ECS
From the ECS State Policy Database
1994-2013

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

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

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

State Status/Date Level Summary
+ 21st Century Skills
+ Accountability
+ Accountability--Accreditation
+ Accountability--Measures/Indicators
+ Accountability--Reporting Results
+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
+ Accountability--School Improvement
+ Adult Basic Education
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
+ Assessment--College Entrance Exams
+ Assessment--Computer Based
+ Assessment--End-of-Course
+ Assessment--Formative/Interim
+ Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
+ Assessment--Legal Issues
+ Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization)
+ Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio
+ Assessment--Value Added
- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
CASigned into law 09/2012P-12Accountability, Dropout Recovery High Schools
A.B. 1668
From bill summary: Changes the definition of a dropout recovery high school to mean a school offering instruction in any of grades 9-12 in w...

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ILSigned into law 08/2012P-12Commission for High School Graduation Achievement and Success
S.B. 3259
Creates the Commission for High School Graduation Achievement and Success to study the issue of high school graduation in the state. Directs...

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MASigned into law 08/2012P-12Student Access to Educational Services and Exclusion from School
H.B. 4332
Requires districts to continue to provide educational services to students who have been suspended or expelled. Requires principals to ensur...

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ALSigned into law 05/2012P-12At-Risk Students
S.B. 318 - At-Risk Students
From K-12 appropriations bill: Permits at-risk funds to be used for student programs to improve the efficiency and utilization of technology...

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COSigned into law 05/2012P-12
Community College
Funding For Dropout Recovery Programs
H.B. 1146
The bill authorizes a community college to agree with a local education provider to create a dropout recovery program through which a studen...

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IASigned into law 05/2012P-12Returning Dropouts and Dropout Prevention
S.F. 451
Established that appropriate uses of funding include, but are not limited to: a. Salary and benefits for instructional staff, instructional ...

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DCTo mayor 04/2012P-12Early Warning and Support System Act of 2012, Title I
Bill 19-648
Establishes a pilot early warning and support system to track how individual students in grades 4 through 9 in 4 feeder school groups
are pe...

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FLSigned into law 04/2012P-12
Postsec.
Funding for ABE and K-12 Education Student
H.B. 5201 - Funding for ABE and K-12 Education Student
From final bill analysis: Provides that a full-time student, co-enrolled in a K-12 education program and an adult general education program,...

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KYSigned into law 04/2012P-12Career Pathways
S.B. 38 - Career Pathways
Sections 1-2: Establishes legislative intent to provide rigorous academic and career and technical education programs that are relevant for ...

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MSSigned into law 04/2012P-12Student Dropout Prevention Programs
S.B. 2454
Provides that each school district is responsible for student dropout prevention programs and that the office of dropout prevention in the s...

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AZSigned into law 03/2012P-12Dropout Recovery Programs
S.B. 1168
Provides that a provider of online instruction may not also operate a dropout recovery program pursuant of this section. Requires that month...

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COSigned into law 03/2012P-12Interventions For Middle School Students
H.B. 1013
The bill directs districts to consider adopting procedures by which the schools use available data to identify and provide intervention serv...

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KSSigned into law 03/2012P-12High School Alternative Completion Plan
H.B. 2477
Defines "Educational Alternatives," including an alternative learning plan, that are available to students aged 16 or 17 who have withdrawn ...

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ORSigned into law 03/2012P-12Early Childhood and Youth Councils
H.B. 4165
Revises the purpose of the Early Learning Council to ensuring that children enter school ready to learn, determines responsibilities, member...

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UTSigned into law 03/2012P-12Study of Programs/Initiatives to Assist Students At Risk of Academic Failure
S.B. 151
Directs the education interim committee to conduct a study of programs and initiatives to assist students at risk of academic failure, inclu...

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UTSigned into law 03/2012P-12Enhanced Kindergarten Program for At-Risk Students
H.B. 513
Creates an early intervention program to provide funds for applicant school districts and charter schools to offer an enhanced kindergarten ...

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WISigned into law 03/2012P-12Contracts to Second Chance Partners for Education and Other Nonprofit Corporations
S.B. 361
An Act to renumber and amend 115.28. Allows school boards to contract with the Second Chance Partners for Education or any other nonprofit t...

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TXAdopted 12/2011P-12Communities in Schools Program
19 TAC 89.1501, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1507, 1509, 1511
From Texas Register: Incorporates program changes identified during the statutorily required review of rules conducted in 2010, including up...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Dropout Recovery High Schools and Individual Pupil Growth Model
A.B. 180
From bill summary: Existing law requires the superintendent of public instruction, with approval of the state board, to develop an alternati...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Closing the Achievement Gap/Early Literacy
S.B. 929
Sec. 1 - Establishes a task force to address the academic achievement gaps in Connecticut by considering effective approaches to closing the...

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ILSigned into law 07/2011P-12Operation of Chicago Charters for Re-Enrolled Dropouts
H.B. 2401
Provides that each campus of a Chicago charter school devoted exclusively to re-enrolled high school dropouts must be operated through a con...

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TXSigned into law 07/2011P-12Courses Offered Through State Virtual School Network
S.B. 1
Permits a student to enroll in a course provided through the state virtual school network if the student is either under 21 or under 26 and ...

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ILSigned into law 06/2011P-12Chicago Charter Schools for Students from Low-Performing or Overcrowded Schools, or Serving Dropouts
H.B. 190
Allows at least 5 charter schools devoted exclusively to students from low-performing or overcrowded schools to operate at any one time in C...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Repeals the Teacher Academy and the Professional Teaching Standards Commission
H.B. 22
Budget Technical Corrections Legislation:
Section 7.31 - Repeals the statutory provisions of the Teacher Academy, created to establish a sta...

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SCSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Extends the Implementation Date of Personal Pathways to Success
H.B. 3748
Extends the date by which the Education and Economic Development Act, now called Personal Pathways to Success, must be implemented fully (th...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.Dropout Recovery
H.B. 3708 - Dropout Recovery
Provides that this applies to a public junior college in a county with a population of 750,000 or more and with less than 65% of the populat...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Community College
Dropout Recovery Partnership
S.B. 975
Specifies this applies to (1) a public junior college in a county with a population of 750,000 or more, and with less than 65% of the popula...

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WVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zone Act
S.B. 228
Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zone Act:
Creates the Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zo...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Dropout Recovery Program
S.B. 1303
Allows school districts and charter schools that provide instruction to high school students to offer a dropout recovery program to eligible...

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IDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Dropout Recovery Program
S.B. 1208
This legislation authorizes the establishment of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program, a multi-phase youth intervention program intend...

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CASigned into law 03/2011P-12Child Care and Development Services
S.B. 70 - Sec. 8201, 8208, 8263.1
Amends eligibility requirements for children to receive child care and development services. Existing law provides children must be at least...

