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 | 21st Century Skills |
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| Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
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| Assessment--Computer Based |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--Legal Issues |
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| Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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| Assessment--Value Added |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Brain Research |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Cheating |
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| Choice of Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
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| Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Excusal |
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Multicultural |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Curriculum--Speech Education |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics |
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| Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Does Money Matter? |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Litigation |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| Governance |
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| Governance--Regional Entities |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| Governance--School Boards--Training |
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| Governance--Site-Based Management |
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| Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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| Health |
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| Health--Child Abuse |
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| Health--Mental Health |
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| Health--Nutrition |
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| Health--Suicide Prevention |
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| Health--Teen Pregnancy |
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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--College Readiness |
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| High School--Credit Recovery |
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| High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| High School--International Baccalaureate |
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| Instructional Approaches |
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| Instructional Approaches--Constructivism |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills |
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| Instructional Approaches--Official English |
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| Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning |
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| Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education |
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| Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task |
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| Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| International Benchmarking |
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| Leadership |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
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| No Child Left Behind |
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| No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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| No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--Finance |
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| No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement |
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| No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
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| No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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| No Child Left Behind--Special Populations |
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| No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
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| Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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| Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
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| P-16 or P-20 |
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| P-3 |
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| P-3 Brain Development |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
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| P-3 Data Systems |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits |
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| P-3 Family Involvement |
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 | P-3 Finance |
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | From sections 5-16 of bill summary: Previous provisions provide for both part- and full-day preschool programs. New provisions provide that the state preschool programs must include, but not be limited to, part-day age and developmentally appropriate programs designed to facilitate the transition to kindergarten for 3- and 4-year-old children. New provisions define 3- and 4-year-old children as children who will have their 3rd or 4th birthday on or before November 1 for the 2012–13 fiscal year, October 1 for the 2013–14 fiscal year, and September 1 for the 2014–15 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter (previously state preschool programs open to children having their 3rd or 4th birthday by December 2 of fiscal in which they are enrolled in a state preschool program). New provisions make conforming changes to delete references to full-day preschool programs. Replaces annual reporting requirement on the number of preschool age children receiving part-time and full-time development services with requirement that the department annually report a statewide summary identifying the number of preschool age children receiving part-day preschool and wraparound child care services.
Amends conditions of receipt of specified funds for child development and preschool programs. New provisions require a participating part-day preschool program, as a condition of receipt of funds, to coordinate the provision of (A) opportunities for parents and legal guardians to work with their children on interactive literacy activities, (B) specified parenting education, (C) referrals, as necessary, to providers of instruction in adult education and English as a second language in order to improve the academic skills of parents of children in participating classrooms, and (D) specified staff development. Repeals provision authorizing a local educational agency or a participating program on behalf of one or more participating programs to select a family literacy and education coordinator whose duties may include specified activities. Repeals provision directing the state superintendent, subject to the availability of specified funds, to conduct a specified evaluation of the effectiveness of legislatively-established prekindergarten and family literacy programs. Repeals provision authorizing the use of up to $5,000,000 of specified funds appropriated in the Budget Act of 2005 by the state superintendent to provide direct child care services for children in participating classrooms to meet the child care needs of parents for the portion of each day that is not covered by services provided as part of a specified preschool program.
Requires a family literacy supplemental grant to be made available and distributed to state preschool classrooms, as determined by the state superintendent, at a rate of $2,500 per class. Among other things, assigns first priority to state preschool programs that contract to receive this funding before July 1, 2012. Requires family literacy supplemental grants to be used for specified purposes. Provides that implementation of the family literacy supplemental grant program is contingent upon funding being provided for the program in the annual Budget Act or other statute. Requires the state superintendent to encourage state preschool program applicants or contracting agencies to offer full-day services through a combination of part-day preschool slots and wraparound general child care and development programs. Also requires fees to be assessed and collected for families with children in part-day preschool programs, families receiving wraparound child care services, or both. Allows the family fee schedule for child care and development services to include the assessment of fees on families whose children are enrolled in the state preschool program. Articulates family income threshold for eligibility standards for families to receive child care and development services, such that for 2012–13 fiscal year, the income eligibility limits are to be 70% of the state median income that was in use for the 2007–08 fiscal year, adjusted for family size.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1001-1050/sb_1016_bill_20120627_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1016 - Preschool Finance
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| FL | Vetoed 04/2012 | P-12 | From final bill analysis: Conforms applicable statutes to the appropriations provided in the General Appropriations Act for the school readiness program for the 2012-2013 fiscal year. Defines terms for purposes of the School Readiness Act. Requires definitions for expenditures and reports for (1) direct expenditures for services to children; (2) administrative costs; (3) nondirect expenditures; and (4) quality. Requires the Office of Early Learning to: (1) adopt a list of approved curricula; (2) identify a preassessment and postassessment for School Readiness participants; (3) adopt a statewide, standardized contract to be used by coalitions with each school readiness provider; (4) coordinate with other agencies to perform data matches on individuals or families participating in the school readiness program; and (5) submit annually a recommended allocation of funds to the School Readiness Allocation Conference including payment rates, parent co-payment percentages, and the Gold Seal premium rate percentage. Revises procurement and expenditure requirements by early learning coalitions. Requires coalitions to merge if they are unable to comply with expenditure requirements. Allows the Office of Early Learning to provide a waiver for merging coalitions for the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 years if justification for excess expenditures is provided. Revises the eligibility criteria for the enrollment of children in the school readiness program:
o First priority is a child under 13 from a working family receiving TANF;
o Second priority is an at-risk child under 9;
o Third priority is a child under 6 from an economically disadvantaged family, and children younger than 6 who are disabled;
o Fourth priority is a child ages 9 through 13 who is a sibling of a younger child in the school readiness program through the at-risk provision;
o Fifth priority is a child ages 6 through 13 who is a sibling of a younger child in the school readiness program through the economically disadvantaged provision; and
o Last priority is for a child who is also concurrently enrolled in the Head Start program and the Voluntary Prekindergarten Program.
Provides for the allocation of school readiness funds as specified in the General Appropriations Act. For 2012-2013, requires the Office of Early Learning to submit by May 31, 2012, a recommended allocation of School Readiness Program funds, including standardized provider payment rates, Gold Seal premium rate percentages, and a parent co-payment percentage to the School Readiness Allocation Conference for review. Requires recalculation of the funding allocations quarterly by the Office of Early Learning. Provides for fraud investigations and provides penalties for school readiness providers and parents who knowingly submit false information related to child eligibility and attendance in a school readiness program. Creates the School Readiness Allocation Conference, are to review allocation recommendations by the Office of Early Learning. Establishes a due date for school readiness providers to submit market rates to be used as part of the prevailing market rate schedule.
Bill text: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h5103er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=5103&Session=2012
Final bill analysis: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=h5103z.PKAS.DOCX&DocumentType=Analysis&BillNumber=5103&Session=2012
Governor's veto message: http://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/4.20.12-HB-5103-Veto-Letter.pdf
Title: H.B. 5103
Source: myfloridahouse.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Requires each private prekindergarten provider and public school in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program to implement an evidence-based pre- and post-assessment approved by the state board of education. Requires the approved assessment to be valid, reliable, developmentally appropriate, and designed to measure student progress in early literacy, numeracy and language. Repeals provisions basing private providers' and public schools' "kindergarten readiness rate" on the results of the statewide kindergarten screening for students completing the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program. Adds provision requiring kindergarten readiness rates to include student learning gains when available, calculated using a value-added measure. Eliminates certain provisions related to the good cause exemption for private providers otherwise deemed ineligible to deliver and receive state funds for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program. Requires each coalition to report student enrollment monthly, and prohibits a student enrollment count for the prior fiscal year from being amended after December 31 of the subsequent fiscal year.
Bill text (pages 12-16 of 41): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h5101er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=5101&Session=2012
Final bill analysis (page 5 of 13): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=h5101z.PKAS.DOCX&DocumentType=Analysis&BillNumber=5101&Session=2012
Title: H.B. 5101 - Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program
Source: myfloridahouse.gov
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Cuts grants to early childhood education scholarships for public or private preschool programs from $4,000,000 to $2,000,000 for 2013.
