---

From the ECS State Policy Database 1994-2013

---

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

The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--Legal Issues Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Brain Research Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Curriculum Curriculum--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Home Economics Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Curriculum--Speech Education Data-Driven Improvement Demographics Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Aid to Private Schools Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Does Money Matter? Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Litigation Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Performance Funding Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--Mandates Governance--Regional Entities Governance--School Boards Governance--School Boards--Training Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health Health--Child Abuse Health--Mental Health Health--Nutrition Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses Health--Suicide Prevention Health--Teen Pregnancy High School High School--Advanced Placement High School--College Readiness High School--Credit Recovery High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges High School--Exit Exams High School--GED (General Education Development) High School--Graduation Requirements High School--International Baccalaureate Instructional Approaches Instructional Approaches--Constructivism Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills Instructional Approaches--Official English Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools International Benchmarking Leadership Leadership--District Superintendent Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure Middle School Minority/Diversity Issues Minority/Diversity Issues--African American Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress No Child Left Behind--Assessment No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools No Child Left Behind--Finance No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers No Child Left Behind--Report Cards No Child Left Behind--School Support No Child Left Behind--Special Populations No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses P-16 or P-20 P-3 P-3 Brain Development P-3 Child Care P-3 Content Standards and Assessment P-3 Data Systems P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) P-3 Ensuring Quality P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits P-3 Family Involvement P-3 Finance P-3 Governance P-3 Grades 1-3 CO Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Early Literacy Assessment Tool H.B. 1345 (sec. 7) Requires the education department to issue request for proposals for the purchase of an early literacy assessment tool that teachers may use... More... VA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Third Grade Reading Intervention H.B. 1181 Public schools; reading intervention. Requires local school divisions to provide reading intervention services to students in grade three wh... More... KY Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 K-3 Response to Intervention System in Reading, Writing, Math and Behavior H.B. 69 - K-3 Response to Intervention System in Reading, Writing, Math and Behavior Defines "aphasia", "dyscalculia", "dysgraphia", "dyslexia", "phonemic awareness" and "scientifically based research". Directs the state boar... More... OH Issued 10/2011 P-12 Early Education Executive Order 2011-21K Creates the position of Early Education and Development Officer ("Officer") within the Governor's Office of 21st Century Education. Directs ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Reading Proficiency and Support S.B. 346 Starting with students entering first grade in the 2011-2012 school year, the program of reading instruction must include provisions of the ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Evaluation of Early Learning Programs S.B. 337 Directs the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education to assess each early childhood program in this state that receives state fu... More... MN Issued 03/2011 P-12 The Early Learning Council E.O. 11-05 Creates the Early Learning Council to serve as the state advisory council on early childhood education and care. The council will consists o... More... MN Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 School Readiness S.F. 2505 Modifies school readiness program requirements by removing the requirement to arrange for early childhood screening and appropriate referral... More... MD Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Requests for Multiple-birth Children Entering Kindergarten to be in Same Classroom H.B. 272 Prohibits a local board of education from adopting a classroom placement policy that automatically separates or places together multiple-bir... More... OH Signed into law 12/2009 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten H.B. 318 - Section 9 Permits a district to seek a delay of the requirement to implement all-day kindergarten for all students until fiscal year 2012. Directs the... More... WI Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 A.B. 119 Beginning on September 1, 2011, a school board may not enroll a child in the first grade in a school in the school district, including in a ... More... ND Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Entrance Ages, Upper Statutory Age H.B. 1378 Modifies 15.1-06-01. Changes the cut-off date for enrollment in grade one from September first to August first. For kindergarten, the cut-of... More... CT Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Early Learning Student Data S.B. 1014 Concerns longitudinal studies of student achievement; provides for access to student data to a qualified nonprofit educational organization ... