ECS
From the ECS State Policy Database
1994-2013

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

The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest.

Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date].

State Status/Date Level Summary
+ 21st Century Skills
+ Accountability
+ Accountability--Accreditation
+ Accountability--Measures/Indicators
+ Accountability--Reporting Results
+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
+ Accountability--School Improvement
+ Adult Basic Education
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
+ Assessment--College Entrance Exams
+ Assessment--Computer Based
+ Assessment--End-of-Course
+ Assessment--Formative/Interim
+ Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
+ Assessment--Legal Issues
+ Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization)
+ Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio
+ Assessment--Value Added
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
+ Attendance
+ Attendance--Compulsory
+ Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower)
+ Attendance--Truancy
+ Background Checks
+ Bilingual/ESL
+ Brain Research
+ Business Involvement
+ Career/Technical Education
+ Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship
+ Cheating
+ Choice of Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research
+ Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
+ Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research
+ Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Tax Credits
+ Choice of Schools--Vouchers
+ Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded
+ Civic Education
+ Civic Education--Character Education
+ Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy
+ Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards
+ Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
+ Class Size
+ Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Alignment
+ Curriculum--Arts Education
+ Curriculum--Censorship
+ Curriculum--Core Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Drivers Education
+ Curriculum--Environmental Education
+ Curriculum--Excusal
+ Curriculum--Family Living Education
+ Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
+ Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
+ Curriculum--Geography Education
+ Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
+ Curriculum--Home Economics
+ Curriculum--International Education
+ Curriculum--Language Arts
+ Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling
+ Curriculum--Mathematics
+ Curriculum--Multicultural
+ Curriculum--Physical Education
+ Curriculum--Science
+ Curriculum--Sex Education
+ Curriculum--Social Studies/History
+ Curriculum--Speech Education
+ Data-Driven Improvement
+ Demographics
+ Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults
+ Demographics--Enrollments
+ Desegregation
+ Economic/Workforce Development
+ Education Research
+ Equity
+ Federal
+ Finance
+ Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
+ Finance--Aid to Private Schools
+ Finance--Bonds
+ Finance--District
+ Finance--Does Money Matter?
+ Finance--Equity
+ Finance--Facilities
+ Finance--Federal
+ Finance--Funding Formulas
+ Finance--Litigation
+ Finance--Local Foundations/Funds
+ Finance--Lotteries
+ Finance--Performance Funding
+ Finance--Private Giving
+ Finance--Resource Efficiency
+ Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
+ Finance--Student Fees
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues
+ Governance
+ Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
+ Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest
+ Governance--Mandates
+ Governance--Regional Entities
+ Governance--School Boards
+ Governance--School Boards--Training
+ Governance--Site-Based Management
+ Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
+ Health
+ Health--Child Abuse
+ Health--Mental Health
+ Health--Nutrition
+ Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
+ Health--Suicide Prevention
+ Health--Teen Pregnancy
+ High School
+ High School--Advanced Placement
+ High School--College Readiness
+ High School--Credit Recovery
+ High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates
+ High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
+ High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges
- High School--Exit Exams
CASigned into law 08/2012P-12Exit Exam and Students with Disabilities
A.B. 1705
Delays until Class of 2016 the implementation of alternative means for students with disabilites to demonstrate achievement of standards as ...

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TXAdopted 08/2012P-12Implementation of the Academic Content Areas Testing Program
19 TAC 101.3004, 3041
Provides that the commissioner of education is responsible for determining the level of performance considered to be satisfactory on the ass...

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CASigned into law 06/2012P-12Appropriations and Reappropriations
S.B. 1016 - Appropriations and Reappropriations
From section 56 of bill summary: Reduces by various amounts appropriations made for supplemental school counseling, special education, partn...

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OHSigned into law 06/2012P-12Common Core and State Assessment Scoring Ranges
S.B. 316 - Common Core and State Assessment Scoring Ranges
By December 31, 2013, directs the state board to submit recommended scoring ranges on the state English language arts assessments (including...

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OHSigned into law 06/2012P-12Scores on State Assessments, Including OGT
S.B. 316 - Scores on State Assessments, Including OGT
Directs the department or a contractor responsible for scoring of assessments to send each district board a list of the individual scores of...

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LAAdopted 05/2012P-12Assessment System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.409, 515, 707, 3501, 3503, and 3507
From May 2012 Louisiana Register: Removes references in LAC 28:LXXXIII. §409 ("Calculating a 9-12 Assessment Index"), §515 ("State Assessmen...