Article 3, Sec. 4 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Permits schools to charge a fee for early childhood services for any child who is under the age of compulsory attendance pursuant to § 13-27-1 and is not enrolled in kindergarten or a more advanced grade. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2012/Bills/HB1195ENR.pdf
Title: H.B. 1195
Source: legis.state.sd.us
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Requires a school district that receives an Early Childhood Block Grant to report to the state board of education on its use of the block grant in such form and detail as specified by the state board. Requires the report to the general assembly to include the following information for the district: block grant allocation and expenditures by program; population and service levels by program; and administrative expenditures by program.
Also requires the report on how Chicago uses education block grant and educational services block grants to include block grant allocation and expenditures by program; population and service levels by program; and administrative expenditures by program. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0256.pdf
Title: S.B. 1742
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| MN | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Sets forth eligibility requirements for children who may receive early childhood education scholarships. Requirements include parental income below 47 percent of the state median in the current year or child's participation in another public funding program (e.g. Free and Reduced Price Lunch).
Requires the Department of Education to make scholarships available on a first-come, first-served basis if the appropriation is insufficient to cover all eligible children.
Requires the commissioner of education to submit a report to the education committees describing a plan for implementation by January 2012. (Article 7, Sec 2, Subd 8)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/
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| MN | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Allows school districts to reallocate general education revenue attributable to 12th grade students who have graduated early to extended time kindergarten and prekindergarten programs. (Article 1, Sec 20)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/
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| TX | Adopted 06/2011 | P-12 | From Texas Register: Amends s.102.1002, concerning the prekindergarten early start grant program. Revises procedures for the prekindergarten grant award program by updating provisions relating to definitions, including changes to the definitions for Tier 1 and Tier 2 grantees and deletion of the Tier 3 grantee definition; eligibility criteria; funding allocations and continuation funding, including removal of Tier 3 funding; exemptions; and technical assistance. The adopted revisions will be implemented beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. See pages 14-17 of 19: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0617/0617adop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 102.1002
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Arizona Revised Statute 15-821 is clarified. If a child who has not reached the age of five before September 1 of the current school year is admitted to kindergarten but withdraws and re-enroll the following year allows state age to be apportioned between the two years. Continues to limit funding to one year of kindergarten.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtest/50leg/1r/bills/sb1256s.pdf
Title: S.B. 1256--Kindergarten Finance
Source: http://www.azleg.gov/
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Maintains the eligibility of districts to receive the estimated maximum universal preK support.
Chapter 58 http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S02808&Summary=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y
Title: S.B. 2808 - Part A, Sec. 38
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Expresses legislative intent to increase funding for child development centers and preschools in future years, as resources become available, to provide staff of Title V child development centers and
preschools with adequate salaries and benefits, provide adequate resources to support program quality, and keep programs open.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/scr_47_bill_20100811_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.C.R. 47
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | In provisions concerning early childhood construction grants, provides that a public school district or other eligible entity must provide local matching funds in an amount equal to 10% of the grant (rather than the amount of the grant). Provides that the Capital Development Board may adopt rules that include requirements that new or improved facilities be used for early childhood and other related programs for a period of at least 10 years. Provides that when grants are made to non-profit corporations for the acquisition or construction of new facilities, the Capital Development Board or any state agency it so designates must hold title to or place a lien on the facility for a period of 10 years after the date of the grant award, after which title to the facility must be transferred to the non-profit corporation or the lien must be removed, provided that the non-profit corporation has complied with the terms of its grant agreement. Provides that when grants are made to non-profit corporations for the purpose of renovation or rehabilitation, if the non-profit corporation does not comply with the requirement that new or improved facilities be used for early childhood and other related programs for a period of at least 10 years, the Capital Development Board or any state agency it so designates must recover the grant pursuant to the procedures outlined in the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1402.pdf
Title: S.B. 3460
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Provides that when calculating the state reimbursement for transportation costs, the state board of education may not deduct the number of pupils enrolled in early education programs from the number of pupils eligible for reimbursement if the pupils enrolled in the early education programs are transported at the same time as other eligible pupils. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1264.pdf
Title: H.B. 4879
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Deletes language providing that the state board of education must provide the primary source of funding through appropriations for the grants for preschool educational program and that the funds must be distributed for the benefit of certain children. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0948.pdf
Title: S.B. 2594
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Removes obsolete provision requiring the state board of education to provide the primary source of funding for the voluntary preschool program for children at risk of academic failure.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=096-0944&GA=96
Title: H.B. 5322
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Relates to the Early Childhood Education Block Grant. Replaces provision that 11% of grant to be used to fund programs for children age 0-3 with provision that at least 11% of grant be used for such purposes. Requires this percentage to increase to 20% by the 2015 fiscal year. Provides exceptions to these provisions. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1412lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1412
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Requires grantees under the Preschool for All Children program to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the appropriate local Head Start agency within three months of the awarding of the grantee's grant. Requires collaboration between the grantee's program and the local Head Start agency on certain specified issues, including educational activities, public information, service areas, selection priorities for eligible children, maximizing impact of state and federal funding, staff training, parental outreach and transportation. Provides that if the local Head Start agency is unwilling or unable to enter into an MOU, the requirement does not apply and the grantee under the program must notify the state board of education in writing of the Head Start agency's inability or unwillingness. Directs the state board of education to compile all such written notices and make them publicly available. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0079lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 79
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Section 4: Repeals Section 8278 of the Education Code, which made child development appropriations, with the exception of funds appropriated for the After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships Program and for CalWORKs child care, available for expenditure for 3 years, and required the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish criteria and procedures for the reallocation of unearned contract
funds in the 2nd and 3rd years of availability, in accordance with specified priorities.
Section 5: Amends Section 8279.7, regarding the retention of qualified child care employees who work directly with children who receive state-subsidized child care services.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/abx4_2_bill_20090728_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2D - Sections 4 and 5
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Requires school construction projects supported by grants from the Capital Development Board to receive silver certification from the United States Green
Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System. Creates new section authorizing the state board to make grants to districts for school energy efficiency projects. Requires districts to provide local matching funds. Requires 20% of grant funds to be awarded to projects in Chicago.
Creates new section authorizing the Capital Development Board to make grants to districts and not-for-profit entities for early childhood construction projects. Requires a district or eligible entity to provide local matching funds. Directs the Capital Development Board, in consultation with the state board of education, to establish standards for the determination of priority needs concerning early childhood projects based on projects located in communities in the state with the greatest underserved population of young children. Requires 20% of grant funds to be awarded to projects in Chicago.
Creates new section authorizing the Capital Development Board to make grants to charter schools for construction projects. Requires eligible charter school construction projects to receive silver certification from the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building
Rating System.
Pages 40-45 of 263: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2424lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2424 - Article 30, Section 30-20
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Provides for state reimbursement of municipalities for school supportive health services provided to preschool students with disabilities and for allocation of the moneys to the department of health and the municipality. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08893&sh=t
Title: A.B. 8893
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Section 3301.90:Creates the Early Childhood Advisory Council to serve as the federally mandated state advisory council for early childhood education and care, and to advise the state regarding the creation and duties of the Center for Early Childhood Development in the state department of education. Directs the council to promote family-centered programs and services that acknowledge and support the social, emotional, cognitive, intellectual and physical development of children and the vital role of families in ensuring the well-being and success of children.
Section 265.70.20: Directs the Early Childhood Advisory Council (as created by H.B. 1) to establish an Early Childhood Financing Workgroup, to be chaired by the chair of the Early Childhood Advisory Council. Directs the workgroup to develop recommendations exploring the implementation of a single finance system for early care and education programs that includes aligned payment mechanisms and consistent eligibility and co-payment policies. Directs the workgroup to submit its recommendations to the governor by December 31, 2009, upon which time the workgroup shall cease to exist.
DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.education.ohio.gov/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Pages 1045-1046 and 2839 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3301.90 and 265.70.20
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | 3317.03: Requires each student enrolled in kindergarten to be counted as a full-time equivalent student regardless of whether or not the student is enrolled in full-day kindergarten class.
3321.01: Repeals references permitting a district that is not eligible to receive poverty-based assistance for all-day kindergarten to charge fees or tuition for students enrolled in all-day kindergarten.
3321.05: Defines "all day kindergarten" as a kindergarten class that is in session five days a week for at least the same number of clock hours each day as for students in grades 1-6. Provides that, beginning in FY 2011, districts must provide all-day kindergarten to each kindergarten student. Allows local boards to apply to the state superintendent for a waiver from the all-day kindergarten for all students requirement. Permits the state superintendent, in determining whether to grant the waiver, to consider space concerns or alternative delivery approaches the district may use. Requires districts to accommodate kindergarten students whose parents wish to enroll them in half-day kindergarten. Permits a district to use space in a child day-care center licensed by the department of job and family services to provide all-day kindergarten to district students.