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2009 P-12 Early Learning S.B. 1329 Bars schools from moving students between junior kindergarten and kindergarten, except in cases in which the move is warranted and based on ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Early Childhood School Readiness Commission H.B. 1343 Creates the early childhood and school readiness legislative oversight commission. Sets forth membership requirements and administrative fun... More... WY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 early childhood H.B. 255 Relates to school districts; requires provision of full-day kindergarten programs as resourced within the education resource block grant mod... More... AR Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Kindergarten Entry H.B. 1098 Allows students who have completed Pre-Kindergarten to enroll in kindergarten in certain circumstances. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assemb... More... MI Signed into law 01/2009 P-12 Early Intervention Programs for K-3 S.B. 1039 Provides that an intermediate school district may develop and make available to districts and public school academies an early intervening m... More... NH Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Kindergarten Construction Aid Program S.B. 530 Extends the kindergarten construction aid program until all school districts operate a kindergarten program; allows a school district to ele... More... CO Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Gifted and Talented Young Children H.B. 1021 Amends the definition of gifted children to include children who are 4 years of age; permits an administrative unit to include in its progra... More... MD Adopted 05/2008 P-12 Kindergarten Age Eligibility COMAR 13A.08.01.01 Provides for transfers to public kindergarten of age- eligible kindergarten students attending nonpublic kindergarten programs. Unsafe Scho... More... OR Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Half-Day and Full-Day Kindergarten S.B. 1068A Requires school districts to offer half-day kindergarten; requires transportation for students in half-day and supplemental kindergarten; al... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 UPSTART Program S.B. 2 - Sections 3-9 Establishes UPSTART, a pilot project that uses a home-based educational technology program to develop the school readiness skills of childre... More... NY Adopted 12/2007 P-12 Universal Prekindergarten Programs Title 8 NYCRR Subpart 151-1 Complies with 2007 S.B. 2107, Part B, section 19, which authorizes the board of regents and the commissioner to prescribe uniform quality st... More... OH Signed into law 11/2007 P-12 All-Day Kindergarten H.B. 190 -- Multiple Components Permits school districts that are not eligible for state payments for all-day kindergarten to charge tuition on a sliding scale for all-day ... More... GA Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Student Assessment Programs GAC 160-3-1-.07 Adds language regarding the Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State for English Language Learners (ACCESS for EL... More... NY Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Program Requirements Title 8 NYCRR Section 100.3 Amends regulations regarding program requirements for students in prekindergarten and kindergarten. Directs each school operating a prekinde... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Compulsory School Age S.B. 543 Requires a person having custody or control of a child who is below the compulsory school age but enrolled in kindergarten in a public schoo... More... MA Issued 08/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College The Readiness Project Executive Order No. 489 Establishes the Readiness Project to develop a plan to implement fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth ov... More... HI Vetoed 07/2007 P-12 Prekindergarten and Kindergarten S.B. 613 Directs the department to encourage inclusionary prekindergarten and kindergarten classes of both special education eligible and general edu... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School Admission Requirements H.B. 150 Modifies school admission requirements. Moves cut-off date for enrollment to August 31 from October 16. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Pre-K Readiness H.B. 1078 Directs the commissioner to approve School Readiness Service Agreements for up to 50 providers that represent diverse parts of the state and... More... MT Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Kindergarten Average Number Belonging Funding S.B. 2A (Kindergarten) Provides full-time Average Number Belonging funding for school districts that enroll students in full-time kindergarten. Provides start-up f... More... OK Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 New Member for School Readiness Board H.B. 1557 Amends membership of the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board to include one representative of a state association of federally f... More... ND Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Defines full day kindergarten S.B. 2200 (kindergarten section) Beginning with the 2008-09 school year, a full day of instruction consists of: (1) At least five and one-half hours for kindergarten and ele... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Voluntary All-Day Kindergarten S.B. 5841 Provides that, beginning with the 2007-08 school year, funding for voluntary all-day kindergarten programs shall be phased-in beginning with... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 kindergarten entrance age S.B. 217 Lowers the age of enrollment in kindergarten in public school from 5 by September 1 in 2009-2010, for the 2010-2011 school year the cutoff a... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Kindergarten Attendance S.B. 33 Amends 13-28-2 to read: Any child who is five years old on the first day of September is eligible for enrollment in kindergarten during that... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Optional Extended Day Kindergarten S.B. 49 Establishes a program, administered by the State Board of Education, through which school districts and charter schools may provide voluntar... More... CO Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Funding for Full-day Kindergarten S.B. 26 Authorizes a school district, upon voter approval, to impose an additional mill levy for purposes of funding the school district's excess fu... More... UT Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Early Childhood Reading Readiness H.C.R. 5 This concurrent resolution of the legislature and governor encourages reading with a child 20 minutes a day to help prepare children for suc... More... NC Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Vision Screening H.B. 2699 Requires vision screening for children entering kindergarten. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H2699v5.html... More... ND Adopted 07/2006 P-12 Kindergarten or First Grade Early Entrance NDAC 67-26 Repeals rules pertaining to kindergarten or first grade early entrance. http://www.legis.nd.gov/information/acdata/pdf/67-26.pdf... More... NY Vetoed 07/2006 P-12 Dental Health Certificates A.B. 6640 Requires every child enrolling in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or first grade in a public elementary school to present a dental health cer... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Community Empowerment Initiative H.B. 2769 Increases membership on the community empowerment state board. Requires family support services in the community empowerment initiative to ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Compulsory Attendance Age and Hour Requirements S.B. 73 Concerns the age specifications relating to compulsory school attendance. Every child who has attained the age of seven years and is under t... More... MN Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment H.B. 4162 Authorizes the commissioner of education to implement a kindergarten readiness assessment representative of incoming kindergartners. The ass... More... DE Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Full-day Kindergarten S.B. 251 Requires school districts by the start of the 2008- 2009 school year, to offer any kindergarten-eligible child the option of attending full-... More... CO Vetoed 03/2006 P-12 Full-day Kindergarten Funds and Policies H.B. 1005 Authorizes of additional school district revenues to fund costs associated with full-day kindergarten programs. Districts that receive voter... More... KY Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Advancing Kindergarten-Age Students to First Grade S.B. 35 Clarifies that a school district may advance a child through the primary program if he or she is at least five but less than six years old; ... More... MD Issued 03/2006 P-12 Amends Membership of the Advisory Council for Children 01.01.2006-03 (Executive Order) Amends amend Executive Order 01.01.2005.34, which established the Advisory Council for Children; the Governor's Office for Children as a sep... More... NM Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Kindergarten Plus Pilot Project H.B. 43 Extends the Kindergarten Plus Pilot Project; expands eligibility to add other school districts with high- poverty schools; makes an appropri... More... SD Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Requires Kindergarten Attendance H.B. 1175 Requires all children to attend kindergarten; establishes a minimum length of time for kindergarten programs; provides that any child under ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Timing H.B. 226 This bill modifies the recommended time to provide the assessment of reading and numeric skills given to potential kindergarten students. Th... More... CT Issued 02/2006 P-12 Governor's Early Childhood Research and Policy Council EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 13 Establishes the Governor's Early Childhood Research and Policy Council and defines membership and duties. The Council will: (1) Advise the E... More... MD Issued 02/2006 P-12 Maryland Child Care Subsidy Coordinating Council EXECUTIVE ORDER 01.01.2006.02 Establishes the Maryland Child Care Subsidy Coordinating Council, defines membership and duties. Purposes of council includes increasing acc... More... RI Adopted 09/2005 P-12 Early Childhood Certificate Requirements Section I Adopts rules regarding the requirements for an Early Childhood Education in public schools in grades PK-2 certificate. Outlines rules for Ce... More... MN Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Kindergarten H.F. 141 - Multiple Components "Kindergarten" means a program designed for pupils five years of age on September 1 of the calendar year in which the school year commences ... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 School-Readiness Quality Improvement Program H.B. 1238 Changes the name of the "school-readiness child care subsidization program" to the "school-readiness quality improvement program". Recognize... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten S.B. 1516 (Section 4) Deletes certain provisions from 15-901.02 referring to full-day kindergarten and the joint legislative study committee on full-day kindergar... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Kindergarten Cutoff Date H.B. 1001 (Section 177) Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, changes kindergarten eligibility date from age 5 by July 1 to age 5 by August 1. http://www.in.gov... More... MD Rule Adoption 05/2005 P-12 Kindergarten admissions COMAR 13A.08.01.01, .02, .02-2 Proposes to adopt rules to the Board of Education. Provides for transfers to public kindergarten. Requires local boards of education to esta... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005 S.B. 982 New law establishing the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005. One new section establishes the Oklahoma Mathematics Improvement Progra... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten S.B. 982, Section 9 Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, requires districts to provide and offer a full six-hour day of kindergarten free of tuition for ev... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Kindergarten H.B. 2435 Requires every school district with a kindergarten program to offer half-day kindergarten programs aligned with the state board's academic s... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten for Schools Rated "Unsatisfactory" S.B. 200 (Section 5-7) Revises certain language related to funding full-day kindergarten for students in a school receiving an "unsatisfactory" rating in the state... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten S.B. 200 (Section 15) Increases from 1,000 to 1,500 the number of children a district may apply to the department for authorization to serve through a full-day ki... More... DE Adopted 04/2005 P-12 Early Admission to Kindergarten for Gifted Students 14 DAC 940 Establishes regulation relating to early admission to kindergarten for gifted students in order to clarify what a school must do if they cho... More... MD Rule Adoption 04/2005 P-12 State Board Of Education COMAR 13A.02.06.02, 13A.0801.01, .08.02.01 Revises the Maryland Student Records System Manual (MSRSM) as a result of recent changes regarding health and graduation requirements. State... More... MD (S) THIRD READING PASSED (46-0) 04/2005 P-12 State Department of Education - Early Learning and Child Care Programs H.B. 1491 Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a plan to accredit certain early learning programs and child care programs that are p... More... CO Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Kindergarten S.B. 88 Requires all districts to offer kindergarten. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/24338C60B3B3DBFE87256F56006898F3?op... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 School Finance S.F. 47 Continues assistance to school districts for full-day kindergarten programs ($5 million) and the summer school grant program ($4.5 million);... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Kindergarten Scheduling A.B. 2407 Authorizes a school district that is implementing an early primary program to maintain kindergarten classes at different school sites within... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Preschool for All Program A.B. 712 Requires the California Children and Families Commission to complete and submit a cost study that provides an estimate of the cost of a volu... More... MI Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 State School Aid Act S.B. 885 Relates to the State School Aid Act of 1979; allocates funds for grants to intermediate districts to provide programs for parents with presc... More... IA Issued 08/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College IOWA LEARNS COUNCIL Executive Order No. 30 - 2003 Creates the IOWA LEARNS COUNCIL. The Iowa Learns Council shall work towards the ambitious goal of 90% of Iowa children having a quality pre-... More... ME Rule Adoption 08/2004 P-12 Early Intervention and Special Education for Children 05-071-180 Establishes rule to allow parents of preschool children with disabilities who are already receiving free appropriate public education (FAPE)... More... HI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Two-tier Kindergarten Program and Kindergarten Entrance Age S.B. 17 Establishes a junior kindergarten and kindergarten program in the department of education; establishes a pilot program for the 2005-2006 sch... More... LA Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Extended Kindergarten For Disadvantaged Children S.B. 301 Subject to appropriation, creates the Kindergarten Plus pilot program of classes, at least one in each of the state's eight regional service... More... CO Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Childhood School Readiness H.B. 1277 Changes the name of the Child Care Commission to the Early Childhood and School Readiness Commission; modifying the responsibilities of the ... More... CT Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 School Readiness Programs H.B. 5690 Concerns school readiness; relates to the state encouraging the development of a network of school readiness programs; relates to the fundin... More... MD Rule Adoption 05/2004 P-12 Standards for Kindergarten Programs COMAR 13A.03.01, .01, .04, 13A.03.02, .01-.12 Proposes rules regarding standards for kindergarten programs and graduation requirements for public high schools. MARYLAND REG 9845 (SN)... More... ME Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Preschool Handicapped Children S.P. 801 Amends applicable statutes and instructs the Department of Human Services and the Department of Education to amend rules to clarify that a c... More... NE Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Compulsory Attendance Ages L.B. 868 LB 868 changes the mandatory ages for compulsory education. From the fiscal note: Currently, ages are from age 7 through age 15. Beginning i... More... WV Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Early Childhood Education H.B. 4043 Establishes the priority for early childhood education in the basic skills of reading, mathematics and English language arts.... More... SC Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 02/2004 P-12 Student Readiness Determination H.B. 3871 (Joint Resolution) Approves regulations of the Board of Education; relates to minimum standards for the determination of student readiness.... More... SD Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Kindergarten Standards S.B. 67 Requires school districts to offer kindergarten and to require content standards for kindergarten. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2004/b... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - Readiness S.B. 33 § 1 Amends Ark. Code § 6-15-404. Requires the state board of education and the state department of education to develop and implement a school r... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Postsec. Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - P-16 S.B. 33 § 10 Adds Ark. Code 6-15-2201. Requires postsecondary education to report on the readiness of high school students for higher education; the stat... More... OK Emergency Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 Mathematics Instruction Competencies OAC 210:20-9-172 Specifies that early childhood education includes pre-kindergarten-third grade. Expands on the competencies for teaching mathematics that te... More... CA Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education Finance A.B. 1754 Relates to reimburse rates under the Child Care and Development Services Act, revenue limits for school districts and county superintendents... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Summer Kindergarten S.B. 903 Allows a school board to establish, maintain, and operate a summer kindergarten program for grade one readiness. Provides the summer kinderg... More... MI Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 School Readiness Program Procedures H.B. 4391 (multiple provisions) Sec. 703. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for school readiness programs shall be made available through a competitive application proce... More... AK Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Admission to and Advancement in Public Schools H.B. 154 Relates to advancement in public schools of children under school age; provides that a district's educational program must prescribe that un... More... CT Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Funding to Promote Children's Well-being S.B. 886 Requires the State Prevention Council to determine long-term goals, strategies and outcome measures to promote the health and well being of ... More... DE Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Lead Poisoning S.B. 74 Permits a student to enroll in kindergarten without the student first being screened for lead poisoning; requires that the student be screen... More... DE Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Early Childhood Education Programs H.J.R. 9 Creates a task force to examine early childhood education programs; develops a plan for implementation of universal pre-kindergarten and ful... More... CO Partial veto 05/2003 P-12 Financing of Public Schools S.B. 248 Concerns the procedures for the funding of public schools, including adjustments to the district size factor, minimum per pupil funding, at-... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Early Intervention Block Grant Program Repeal Date H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Changes repeal date from 2003 to 2004 on chapter establishing statewide early intervention block grant program. Components of this program i... More... TN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Mandatory Kindergarten S.B. 1974 Removes a reference in TCA 49-6-301 which made kindergarten an optional program. Under current law, kindergarten is a mandatory program.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 The Better Chance for School Success Program H.B. 2376 Creates the Better Chance for School Success Program to provide early education for low-income, 3- and 4-year-old children in low-performing... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Quality Education Act of 2003 - Accountability and Assessment H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill) Amends §§ 6-15-402 - 6-15-406. Creates the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program Act; including requiring t... More... ND Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Teacher Qualifications (Early Childhood and Kindergarten) H.B. 1489 Requires the state board to issue major equivalency endorsements and minor equivalency endorsements (new requirement). Also adds new requir... More... NM Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Kindergarten for Disadvantaged Students H.B. 61 Creates a three-year kindergarten plus pilot project to study the efficacy of extending the kindergarten year by four months for disadvantag... More... OK Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Act H.B. 1094 Creates the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Act; states intent, purposes, and goals; creates the Oklahoma Partnership for School R... More... SC Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2003 P-12 Program Readiness Test H.B. 3870 (Joint Resolution)The CSAB was administered for the last time in fall 2001. The Education Accountability Act of 1998 (EAA) required the deve... More... SC Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2003 P-12 Kindergarten Objectives H.B. 3869 (Joint Resolution) Approves regulations of the Board of Education; relates to basic skills assessment programs kindergarten objectives.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Skills Needed for Children Entering Kindergarten H.B. 1951 Requires the department of education to develop a list of skills that child should have in order to be prepared to enter kindergarten. The d... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Cost-Benefit Analysis of Pre-Kindergarten, Mandatory Kindergarten and Occupational Diplomas H.B. 859 Requires the department of education to conduct a needs assessment to determine what areas do not currently have pre-kindergarten programs, ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2002 P-12 Compulsory Attendance for Kindergarten A.B. 634 Makes, commencing 7/1/2004, the Compulsory Attendance Law apply to a child, and the parents or guardian of a child between the ages of 5 and... More... MD Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten Implementation S.B. 856 Requires county boards to provide full-day kindergarten for all kindergarten students by 2007-08 school year. Each district's comprehensive... More... CO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 School-Readiness Child Care Subsidation Program H.B. 1297 Creates the School-Readiness Child Care Subsidization Program on and after January 1, 2003, which program offers three-year school-readiness... More... RI Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Kindergarten Entrance Age H.B. 7342 This act amends the date of a child attending kindergarten at the age of five (5) years by reducing the eligibility date from December 31 to... More... IA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 School Ready Children Grants Account H.B. 2615 Appropriates $1,153,250 from the Healthy Iowans tobacco trust to the school ready children grants account. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/7... More... HI Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 School Readiness S.B. 2283 Defines the term "school readiness" to mean that young children are ready to have successful learning experiences in school when there is a ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Student Records for pre-school students A.B. 1539 Requires State-funded preschool or infant and toddler program to provide a child's records to a public school when the child transfers, as s... More... CA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Kindergarten Students in a Year-Round School A.B. 764 Authorizes a pupil in a kindergarten in a school operating on a program of multitrack year-round scheduling to be kept in school on any day ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten H.B. 1499--Multiple Components Every school district must provide and offer a full six-hour day of kindergarten free of tuition for every child residing in such district w... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Kindergarten Enrollment H.B. 1092 Allows six-year olds that did not attend kindergarten the opportunity to enroll in either kindergarten or first grade; allows school princip... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Children Entering Kindergarten H.B. 2195 Requires the Department of Education to develop and conduct readiness testing for children who are entering kindergarten.... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Omnibus Bill with Appropriations S.B. 307 Creates public school reading proficiency fund to help train teachers to teach reading and writing to students below grade level; sets up "e... More... NM Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Amends Full-Day Kindergarten H.B. 246 Full-day kindergarten programs shall be phased in over a five-year period as follows with priority given to those school districts that serv... More... OH Signed into law 11/2000 P-12 Kindergarten Entrance Age H.B. 383 Permits school district boards beginning with the 2000-2001 school year to adopt the first day of August, instead of the thirtieth day of Se... More... NH Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Funding for Full-Day Kindergarten S.B. 397 Makes an appropriation from the Education Trust Fund to the Department of Education for the funding of public kindergarten programs; adjusts... More... NH Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Alternative Kindergarten Programs H.B. 1188 Relates to the establishment of an alternative kindergarten program within a school district; provides that school districts operating an ap... More... OK Vetoed 06/2000 P-12 Partnership for School Readiness S.B. 1597 Creates the Partnership for School Readiness Act to facilitate community collaboration of efforts and services that will prepare children to... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Office of School Readiness and Pre-Kindergarten Program S.B. 132 Creates the Office of School Readiness within the Department of Children's Affairs; provides for the operation and management of a voluntary... More... FL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Composition of School Readiness Partnership S.B. 2088 Relates to school readiness; provides sovereign immunity for school readiness coalitions; revises funding for prekindergarten early interven... More... NY Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Full-day Kindergarten, Universal Prekindergarten Reserve Fund A.B. 9291 Relates to state aid for school districts; funds a workforce education program in New York City; creates the Universal Prekindergarten Reser... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Early Childhood Component H.B. 1187 There is created an Early Intervention Program in kindergarten and a Primary Grades Early Intervention Program in grades 1-3. These programs... More... GA Signed by governor 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Early Intervention Component H.B. 1187 There is created an Early Intervention Program in kindergarten and a Primary Grades Early Intervention Program in grades 1-3. These programs... More... IN Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Reports to the Public; Kindergarten S.B. 489 Requires the mailing, instead of publishing, of the school corporation performance report; provides that a child must be at least five years... More... NM Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Full Day Kindergarten H.B. 211 Relates to full day kindergarten programs; provides funding.... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2000 P-12 Funding for Full-Day Kindergarten A.B. 2773 Provides additional State aid to support full-day kindergarten programs in charter schools located in the Abbott districts.... More... MO Signed by governor 07/1999 P-12 Kindergarten Entry Age H.B. 889 Amends existing law to add that child whose fifth birthday is before August 1 or is 5 at the commencement of the summer school session immed... More... NJ Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Provides Outreach to Children Eligible for KidCare S.B. 1757 Establishes a partnership between New Jersey KidCare and schools and child care centers to provide outreach to children potentially eligible... More... OH Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Kindergarten Compulsory School Age H.B. 281 Requires a child under the age of 6 who attends kindergarten to be considered of compulsory school age.... More... AL Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Establishes Office of School Readiness for Pre-Kindergarten Program S.B. 376 Establishes the Office of School Readiness for operation of voluntary pre-kindergarten program; provides for appointment of director and suc... More... FL Died 03/1999 P-12 Creates State School Readiness Governing Board H.B. 259 Creates State School Readiness Governing Board: Provides eligibility requirements for said program; requires performance standards and outco... More... VA Signed into law 01/1999 P-12 Clarifies Computation of Average Daily Membership for Half-Day Kindergarten H.B. 2141 Clarifies in standard 1 of standards of Quality (SOG) that school divisions offering half-day kindergarten programs are to adjust their aver... More... HI Died 10/1998 P-12 Amends Kindergarten Age Requirement S.B. 2871 Amends the age requirement for a child to attend kindergarten to be at least 5 years of age, to be more specifically determined by the Board... More... KS Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 2853 Kindergarten Relates to school districts; authorizes the collection of fees for maintenance of kindergarten for full school dyus; imposes certain limitat... More... OK Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 Underage Children in Kindergarten H.B. 1657 Intended to deal with increasing numbers of 4-year olds in kindergarten. Removes authority for underage children to attend kindergarten and ... More... TN Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 S.B. 2787 Kindergarten Requirement BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE . Requires children entering kindergarten to be five years of age 7/31, rather than present date of... More... WA Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 2318 & H.B. 2329 Full-Day Kindergarten Program Establishes the full-day kindergarten grant program in the 1998-99 school year to qualify school districts; may increase the time in kinderg... More... WA Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 2329 Full-Day Kindergarten Programs Funds full day kindergarten programs.... More... NV Signed into law 07/1997 P-12 Makes Kindergarten Attendance Mandatory A.B. 6 Makes kindergarten attendance mandatory in Nevada effective July 1, 1999. Children age 6 on or before 9/30 must be admitted to kindergarten... More... NH Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 Kindergarten Financial Support H.B. 50 Kindergarten Programs Increases aid for kindergarten programs; establishes a kindergarten scholarship aid program.... More... TN Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 S.B. 901 Compulsory School Attendance Age for Kindergarten Sets kindergarten age at five and mandatory school attendance age at six rather than seven years of age; exempts certain home school or non-... More... FL Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 442 School Readiness for Preschool Children Creates pilot to promote school readiness for preschool children; requires report.... More... AR Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 1056 Kindergarten Entrance Age Children must have reached age 5 on August 1 (changed from October 1) to be subject to the mandatory kindergarten attendance law.... More... CA Died 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 893 Requires that a child be admitted to the kindergarten of an elementary school during the first month of a school year if the child will have... More... IN Died 01/1997 P-12 S.B. 468 Kindergarten Education Relates to compulsory statewide kindergarten.... More... MN Signed into law 06/1996 P-12 First Grade Preparedness, 1996 Laws, Chapter 412, Article 1, Section 11 Minnesota provided $3.5 million for the first year of a three year pilot program for all day kindergarten called First Grade Preparedness. G... More... MO Signed into law 06/1996 P-12 S.B. 572 School Enrollment Age (Effective: 07/01/97) Repeals current law requiring school districts to evaluate the readiness for entry into kindergarten or first grade of... More... PR 06/1996 P-12 Kindergarten Attendance, Preschool Teachers 79 Law Early childhood education is identified as the developmental determination state of the human being for the basic information of his or her ... More... CO Signed into law 05/1996 P-12 H.B. 1139 Colorado Basic Literacy Act (Effective: 04/22/96) Kindergarten reading readiness level established by State Board. State Board will identify and approve instruments for... More... WA Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 2494 Private Kindergarten (Effective: 03/15/96) Provides that no private school may be approved that operates a kindergarten program only.... More... ID Signed into law 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 837 Five Year Olds Attend First Grade Amends existing law to allow children who have completed out of state kindergarten to attend first grade even though they are only five year... More... SD Signed into law 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 1053 School Term for Kindergarten (Effective: 02/12/96) Provides that a local school board or governing body may set the school term for kindergarten programs.... More... ID Died 01/1996 P-12 S.B. 1386 Establish Kindergarten Provides that school districts shall establish kindergartens but that attendance is not compulsory.... More... NJ Died 01/1996 P-12 A.B. 1242 Kindergarten Age Requirement Alters age requirement to enroll in kindergarten.... More... VT Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 633 Kindergarten and First Grade Ages Requires that a child be at least five years old before 9/1 to enter a public school kindergarten that year and at least six years old befor... More... NH Died 04/1995 P-12 S.B. 96 Finances for Public Kindergarten Designates certain taxes and revenue to fund public kindergarten.... More... KS Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 H.B. 3087 Age of Entrance Changes from Sept 1 to Aug 31 the date on or before which a child must reach age five in order to be entitled to attend kindergarten or reac... More... WV Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 S.B. 1000 Formula Bill 1) Allows American Sign Language to be accepted as credited course of study in foreign language. 