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MTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Student Records Transfer
H.B. 208
By November 1 and March 1 of each school fiscal year, districts are required to prepare a report for the director of the Montana youth chall...

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NYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Free- and Reduced-Price Lunch Calculation
S.B. 2808 - Part A, Sec. 25
Defines "three-year average free and reduced price lunch percent". Transitions calculation of lunch count to incorporate three-year average ...

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OHSigned into law 03/2011P-12Family and Civic Engagement Teams
H.B. 30 - Family and Civic Engagement Teams, Linkage Coordinators
Repeals Section 3306.31, which required each district with a three-year average graduation rate of 80% or less to have a linkage coordinator...

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CASigned into law 09/2010P-12California Partnership Academies for At-Risk Pupils
S.B. 1354
From bill analysis: Modifies the criteria for determining "at risk" for purposes of eligibility to participating in a California Partnership...

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CASigned into law 09/2010P-12Reporting Pupil Attendance Data
S.B. 1357
From bill summary: Requires the department of education, contingent on federal funding for this purpose and in consultation with the departm...

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ILSigned into law 08/2010P-12Definition of "Dropout"
S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/26-2a
Amends definition of "dropout". Previous language allowed student in any grades 1-12 to be classified as a dropout; new provision limits dro...

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ILAdopted 08/2010P-12Hope and Opportunity Pathways Through Education (IHOPE) Program
23 IL ADC 210.10, 20, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 75, 80, 90, 100, 110, 200, 210, 220, 230
P.A. 96-106 (S.B. 1796), effective July 30, 2009, establishes the Illinois Hope and Opportunity Pathways through Education (IHOPE) program w...

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LASigned into law 08/2010P-12Options for High School Dropouts
S.B. 701
Students under the age of 18 who dropout prior to graduation and are ruled to be truant would be required to exercise one of the following o...

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GAAdopted 07/2010P-12Alternative/Non-Traditional Education Programs
160-4-8-.12
Rule 160-4-8-.12, "Alternative Education Programs" has been repealed and a new rule adopted. Defines "alternative/non-traditional education ...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Improving Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate
S.B. 1246 - Improving Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate
Prior to the 2010-11 school year, directs the state board to:
(1) Develop a growth model establishing annual improvement goals in the four-y...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Flexibility to Cooperative Innovative High Schools
S.B. 1201
Provides that cooperative innovative high schools have the same exemptions from statutes and rules as charter schools, other than those pert...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Identifying Students At Risk for Academic Failure
S.B. 1248
Requires school districts to identify students who are at risk for academic failure and who are not successfully progressing toward grade pr...

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WVSigned into law 07/2010P-12Pilot Programs to Increase Academic Achievement
S.B. 2009
Establishes pilot programs for increased academic achievement. One pilot program requires the state superintendent to establish a special co...

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KSIssued 06/2010P-12Dropout Prevention
E.O. 10-04
Creates a commission to study and reduce the Sunflower State's high school dropout rate.
http://governor.ks.gov/issues-a-initiatives/executi...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12High School Graduation/Droput Data
S.B. 753
Requires each local public school system to post the four-year cohort graduation rate for each high school and for the system as a whole on ...

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COSigned into law 05/2010P-12
Postsec.
Student Data and Reporting
H.B. 1171
Relates to a data reporting request based on individual student identifiers, including dropouts, and those enrolled in literacy programs and...

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COSigned into law 05/2010P-12Transition Back to School for At-risk Students
H.B. 1274
Concerns successful transitions back to the public school system for juveniles in out-of-home placement who have demonstrated behavior that ...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Research-Based Approaches for Low-Performing High Schools
H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-326, 328 and 329
20-2-326 defines:
--"Career academy" as (1) a specialized charter school established by a partnership between one or more local boards of ed...

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COSigned into law 04/2010P-12At-risk Student Populations
S.B. 154
Expands the definition of high-risk student to include children with disabilities, migrant children, homeless children, children with a docu...

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MESigned into law 04/2010P-12Implements Recommendations of the Juvenile Justice Task Force
H.B. 1204
Directs the Departments of Corrections, Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor to develop a jointly agreed-upon statewide coordinat...

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VASigned into law 04/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College
College Partnership Laboratory Schools
S.B. 736/H.B. 1389
Establishes college partnership laboratory schools by any public institution of higher education that operates an approved teacher education...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Programs Funded At or Below $10,000 in a District
H.B. 149 - Section 3
Adds Section 53A-17a-105.5. Defines "qualifying program" as (1) the at-risk flow through program; (2) the homeless and disadvantaged minorit...

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WASigned into law 03/2010P-12Dropout Prevention
S.B. 6403
Regarding accountability and support for vulnerable students and dropouts. Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, ...

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WVSigned into law 03/2010P-12Implements the High School Graduation Improvement Act
H.B. 4593
Implements the High School Graduation Improvement Act, which includes: (1) the continued exploration of diverse instructional delivery strat...

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COAdopted 02/2010P-12Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagment
1 CCR 301-84
Establishes criteria for identifying high priority and priority local education providers and implements the Student Re-engagement Grant Pro...

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ALSigned into law 01/2010P-12Commission on High School Graduation and Student Dropouts
S.J.R. 21
Extends the life of the Alabama Select Commission on High School Graduation and Student Dropouts (created by Act No. 2009-229, SJR24, 2009 R...

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CAVetoed 10/2009P-12Notice of Consequences of Dropping Out
A.B. 374
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to produce a consequences of dropping out notice to inform pupils of the consequences of d...

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CAVetoed 10/2009P-12Preschool Enrollment for Children of Juvenile Court Wards
A.B. 769
States findings and declarations regarding children of youth who are in custody, or on probation or in the foster care system. Requires prio...

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CASigned into law 10/2009P-12Annual Report on Dropouts
S.B. 651
Requires the superintendent of public instruction by August 2011 to submit a report called the Annual Report on Dropouts in the state. Requi...

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CASigned into law 08/2009P-12Foster Student Eligibility for Extracurricular Activities
A.B. 81
Requires that a foster child who changes residences pursuant to a court order or decision of a child welfare worker be immediately deemed to...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Ensuring Success in School Task Force
H.B. 605
Requires the Ensuring Success in School Task Force, created to address the educational and related needs of elementary and secondary educati...

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NCSigned into law 08/2009P-12Personal Education Plans for Students At Risk of Academic Failure
H.B. 804
Provides that a personal education plan must be made no later than the end of the first quarter, or after a teacher has had up to nine weeks...

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ILSigned into law 07/2009P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 612
Increases statewide charter school cap and charter school cap for Chicago. Above and beyond caps, permits five Chicago charters (and specifi...