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TXAdopted 05/2012P-12Implementation of Testing Program
19 TAC 101.3001, 3003, 3011, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024
From Texas Register: Repeals §101.3001 and §101.3003 and adopts new §§101.3011 and 101.3021-101.3024, concerning implementation of testing p...

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CAAdopted 04/2012P-12CAHSEE Alternative Means
5 CA ADC 1216.1
Adopts emergency regulation to extend to January 1, 2013 deadline for state board to implement regulations providing for an "alternative mea...

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FLSigned into law 04/2012P-12
Postsec.
End-of-Course Assessments
H.B. 7059 - End-of-Course Assessments
Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, requires that the end-of-course assessment in Algebra I be administered four times annually. compl...

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MNSigned into law 04/2012P-12Mathematics Exit Exam Alternatives
H.F. 2949
Extends certain alternatives for students who do not pass the graduation test requirement for math for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years....

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OKSigned into law 04/2012P-12High School Tests
H.B. 2970
Adds provisions requiring the state board to adopt rules establishing an appeal process for students who have been denied a standard diploma...

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AZSigned into law 03/2012P-12Alternate High School Graduation Requirement
S.B. 1252
Removes the requirement for a 12th-grade student to have taken the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) each time it was administe...

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OHSigned into law 03/2012P-12American History and American Government
S.B. 165
Directs the state board to incorporate into the grades 4-12 social studies standards content regarding the Declaration of Independence, the ...

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SCSigned into law 03/2012P-12End-of-Course Tests
S.J.R. 1201
Provides that students who take two courses based on the same academic standards for which there is an end-of-course test would take the tes...

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WYSigned into law 03/2012P-12Statewide Assessment System
S.F. 57
Creates an integrated district and statewide assessment system. Requires state superintendent to establish a program for administering a sta...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Secondary School Reform Act Delay/Teacher Evaluations/Tenure/Student Governance Councils/6th Grade Student Success Plan
H.B. 6498
Secondary School Reform Act - Delays by two years the implementation of the secondary school reform requirements enacted in 2010 that: (1) I...

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MNSigned into law 07/2011P-12Statewide Testing
H.F. 26
Provides that a school, district or charter school include on a student's high school transcript the current pass status for each subject th...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Statewide Assessment Provisions
H.B. 1255 - Sec. 16, 18, 25, 26
Allows a principal to waive the civics end-of-course (EOC) assessment requirement for a transfer student who already completed a civics cour...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Digital Learning Now Act
H.B. 7197
Creates Digital Learning Now Act. Requires school districts to establish virtual instruction options. Authorizes establishment of virtual ch...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Exit Exam
H.B. 153 - Exit Exam
Removes requirement that the state assessment program assess "other skills necessary in the twenty-first century" (beyond English language a...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12State Assessments
H.B. 153 - State Assessments
Provides that for administrations of each state assessment in the 2011-2012 school year and thereafter, the administrations are not to be pu...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Ranges of Scores on State Assessments
H.B. 153 - Ranges of Scores on State Assessments
Directs the state board not to prescribe the three ranges of scores for the assessments prescribed by division (A)(2) of section 3301.0710 o...

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FLSigned into law 05/2011P-12
Postsec.
Repeals Various Obsolete Education Provisions
H.B. 7087
Repeals provisions relating to programs that were never implemented or are no longer funded. The programs are: Digital Divide Council and th...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Reporting 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 e...

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SCSigned into law 05/2011P-12Clarifies Science Course Requirement for Receiving a High School Diploma
S.J.R. 686
Clarifies the science course requirement for receiving a high school diploma. Current law requires students to pass a science course in a su...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12End-of-Course Assessments
S.B. 383
Concerning the high-stakes end-of-course assessments for English II. Beginning with the 2014-2015 (changed from 2013-14) school year, all in...

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WASigned into law 04/2011P-12Assessments
H.B. 1412
Allows students in the classes of 2012 and 2013 to meet the standard on only one high school mathematics end-of-course assessment.
Effectiv...