265.70.70: Authorizes any district or community school that in FY 2009 charged fees or tuition for students in all-day kindergarten, as it existed prior to the effective date of this section, to charge fees or tuition to all-day kindergarten students in FY 2010 and FY 2011, at the same per student rate charged in FY 2009. Bars districts and community schools from charging fees or tuition for all-day kindergarten after FY 2011.
Pages 1310-1324, 1403-1407 and 2841 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3317.03, 3321.01, 3321.05 and 265.70.70
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Partially from DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Continues the GRF-funded early childhood education program at school districts, joint vocational school districts or educational service centers for children at least three years old as of the district entry date for kindergarten (except that children with an IEP where the early childhood education program is the least restrictive environment may be enrolled on their third birthday), not eligible for kindergarten, and whose families earn not more than 200% of the federal poverty guidelines. Requires providers to develop a sliding fee scale based on family income, for families that earn more than 200% of the federal poverty guidelines.
To receive state funding, an early childhood education program must:
(1) Meet teacher qualification requirements applicable to early childhood education programs
(2) Align its curriculum to the department of education's early learning content standards
(3) Comply with any child or program assessment requirements prescribed by the department
(4) Require teachers, except those working toward an associate's or bachelor's degree in a related field, to attend at least 20 hours of professional development every two years
(5) Document and report child progress
(6) Meet and report compliance with the department's early learning program guidelines.
Authorizes the department to examine a provider's financial and program records. Provides that if the program's financial practices are not in keeping with standard accounting principles or do not meet specified financial standards, or if the program fails to substantially meet the early learning program guidelines or exhibits below average performance as measured against the guidelines, the early childhood education program must propose and implement a department-approved corrective action plan, which must include a schedule for monitoring by the department. Defines activities that may be categorized under "monitoring". Authorizes the department to withhold funding pending corrective action. Provides that if an early childhood education program fails to satisfactorily complete a corrective action plan, the department may deny expansion funding to the program or withdraw all or part of the program's funding and establish a new eligible provider through a department-determined selection process.
Page 2798-2801 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Legislative analysis of H.B. 1 (starting page 219): http://www.lsc.state.oh.us/analyses128/h0001-i-128.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 265.10.20
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes the Texas Education Agency to seek, accept and distribute grants awarded by the federal government or any other public or private entity for the benefit of public elementary and secondary education. Authorizes the commissioner, for purposes of determining program eligibility for federal grant funds, that a Head Start program run by a school district or a community-based organization serves the function of an elementary school by providing elementary education at one or more program facilities. Specifies that this does not make the Head Start program eligible for state funds for which it would not otherwise be eligible. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00635F.pdf
Title: H.B. 635
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| IL | Adopted 03/2009 | P-12 | Extends sunset for Preschool for All Children program from June 2008 to June 2010. Pages 336-339 of 372: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue10.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 235.100
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes local school districts to operate and expend funds from any available sources for voluntary early childhood education programs.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/SB/2300-2399/SB2314SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2314
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/
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| TX | Adopted 03/2009 | P-12 | Establishes new procedural and reporting requirements for prekindergarten grants to school districts, open- enrollment charter schools, and education service centers operating as fiscal agents of shared services arrangements. http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter102/ch102aa.html
Title: 19 TAC 2.102.AA.102.1002
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2008 | P-12 | Revises various provisions of the Child Care and Development Services Act relating to the reimbursement and auditing of child care and development providers. Requires a child care contractor receiving additional funding to separately account for all sources and amounts of funds, and to report the fund amounts, to ensure a contractor is not reimbursed twice. Prohibits the Department of Education from including specified sources of funds in calculations of the funding available for contractors.
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 1028
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| HI | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 07/2008 | P-12 | Establishing an early learning system to be known as keiki first steps, to ensure a spectrum of high-quality early learning opportunities statewide for children birth-kindergarten entry, with priority given to underserved or at-risk children. Provides the early learning system will be developed and administered by the early learning council to the extent permissible by law. Establishes an early learning council to develop and administer the state's early learning system.
Establishes the keiki first steps grant program, to be developed by the council and administered by the department of human services. Provides that the program will increase high-quality early learning opportunities through the awarding of grants to publicly- or privately-run (1) center-based programs for three- and four-year-olds and (2) family child care programs, family-child interaction learning programs, and other early learning programs and services regardless of the age of children served. Establishes certain criteria for standards of quality that grantee programs must meet. Authorizes the department of human services to offer technical support to, and be responsible for monitoring to ensure the accountability of programs and services within the keiki first steps grant program, according to the standards developed by the council.
Establishes the keiki first steps trust fund to be administered by the early learning council, into which all moneys received by the council will be deposited.
Repeals Sections 302A-409 and -410 on the department plan for quality voluntary early education.
Establishes the pre-plus program to expand access to affordable and high-quality early childhood education for three- to four-year-olds from low-income families, by allowing preschool programs to be established on public school campuses through public-private partnerships. Directs the department of human services and the department of education to work together to develop pre-plus classrooms on department of education campuses statewide, including conversion charter school campuses. Directs the two departments to coordinate site selection for additional pre-plus programs at public school sites, with priority given to public school sites that serve at-risk children, including sites located in areas with limited access to early learning programs and services.
Directs the department of education to submit an annual report to the legislature and the early learning council prior to the convening of each regular session on the number of classrooms that would be suitable for programs and services in the early learning system, and the cost of renovating these classrooms to meet the standards of programs and services in the early learning system.
Bill text: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2008/Bills/SB2878_CD1_.htm
Governor's veto message: http://hawaii.gov/gov/leg/2008-session/veto-messages/SB2878%20SOBJ.pdf
Title: S.B. 2878
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Provides for phased in universal access to the Cecil J. Picard LA 4 Early Childhood Program and for participation by non-school system providers of early childhood education; relates to tuition and free or reduced-price meals for qualified children.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=505385
Title: S.B. 286
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/
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| NH | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Establishes a commission to study the feasibility of creating a preschool incentive fund program; provides that the committee shall determine priorities for the dissemination of such resources, survey and confirm local school districts' interest in using funds to establish high quality preschool pilot programs, study and document the availability of federal funds, and research preschool curricula and an appropriate model for the evaluation of preschool programs.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2008/HB1299.html
Title: H.B. 1299
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Counts kindergarten students as full-time students for the purpose of determining minimum adequacy facility requirements that are used to determine new construction needs. Remove language requiring a school district to provide the necessary capital monies to implement voluntary full-day kindergarten instruction.
Chapter 287
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/24/bills/hb2211o.asp
Title: H.B. 2211
Source: http://www.azleg.gov/
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Allows for the continuation of the distribution of funds by the state board of education to achieve a goal of Preschool for All Children by extending sunset date from June 2008 to June 2010. Moves current language with respect to a report concerning the distribution of new funding. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4705lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4705
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| OH | Emergency amendment 06/2008 | P-12 | All sections: Provides the early learning initiative (ELI) will no longer exist as of August 23, 2009, and that these rules are in effect only until August 22, 2009.
5101:2-23-05: Bars county departments of job and family services (CDJFS) from accepting new ELI applications on or after July 23, 2009.
http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/5101/2/23/5101$2-23-05_PH_EM_AE_RU_20090723_1302.pdf
Title: OAC 5101:2-23-05, -07, -09
Source: www.registerofohio.state.oh.us
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | 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 Plus programming to supply data concerning
the proportion of women and minorities enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM) programs. The Department of Education is to annually report its findings and recommendations
to the General Assembly by January 15. (Page 50, Line 7)
• Permits preschool programs to receive supplemental aid or modified allowable growth if approved by the
School Budget Review Committee. (Page 64, Line 23)
• Requires program approval by the Department of Education to receive preschool aid funding in a
program's second and subsequent years. (Page 64, Line 34)
• Requires nonreversion of Preschool Program funds appropriated to the Department of Education.
(Page 65, Line 30)
• Provides that it is the intent of the General Assembly that if funding is made available for implementing a
Statewide Early Childhood Professional Development System in FY 2008 or FY 2009, the System will
be implemented by the Department with the collaboration of Area Education Agencies.