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ILSigned into law 07/2009P-12
Community College
Dropout Recovery
S.B. 1796
Establishes the Illinois Hope and Opportunity Pathways through Education (IHOPE) Program, to be adminstered by the state board of education,...

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MOSigned into law 07/2009P-12Dropout Prevention
S.B. 291--Persistence to Graduation Fund
Creates the Persistence to Graduation Fund. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will establish a procedure for school districts...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Governor's Closing the Achievement Gap Initiative
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.31 and 265.70.80
Specifies that the following provisions apply to any district with a three-year average graduation rate at or below 80%. Requires each such ...

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COSigned into law 06/2009P-12Colorado Youth Challenge Corps Program
H.B. 1280
Creates the Colorado Youth Challenge Corps Program Act; authorizes the department of military and veterans affairs department to operate a r...

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LASigned into law 06/2009P-12Early Intervention Program
H.B. 282
Reauthorizes the early intervention program for at- risk children and their families in certain parishes. The purpose of the program shall b...

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LASigned into law 06/2009P-12Improving Graduation Rates
S.B. 316
Provides for comprehensive approach to improve graduation rates and ensure college and career readiness for high school students. Provides f...

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MESigned into law 06/2009P-12Center of Excellence for At-risk Students
S.B. 528
Establishes the Center of Excellence for At-risk Students to provide a comprehensive, on-site course of instruction for youth at risk of fai...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Flexible School Day Program Courses
H.B. 1297
Relates to optional flexible school day program courses offered by school districts to enable students to earn course credit under certain c...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12At-Risk Definition
H.B. 2703
Provides that a student is not considered at risk of dropping out of school if the student was retained in prekindergarten or kindergarten s...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-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 ju...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Comprehensive Review of School Finance Weights, Allotments and Adjustments
H.B. 3646 - Section 65
Adds new Subchapter I in Chapter 42 of Education Code. Establishes the Select Committee on Public School Finance Weights, Allotments, and Ad...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12
Postsec.
Programs to Improve High School and College Completion
S.B. 2258
Amends various provisions in Section 29.098 related to intensive summer programs for public school students and to college readiness program...

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ALSigned into law 05/2009P-12Dropout Prevention
S.B. 334
Increases the upper mandatory school age to 17 while retaining existing exceptions for certain students. Allows a student over the age of 17...

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COSigned into law 05/2009P-12Dropout Prevention Pilot Program
S.B. 123
Creates the healthy choices dropout prevention pilot program in the department of education to reduce the dropout rate of adolescent student...

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COSigned into law 05/2009P-12Dropout Prevention Office
H.B. 1243
Creates the office of dropout prevention and student re-engagement in the department of education to collaborate with local education provid...

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GAVetoed 05/2009P-12Dropout Prevention
S.B. 178 Section 10, Part 2
Directs the state board of education to develop an evidence-based model program for chronically low-performing high schools receiving a refo...

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NDSigned into law 05/2009P-12Student Performance Strategist
H.B. 1400 - Sec. 8, Strategist
Beginning with the 2010-11 school year, each district must have available one full-time equivalent student performance strategist for every ...

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NVSigned into law 05/2009P-12At-Risk, Middle School
A.B. 487
Requires the development of an academic plan for pupils enrolling in their initial year at a middle school or junior high school; requires s...

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OHAdopted 05/2009P-12Career-Based Intervention Programs
OAC 3301-61-05 and -18
Establishes criteria for career-based intervention (CBI) programs, which provides grade 7-12 students who are disadvantaged (either academic...

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OKAdopted 05/2009P-12Annual Student Dropout Reports to Local School Boards
OAC 210:35-25-3
Requires that a school representative annually report the dropouts for each school site that serves students in Grades 7-12 to the local sch...

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OKSigned into law 05/2009P-12Performance Review for Districts with High Poverty
S.B. 473
Authorizes the Office of Accountability to conduct a performance review program to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the budget ...

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ALSigned into law 04/2009P-12Alabama Select Commission on High School Graduation and Student Dropouts
S.J.R. 24
Establishes the Alabama Select Commission on High School Graduation and Student Dropouts. Directs the commission to study the problems and p...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009P-12Project Graduation Commission
H.B. 1956
Creates the Arkansas project graduation commission to investigate high school dropout prevention strategies, analyze the relationship betwee...

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INSigned into law 04/2009P-12Dropout Prevention
H.B. 1343
Creates the dropout prevention fund, to be administered by the Department of Education, to provide money for school corporation programs tha...

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OKSigned into law 04/2009P-12Mentorship Programs to Reduce Dropouts
H.B. 1050
New law. Directs the state department to encourage school districts to develop mentorship programs aimed at reducing drop-out rates; specifi...

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WASigned into law 04/2009P-12At-Risk
H.B. 1492
Authorizes subcontractors participating in the Independent Youth Housing Program to use program monies to pay for professional mental health...

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WASigned into law 04/2009P-12Alternative Program
H.B. 1505
Authorizes diversion for sexually exploited juveniles that provides services to include housing, mental health counseling, education, employ...

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GAAdopted 03/2009P-12Grant Programs
GAC 96-1-.01, .04, .05, .07
Establishes guidelines for the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Treatment grant program, the Abstinence Until Marriage grant program, the...

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KSSigned into law 03/2009P-12At-Risk
S.B. 40
Relates to the At-risk Education Council. Makes a repeal. Chapter 2009-18
http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2010/40.pdf...

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KYAdopted 02/2009P-12Extended School Services
704 KAR 3:390
Establishes requirements for extended school services. Defines "A5 program" as an alternative program with no attendance boundaries, serving...

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TXAdopted 02/2009P-12Communities in Schools Program
19 TAC 2.89.EE.89.1501 -1503, .1505, .1507, .1509, .1511
Establishes definitions and an equitable funding formula for local Communities In Schools (CIS) Programs for youth dropout prevention....

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VASigned into law 02/2009P-12Students At-Risk for Long-Term Suspension
H.B. 1945
Provides that a school division may assign a student deemed at-risk for a long-term suspension to a regional alternative education program; ...

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UTAdopted 11/2008P-12Highly Impacted Schools
R277-464
Statute directs the state board to determine highly impacted schools based on the following criteria: (i) high student mobility rates within...

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CAVetoed 09/2008P-12Data collection
A.B. 1885
Specifies that eligible pupils who are enrolled in intensive instruction and services to help those pupils pass the High School Exit Examina...

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TXAdopted 08/2008P-12Dropout Recovery Pilot Program
19 TAC 2.102.EE.102.1056
The adopted new rule establishes procedures for a grant program for dropout recovery that meets the requirements of the Strategic Plan of th...

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LASigned into law 07/2008P-12High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2008
H.B. 1091
Provides that before a student between the ages of 17 and 18 may drop out, the student and student's parent must attend an exit interview, i...

