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From the ECS State Policy Database 1994-2013

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The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Common Core/National Tests Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Brain Research Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Counseling/Guidance Curriculum Curriculum--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Computer Science Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Home Economics Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Demographics Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Economic/Workforce Development--Value of an Education Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Aid to Private Schools Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Does Money Matter? Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Litigation Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Performance Funding Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--Mandates Governance--Regional Entities Governance--School Boards Governance--School Boards--Training Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health Health--Child Abuse Health--Mental Health Health--Nutrition Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses Health--Suicide Prevention Health--Teen Pregnancy High School 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 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--Teaching Across Disciplines Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools International Baccalaureate 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 Mentoring/Tutoring 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 English Language Learners (ELL) P-3 Ensuring Quality P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits P-3 Family Involvement P-3 Finance P-3 Governance P-3 Grades 1-3 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 P-3 Technology 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 CA To governor 09/2013 Community College Student Representation Fee A.B. 1358 From bill summary: Existing law authorizes the governing body of a student body association to order an election be held to establish a student representation fee of $1 per semester, with 2/3 of students approving the fee. New provisions authorize the electi... More... OR Signed into law 09/2013 Postsec. Authority over Oregon Community Colleges H.B. 3120 (Section 4) Shifts oversight, rulemaking, and policy making authority over community colleges from the state board of education to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC). Directs that a governing board of a community college district to identify educational ... More... CA Signed into law 08/2013 Community College Student Members of Community College District Governing Boards A.B. 1030 From legislative counsel's digest: Provides that if the seat of a student member of a community college district governing board becomes vacant during his/her term, the governing board may authorize the officers of student body associations at each community c... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 Postsec. STEM Funding for Community Colleges H.B. 2265 Renames the Capital Outlay Fund to the STEM and Workforce Programs Fund. Defines allowable STEM fund expenditures to include: business and educational institute partnerships; additional faculty for the expansion of course offerings; student services for the ex... More... NE Signed into law 06/2013 Community College Amends Statewide Coordination of Community College Boards L.B. 211 Deletes the requirement that community colleges be represented as members of associations. Requires the Nebraska Community College Student Performance and Occupational Education Grant Committee to develop guidelines for aid or grants to the community colleges ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 Postsec. Community College Finance & Governance Study S.B. 391 Creates an interim study committee to review national best practices of governance and funding methods for community colleges; examine effective relationship among local school districts, workforce development, and community colleges to make more graduates wor... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 Postsec. Study re: Authorization of Baccalaurate Programs in Nursing and Applied Sciences S.B. 414 Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct a study of regional workforce needs to determine regions of the state that would benefit from the authorization of baccalaureate degree programs in nursing and in applied sciences at public junio... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 Community College Maximum Number of Credits Required for an Associate's Degree S.B. 497 Provides that to earn an associate's degree, a student may not be required by an institution of higher education to complete more than the minimum number of semester credit hours required for the degree by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools unles... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 Postsec. Tuition for Certain Students Residing Outside of a Junior College District. H.B. 2448 Requires the governing board of a public junior college district that includes at least 6 campuses to allow a person who resides outside the district, in the taxing district of a contiguous public junior college district, and in an area designated as a super n... More... MD Signed into law 05/2013 Postsec. Community College Postsecondary - Four-Year/Community College Transfers S.B. 740 Directs the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) to develop and implement a statewide transfer agreement whereby at least 60 credits earned at a community college toward an associate's degree must be transferrable to any public four-year higher educatio... More... NE Signed into law 03/2013 Community College Community College Board Members L.B. 135 Provides that no member of a community college board of governors is to be employed by the community college area for which he or she serves as a board member. http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB135.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 02/2013 Postsec. Community College Community College Facilities S.B. 4 Assists community and technical colleges in acquiring capital funding. Specifies procedures for instituting millage elections. Makes technical changes to law. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Pages/BillInformation.aspx?measureno=sb4... More... IL Signed into law 02/2013 Community College Community College Funding H.B. 1864 Provides that as of July 1, 2013, a community college district eligible to receive an equalization grant must maintain a minimum required combined in-district tuition and universal fee rate per semester credit hour equal to 70% (instead of 85%) of the state-av... More... MT Signed into law 02/2013 Community College Community College Funding H.B. 25 Revises the community college state appropriation calculation to eliminate duplicate funding (by both levies and state appropriations) in excess of the 2012 mill levy levels. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2013/billpdf/HB0025.pdf... More... VA Signed into law 02/2013 Postsec. Community College Mental Health Referral H.B. 2322/S.B. 1078 Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to develop a mental health referral policy that would require community colleges to designate at least one individual at each college to serve as a point of contact with an emergency services system clinician at ... More... MI Signed into law 12/2012 Community College Community Colleges Baccalaureate Degrees H.B. 4496 Permits community colleges to grant baccalaureate degrees in cement technology, maritime technology, energy production technology, or culinary arts. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billconcurred/House/pdf/2011-HCB-4496.pdf... More... CA Vetoed 09/2012 Community College Community College Public-Private Partnership Pilot Program A.B. 2309 From bill summary: Authorize the board of governors of the California Community Colleges, once sufficient funding becomes available, to establish a competitive grant pilot program to evaluate a public-private partnership model designed to accomplish specified ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2012 Community College Bids for Contracts and Community College Grants, Gifts, and Bequests S.B. 3635 Provides that certain statutory provisions regarding bids for contracts do not prevent a community college from complying with the terms and conditions of a grant, gift, or bequest that calls for the procurement of a particular good or service, provided that t... More... IL Signed into law 08/2012 Community College Illinois Community College Board Membership S.B. 3428 Provides that one of the 11 gubernatorally-appointed members of the Illinois Community College Board, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, must be the president of a public community college, the chancellor of City Colleges of Chicago (Community C... More... CA Signed into law 06/2012 Community College Community College Funding Boost If Tax Increase Approved S.B. 1016 - Community College Funding Boost If Tax Increase Approved From section 69 of bill summary: Requires that, if the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012 is approved by the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election, and all of the provisions of that act that modify personal income tax r... More... NC Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2012 Community College Comm. Colleges Opt Out of Fed'l Loan Program H.B. 7 Permits a community college to refrain from participating in a federal direct loan program that students can use to borrow money. Vetoed by governor, overriden by legislature. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H7v0.pdf... More... CO Signed into law 05/2012 Community College Postsec. Community College Two-year Degree Programs H.B. 1214 The bill allows a Colorado community college to offer a two-year degree program with academic designation in nursing or dental hygiene without a valid student transfer agreement.. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F46C5C7574E6067F... More... IA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Community College Postsec. Worker Training Programs in Community Colleges S.F. 2321 - Division II This section adds a new subsection requiring the Department of Workforce Development to issue a quarterly report identifying Iowa industries in which there is a shortage of skilled workers. Also establishes for the community colleges a gap tuition assistance ... More... FL Signed into law 04/2012 Community College Postsec. Foreign Language in Associate Degree Programs H.B. 7135 - Foreign Language in Associate Degree Programs Requires students seeking an associate of arts degree to demonstrate competency in a foreign language. Page 18 of 31: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7135er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7135&Session=2012... More... IL Adopted 04/2012 Postsec. Approval of New Units of Instruction, Research and Public Service at Public Institutions 23 IL ADC 1050.10, 20, 30 This rule guides the reviews of (a) applications for new degree programs at public universities and community colleges and (b) proposals from public universities to establish new research and public service centers. This rule also requires the institutional re... More... MD Signed into law 04/2012 Community College Postsec. Community Colleges - Tuition Waiver for Disabled Individuals H.B. 53 Adds a reason that any resident of the state who is out of the workforce by reason of total and permanent disability who enrolls at a community college in a class that has at least 10 regularly enrolled students can be exempt from payment of tuition: for conti... More... PA Signed into law 04/2012 Community College State Military College Legislative Appointment Initiative Program Act S.B. 560 Establishes State Military College Legislative Appointment Initiative Program. Allows each member of the Assembly to establish a state military college selection committee. Sets minimum qualifications for applicant selection. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOC... More... WI Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. Community College Membership of Technical College Board(s) S.B. 275 Establishes and requires the governing board for the Milwaukee area technical college to include 9 members who are residents of the district, 7 of whom are residents of Milwaukee County. Five of those 7 are to represent employers -- 3 of whom represent employ... More... WA Signed into law 03/2012 Community College Postsec. Workforce Training for Aerospace and Materials Manufacturing H.B. 2156 Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to: (1) Facilitate coordination and alignment of aerospace training programs to the maximum extent possible; and (2) Establish an aerospace and advanced materials manufacturing pipeline advisory com... More... NE Signed into law 02/2012 Postsec. Community College Community College Aid Act L.B. 946 Enacts the Community College Aid Act. Specifies distribution of state aid appropriations among the six community college areas for 2013-14 and future fiscal years. Amends provisions relating to maximum property tax levy rates authorized to be levied by communi... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 Community College Postsec. Community College Governing Board Elections A.B. 684 From bill summary: Authorizes the governing board of a community college district to change election systems in accordance with the provisions of this bill and the California Voting Rights Act of 2001, subject to approval by the Board of Governors of the Calif... More... OR Signed into law 08/2011 Postsec. Community College Higher Education Coordinating Commission S.B. 242 Creates the Higher Education Coordinating Commission. ... More... SC Signed into law 08/2011 Postsec. The South Carolina Higher Education Efficiency & Administrative Policies Act of 2011 S.B. 172 Transparency and Efficiency Requires each public institution of higher learning to maintain a transaction register that includes a complete record of all funds expended, from whatever source for whatever purpose. Provides that the register must be prominently... More... CA Signed into law 07/2011 Community College Postsec. Community College Oversight of Instruction A.B. 1029 Extends to January 1, 2014 deletion of requirement that the board of governors of the California Community Colleges review and approve courses of instruction that are not offered as part of an educational program approved by the board of governors. Extends to ... More... PA Adopted 07/2011 Postsec. Community College Postsecondary Access in Rural Communities S.R. 147 A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to examine the Commonwealth's programs for post-secondary education in Commonwealth rural communities and to make recommendations for improving the delivery of open admissions and affordable, ... More... CA Signed into law 06/2011 Community College Postsec. Out-of-State Absence of Community College District Governing Board Members A.B. 334 Makes provisions prohibiting the out-of-state absence of a local school board member (with exceptions for illness, military service, etc.) applicable to a member of a community college district governing board member. