-25-4 Proposes rules to require that a high school representative annually provide for review and discussion a report for each site regarding first-year college performance and remediation of local high school graduates. OKLAHOMA 15303... More... CT Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 High School Foreign Language Credit H.B. 5820 Concerns high school credit for private world language courses; provides that students may earn up to two credits toward high school graduation for completion of a world language courses offered by a nonprofit provider and the student passes a test prescribed ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 High School Redesign Commission H.B. 721 Adds a member of the Nonpublic School Commission to the High School Redesign Commission. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=497679... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 State-Issues High School Diplomas S.B. 1910 Provides Department of Education statutory authority to provide persons 16 years of age or older who are no longer enrolled in school a State-issued school diploma to document the attainment of academic skills and knowledge equivalent to a high school educatio... More... SC Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Enrollment of Military Families' Kids H.B. 4320 Provides that a student whose parent or legal guardian has been called to active duty more than a specified number of miles outside of his residence is eligible to attend the public schools of that school district; authorizes nonresident military personnel to ... More... IA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Appropriations H.F. 2679 Selected provisions: • Creates the Senior Year Plus Program to increase access of high school students to college credit and advanced placement coursework. (Page 40, Line 23 through Page 64, Line 10) • Requires postsecondary institutions providing Senior Year ... More... NJ Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Postsec. Alicia's Law S.B. 442 Enacts Alicia's Law, permits a student whose high school special education program requires instruction beyond four years to participate with his or her class in that classes graduation ceremony and to receive a certificate of attendance. http://www.njleg.stat... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Postsec. Scholarship program H.B. 2736 Relates to the Early Graduation Scholarship Program. A. Requires each school district or charter school providing instruction in grades nine through twelve to participate in and promote to students an early graduation scholarship program. B. The commissio... More... MD Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Information on GED and Obtaining High School Diploma H.B. 953; S.B. 264 Requires representatives of local boards of education to provide information concerning alternative education programs and GED program requirements and testing locations to each individual who no longer attends a public high school in the county and has not ob... More... MS Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 High School Redesign H.B. 975 Relates to high school Redesign Pilot Program. Authorizes the State Board of Education to phase in additional sites in the pilot program to redesign State high schools. Provides the Board will develop and pilot a program to redesign secondary schools in the St... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Charter school, high schools H.B. 2563 Allows a charter school or school district to determine whether credits earned by a pupil formerly enrolled in a separate charter school or school district will be assigned as elective or core credits and to provide that pupil with a list that indicates which ... More... WA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 High School Diplomas for Veterans H.B. 1283 Adds that school districts may issue high school diplomas to veterans of military service in Vietnam and deletes the requirement for veterans of WWII and Korea that required them to have been scheduled to graduate between 1940 and 1955 to be issued a high scho... More... LA Adopted 12/2007 P-12 Carnegie Credit for Middle School Students LAC 28:CXV.2321 Amends sections of Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators concerning the Carnegie Credit for Middle School Students. Provides students who are repeating the 8th grade because they have failed the mathematics and/or English language arts comp... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Students in Grades 7 and 8 Completing High School Courses S.B. 424 Provides that the school board of a school district that maintains any of grades 9 through 12 is authorized to adopt a policy under which a student enrolled in grade 7 or 8 who is enrolled in the unit school district or would be enrolled in the high school dis... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 High School Special Education Study H.B. 17 Directs the department of public instruction to identify the various models being utilized to deliver educational and other services at the high school level to children with disabilities in the state. As a part of its study, the department must consider the e... More... NH Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Admission of Students With Two Years High School H.B. 822 Requires regional vocational schools to accept students who have completed 2 years of high school regardless of the number of credits earned; allows students to enroll in regional vocational schools when the department of education determines it would be in th... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Postsec. Abolishes Certificates of Initial Master and Advanced Mastery, Adds/Modifies Assessments H.B. 2263C - Certificates of Mastery and State Assessments Abolishes Certificate of Initial Mastery and Certificate of Advanced Mastery. From the staff summary: The Certificate of Initial Mastery (CIM) and Certificate of Advanced Mastery (CAM) were originally included in the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 High School Graduation & Assessment Requirements H.B. 1295 Proposes changes in high school graduation requirements, assessments and overall high school program design to ensure that each student has an equitable opportunity to achieve the State's learning results and to graduate ready for college, career and citizensh... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 High School Completion for At Risk Students H.B. 1296 Implements the recommendations of the Governor's Task Force to Engage State's Youth; ensures that students experiencing education disruption will have the same opportunities to earn an approved high school diploma; relates to disruptions of homelessness, unpla... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Postsec. Dropout Reporting, Exit Exam Alternatives, Competency Based Credits S.B. 312 Expands the annual reports of accountability information to include the rate of pupils who drop out of school in grades 6, 7 and 8. Requires the State Board to prescribe alternative criteria that a pupil may satisfy to receive a standard high school diploma if... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Diplomas Received Posthumously H.B. 1563 Upon the request of the parent, requires school districts to posthumously issue a high school diploma to a student who died while enrolled in the 12th grade and was on track to receive a high school diploma and the end of the school year. A school district wou... More... FL Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 High School to Business Career Enhancement Act H.B. 1161 Relates to the High School to Business Career Enhancement Act and high school work experience; requires each district school board to adopt policies and procedures for the High School to Business Career Enhancement Program through which student internships sha... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 GRAD Assessments H.F. 2245 [Statewide Testing and Reporting System] Amends laws concerning state's assessment system. Transitions from to MCA IIs to GRAD assessment program at the high school level. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85... 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 requirements. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 State Assessment System H.F. 2245 [High School Assessment] Amends state's high school assessment system. Phases out MCA II's and phases in Graduation Required Assessment for Diploma (GRAD) exam. Establishes achievement levels necessary for passge of exam. (Sections 10 + 36) http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbi... More... MS Adopted 05/2007 P-12 Annual Report on Graduation and Dropout Counts Board Policy Revises rules concerning the calculation of graduation, completion and dropout counts and rates in annual reports on grades 7 through 12. http://board.mde.k12.ms.us/May_2007/May_18_2007_Friday.htm... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 High School Reform A.B. 212 Provides for high school reform. Requires the board of trustees of each school district to adopt a policy for each public school of the school district in which ninth grade pupils are enrolled, to develop a 4-year academic plan for each of those pupils. Requir... More... TN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Alternate Means to Earn Credit Hours S.B. 118 Requires state department to develop alternate methods whereby adult students at adult high schools may satisfy any requirement that such students have a minimum number of contact hours to earn credit for a course. Such alternative methods may include learning... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 High School Completion and Success Initiative Council (HSCSIC) H.B. 2237 (High School Provisions) Establishes and grants authority to the High School Completion and Success Initiative Council concerning grants and technical assistance in support of innovative research-based high school improvement programs and to enhance education practices. The High Schoo... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. High School Redesign H.B. 584/S.B. 561 Provides for high school redesign. Directs the department of education to establish a readiness assessment system to measure the readiness of every New Mexico high school student for success in higher education or a career no later than the 2008-2009 school ye... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College High School Postsecondary Dual Enrollment S.B. 943 Creates a program allowing students to earn dual credits toward high school graduation and a post-secondary degree or certificate. Specifies student eligibility and duties of the higher education department, districts and department of education. Provides for ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Teacher Mentoring Programs S.B. 211 Directs the department of education to distribute available funds for mentorship programs to school districts annually on a per-teacher basis according to the number of beginning teachers on the 40th day of the school year. Also directs the department to requi... More... VA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Technical Diploma H.B. 2039 Requires the state board to establish the requirements for a technical diploma. This diploma shall meet or exceed the requirements of a standard diploma and will include a concentration in career and technical education, as established in Board regulations. A ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Participation in Commencement H.B. 1050 Kevin's Law: Requires that by September 1, 2007, each school district that operates a high school shall permit any student meeting the following criteria to participate in commencement exercises with the student's graduating class and be recognized for their a... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Community College Skill Centers S.B. 5790 Creates a new chapter addressing skill centers. Beginning in the 2007- 08 school year, students attending skill centers will be funded for all classes at the skill center and the sending district up to 1.6 full time equivalent (FTE) students, or as determined ... More... LA Adopted 03/2007 P-12 High School Coursetaking LAC 28:CXV.2319 Adds Database Programming with PL/SQL, Java Programming, Database Design and Programming and Digital Media I/II to the computer/technology courses that may fulfill the 1 unit computer/technology requirement for an optional career area of concentration. Pages 8... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Secondary School Redesign S.B. 2345 Directs state board to develop and pilot a program to redesign secondary schools in the state to function not only as curriculum and educational entities but also as workforce development centers. Contingent upon appropriations, the board will pilot a minimum ... More... NM Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 High School Diplomas for Military Children S.B. 687 Provides that a New Mexico resident high school student who is required to move out of state because the student's parent is a member of the New Mexico National Guard or a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States and the parent is transferred to an out-... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Credit for Distance Learning Courses H.B. 1113 Adds a new section. Prohibits school districts from granting credit for distance learning courses offered through entities other than the South Dakota Virtual High School unless any of the following conditions apply: (1) The course is provided through an agre... 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 thinking and learning skills consistent with the state's 21st Century Initiative. School and district improvement plans ... More... MS Adopted 02/2007 P-12 Dropout Prevention Program Uncodified Amends rules concerning the dropout prevention program. Implements a plan to increase the graduation rate to 85% by 2018-19, reduce the dropout rate by 50% by 2012-13, and reduce the statewide truancy rate by 50% by 2012-13. http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/board_agen... More... MI Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Personal High School Curriculum for Students S.B. 1427 Makes technical changes to requirements for high school graduation; provides that a parent may request a personal curriculum that modifies student standard requirements; amends provisions regarding a school psychologist; provides for an emancipated minor; prov... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 High School Courses Taught Outside Normal School Day S.B. 311 -- Section 3319.0811 If the board of education offers to students of compulsory school age courses for high school credit that are taught at times outside the district's normal school day, the board shall enter into supplemental contracts with the teachers assigned to teach those ... More... UT Adopted 11/2006 P-12 Per Pupil Funding & Attendance/Completion Recordkeeping R277-419 Allows exceptions to the minimum number of instructional hours and schools days per year for individual students and schools; requires Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs to ensure that accurate records of daily st... More... UT Adopted 09/2006 P-12 Transfer of Credits R277-705-3 Requires public schools to accept credit and grades from schools accredited by Northwest Association of Accredited Schools. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bulletin/2006/20060701/28809.htm... More... MA Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Students w/ Disabilities and High School Graduation Ceremonies H.B. 4710 Allows students with disabilities to participate in graduation ceremonies. A school age child with a disability who is completing the twelfth grade year but who has not yet earned the competency determination will be allowed to participate fully in high school... More... NC Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Role School Counselors Play in Providing Dropout Prevention S.B. 571 Directs the state board of education to report on the role school counselors play in providing dropout prevention and intervention services to students in middle and high school and on the state board's implementation of its policy regarding school counselors.... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Special education adult services and staff liaison S.B. 1220 Requires the Department of Education to include in its parental rights in special education booklet, information describing services available through, and contact information for, state agencies serving adults with disabilities and to require all school distr... More... OH Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Ohio Core Support H.B. 115 Appropriates funds for support of the Ohio Core Program. Funds will be used to: (1) Support the participation of teachers licensed in Ohio and mid-career professionals not currently employed by a school district or licensed to teach at the primary or secondary... More... TN Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Postsec. HOPE Scholarship for GED Students S.B. 2981 Relates to lottery scholarships and grants; provides that a student that is eligible for a HOPE scholarship upon graduation from high school, completion of high school in a home school or obtaining a GED but instead enrolls in a technology center and receives ... More... CO Became law without governor's signature 05/2006 P-12 Community Service Recognition H.B. 1121 Concerns recognition of community service performed by students; requires each school district to adopt a policy whereby a student may earn a certificate of community service to be reflected on the student's high school diploma; specifies the minimum contents ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Student Athlete Recruiting Policies H.B. 7119 Relates to student athlete recruiting; requires the High School Athletic Association to hold certain bylaws in abeyance; provides for creation of task force to review student athlete recruiting issues; provides for task force membership and duties; requires re... 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 preparation of each secondary school's improvement plan: (a) Struggling students, especially those in failing schools, need th... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School Improvement Plans H.B. 7087 (Section 11) School boards must annually approve improvement plans for all schools that address student achievement goals and strategies based on state and school district proficiency standards. The plans must include an accurate, data-based analysis of student achievement... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Career and Professional Academies H.B. 7087 (Section 27) Creates career and professional academies, defined as a research-based program that integrates a rigorous academic curriculum with an industry-driven career curriculum. The academies may be offered by public schools, school districts, or the Florida Virtual Sc... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Review of State Assessments - Cost and Impact H.B. 7087 (Section 40) Legislation expands requirements for ongoing research and analysis of achievement data. The commissioner must study the cost and student achievement impact of secondary end-of-course assessments, including web-based and performance formats, and report to the L... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Alternative Assessments for Students with Disabilities H.B. 7087 (Section 40) Legislation adds a provision for alternative assessments. For students seeking a special diploma (pursuant to s. 1003.438), the Department of Education must develop or select and implement an alternate assessment tool that accurately measures the skills and co... 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 and alternative schools. Each school that has students who are tested and included in the school grading system, excep... More... MO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 "Ready to Work" Endorsement Program S.B. 894 Directs the department of education to develop a "ready to work" endorsement program by June 30, 2007. Provides that the program must include: (1) Voluntary participation by high school seniors who choose to participate; (2) Academic components; (3) Work re... More... OK Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Extended Day H.B. 2367 Allows districts to adopt an extended day schedule for 9th-12th grades. Requires a public hearing and certain documentation; requires revocation of authorizaiton for a program if the student achievement is not documented; provides for denial of accreditation i... More... OR Adopted 05/2006 P-12 Postsec. Expanded Options OAR 581-022-1362, -1370 Implements the Expanded Options program. Purpose of the program is to: (1) Create a seamless education system for students enrolled in grades 11 and 12 to: (a) Have additional options to continue or complete their education; (b) Earn concurrent high school and... More... TX Adopted 05/2006 P-12 High School Diplomas for Veterans 19 TAC 2.61.FF.61.1061 Establishes the commissioner's rules concerning high school diplomas for certain veterans. TEXAS 99138 http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/commissioner/adopted/0506/061-1061-two.pdf... More... IL Adopted 04/2006 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements 23 IAC 1.440 Changes reference to "career education" to "career and technical education." Clarifies differences between courses high schools must offer, courses students must take, and courses students must pass to graduate. Clarifies that all high school students must t... More... MS Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Alternative Diploma H.B. 214 Directs the department of education to design and implement an alternative high school diploma for students who are interested in direct entry into the workforce immediately following high school graduation. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html... More... PA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 High School Graduation Ceremonies for Students w/ Disabilities H.B. 1618 Amends the Public School Code of 1949. Provides for participation by students with disabilities in high school graduation ceremonies. Allows a student with a disability who satisfactorily completes an individualized education program, but whose program prescri... 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 do so for students graduating in 2006 and 2007. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2006/SE/SE0231.1.html... More... IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Proficiency-Based Credit and Early Graduation S.B. 310 Allows a student to demonstrate proficiency and receive credits in a subject area required for high school graduation or for an academic honors diploma in a manner other than by classroom work. Allows credit to be awarded through any of the following methods:... More... MD Adopted 03/2006 P-12 Algebra Assessment for NCLB Requirements COMAR 13A.01.04.04, .05, 13A.03.02.04, .07 thru .09 Proposes to adopt rules to the Board of Education. Replaces the Geometry Maryland School Assessment with the Algebra High School Assessment as the measure of high school mathematics achievement for accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act. Discontinue... More... MS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 High School Diplomas for Students who Withdrew Before Graduation H.B. 1423 Authorizes a person to be granted a high school diploma if the person withdrew from school before graduation and later achieved the equivalent requirements for graduation. Any person who has withdrawn from high school before graduation may be granted a diploma... More... MS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Education Reform Act of 2006 S.B. 2602 Enacts the Education Reform Act of 2006. Section 6 creates the office of dropout prevention within the state department of education. Requires each district to implement a dropout prevention program by the 2008-09 school year. Section 13 establishes the Lifelo... More... OR Adopted 03/2006 P-12 Certificate of Master (CAM) OAR 581-022-1110, -1120, -1210 Amends rules regarding the Certificate of Initial Mastery (CAM).Clarifies requirements for the CAM. Allows school districts to make decisions that are appropriate to statutory requirements. OREGON 27089 http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/rules/OARS_500/OAR_581/581_... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Earning a GED H.B. 347 Allows participation in a general educational development program by court order; excludes from the compulsory school attendance requirements any child who has obtained a GED certificate; adds to the list of those persons who may participate in the GED testing... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Collecting, Analyzing and Reporting Graduation, Dropout Data H.B. 19 Directs the Board of Education to collect, analyze, and report high school graduation and drop out data using a formula prescribed by the Board.  The measure contains a delayed enactment clause providing that the amendments to § 22.1-253.13:4 will take effect ... More... LA Adopted 02/2006 P-12 Senior Projects LAC 28:CXV.2320 Provides statewide policy and guidance for Senior Projects in partial fulfillment of the requirements for an Academic Endorsement. Requires every Senior Project to include: a. research paper of 8 to 10 pages on an approved topic of the student's choice; b. pr... More... MO Adopted 12/2005 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements 5 CSR 50-345.300 Modifies high school graduation requirements effective with the Class of 2010. Increases total number of units students must earn from 22 to 24. Adds .5 unit personal finance, .5 unit health education course. Increases Communication Arts (language arts) from... More... NY Signed into law 11/2005 P-12 Learning Opportunities in Technology S.B. 5729 Relates to establishing the Tech Valley High School in the Capital Region and Questar III BOCES districts to provide expanded learning opportunities in the area of technology as well as core academics to students in those districts., ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 High School Attrition Data H.B. 1496 An act to add Section 33318.5 to the Education Code, relating to pupils. - High school attrition rates. This bill would require the department to compile an attrition rate, in addition to the dropout rate the department compiles pursuant to the federal No Chil... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Charter Schools and High School Exit Exams H.B. 1610 An act to amend Sections 33054, 47605, 47605.6, 47607, 47612.5, and 51745.6 of, and to add Section 47612.6 to, the Education Code, relating to charter schools. Existing law requires that charter schools meet specified statewide standards and conduct the specif... More... CA Vetoed 10/2005 P-12 Exit Exams Waivers for Students with Disabilities S.B. 586 High school exit examination: pupils with disabilities. This bill would require a school district to grant a high school diploma to a pupil with a disability, if he or she is scheduled to graduate from high school in 2006 or 2007, does not qualify for that hig... More... CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Incorporating SCANS into Teacher Training Programs A.B. 693 Defines the competencies and personal skills identified in the Secretary of Labor's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) report. Establishes legislative intent to investigate how and to what degree SCANS competencies can be incorporated into teache... More... NY Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Diplomas for war veterans S.B. 2714 Authorizes the commissioner of education to implement a program for all war veterans to earn high school diplomas based on knowledge and experience gainedwhile in service if such veterans were unable to do so for any reason. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn... More... OR Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Graduation Requirements H.B. 3129 Amends ORS 332.114. In order to receive a high school diploma from a school district, a student must meet the requirements established by the State Board of Education and, while in grades 9 through 12, must complete: (a) At least 24 credit hours, as defined by... More... IL Vetoed 08/2005 P-12 GED Incentive Program for Prisoners S.B. 326 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the rules and regulations for the early release of a prisoner on account of good conduct shall also provide that an additional 60 days of good conduct credit shall be awarded to any prisoner who passes the ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements S.B. 575 Increases high school graduation requirements in math from 2 to 3 units, effective with the Class of 2009. Effective with the Class of 2010, adds 2 units of writing intensive courses (in addition to 3 units of language arts) to high school graduation requireme... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Community College GED Testing S.B. 463 Transfers all powers and duties of the State Board of Education and State Superintendent of Education with regard to high school equivalency testing under the School Code to the Illinois Community College Board. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fullt... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Supplemental Online Education Courses S.B. 139 Recognizes the importance of supplemental online education courses, especially to smaller districts and rural schools. States that such courses are eligible to receive funding from the state education fund created in article IX of the state constitution. Requi... More... IA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Model Core Curriculum S.F. 245 Requires the state board to develop a model core curriculum, taking into consideration the recommendations of the American college testing program, inc. Requires the state board to set a goal of increasing the number of students graduating from secondary scho... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 High School Redesign Commission H.B. 434 Creates the High School Redesign Commission for the purpose of making recommendations for the development of statewide policies, guiding principles, and programs that address the current and future economic needs of the state and promoting student success in h... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Amends Core Curriculum for Scholarship Purposes S.B. 19 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3048.1(A)(1)(e)(xiii) and to enact R.S. 17:3048.1(A)(1)(e)(xiv), relative to the Louisiana Tuition Opportunity Program for Students curriculum (Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) high school core curriculum requ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Eligibility for Early High School Graduation Scholarship H.B. 2109 From bill analysis: The requirements of the Early High School Graduation Scholarship Program (scholarship program) as stated prior to 2003 provided that a student who completed high school in not more than 36 consecutive months was eligible for a scholarship i... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 Postsec. Access to Higher Education, Early High School Graduation Scholarship S.B. 1227 From bill analysis: S.B. 1227 makes an array of amendments to the Education Code to promote access to institutions of higher education, allow for financial aid administrative savings, and make clarifying changes. Amendments to Section 56.202 create the Early H... More... CO Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. College Preparatory Courses/Exam Scores and Remediation H.B. 1027 Beginning in spring 2006, requires the commission on higher education to send an annual notice concerning college preparatory courses to the parent of every 11th-grade student prior to the start of grade 12 if the student took the ACT or prior to the start of ... More... DE Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 H.B. 3 Eliminates multi-tiered diplomas in Delaware, establishing instead the "State of Delaware High School Diploma" to each student graduating from a Delaware public high school, beginning with the Class of 2008. Mandates that, beginning with the Class of 2008, dip... More... DE Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements and Exit Exams S.B. 72 Provides that high school diplomas issued in 2005 will be the same as were awarded in 2004. States that in 2006, the department must award a "State of Delaware High School Diploma" to a student who completes the state course requirements, or the district requ... 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 honors diploma program in the school year ending in the previous calendar year. Reduces the amount for which districts are ... More... NV Adopted 05/2005 P-12 High School Proficiency Examinations NAC 389.027, .051, .056, .058, .061, .071 Amends provisions governing high school proficiency examinations. NEVADA REG 3705 (SN)... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements S.B. 982, Section 7 Beginning with ninth-grade students enrolled in the 2008-2009 school year, three units or sets of competencies in mathematics must be completed in the ninth through twelfth grades; provided, if a student completes any required courses in mathematics prior to n... More... SC Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act H.B. 3155 Adds a new chapter (59) establishing the South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act. Provides for the development of a curriculum organized around a career cluster system that must provide students with both strong academics and real-world problem s... More... TX Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Specialized High School Diploma S.B. 1395 From bill analysis: Permits Job Corps Centers to offer a specialized high school diploma program to students enrolled in the federal program, in order to provide at-risk students with the opportunity to earn a high school diploma (upon passage of the exit-leve... More... WV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Alternative Education H.B. 3018 House Bill 3018 includes provisions relating to alternative education programs and the Mountaineer Challenge Academy. Attendees of both are given an extra year to graduate or pass the General Education Degree (GED) tests, subject to federal law. Additionally, ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Graduation Credit S.B. 1043 Beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, provides an elective credit towards high school graduation for serving as a student mentor. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1043.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 End of Course Assessment Requirements H.B. 1983 (multiple provisions) Establishes system for districts to report all students' scores on end-of-course assessments. Requires the division of public school accountability to: (i) Match each student's end-of-course test score with the letter grade received in the corresponding cours... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Grade 3-8 Assessments, End-of-Course Exams and Remediation H.B. 2824 Requires a student not passing an immediately previous grades 3-8 benchmark assessment or in a secondary level end-of-course assessment to participate in remediation activities as required in the student's individualized academic improvement plan beginning in ... 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 end-of-course assessment on his or her first attempt. These funds must be utilized in the schools to improve student acade... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Eligibility for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program H.B. 1983 (multiple provisions) Modifies eligibility requirements for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program, effective for applicants graduating from an Arkansas high school after December 31, 2009. Requires an applicant to have completed the Smart Core curriculum and have met... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 High School Equivalency Diplomas H.B. 2051 Authorizes the state board to establish and collect fees for the issuance and reissuance of general equivalency diplomas and general equivalency transcripts. Requires the state board to establish policies on fee waivers for such. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/... More... FL Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2005 P-12 Course Requirements/Basic/Adult Secondary Programs FAC 6AER05-1 Establishes emergency rules regarding course requirements. Establishes basic and adult secondary programs for 2005. Course Requirements - Grades 6-12 Basic and Adult Secondary Programs – 2005. This emergency rule was adopted to amend the present course descri... More... IN Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Core 40 Curriculum S.B. 200 Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, requires, with certain exceptions, a student to complete the Core 40 curriculum in order to graduate from high school. Beginning with the 2011-2012 academic year, requires, with certain exceptions, a student to have co... 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, 2005. Requires every accredited high school to also teach the subjects and areas of instruction necessary to meet the gradu... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Honors Classes S.B. 69 Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, each school district shall offer at least one honors or similar academically rigorous class each in mathematics and language arts in each high school. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0069.pdf... More... OK Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Physical Education S.B. 312 Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, the state board of Education must require, as a condition of accreditation, that school districts provide to all students physical education programs which may include athletics. The state board must also require that ... More... OK Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Courses Offered by Supplemental Education Organizations H.B. 1600 Allows certain courses offered by supplemental education organizations to be counted for credit upon approval. http://www.sos.state.ok.us/documents/Legislation/50th/2005/1R/HB/1600.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Sports Activities S.B. 2 Defines "organized physical activity course." Beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, allows a student in grades 9-12 successfully completing an organized physical activity course meeting certain specifications to earn .5 unit of physical education credit towa... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Awarding of High School Diplomas to Veterans H.B. 60 Requires a local board of education to award an authentic high school diploma to an honorably discharged veteran who did not complete high school prior to being inducted into the United States Armed Forces during World War II or the Korean conflict. http://lrc... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Vietnam Veterans H.B. 230 Relates to Vietnam veterans; requires a local board of education to award a high school diploma to an honorably discharged veteran who was enrolled in, but did not complete, high school prior to being inducted into the United States Armed Forces during the Vie... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Teacher' Professional Growth Fund H.B. 93 (Sections 5 and 6) Specifies that the teachers' professional growth fund is to provide teachers with high quality professional development in content knowledge in reading and classroom-based screening, diagnostic, assessment and intervention strategies. States that the fund may ... More... NM Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Korean Conflict Veterans High School Diplomas S.B. 198 Authorizes the issuance of high school diplomas for certain Korean conflict veterans. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0198.pdf... More... OR Adopted 03/2005 P-12 Certificate of Initial Mastery OAR 581-022-1110 and 1120, 1210 Amends rules concerning the Certificate of Initial Mastery. Clarifies the requirements for the Certificate of Initial Mastery. ... More... SD Rule Adoption 03/2005 P-12 Study Courses/Licensure/Certification/Endorsements 24:15:03:04, 24:15:06:22, 24:15:06:36, 24:15:06:37, 24:15:01:01, 24:16:08:16, 24:16:08:59, 24:03:01:01, 24:03:06:06.01, 24:03:06:31, 24:03:06:32 Creates definitions for three proposed high school courses of study. "Advanced high school program," the required course of study every student must complete, unless a student is excused, to satisfy the requirements for the recommended high school program as e... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Credits for Industry Certification S.B. 1045 Directs the Board of Education to provide for the award of verified credits for passing scores on industry certifications, state licensure examinations, and national occupational competency assessments approved by the Board of Education. School boards shall re... More... WA Emergency Rule Adoption 03/2005 P-12 Assignment of Graduation Year WAC 180-51-035 Amends rules to provide for the assignment of the graduation year for each student upon entering a high school program. WASHINGTON REG 24200 (SN)... More... AR Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Honor Roll Programs S.B. 250 An act to ensure the continuation of district honor roll and academic achievement recognition programs. Specifies that no district may be prohibited from identifying students for honor roll, for valedictorian and salutatorian, or for other academic honors. All... More... IN Adopted 02/2005 P-12 Graduation Requirements 511 IAC 6-7.1 Adds 511 IAC 6-7.1, effective with the graduating class of 2010, to adopt new minimum high school graduation requirements, adopt new Core 40 diploma requirements, and adopt Core 40 with academic honors and Core 40 with technical honors diplomas to replace the ... More... SD Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Honorary Diplomas for Vietnam Veterans H.B. 1163 Allows Vietnam veterans to receive honorary high school diplomas.... More... IL Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 School Code H.B. 757 Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code to allow a child with a disability who has completed four years of high school to participate in the graduation ceremony and receive a certificate of completion under specified circumstances. Fur... More... SD Adopted 12/2004 P-12 Exemption Process/Technical Education/Study Courses SDCR 24:03:01:01, 04:16, 17, 17.01, 18, 06:06.01, 31, 32, 10:42:23 Aligns rule to current statutes and removes State Board of Education from the exemption process. Changes new technical education program proposal deadline to April 1. Creates definitions for the proposed three high school courses of study. Defines the requirem... More... WA Rule Adoption 11/2004 P-12 High School and Beyond Plan WAC 180-51-061 Adopts rules relating to the high school and beyond plan and culminating graduation requirements. Requires implementation of both via a written district policy. Provides a link within the rules from the culminating project to the high school and beyond plan. W... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Prison Education Reform Act A.B. 1914 Establishes the Prison Education Reform Act. Changes the position of Superintendent of Correctional Education to the Deputy Director of Correctional Education, to report directly to the Director of Corrections. Requires deputy director to oversee and administe... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 School District Governing Boards: Pupil Members A.B. 1897 Requires the governing board of a school district to appoint to its membership a preferential voting pupil member. Requires school districts with more than one high school to select a pupil member from a different high school each year on a rotating basis. htt... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Pupil Attendance: Precinct Board Membership A.B. 1944 Deems, for purposes of computing the average daily attendance generated by a pupil enrolled in a history or social science course required by a school district as a condition of receipt of a high school diploma, a pupil serving as a member of a precinct board ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Recognized High Schools: Grant Programs A.B. 1841 Provides that if a high school participating in either the High Priority Schools Grant Program or the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program is reorganized into more than one high school, each of those high schools shall continue to receive a s... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 High School Remediation Funding Flexibility Program A.B. 2647 Establishes the High School Remediation Funding Flexibility Program for the purpose of providing funding flexibility for remediation instruction for high school pupils in grades 9 to 12 who are at risk of not passing the high school exit examination. Provides ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Principal Training Program A.B. 164 Authorizes training plans for high school principals to include professional development activities that include coaching, mentorship, assistance and intensive support customized to meet the individual needs of high school administrators. http://www.leginfo.ca... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Postsec. Academic Improvement and Achievement Act A.B. 2080 Relates to the Academic Improvement and Achievement Act, which authorizes districts to submit proposals to the state superintendent to fund activities that will increase the percentage of pupils at qualifying high schools who meet the requirements for admissio... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Inclusion of Documents in History-Social Science Framework A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions) Section 2: Repeals the requirement that pupils in American government and civics courses required for high school graduation read and be taught specified documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution and the Gettysburg Ad... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Algebra Coursework for High School Diploma A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions) Exempts a pupil who, prior to enrollment in grade 9, completes coursework in algebra that meets or exceeds the rigor of the state board content standards for Algebra I, from the high school graduation requirement that at least one course, or a combination of t... More... SD Adopted 09/2004 P-12 Curriculum/Content Requirements 24:14:04:12.01, 12.02; 15:06:33, 36; 03:06:06.05, 15:01:01; 16:01:01, 05:03; 06:01, 02, 03, 07:01; 16:07:01, 02, 03, 08:01 thru 58 (Non-Seq.), 09:03 thru 05, 10:06 and 07 Eliminates requirement that evidence of completion of all required sections of the Dakota STEP assessment must appear on the student's transcript before graduation may be authorized and a signed diploma may be issued; Removes curriculum and special education d... More... CA Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Retroactive High School Diplomas for Veterans S.B. 1517 Extends authorization to retroactively grant a high school diploma to a former pupil who is veteran of World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1501-1550/sb_1517_bill_20040823_chaptered.html... More... IA Issued 08/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College IOWA LEARNS COUNCIL Executive Order No. 30 - 2003 Creates the IOWA LEARNS COUNCIL. The Iowa Learns Council shall work towards the ambitious goal of 90% of Iowa children having a quality pre-school experience, and 90% of Iowa high school graduates will go on to complete at least two years of college; shall pro... More... IL Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Prairie State Achievement Exam S.B. 2769 Amends the School Code. Provides that no student shall receive a regular diploma without taking the Prairie State Achievement Exam. Provides exceptions. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0857... More... AL Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Requirements for Occupational Diploma AAC 290-3-1-.02 Establishes rules amending language to include the requirements for the Alabama Occupational Diploma. http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/docs/ed/3ED1.htm#T1... More... AL Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Alabama Occupational Diploma AAC 290-8-9-.10 Establishes rules amending language to move the requirements for the Alabama Occupational Diploma to 290-3-1-.02(8)(g). ... More... DE Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 State High School Diploma Issuance H.J.R. 34 Authorizes and directs the Department of Education to conduct alignment studies on additional academic indicators to be used for diploma granting decisions; specifies that no additional indicators will be approved until the alignment studies have been complete... More... TX Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Texas Success Initiative 19 TAC 1.4.C.4.54 Amends rules concerning exemption from the requirements of the Texas Success Initiative. Exempts high school students who achieve certain standards on the Mathematics and/or English/Language Arts sections of the exit-level Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Ski... More... CO Vetoed 06/2004 P-12 Colorado High School Commission H.B. 1283 Creates a High School Commission to assess the quality of education provided in the state's public high schools and to make recommendations to school districts and the general assembly by December 31, 2004. The commission should address at least the following... More... FL Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Juvenile Justice Education H.B. 1989 Relates to juvenile justice education; increases percentage of Florida Education Finance Program funding generated by students in juvenile justice programs which must be spent on instructional costs; requires school districts to provide GED exit option for suc... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Postsec. Student Loans and Scholarships H.B. 32 Provides relative to student eligibility for Louisiana Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) scholarship program. Eliminates provision that completion of one-half unit of computer science, computer literacy and computer business applications is requ... More... AL Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 High School Diplomas for Honorably Discharged Veterans H.B. 24 Concerns honorably discharged veterans who served in United States Armed Forces during certain dates and who did not receive high school diploma due to service to receive diploma. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACASLogin.asp?SESSION=1029... More... DE Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 High School Diploma Issuance S.B. 285 Requires the Department of Education to award diplomas based on current rules and regulations for students who graduate in 2004; allows the national panel of experts to examine the performance levels and math cut scores of the Student Testing Program and deter... More... FL Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Korean War Veterans High School Diplomas S.B. 1096 Relates to Korean War veteran's high school diploma; amends certain prerequisites to allow award of standard high school diploma to honorably discharged veterans of Korean War who did not complete necessary graduation requirements. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-... More... IA Vetoed 05/2004 P-12 Healthy Iowans Tobacco Trust Fund H.F. 2577 Relates to and making appropriations from the healthy Iowans tobacco trust and the tobacco settlement trust fund and providing an effective date; provides for high school mentors to teach life skills, violence prevention and character education in an effort to... More... MD Rule Adoption 05/2004 P-12 Standards for Kindergarten Programs COMAR 13A.03.01, .01, .04, 13A.03.02, .01-.12 Proposes rules regarding standards for kindergarten programs and graduation requirements for public high schools. MARYLAND REG 9845 (SN)... More... TN Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Postsec. Uniform Grading System S.B. 2205 Directs the state board to establish a task force comprised of superintendents, principals, teachers, and representatives of school boards and higher education no later than June 30, 2004. The task force is to make recommendations to the board including, but n... More... KY Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Student Dropouts H.B. 178 Amends KRS 158.145 to require that all students who drop out of school be counted in the annual state dropout index. Amends KRS 158.6455 to specify that a student must be included in a school's annual average dropout rate if the student was enrolled in the sc... More... MD Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 High School Diploma H.B. 474 Allows an individual honorably discharged from military service to apply to specified county boards of education to obtain a high school diploma if the individual withdrew from a specified full-time public or private high school under specified circumstances.... More... MS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 High School Diplomas S.B. 2446 Authorizes local school boards to award honorary high school diplomas to Vietnam veterans who were scheduled to graduate from high school between 1964 and 1973. The State Board of Education and the State Veterans Affairs Board shall work together to develop a ... More... OK Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Schools S.B. 1271 Relates to curriculum requirements for high school graduation; authorizes technology center school districts to offer certain programs; requires approval of State Board of Education and district board of education; prescribes certain teacher certification requ... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 At Risk Student Academic Achievement Program H.B. 1013 Creates an At-Risk Student Academic Achievement Program and fund to provide grants to public school divisions for programs to improve the achievement of at-risk students, decrease the dropout rate and increase the number of students getting advanced studies di... More... AL Emergency Rule Adoption 03/2004 P-12 High School Diploma AAC 290-3-1-.02-.01; -4-2-.02-.01 Provides emergency regulation to effective change for those eligible for a regular high school diploma in the Spring of 2004. ALABAMA REG 6513 (SN)... More... AL Adopted 03/2004 P-12 Alternate Requirements for Students Failing Exit Test AAC 290-3-1-.02 Allows high schools to confer the High School Diploma on students with disabilities who have failed a subject area test of the Graduation Exam in the area in which they have a disability(s), using alternate requirements for/instead of assessment in conjunction... More... AL Emergency Rule Adoption 03/2004 P-12 Student Assessment Required for High School Diploma AAC 290-4-2-.02 Allows students with disabilities who fail one portion of the Alabama High School Graduation Exam and meet certain other criteria to receive the Alabama High School Diploma. http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/UpdatedMonthly/VolXXIIN6/p189.htm#T1... More... DE Rule Adoption 03/2004 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements and Diplomas 14 DAC 505 Amends rules regarding credit requirements for High School Graduation, diplomas and certificate of performance, options for awarding credit toward high school graduation by combining them into a single regulation, graduation requirements and diplomas. Amends r... More... NM Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements H.B. 522 Relates to education; establishes requirements for high school graduation and student curriculum plans.... More... OH Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Teaching Success S.B. 2 · Creates an Educator Standards Board to develop and submit to the State Board of Education recommendations for statewide educator standards and carry out other functions recommended by the Governor's Commission on Teaching Success. · Directs the Department o... 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 Education (from 4 year terms to 2-year terms, nominated by the governor); provides definitions: "Competency" means a demon... More... VA Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Joint Schools S.B. 553 Authorizes school boards to create joint or regional schools offering a specialized curriculum leading to a high school diploma and a postsecondary credential, such as industry certification, career certificated, or degree.... More... WA Vetoed 03/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Elementary and Higher Education Link S.B. 6561 Strengthens linkages between K-12 and higher education systems. Requires the state board for community and technical colleges, the higher education coordinating board, the council of presidents, the work force training and education coordinating board, public ... More... WA Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 State Assessment Standards H.B. 2195 1) The high school assessment system shall include but need not be limited to the Washington assessment of student learning, opportunities for a student to retake the content areas of the assessment in which the student was not successful, and if approved by t... More... WA Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Postsec. Higher Education Remedial Education S.B. 5139 Requires the higher education coordinating board, the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board for community and technical colleges to convene a work group to (a) Discuss standards and expectations for the knowledge and skills hig... More... WV to governor 03/2004 P-12 Postsec. High Quality Education Standards and Efficiency Standards H.B. 4001-- Multiple Sections One section of H.B. 4001 requires high quality education standards and efficiency standards to include an assurance that graduates are prepared for continuing postsecondary education, training and work, and that schools and school systems are making progress t... More... SD Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Basic High School Program H.B. 1001 Provides for a basic high school program and a recommended high school program; requires most students to complete the recommended one; sets forth procedures for determining eligibility of school districts to receive state foundation aid.... More... VT Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Governor's Diploma H.B. 490 Repeals the governor's diploma. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2004/acts/ACT078.HTM... 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 Accountability act of 2003; requires the establishment of a reporting system of schools' academic performance on the state-ma... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Postsec. Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - P-16 S.B. 33 § 10 Adds Ark. Code 6-15-2201. Requires postsecondary education to report on the readiness of high school students for higher education; the state board of education shall require schools and districts to develop strategies to improve student readiness for postseco... More... MS Rule Adoption 01/2004 P-12 GED State Policy (Uncodified) Amends rules concerning GED State Policy, with regard to, minimum requirements and eligibility for testing. MISSISSIPPI REG 9040 (SN)... More... MO Issued 12/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Commission on the Future of Higher Education Executive Order 03-07 The Commission of the Future of Higher Education was created by Executive Order 03-07 on March 17, 2003, with a final report due by January 1, 2004. The purpose of the Commission on the Future of Higher Education shall be to develop plans to strengthen and imp... More... NY Emergency Rule Adoption 12/2003 P-12 State Assessments and Graduation/Diploma Requirements Title 8 NYCRR 100.5 Revises requirements for obtaining a Regents high school diploma, a Regents diploma with advanced designation, and a local high school diploma. NEW YORK REG 16393 (SN)... More... OH Signed into law 12/2003 P-12 Veterans of the Korean Conflict H.B. 75 Grants high school diplomas to veterans of the Korean Conflict and to expand eligibility for diplomas to certain non-resident veterans who attended Ohio high schools; clarifies the educational qualifications for county sheriffs.... More... TX Adopted 12/2003 P-12 Graduation Requirements Sec. 74.51 §74.51. Amends high school graduation requirements. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tacupdates/december2003/ch074e.pdf... More... MI Signed into law 11/2003 P-12 High School Diploma to Veterans H.B. 4613 Grants high school diploma to veterans who did not graduate from high school but joined the armed forces during the Korean conflict under certain conditions. http://www.michiganlegislature.com/... More... OK Emergency Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements OAC 210:35-9-31 Allows district board to make exceptions to state high school graduation requirements for students who move to this state from another state after their junior year of high school. (A) After a student from another state enrolls in an accredited Oklahoma high ... More... TX Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 Graduation Requirements 19 TAC 2.74.E.74.51 thru 74.54 Establishes new rules relating to curriculum requirements. Establishes graduation requirements for students entering Grade 9 beginning with the school year 2004-2005 and thereafter. TEXAS REG 89923 (SN)... More... TX Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 Program Services and Educational Programs 37 TAC 3.91.B.91.41, 91.43 Amends rules relating to basic education. Clarifies that commission youth are administered state educational assessments required to complete a high school diploma. TEXAS REG 90170 (SN)... More... VA Emergency Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 General Achievement Diploma 8 VAC 20-680-10 Establishes emergency rules to clarify and update the definition of 'diploma candidate' to eliminate any confusion in school divisions. Increases the options for individuals to earn a diploma. VIRGINIA REG 440 (SN)... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Vocational Education and Graduation Requirements A.B. 591 Amends existing law that requires the superintendent of public instruction to develop a model curriculum framework for implementation of career and technical education in consultation with an advisory group. Encourages advisory group to identify career technic... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Special Education High School Exit Examination S.B. 964 Requires the superintendent of public instruction to develop a request for a proposal for an independent consultant to assess options and provide recommendations for alternatives to the high school exit examination for pupils with disabilities to be eligible f... More... MI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 10/2003 P-12 Postsec. Charter School Law S.B. 393 Provides for revisions to charter school law with respect to oversight and regulations; provides for the creation of high school academies operated by nonprofit corporations under contract with a state institution of higher education. http://www.michiganlegis... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Online Classroom Programs A.B. 294 Recodifies provisions of the Online Classroom Pilot Program for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating pupil participation in online asynchronous interactive programs. Limits eligibility to high schools. Requires a school district to submit to the department... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Expulsions; Graduation Requirements; Special Education A.B. 300 Revises the review day for expulsions; Provides that if a pupil completes algebra coursework in grades 7 or 8, the pupil is not exempt for the high school graduation requirement for algebra; Revises deadlines for individualized education programs; Includes oth... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Community Service S.B. 372 Provides that community service may include participation in a high school or community blood drive or other blood recruitment campaign. Provides for development of units of instruction. Allows a school district to also teach students about blood donor and tra... More... MI Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Family Resource Center Curriculum Blue Ribbon Study Committee H.B. 4401 (multiple provisions) Sec. 107a. (1) The family resource center curriculum blue ribbon study committee is established to explore and make recommendations on implementing a new integrated system of delivering adult education and related family services beginning with the 2004-2005 s... More... WY Rule Adoption 08/2003 P-12 Graduation Requirements (Uncodified) Ch. 31 Prescribes uniform student content and performance standards for the common core of knowledge and the common core of skills specified for all public schools in language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, health, physical education, foreign language, c... More... CA To governor 07/2003 P-12 World War II Internees: High School Diplomas A.B. 781 Authorizes a high school district, unified school district, or county office of education, to retroactively grant a high school diploma to a former pupil who was interned in the United States by the order of the federal government during World War II. http://w... More... CT Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Adult Education S.B. 966 Defines an adult as a person who is not enrolled in a public school program, eliminates the requirement that local or regional board of education eligible expenditures for adult education for computer equipment not exceed five per cent of the total expenditure... More... FL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 High School Graduation H.B. 23 Provides learning opportunities for out-of-state and out-of- country transfer students and students needing additional instruction to meet high school graduation requirements; provides requirements for certain transfer students; provides for alternate assessme... More... NC Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Early College Attendance H.B. 601 Encourages early entry of motivated students into four-year college programs.... More... NC Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Innovative Education Initiatives Act S.B. 656 Creates the Innovative Education Initiatives Act to develop cooperative efforts between secondary schools and institutions of higher education to reduce dropout rates, increase high school and college graduation rates and decrease the need for higher education... More... OR Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Education H.B. 2744 Directs school districts and public charter schools to offer instruction in specified subjects that meets academic content standards adopted by the State Board of Education; directs school boards to implement Certificate of Initial Mastery in mathematics, scie... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 High School Equivalency Program S.B. 1470 S. B. 1470 amends the Education Code to permit any school district or open-enrollment charter school to apply for authorization to operate a program under the section on high school equivalency programs. The bill deletes language that restricts such authorizat... More... TX to governor 06/2003 P-12 Personal Graduation Plans S.B. 1108 (Section 28.0212) Requires the principal or other staff to identify each student who (1) hasn't performed well on assessments; (2) is not likely to receive a diploma before the fifth year of high school and then develop a graduation plan for each student that (1) identifies edu... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Volunteerism in Schools S.B. 1278 Directs Board of Education to establish guidelines to promote volunteerism in community services for students in grades 9 through 12 prior to graduation from high school; requires parental consent for participation; provides procedures for a written proposal b... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund H.F. 685 Makes appropriation from the healthy Iowans tobacco trust and the tobacco settlement trust fund for various initiatives, including for a $400,000 grant to a program that utilizes high school mentors to teach life skills, violence prevention, and character educ... More... MD Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 High School Diplomas for Certain Honorably Discharged Veterans S.B. 56 Allows an honorably discharged veteran to apply to obtain a high school diploma if the individual withdrew from an accredited full-time public or private school in the individual's junior or senior year to enlist in the U.S. military during World War II or the... More... ME Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Enrollment Age EligibilitySAME AS: 592 S.P. 201 Regards age eligibility for enrollment in a public secondary school; authorizes the Commissioner of Education to waive on a case-by-case basis waivers of age requirements to allow students who have reached 20 years of age before the start of the school year to... More... ME Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Course Credits and Diploma Eligibility S.P. 328 (LD 987) Makes the law regarding transfer of credit for equivalent instruction at nonapproved private schools consistent with earned credit for home school instruction by adding the authority for a principal to require student testing before transferring credit for equ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Postsec. State Board of Education A.B. 510 Requires state board to prescribe course to prepare pupils for high school proficiency examination and college entrance examinations. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/72nd/bills/AB/AB510_EN.pdf... More... VT Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Education Law H.B. 477 This act assigns duties appropriately carried out by staff and which are currently assigned to a supervisory union board to the superintendent; repeals law relating to calculation of the equalized yield amount which is no longer necessary; updates law relating... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 List of Classes for Parents H.B. 2339 Requires school districts to provide parents of students in grades nine through twelve (9-12) with a list of classes that are required to be taught by the school district. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2339.pdf... More... CO Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Government course graduation requirement S.B. 36 Makes satisfactory completion of a course on federal and state civil government a requirement of high school graduation in the state; directs each school district board to convene a community forum periodically to discuss adopted standards in civics and gradua... More... CT Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Postsec. Immunization H.B. 6373 Allows institutions of higher education to save resources currently used to collect information that has already been collected by Connecticut high schools; relates to proof of immunization against measles and rubella.... More... IA Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Service Learning, Character Education H.F. 180 Local boards or heads of a nonpublic school may require service learning units for a service learning endorsement on a high school diploma or as a condition of graduation (in Iowa, all high school graduation requirements are determined at the district level). ... 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 available on the Internet. Requires school corporations to provide free copies of reports upon request. Removes language... More... NM Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 High School Student Graduation H.B. 305 Requires next-step plans for high school students in which the students set personal post-high-school goals; requires a final next-step plan as prerequisite for graduation.... More... OK Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Graduation Requirements for Out of State Students H.B. 1065 Prior to September 1, 2003, the state board must adopt rules to ensure that students who transfer into an Oklahoma school district from out of state after the junior year of high school of the student shall not be denied, due to differing graduation requiremen... More... SD Rule Adoption 04/2003 P-12 Requirements for High School Graduation and Credits 24:03:06:06:01 Amends rules regarding the requirement of three mathematics credits for high school graduation and the allotment for graduation credit for completion of Algebra I in 8th grade. SOUTH DAKOTA REG 3894 (SN)... More... WA Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Public High Schools Course Options S.B. 5505 All public high schools of the state are required to provide a program, directly or in cooperation with a community or technical college, a skills center, an apprenticeship committee, or another school district, for students who plan to pursue career or work ... More... WA Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2003 P-12 Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) WAC 180-51-063 Establishes emergency rules to indicate notation on the high school transcript regarding the secondary Washington assessment of student learning (WASL) results. WASHINGTON REG 21518 (SN)... More... AR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Full School Days H.B. 1439 Requires high school students in grades 9 -12 to attend a full school day. Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year, students in grades nine through twelve (9-12) shall be required to schedule and attend a full school day. (b)(1) No later than January 30, 2004... More... AR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Attendance Law H.B. 1457 Amends the compulsory attendance law to reflect changes in the general education diploma requirements.http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB1457.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 School Districts To Grant A High School Diploma H.B. 1886 Authorizes school districts to grant a high school diploma to veterans of the Korean War or the Vietnam War who meet eligibility requirements. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB1886.pdf... More... CO Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 High School Diplomas Awarded to Veterans S.B. 100 Permits a board of education of a school district to award a diploma to an honorably discharged veterans. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/pubhome.nsf... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Cost-Benefit Analysis of Pre-Kindergarten, Mandatory Kindergarten and Occupational Diplomas H.B. 859 Requires the department of education to conduct a needs assessment to determine what areas do not currently have pre-kindergarten programs, and a cost-benefit analysis creating statewide pre-kindergarten programs. Requires department to perform cost-benefit a... More... MT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Honorary Diplomas for Veterans S.B. 81 Provides honorary diplomas for any current or former Montana resident who 1) is a veteran of WWII, the Korean War or the Vietnam conflict, 2) did not receive a high school diploma and 3) either died in active service, was honorably discharged, or was released ... More... ND Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements H.B. 1033 A high school diploma may be issued by a home-schooled child's school district of residence, an approved nonpublic high school, or the North Dakota division of independent study provided the child, through home education, has completed at least twenty-one unit... More... ND Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Block Scheduling S.B. 2177 Amends instructional time requirements for high school units to not apply to schools or school districts having block schedules approved by the superintendent of public instruction. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DAUF0200.pdf... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Postsec. Public Educational Institutes H.B. 186, S.B. 62 Requires that high school curricula and end-of- course test be aligned with the placement tests for state's two and four-year public educational institutions. http://legis.state.nm.us/senatedetails2.asp?District=31... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Graduation Rates S.B. 394 Requires school districts to track graduation rates for high school in the district.... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Graduation Requirements H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill) Amends Section 22-13-1.1. Increases graduation requirements: 4 units of English, with major emphasis on grammar and literature; 3 units of math, at least one of which is equivalent to algebra 1 or higher; 2 units of science, one of which has a lab requiremen... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Curriculum and Graduation Requirements S.B. 154 (Omnibus Bill) Section 53A-13-108 is a new section of law requiring the state board to establish rigorous curriculum and graduation requirements for grades 9-12, beginning no later than with the graduating class of 2007. These must (1) use competency-based standards and ass... More... VA Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 General Educational Development H.B. 1464 Relates to the general educational development examination; relates to the testing age for persons not enrolled in public school and not otherwise meeting compulsory attendance requirements; directs the board of education to develop a special high school diplo... More... VA Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 High School Diploma Civics Education Seal H.B. 1503 Directs the state board to establish criteria for awarding a diploma seal for excellence in civics education and understanding of the state and federal Constitutions and the democratic model of government for the standard and advanced studies diplomas.