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LASigned into law 07/2008P-12Integrated Services for At Risk Students
S.B. 701
Provides for integrated case management through the use of No Wrong Door; relates to disadvantaged children and their families; relates to s...

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NYSigned into law 07/2008P-12Identification of Free/Reduced Lunch Students
A.B. 8699
Directs the commissioner of education to establish a program to identify methodologies and practices utilized by schools and school district...

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DESigned into law 06/2008P-12Eligibility for Free or Reduced Health Insurance
H.B. 286
Requires local school districts, vocational or technical school districts, and the Department of Health and Social Services to take advantag...

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OKAdopted 06/2008P-12Annual Student Dropout Reports
OAC 210:35-25-3
Requires annual student dropout reports to local school boards:
(a)    The principal or a representative of each site serving students in Gr...

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COSigned into law 05/2008P-12Education Programs for Students Placed in Facilities
H.B. 1204
Provides for the oversight of educational programs for children placed within day treatment centers, residential child care facilities, othe...

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KYSigned into law 04/2008P-12Status Offenders
H.B. 384
Defines "nonoffender" as a child alleged to be dependent, neglected, or abused and who has not been otherwise charged with a status or publi...

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MESigned into law 04/2008P-12Student Survey of Risk Factors
S.B. 804
(Resolve)Requires the state, in its biannual survey of students, to use a survey of students in grades 6 to 12 that reliably and validly mea...

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MESigned into law 04/2008P-12Alternative Education Programs
H.B. 1661A
Defines alternative education program as a program in which the primary purpose is to provide at-risk students with curricula and assessment...

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MSSigned into law 04/2008P-12Low-Performing Schools
S.B. 2666
Relates to low performing schools and school districts. Changes the designation of priority schools to schools at risk. Modifies and expands...

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WASigned into law 04/2008P-12High School Graduation Requirements and Learning Assistance for English Language Learners
S.B. 6673
Existing student learning plans (required for 8-12th grade students) must also include information on the student's results on the Washingto...

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IDSigned into law 03/2008P-12At-risk
H.B. 575
Makes a technical correction to the Teen Early Intervention Pilot program; revises the definition of teens at risk in order to accommodate t...

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WASigned into law 03/2008P-12Community Learning Center Program
S.B. 6369
Bill expands the purposes of the community learning center program to include professional development and programmatic support from the off...

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LAAdopted 11/2007P-12Jobs for America's Graduates Louisiana Program
LAC 67:III.5591
Establishes the Jobs for America's Graduates Louisiana Program to increase retention of at-risk students, capture out-of-school youth in nee...

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TXAdopted 11/2007P-12Dropout Prevention Strategy Plan
19 TAC §89.1701
HB 2237, 80th Texas Legislature, 2007, added the TEC, §29.918, requiring districts with a high dropout rate to develop a dropout prevention ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Ensuring Success in School Task Force
H.B. 1330
Requires the state board of education to convene an Ensuring Success in School Task Force to develop policies and procedures for addressing ...

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LAAdopted 08/2007P-12School, District and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.4302 and 4313
Revises the use of Alternative Assessment results in accountability as suggested by the Department of Education's Technical Advisory Committ...

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NCIssued 07/2007P-12Programs for At-Risk Children
Executive Order No. 120
Accelerates teacher and other personnel recruitment and the implementation of needed academic support programs for at-risk children in light...

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RISigned into law 07/2007P-12Rhode Island High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2007
H.B. 5351
Creates the Rhode Island High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2007; provides that it shall be the responsibility of the Department of Eleme...

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SCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Students At-Risk of Being Poorly Prepared
H.B. 3628
Approves regulations of the Board of Education. This regulation addresses the requirement of the Education and Economic Development Act of 2...

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CASigned into law 06/2007P-12After-school programs
A.B. 1685
Requires certain measures of the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program effectiveness related to repo...

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LASigned into law 06/2007P-12Truancy and Assessment and Service Centers
S.B. 187
Gives permanent status to truancy and assessment and service centers (which were initially established through a pilot program). Deletes lan...

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MESigned into law 06/2007P-12High School Completion for At Risk Students
H.B. 1296
Implements the recommendations of the Governor's Task Force to Engage State's Youth; ensures that students experiencing education disruption...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12
Postsec.
Dropout Reporting, Exit Exam Alternatives, Competency Based Credits
S.B. 312
Expands the annual reports of accountability information to include the rate of pupils who drop out of school in grades 6, 7 and 8. Requires...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Withholding Funding When Goals Not Met
H.B. 1609
Codifies provisions concerning program performance goals, objectives, and measures and provides the commissioner of education authority to w...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12High School Completion and Success Initiative
H.B. 2237
From bill analysis: Establishes the High School Completion and Success Initiative in order to improve secondary school instruction in Texas....

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WAAdopted 06/2007P-12
Community College
Programs for At-Risk/Dropout Students
WAC 392-121-188
Amends rules pertaining to programs for at-risk and dropout students. Indicates that community and technical colleges currently provide prog...

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INSigned into law 05/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Funding for Students in Dual Enrollment and Early College High School Programs
S.B. 526 (omnibus) - IC 20-43-4-8
A student who participates in:
        (1) a postsecondary enrollment program under IC 21-43-4 is considered a student enrolled in the schoo...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Area Learning Centers
H.F. 2245 [Area Learning Centers]
Amends rules concerning area learning centers designated by the state commissioner.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Distance Education and Independent Study
S.B. 535
Authorizes school districts to operate an alternative program for all grade levels of pupils who are at risk of dropping out of school, subj...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Permitting Attendance of Students to Age 26
H.B. 1137
Permits students who are at least 21 years of age and under 26 years of age on the first day of September of any school year to be eligible ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Education Research Centers
H.B. 2237 (At-Risk Components)
One part of this large bill requires the commissioner of education to contract with one or more education research centers to study best pra...

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WASigned into law 05/2007P-12Children's Trust of Washington
S.B. 5830
Within available funds, the Children's Trust of Washington must fund evidence-based and research-based home visitation programs for parents ...

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MTSigned into law 04/2007P-12Programs for At-Risk Youth
H.B. 677
Appropriates funds to the board of crime control to sustain funding for existing prevention and after-school programs for at-risk youth.
htt...

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MTSigned into law 04/2007P-12Quality Educator Payment
S.B. 335
Provides a quality educator payment to certified teachers employed by the Youth Challenge Program which assists at-risk youth in developing ...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Statewide Dropout Prevention, Intervention and Retrieval Program
H.B. 1573
Authorizes a statewide program for comprehensive dropout prevention, intervention, and retrieval; provides that, subject to the availability...