(Page 66, Line 13)
• Requires the Iowa Empowerment Board to conduct a study of the role the Empowerment Program can
play in strengthening child care provided voluntarily and at no cost by family members, friends, and
neighbors. The Board must convene a working group to provide advice and must submit a report to the
From fiscal analysis: Significant changes to Iowa Code: • Prohibits local Community Empowerment boards from carrying forward more than 20.0% of their annual
allocation to the following fiscal year. (Page 26, Line 12)
• Requires local Community Empowerment boards to consider whether support services for children's
health needs are being provided to child care facilities in their communities. (Page 27, Line 17)
• Requires grant awards in the Before and After School Grant Program to be at least $30,000 and not more
than $50,000. Increases the required local match funding for Before and After School Grants from
20.0% to a dollar-for-dollar match. Requires the local match to be cash or in-kind contributions.
Eliminates an allocation of $100,000 from the Before and After School Grant Program for employment
of a contractor for long-term planning and development. Specifies that programs serving middle and
high school youth are eligible for the Program. Permits grants to be used for multiple fiscal years.
(Page 27, Line 26 through Page 28, Line 16)
• Requires Area Education Agencies (AEAs) to transfer 84.0% of Medicaid payments received to the
Department of Education, with the exception of reimbursements for services provided under Part C of the
federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). (Page 28, Line 17)
• Shifts funding for the Reading Recovery Program to the University of Northern Iowa, where the Program
is now centered. (Page 29, Line 7)
For other details, see full text section of this database record.
Title: H.F. 2679
Source: http://www3.legis.state.ia.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Appropriates $100,000 to the state board of education for fiscal year 2008-2009 to provide grants to local public and private non-profit and for-profit agencies to provide school readiness services to economically disadvantaged children and families in accordance with federal Head Start program performance standards, and to provide supplemental funding to Head Start programs in Utah that are currently funded by the federal government. http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillenr/hb0330.pdf
Title: H.B. 330
Source: le.utah.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Establishes UPSTART, a pilot project that uses a home-based educational technology program to develop the school readiness skills of children age 4-5 who have not entered kindergarten. Provides that UPSTART is created to evaluate the effectiveness of giving preschool children access, at home, to online interactive individualized instruction to prepare them academically for success in school, and to test the feasibility of scaling an online home-based curriculum in reading, math and science to all preschool children in Utah.
Requires the state board of education to use an RFP process to select an education technology provider to deliver the home-based technology program. Provides standards that the home-based educational technology program must meet. Among these:
The contractor must:
--Provide technical support to families for the installation and operation of the instructional software
--Provide for the installation of computer and Internet access in the homes of low-income families that cannot afford the equipment and service
--Work in cooperation with school district personnel who will provide administrative and technical support for the program
--Solicit families to participate in the program
--In implementing the home-based educational technology program, seek the advice and expertise of early childhood education professionals in the Utah System of Higher Education on issues such as:
(i) soliciting families to participate in the program
(ii) providing training to families
(iii) motivating families to regularly use the instructional software.
In addition, the contractor must have the capability to perform specified tasks through the Internet. These include:
--Communicating with parents
--Storing research data
--Producing reports for parents, schools and the legislature
--The capability to quickly and efficiently modify, improve and support the product.
Provides the program must include:
--Computer-assisted, individualized instruction in reading, mathematics, and science
--A multisensory reading tutoring program
--A validated computer adaptive reading test that does not require the presence of trained adults to administer and is an accurate indicator of reading readiness of children who cannot read.
Provides that the contract must provide funding for a home-based educational technology program for preschool children for one year with an option to extend the contract for additional years or to expand the program to a greater number of preschool children, subject to legislative appropriation.
Provides a school district may participate in UPSTART if the local school board agrees to work in cooperation with the contractor to provide administrative and technical support for the pilot project. Provides a school district that participates in UPSTART will receive funding for paraprofessional and technical support staff, and must agree to adopt standardized policies and procedures in implementing the pilot project.
Requires the contractor to solicit families to participate in UPSTART through a public information campaign and referrals from participating school districts. Provides that at least 30% of participating children must be from low-income families, and that participating children must be from families with diverse ethnic backgrounds and reside in both urban and rural areas in different regions of the state. Requires the contractor to make the home-based educational technology program available to families at an agreed-upon cost if the number of families who would like to participate in UPSTART exceeds the number of participants funded by the legislative appropriation.
Directs the state auditor to either conduct an annual audit of the contractor's use of funds for UPSTART or contract with an independent certified public accountant to conduct an annual audit. Directs the state board of education to:
--Require by contract that the contractor will open its books and records relating to its expenditure of funds pursuant to the contract to the state auditor or the state auditor's designee
--Reimburse the state auditor for the actual and necessary costs of the audit
--Contract with an independent, qualified evaluator, selected through an RFP process, to evaluate the home-based educational technology program for preschool children.
Also directs the state board to make an annual report on UPSTART to the Education Interim Committee. Provides that the report must address the extent to which UPSTART is accomplishing the purposes for which it was established as set forth in statute, and must include:
--The number of families:
(i) volunteering to participate in the program
(ii) selected to participate in the program
(iii) requesting computers
(iv) furnished computers
--The frequency of use of the instructional software
--Obstacles encountered with software usage, hardware or providing technical assistance to families
--Student performance on pre-kindergarten and post-kindergarten assessments conducted by school districts and charter schools for participating and non-participating students
--As available, the evaluation of the program conducted pursuant to statute.
Section 26 of S.B. 2 establishes a repeal date of July 1, 2014.
Pages 10-15: http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/sbillenr/sb0002.pdf
Title: S.B. 2 - Sections 3-9
Source: le.utah.gov
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| IA | Signed into law 09/2007 | P-12 | Expands the scope of services under an existing appropriation for the Community Empowerment Initiative involving preschool tuition services. Allows local empowerment areas to use certain funds for three-year-olds as well as 4- and 5-year olds. Complementary bill to HF 877 -- the 4 year old preschool bill. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&ga=82&hbill=HF396
Title: H.F. 396
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| HI | Vetoed 07/2007 | P-12 | Directs the department to encourage inclusionary prekindergarten and kindergarten classes of both special education eligible and general education students, including consideration of the following options:
(1) Special education eligible preschool children may receive services in private preschool programs if required by their individual education program;
(2) Facilities for providing early education offer a variety of possibilities via partnerships between public and private offers;
(3) Special education staff may provide services at any site as provided in the individualized education plans process; and
(4) Departmental special education preschool staff may provide services to general education preschool students in their special education preschool classrooms.
Requires the department's kindergarten report card to assess an individual junior kindergarten or kindergarten student's readiness for first grade based on a range of characteristics.
Authorizes the department to give preference to teachers holding early childhood education credentials in placement in junior kindergarten and kindergarten programs.
Directs the department, prior to the 2008 legislative session, to
(1) Complete the planning and development of the appropriate curriculum for the junior kindergarten program; and
(2) Submit its findings and recommendations to the legislature on the planned junior kindergarten curricula, successful models, and assessments to be used in the placement and movement of students between junior kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade, as well as facilities to be used for junior kindergarten.
Establishes in statute the pre-plus program, which was created as a private-public initiative in 2002. Directs the department of education and the department of human services to develop suitable pre-plus classrooms on department campuses statewide for early childhood education programs serving children ages 3-5. Directs the department to coordinate site selection for public school sites, giving first priority to sites that serve predominantly students who are low-income or with special needs who require full-inclusion opportunities, or schools in restructuring under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Directs the department to submit an annual report to the legislature on the number of classrooms that would be suitable for early childhood education programs and the cost of renovating these classrooms to meet early childhood education standards. Bill: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/Bills/SB613_CD1_.htm
Governor's veto message: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/GM1037_.PDF
Title: S.B. 613
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Grants school readiness tax credits to individuals for child care expenses of children five and under, to child care providers, to child care directors and staff, and to businesses providing assistance for child care.
Provides the amount of the child care expense tax credit is based on the quality rating of the child care facility which the child attends, with a 200% reimbursement of the credit provided for such expenses in Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:297.4 http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/lss.asp?doc=101769 for a five-star rated child care facility, a 150% reimbursement for a four-star facility, etc. Directs parents with multiple children to calculate each child's credit separately.