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GAAdopted 07/2010P-12Waivers and Variances of High School Graduation Assessments
160-1-3-.09
Amends provisions providing alternatives to students who fail the high school graduation assessment. http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Exams for Career/Tech Students
S.B. 490
Relates to xaminations administered to students pursuing a career major curriculum and a career diploma. Requires that construction of end-o...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Increases Minimum High School Graduation Requirements
S.B. 438 - Sec. 16
Increases the minimum credits required for high school graduation from 20 to 25 and gives greater emphasis to math, science and world langua...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12CTE Exams Substituting for Portions of High School Graduation Exam
H.B. 400 - Amended Section 20-2-281
Directs the state board to consider passage of an industry certification exam or state board-approved licensure exam when considering granti...

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SCSigned into law 05/2010P-12End-of-Course Assessments Task Force
H.J.R. 4823 - Sec. 7
Directs the state Department of Education, in collaboration with the Education Oversight Committee, to convene a task force to include, but ...

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FLSigned into law 04/2010P-12Redefines Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
S.B. 4 - Sec. 1-4
Redefines the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in math and reading as end-of-course exams. Provides that: (1) Beginning with students e...

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FLSigned into law 04/2010P-12Statewide Assessment Program
S.B. 4 - Sec. 8
Statewide Assessment Program - Discontinues the 9th and 10th grade math Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) and the high school mat...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Money-Saving Measures
H.B. 166
Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ...

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NYAdopted 01/2010P-12Regents Requirements for Students with Disabilities
Title 8 NYCRR Section 100.5
Amends section 100.5 to extend the Regents Competency Test (RCT) safety net provision for an additional year, thereby allowing students with...

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AZAdopted 10/2009P-12Exit Exams
R7-2-302.06 thru 302.09
Existing rule, effective through the graduating Class of 2010, allows a student who fails to achieve a passing score on the AIMS assessment ...

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LAAdopted 09/2009P-12High School Graduation Requirements
LAC 28:CXV.2319
Amends rules relating to high school graduation requirements. Provides students the opportunity to complete requirements for the senior proj...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12State Assessment System
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.079, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3301.0712
Replaces all references to "tests" to "assessments".
Section 3301.079: Existing law requires the state board to inform all districts when an...

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TNSigned into law 06/2009P-12Dates of Assessments
H.B. 1393
Requires commissioner to establish dates for the administration of assessments required for graduation that provide the maximum number of in...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12College-Ready Indicators on End-of-Course Assessments
H.B. 3 - Section 27
Eliminates provision that a student's performance on a college-ready question on an end-of-course assessment may not be used to determine th...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12College Readiness Standards
H.B. 3 - Section 53, Part I
Defines "college-readiness" as the level of preparation a student must attain in English language arts and math to enroll and succeed, witho...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12State Assessments
H.B. 3 - Section 50 through 52
Directs the state education agency, in developing state assessments for math, reading, writing, social studies and science for grades 3-8, t...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Student Assessment Data Portal
H.B. 3 - Section 48 and 49
Deletes provision that education Internet portal provides secure access to student assessment data. Amends 32.258 to direct the state educat...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12End-of-Course Assessments and Exit Exam Transition
H.B. 3 - Section 54
Repeals existing language on means to determine completion of end-of-course assessment requirements. Replaces with language requiring studen...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Determining Performance Standards on State Assessments
H.B. 3 - Section 53, Part II
Transfers from the state board to the commissioner the duty of determining the performance level considered satisfactory on specified assess...

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GAVetoed 05/2009P-12Career Test Substituting for Exit Exam
S.B. 178, Section 11
Directs the state board to consider a passing score on an employer or industry certification exam or state board-approved state licensure ex...

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MNSigned into law 05/2009P-12High 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...

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MNSigned into law 05/2009P-12State Assessment System
H.F. 2
Aligns high school tests with required academic standards.  Strikes the requirement for constructed response questions.  Makes GRAD tests ap...

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TNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Removes Comprehensive Test Passage as Graduation Requirement
S.B. 2312
Removes requirement of passage of the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests in order to receive a full diploma. (No impact of sub...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009P-12End of Course Requirements
H.B. 1959
Adds transcript requirements to provide evidence of end-of-course assessment credit for Algebra I and/or English II for specified future sch...

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NVAdopted 04/2009P-12Proficiency Examinations
NAC 389
Revises various provisions governing proficiency examinations, include pass of proficiency examinations and an alternative method to demonst...

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WAAdopted 03/2009P-12Alternative Assessment Method
WAC 392-501-510
Complies with the legislative directive to implement an alternative assessment method that shall be an evaluation of a collection of work sa...