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

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MTRule Adoption 12/2006P-12Quality Educator, At Risk Students and Indian Payments
ARM 10.7.106, .106A, .113 through .115,10.10.301 to .315, 10.15.101, 10.16.3804, .3811, .3812, .3816, 10.20.102 to 10.30.415
Adopts and amends rules relating to quality educator payments, at-risk student payments - general fund, Indian education for all payments, A...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Students in Dropout Prevention and Recovery Program
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3313.603(F)
Provides that a student in a dropout prevention and recovery program may graduate from high school by completing a competency-based instruct...

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ILSigned into law 07/2006P-12Chronic Truants
S.B. 2197
Provides that counties and municipalities may adopt ordinances to regulate truants within their jurisdiction and may impose a graduated fine...

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ILSigned into law 07/2006P-12PreK for At-Risk Children
S.B. 1497
Relates to grants for a preschool educational program administered by the state board July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2008. Provides that appr...

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VARule Adoption 07/2006P-12Student Reenrollment Plans
8 VAC 20-660-10 thru -40
Provides a structured procedure for reenrollment of students into the public school system when they have been in the custody of the juvenil...

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GAAdopted 06/2006P-12Grant Programs
GAC 96-1-.01, .02, .04, .05
Clarifies rules regarding grants for juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment, Title V prevention, abstinence education and juvenile ac...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Dropout Assistance and Dropout Prevention
S.B. 2272 - Section 28
Beginning January 15, 2007, requires the department to submit an annual report to the legislature that includes the ways districts in the pr...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Extended School Program for Adults
S.B. 2272 - Section 38
Deletes provision that a local board may provide an extended school tuition-free program for district residents over the maximum school age ...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12No Pass No Drive
H.B. 1463
Amends the Vehicle Code and the School Code. Provides for cancellation or refusal to renew a driver's license or learner's permit of a perso...

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KSSigned into law 06/2006P-12At-Risk Pupil Weighting
H.B. 2809
Directs the state board to determine the high density at-risk pupil weighting of each school district based on enrollment density and high-d...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12
Community College
Early College/Dual Enrollment
S.B. 749
Requires and provides incentives for high schools and postsecondary institutions to maximize the shared use of facilities, technology, facul...

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AZSigned into law 05/2006P-12Intervention and Dropout Prevention related to State Exams
S.B. 1382
Relates to school attendance; expands the services of the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards Intervention and Dropout Prevention Progra...

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COVetoed 05/2006P-12Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Program
H.B. 1363
Creates the student delinquency prevention program, within the Tony Grampsas youth services program, to provide funding for before-and-after...

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GASigned into law 05/2006P-12Dropout Prevention
S.B. 413 Section 1 and 2
Changes certain provisions relating to mandatory education for children between ages six and 16; provides that an unemancipated minor older ...

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ILAdopted 05/2006P-12Task Force on Re-enrolling Students Who Dropped Out Of School
H.J.R. 87
Creates the Task Force on Re-enrolling Students Who Dropped Out Of School in order to examine and develop ways to address the growing issue ...

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KSRepealed by H.B. 2809 05/2006P-12High Density At-Risk Weighting
S.B. 549 - Section 5
Creates a new weighting called the "high density at-risk weighting" for districts with high percentages of students who receive free meals. ...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12Bilingual Weighting Funds
S.B. 549 - Section 13, 16, 27
Authorizes districts to spend funds received from the bilingual weighting to pay the cost of providing at-risk and preschool-aged at-risk ed...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Financial Support for Children in State Care
S.B. 3922
Concerns Education; specifies that when the education of a child becomes the state's direct responsibility for any reason, the commissioner ...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12
Postsec.
At-Risk Student After School Programs
S.B. 3113; H.B. 3249
Concerns Lottery, Scholarships and Programs; creates pilot after school program for at-risk students to prepare for ACT and SAT examinations...

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TXSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Breakfast and Lunch Program
H.B. 1 C (Section 1.19)
The department, the Texas Education Agency, and the Health and Human Services Commission shall ensure that applicable information
maintained...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12High School Completion Program
S.B. 222
Relates to a high school completion program for persons who are 16 to 22 years of age, have not received a high school diploma, and are not ...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Increasing Compulsory Education Age
H.B. 867 - Section 20 (h)
Directs the commissioner of education to gather information to facilitate discussion during the next legislative session about increasing th...

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COSigned into law 04/2006P-12Teen Pregnancy and Dropout Prevention
H.B. 1351
Concerns the continuation of the statewide program for teen pregnancy and dropout prevention; changes the required report date for the state...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12Kentucky Youth Development Coordinating Council
S.J.R. 184
Encourages the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish the Kentucky Youth Development Coordinating Council; establishes membersh...

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MDSigned into law 04/2006P-12Residential Boarding Programs
H.B. 1432
Authorizes the establishment of residential boarding education programs for at risk youth to be operated under the supervision of the State ...

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MDSigned into law 04/2006P-12Integrated Children and Family Programs for At Risk Youth
S.B. 882
Establishes an advisory council to the children's cabinet to make recommendations to the children's cabinet on methods for meeting the polic...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12Dropping Out of High School
H.B. 1347 Section 12 and 18
Allows a student who is at least 16 but less than 18 years old to withdraw from school if the withdrawal is due to:
            (A) financia...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12Progression Toward Completion of Career Plan
H.B. 1347 Section 8
Requires a student's guidance counselor, in consultation with the student and the student's parent, to review annually a student's career pl...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12District Report Cards
H.B. 1347 Section 7
Requires district report cards to report:
--The number and percentage of students participating in the school flex program, if offered (see...

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MSSigned into law 03/2006P-12Education Reform Act of 2006
S.B. 2602
Enacts the Education Reform Act of 2006. Section 6 creates the office of dropout prevention within the state department of education. Requir...

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LAAdopted 02/2006P-12Truancy Assessment and Service Centers
LAC 67:III.5539
Authorizes the Office of Family Support to enter into Memoranda of Understanding or contracts to establish Truancy Assessment and Service Ce...

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VAAdopted 12/2005P-12Juvenile Work Release Programs
6 VAC 35-190-10 thru -120
Emergency regulation effective December 14, 2005, through December 13, 2006 that assists juveniles in acquiring necessary work habits, devel...

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COAdopted 11/2005P-12Dropout Prevention Activity Grant Program
1 CCR 301-66
The Dropout Prevention Activity Grant Program requires the State Board of Education to define procedures for applying for a grant, and the c...

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CASigned into law 10/2005P-12School Placement for Foster Children
H.B. 1261
An act to amend Sections 48853, 48853.5, 48859, 49069.5, 52052, 56034, 56366.1, and 56366.2 of the Education Code, and to amend Sections 319...

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CAConsideration of governor's veto pending 09/2005P-12Counseling for At-risk Students
A.B. 455
An act to amend Section 49600 of the Education Code, relating to at-risk pupils. Requires that educational counseling include, in addition t...