Provides the child care provider tax credit is based on the average monthly number of children who either participate in the Child Care Assistance Program administered by the office of family support or who are foster children, and who are attending a child care facility or facilities operated by the child care provider, multiplied by an amount based on the quality rating of each child care facility operated by the child care provider, with a five-star rated facility earning a $1,500 credit per eligible child, a four-star rated facility earning $1,250 per eligible child, etc.
Provides the credit for child care directors and staff must be based on the staff qualifications as defined in the department of social services state practitioner registry in Title 48 of the Louisiana Administrative Code, with a "level four" director/staff earning a $3,000 tax credit, a "level three" director/staff earning a $2,500 tax credit, etc. Provides that, beginning calendar year 2009, the tax credit amounts be adjusted annually by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index.
Provides a refundable credit against any Louisiana individual or corporation income tax or corporation franchise tax for the eligible business child care expenses supported by a business. Provides the credit must be the percentage of such eligible business child care expenses depending on the quality rating of the child care facility to which the expenses are related or the quality rating of the child care facility the child attends, with a five-star rated facility earning 20% of eligible business
child care expenses, a four-star rated facility earning 15% of eligible business child care expenses, etc. Provides for a maximum additional annual refundable credit of $5,000 against any Louisiana individual or corporation income tax or corporation franchise tax for the payment by a business of fees and grants to child care resource and referral agencies.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=451044
Title: S.B. 361
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Authorizes the commissioner to award grants to districts that operated half-day kindergarten programs in the 2006-2007 school year, and that will continue to operate such half-day programs in the 2007-2008 school year, to plan for conversion to full-day kindergartens only in the school year next following the school year in which the planning grant is received, but no later than the 2010-2011 school year. Directs the commissioner to prescribe the procedures and criteria for the award of such grants, which are to be available to districts to defray the additional costs for planning time, the cost of classroom materials, equipment, furniture and supplies not eligible for aid in specified other sections of statute, where such additional costs are incurred in planning for the facilities and staffing that will be needed for such conversion. Provides no district may receive more than one such planning grant.
Directs that $8,500,000 must be paid to the Yonkers City School District on an annual basis to provide additional funding for the costs of educational improvement plans required as a result of a court-ordered settlement in a school desegregation case to which the state was a party. Provides grant funds must be used exclusively for services and expenses incurred by the district to implement such educational improvement plans.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=s2107
Title: S.B. 2107 - Part B, Section 38
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Eliminates references to district-level prekindergarten policy advisory boards and their authority to adopt prekindergarten programs.
Provides that two or more districts may submit a joint application to operate a joint universal prekindergarten program.
In New York City, transfers authority for decisionmaking on prekindergarten programs from community school boards and the city board to community school superintendents and the chancellor.
Specifies that, to be eligible for approval by the commissioner, proposed programs must provide for:
(1) Assessment of the development of language, cognitive and social skills
(2) Staff development and teacher training must be provided to staff and teachers in all settings in which prekindergarten services are provided
(3) Random selection must be used to select children when there are more eligible children than can be served in a given school year
(4) Provides that a district that operated a targeted prekindergarten program in the base year may use the selection process established for such program.
Deletes earlier references to prekindergarten aid and supplemental prekindergarten aid funding levels and formulas. Provides that each district is eligible to receive a grant amount equal to the lesser of:
(1) The sum of its prekindergarten aid base plus the product of its selected aid per kindergarten pupil multiplied by the number of additional aidable prekindergarten pupils served in the current year, or
(2) The maximum allocation computed using the methodology defined in statute.
Defines "selected aid per kindergarten pupil," "base aidable prekindergarten pupils," "unserved prekindergarten pupils," "additional aidable prekindergarten pupils" and the "prekindergarten aid base." Provides that the total grant payable through the universal prekindergarten program must equal the lesser of:
(1) The total grant amounts computed for the current year, based on data on file with the commissioner as of September 1, 2007, or
(2) The total actual grant expenditures incurred by the school district as approved by the commissioner.
Authorizes the board of regents and the commissioner to prescribe uniform quality standards for universal prekindergarten programs. Directs the regents when developing regulations to consider and recognize the diversity of settings and models available for the delivery of prekindergarten programs operated by eligible agencies in alternative settings, including libraries and community-based organizations, that comply with statute related to universal prekindergarten. Provides that the uniform quality standards must include minimum qualifications for personnel providing instructional and other services for prekindergarten programs. Directs the commissioner and board of regents to take into account, in promulgating these regulations, the availability of certified prekindergarten teachers and teaching assistants, and consider ways to increase the pool of qualified personnel. Also directs the commissioner and board of regents to include in regulations:
(1) Minimum curriculum standards that ensure such programs have strong instructional content that is integrated with the district's K-12 instructional program
(2) Performance standards for prekindergarten programs, which must include procedures for assessing the performance of such programs and establishing mechanisms for tracking progress of such programs and reporting such progress to the parents of prekindergarten students and the public
(3) Transitional guidelines and rules that allow a program to meet the required staff qualifications and any other requirements set forth in this statute or regulations
(4) A provision for a waiver of any inconsistent provisions so as to allow districts that operated a targeted prekindergarten program in the 2006-2007 school year to continue to operate such program pursuant to the regulations that applied to the program in such school year; provided that the amounts allocated to such targeted prekindergarten program must not exceed the amount of targeted prekindergarten grant funds received by the district for the 2006-2007 school year.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=s2107
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=s2107
Title: S.B. 2107 - Part B, Section 19
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| CO | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district, upon voter approval, to impose an additional mill levy for purposes of funding the school district's excess full-day kindergarten costs. Allows the question submitted to the voters to also include a question of whether to impose an additional mill levy of a stated amount and limited duration to fund the capital construction needs associated with the school district's full-day kindergarten program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/17AF271E6545AD6087257251007B9651?Open&file=026_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 26
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Requires 3% local matching funds for contracts with developmental preschool service providers. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/HB0177.pdf
Title: H.B. 177
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Increases the state's per child reimbursement amount for developmental preschool service providers. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/HB0042.pdf
Title: H.B. 42
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm
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| NE | Approved by voters 12/2006 | P-12 | A constitutional amendment to permit use of funds dedicated to the common schools for early childhood educational purposes. If adopted, requires the creation of an early childhood education endowment fund for the purpose of supporting early childhood education in the state as provided by the Legislature. Requires allocation of an amount equal to forty million dollars for the endowment fund. Only interest or income on such early childhood education endowment fund may be appropriated as provided by the Legislature. For purposes of Article VII of this Constitution, early childhood education means programs operated by or distributed through the common schools promoting development and learning for children from birth to kindergarten-entrance age. If the annual income from twenty million dollars of private funding is not irrevocably committed by July 1, 2011, to the use of the early childhood education endowment fund, then the forty-million-dollar allocation pursuant to subdivision (3)(b) of this section may revert to the use of the common schools as the Legislature shall determine.
http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/legal/SLIP_LB1006.pdf
Title: L.B. 1006
Source: http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/
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| AZ | On 11/07/2006 Ballot. 07/2006 | P-12 | (PROPOSITION I-16-2006) Increases funding for early childhood development and health programs; provides that local councils would distribute the majority of the funding, with oversight by a statewide board; dedicates funding from an increase on the sales price of tobacco products.
Title: V. 18; (NEW BILL)
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Approved by voters 07/2006 | P-12 | (PROPOSITION 203 I-16-2006) Increases funding for early childhood development and health programs. Purpose is to improve quality and increase access to early childhood development activities. Also will increase access to preventative health care programs and screenings. Provides that local councils would distribute the majority of the funding, with oversight by a statewide board; dedicates funding from an increase on the sales price of tobacco products.
http://www.azsos.gov/election/2006/General/BallotMeasureText/PROP203(I-16-2006).pdf
Title: V. 18 (Prop. 203)
Source: Arizona Secretary of State
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Relates to grants for a preschool educational program administered by the state board July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2008. Provides that appropriated funds shall be distributed to achieve a goal of preschool for all children whose families choose to participate. Defines "at-risk" children as those who because of their home and community environment are subject to such language, cultural, economic and like disadvantages to cause them to have been determined as a result of screening procedures to be at risk of academic failure. Provides that first priority for newly-funded preschool programs must be given to qualified programs serving primarily at-risk children and second priority to qualified programs serving primarily children with a family income of less than 4 times the federal poverty level.