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MDAdopted 02/2009P-12High School Graduation Requirements
COMAR 13A.03.02.09-1
Establishes rules relating to the graduation requirements in public high schools in the state. In particular, procedures for denial of high ...

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NMAdopted 01/2009P-12High School Assessment System
NMAC 6.19.7.1, .2, .3, .4, .5, .6, .7, .8, .9, .10, .11
The objective of this rule is to establish procedures for implementing the high school readiness assessment system, including: (a) the proce...

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UTSigned into law 10/2008P-12Assessment System
S.B. 2002A
Allows the State Board of Education to exempt a school district or charter school from testing requirements under the Utah Performance Asses...

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ALAdopted 05/2008P-12Alabama High School Graduation Exam
290-4-2-.02
Deletes reference to the Alternate Adult High School Diploma option for students who do not pass specified sections of the high school gradu...

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ALAdopted 05/2008P-12Graduation Requirements and Other Changes
290-3-1-.02
Increases the minimum number of teaching days in the school year from 175 to 180 (in compliance with 2003 S.B. 4). Permits secondary school ...

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WASigned into law 03/2008P-12Washington Assessment of Student Learning Modifications and End-of-course Exams
H.B. 3166
Beginning with the 2009 administration of the Washington assessment of student learning (WASL), the superintendent is directed to redesign t...

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NMSigned into law 02/2008P-12
Postsec.
Community College
College and Workplace Readiness Assessment
S.B. 460
Relates to public schools; changes the statewide college and workplace readiness assessments; allows the eleventh grade standards-based asse...

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LAadopted 01/2008P-12Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
LAC 28:CXI.303, 305, 312, 315, 701, 1351, and 1355
Amends chapters of Bulletin 118 - Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices relating to test security, assessment program overview, and g...

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PAAdopted 01/2008P-12Graduation Competency Assessments
Chapter 4 Revisions
New state board regulations change high school graduation requirements to ensure the academic preparedness of high school seniors. These reg...

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ALAdopted 12/2007P-12Alabama Exit Exam and Students with Disabilities
AAC 290-4-2-.02
Allows alternate requirements for students currently protected by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation act of 1973 to receive the Alabama High ...

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CAVetoed 09/2007P-12High school exit exam
A.B. 1379
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to identify alternative criteria and measures by which high school pupils who are regarded...

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CASigned into law 09/2007P-12High school exit exam, remediation
A.B. 347
Relates to funding for intensive instruction for pupils that have not satisfied the exit examination requirements, the use by a school distr...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-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...

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TNSigned into law 06/2007P-12Diagnostic Exams
S.B. 2175
Present law requires that, before graduation, every high school student have the opportunity to take an exit examination as adopted by the s...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12End-of-course Assessments
S.B. 1031
From bill analysis: This bill would phase out TAKS and replace it with end of course exams in the four core subject areas in grades 9-12. Th...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12GRAD 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://ww...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Independent Office of Educational Accountability
H.F. 2245 [Educational Accountability]
Amends duties of the Independent Office of Educational Accountability as it relates to the commissioner of education's reporting requirement...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12State 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. Esta...

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TXVetoed 05/2007P-12Substitute Assessments for Military Dependents
S.B. 960
Extends the provision allowing students transferring into Texas schools to use their SAT or ACT scores to "test out" of the math and languag...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12High School Graduation Exam Options
S.B. 6023
A conditional delay of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) as a graduation requirement in mathematics is created for the gr...

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LAAdopted 03/2007P-12Statewide Assessments
LAC 28:CXI.305 and Chapter 19
Approves for advertisement revisions to Bulletin 118- Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices. Consolidates statewide test information....

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MAAdopted 03/2007P-12Competency Standards and Certificate of Mastery for High School Graduation
603 CMR 30.00, -31.00
Enhances the Competency Determination standard for high school graduation and revises the Certificate of Mastery to increase the proportion ...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Standards, Assessment, Professional Development & Code of Conduct Updates
S.B. 795
Provides for the phasing out of the eighth grade cumulative history test in the 2007-2008 school year, and the implementation of the United ...

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AKAdopted 12/2006P-12Passing Scores
4 AAC 06.739, .755
Amend rules to the Department of Education and Early Development,dealing with 10th grade standards based assessments. Repeals and readopts n...

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UTAdopted 12/2006P-12Adult Education Exit Exam Exemption
R277-705
Exempts adult education students from attempting or passing the Utah Basic Skills Competency Test (UBSCT) in order to qualify for an adult e...