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ILSigned into law 08/2005P-12The Parental Participation Pilot Project
S.B. 10
Provides that by the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year, the State Board of Education shall by rule establish a parental participation p...

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NCSigned into law 08/2005P-12Study Ways to Reduce Dropout Rate
S.B. 408
Directs the State Board of Education to identify research-based methods to reduce the dropout rate, especially in high-poverty schools with ...

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ORSigned into law 07/2005P-12Continued Attendance After Legal Placement
H.B. 3075
When a juvenile court determines that it is in a child¢s best interest to continue to attend the school that the child attended prior to pla...

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COSigned into law 06/2005P-12Evaluation of Expelled and At-Risk Student Services Grant Program
H.B. 1311
Authorizes the department of education to retain up to 1% of any appropriation for the expelled and at-risk student services grant program t...

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COSigned into law 06/2005P-12Students Whose Parents Are Incarcerated
H.B. 1088
Requires the department of corrections to obtain information from each inmate on whether the inmate is the parent of a child under the age o...

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HISigned into law 06/2005P-12
Postsec.
Deployment of Hawaii Based Military Members
S.B. 1394
The purpose of this Act is for schools whose student population includes at least twenty per cent or one hundred students from military fami...

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COSigned into law 05/2005P-12Dropout Prevention Activity Grant Program
H.B. 1024
Creates the dropout prevention activity grant program to fund before- and after-school arts-based and vocational activity programs for stude...

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COSigned into law 05/2005P-12Teacher Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program
S.B. 191
Defines "high-poverty school" and "rural school district." Expands teacher loan forgiveness pilot program to include teachers who (1) contra...

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TNto governor 05/2005P-12Request for More Funding for Dropout Prevention
H.J.R. 117
A resolution to urge increased funding for the development and expansion of dropout prevention programs in Tennessee. ...

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TNSigned into law 05/2005P-12Funding for Dropout Prevention Programs
H.J.R. 117
From the fiscal note: A resolution to urge the Governor to include an earmarked appropriation within the administration's general appropriat...

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WASigned into law 05/2005P-12Learning Assistance Program
H.B. 1066
Revises the funding formula for the Learning Assistance Program from one based equally on assessment results and family need to one
based so...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Ability to Learn
H.B. 2604
Authorizes the department of human services to communicate with a foster child's school concerning placement issues that may impact the chil...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Social Workers in Public Schools
S.B. 1187
Increases the number and availability of social workers in the public schools. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb118...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Public School Funding Act of 2003
S.B. 939
Amends the public school funding act of 2003. Requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules clarifying not only which alternativ...

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COSigned into law 04/2005P-12High School Dropout Parental Notice
S.B. 164
Requires districts to provide written notification to parents of a high school dropout who is not subject to compulsory education laws. Stat...

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MTSigned into law 04/2005P-12Free Quality Schools
S.B. 152
Defines basic system of free quality public elementary and secondary schools and identifies the educationally relevant factors upon which th...

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WAPartially Vetoed 04/2005P-12Dropout Prevention
H.B. 1708
From fiscal note: Section 2 requires that, to the extent funds are appropriated, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSP...

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WASigned into law 04/2005P-12Learning Assistance Program Distribution Formula
H.B. 1066
HB 1066 changes the school district distribution of Learning Assistance Program (LAP) funds from a distribution based 50% on assessment of s...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12Continuity of Educational Services for Foster Children
H.B. 1710
Ensures the continuity of educational services to foster children. Prohibits the grades of a child in foster care from being lowered for sch...

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ILSigned into law 01/2005P-12School Code
H.B. 757
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code to allow a child with a disability who has completed four years of high sch...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Charter Schools and Student Discipline/Attendance
A.B. 1860
Prohibits a school district governing board from denying a charter school petition, unless it makes findings that the petition lacks a descr...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12
Community College
Advancement Via Individual Determination Program
A.B. 3017
Appropriates a specified amount of funds from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for the support of the Advancement Via I...

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MISigned into law 09/2004Community 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 ...

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GAAdopted 08/2004P-12Class Size; Absences and Excuses
GAC 160-5-1-.08; -.10
Clarifies rules regarding class size, absences and excuses. Renames chapter on absences as Student Attendance. Provides definition of truant...

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ILSigned into law 08/2004P-12Student Dropout Rate Report
S.B. 3109
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a system for accurate tracking of transfer students. Requires tha...

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ILSigned into law 08/2004P-12
Postsec.
Community College
African-American Family Commission Act
S.B. 3208
Creates the African-American Family Commission Act. Establishes a 15-member African-American Family Commission to serve as a coordinating an...

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ILSigned into law 07/2004P-12Student Enrollment
S.B. 2115
Amends the School Code. Allows a school or school district to deny enrollment to a student 16 years of age or older for one semester for fai...

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MABecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004P-12Alternative Education Grant Program
H.B. 4914
Relates to establishing an alternative education grant program; contains text of section 126 of H 4850; requires that parents or legal guard...

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AZIssued 06/2004P-12Establishing the Arizona Statewide Youth Development Task Force
Executive Order 2004-14
Creates the Arizona Statewide Youth Development Task Force to provide policy recommendations relating to youth and youth development issues ...

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MDSigned into law 05/2004P-12Enhancement of Juvenile Services Programs
H.B. 1139
Establishes the Department of Juvenile Services Education Department; requires each facility established and operated by the Department of J...

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MDSigned into law 05/2004P-12Truancy Reduction Pilot Program
H.B. 1443
Authorizes the establishment of a Truancy Reduction Pilot Program in certain counties; establishes that failure of children to attend school...

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MDSigned into law 05/2004P-12Juvenile Services Step Down Aftercare
S.B. 767
Requires a child discharged from a committed residential placement to receive step down aftercare for a period to be determined by the Depar...

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MOTo governor 05/2004P-12School Age Children
S.B. 945
Provides a student shall not be considered a drop- out or included in a school district's educational persistence ratio for accreditation pu...

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KYSigned into law 04/2004P-12Student Dropouts
H.B. 178
Amends KRS 158.145 to require that all students who drop out of school be counted in the annual state dropout index. Amends KRS 158.6455 to...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12At Risk Student Academic Achievement Program
H.B. 1013
Creates an At-Risk Student Academic Achievement Program and fund to provide grants to public school divisions for programs to improve the ac...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Educationally At-Risk Students
H.B. 1014
Deletes language defining educationally at risk students as those whose scores are in the bottom national quartile on Virginia State Assessm...

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WASigned into law 03/2004P-12School Lunch Programs
S.B. 6411
Provides school districts with school serving grades kindergarten through four where 25% of the students qualify for free or reduced price l...

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ARSigned into law 02/2004P-12Student Drop Out Rates
H.B. 1153
Determines student drop out rates. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1153.pdf...