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/a... More... LA Adopted 06/2011 Postsec. Community Colleges and Economic Development S.C.R. 61 Urges and requests the Board of Regents to work with the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges to study the two-year college services offered to the greater northeast Louisiana area, and to determine how the state can best meet the education... More... LA Signed into law 06/2011 Community College Postsec. Creates New Community College S.B. 69 Creates the Northshore Technical Community College. Addresses the management, supervision, operation of the institution. Address program offerings, and awarding of certificates, diplomas, and degrees. Addresses duties and responsibilities of the Board of Regen... More... NC Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Community College Common Core State Standards/Remediation/Vocational, Career Courses S.B. 479 Directs the State Board of Education (SBE) to continue to participate in the development of the Common Core State Standards in conjunction with the consortium of other states, review all national assessments developed by both multistate consortia, and implemen... More... NC Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Community College Establishes the State Board of Proprietary Schools S.B. 685 Establishes the State Board of Proprietary Schools in the North Carolina Community Colleges System Office. Provides that the State Board of Proprietary Schools has the authority to recommend for adoption and to administer all policies, regulations, and standa... More... OR Signed into law 06/2011 Community College Community College Credit for Military Education/Training S.B. 275 Directs the board of each community college district, in consultation with the department of veterans' affairs, to develop standards for the district to award credit for education and training obtained during service in the U.S. Armed Forces. Requires the comm... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 Community College Postsec. Training for Members of Public Junior College District Governing Boards H.B. 1206 Requires training for all members of governing boards of public junior college districts, not only appointed members. Requires topics of such training to additionally include information about best practices in campus financial management, financial ratio anal... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 Community College Postsec. Information Resources Management Act and Junior Colleges/Junior College Districts H.B. 1495 Clarifies that the Information Resources Management Act does not apply to public junior colleges and public junior college districts. Provides certain exceptions. Bill text: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB01495F.pdf#navpanes=0 Infor... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 Community College Postsec. State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia H.B. 49 Changes the name of the State Board of Technical and Adult Education to the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/116879.pdf... More... MD Signed into law 05/2011 Postsec. Community College Amends Requirements For Exemption From Community College Tuition Payment for Disabled Individuals H.B. 104 Clarifies and amends the requirements for obtaining an exemption from the payment of tuition at community colleges for specified disabled individuals. Allows an individual who is out of work due to a disability to obtain a tuition waiver at a community college... More... NH Signed into law 05/2011 Community College Postsec. Closure of Community Colleges/Regional Academic Centers H.B. 69 Authorizes the community college system of New Hampshire board of trustees to render a final decision on the closure of any college or regional academic center within the community college system. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/HB0069.html... More... WV Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishes the Learn and Earn Cooperative Education Program S.B. 538 Establishes the Learn and Earn Cooperative Education Program to provide opportunities for students in technical and community colleges to work with West Virginia companies while in college, thus increasing the likelihood that they will complete the program, fi... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 Community College Postsec. Community College District S.B. 1213 Outlines an alternative process to convert a provisional community college district to an independent community college district. Allows a county to organize an independent community college district if the following requirements are met: (1) The county has op... More... IA Signed into law 04/2011 Postsec. Community College Community College Duties and Operations S.F. 470 Oversight/governance moves from state board for community colleges to the state board of education. Requires statewide summary of fiscal data reported. Modifies instructional workload standards. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/linc/84/external/govbills/SF47... More... IA Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Community College Postsec. District-to-Community College Program and Facilities Pilot Program S.F. 424 Establishes district-to-community college program and facilities sharing pilot program. Authorizes a consortium of four or more districts and a community college to request approval to participate. Sets parameters and timeliness. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.... More... NC Vetoed 04/2011 P-12 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges Opt Out Of Participation In Federal Direct Loan Program H.B. 7 Allows community colleges to opt out of participation in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program. Govenor's Veto Message: http://www.governor.state.nc.us/NewsItems/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?newsItemID=1803 Bill text: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions... More... FL Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. Community College Florida College System Institution S.B. 946 Substitutes the term ''Florida College System Institution" for the terms ''Florida college," ''community college," and ''junior college" where those terms appear in the Florida K-20 Education Code. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-005.pdf... More... NE Signed into law 02/2011 Postsec. Community College Distribution of State Aid to Community College Areas L.B. 59 Does not impact the level of funding appropriated for state aid to community college areas but does specify the distribution of state aid among the six community college areas for 2011-12 and 2012-13. http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Fi... More... CA Signed into law 09/2010 Community College Postsec. Improving Student Success in Community Colleges S.B. 1143 Directs the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to adopt a plan for promoting and improving student success within the California Community Colleges. Directs the board of governors to establish a taskforce to examine best practices in the c... More... CA Signed into law 09/2010 P-12 Community College Postsec. Reporting by California Community Colleges A.B. 1713 From bill analysis: Authorizes the California Community Colleges (CCC) to consolidate annual reports on concurrent enrollment and special admits into a single report and changes the due date from November 1 to March 1. Changes the due date from May 1 to July 1... More... CA Vetoed 09/2010 Community College Postsec. Common Assessment, Data Warehouse and Web Portal A.B. 2682 Requires the board of governors of the California Community Colleges to establish a pilot project that seeks to create a centrally delivered system of student assessment to be used as one of multiple measures for community college placement and advisement. Pro... More... MI Signed into law 09/2010 Postsec. Community College Statewide P-20 Longitudinal Data System/Community Colleges Role S.B. 1151 - Sec. 405 Requires community colleges receiving funds under this appropriations bill to cooperate with the state to comply with the provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, requiring the establishment of a statewide P-20 longit... More... FL Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Postsec. Florida College System Institution HB 7037 - Sec 21 Directs the Division of Statutory Revision of the Office of Legislative Services to substitute the term "Florida College System institution" for the terms "Florida college," "community college," and "junior college" where those terms appear in the Florida K-20... More... RI Signed into law 06/2010 Community College Postsec. Purpose of Community College of Rhode Island H.B. 8181, S.B.2823 Extends role of the Community College of Rhode Island as a workforce development center. Redefines purpose of the community college to be "to offer all students the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for intellectual, professional and pe... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Community College Postsec. Online Access to Financial Data H.B. 2282 Relates to a comprehensive database of receipts and expenditures of state monies; relates to an official internet website that is electronically searchable by the public at no cost; provides for cross-linked expenditures associated with contracts or subcontrac... More... CT Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Alignment of Postsecondary Education and Employment in the Green Industry H.B. 5164 Requires higher education institutions in Connecticut to publicize green technology initiatives in higher education and to collaborate in furthering these initiatives; requires the department of higher education (DHE), in consultation with the department of ed... More... KS Signed into law 05/2010 Community College Postsec. Regulation of Technical Colleges S.B. 131 Amends Private and Out-of-State Postsecondary Educational Institutions Act. Requires each institution to notify the State Board of Regents about the existence of a branch campus in the state; includes new definitions of regulated institutions; relates to the p... More... MD Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Community College Capital Projects H.B. 1044/S.B. 234 Requires that community college capital projects that receive state funds comply with the state's High Performance Building Act; Allows community colleges to apply for waivers from this requirement under existing waiver procedures; Takes effect July 1, 2010, a... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2010 Community College Postsec. Dual Enrollment H.B. 2040 Changes various community college reporting requirements relating to dual enrollment programs. Changes the dual enrollment reporting requirements from being submitted annually to only in odd-numbered calendar years. Removes the following community college annu... More... CO Signed into law 04/2010 Community College Postsec. Baccalaureate Degrees at Two-year Colleges S.B. 101 Authorizes Colorado mountain college to offer baccalaureate degrees that address the needs of the communities within its service area. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/45C7C63C518F2BAF872576A80026AF4E?open&file=101_enr.pdf... More... CO Signed into law 04/2010 Community College Postsec. S.B. 88 Authorizes community colleges and junior colleges to offer 2-year degree programs with academic designation; provides a community college must submit the degree program designation for a review and approval by the state board for community colleges and occupat... More... NE Signed into law 04/2010 Community College Postsec. Community College Funding L.B. 1072 Terminates the current funding formula and dissolves the Nebraska Community College Association on June 30, 2011. The six community college presidents will work together to develop a new funding formula and reorganize a community college association. http://ww... More... AL Signed into law 03/2010 Community College Postsec. Two-Year College System Joint Interim Legislative Committee H.J.R. 97 Creates the Two Year College System Joint Interim Legislative Committee. Directs the committee to study all facets of the two-year college system and to adopt the recommendations of the Final Report of the House of Representatives Interim Legislative Study Com... More... ME Signed into law 03/2010 Postsec. Community College Amends the Job Creation Through Educational Opportunity Program H.B. 899 Amends the Job Creation Through Educational Opportunity Program; amends the definition of accredited Maine junior college, college or university to include that the institution must have regional accreditation; relates to financial aid, educational cost of liv... More... VA Signed into law 03/2010 Postsec. Community College Uniform Certificate of General Studies H.B. 1066 Requires the development of a uniform certificate of general studies program by the State Council of Higher Education, in consultation with the Community College System, to be offered at each community college. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+f... More... TX Adopted 11/2009 Community College Postsec. Automatic Approval of Academic and Career Technical/Workforce Associate Degree Programs 19 TAC 1.9.E.9.92, .93, .95 Permits automatic higher education coordinating board approval of new academic and career technical/workforce associate degree programs, provided certain criteria are met, including that the institution can certify that, among other indicators: (1) The progra... More... TX Adopted 11/2009 Community College Postsec. Program Development in Public Two-Year Colleges 19 TAC 1.9.A.9.1 Adds definitions for the following terms pertaining to higher education coordinating board approval of new academic and career technical/workforce associate degree and certificate programs: "academic degree"; "applied associate degree"; "career technical/workf... More... TX Adopted 11/2009 Community College Postsec. Associate Degree Programs 19 TAC 1.9.J.9.184 -.186 Repeals existing rules and establishes new rules concerning Academic Associate Degree and Certificate Programs. Establishes approval criteria for new academic associate degree programs and permits colleges to award an academic certificate to students who succe... More... TX Adopted 11/2009 Community College Postsec. Board Review of Purpose, Role and Mission Statements 19 TAC 1.9.C.9.55 Repeals 19 TAC §9.55 regarding the higher education coordinating board review of purpose, role and mission statements at public community colleges as a component of the institutional effectiveness evaluation review process. The November 20, 2009 Texas Register... More... TX Adopted 11/2009 Community College Postsec. Associate Degree Programs 19 TAC 1.9.J.9.181, .183 Amends rules related to associate degree programs. Amendment to Section 9.181 clarifies that rules apply not only to public community colleges, but also Texas State Technical College-Harlingen, and the Lamar State Colleges. Amendment to Section 9.183 adds lang... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 Community College Postsec. Community College Enrollment for Previously Expelled Students A.B. 1400 Authorizes the governing board of a community college district to either deny enrollment, permit enrollment or permit conditional enrollment to any individual who has been expelled from a community college within the preceding 10 years for certain offenses, or... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Postsecondary Finance, Governance and Reporting A.B. 1182 Expresses legislative intent to refine higher education reporting requirements to provide for more effective, manageable and transparent reporting by the higher education segments. Requests that the University of California notify each high school's governing... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 Postsec. Community College Collaborative Baccalaureate Degree Development Grant Program S.B. 1883 Requires the board of higher education to implement the Collaborative Baccalaureate Degree Development Grant Program to help deliver upper-division courses and bachelor's degree programs offered by colleges and universities at a location geographically conveni... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 Community College Postsec. Community College Officers of the Peace H.B. 2253 Repeals and rewrites provisions related to the appointment, duties and training of law enforcement officer and non-law enforcement officer members of the community college district police department or department of public safety. http://www.ilga.gov/legislati... More... ND Signed into law 08/2009 Postsec. Community College Interplay Between State University System and Tribally Controlled Community Colleges H.B. 1566 Requires that the Commissioner of Higher Education study the interplay between the State University System and tribally controlled community colleges. Specifically, requires the commissioner to address ways in which the North Dakota university system as a whol... More... AZ Vetoed 07/2009 Community College Postsec. Finance H.B. 2649 Repeals the delayed effective date relating to the elimination of the hold harmless condition for community college operating state aid and the changes to the threshold requirements for growth funding; restores the State Board of Regents's total lease-to-own a... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 Community College Postsec. Using "Success Points" in Funding Community Colleges H.B. 1 - Section 371.20.95(C) and 371.20.80(D)(1) Section 371.20.95(C): Directs the chancellor, in consultation with representatives of state community colleges, to conduct a study on the use of "success points" in allocating appropriations to community colleges in FY 2011. Requires the study to identify "suc... More... FL Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Community College Designates the Division of Florida Colleges as a division of the Department of Education S.B. 2682 The bill implements some of the recommendations of the Florida College System Task Force and the State College Pilot Project. In particular, the bill: 1. Renames the Division of Community Colleges within the Department of Education as the Division of Florida ... More... NC Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges May Offer Noncredit Safe Driving Courses to High School Students H.B. 391 Authorizes community colleges to offer noncredit courses in safe driving to high school students on a self-supporting basis during the academic year or the summer. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H391v5.pdf... More... NC Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Community College Additional Purchasing Flexibility for Community Colleges H.B. 490 Grants additional purchasing flexibility to community colleges by permitting purchase of an item that is neither available under State term contracts nor substantially similar to an item available under State term contracts; directs the State Board of Communit... More... NH Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Community College Transition of Functions and Reporting of the Community College System S.B. 149 Changes the effective date for the transition of certain functions within the community college system of New Hampshire from July 1, 2009 to July 1, 2011. Provides that the commissioner of the department of education and the chancellor of the community college... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 Community College Postsec. Bonded indebtedness H.B. 3116 Allows Blue Mountain Community College District, Columbia Gorge Community College District, Southwestern Oregon Community College District, and Rogue Community College District to incur bonded indebtedness for benefit of districts upon approval of voters in di... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Community College Postsec. Career Readiness Certification Program H.B. 2398 Creates the Career Readiness Certification Program in the Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development; provides that services of the program shall include an assessment process, targeted instruction, and issuance of a career readiness certificat... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 Community College Postsec. Junior College District Employees H.B. 1568 Authorizes the governing board of a junior college district to exempt a district employee from all or a portion of student tuition and fees. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB01568F.pdf... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Community College Postsec. Charter Schools Run by Two-Years H.B. 1423 Allows public junior colleges (two-year institutions) to be granted charters to operate open-enrollment charter schools, including on the junior college campus. Specifies criteria junior college must meet to be granted a charter, including that the charter's e... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 Community College Postsec. Community Colleges and Economic Development H.B. 2169 Authorizes the Texas Workforce Commission to establish by rule additional job incentive programs to create incentives for public community and technical colleges, in partnership with employers, to provide workforce training to create and retain employment oppo... More... AL Pocket veto by governor 05/2009 Community College Postsec. Joint Interim Legislative Study Committee to Assess the Two-year College System H.J.R. 878 Creates the Joint Interim Legislative Study Committee to Assess the Two-year College System. Directs the committee to make an assessment of the two-year college system and all entities within the purview of the department of postsecondary education, its govern... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 Community College Postsec. Child Care Services for Eligible Students in Two-Year Colleges S.B. 963 Provides child care services for Temporary Assistance to Needy Family Program recipients enrolled in day or evening classes in a two-year college. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1485.pdf... More... KS Signed into law 04/2009 Community College Postsec. Community Colleges S.B. 11 Concerns postsecondary institutions; relates to community colleges and the powers and duties thereof; relates to a service area as designated geographic areas of the state established pursuant to agreement of the presidents of the community colleges and adopte... More... NE Signed into law 04/2009 Community College Postsec. Requires Reporting of Study Findings L.B. 340 From the Fiscal Note: Requires the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education to report findings of a study relating to the Nebraska community college system to the Legislature on or before December 15, 2009. Specific elements to be addressed by the s... More... WV Adopted 04/2009 Postsec. Community College ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION Title 135, Series 49 Provides rules from The West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College regarding an accountability system for public higher education in the state. Relates to the development of statewide master plans, the process of entering into state and institut... More... OR Signed into law 03/2009 Community College Postsec. Community college maintenance H.B. 5034 Extends the limitation of use of bond proceeds for community college districts for deferred maintenance, capital renewal, code compliance and safety projects; approval the proposed sale of the Dallas Armory and land upon which it is situated; decreases certain... More... VA Signed into law 03/2009 Community College Postsec. Pilot Grants for Open Education Resources S.B. 1173 Requires the State Board for Community Colleges, in consultation with the Department of Education and the State Council of Higher Education, to develop a competitive grant pilot program to provide grants to community colleges to establish open education resour... More... WY Vetoed 03/2009 Community College Postsec. Community college facilities H.B. 114 Relates to community colleges; establishes a statewide college system operations and facility funding mechanism based upon a prescribed system wide strategic planning process attaching state funding to state interests; provides for system operational budgeting... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 Postsec. Community College Open Education Resources H.B. 1940 Requires the State Board for Community Colleges, in consultation with the Virginia Department of Education and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, to develop a competitive grant pilot program to provide grants to community colleges to establish... More... CA Vetoed 01/2009 P-12 Postsec. Finance and Facilities A.B. 4A Relates to sufficient textbook requirements, county superintendent revenue limits, school district building maintenance funding, funding for school and community college districts, pupil retention block grants, charter school block grants, pupil oral health as... More... MI Signed into law 12/2008 Community College Postsec. Community Colleges Act for New Training Programs S.B. 1342 Amends the Community College Act; authorizes community college districts to operate new jobs training programs, to enter into training agreements with employers, and to issue bonds to finance the training programs; defines new jobs training program as a projec... More... FL Adopted 11/2008 Community College Postsec. Community Colleges Board of Trustee Appointments FAC 6A-10.007 Amends rule to change structure so that Boards of Trustees for Community Colleges are appointed by Governor subject to Senate confirmation. FLORIDA 33941 https://www.flrules.org/gateway/readFile.asp?sid=0&tid=6433736&type=1&File=6A-10.007.doc... More... IL Adopted 10/2008 Community College Postsec. Community College Evaluations 23 IAC 1501.303 Amends policies relating to review and evaluation of community college programs. Eliminates reference to opportunity for a college to request a review cycle longer than five years. Specifies that colleges must review student services and academic support progr... More... AZ Issued 09/2008 P-12 Community College Postsec. State Community College Council Exec. Order 2008-27 Creates the State Community College Council; concerns support of a seamless education system and collaboration with other educational entities; concerns revisions to higher education funding mechanisms; concerns transfer and articulation of community college c... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 Community College Postsec. Grade changing policies A.B. 1754 Requires the Chancellor of the State Community Colleges to distribute a pre-existing model grade changing policy updated in 2008 to each community college district. Provides that the Legislature encourages the community college districts to establish grade cha... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 Community College Postsec. Articulation S.B. 1585 Requires the Chancellor of State Community Colleges to establish an Improve Transfer Success Pilot Program to increase the number of transfer-declared students who begin in basic skills courses that are below transferable coursework and successfully progress t... More... CO Approved by voters 08/2008 Community College Postsec. Gaming Funds for Community Colleges Amendment 50 Proposes an amendment to the Constitution concerning limited gaming; allows voters in Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek to vote on extending casino hours of operation, approved games and maximum single bets; provides for distributions from the Limite... More... IL Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 08/2008 Community College Postsec. Community College Districts H.B. 4189 Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Classifies community college districts as units of local government that must adopt resolutions regulating political activities, solicitation and acceptance of gifts by their officials and employees. http://... More... CA Signed into law 07/2008 Community College Postsec. Community college A.B. 591 Requires that any person who is employed to teach adult or community college classes for a specified percentage of the hours constituting a full-time assignment for regular employees having comparable duties, excluding substitute service, be classified as a te... More... CA Vetoed 07/2008 Community College Postsec. Finance Performance Audit A.B. 125 Authorizes the performance audit of a school or community college district to ensure that bond funds have been expended only on the specific projects authorized, to include reviews of the compliance of the district with its bond ballot language and certain cos... More... MO Signed into law 06/2008 Community College Postsec. Community colleges H.B. 1869 Instructs the Revisor of Statutes to change all references of the term junior college to community college in the Revised Statutes of the State. http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills081/bills/hb1869.htm ... More... RI Signed into law 06/2008 Community College Postsec. Community College of Rhode Island Twenty-first Century Work Force Commission H.B. 7889 Establishes the Community College of Rhode Island Twenty-first Century Work Force Commission. Sets the commission's mission as: The proposal of specific actions to strengthen the community college of Rhode Island's position as a key institution in Rhode Island... More... GA Signed into law 05/2008 Community College Postsec. Technical College System of Georgia S.B. 435 Changes the name of the Department of Technical and Adult Education to the Technical College System of Georgia. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/sb435.pdf... More... VA Issued 05/2008 Community College Postsec. Workforce Development Officer Executive Order 61 (Executive Order 2008-61) Relates to the Chief Workforce Development Officer Coordination of Workforce Development and Accountability, Cross- Cabinet Collaboration and the Role of the Virginia Community College System. http://www.governor.virginia.gov/Initiat... More... NE Signed into law 04/2008 Community College Postsec. Community College Funding L.B. 973 Changes provisions governing distribution of state aid among Nebraska's six community college areas. The total level of state aid appropriated for community college area aid would not be directly impacted. Such appropriations would remain at the discretion of ... More... WY Signed into law 03/2008 Community College Postsec. Community College Capital Construction Projects H.B. 81 Increases the amount on new capital construction projects that the community college commission may approve from $50,000 to $100,000. The definition of "new capital construction project" was amended to include previously approved and uncompleted projects which... More... NM Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Community College Postsec. Community College and School District Elections H.B. 249 Relates to elections; allows community college elections to be held in conjunction with school district elections. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/08%20Regular/final/HB0249.pdf... More... CA Signed into law 10/2007 Community College Postsec. community college finance A.B. 1368 Authorizes a school district or community college district to issue notes that mature within a period not to exceed a specified number of years. Reinstates the prohibition on the fiscal officer of such districts issuing a renewal note that would have a maturit... More... CA Signed into law 09/2007 Community College Postsec. community college A.B. 668 Enacts the Community College Student Federal and State Financial Aid Opportunity Act. Expresses various findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the use of the Pell Grant program by students of Community Colleges. Requires the Community College... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 Community College Postsec. Board of Trustees Meetings S.B. 402 Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that for all meetings of a board of trustees, a quorum of members must be physically present at the location of the meeting. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0402lv.pdf... More... IL Vetoed 08/2007 Community College Postsec. State Officials and Employees Ethics Act H.B. 3504 Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Classifies community college districts as units of local government that must adopt resolutions regulating the political activities and the solicitation and acceptance of gifts by officials and employees. ht... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 Community College Postsec. Community College Board Meetings S.B. 401 Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that public notice of the schedule of regular meetings of a board of trustees for the next calendar year, as set at the organizational meeting of the board of trustees, must be given at the beginning of that ca... More... OR Issued 08/2007 Community College Postsec. Community College Support Fund Executive Order 07-12 Establishes a new process for calculating the Essential Budget Level for the community college support fund. The process will provide a more accurate picture of resources necessary to fully support community colleges in Oregon. http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/p... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 Postsec. Community College Community College Performance Standards H.B. 642 Amends the law relating to community college performance standards. Provides that the state board may withhold funds from a college that may qualify as an exceptional institution while the college is under investigation by a state or federal agency or if its p... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 Postsec. Community College Tuition Surcharge S.B. 1065 Authorizes community colleges to implement a tuition surcharge surcharge of up to 33 1/3% of the statewide tuition rate to fund a new instructional program that is necessary to attract industry to the area, and to use the proceeds of an endowed scholarship, co... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 Postsec. Community College Energy Efficiency Improvements H.B. 177 Authorizes community college boards to secure loans under the Energy Improvement Loan Program for projects that include energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems including improvements to HVAC systems, energy management controls, high efficie... More... NH Signed into law 07/2007 Postsec. Community College Establishment of Community College System S.B. 82 Eliminates the department of regional community- technical colleges and establishes the Community College System of New Hampshire. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/SB0082.html... More... OR Adopted 07/2007 Community College Postsec. Career Pathways Certificate OAR 589-006-0050 Defines "Career Pathways Certificate" as a form of certificate awarded by a community college for meeting specific technical skill proficiency requirements that meet an employment need. Career Pathways Certificates pertain to a grouping of 12 to 44 credits tha... More... PA Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Community College Postsec. Pennsylvania Technical College Program H.B. 842 -- Article XIX-F This section of H.B. 842 establishes the Pennsylvania Technical College Program as a competititve grant program (to the extent that funds appropriated can support) to prepare students in educationally underserved areas for high-demand occupations that requrie ... More... NE Signed into law 05/2007 Postsec. Community College Community College Foundation and Equalization Aid Act L.B. 342 Adopts the community college foundation and equalization aid act to be used to provide state aid to community college areas. Amends provisions governing the six areas' property tax levying authority, specifies data elements to be utilized in the computation of... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Postsec. Offering BA Degrees at Community Colleges H.B. 2198 Removes the pilot status of several community colleges that offer limited baccalaureate degrees in applied science and technology and makes granting of baccalaureate degrees in applied science and technology at these schools permanent. This bill also authorize... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 Community College Postsec. Community College Finance H.B. 2193 Concerns provisional community college districts and aid; provides for continuation. (Chapter No. 13) Removes wording eliminating the districts as of July 1, 2009 ... More... ID Signed into law 03/2007 Community College Postsec. Community College Districts S.B. 1089 Provides that effective with elections held in 2008, the terms of office of trustees of community college districts must be decreased from six to four years, unless extraordinary circumstances exist. Creates a new section providing procedures for the dissolut... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Community College Annual Appropriations to State's Public Community and Junior Colleges S.B. 2364 Makes changes to the calculation of state-aid for public junior and community colleges. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2364PS.htm... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 Community College Postsec. Technical Institute Task Force H.B. 1279 Creates the Technical Institute task force to study permanent funding options for the state technical institutes; provides for its composition; makes an appropriation; declares an emergency. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2007/bills/HB1279enr.pdf... More... SD Vetoed 03/2007 Community College Postsec. State Board of Technical Institutes S.B. 95 Establishes a State Board of Technical Institutes, to provide for its powers, duties, and responsibilities, and to provide for the transfer of authority over public postsecondary technical education from the Department of Education to the State Board of Techni... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Community College Suicide Prevention Policies H.B. 3064 Directs the governing boards of each public institution of higher education to develop and implement policies that advise students, faculty, and staff, including residence hall staff, of the proper procedures for identifying and addressing the needs of student... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 Postsec. Community College Reporting Community College Students at Higher Ed. Inst. H.B. 2408 Requires the state Council of Higher Education to submit an annual report to the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education specifying the total number of transfer students each institution of higher education admitted, enrol... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 Community College Postsec. Community College In-State Tuition S.B. 755, H.B. 2114 Requires the governing board of the Virginia Community College System to grant in-state tuition to any person enrolled in one of the System's institutions who lives out of state, but within a 30-mile radius of a Virginia community college, provided that person... More... WY Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Tax Expenditures S.B. 58 Allows additional mills or taxes approved on or after April 1, 2007 to be used for the regular support and operation and for the capital outlay needs of a community college, including facility repair, maintenance, construction and renovation needs. http://leg... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Postsec. S.B. 1133 Revises minimum state educational funding procedure for school districts and community college districts. Enacts the Quality Education Investment Act of 2006, which would authorize school districts and other local educational agencies to apply to receive fundi... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 Community College Postsec. Community College Workforce Development Program S.B. 1552 Delays the repeal date of the Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program. Adds to the program a provision requiring the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to contract for an independent performance evaluation of the program. htt... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Community College Postsec. Community College Early Assessment Pilot Program S.B. 1563 Establishes the Community College Early Assessment Pilot Program for the purpose of providing high school pupils with an indicator of their readiness for transfer level English and mathematics at the end of grade 11 and allowing high schools to work with pupil... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Community College Postsec. Dual Enrollment and Exit Exams S.B. 1303 Relates to prohibiting a principal from recommending, for any particular grade level, for community college summer session attendance, more than 5% of the total number of pupils who completed that grade prior to the time of recommendation. Exempts a pupil reco... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 Community College Postsec. Community College Tuition A.B. 473 Deletes the exemption of students who enroll for 6 or fewer units from the requirement to pay a nonresident tuition fee at a community college. Extends the exemption of the eligible students displaced by Hurricane Katrina to the 2006-07 fiscal year. Provides t... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 Community College Postsec. Community College Personnel Director Reviews A.B. 2633 Requires the personnel commission of school and community college districts to make a biennial performance evaluation of and to determine the compensation for the personnel director. Authorizes such commission to impose discipline upon the director if cause ha... More... CA Signed into law 08/2006 Postsec. Community College Adult Education Working Group A.B. 1319 Requires the Chancellor of the Community Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene a working group of adult education and data experts to review the separate, existing adult education and noncredit instruction data systems, and to report... More... CA Signed into law 08/2006 Community College Postsec. Community College Course Credits A.B. 1943 Expresses legislative intent with respect to allowing community college districts to offer credit courses that are not part of an approved educational program without prior approval by the board of governors. Requires the Chancellor of the Community Colleges t... More... CA Signed into law 08/2006 Community College Postsec. Community College Finance System S.B. 361 Establishes a new community college funding system. Requires the Board of Governors of Community Colleges to develop criteria and standards to effectuate the system in accordance with prescribed statewide minimum requirements. Requires an assessment of the imp... More... WY Rule Adoption 08/2006 Postsec. Community College Residency Requirements In-state Tuition Community Colleges Chapter 3, 5 Extends residency for purposes of in-state tuition eligibility at community colleges for immigrants and certain nonimmigrants and their dependents who possess a valid visa from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services with a classification of Temporary Wo... More... IA Adopted 07/2006 Community College Postsec. Community College Accreditation IAC 281-Chapter 24, 281-24.1(260C) through 281- 24.4(260C), 24.4(1)through 24.4(5), 281-24,5(260C), 24.5(1) through 24.5(4), 281-24.6(260C),24.6(1) through 24.6(4) Relates to the evaluation of the colleges' institutional effectiveness in a framework of CQI standards and benchmarks. Creates a new chapter 24 with a discrete set of regulations for accreditation and aligns the state accreditation process more closely with th... More... NJ Adopted 07/2006 Postsec. Community College Higher Education Incentive Funding Act Rules NJAC 17:26 Establishes procedures for higher education institutions to apply for State matching funds under the Higher Education Incentive Funding Act, and delineates how and when the matching funds will be distributed to such institutions. ... More... AZ On 11/07/2006 Ballot. 06/2006 Community College Postsec. Community College Funding Ballot Initiative V. 2 (Prop. 2056) (PROPOSITION HCR 2056-2006) Amends the State Constitution; relates to local property tax levies and community college districts; provides a limitation on annual increases in local ad valorem tax levies; relates to the 2006 Taxpayer Protection Act; provides tha... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Community College Postsec. Identifying Quality Instructional Centers at Community Colleges S.B. 2272 - Section 18 Deletes provision requiring the director of the department of education to develop an application and review process for the identification of quality instructional centers at community colleges (section 256.9, subsection 40). Program identification criteria w... More... CT Signed into law 05/2006 Community College Postsec. Community College Board Members S.B. 14 Relates to the board of trustees for community- technical colleges; requires that at least two members of the board have financial expertise. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2006/ACT/Pa/pdf/2006PA-00034-R00SB-00014-PA.pdf... More... MD Signed into law 04/2006 Community College Postsec. Funding for Community Colleges H.B. 533; SB 357 Alters the Senator John A. Cade Funding Formula for community colleges to allow colleges that are no longer eligible for funding under the size factor component to receive a specified percentage of funding for a specified number of fiscal years. http://mlis.st... More... MD Signed into law 04/2006 Community College Postsec. Community College Grants for English Language Learners S.B. 575 Increases the total amount of grants that may be distributed to specified community colleges in order to provide instruction and services to specified students enrolled in English for Speakers of Other Languages programs from $ 2,500,000 per fiscal year to $ 6... More... MD Signed into law 04/2006 Community College Postsec. Grant Program for Students with Disabilities H.B. 1681 Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish and administer a grant program for supplemental services and supports for students with disabilities in community colleges; provides for the purpose of the grant program; requires the Commission, i... More... MD Vetoed 04/2006 Community College Postsec. Baltimore Community College Presidential Responsibilities H.B. 693; S.B. 501 Alters the title of the head of the Community College of Baltimore County; provides that the President of the Community College of Baltimore County is responsible for the administration and supervision of the administrators of the campuses of the community col... More... ME Signed into law 04/2006 Postsec. Community College Personal Data Security H.B. 1417; LD 2017 Amends the Notice of Risk to Personal Data Act; relates to a security breach; amends notification requirements regarding agencies of state government, university and community college systems, the maritime academy, private colleges and universities; requires n... More... WV Signed into law 04/2006 Community College Postsec. Community/Technical College Governing Boards H.B. 4240 Clarifies the legislative intent related to boards of governors of community and technical colleges. Permits community and technical colleges under a single governing board to be recognized as a single organization within the state's financial systems. Clarif... More... IL Adopted 02/2006 Community College Postsec. Interdistrict Cooperative Agreements 23 IAC 1501.307 Expands the rules for cooperative agreements to allow one community college to award a degree or certificate offered by another community college through the state's online cooperative agreement. pp 79-89 of 1528 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/i... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 Postsec. Community College Baccalaureate Programs H.B. 1280 An act to add and repeal Section 78016.5 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education. - Public postsecondary education: California Community College Baccalaureate Partnership Program. This bill would enact the California Community College... More... NY Signed into law 10/2005 Postsec. Community College Community College payments S.B. 4652 Authorizes community colleges to accept payment by credit card, make electronictransfers, and accept internet payments.... More... DE Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Community College Postsec. Delaware Student Excellence Equals Degree (SEED) Program S.B. 30 Creates the Delaware Student Excellence Equals Degree (SEED) Program, to encourage Delaware students to stay in school, avoid contact with the criminal justice system, excel academically, and have access to higher education regardless of a family's financial c... More... NY Emergency Rule Adoption 08/2005 Postsec. Community College State Basic Financial Assistance for Operating Expenses of Community Colleges Title 8 NYCRR Sections 355(1)(c) and 6304(1)(b) Modifies the existing limitations formula for basic financial assistance in order to conform with the provisions of the education law and the 2005-2006 Budget Bill. NEW YORK REG 17738 (SN) http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2005/aug24/pdfs/rules.pdf... More... NY Emergency Rule Adoption 08/2005 Postsec. Community College State Basic Financial Assistance Title 8 NYCRR Sections 355(1)(c) and 6304(1)(b) Modifies the existing limitations formula for basic financial assistance in order to conform with the provisions of the education law and the 2005-2006 Budget Bill. NEW YORK REG 17738 (SN) http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2005/aug24/pdfs/rules.pdf... More... NH Signed into law 07/2005 Postsec. Community College Governance of the regional community-technical colleges S.B. 79 This bill makes several changes to the governance of the regional community-technical colleges. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2005/SB0079.html... More... OR Adopted 07/2005 Community College Postsec. Community College Distribution Formula OAR 589-002-0100 Amends rules regarding the community college distribution formula. Provides a financial foundation to support undergraduate and lower-division education, professional technical education, remedial education, local response to workforce training and other educa... More... FL Vetoed 06/2005 Postsec. Community College Tuition Rates and Credit Limits S.B. 2236 Establishes provisions effective with the postsecondary freshmen of the fall of 2005. States that undergraduate tuition and fees for state university resident students are established within proviso in the General Appropriations Act or law. Requires each boar... More... NC Signed into law 06/2005 Community College Postsec. Community College System H.B. 583 The Community Colleges System Office is designated as the primary lead agency for delivering workforce development training, adult literacy training, and adult education programs in the State. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H583v5.html... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Two Year Colleges Funding Model S.B. 1083 Concerns a funding formula model for two-year colleges.... More... AZ To governor 04/2005 Community College Postsec. Community Colleges H.B. 2619 HB 2619 prohibits a community college district from being eligible for growth funding unless the most recent audited FTSE count exceeds the highest audited FTSE count recorded from and after FY 2003-04.   ... More... MS Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Community College University Or Community College Students H.B. 524 University or community college students; clarify residence status. A student who, upon registration at a Mississippi institution of higher learning or community college, presents a transcript demonstrating graduation from a Mississippi secondary school and w... More... NM Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 Postsec. Community College S.B. 610 Relates to Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College; terminates off-campus instruction program.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. College and University Transfer Agreements S.B. 247 Strengthens and expands transfer agreements among colleges and universities.... More... ID Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Community Colleges H.B. 103 Amends existing law to provide that a county's liability for a resident of the county for out of district tuition to a publicly funded Idaho community college shall be for the term of the curriculum for which the student is enrolled, and not for a maximum of 6... More... KS Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Community College Community College Contracts S.B. 9 Relates to community colleges; repeals language concerning contracts with institutions located in another state. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/9.pdf Supplemental note: http://www.kslegislature.org/supplemental/2006/SN0009.pdf... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Community College Kentucky Community and Technical College System H.B. 239 Clarifies definition of "Kentucky Community and Technical College System" to mean the system composed of public community and technical colleges, including those postsecondary institutions operated by the Cabinet for Workforce Development and those community c... More... NM Signed into law 03/2005 Community College Postsec. Ruidoso Branch Community College H.B. 405 Relates to Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/HB0405.pdf... More... MS Rule Adoption 11/2004 Postsec. Community College Incentive Grants for Community/Junior Colleges Policy No. 24 Establishes the terms and conditions for WIA incentive grants to community/junior colleges to comply with the Comprehensive Workforce Training and Education Act of 2004. MISSISSIPPI REG 9396 (SN)... More... CA Vetoed, back in Senate to unfinished business 10/2004 P-12 Community College Postsec. Concurrent Enrollment S.B. 905 Relates to existing law which authorizes a principal to recommend a high school pupil for community college summer session attendance, if that pupil demonstrates adequate preparation in the discipline to be studies and has exhausted all opportunities to enroll... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Community College Education Finance: Joint Commission on Adult Education S.B. 1442 Establishes the Joint Commission on Adult Education for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the coordination of adult education and noncredit community college programs in order to improve adult education services. Requires the joint commission to ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Community College Postsec. Local Education Agencies Compensation A.B. 745 Requires a county superintendent of school and the governing board of a school district with 10 or more full-time employees, and the governing board of a community college district to annually report all compensation received by a county superintendent of scho... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Community College California Postsecondary Education Accountability Act of 2004 (CPSEA) S.B. 1331 Establishes the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) for the collection of data pertinent to the planning and coordination of the higher education system of the state. Adds the California Postsecondary Education Accountability Act (CPSEA) of 20... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 Postsec. Community College Public Postsecondary Education: Transfer Requirements S.B. 1785 Establishes a program to ensure that community college students who wish to earn baccalaureate degrees at a campus of the California State University are able to do so. Requires the Chancellor to establish admissions requirements for community college transfer... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 Community College Postsec. Higher Education Governance: Community Colleges S.B. 1817 Authorizes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to employ up to 6 deputy and vice chancellors appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of the board of governors. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1801-1850/sb_1817_bill_20040... More... MI Signed into law 09/2004 Community College Postsec. 2005 Community Colleges Budget S.B. 1062 Provides community and junior colleges appropriations for fiscal year 2005; provides for community college-level learning disabled students and students who require English as a second language assistance (at-risk students). Requires grant funding to be used t... More... WV Emergency Rule Adoption 09/2004 Postsec. Performance Indicators Title 135, Series 6 Establishes new rules regarding performance indicators used to measure the degree to which the goals for the delivery of community and technical college education are being met. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4532 (SN)... More... AL Issued 08/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Governor's Commission on Education Spending Executive Order No. 02-2003 The governor issued Executive Order No. 02-2003 on January 30, 2003, creating the Governor's Commission of Education Spending. The Commission was to engage in a thorough examination of how education dollars have been spent in Alabama during the past ten years.... More... CA Signed into law 08/2004 Community College Postsec. Community College Interstate Attendance Agreements A.B. 3063 Authorizes the governing board of a community college district to enter into an interstate attendance agreement directly with a the governing body of a public institution of postsecondary education that provides the first two years of instruction if the state ... More... FL Rule Adoption 08/2004 P-12 Community College Postsec. FTE Calculation/Community College Program Fund FAC 6A-14.076 Establishes rules amending the FTE college credit definition to thirty rather than the previously required forty. FLORIDA REG 28656 (SN)... More... IL Signed into law 08/2004 Community College Postsec. Transit Ridership: Low-Income Student Access H.B. 2587 Adds to the list of programs to be funded with the West Central Transit District. Provides for routes, vehicle purchase and Community College Coordination projects. Provides for discounted bus passes. Increases mobility for low income students in certain coord... More... FL Rule Adoption 07/2004 Community College Postsec. State Board of Community Colleges FAC 6A-14.004, .0243, .0247, .0262, .0341, .039, .0412, .063, .073, .0732, .0735, .0751, .0752, .0771, .0772, .078 Repeals rules pertaining to the State Board of Community Colleges. Provides changes in governance and subsequent transfers of powers and duties to the State Board of Education. FLORIDA REG 28449 (SN)... More... FL Rule Adoption 07/2004 Community College Postsec. State Board of Community Colleges FAC 6H-1.017, .030, .041, .042, .044, .045 Repeals rules governing the State Board of Community Colleges. ... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2004 Community College Postsec. Community Colleges Governance H.B. 2601 Continues the transfer and removal of general administrative powers, authorities, reporting, oversight and responsibilities of the State Board of Directors for Community Colleges. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws/033... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2004 Postsec. Scholarships For County College Students S.B. 1192 Establishes the New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship Program (NJ STARS) to provide scholarships for students attending New Jersey county colleges on a full-time basis in a curriculum leading to a degree. Scholarships awarded under the progr... More... CO Signed into law 05/2004 Community College Postsec. Vocational Schools Transfers H.B. 1361 Directs the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education to adopt policies to ensure the transfer of credits from area vocational schools to institutions within the state system of community and technical colleges. http://www.leg.state.co.us/c... More... CO Signed into law 05/2004 Community College Postsec. Restructuring of Community Colleges H.B. 1086 Enacts recommendations of governor's task force on the community college system; reduction of the system office's administrative costs by 35% and use of saved funds to finance recommendations including installation of a systemwide information technology system... More... FL Became law without governor's signature 05/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education Funding H.B. 1867 Relates to education funding; requires school districts to establish certain policies and procedures regarding lottery fund enhancements; provides tax credit cap for contributions to nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations; prohibits use of funds for lab s... More... MS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training H.B. 973 Establishes the "Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act of 2004" to create one comprehensive workforce training system for the state by consolidating the Mississippi Workforce Development Advisory Council and the Workforce... More... MS Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Income Taxation S.B. 2710 Relates to income taxation; increases the tax credit for employers providing skills training at a local community or junior college. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2710SG.htm... More... MS Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Community College Junior Colleges Administration S.B. 3121 Relates to Junior Colleges Administration appropriation.... More... MS Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Community College Junior Colleges Support S.B. 3122 Relates to Junior Colleges support appropriation. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/html/SB/3100-3199/SB3122PS.htm... More... MD Signed into law 04/2004 Postsec. Community College Community College Tuition Waiver H.B. 322 Alters the requirements for exemption from payment of tuition at community colleges for specified individuals; relates to disabled persons or persons receiving retirement benefits under Social Security or the Railroad Retirement Act. http://mlis.state.md.us/2... More... MD Signed into law 04/2004 Community College Postsec. Unrestricted Grants to Community Colleges H.B. 641 Requires certain community colleges to continue to receive additional ongoing unrestricted grants after a specified time.... More... MS Signed into law 04/2004 Community College Postsec. Bonds H.B. 1217 Relates to bonds; revises purposes for which allocations may be used by community and junior colleges. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2004/html/history/HB/HB1217.htm... More... CA Rule Adoption 01/2004 Community College Postsec. Conflict of Interest Codes Title 5 CCR 50500 Establishes conflict of interest codes for the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=218406&E22=title%205&E23=50500&E24=&infobase=ccr&querytemplate=%261.%20Go%20to%20a%20Specific%20Section&... More... MI Signed into law 01/2004 Community College Postsec. Community College Elections H.B. 4828 Revises scheduling, conducting and canvassing of community college elections.... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 Community College Postsec. Community Colleges: Part-time Faculty A.B. 654 Expresses the intent of the Legislature and various policy preferences of the Legislature with respect to part-time community college faculty. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_654_bill_20031012_chaptered.html... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Community College Postsec. Concurrent Enrollment: High School & Community College S.B. 338 Relates to concurrent enrollment of high school students at community colleges on a part-time basis. Requires concurrent enrollment courses to meet certain requirements in order for a community college district to include students in the district's report of s... More... OR Signed into law 09/2003 Community College Postsec. Advanced Technology Education and Training S.B. 272 Relates to education; creates new provisions; appropriates money; limits expenditures; creates the Advanced Technology Education and Training Fund; appropriates moneys continuously to the Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development for grants an... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 Postsec. Community College Public Community College Board S.B. 1980 Amends the Public Community College Act to provide for the election of board of trustee members by trustee district rather than at-large. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1980&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=4997&SessionID=3... More... NY Signed into law 08/2003 Postsec. Community College Reducing the Terms of Board of Trustees S.B. 301 Reduces the terms of community college boards of trustees from a maximum of nine years to seven years.... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 Postsec. Community College Academic Employees of Community College H.B. 1457 Amends the Educational Relations Act to provide that an academic employee of a community college who provides less than 3 credit hours of instruction per academic semester is not an educational employee within the meaning of the Act. http://www.legis.state.il... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 Postsec. Community College Community College Federal Trust Fund S.B. 1375 Amends the Public Community College Act. Creates the ICCB Federal Trust Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that money recovered from federal programs for general administration that are received by the Illinois Community College Board shall... More... NC Signed into law 07/2003 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges S.B. 773 Authorizes community colleges to enter into public/private partnerships for construction projects.... More... OR Signed into law 07/2003 Postsec. Community College State Board of Education H.B. 2193 Allows the Board of Education to submit questions of community college district boundary changes to electors of affected territories; requires the board to submit community college boundary changes to the Legislative Assembly for approval.... More... AZ Line item vetoed 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Budget Reconciliation Education H.B. 2534 Creates budget reconciliation for education and includes the following provisions: Prohibits the State Board of Education from sponsoring additional charter schools in FY 2003-04, and requires the State Board for Charter Schools to provide oversight for existi... More... CA Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Community College Community College Temporary Employees S.B. 955 Prohibits service in professional ancillary activities by persons employed as temporary community college faculty, including, but not necessarily limited to, governance, staff development, grant writing, and advising student organizations, from being used for ... More... FL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Community College Postsec. Charter Schools H.B. 55-A Requires emphasis on reading; requires certain accountability measures; eliminates the limitations on the number of charter schools per school district; authorizes community colleges to operate charter schools that provide students with the option of receiving... More... FL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College School Board Member Employment S.B. 958 Revises options for participants in the Community College Optional Retirement Program; revises certain limitations on positions for which district school boards may employ members after specified period of retirement; revises payroll contribution rates for def... More... NY Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2003 Postsec. Community College Responsibilities and Duties of the University Trustees NYCRR 8 604.5 Establishes rules concerning a uniform process by which the chancellor engages in an orderly and thorough review of a situation at a community college threatening the college's viability to determine what action, if any, should be taken by the State University... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College High School Completion, Pilot BA Degree Program S.B. 976 Requires districts to analyze information related to dropout prevention. Sec. 29.908. MIDDLE COLLEGE EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM requires: (a) The commissioner shall establish and administer a middle college education pilot program for students who are at risk... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board S.B. 286 Relates to the continuation and functions of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Addresses membership, procedures, conflict of interest, common course numbering, success initiative (Sec. 51.3062. SUCCESS INITIATIVE: Requires institutions to asses... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Property Tax Assessment and Levy Increases S.B. 1331 Prohibits a community college district, county, city, or town from levying or assessing primary property tax rates higher than the prior year if its governing board failed to comply with Truth in Taxation (TNT) noticing and hearing requirements.  It also would... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Community College Community College Governance; Student Organizations S.B. 1105 States student political organizations may conduct lawful meetings on community college property, except to influence elections as provided by current statute. Continues the transfer of authorities and responsibilities of the State Board of Directors for Commu... More... IA Adopted 05/2003 Postsec. Community College Community College Faculty Licensure 281 IAC 21.3(1) Updates rules governing community college faculty planning. Eliminates the state licensure requirement for community college faculty in lieu of each college developing a faculty plan. Eliminates the state licensure requirements for community college faculty th... More... ID Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Community College Community College Facilities H.B. 396 Authorizes the State Building Authority to receive contributions from community college districts and to rent, lease, sell or sublease to community college districts; requires approval of the Legislature prior to financing facilities for community college dist... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Community College College and Technical Institute Study Committee H.B. 2844 An act to create the two-year college and technical institute study committee. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2844.pdf... More... IA Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges Teachers and Administrators Defined H.F. 341 Specifies that a "teacher" in a community college includes anyone who is an instructor, but does not include an adjunct instructor; a librarian, including anyone who is a learning resource specialist or a media specialist; or a counselor. http://www.legis.stat... More... KS Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Community College Evaluation of Community College Employees S.B. 82 Requires full-time community college employees to undergo the following evaluations: During the first two consecutive years of employement, the employee must be evaluated at least once a semester, unless the employee does not work for the complete semester. D... More... MS Vetoed 04/2003 P-12 Postsec. State Personnel Board H.B. 773 Removes the repeal on the State Personnel Board; provides that the State Board of Education may increase the salary of the State Superintendent of Public Education upon the approval of the State Personnel Board. Exempts state superintendent of education from ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Community College Work Force Skills Development Fund H.B. 394 Creates the "work force skills development fund" in the state treasury. Provides matching funds for community college programs. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0394.pdf... More... WA Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Community College Apprenticeship Programs H.B. 1061 The legislature finds that (1) Apprenticeships are very rigorous and highly structured programs with specific academic and work training requirements; (2) There is a misperception that apprenticeships are only for noncollege bound students; and (3) The state s... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2003 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges S.B. 1211 Concerns expenditure limitations for community colleges, override ballots and add property tax.... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 Postsec. Community College Work Force Training Act H.B. 160 Creates the Work Force Training Act and the Work Force Skills Development Fund; provides for customized training at community colleges and matching funds.... More... AR Signed by Governor 02/2003 Postsec. Community College County Tax for Community Colleges H.B. 1019 Requires a county sales tax levied for maintenance and operation of any technical college, two-year college, community college or satellite campus of a community college to be distributed directly to the college.http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003... More... NE Signed into law 02/2003 Postsec. Community College Community College Boards of Governors Candidates L.B. 15 Provides for automatic nomination of candidates for community college boards of governors.... More... AZ Signed by Governor 12/2002 Postsec. Community College Community College Performance Measures S.B. 1001 §14 Adjusts appropriations for various departments, including community colleges and outlines community college performance measures: Performance measures: - Per cent of upper-division students at universities who transfer from an Arizona community college with 12... More... OR Temporary Rule Adoption 12/2002 Postsec. Support for self-improvement reduced OAR 589-002-0100 Reduces support for self-improvement classes (except those related to workforce development and health) by half for the remainder of the academic year. Relates to rules that govern the funding formula to codify the reduction. OREGON REG 24048 (SN)... More... NC To governor 10/2002 P-12 Community College Postsec. Job Sharing, Benefits S.B. 1443 Provides that the state board shall facilitate job sharing by public school teachers; authorizes the legislative research commission to study issues related to employee benefits for school employees, community college employees, and state employees in job-shar... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 Postsec. Community College Changes In the Community College Funding Formula A.B. 2781 Relates to moneys for the support of school and community college districts, adjusting the total revenue limit for each school district, computation of an equalization rate adjustment for each school district for certain fiscal years, employment of certified e... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 Postsec. Community College Community College Hiring Practices S.B. 2028 Enacts provisions relating to equal employment opportunity hiring by the community colleges. Establishes the Equal Employment Opportunity Fund for promoting equal employment opportunities in hiring and promotion including outreach and recruitment, inservice tr... More... CA Vetoed 08/2002 Postsec. Community College Policy Review and Instructional Hours S.B. 1382 Requests the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, by using existing resources, to among other things, review its polices and related matters and to develop recommendations regarding the percentage of credit instruction hours taught by full-... More... MD Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Community College Grants to community colleges HB 179 Altering the fiscal year in which unrestricted grants of specified amounts shall be distributed to the boards of each small community college; requiring that Allegany College of Maryland and Garrett Community College receive additional unrestricted grants in t... More... MD Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Community College Community college grants HB 179 Provides for certain unrestricted grants to be provided to the Board of certain small community colleges.... More... MD Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Community College Community colleges technology program HB 1237 An act extending the Innovative Partnerships for Technology Program for state community colleges for a certain number of years, alters the institutions eligible under the program and the maximum state contributions.... More... AZ Became law without governor's signature 06/2002 Postsec. Community College Distribution of Vocational Education Funds to Community Colleges Omnibus--H.B. 2710 Changes recipient of at least 15% of federal vocational and applied technological education monies (including Carl Perkins funds) received from "state board of directors for community colleges" to Arizona "community college districts[.]" Specifies that provisi... More... AZ Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 06/2002 Postsec. Community College Rules for local Community College Ballot Proposals H.B. 2710 Relates to community college districts; relates to education budget reconciliation; requires that questions submitted to voters to form or enlarge joint technological education districts describe the tax rate and estimated cost to the voter; relates to distrib... More... KS Signed into law 06/2002 Postsec. Community College Governance, Interlocal Agreements H.B. 2831 The board of trustees shall have custody of and be responsible for the property of the community college and shall be responsible for the operation, management and control of the college. The board has the power to enter into interlocal cooperation agreements... More... MO Signed into law 06/2002 Postsec. Community College Community College Taxes H.B. 2022 Repeals and reenacts without change the statue that sets community college property tax rates and creates a procedure to establish capital improvement subdistricts within community college districts, which may levy taxes with voter approval. ... More... MS Signed into law 05/2002 Postsec. Community College Board of Trustees powers S.B. 2621 An Act to delineate the duties of the president and board of trustees of community or junior colleges. The Act authorizes the board of trustees to designate a personnel supervisor to recommend teachers but restricts the authorization to no more than two (2) p... More... MS Signed into law 05/2002 Postsec. Study of Community Colleges H.B. 1612 An Act requiring the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges to conduct a study of the state funding structure relating to community and junior colleges. Study shall: evaluate the validity of the current student classification system used in the funding... More... IA Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Community College Community College Quality Faculty Plans and Related Activities H.B. 2394 Eliminates licensure of community college faculty and instead requires each college to develop a plan for hiring and developing quality faculty. The act specifies various components that must be part of the plan (implementation schedule, orientation for new f... More... KS Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Community College Act concerning early retirement incentive programs S.B. 375 Amends existing law to include that any community college Board of Trustees may establish an early retirement incentive program for employees younger than the normal retirement age of 65 and repeals the need for a use of an actuary; establishes report requirem... More... ID Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Community College Postsec. Maximum Annual Tuition Increases S.B. 1384 Amends existing law to provide that tuition at community colleges may be increased by increments of not more than ten percent per annum to a maximum of $ 1,250 per annum.... More... NM Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Postsec. Community College Learning Center Districts H.B. 307 A learning center district may be established in a school district or community college district upon adoption of a resolution by the local school board or community college board calling for establishment of a district and a showing of need for such a distric... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 Postsec. Community College Community College Offerings S.B. 572 Requires community colleges to (i) offer non-credit courses at a time and place that meet the needs of employers and at a cost not to exceed the incremental cost of each course, and (ii) deal directly with employers in designing and offering courses to meet re... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 Postsec. Community College Course Offerings H.B. 1022 Requires community colleges maximize non-credit course offerings at a time and place that meet the needs of employers and at a cost not to exceed the incremental cost of each course, and to deal directly with employers in designing and offering courses to meet... More... CA Chaptered by Secretary of State 10/2001 Postsec. Community College Study of admissions/attrition rates for associate degree in nursing S.B. 664 Chapter No.443, Requires the Postsecondary Education Commission to conduct, or contract to conduct, a review and analysis of community college districts' admission procedures and attrition rates for their 2-years associate degree nursing programs. Requires a r... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges and Teaching Quality Programs A.B. 1241 Requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to submit a written report to the Legislature on the feasibility of the development of a model teacher preparation curriculum that would be available to qualified students in each community college d... More... CA Signed into law 08/2001 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges Contracting with Employees S.B. 838 Limits the right to employment as a first-year probationary faculty member to persons previously employed as administrators who were not employed pursuant to prescribed types of contracts; provides that community college district governing boards may employ ac... More... NC Signed into law 08/2001 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges and Economic Development S.B. 531 Session Law Number 368., Exempts certain community college activities from the Umstead Act; provides for use of community college personnel or facilities, with the consent of the trustees of that college, in support of private business enterprise located on th... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 Postsec. Community College College Opportunity Board H.B. 2015 Creates College Opportunity Board; provides for the board's membership; directs the board to oversee and adopt rules for Department of State Higher Education, Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development and Department of Student Assistance; prov... More... CA Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Community College Leasing County Land to Community Colleges A.B. 314 Chapter No.18, Authorizes a county board of supervisors to donate or lease any real or personal property that the board declares to be surplus to a school or community college district, a county children and families commission, or a nonprofit corporation orga... More... CT Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. Development of an Articulation Agreement S.B. 1366 Encourages the development of an articulation agreement between the constituent units of the state system of higher education and independent colleges and universities located in this state.... More... NC Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Community College Performance Measures H.B. 438 Clarifies the performance measures on which community colleges are evaluated for the purpose of performance budgeting.... More... PA Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Community College Multiple Amendments S.B. 485 Act No. 35 of 2001., Amends Public School Code. Provides for school districts, national assessment tests, school director relations with districts, management reports, distressed districts, equipment, duty to employ qualified professionals, continuing developm... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. TEXAS Grant II Program S.B. 1596 Relates to the establishment and operation of the Toward Excellence, Access, & Success (TEXAS) Grant II program; provides a grant of money to enable eligible students to attend public two-year institutions of higher learning in this state.... More... UT Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Community College Postsec. Utah College of Applied Technology H.B. 1003A Creates the Utah College of Applied Technology and other regional applied technology colleges in Utah; establishes their governance structure; defines their powers and duties. Each regional applied technology college shall: (a) offer a post-secondary and extr... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Community College Community College Retirement S.B. 1295 Relates to community college employee retirement; includes provisions for corrections officers, elected officials, and public safety personnel.... More... AZ Vetoed 05/2001 Postsec. Community College Community College Retirement Plans H.B. 2169 Permits community college district boards to authorize supplemental defined contribution plans.... More... AZ Vetoed 05/2001 Postsec. Community College Community College Funding H.B. 2333 Creates a joint legislative study committee on community college funding; provides for the committee's membership; provides the committee must examine the operating costs of community colleges, adequacy of current funding arrangement supporting such colleges; ... More... CA Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Community College Energy Efficiency Projects by Community Colleges S.B. 31A Chapter No.9, Enacts the Summer 2001 Energy Efficiency Projects by Community College District program, which would fund the implementation of energy conservation, efficiency, cogeneration, and alternate energy supply sources by community college districts on p... More... IA Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Community College Comprehensive review of the licensing of community college faculty S.B. 480 Directs the Department of Education to establish a task force to conduct a comprehensive review of the licensing of community college faculty.... More... KS Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Concerns the state Board of Education S.B. 7 Concerns the state Board of Education; affects the powers and duties thereof; removes accreditation of junior colleges from the oversight of the board.... More... NC Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Community College Submitting Community College Budgets H.B. 421 Session Law Number 112. Modifies the procedure for submitting local budgets to the State Board of Community Colleges for approval. Capital outlay requested funds are to be submitted to the local tax-levying authority. The local tax-levying authority approve... More... NC Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Community College Program Audits H.B. 386 Session Law Number 111. Modifies the audit procedures of community college programs.... More... OR Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Community College Small Business Development Centers H.B. 2342 Allows small business development centers in state universities; extends purposes of centers to include counseling; requires assent of Commissioner for Community College Services and Chancellor of State Board of Higher Education before Economic and Community D... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Community College Partnership H.B. 1753 Relates to a partnership agreement between the University of Texas-Pan American and the South Texas Community College District to offer the lower-division courses required for students enrolled in a teacher preparation program.... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Workforce Development Initiative H.B. 2898 Relates to modernization and procurement of equipment for workforce development initiative grant programs; addresses improving employer awareness and access to services available through the state's education institutions, providing designated professionals an... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Community College Community College Boards S.B. 754 Allows community colleges to have district-wide election for local board members when division into would not create a voting zone with twenty percent or greater population in any one racial minority.... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Community College Certification in order to teach a class at a community college H.B. 2316 Clarifies the statute governing the collection of teaching certification fees so that it applies to all staff or employees that require certification in order to teach a class at a community college.... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Community College Community College Districts S.B. 1381 Relates to establishment of community college districts.... More... AZ Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 04/2001 P-12 Postsec. Community College Joint Technological Education District H.B. 2560 Provides a school district may join a Joint Technological Education District (JTED) by holding an election on any prescribed date prior to a certain date; provides that the JTED shall submit a report containing information on enrollments and on the courses tha... More... CA Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Community College Energy Efficiency Projects by Community College Districts A.B. 29A Chapter No. 8., Enacts the Summer 2001 Energy Efficiency Projects by Community College Districts program, which would fund the implementation of energy conservation, efficiency, cogeneration, and alternate energy supply sources by community college districts o... More... KS Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Community College Community College Scholarships H.B. 2188 Concerns community colleges; relates to expenditures for scholarships; authorizes the charging of fees. The board of trustees of any community college shall not authorize or permit the expenditure of any public funds, either directly or indirectly, for scholar... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Community College Inclusion of Community Colleges Under Health and Hight Education Facilities Act S.B. 588 Modifies the term "institution of higher education" under the Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority Act (MHHEFA) to include specified community colleges; authorizes the boards of trustees of community colleges to finance or refinance the ... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 Postsec. Community College Independent Community Colleges S.B. 476 Clarifies which institutions need legislative authorization to become a community college; reduces the amount of local support required to convert an existing institution to an independent community college. ... More... IL Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. Community College Community College Trustees H.B. 258 Public Act No. 92-01., Amends the Public Community College Act; provides that division of community college district No. 522 into trustee districts in the year following each biennial census shall be completed and approved in that year; provides that the four-... More... WA Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Postsec. Ballot Initiative: Cost-of-Living Adjustments V. 27 INITIATIVE 732; Provides annual cost-of-living salary adjustments to school district employees, academic employees of community and technical college districts, and certain employees of technical colleges; bases the annual increase on the consumer price index.... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 Postsec. Community College Community College Staffing S.B. 358 Prohibits the number of short-term employees in the classified service from exceeding 20% of the school district or community college district's total classified workforce.... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges and Foster Care A.B. 2307 States the intent of the Legislature that preferential consideration be given to placement of children in foster care with a relative, and would require each community college district with a foster care education program to make available orientation and trai... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 Postsec. Community College Assisting Students in Transferring from Community Colleges S.B. 1898 Requires the Student Aid Commission in collaboration with the various segments of higher education, to develop and establish a pilot program entitled "Transfer: Making it Happen," which would assist community college students who are planning to transfer to a ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges and Diversity A.B. 1922 Requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to inform the Legislature of changes in the diversity makeup of the faculty and the progress the colleges have made in meeting district and systemwide goals regarding diversity in the workforce.... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Joint Enrollment A.B. 2207 Requires the governing board of a school district that denies a request for special part-time or full-time enrollment at a community college for a pupil who is identified as highly gifted to issue its written recommendation and the reasons for the denial withi... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges and Prison Education A.B. 2388 Recasts and reorganizes the statutes in the Education Code relating to community colleges. Authorizes apportionments to be made available for community college classes held inside state or federal prisons and for classes for prison inmates that are not open to... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Petitions for Charters and Passage of School Bonds A.B. 2659 Requires the State Board of Education to develop criteria for the review and approval of charter school petitions. Makes technical revisions relating to passage of local school bond measures. Prohibits issuance of the bonds unless the property tax rate levied... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 Postsec. Community College State Community Colleges and Articulation Agreements A.B. 1861 Requests the Regents of the University of California, and requires the Trustees of the California State University, to develop and maintain prescribed articulation agreements with all campuses of the California Community Colleges prior to the 2005-06 academic ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2000 Postsec. Community College Communtiy College Tenure Issues A.B. 1337 Chapter No. 124; Under existing law, if a case concerning the granting of tenure of community college faculty proceeds to arbitration with representation by the exclusive representative, the resulting decision is not to be considered a precedent for purposes o... More... CA Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Community College Exempting Comm. College PSC's A.B. 1441 Chapter No. 36; Exempts transactions entered into by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges (CCC) from the requirement that all contracts entered into by any state agency be approved by the Department of General Services. Provides that it ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges take charge of Adult Education H.B. 4266 Public Act No. 91-830; On July 1, 2001, transfers all State Board of Education powers and duties concerning adult education to the Illinois Community College Board. ... More... MI Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Dual Enrollment H.B. 5534 Provides a wider variety of options to high school pupils by encouraging and enabling students to enroll in career and technical preparation programs at eligible nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions. Provides for dual enrollment options for career ... More... MO Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Community College Community College Finance H.B. 1486 States that current law requires that community college districts provide 50% of the funding for maintenance and repair of facilities and grounds, and prohibits the use of this share for salaries or portions of salaries; allows the district's 50% share of fund... More... NH Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Community-Technical Education S.B. 470 Expands the duties of the Commission on the Status of Community-Technical Education to include studying the feasibility of allowing the Regional Community-Technical College Board of Trustees to appoint and fix the compensation of the Presidents of the regional... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Students at 2-Year Institutions Deemed Graduates S.B. 356 Relates to viability and non-viability of programs of instruction as reviewed by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education; provides that students completing certain programs of instruction in two-year technical and vocational colleges shall be deemed graduat... More... IA Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Community College Supplemental Funding for Choice and At-Risk Programs H.B. 2496 Provides supplementary weighting for funding and for determining enrollment in school districts involved in district-to-district or district-to-community college sharing programs and at-risk programs.... More... IA Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Community College Community College Governance H.B. 2433 Relates to community college governance; requires annual reports on workforce preparation.... More... MD Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Community College Postsec. Formula for Non-Resident Tuition H.B. 192 Alters the formula that determines the out-of-state fee and the out-of-county or out-of-region fee charges to nonresident students who attend specified community colleges; provides for a specified waiver of specified fees.... More... NH Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Resource Allocation S.B. 453 Relates to the expending of legacies or gifts and the transfer of funds by the regional community-technical colleges; allows the regional community-technical colleges to expend legacies and gifts without approval of the Governor or Council; allows for the tran... More... KS Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. Community College Operating Grants for Community Colleges H.B. 2996 Concerns community colleges; affects determination of operating grants; authorizes boards of trustees to exempt certain community college property from the prohibition against consumption of alcoholic liquor on public property.... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. Community College Community College Boards S.B. 259 Adds a staff member to the board of directors for community colleges; requires that the staff member must be classified or mid-management employee who does not hold faculty rank.... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. Community College Community College Boards S.B. 259 Adds a staff member to the board of directors for community colleges; requires that the staff member must be classified or mid-management employee who does not hold faculty rank.... More... LA Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. Financial Support for Skill or Occupational Training S.B. 97A Permits recipients of the Tuition Opportunity Program, and Honors awards to pursue skill or occupational training, including a vocational or technical education certificate or diploma program or a nonacademic undergraduate degree.... More... MD Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Community College Postsec. Community College Transfer Scholarship Program H.B. 476 Establishes the Community College Transfer Scholarship Program and provides for the award of scholarships under the Program; establishes qualifications and requirements for the receipt and retention of an award under the Program; requires the State Scholarship... More... MD Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Community College Postsec. Funding Formula for Community Colleges H.B. 311 Provides that certain unrestricted higher education grants shall be distributed to certain small community colleges in a certain fiscal year; providing that the grant amounts shall increase in subsequent fiscal years depending on the increase in the amount of ... More... MD Vetoed 04/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Funding for Community Colleges S.B. 89 Revises the State funding formula for community colleges by establishing a supplemental component, beginning in fiscal year 2003, that is equal to 1.75% of the total State operating fund; provides for the division and distribution of the supplemental component... More... ME Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. Access to State Technical College System S.B. 973 (LD 2519) Increases access to the State's Technical College System; provides funding to add additional students systemwide; addresses the State Technical College System's need to provide students with the ability to take courses and do research over the intern... More... VA Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. Community College Trasnfer of Responsibility H.B. 1383 Transfers the administrative responsibility for the Economic and Employment Improvement Program for Disadvantaged Persons from the Governor's Employment and Training Department to the State Board for Community Colleges; broadens the statutory provisions of the... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Postsecondary Options H.B. 2365 Establishes the Joint Legislative Study Committee on dual enrollment in high school and community college.... More... IN Signed into law 03/2000 Postsec. Community College Community College/Economic Development S.B. 278 Allows Ivy Tech state college to promote economic development by providing certain assessment and training services through 2005; prohibits the community college policy committee from considering this act in developing the community college system; prohibits I... More... WA Signed into law 03/2000 Postsec. Sick Leave/Community Colleges S.B. 6811 Provides for sick leave and leave sharing for part-time academic employees at community and technical colleges; declares that part time academic employees of community and technical colleges shall receive sick leave to be used for the same illnesses, injuries,... More... WY Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Community College Postsec. Community College Funding H.B. 26 Relates to Joint Education Interim Committee; relates to community colleges; modifies budgeting process, distribution and use of funds for community colleges; specifies use of certain funds; making conforming amendments; provides for implementation of a fundin... More... WY Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Community College Postsec. Community College Governance S.B. 21 Amends powers and duties of the community college commission and of local community college boards; amends composition of the commission; provides for community college collaboration in university accrediting committee; repeals required tuition differential an... More... CA Vetoed 10/1999 Postsec. Community College Community College Articulation A.B. 667 Requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, upon request of the Regents of the University of California, to continue collaborative efforts to improve the rate of transfer between the California Community Colleges and the University of... More... NE Signed into law 07/1999 Postsec. Community College State Aid to Community Colleges L.B. 67 Amends state aid funding provisions for tribally controlled community colleges and for community college areas with levies that are 135% or more of the state average (Section 85-1536).... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 Postsec. Reports Relating to Junior College Students S.B. 1853 Relates to reports on the degree, certificate, or other enrollment status of public junior college students.... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 Postsec. Authority of Junior College Districts H.B. 2415 Relates to the authority of a junior college district to establish, operate, or offer a branch campus, center, extension facility, or course in certain areas.... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 Postsec. Election of Junior College Governing Board H.B. 3263 Relates to the election of the governing board of certain junior college districts.... More... MD Signed into law 05/1999 Postsec. Community College Creates the College of Southern Maryland H.B. 1196 Creates the College of Southern Maryland as a successor to the Charles County Community College; creates a Board of Trustees for the governance of the College of Southern Maryland; provides for membership on the Board of Trustees; specifies the powers and duti... More... NC Signed into law 05/1999 Postsec. Community College Allows Property Transfers for Community College Purposes H.B. 239 Allows property transfers between community college Boards of Trustees and counties for community college purposes.... More... NC Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Community College Postsec. Adds a Student Member to the State Board of Community Colleges. H.B. 244 Adds a student member to the State Board of Community Colleges.... More... NC Signed into law 05/1999 Postsec. Community College Revises Community College Laws H.B. 260 Updates and makes technical changes to the community college laws.... More... NC Signed into law 05/1999 Postsec. Community College Establishes Campus Law Enforcement Agencies H.B. 477 Authorizes the establishment of campus law enforcement agencies at constituent institutions of the community college system.... More... NC Signed into law 05/1999 Postsec. Community College Establishes Multicampus Community College S.B. 1039 Establishes a new multicampus community college to serve Anson and Union counties.... More... TX Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Postsec. School District and Junior College Course Credits S.B. 1352 Relates to course credits offered under an agreement between a school district and a junior college.... More... AR Signed into law 04/1999 Postsec. Community College Authorizes Boards of Two-Year Colleges to Set Tuition and Fees H.B. 2163 Clarifies that boards of two-year colleges have the statutory authority to set tuition and fees.... More... OR Signed into law 04/1999 Postsec. Community College Office of Community College Services S.B. 165 Removes office of Community College Services from Department of Education; specifies relationship of office and State Board of Education; renames Office of Community College Services as Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development.... More... WV Signed into law 04/1999 Postsec. Community and Technical College Workforce Development Program H.B. 3009 Establishes Community and Technical College Workforce Development Center Program; provides that the program's mission is to link postsecondary education capacity to the needs of employers.... More... MT Signed into law 01/1999 P-12 Community College Postsec. Community College Finance S.B. 151 Clarifies that the retirement levy for a community college district may be imposed only on property within the community college district.... More... ND Signed into law 01/1999 Postsec. State Board of Higher Education S.B. 2215 Relates to the membership of the state board of higher education; relates to assumption of jurisdiction over junior colleges, appointments and membership of the state board of higher education, and tax levies for the financing of residual or other junior colle... More... LA Signed into law 05/1998 Postsec. Community College S.B. 1 Constitutional Amendment relates to higher education; creates and provides for the Louisiana Technical and Community College Systems and its management board.... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 Postsec. Community College S.B. 384 Community College System Modifies the definition of comprehensive community college to include the provision of noncredit training, retraining courses and programs of varying lengths to meet the needs of business and industry; designates the Community College System as the State agenc... More... MS Signed into law 03/1998 Postsec. S.B. 2858 Junior colleges are authorized to admit students if they have earned one (1) unit less than the number of units required for high school graduation by state statute or have earned a General Education Diploma (GED) in courses correlated to those of interest.... More... VA Signed into law 03/1998 Postsec. Community College H.B. 849 Community College Modifies the definition of "comprehensive community college" to include the provision of noncredit training, retraining courses and programs of varying lengths to meet the needs of business and designates the Virginia Community College System as the state agen... More... TX Died 08/1997 Postsec. Community College H.B. 402 Evaluation and Improvement of Remedial Programs Relates to the evaluation and improvement of remedial academic programs in public institutions of higher education including community colleges as well as universities and colleges with four-year programs.... More... KY Signed into law 06/1997 Postsec. Community College Higher Education In a special session called to address higher education issues, the general assembly passed legislation restructuring the governance of higher education and amended the second year of the 1997-1998 biennial budget for colleges and universities. Legislation set... More... LA Died 06/1997 Postsec. Community College S.B. 157 Constitutional amendment on funding community colleges Constitutional amendment to require the legislature to establish and fund a community college system by July 1, 1999; specifies the nature of the mandated system and of the submission of the proposition to the voters.... More... NV Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 Community College Postsec. A.B. 606 (Effective: 07/16/97) Makes appropriations to the University and Community College System of Nevada for the imnprovement of education through interactive computer programs; specifies purchase of computer hardware and software, communication services and relate... More... HI Signed into law 04/1996 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges Allows Community Colleges to offer 2 or 4 year vocational technical education programs.... More... MA Active 04/1996 Postsec. Community College Remedial Education Students in Postsecondary Institutions Higher Education Coordinating Council of Massachusetts limits the number of remedial education students to be admitted to Massachusetts state universities as of 1997; remedial student population will be capped at 10% of college freshmen by September 1997 and 5... More... MS Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 Postsec. H.B. 513 High School Units for Community College (Effective: 03/18/96) Relates to community and junior colleges; increases requisite number of high school units to attend.... More... MS Signed into law 03/1995 Postsec. S.B. 2961 - Community College/Tech-Prep Program Admission Requirements Clarifies that any student who has graduated from high school with a qualifying grade point average shall be fully eligible for admission into the public community/junior college tech-prep program; and for related purposes.... More... AL Signed into law 05/1994 Postsec. H 505 (Act 94-202) Community Colleges (Effective: 05/28/94) Provides for a computerized advisement system operated by Troy State University and development of a common curriculum. The act further provides for two year schools accredited by Southern Association's Commission on colleges to enter int... More... 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