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UTAdopted 11/2006P-12Non-traditional Student Participation in State Achievement Tests
R277-604
Provides definitions, criteria and procedures for private school students, home school students, electronic high school (EHS) students, and ...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Exit Exam Standards Evaluation
A.B. 2937
Requires the Department of Education to conduct a study to determine which of the Standards Tests or combination of those tests, is equivale...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Exit Exam and Students w/ Disabilities
S.B. 267
Relates to the State High School Exit Examination. Extends provisions relating to the granting or denial of a high school diploma by a schoo...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12High School Exit Exam Assistance
S.B. 638
Relates to the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program to assist pupils in passing high school exit ex...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12
Community College
Postsec.
Dual Enrollment and Exit Exams
S.B. 1303
Relates to prohibiting a principal from recommending, for any particular grade level, for community college summer session attendance, more ...

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CASigned into law 08/2006P-12Reporting Exit Exam Results
S.B. 1592
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to report on the number and percentage of pupils who failed to receive a diploma of gradua...

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CARule Adoption 07/2006P-12High School Exit Exams
Title 5 CCR Sections 1204.5, 1207.1, 1207.2
Establishes emergency rules relating to high school exit examination.
a) Eligible pupils in grade 11 who have not yet passed one or both se...

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MDAdopted 07/2006P-12High School Exit Exam
COMAR 13A.03.02.08
Extends to students graduating before 2009 the option of substituting participation in a Department-approved test for participation in a Mar...

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VARule Adoption 07/2006P-12Standards For Accrediting Public Schools
8 VAC 20-131-10 thru -320 non seq.
Amends regulations establishing standards for accrediting public schools in Virginia. The amendments include additional options for student...

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LAAdopted 06/2006P-12Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 17, 21, 24, 35, 41,43, and 45
Full text of language on pages 8-20 of 62: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0606/0606RUL.pdf

Changes define/outline/clarify the followi...

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AZSigned into law 05/2006P-12Alternative High School Graduation Requirements
S.B. 1443
Describes alternative high school graduation requirements.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/47leg/2r/bills/sb1443s.pdf...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12High School Graduation Requirements for Students with Disabilities
H.B. 7087 - Section 23 (3) - (8)
Requires local boards to modify basic courses, as necessary, to to assure exceptional students the opportunity to meet the graduation requir...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Statewide Assessments - Subjects, Grades, Rigor
H.B. 7087 (Section 40)
Revises policies for the statewide Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. Previously, the FCAT was being administered annually in grades 3 t...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12
Postsec.
High School Achievement Tests
H.B. 7087 (Section 40)
The State Board of Education must analyze the content and concordant data sets for widely used high school achievement tests, including, but...

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MDRule Adoption 05/2006P-12High School Math Assessment Requirements
COMAR 13A.03.02.04, .12
Amends rules regarding exemption of students from taking the Maryland High School Assessment for algebra/data analysis if they completed and...

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OKSigned into law 05/2006P-12NCLB and End-of-Instruction Assessments
S.B. 1792 - Section 4
Clarifies that testing for grades 3, 4, 6 and 7 is contingent on the availability of federal and state funds. Eliminates grade 3 stand-alon...

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OKSigned into law 05/2006P-12End-of-Instruction Exams
S.B. 1792 - Section 6
Clarifies that 2 of the 6 end-of-course exams all students must pass effective with the Class of 2012 are Algebra I and English II. Provide...

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IDSigned into law 04/2006P-12Distance Learning and Remedial Coursework
H.B. 847 Section 9
Specifies that $1,100,000 of the appropriation in section 3 of the bill be distributed to the Idaho Digital Learning Academy, as follows:
(1...

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AZAdopted 03/2006P-12High School Exit Exam
R7-2-302.05, -302.06
Exempts rules relating to high school students taking the ArizonaInstrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) test and test scores for students in...

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CAAdopted 03/2006P-12High School Exit Examination Administration
Title 5 CCR Sections 1204.5 thru 1207.2
1204.5. Grades 11 and 12 and Adult Education Testing Dates.
(a) Eligible pupils in grade 11 and eligible adult students who have not yet pas...

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LAAdopted 03/2006P-12Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
LAC 28:CXI.312, 316 and 1351
Permits seniors who wish to retest for diploma endorsements to test during the fall retest. Provides guidelines and rules about administrati...