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ARSigned into law 01/2004P-12Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - Reporting
S.B. 33 §§ 1, 4, 5, 6
Amends Ark. Code § 6-15-404, adds 6-15-434, 6-15-1806, 6-15-1901, 6-15-1902, 6-15-1903 .Creates the Student Assessment and Educational Accou...

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CASigned into law 10/2003P-12Teacher Certification and Dropout Prevention Programs
A.B. 841
Requires each outreach consultant utilized for purposes of a school- based motivation and maintenance program to possess a Dropout Preventio...

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CASigned into law 09/2003P-12Expulsions; Graduation Requirements; Special Education
A.B. 300
Revises the review day for expulsions; Provides that if a pupil completes algebra coursework in grades 7 or 8, the pupil is not exempt for t...

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ILSigned into law 08/2003P-12Crime Prevention
S.B. 1107
Requires the Chicago Board of Education to establish a pilot program to prevent crime by developing guidelines to identify students at risk ...

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OHSigned into law 08/2003P-12State Public School Accountability System
H.B. 3--Section 3302.01
Creates the Ohio Accountability Task Force to study the state's accountability system (to make recommendations, periodically review fees for...

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NHSigned into law 07/2003P-12Dropout Prevention and Recovery
H.B. 619
This bill establishes a dropout prevention and dropout recovery program in the department of education to provide a variety of services to h...

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RIBecame law without governor's signature 07/2003P-12Student Equity Investment Fund
H.B. 6055
Allocates moneys from the student equity investment fund based on each district's proportion of resident children eligible for USDA reimburs...

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CTSigned into law 06/2003P-12Special Education Services
H.B. 6391
Acknowledges and address special education needs of children in the juvenile justice system. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/asp/cgabillstatus/cg...

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CTSigned into law 06/2003P-12Funding to Promote Children's Well-being
S.B. 886
Requires the State Prevention Council to determine long-term goals, strategies and outcome measures to promote the health and well being of ...

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GASigned into law 06/2003P-12Child Abuse Records
S.B. 201
Relates to child abuse and deprivation records; permits the Department of Human Resources to share access to child abuse records and release...

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NHSigned into law 06/2003P-12Dropout Prevention
S.B. 116
Establishes a committee to study methods to prevent or reduce the high school dropout rate....

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TXVetoed 06/2003P-12Public School Dropouts
H.B. 1518
Having high school dropout rates affects the Texas economy and decreases not only the state's future tax revenues but also its ability to at...

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TXSigned into law 06/2003P-12Public School Mentoring Services
S.B. 16
Authorizes each school district to provide a mentoring services program to students at risk of dropping out of school. The bill requires a d...

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TXSigned into law 06/2003P-12School Dropout Data
S.B. 894
Requires the commissioner to develop a process for auditing school district dropout records electronically. The commissioner must also deve...

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TXSigned into law 06/2003P-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...

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COSigned into law 05/2003P-12Juvenile Adjudication Proceedings
H.B. 1025
Allows the court to order a student with an individual education program to comply with this program as a condition of probation. The court ...

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INSigned into law 05/2003P-12Student Discipline
S.B. 186
Provides that a student who is expelled from a charter school is subject to the same requirements for enrollment in another school corporati...

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MDSigned into law 05/2003P-12Children in Informal Kinship Care Relationships
S.B. 32
Defines "informal kinship care" as a child who is not under the care or custody of social services living with a relative due to serious fam...

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MDSigned into law 05/2003P-12Residential Child Care Programs
S.B. 178
Defines "residential child care program" and specifies that group homes, alternative living units and emergency shelter care are classified ...

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NVSigned into law 05/2003P-12Training Programs for Teachers
S.B. 36
The governing body of a regional training program may facilitate and coordinate access to information by teachers and administrators concern...

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TNSigned into law 05/2003P-12Young At-Risk Students
S.B. 1975
Revises the criteria for determining at-risk children for pre-school and early learning programs from those "who live below the poverty line...

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TNSigned into law 05/2003P-12Public School Dropout Rates
H.J.R. 19
Creates a special joint committee to study public school dropout rates in Tennessee. This special joint committee, consisting of 5 Represent...

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TXSigned into law 05/2003P-12Relates to Public School Dropout and Completion
S.B. 186
Requires dropout rates, including dropout rates and district completion rates for grade levels 9 through 12, be computed in accordance
with ...

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AZSigned into law 04/2003P-12Students
S.B. 1238
Requires student level data for the Student Accountability Information System (SAIS) to include reasons for a withdrawal, if provided by the...

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COSigned into law 04/2003P-12School Attendance Law
H.B. 1226
Concerns a juvenile's right to counsel at proceedings under the School Attendance Law of 1963. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.ns...

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NMSigned into law 04/2003P-12Prevention Programs for the Youth
H.B. 700
Relates to juveniles; authorizes public support for public-private partnerships to develop after-school and other prevention programs for th...

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COSigned into law 03/2003P-12Teen Pregnancy And Dropout Prevention
H.B. 1028
Concerns the continuation of the statewide pilot program for teen pregnancy and dropout prevention. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbi...

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MSSigned into law 03/2003P-12Method of Reporting Graduation and Dropout Rates
H.B. 859
Requires the department to annually report graduation and dropout rates to the legislature in terms of grades 7-12 and grades 9-12 cohort gr...

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WVAdopted 11/2002P-12Student Learning Ability STATE ID: 126-208
Policy 8350 --Title 126, Series 208
Provides a process for the establishment of a more formal method to fund programs that strengthen student learning ability as required by Ho...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Federally- funded 21st Century Community Learning Centers
S.B. 1478
States the intent of the Legislature that federally- funded 21st Century Community Learning Centers complement the existing Before and After...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Information to parents who have an At-risk child
S.B. 1595
Adds disciplinary rules and regulations and retention and promotion policies to the list of things about which parents have a right to be in...

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NCSigned into law 09/2002P-12
Community College
Sections Pertaining to Dropout Data, Dropout Retention, Teacher Quality
S.B. 1275
Directs the state board to improve the state's tracking of dropout data; encourages the concurrent enrollment of state technical high school...

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NYVetoed 07/2002P-12Transition of Students from Correctional Facilities
S.B. 1893
Provides that correctional facilities shall coordinate the enrollment of a consenting child in the transitional program for post release ser...

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GASigned into law 05/2002P-12After-School Programs for At-Risk Students
S.B. 384
Changes the method for calculating funding for certain after-school programs for students who have previously dropped out of school and stud...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Tax to Support Prince George's County Programs
H.B. 949
Establishes sales and use tax on telecommunications service in Prince George's County. Net proceeds from the revenue must be used only as s...

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NHSigned into law 05/2002P-12At-Risk Funding
S.B. 140
Modifies the formula for calculating the portion of the adequate education grant based on free and reduced-price lunches....