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Joint School Curriculum S.B. 1099 Allows two or more school boards to establish joint or regional high schools to offer specialized training for careers in law enforcement, fire fighting, emergency and rescue services, and other occupations addressing public safety and welfare. http://leg1.st... More... AR Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 Diplomas for World War II Veterans S.B. 4 Authorizes school districts to grant a high school diploma to World War II veterans who meet eligibility requirements. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB4.pdf... More... MS Rule Adoption 12/2002 P-12 Graduation Requirements MS ADC 36 000 001, Graduation Requirements, Code IHF-2 The section is revised to read as follows: "Policies for Subject Area Testing • Students will not be required to pass any end-of-course Subject Area Test in a course for which the Carnegie unit was earned by the student in a Mississippi public school prior to ... More... UT Adopted 12/2002 P-12 Secondary School Completion and Diplomas R277-705 Amends rules to add the Utah Basic Skills Competency Test (UBSCT) as a requirement for high school diplomas and provides for differentiated diplomas. Beginning with the 2003-2004 school year, adds a tenth grade basic skills competency test and beginning with ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Develop a reform and redesign plan for their high school systems to raise pupil achievement A.B. 2531 Establishes the High School Pupil Success Act to provide grants and consultation to school districts with high schools, pursuant to a request for proposals process, to develop a reform and redesign plan for their high school systems to raise pupil achievement.... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Readily-Available Course Lists S.B. 1339 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to advise school districts that maintain high schools about the importance of making readily available to each high school pupil the list of courses offered by the school attended by that pupil that are certifi... More... CA Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 07/2002 P-12 High school equivalency test fee A.B. 2310 Requires that a fee for applications for the high school equivalency test be submitted when registering for the test; requires that each scoring contractor provides the Superintendent of Public Instruction with the test results.... More... DE Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association H.B. 475 Creates a Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association to implement rules and regulations governing interscholastic sports in secondary and middle schools, including private schools which agree to voluntarily become member schools in the association. Rules an... More... CA Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Extra Grade Weighting Limited A.B. 2657 Establishes a 4-year implementation schedule for existing law which prohibits a school district, when calculating a pupil's grade point average, from assigning extra grade weighting to a course that covers a subject required for admission to the University of ... More... MO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Honorary High School Diplomas to Civilian POWs H.B. 1515 Revises section awarding honorary high school diplomas to certain veterans to include residents or former residents who were civilian prisoners of war. http://www.house.state.mo.us/bills02/biltxt02/truly02/HB1515T.HTM... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Marching Band as P.E. Credit Towards Graduation S.B. 20E Permits completion of one semester of marching band with grade C or better to be included as 1/2 credit of physical education graduation requirement. See bill section 132, page 354, line 27 ff: www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Standard High School Diploma to Certain GED Recipients S.B. 20E Mandates the state board to adopt rules permitting any GED recipient who meets certain criteria to be awarded a standard high school diploma. See bill section 133, page 365, line 3 ff: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s00... More... GA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Diplomas for Veterans of Korea and Vietnam Conflicts H.B. 1068 Provides that each local board of education shall issue high school diplomas to certain veterans who failed to receive diplomas due to an interruption of their education by service in the Korean Conflict or the Vietnam Conflict; provides certain requirements r... 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 members. Allows for nonvoting student member. Establishes Chief Executive Officer as executive officer, secretary, and treas... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Diplomas for Honorably Discharged Korean Conflict Veterans H.B. 218 Allows honorably discharged veterans of the Korean Conflict to obtain a high school diploma by applying to the county board where the individual resides or where the school the individual withdrew from was located. Veteran must have left a state board-accredi... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Diplomas for Honorably Discharged WWII Veterans H.B. 45 Directs the local board of education to award high school diplomas to honorably discharged veterans of World War II who were enrolled in, but did not complete, high school prior to their service in the United States Armed Forces during World War II.... More... MS Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Duties of Board in GED Program Administration S.B. 2626 Clarifies the duties of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges in the administration of General Educational Development (GED) Testing Program.... More... OK Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements H.B. 2886 Modifies high school graduation requirements; adds certain courses which count for the core curriculum requirements; modifies credit granting requirement; directs certain school district to adopt class schedules which allow enrollment at a technology center sc... More... KY Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 H.B. 110 Requires high schools to provide access to campuses and to student directory information for official recruiting representatives of various military organizations to inform students of educational and career opportunities in the armed forces.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Electives for High School Graduation H.B. 1277 Directs the state board of education to provide that the requirements for the standard high school diploma must include at least two sequential electives chosen from a concentration of courses selected from a variety of options that may be planned to ensure th... More... WY Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Graduation Standards S.B. 56 Requires state board to set proficiency standards. Modifies requirements for graduation; imposes different types of student proficiency with respect to performance standards; imposes assessment duties upon school districts; conforms statutory provisions accor... More... VA Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Career/Academic Combinations H.B. 334 Clarifies that school boards may operate comprehensive schools offering all-day academic programs and career and technical education as joint schools.... More... CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 Creating a clearinghouse of academic and career-related information A.B. 1341 Requires the State Department of Education to collect specified information from all public high schools on existing academic and career-related curriculum for the purposes of establishing a clearinghouse of information on academic and career-related curriculu... More... MO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 High School Graduation Diploma to War Veterans H.B. 441 Provides honorary high school diplomas to World War I, and World War II and Korean War veterans who left high school before graduation to serve in the United States military.... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Granting High School Diplomas to WW II Veterans H.B. 21 (LD 21) Allows a local school board the option of granting a diploma to a veteran of World War II who was honorably discharged even though the veteran does not meet the graduation requirements.... More... MO To governor 05/2001 P-12 High School Diplomas for WW II Veterans H.B. 244; H.B. 94 Provides honorary high school diplomas to World War II veterans who left high school before graduation to serve in the United States military.... More... MS Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Occupational Diplomas for Special Education Students S.B. 2578 Authorizes the State Board of Education to develop and issue criteria for an occupational diploma for students with disabilities.... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Informational Pamphlet on the High School Proficiency Examiniation A.B. 318 Requires the department to develop an informational pamphlet concerning the high school proficiency examination; requires boards of each school district to provide a copy to each junior high, middle school or high school within the school district for posting.... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Tech-Prep Curriculum S.B. 1743 Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit entities to offer technical-prep high school curriculum under the following conditions: the local board of education must approve all agreements; agreements must be... More... VT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Technical Centers H.B. 495 The purpose of this act to enable technical center regions to establish alternative governance structures which meet regional technical education needs, ensure equal educational opportunities to technical education students throughout Vermont, and prepare Verm... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Eligiblity of Middle and High School Libraries for Grant Funding H.B. 434 Alters the state school library funds grant program of the School Accountability Funding and Excellence Program in order to make middle schools and high schools eligible for grants under the program.... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Competency in Writing S.B. 665 Expands graduation requirements to include passing a state competency test in writing.... More... OK Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Amends Advanced Placement Program S.B. 790 States that on or before October 1 of each year, the state department of education must issue a report on the Advanced Placement Incentive Program for the previous school year which shall include, but is not limited to, the number of: students taking an advanc... More... MS Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 School Certificates to Veterans H.B. 396 Authorizes the State Board of Education to award high school diplomas and honorary 8th grade certificates of completion to WW II and Korean Conflict Veterans who were unable to complete their education due to their military service; requires the State Board of... More... NM Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Academic Competitions S.B. 25 Amends the Public School Code to require that public schools in each conference shall provide academic competitions similar to their athletic competitions. Students who participate in such competitions shall qualify for an academic letter in the subject in whi... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Access to Students S.B. 1207 Requires any school board that provides access to a high school's student body or other contact with its students during a school or school division-sponsored activity to persons or groups for occupational, professional or educational recruitment to provide eq... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Class Rankings H.B. 2401 Standard 4 of the Standards of Quality; Literacy Passports, diplomas, and certificates; class rankings. Authorizes each local school board to devise, vis-a-vis the award of diplomas to secondary school students, a mechanism for calculating class rankings that ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Graduation Requirements H.B. 2674 Relates to a standard diploma; restores language in the Standards of Quality that was unintentionally deleted by legislation reorganizing in the 2000 Session; provides that the requirements for a standard diploma shall include at least two sequential electives... More... OK Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Graduation Requirements H.B. 2728 (Omnibus Bill) High School graduation requirements: - Abolishes the dual diploma system by repealing the Diploma of Honor and restoring the Certificate of Distinction option; - Adds attainment of competencies as method of satisfying core course requirements; - Requires cour... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2000 Postsec. transition of students with disabilities H.B. 7466 Amends the composition of the Transition Council by adding a representative from one of the regional education collaboratives.Transition from school to self-sufficient adulthood for students with disabilities... More... CT Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 High School Grant Program for Math, Science & Computers H.B. 5231 Provides that the Department of Education shall establish a competitive grant program for high school projects that involve one or more of the following topics: computers, engineering, physics, mathematics, science or technical construction; allows local and r... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Forgiveness Policies S.B. 842 Revises requirements for district grade forgiveness policies. Beginning 2000-2001 school year and thereafter, forgiveness policies limited to replacing a grade of "D" or "F" or the equivalent in required courses with a grade of "C" or higher earned subsequent... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Out-of-state Tuition Reduction H.B. 1567 Relates to rulemaking authority within the State University System; clarifies the rulemaking authority of the Board of Regents; authorizes a differential out-of-state tuition fee for certain universities; authorizes each university president to adopt rules go... More... HI Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. College Credit for High Schoolers H.B. 2092 Allows high school students to obtain college and high school course credits simultaneously.... More... HI Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. New Economy Technology Scholarship S.B. 2420 Adds a new chapter to establish the new economy technology scholarship act.... More... CT Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Awarding High School Diplomas to Wartime Veterans S.B. 154 00-124., Allows local and regional boards of education to award high school diplomas to wartime veterans who did not earn their diplomas because they withdrew from school to join the armed forces.... More... CT Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 High School Civics Graduation Requirement H.B. 5274 Requires one half credit in civics as part of the 3 credit social studies requirement for high school graduation.... More... MN Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Profiles of Learning S.F. 3286 Amends the Profile of Learning. Highlights: Allows districts to phase in the number of content standards required of students for graduation; empowers teachers to participate in the decision about student standard requirements; allows districts to permit this... More... MN Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Graduation Requirements S.B. 3286 Relates to education; amends state graduation requirements; amends graduation rules.... More... OK Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Advanced Placement Incentive Program S.B. 1015 Modifies the Oklahoma Advanced Placement Incentive Program. Authorizes test fee assistance for students taking multiple tests in one year. Authorizes the state board to award additional grants to school sites demonstrating successful implementation of the cou... More... OK Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Graduation Requirements H.B. 2728 (Omnibus Bill) Effective 2002-2003 school year -- to graduate with a standard diploma, students must complete core curriculum units or sets of competencies in the following: 4 language arts (1 grammar/composition, 3 of either American, English or World Literature, Advanced E... More... SC Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Repeals Star Diploma Program H.B. 4650 Relates to the eligibility requirements for a life scholarship, so as to delete requirement that students must pass all courses required for a star diploma; relates to the requirements and the promulgation of regulations for the star diploma; relates to includ... More... SC Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Graduation Requirements S.B. 1220 (Joint Resolution) Approves regulations of the Department of Education related to graduation requirements.... More... WI Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 At-Risk Programs S.B. 241 Changes names of program from children at risk to "children at risk of not graduating from high school." Changes definition to "at risk of not graduating from high school because they failed the high school graduation exam," are dropouts, or are 2 or more of ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Postsec. College Readiness H.B. 1091 Creates a Task Force to Study College Readiness for Disadvantaged and Capable Students. Requires the task force to report its interim findings and recommendations to the governor and general assembly by January 1, 2001 and a final report of its findings and re... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Diploma Options S.B. 706 Directs the board of education to establish the requirements for a third diploma option, i.e., an advanced mathematics and technology diploma; provides that the diploma will be a 24-credit diploma, with 9 required verified credits (course and standards of lear... More... WA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Postsec. Notification to Parents S.B. 6559 Requires notification to parents of school courses leading to college credit; requires that each high school shall publish annually and deliver to each parent with children enrolled in school, information concerning the entrance requirements and the availabili... More... VA Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Diploma Requirements H.B. 489 Requires the Board of Education to include, in the requirement for verified credits for the standard and advanced studies diplomas, a provision that allows students completing elective classes into which the Standards of Learning for any required course have b... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Age Requirements for Attendance and High School Equivalency Examinations S.B. 1472 Relates to the age at which a student may take the high school equivalency examinations and the age of compulsory attendance in public schools.... More... AZ Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Requires Credits for Demonstrated Competency H.B. 2297 Relates to academic proficiency and schools; requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules to allow K-12 pupils to obtain academic credit for a course or subject in which they have not enrolled, but in which they can otherwise demonstrate competency.... More... FL Signed into law 05/1999 Postsec. Remedial Reduction Plans, College Preparatory Courses and Articulation Agreements S.B. 1794 Revises provision regarding funding for college-preparatory classes; relates to district inter-institutional articulation agreements; authorizes the provision of performance incentive funds for the effective implementation of remedial reduction plans; provides... More... FL Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 A+ Plan - Exit Exam for High School Diploma H.B. 751 (Omnibus Bill) Students must pass grade 10 assessment test (instead of high school minimum competency test required previously) -- earning passing scores in reading, writing, math -- to qualify for regular high school diploma. Requires schools to provide students and parent... More... FL Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 A+ Plan (Part of Omnibus Bill) H.B. 751 Adopts new graduation and cohort graduation rates and study, which may include a 5-year rate as well as a 4-year rate. Beginning with the 2001-2002 school year, a school's performance grade category designation shall be based on performance data that includes... More... AR Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Postsec. Arkansas Assessment Assistance Program H.B. 2024 Creates the Arkansas Act Assessment Assistance Program; designed to prepare public high school students for postsecondary education; relates to a test of student educational development that measures student readiness for future learning.... More... NM Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 General Education Diplomas S.B. 766 Provides for the issuance of general education development diplomas to certain persons.... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Authorizes Waivers of Attendance Requirements S.B. 962 Authorizes local school boards to waive compulsory attendance requirements under certain conditions; provides that local school boards must implement GED testing and preparatory programs consistent with guidelines to be developed by the Board of Education; pro... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Creates the Navigator Laboratory Program S.B. 1263 Creates the Navigator Laboratory Program to provide a model for school divisions to explore innovative options and creative instructional programs for the education of secondary school students within the same facility who are educationally at-risk, assigned t... More... AR Signed into law 02/1999 P-12 Requires Study on After School Employment and Performance S.C.R. 5 Requests the Senate Interim Committee on Education and the House Interim Committee on Education to conduct a study on the impact of after school employment on the academic performance of Arkansas high school students.... More... AL Died 06/1998 P-12 S.B. 101 High School Graduation Requires Board of Education to make public high school graduation examination available to nonpublic high school students for a reasonable fee.... More... SC Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 H.B. 5085 BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE . (Joint Resolution) Approves regulations of the Department of Education; relates to graduation requirements.... More... VA Died 06/1998 P-12 H.B. 435 Graduation Requirements Adds a requirement of 1 credit in fine or performing arts for a standard or advanced studies high school diploma.... More... MN Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 3610 Graduation Standards Relates to education; provides funding to implement the graduation rule; appropriates money.... More... MN Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 3554 Graduation Requirement Relates to education; requires the content of the graduation rules to ensure that students satisfactorily complete applicable requirements; establishes a task force to examine social promotion; appropriates money.... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 248 Requires all public high schools to provide a course of instruction on human rights issues with emphasis on slavery, genocide and the holocaust; provides that the course shall be mandatory for high school graduation.... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 S.B. 2074 Requires 75 hours of student community service or and equivalent program approved the State Superintendent of Education for high school graduation.... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 Postsec. Tax Credits for Grads H.B. 30 & H.B. 79 Allow deduction in computing taxable income for income taxes to individuals completing high school or college or both.... 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... KY Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 900 Eliminates the sixty (60) day notification and waiting period prior to a student between the ages and eighteen being able to withdraw from school; requires that a student who has dropped out and enrolled in a home school and who requests reinstatement of a dri... More... SC Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 1031 Graduation Requirements Provides that notwithstanding the certain provisions, graduating seniors from high school who have completed 24 units of credit with the additional required units in any course shall meet the course requirements for the Star Diploma and Scholarship.... More... TN Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 3100 Redesignates subjects to be covered by high school performance tests; requires passage of all required comprehensive assessment tests for graduation.... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 409 Phases out current Literacy Passport testing requirement set forth in Standards of Quality; administers to students in grades 6, 7, 8, and to graded students and ungraded students, in grades 9 through 12 and to adults and students returning to upgrade a certif... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 Literacy Passport S.B. 120, H.B. 409 Literacy Passport Testing Phases out the current Literacy Passport testing requirements set forth in the Standards of Quality as follows, in school year 1997-98, the Literacy Passport Test shll be administered to students in grades 6, 7, and 8 and to graded students and ungraded studen... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 602 Directs the Board of Education, in establishing course and credit requirements for a high school diploma, to provide for the selection of integrated learning courses meeting the Standards of Learning and approved by the Board to satisfy graduation credit requi... More... VT Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 234 Graduation Requirements Renames state certified academic high school diplima Governor's Diploma; establishes standardized academic test results rather than academic achievement as determining eligibility for graduation; requires State Board of Education to develop standards, tests, t... More... VA Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 H.B. 63 Requires the Board of Education to develop criteria for recognizing exemplary performance in vocational studies who have completed the requirements for a standard or advanced studies diploma and to award seals on the diplomas of students meeting such criteria.... More... WA Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 H.B. 2300 Educational Pathways Changes provisions relating to educational pathways; directs schools using educational pathways to ensure that all adopted pathways provide students with access to the courses and instructions; provides that sutdents shall be allowed to enter the educational p... More... MI Signed into law 01/1998 P-12 H.B. 5375 & 5376 High School Proficiency Test Relates to high school proficiency test provisions in the revised school code. The test will now be given in the last 30 school days of a student's junior year to allow more time to learn the materials covered in the test. If a student is a sophomore wishing t... More... OK Died 01/1998 P-12 H.B. 3177 High School Graduation Relates to schools; requires certain units of certain courses for high school graduation.... 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 academic learning through professional development of teachers and administrators, collaborative efforts with supporting agenc... More... OH Signed into law 08/1997 P-12 S.B. 55 Codifies the minimum requirements for graduation from high school; increases the total number of units of credit necessary for graduation from eighteen to twenty; requires the board of regents to increase the amount of math and science teachers; increases the ... More... CA Died 07/1997 P-12 A.B. 189 Community Service Requirements Requires the governing boards of school districts maintaining grades 9 to 12 to offer pupils an opportunity to receive credit towards satisfying the elective requirement for graduation by performing, at specified entities, community service.... More... CA Vetoed 07/1997 P-12 A.B. 365 Graduation Requirements Adds to the current graduation requirement that a pupil complete either one course in visual or performing arts or one course in foreign language to instead require both, commencing with the 2002-03 school year.... More... DE Signed into law 07/1997 P-12 S.B. 182 Establishes criteria for the student testing program; establishes design objectives for the state assessment program; requires the Department of Education to produce recommendations on a comprehensive system of accountability; clarifies that by the 2001-2002 s... More... CT Died 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 5368 High School Graduation requirements Rrequires students to complete one credit hour in algebra and one credit hour in United States history in order to receive a high school diploma.... More... CT Died 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 5713 Exit Exams for High School Graduation Requires students to pass an exit examination before graduating from high school and expands the school year by three days so that the examinations do not result in lost class time.... More... OR Died 06/1997 P-12 S.B. 1128 Assessment System for Diploma Program Directs school to implement program or certificate of Initial Mastery and Certificate of Advanced Mastery Program; directs Department of Education to implement statewide assessment system for school districts who implement diploma program.... More... SC Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 1997-98 Budget Other legislation requires the state board of education to add to the approved textbook list any book that had been reviewed during the adoption process if five or more local boards of trustees or if the trustees of two or more larger districts request its ado... More... SC Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 1997-98 Budget Budget language calls for students entering ninth grade in 1997-98 to complete 24 credits (up from 20) for high school graduation and the budget includes $9.9 million in EIA funds (up from $5.5 million) to support this effort. Both local school innovation and ... More... AK Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 H.B. 146--Competency testing requirements for secondary students Requires students to pass a competency test in the areas of reading, english, math, science and social science in order to receive a high school diploma.... More... FL Died 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 1404 Students and Postsecondary Preparedness Requires inclusion of student postsecondary preparedness information in manuals and handbooks; provides requirements for college-ready diploma program; requires implementation strategies for reducing incidence of postsecondary remediation; provides for promoti... More... SC Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 512 Graduation Requirements Approves regulations of the Department of Education; relates