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SCSigned into law 03/2006P-12State Assessments
H.B. 4328
Existing provision provides for the Budget and Control Board to issue a request for proposals for the purpose of conducting a study to deter...

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WASigned into law 03/2006P-12Alternative Methods of Assessment and Appeal
S.B. 6475
Requires state superintendent to implement alternative methods of assessment and appeal processes for the certificate of academic achievemen...

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LAAdopted 02/2006P-12Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
LAC 28:CXI.107, 305, 307, 309, 313, 315, 701, 1101, 1115, 1141, 1151,1153, 1301, 1313, 1335, 1345, 1347, 1349, 1351, 1355, 1501, 1701, 1901, 2001,2501, 2701, 3303, 3305, 3307
Amends Bulletin 118--Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices.

(1) Revise the names of two of Louisiana's statewide assessment tests ...

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CASigned into law 01/2006P-12One-year Exit Exam Exemptions for Students with Disabilities
S.B. 517
Requires school districts or state special schools to grant a high school diploma to a pupil with a disability who is scheduled to graduate ...

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GAAdopted 12/2005P-12Procedures for Exemption from Graduation Exam
GAC 160-1-3-.09
Establishes "variance" procedure for a student not eligible for waiver (not rendered incapable of passing a section of the GHSGT or the
GHSW...

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LAAdopted 12/2005P-12General Education Exam and Students with Disabilities
LAC 28: CXV.2319
Allows the Superintendent of Education to waive the final component of the General Education Exam for student with disabilities if the Depar...

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CAVetoed 10/2005P-12High School Exit Exams - Alternative Assessments
H.B. 1531
An act to add Section 60856.1 to the Education Code, relating to academic assessment. This bill would permit a pupil to satisfy the English ...

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CASigned into law 10/2005P-12Charter 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 ...

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CAVetoed 10/2005P-12Exit 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 ...

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CASigned into law 09/2005P-12Assistance to Students Failing the Exit Exam
A.B. 128
States that funds received through section 37252 for supplemental instruction may be used to provide intensive instruction and services to s...

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CAVetoed 09/2005P-12Adult Learners May Take Exit Exam
A.B. 1057
An act to add Section 60851.3 to the Education Code, relating to education. Require the exit examination to be offered to a person regularly...

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GAAdopted 07/2005P-12Student Assessments
GAC 160-3-1-.07
Clarifies rules regarding testing programs and student assessment. Clarifies assessment participation requirements for English language lear...

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MARule Adoption 07/2005P-12Comprehensive Assessment System and Standards
603 CMR 30.00
Amends the Comprehensive Assessment System and Standards for Competency Determination rules. Adds one discipline in science and technology a...

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NYEmergency Rule Adoption 07/2005P-12State Assessment, Graduation and Diploma Requirements
100.5 Title 8 NYCRR
Revises requirements for obtaining a Regents high school diploma, a Regents diploma with advanced designation, and a local high school diplo...

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TNSIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 06/2005P-12Bonus Points for
S.B. 1015/Act 446
Authorizes the state board of education to promulgate regulations whereby a student, who narrowly misses passage of one or more of the Tenne...

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WAPassed 06/2005P-12Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL)
WAC 180-57-070
Amends rule regarding the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL). Corrects problem of not adequately covering the reasons why a st...

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AZSigned into law 05/2005P-12Remediation Funding
S.B. 1516 (Section 2)
Replaces reference to "reimbursement" with reference to "certificate of supplemental instruction" for student attending a school designated
...

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AZSigned into law 05/2005P-12AIMS Requirements
S.B. 1038
States that a student who does not pass the AIMS must receive a high school diploma if the student meets the alternative graduation requirem...

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DESigned into law 05/2005P-12
H.B. 3
Eliminates multi-tiered diplomas in Delaware, establishing instead the "State of Delaware High School Diploma" to each student graduating fr...

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DESigned into law 05/2005P-12High 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 ...

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NVAdopted 05/2005P-12High School Proficiency Examinations
NAC 389.027, .051, .056, .058, .061, .071
Amends provisions governing high school proficiency examinations. NEVADA REG 3705 (SN)...

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OKSigned into law 05/2005P-12Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005
S.B. 982
New law establishing the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005. One new section establishes the Oklahoma Mathematics Improvement Progra...