Directs the state board to annually report to the general assembly on what percentage of new funding was provided to programs serving primarily at-risk children, what percentage of new funding was provided to programs serving primarily children with a family income of less than 4 times the federal poverty level, and what percentage of new funding was provided to other programs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/94/PDF/094-1054.pdf
Title: S.B. 1497
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| CA | Rejected by Voters. 06/2006 | P-12 | Proposes an amendment to the California Constitution to establish a right to voluntary public preschool for all four-year old children, administered by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and county school superintendents, funded by a tax on individuals
and couples with specified incomes. Establishes voluntary preschool education for all four-year olds. Funded by 1.7% tax on individual income over $400,000; couples' income over $800,000.
Directs Counties to prepare five- year assessments and annual reports regarding preschool curriculum, facilities and childcare coordination, teacher recruitment/ pay and budgeting. Requires state Superintendent to develop preschool teaching credential with financial aid for teachers. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Increased personal income taxes on high-income earners beginning in 2007, with revenues reaching approximately $2.4 billion annually in 2010-11. Revenues would support an entitlement to one year of preschool for four-year olds beginning in 2010-11. Revenues in the early years of the program could be used for facilities, teacher training, student financial aid, and early implementation of preschool services.
http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_j.htm#2006Primary
Title: V. 3 (Prop. 82)
Source: CA Secretary of State
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| IL | Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2006 | P-12 | Establishes emergency rules regarding the Preschool for All Children program; provides educational services to all 3 to 5 year old children whose families choose to participate. 325-338 of 591: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue27.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 235.10, .60, .70, .100, .200, .300, .400, .500
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Adopted 06/2006 | P-12 | Requests the governor and commissioner of administration to include in the FY 2007-2008 executive budget additional funding for adequately staffing, equipping, and evaluating state early childhood education programs. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=403578
Title: H.R. 132
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Authorizes districts to spend funds received from the bilingual weighting to pay the cost of providing at-risk and preschool-aged at-risk education programs and services. Authorizes districts to spend funds received from the preschool-aged at-risk weighting to pay the cost of providing at-risk, bilingual and vocational education programs and services.
Requires every local board to annually submit to the state board a report on the preschool-aged at-risk program or assistance provided by the district. Requires this report to include information specifying the number of students who were served or provided assistance, the type of service provided, the research upon which the district relied in determining that a need for service or assistance existed, the results of providing such service or assistance and any other information required by the state board.
Requires every local board to submit to the state board a report on the bilingual education program and assistance provided by the district. Requires this report to include information specifying the number of pupils who were served or provided assistance, the type of service provided, the research upon which the district relied in determining that a need for service or assistance existed, the results of providing such service or assistance and any other information required by the state board.
Bill: http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/549.pdf
Conference Committee Report Brief: http://www.kslegislature.org/supplemental/2006/CCRB549.pdf
Title: S.B. 549 - Section 13, 16, 27
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| VT | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 05/2006 | P-12 | Creates a prekindergarten education study committee. Directs the committee to gather the following information:
(1) How many private and public or publicly funded prekindergarten education services currently exist in Vermont.
(2) What kinds of services and educational programs are offered by existing prekindergarten education programs.
(3) The costs of existing prekindergarten education programs and how they are funded.
(4) Current department of education and agency of human services standards for prekindergarten education facilities.
Directs the committee to study and make findings regarding:
(1) What the research says about the effects of prekindergarten education.
(2) Whether prekindergarten education services should be offered at public expense and, if so:
(A) whether services should be provided by public schools, private providers, or both;
(B) the estimated costs of providing public prekindergarten programs and what public monies should be used to support them;
(C) what would be the mechanism for dispersing these monies; and
(D) what state agency or agencies should have responsibility for developing standards regarding the quality and content of prekindergarten education programs and for determining educator qualifications, and whether standards for public schools should differ from those for private providers.
(3) Which groups of children benefit academically and socially from receiving prekindergarten educational services.
(4) Whether all groups of prekindergarten children benefit from an inclusionary educational environment.
(5) Whether enrollment in a prekindergarten education program should be voluntary.
(6) Whether participation may take place outside the district of residence.
(7) Whether a community should conduct a needs assessment before starting or expanding a program, and if so, how private providers and school districts should be involved in the assessment.
(8) Whether publicly funded early education services are an effective economic development strategy.
Directs the committee to report its findings and recommendations to the senate and house committees on education, the senate committee on health and welfare, and the house committee on human services by January 30, 2007. Bars the state board from changing, repealing or adopting any rules on early childhood or prekindergarten education services prior to June 30, 2008.
During the 2007–2008 school year, requires a district that begins a new prekindergarten program to contract with qualified early childhood education service providers in the district unless it determines that it cannot efficiently and effectively provide quality services using these providers, or that no qualified programs exist in the district or no private programs are interested in providing the services in collaboration with the school district. In determining efficiency and effectiveness, requires districts to emphasize affordability, access, and high quality in early learning experiences. Directs the commissioner of education to determine whether a school district has met these requirements, and provdies that the commissioner's decision shall be final. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2006/acts/ACT186.HTM
Title: S.B. 314
Source: www.leg.state.vt.us
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| IL | Adopted 02/2006 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding the Early Childhood Block Grant program. Allows entities other than school districts to apply for preschool and parental training programs; eliminates grants to fund preschool education programs to conduct research into effective programs; rolls parental training program services and activities either into the preschool program or preventive initiative program; requires that prevention initiative programs be based on research and provide comprehensive services. Begins on page 426 of 1275: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue11.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 235.10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, Appendix A, B
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| GA | Adopted 12/2005 | P-12 | Submits rules regarding grants under the Department of Early Care and Learning.
http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/591/2/1/01.pdf
http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/591/2/1/06.pdf
Title: GAC 591-2-1
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet, rules.sos.state.ga.us
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2005 | P-12 | Specifies that grants for preschool educational programs may go both to local districts and to "eligible entities" as defined by the State Board of Education. Gives state board power to determine eligible entities with which local districts may contract to conduct a preschool educational program. Requires preschool grants from the state board to be used to supplement, not supplant, funds received from any other source. Eliminates provision that preschool teachers may hold elementary certificates with kindergarten or preschool experience; baccalaureate degrees in child development, or meet the requirements for supervising a day care center under the Child Care Act of 1969, as amended. (All preschool teachers must henceforth hold an early childhood teaching certificate.) Gives "eligible entities" as defined by the state board the same powers as local districts in terms of evaluating students for school readiness, obtaining consent from students' parents before evaluations are conducted, evaluating the population of preschool children in their communities, and operating early childhood parental training programs.
Eliminates language allowing the state board to apply up to 5% of state appropriations for preschool programs to establish and implement coordinated model programs. Removes model pilot status of early childhood parental training programs. Specifies that grants for operating early childhood parental training programs must be used to supplement, not supplant, funds received from any other source. Makes these grants available through a state board-esatblished grant approval process rather than competitive process. Gives other eligible entities same powers as districts in applying for and administering such programs.
Provides that after July 1, 2006, any parental training services funded through this program shall continue to be funded, subject to appropriation and the meeting of program standards. Requires any additional parental training services to be funded, subject to appropriation, through preschool education grants for families with children ages 3 to 5 and through prevention initiative grants for expecting families and those with children from birth to 3 years of age.
Eliminates pilot status of programs concerning services to at-risk children and their families. Gives state board authority to determine eligible entities for the awarding of such grants. Adds that school districts and other eligible entities receiving such grants must conduct voluntary, intensive, research-based, and comprehensive prevention services, as defined by the State Board of Education, for expecting parents and families with children from birth to age 3 who are at-risk of academic failure. Allows a public school district receiving a grant to subcontract with other eligible entities.
Requires the state board to report to the General Assembly by July 1, 2006 and every 2 years thereafter on the status of the aforementioned programs, including without limitation characteristics of participants, services delivered, program models used, unmet needs, and results of the programs funded.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0506
Title: H.B. 3822
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Establishes and appropriates funds for an early learning educational task force to be attached to the department of education. Directs the task force to develop a 5-year plan for birth-5 education in the state. Requires the plan to include:
(1) An implementation and financing schedule that begins with services to four-year-old children and proceeds to younger age groups;
(2) Mechanisms to ensure cross-sector and interdepartmental collaboration;
(3) Measures to ensure the continuing professional development of teachers and administrators; and
(4) Provisions for the promotion of the importance of early learning to families, policymakers, and the general public.