2) Gives counties option to start school ye... More... P-3 Health and Mental Health P-3 Kindergarten P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten P-3 Preschool P-3 Public/Private Partnerships P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development Parent/Family Parent/Family--Parent Rights Parent/Family--Research Partnerships--University/School Postsecondary Postsecondary Accountability Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning Postsecondary Affordability Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants Postsecondary Faculty Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure Postsecondary Finance Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding Postsecondary Finance--Facilities Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures Postsecondary Governance and Structures Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies Postsecondary Institutions Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate Postsecondary Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent Postsecondary Online Instruction Postsecondary Participation Postsecondary Participation--Access Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) Postsecondary Participation--Outreach Postsecondary Students Postsecondary Students--Adults Postsecondary Students--Disabled Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional Postsecondary Students--International Postsecondary Students--Low-Income Postsecondary Students--Military Postsecondary Students--Minority Postsecondary Success Postsecondary Success--Completion Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation Private Schools Privatization Privatization--Education Management Agencies (EMOs) Proficiency-Based Approaches Promising Practices Promotion/Retention Public Involvement Purposes of Public Education Reading/Literacy Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy Religion Religion--Prayer/Meditation Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) Rural Scheduling/School Calendar Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School Scheduling/School Calendar--Week Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round School Climate/Culture School Safety School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution School Safety--Code of Conduct School Safety--Corporal Punishment School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault School Safety--Special Education School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes School/District Structure/Operations School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation School/District Structure/Operations--District Size School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries School/District Structure/Operations--Org. (K-3/K-8 etc.) School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) School/District Structure/Operations--School Size School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services School/District Structure/Operations--Staffing Ratios School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation Service-Learning Special Education Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations Special Education--Finance Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) Special Education--Placement Special Education--Transition Special Populations--Corrections Education Special Populations--Foster Care Special Populations--Gifted and Talented Special Populations--Homeless Education Special Populations--Immigrant Education Special Populations--Migrant Education Special Populations--Military Standards Standards--Common Core State Standards Standards--Implementation State Comparisons/Statistics State Longitudinal Data Systems State Policymaking State Policymaking--Ballot Questions State Policymaking--Constitutional Clauses State Policymaking--Politics State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions STEM Student Achievement Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap Student Achievement--State Trends Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring Student Supports--Remediation Student Surveys Students Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities Students--Employment Students--Incentives Students--K-12 Exchange Students Students--Mobility Students--Records/Rights Teaching Quality Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals Teaching Quality--Preparation Teaching Quality--Professional Development Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force Teaching Quality--Teacher Attitudes Teaching Quality--Teacher Contracts (Not Tenure) Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining--Strikes Teaching Quality--Working Conditions Technology Technology--Computer Skills Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware Technology--Equitable Access Technology--Funding Issues Technology--Internet Safety Technology--Research/Evaluation Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training Textbooks and Open Source Urban Urban--Change/Improvements Urban--Governance Whole-School Reform Models Whole Child