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OKSigned into law 05/2005P-12End-of-Course Tests
S.B. 982, Sections 6 and 8
Creates new section. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the 2008-2009 school year, every student must demonstrate mastery o...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Grade 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 p...

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AZVetoed 04/2005P-12Department Reporting and Student Testing
H.B. 2033
Requires the department to report to specified members of the legislature on its budget status every two months for the first half of each f...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12Special Education and the AIMS
S.B. 1352
States that a student with an individualized education program (IEP) is not required to earn a passing score on a competency test required f...

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INSigned into law 04/2005P-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 gradua...

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VASigned into law 03/2005P-12Credits 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 e...

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MDRule Adoption 02/2005P-12General Instructional Programs
COMAR 13A.01.04.04, .05, .03.02.02, .04, .01 thru .09
Adopts rules to the Maryland State Board of Education. Deals with graduation requirements in public high schools in Maryland. Merges the Eng...

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OHSigned into law 02/2005P-12Parent's Week, Teacher Compensation, Testing Sections
H.B. 493
Designates the fourth week of September as Parent's Week; revises provisions governing child support collection. Qualifies teachers employed...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12High 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 instruc...

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LAVetoed 07/2004P-12Certificates of Attendance
H.B. 740
Provides for the awarding of certificates of attendance by the board of elementary and secondary education to any public high school student...

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TXRule Adoption 07/2004P-12Texas 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 st...

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DESigned into law 05/2004P-12High 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 ...

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FLSigned by Governor 05/2004P-12
Postsec.
Accelerated High School Graduation, High Stakes Testing, Reading Deficiencies
S.B. 364
Revises course requirements in college & career preparatory accelerated high school graduation program; amends requirements for grade point ...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Standard Diploma
H.B. 1257
Amends an uncodified act to direct local school boards to adopt procedures, pursuant to Board of Education guidelines, to award verified uni...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Notification to Parents of Rights of Students
S.B. 438
Directs local school boards to notify parents of the educational rights of students who fail to graduate or who have failed to achieve the n...

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ALAdopted 03/2004P-12Alternate 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 Ex...

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ALEmergency Rule Adoption 03/2004P-12Student 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...

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MSRule Adoption 03/2004P-12Graduation Requirements and Exit Examinations
THF-1
Revises rules regarding graduation requirements and exit examinations. MISSISSIPPI REG 9026 (SN)...

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WASigned into law 03/2004P-12State 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 f...

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TXRule Adoption 11/2003P-12Program 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 complet...

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CASigned into law 10/2003P-12Special 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 pr...

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TXAdopted 09/2003P-12Performance Standards
19TAC §101.23 & 101.33
Requires the state board to determine the level of performance considered to be satisfactory on the assessment instruments. Sets the "commen...

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TXRule Adoption 09/2003P-12Development and Administration of Tests
19 TAC 101.23, .33
§101.23. Performance Standards. (a)  Except as otherwise provided by the Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapter 39, Subchapter B, the State Boa...

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MARule Adoption 07/2003P-12Standards for Competency Determination on MCAS
603 CMR 30.03
Students in the graduating class of 2003 shall meet or exceed the Needs Improvement threshold scaled score of 220 on both the English Langua...

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FLSigned into law 06/2003P-12High 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 h...

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NCSigned into law 06/2003P-12School Competency Test
H.B. 801
Modifies the state competency testing program to ensure that high school students who do not pass the competency test are given an opportuni...

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NVSigned into law 06/2003P-12High School Exit Examination Component
S.B. 1 (Omnibus Bill)
Addresses the mathematics portion of the high school proficiency exam. A passing score on this exam is required for Nevada students to obta...

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TXto governor 06/2003P-12Personal 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 ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2003P-12Profile of Learning, High School Graduation Requirements, NCLB-Compliant Testing System, State Standards
H.F. 302 (multiple provisions)
Effective the 2003-04 school year and later, bars the state education commissioner from implementing the profile of learning portion of the ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2003P-12
Postsec.
Commissioner Recommendation Required on Provisions of State High School Tests
H.F. 302 (multiple provisions)
Effective the day after enactment, requires the commissioner to provide written recommendations to the committees of the legislature having ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2003P-12Reciprocity Agreements
H.B. 591
To facilitate the transfer of military personnel and their dependents to and from the public schools of this state, the agency is required t...

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NMSigned into law 03/2003P-12Graduation 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...