Requires the task force to include an interdepartmental resources working group to address the program and workforce development portions of the plan. Directs the working group to develop plans to maximize public and private resources to provide early learning opportunities for all young children in the state. Requires plans to strive to optimize existing government resources. Also identifies mandatory components of the program and workforce development portions of the plan
Establishes membership of the working group and other members of the task force.
Directs the early learning educational task force to submit reports to the governor and legislature as follows:
(1) An interim report of its progress in planning early learning programs for four-year-old children with optimal use of public resources, including any proposed legislation to be submitted no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2007 regular session; and
(2) A final report of its progress, findings, and recommendations, including any additional proposed legislation, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2008 regular session.
Makes appropriations.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb3101_cd1_.htm
Title: S.B. 3101
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:24.10(A) and 3995(C). Authorizes charter schools to apply for and receive funding from the department to provide early childhood development and enrichment activity classes, .a.k.a. LA 4 classes, as provided for in statute. Specifies that a charter
school may apply for and receive funding directly from the state or federal government. Specifies that a charter school must comply
with the terms of any state or federal grant program for which it receives funding.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=319041
Title: S.B. 239
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| NE | Signed by Governor 06/2005 | P-12 | Changes provisions relating to early childhood education programs as prescribed; to define and redefine terms; to provide a weighting factor and a calculation; to change provisions relating to applicable allowable growth rates; to change provisions relating to a grant program; to harmonize provisions; and to repeal the original sections. Defines "qualified early childhood education average daily membership." Defines the weighting factor for early childhood education programs as six-tenths.
http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/pdf/FINAL_LB577_1.pdf
Title: L.B. 577
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Amends the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act. Deletes teacher education facilities as eligible joint-use facilities. Includes parks and preschool facilities as eligible joint-use facilities. Permits a joint-use facility to be located adjacent to an existing schoolsite. Establishes a priority for funding such projects, if sufficient funding is not available to fund all of the submitted projects. Authorizes a school district the option to pay up to 50% of the local share of eligible project costs if a local bond measure specifies the amount to be used for joint-use projects. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2401-2450/ab_2446_bill_20040826_enrolled.html
http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_2446_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 2446
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Changes the maximum age for program eligibility to 13, and modifies the definition of ''parent'' under the Child Care
and Development Services Act. Deletes provision providing a formula for determining whether a family is eligible to receive services under the Child Care and Development Services Act based on the family's income. Deletes provision that children who were receiving services as of January 1, 1998, in certain child care programs, whose family income is above the eligibility level may continue to receive services so long as they continue to meet criteria that applied to the program on December 31, 1997.
Existing law provides that the assigned reimbursement rate for alternative payment programs includes the cost of child care plus the
administrative cost of the alternative payment program. This bill imposes a limit on administrative costs for the alternative payment program.
Existing law contains various provisions relating to the implementation of the plan developed by the Commission on Child Care and Development Services and the expansion of child care and development services. This bill deletes these provisions as they have been superseded by existing law. The existing law requires the State Department of Education to disburse augmentations to the base allocation for the expansion of child care and development programs, with certain requirements. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2501-2550/ab_2525_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| AR | Rule Adoption 06/2004 | P-12 | Establishes general guidelines for the operation of early childhood programs funded under the Arkansas Better Chance Program
and the Arkansas Better Chance for School Success Program. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/ade%20174%20abc.pdf
Title: ADE 174
Source: Arkansas State Web site
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | The bill provides that by fiscal year 2009-10 the state share of kindergarten to grade 12 education funding, as described by essential programs and services, must be 55%. It also establishes a local cost share expectation for property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2005. The Commissioner of Education shall annually notify each school administrative unit of its expectation. This expectation must decline over the period from fiscal year 2005-06 to fiscal year 2009-10. The expectation may not exceed 9.0 mills in fiscal year 2005-06. It may not exceed 8.0 mills in fiscal year 2009-10. The legislative body of a school administrative unit may not adopt a property tax rate that exceeds its mill expectation unless, in a vote separate from its adoption of the school budget, it votes to increase the property tax rate.
The bill also places transportation operating costs into the essential programs and services funding formula. It also states that special education costs will be included in essential programs and services starting in fiscal year 2005-06. Beginning in fiscal year 2004-05, the Department of Education will provide training in state-approved guidelines for identification of special education students. The bill also places early childhood education program costs and vocational education program costs into essential programs and services no later than fiscal year 2007-08.
Note Sec. 16:
Basis for funding costs of education from kindergarten to grade 12. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2005-06, funding of the costs of education from kindergarten to grade 12 must be based on the cost of providing essential programs and services as described in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 606-B.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/ld_title.asp?ld=1924
Title: S.P. 761
Source: StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Abolishes the Early Intervention Agencies Committee created to ensure the implementation of a comprehensive system for early intervention services and to make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the Secretary of Education on issues that require interagency planning, financing, and resolution.
Title: H.B. 15
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Amends the state "Better Chance for School Success" program to remove matching requirements, set implementation goals and makes the program applicable to schools instead of districts; amends provisions regarding early childhood programs. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1057.pdf
Title: H.B. 1057
Source: Arkansas Legislative web site
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Provides that 11% (instead of 8%) of the Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be used to fund programs for children ages 0-3. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2235&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=3446&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 2235
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| MO | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Alters the distribution of Gaming Commission Fund; provides funds for veterans facilities, the National Guard College Trust, early childhood development education, and the College Guaranty Fund.
http://www.house.state.mo.us/bills03/biltxt/truly/HB0444T.HTM
Title: H.B. 444
Source: www.house.state.mo.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Expands the Arkansas Better Chance Program; allows any licensed early childhood program with early childhood accreditation by the Department of Human Services and meeting the Arkansas Better Chance Core Quality Approval Standards of the Department of Education to apply for funding, regardless of the sponsorship of the program. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2402.pdf
Title: H.B. 2402
Source: State legislative web site
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes local boards to (1) enter into cooperative or interlocal agreements with one or more other boards for the establishment, operation and maintenance of preschool programs;
(2) Contract with private, nonprofit corporations or associations or with any public or private agency or institution for the establishment, operation and maintenance of preschool programs.
(3) Prescribe and collect fees for providing preschool programs.
States that fees for providing preschool programs may only recover the costs incurred for operating preschool programs. Requires revenues from fees collected by a board for a preschool program to be deposited in the general fund of the school district and to be considered reimbursements to the district for the purpose of the school district finance and quality performance act. Allows such revenues to be expended
whether the same have been budgeted or not and amounts so expended shall not be considered operating expenses. http://www.kslegislature.org/enrollbills/approved/2003/82.pdf
Title: S.B. 82
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| WV | Adopted 01/2003 | P-12 | Provides rules relating to West Virginia's universal access to the state's Pre-Kindergarten System. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4202 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 28
Source: StateNet
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| MO | Rejected by voters 11/2002 | P-12 | Imposes an additional tax per cigarette and other tobacco products, with the new revenues placed into a Healthy Families Trust Fund to be used for hospital trauma care and emergency preparedness; health care treatment and access; prescription drug assistance for seniors; health care initiatives for low income citizens, women, minorities and children; medical research and smoking prevention; and grants for early childhood care and education.
Title: Proposition A
Source: Missouri Secretary of State Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2002 | P-12 | Authorizes the Children and Families Commission to expend money allocated to it under the Children and Families Act of 1998, to ensure that children are ready to enter school. Authorizes the commission to allocate funds to county commissions established pursuant to the act.