to graduation requirements.... More... AZ Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 2161 Honors Endorsements for the High School Diplomas Provides that the Arizona Board of Regents in consultation with the State Board of Education and other education groups, develop a program to award honors endorsements to be affixed to the high school diplomas of qualifying high school pupils and to be include... More... FL Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 458 Concerns student performance standards; provides for rulemaking; concerns district testing; concerns graduation requirements, includes GPA; concerns credit for certain courses; concerns articulated acceleration; concerns postsecondary placement testing; concer... More... FL Died 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 1007 Student Performance Standards Provides for Education Commissioner to adopt rules regarding student performance standards; revises requirements of school district testing programs; requires intensive reading instruction under certain circumstances; raises required cumulative grade point ave... More... FL Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 Postsec. H.B. 197 Concerns student readiness for postsecondary education and employment; provides for end-of-high-school destinations; provides for progressions; makes course requirements; provides for conversion of credits; provides for duties of the Department of Education; p... More... ND Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 1456 High School Diplomas for Home Schoolers Relates to high school diplomas for students receiving home-based instruction.... More... VA Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 Literacy Passport Test H.B. 1960 Clarifies that all pupils, including those who transfer from nonpublic schools, must pass the Literacy Passport Test to obtain a high school diploma.... More... WA Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 1202 High School Credit Equivalencies Relates to high school credit equivalencies.... More... NM Vetoed 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 742/S.B. 472 Individual Education Programs and High School Diplomas Authorizes local school boards to grant high school diplomas to students who fulfill individualized education programs.... More... OR Died 03/1997 P-12 S.B. 918 Requires school districts to grant credit towards graduation for completion of required courses, regardless of grade level of student.... More... OR Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 3031 Certificate of Advanced Mastery Modifies implementation timeline for Certificate of Advanced Mastery; directs Department of Education to establish pilot programs; allows department to provide technical assistance to school districts.... More... OR Died 03/1997 P-12 S.B. 705 Community Service Program Directs school district boards to develop course to instruct high school students on life management skills; directs boards to develop community service program for high school students; makes completion of course and program graduation requirement; applies to... More... VA Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 2379 Home Schooling and GED Testing Removes the minimum age requirement of 15 for students who have been home-schooled for three consecutive years or who have been exempted from compliance with compulsory attendance laws for bona fide religious reasons to qualify for GED testing if they conform ... More... AR Signed into law 02/1997 P-12 H.B. 1060 Permits high school students who have earned the number of credits required for graduation by the local school district to graduate without regard to the grade level the student is enrolled in at the time such credits are earned.... More... SC Passed 11/1996 P-12 SCAC 43-259 Graduation Requirements Proposes to amend Regulation 43-259, Graduation Requirements. Sets out units required for graduation, provisions for granting credit, exit exam requirements, requirements for equivalency diploma and GED testing.... More... SC Passed 11/1996 P-12 SCAC 43-232 Basic Program for Grades 9-12 Sets out a basic high school program including subjects, number of courses, periods weekly, minimum minutes, etc. Amends and incorporates many of the provisions found in the Defined Minimum Program. Allows for greater local control and flexibility in the opera... More... LA Passed 06/1996 P-12 H.C.R. 95 Recognition of Exemplary Programs in Secondary Education Recognizes and affirms legislative support of the Southern Regional Education Board's "High Schools That Work" initiative and urges governor, superintendent of education, Board of Elemnetary and Secondary Education, local school boards, and business communituy... More... MS Passed 06/1996 P-12 Graduation Requirements The state board of education has upgraded high school graduation requirements from 20 to 22 credits. The new requirements eliminated general mathematics and general science from the curriculum. All students must take Algebra I and biology.... More... TN 06/1996 P-12 Graduation Requirements TAC 0520-1-3-.06 (1)(e) (Effective: 07/23/96) Requires high school students to take three units of science,one of which must be a type of physical science, in order to graduate.... More... FL Vetoed 05/1996 P-12 H.B. 1041 Raises the Required Cumulative Grade Point Average Raises the required cumulative grade point average for purposes of the school district comprehensive program for pupil progression, high school graduation, and participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities.... More... TX Passed 05/1996 P-12 Graduation Requirements 19 TAC 74.11 thru 74.14 (Effective: 09/01/96) Establishes new rules concerning curriculum requirements. Provides for high school graduation requirements; recommended high school program; distinguished achievement program; and academic achievement record (transcript).... More... CT Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 H.B. 5345 Graduation Requirements for Secondary Education (Effective: 04/29/96) Deletes the requirement that the twenty credits for high school graduation be completed in grades nine through twelve; provides that a student sixteen years of age or older who terminates enrollment at a school and subsequently seeks read... More... MO Passed 04/1996 P-12 6 CSR 10-04.040 Graduates' Performance Report (Effective: 05/15/96) Establishes a procedure for annually reporting the performance of graduates of public high schools in the state during the students' initial year in the public colleges or universities of the state.... More... AK Passed 03/1996 P-12 4 AAC 06.075 (f) High School Unit of Credit, GED Testing, Certification Testing (Effective: 04/04/96) Deals with the high school unit of credit, GED testing, and teacher certification definitions. Removes the reference to 8,100 minutes of class time and substitute performance standards prescribed by a local school board as the definition ... 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 twenty-five(25) years or older as an alternative to the GED program and requires one hundred percent(100%) mastery on com... More... MS Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 Postsec. H.B. 513 High School Units for Community College (Effective: 03/18/96) Relates to community and junior colleges; increases requisite number of high school units to attend.... More... WV Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 S.B. 300 Jobs Through Education (Effective: 03/20/96) The Jobs Through Education Act, designed to prepare public school students for college or a vocation, eliminates general studies track for high school students, and gears secondary education toward college prep or vocational training; wil... More... MD Died 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 890 Alternative Education Students Exempt from Graduation Test Expands provisions relating to the exemption of students in alternative education schools from certain requirements relating to obtaining a high school diploma by examination; extends the time for the State Department of Education to submit a required report.... More... VA Passed 02/1996 P-12 S.J.R. 113 Remediating Academic Deficiencies Requests that attention be focused on remediating the academic deficiencies of students before they graduate, the provision of appropriate prevention and interventions, support services to at risk students to assist them in achieving academic success, and the ... More... CA Died 01/1996 P-12 S.B. 1437 Number and Kinds of Courses Required to Receive High School Diploma. Changes, commencing with the 2003-04 school year, the number and kinds of courses required for a high school diploma. Requires a pupil to pass the state-adopted battery of Golden State Examination in order to receive a high school school diploma.... More... CA Active 01/1996 P-12 Eastin Moves Ahead on Challenge to Schools The Challenge - to measure success by gains in student achievement based on standards. When fully implemented every high school graduate will have taken 18 required courses and passed end of course examinations in order to receive a Golden State Achievement Ce... More... NH Died 10/1995 P-12 H.B. 1388 Channeling of High School Students into certain courses Provides that school districts shall not channel high school pupils by placing them in certain class levels or sequence of courses or influencing course selection to predetermine, inhibit, or affect a pupil's ability to enter college or a certain profession wi... More... CA Signed into law 09/1995 P-12 A.B. 603 Fee for Competency In Basic Skills (Effective: 09/02/95) Deletes the $40 limitation on the exam fee to verify competency in basic skills taught in public high schools and instead prohibits the fee from exceeding an amount equal to the cost of test renewal and administration. Requires the State ... More... IL Signed into law 08/1995 P-12 S.B. 365 GED Requirements (Effective: 08/17/95) Amends the School Code. Allows individuals who are at least 17 years old and who have been dropouts for a period of at least 1 year to take GED tests.... More... IL Signed into law 08/1995 P-12 S.B. 365 Secondary Education Amends the School Code. Allows individuals who are at least 17 years old and who have been dropouts for a period of at least 1 year to take G.E.D tests.... More... IL Signed into law 08/1995 P-12 H.B. 940 Use of GED Testing Fees (Effective: 08/10/95) Provides that after first using GED test fees for administering and scoring the examination as required under current law, the regional superintendent may next use those fees for educational programs that assist those who successfully com... More... NV Signed into law 08/1995 P-12 A.B. 4 Chapter 407 Community Service Credit Allows pupils to earn credits toward graduation from high school by completing authorized community service projects. The measure stipulates that students completing such a project cannot receive more than one credit toward the total number of required credits... 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 comprehensive core curriculum for high schools, including four years each of English, mathematics, science, and social studies; req... More... NC Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 S.B. 701 Graduation Requirements (Effective: 07/05/95) Prohibits the State Board of Education from adopting or enforcing any rule that requires Algebra I as a graduation standard or as a requirement for a high school diploma for students identified as learning disabled in the area of mathemat... More... SC Signed into law 06/1995 P-12 H.B. 3685 Exit Examination for Students with Disabilities (Effective: 06/12/95) Relates to testing arrangements on the exit examination for students with learning disabilities; provides that students with discalculia, and with other documented learning disabilities in mathematics as stipulated by regulation of the St... More... NM Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 Changes in Graduation Requirements Allows participation on an athletic team or in an athletic sport during the school day to count toward fulfillment of the physical education requirement; and requires that state competency examinations (which student must pass in order to receive a high school... More... GA Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 H.B. 128 Assessment of Effectiveness of Educational Programs (Effective: 04/07/95) Relates to assessment of effectiveness of educational programs, so as to provide for issuance of a warranty affirming a student's preparation to each student receiving a high school diploma; Provides that when, under certain conditions, a... More... NM Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 H 977a Graduation Requirements ch. 180 (Effective: 04/07/95) Amends the Public School Code to allow participation on an athletic team or in an athletic sport during the school day to count toward fulfillment of the physical education required unit.... More... VA Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 Postsec. S.B. 554 - Preparation of At-Risk Students for Higher Education (Advancement Via Individual Determination Programs) Relates to Advancement Via Determination Programs designed to increase the number of minority and low-income students who attend college by preparing them in high school. Identifies at-risk students who demonstrate academic potential, provides access to advanc... More... AR Died 03/1995 P-12 Arakansa Exit Exam The Arkansas Senate education committee has approved a bill that would abolish the state's mandatory high school exit test. The committee voted 4 to 2 to delete the requirement that a student attain a minimum score on the test in order to graduate. The panel t... More... AR Signed into law 03/1995 P-12 Postsec. S.B. 615 - Reporting College Achievement of High School Graduates Appropriates funds to the Department of Higher Education for expenses for reports of college achievement of high school graduates.... More... KS Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 H.B. 2899 High School Diplomas Amends a law which permits boards of education of two or more school districts to enter into agreements providing for attendance of pupils residing in one district at school in any of the grades of another district. Under this law, the boards may provide for t... More... WA Signed into law 04/1994 P-12 SH.B. 2274 Credit Equivalencies (Effective: 04/01/94) The State Board of Education (SBE) will delay until Sept 1995, its rule establishing credit equivalencies for high school credit earned by Running Start students attending community or technical colleges. By May 1, 1994, the Higher Educat... More... WI Signed into law 04/1994 P-12 A.B. 1022 GED In Correctional Institution (Effective: 04/22/94) Under this new law, upon the child's request and with the approval of the child's parent or guardian, any child who is 17 years of age or over shall be excused by the school board from regular school attendance if the child began a progra... More... WI Signed into law 04/1994 P-12 S.B. 89 Alternative Education Programs (Effective: 04/30/94) This law contains provisions relating to teacher licensure for alternative education programs, assessment periods for certain pupils, high school graduation requirements, education for employment standards and rules relating to the youth ... More... GA 02/1994 P-12 Dumping General Diplomas Receives Cautious Approval Beginning with the class of 1999, Georgia high school students will have to choose between vocational and college prep course work, decided by the state Board of Education who eliminated the general track. College prep - 17 required courses and four electives.... More... 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