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VASigned into law 03/2003P-12Remediation for Certain Students
H.B. 1757
Requires school boards to provide programs of prevention, intervention, and remediation for students failing an end-of-course test required ...

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AKAdopted 12/2002P-12High School Graduation Examinations
4 AAC 06.755
Requires every sophomore to take the high school graduation exam. Juniors who have failed must be retested at least once each school year o...

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MSRule Adoption 12/2002P-12Graduation 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 Subj...

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ALAdopted 10/2002P-12Student Assessment Required for Alabama High School
AAC 290-4-2-.02
Establishes rules amending the current rule by delaying implementation of the social studies subject- area test of the Alabama High School G...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Longitudinal Achievement Data
S.B. 1453
Requires the State Department of Education to contract for the development or proposals that will provide for the retention and analysis of ...

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CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Exit Exam Prep Class
A.B. 1794
Authorizes a school district that offers adult education to offer a program, course, or class of supplemental instruction in preparation for...

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CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Data on Exam Failure Rates
S.B. 1408
Requires the governing board of each school district that grants a diploma of graduation from high school annually to compile the number of ...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Changes/Clarifications in the exit exam system
S.B. 1476
Provides that language arts, with respect to the high school exit exam, refers to English language arts. Requires a school principal, to sub...

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CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Alternate assessments for exit examination for individuals with disabilities
A.B. 2600
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the advisory committee established by this bill to develop guidelines regarding the me...

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UTSigned into law 07/2002P-12Status of 10th Grade Competency Test
H.B. 5007E
Modifies the State System of Public Education by extending for one year the pilot status of the tenth grade basic skills competency test....

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FLSigned into law 06/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Assessment Cutoff Scores, Accommodations
S.B. 20E
Grandfathers in the scores of 10th-graders who took the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in spring 2001. Requires that when stat...

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TNSigned into law 05/2002P-12Exit Exam
H.B. 2897
Makes the single exit exam prior to high school graduation optional instead of mandatory; requires results be shared with legislative oversi...

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VASigned into law 04/2002P-12Standard Diploma for "Transition" Students
S.B. 609
Directs the Board of Education to develop guidelines for local school boards to award verified units of credit for a standard diploma for "t...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Industry Certification
S.B. 477
Authorizes the Board of Education to substitute industry certification and State licensure examinations for Standards of Learning assessment...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Diploma Requirements
H.B. 493, S.B. 609
Directs the Board of Education to develop guidelines for local school boards to award verified units of credit for a standard diploma for tr...

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OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT) Provision
S.B. 1
Delays the requirement for students to pass all five tests to receive a high school diploma from the class of 2001 to the class of 2007. Pr...

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CASigned into law 09/2001P-12High School Exit Exam
A.B. 1609
Specifies that 2000-01 school year is the only year in which ninth-graders may take the high school exit examination. Creates new section re...

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AKSigned into law 06/2001P-122 Year Transition for the High School Grad. Requirement
S.B. 133
Relates to a 2 year transition for implementation of the public high school competency examination; establishes an essential skills examinat...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Informational 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 sch...

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SCSigned into law 05/2001P-12Section 3
H.B. 3534
Amends Section 59-18-310(B). The statewide assessment program in the four academic areas shall include grades 3 through 8, an exit examinati...

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VAVetoed 05/2001P-12State Licensure Exams as Standards of Learning Assessments
S.B. 1056
Requires the Board of Education to authorize, in its regulation for accrediting public schools, the substitution of industry certification a...

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DESigned into law 05/2000P-12Professional Development and Educator Accountability Act
S.B. 260
Creates the Professional Development and Educator Accountability Act. Beginning in 2002, at least 20% of educator's performance evaluation w...

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GASigned into law 03/2000P-12Omnibus Bill - High School Graduation Exams
H.B. 1187
The High School Graduation Tests will be eliminated when the end of course tests are put in place. Local boards of education shall have the...

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MOSigned by governor 07/1999P-12Rewards/Sanctions to Encourage State Test Performance
H.B. 889
Local boards of education shall adopt written policies regarding student participation in state assessments, to be given annually to every s...

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FLSigned into law 05/1999P-12A+ 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 i...

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VADied 06/1998P-12
H.B. 186 Graduation Requirements
Directs the Board of Education to establish requirements for a standard diploma in vocational/technical studies, comprised of 22 credit unit...

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