Title: A.B. 2800
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 07/2002 | P-12 | Establishes tobacco tax as well as special fund to dedicate tobacco tax revenues for education funding. Monies are to 1) provide unrestricted grants to districts; 2) assist local lead agencies and Baltimore City under the Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program; and 3) provide funding for adult education and literacy services. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/sb/sb0856e.rtf
Title: S.B. 856
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| CA | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Modifies 1999 Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program (IIUSP), which formerly required that every participating school district contract with an external evaluator for assistance in development of the school's action plan. Bill allows district to alternatively contract with an entity that has proven, successful expertise specific to the challenges inherent in low-performing schools, including institutions of higher education, county offices of education or school district personnel. Modifies High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low-Performing Schools to automatically approve school for participation upon school's completion of an action plan for participation in the federal program meeting certain requirements that plan for IIUSP participation must meet, and changes deadlines for submission and approval of school action plan during FY 01-02. Increases to $400 the amount of per-pupil money provided under the High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools. Specifies that High Priority Program school must assess pupils' progress with curriculum-based tests proven to be "valid and reliable." Mandates that already-required department study on sustainability of funding for low-performing schools include "(1) An objective rather than a comparative view of the necessity of sustaining supplemental funding over time to address the ongoing needs of low-performing pupils, and the impact of policies that only provide funding over a specified period of time. (2) A description of the ongoing needs of low-performing schools, as identified in needs assessments submitted pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of 52055.620 and the sources of funding schools used to meet these needs. (3) An analysis of the use of funds provided pursuant to this article and the effectiveness of that use in meeting the continued or changing needs of communities served by low-performing schools. This analysis shall include an evaluation of the growth in academic achievement realized by participating schools and the ability of those schools to sustain growth in academic achievement if funding is continued. (4) An assessment of whether local, state, and federal resources are likely to be sufficient to sustain all or some of the academic improvements made in low-performing schools after this state subsidy expires, taking into account prospects for the subsequent pupil population's incidence of poverty and low socioeconomic status." Requires every school district with any schools participating in High Priority Schools Grant Program to submit to state superintendent an analysis of the impact, costs and benefits of the program to the district and local participating schools. Requires the state superintendent to develop and the state board to approve guidelines for an RFP for an independent evaluator to create a multiyear comprehensive evaluation of the implementation, impact, costs and benefits of the program and to release the results of the report to the General Assembly, the Governor and other interested parties. Also specifies that average daily attendance funds are to be allocated to local education agencies and that child care and preschool programs whose average daily enrollment helps determine the allocation must be operated by local education agencies under contract with the Child Development Division of the State Department of Education. Bill modifies means of determining the average daily enrollment of children in preschool and child care programs.
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_508_bill_20020516_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 508
Source: info.sen.ca.gov
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Relates to Tunica County; allows the board of supervisors to make a contribution to the Institute for Community Service for an additional Head Start class and additional vehicles to transport children.
Title: H.B. 615
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Concerns the required expenditure of a portion of a school district's per pupil operating revenue for the school district's preschool program.
Title: S.B. 123
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Provides that a child care ministry that receives child care development voucher may only be required by a local Step Ahead Council to meet child care standards; specifies that a local Step Ahead Council may not require child care ministries to meet additional standards unless those additional standards are approved by the General Assembly or the Division of Family and Children; requires applicant for certain child care license to meet certain standards.
Title: S.B. 110
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Preschool Funding: Requires schools for preschool children organized as public schools or as
public school classes to be maintained and supported from state, local and federal funds which hereafter may be appropriated specifically for preschool purposes, or from such gifts, donations or grants as may be received for preschool purposes. Allows state funds generated through the Basic Education Program (BEP) formula and local matching funds to be used for preschool purposes. If funded through the BEP, preschool would be based upon average daily preschool membership.
Title: S.B. 1881/H.B. 1921--Omnibus Bill
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes the establishment of a foundation for early childhood care and education.
Title: H.B. 1801
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | LB 759 changes current law pertaining to early childhood education pilot program grants. The bill provides for an Early Childhood Education Grant Program in lieu of the pilot projects that are currently funded. Programs selected for grants may be provided one-half of the total budget of the program per year. Pilot projects previously funded shall be eligible for continuation grants if their programs adhere to the requirements of the bill. The State Department of Education (NDE) may use up to 5% of the total appropriation for the grant program to evaluate and provide technical assistance to the early childhood education programs. NDE is to develop rules and regulations to implement the program. The state provided $560,000 of general funds in 2000-01 for pilot program grants for early childhood education programs. The bill does not require any additional funding for early childhood education program grants. Section 3 requires preschool programs, established by school boards or educational service units, to be approved by NDE. All teaching and administrative staff who are providing educational services in early childhood education programs are required to have training in early childhood education and have a permit or certificate issued by NDE. NDE indicates this is current practice, so no fiscal impact is estimated for these provisions.
Title: L.B. 759
Source: http://www.unicam.state.ne.us
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | , Amends the application process for the Arkansas Better Chance Program; provides funding for early childhood programs.
Title: H.B. 2241
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 11/2000 | P-12 | Relates to State aid for school districts with concentrations of low-income pupils; establishes minimum period of school district eligibility for early childhood and demonstrably effective program aids; provides budget cap exclusion for demonstrably effective program aid.
Title: S.B. 838
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2000 | P-12 | Appropriates a sum to the State Department of Education for specified child care purposes. Declares appropriations for these purposes to be General Fund revenues appropriated to school districts.
Title: S.B. 1703
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2000 | P-12 | Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract with a nonprofit organization that has staff with expertise in financing and capital expansion, are knowledgeable about the child care field, and have the ability to develop and implement a plan to increase the availability of financing to renovate, expand, and construct child day care facilities.
Title: A.B. 2778
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Vetoed 05/2000 | P-12 | Establishes the Judith P. Hoyer Early Care and Education Centers and Education Enhancement Grant Program for the development of collaborative approaches to delivery of full-day early care and education and family support services; defines terms; designates the Department of Education as the agency supervising the grant program; requires the Department to distribute the funds to local systems on a competitive basis; limits local school use of funds.
Title: S.B. 793
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MN | Signed by governor 05/2000 | P-12 | Extends the fiscal year 2000 increase in early childhood family education aid to fiscal year 2001. The additional aid amount is equal to $2.46 times the greater of 150 or the number of children under five years of age residing in the school district on October 1 of the previous school year.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source:
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| NY | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Relates to state aid for school districts; funds a workforce education program in New York City; creates the Universal Prekindergarten Reserve Fund; provides State aid for conversion to full day kindergarten; relates to administration of the School Tax Relief Program; relates to 1997 and later assessment rolls; relates to tuition assistance program awards; relates to allowances for members of the Legislature, funding for the Legislature and legislative commissions.
Title: A.B. 9291
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Died 03/1999 | P-12 | Requires funding for 15% of children from birth to 3 years of age; specifies that funding will increase each biennium to provide for additional 10% of eligible children; caps funding once program is funded for education for eligible children; appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for early childhood education programs for children from birth to 3 years of age.
Title: S.B. 976
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AL | Signed into law 05/1998 | P-12 | $1,180,196 from the Education Trust Fund to the East Alabama Child Development Center for the support and maintenance for a program of child care, educational health and nutritional services for pre-school children; requires operations plans and audited financial statements.
Title: H.B. 269
Source: Information for Public Affairs, Inc.
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| HI | Signed into law 04/1998 | P-12 | Enables funds to be expended from the Early Intervention Fund Special Fund and the Early Intervention Trust Fund through the procurement process rather than through the grant process.
Title: H.B. 2845
Source: Information for Public Affairs, Inc.
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| VA | Signed into law 03/1998 | P-12 | Revises the at-risk four-year old program to allow school divisions with existing programs to apply for the State grant funds to support half-day programs conducted for the length of the school year; adjusts the prohibition on supplanting any funds currently provided for preschool programs within the locality to apply only to local funds currently provided for preschool programs within the locality.
Title: H.B. 471
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Died 01/1998 | P-12 | Appropriates $ 70,000,000 in addition to current existing level of funding for early education and child care to DHS to expand the Open Doors project.
Title: S.B. 2743
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Signed into law 07/1997 | P-12 | Establishes an Early Intervention Trust Fund to provide early intervention services for infants and toddlers with specific needs.
Title: H.B. 122
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| CT | Signed into law 06/1997 | P-12 | Establishes and funds interagency early child care and education system to attain successful school readiness for children ages three and four; integrates the functions of early child care and education across department and categorical funding streams.
Title: H.B. 5461
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| GA | Signed into law 05/1995 | P-12 | $31.2 million has been provided for elementary and secondary schools so that each school in the state will receive $15,000 for classroom computers and technology. The university system will receive $85.8 million (in addition to its original appropriation of $33.9 million) for technology and equipment purchases and for construction. For 1995-96, funding for the voluntary pre-kindergarten program will increase from $78.2 million to $160.6 million, expanding service from 20,000 at-risk four year olds to all four year olds in the state. In addition about $20 million will go toward various technology purchases in elementary and secondary schools. (Legislative Report 5/95, No. 4)
Title: Budget Adjustments to Quality Basic Education (QBE) Finance Program
Source: Southern Regional Education Board
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