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NHSigned into law 05/2002P-12Homeless Students
S.B. 321
Clarifies the right to public education for children of homeless families; establishes a committee to study requirements regarding the legal...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Numerous Program Changes
H.B. 2515
Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud...

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NMSigned into law 03/2002P-12At-Risk Index
S.B. 61
Changes the calculation of the at-risk index used to determine additional program units, to assist students to reach their full academic pot...

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CASigned into law 01/2002P-12Omnibus Bill -- Truancy, Dropout Prevention Components
A.B. 804
Any minor who is required to be reported as a truant may be required to attend makeup
classes conducted on one day of a weekend and is subje...

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NCSigned into law 12/2001P-12At-risk student assistance
S.B. 1005 -- Sec. 28.17(e), 115C-105.41
Adds section concerning students who have been placed at risk of academic failure. Requires that schools identify students who have been pl...

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CASigned into law 08/2001P-12Programs for At-Risk Students
A.B. 844
Chapter No.187, Extends the effective date of provisions authorizing school districts to establish an alternative education and work center ...

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ILSigned into law 06/2001P-12Changes in the State's At-Risk Programs
H.B. 1096
Makes changes to the definition of student at risk of academic failure; defines alternative educational opportunities for at-risk students t...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Education Courses at Juvenile Facilities
H.B. 1638
, Provides for completion of educational courses, including a General Education Development course, or other programs offered at juvenile fa...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Programs for At-Risk Youth with Disciplinary Problems
S.B. 1035
Authorizes youth development and assistance programs for elementary students at risk of having disciplinary problems; requires parental invo...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Suicide Prevention Program
S.B. 792
Establishes a program of suicide prevention in public schools....

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TXSigned into law 06/2001P-12At Risk Guidelines
S.B. 702
Texas law defines a "student at risk of dropping out of school" by age
rather than grade level for students in grade levels higher than seve...

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FLVetoed 05/2001P-12Demonstration program for prevention of learning problems in young children
S.B. 1018
Relates to prevention of learning problems in young children; authorizes a demonstration program to be called Learning Gateway; creates a st...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12At-Risk Elementary Students
H.B. 1499 Multiple Components for At-Risk Elementary Students
States that each urban school district as defined in Section 1210.568 of this title and as identified as having a high population of element...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Alternative Approaches Grants
H.B. 1460
Alternative Approaches grants are to be targeted at school districts located in counties with a high number of dropouts for the school year ...

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GASigned into law 04/2001P-12
Postsec.
At Risk Programs and Hope Scholarship Changes
H.B. 656
Act No. 29., Relates to elementary and secondary education; creates early intervention programs for kindergarten, primary grades, and upper ...

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NMVetoed 03/2001P-12At-Risk Funding Index
H.B. 49
Relates to public school finance; changes the calculation of the at-risk index to determine additional program units....

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Teacher Proficiency
H.B. 2514
Teacher proficiency; continuing contract status. Provides that any teacher hired on or after July 1, 2001, will be required, as a condition ...

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NJSigned into law 11/2000P-12Eligibility of Low-Income Pupils, Effective Programs
S.B. 838
Relates to State aid for school districts with concentrations of low-income pupils; establishes minimum period of school district eligibilit...

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CASigned into law 09/2000P-12High-Risk Youth Education & Public Safety Program
S.B. 2196
Increases the apportionment for purposes of the High-Risk Youth Education and Public Safety Program. Increases the multipliers for high-risk...

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CASigned into law 09/2000P-12Establishment of a State Boot-Camp School
S.B. 1542
Authorizes the Adjutant General to develop, establish, and operate the Turning Point Academy for the purpose of providing a comprehensive an...

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CAVetoed 09/2000P-12Health Care for Low-Income Students
A.B. 1735
Relates to services to pupils. Requires the governing board of each school district and the county superintendent of schools, as part of the...

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CASigned into law 09/2000P-12Grant Program for At-Risk Youth
A.B. 2827
Chapter No. 313, Permits the Employment Development Department to contract with a specified, nonprofit organization meeting specified criter...

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CASigned into law 08/2000P-12
S.B. 541
Relates to existing law which states the intent of the Legislature to establish a comprehensive, continuous, community-linked, and school-ba...

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IASigned into law 05/2000Postsec.
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...

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MESigned into law 05/2000P-12Children in Need of Services Program
H.B. 1138
(LD 1623)Establishes the Children in Need of Services Program; provides for a safety plan consisting of housing, medical care, nutritional c...

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WISigned into law 05/2000P-12At-Risk Programs
S.B. 241
Changes names of program from children at risk to "children at risk of not graduating from high school." Changes definition to "at risk of ...

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AZSigned into law 04/2000P-12Dropout Prevention
H.B. 2405
Requires the Department of Education to establish an AIMS Intervention and Dropout Prevention Program; requires Department of Education to e...

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KYSigned into law 04/2000P-12Dropout Prevention
H.B. 77
Requires the Kentucky Department of Education to establish and implement a comprehensive statewide strategy to provide assistance to local d...

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VASigned into law 02/2000P-12
S.B. 147
Relates to public school enrollment of homeless pupils; revises various statutes addressing evidence of residence in the school division for...

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VASigned into law 02/2000P-12Office of Comprehensive Services
H.B. 1510
Creates the Office of Comprehensive Services for At-risk Youth and Families, under the lead of the Secretary of Health and Human Resources; ...

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LASigned into law 07/1999P-12In-School Intervention Pilot Program
H.B. 2067
Extends the termination date of the In-School Intervention Pilot Program....

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LASigned into law 06/1999P-12Requires Notification of Student Withdrawal from Public School
S.B. 252
Requires approved private schools and other approved programs to notify public schools of the enrollment of students who leave public school...

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TXSigned into law 06/1999P-12Private Community-Based Alternative Education Programs
S.B. 1784
Relates to the provision of private community-based dropout recovery education programs to provide alternative education programs for studen...

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TXSigned into law 06/1999P-12Administration of At-Risk Programs
S.B. 1574
Relates to the administration of certain programs for at-risk children and their families; provides for implementing and managing programs d...

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FLSigned into law 05/1999P-12A+ Plan (Part of Omnibus Bill)
H.B. 751
School improvement plans are required to include specific safety and discipline strategies. Required dropout prevention programs to employ ...

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FLSigned into law 05/1999P-12A+ Plan (Part of Omnibus Bill)
H.B. 751
Adopts new graduation and cohort graduation rates and study, which may include a 5-year rate as well as a 4-year rate. Beginning with the 2...

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ARSigned into law 03/1999P-12Pregnancy Prevention Program
S.B. 787
Continues the unwed birth and teenage pregnancy prevention program....

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VASigned into law 03/1999P-12Creates the Navigator Laboratory Program
S.B. 1263
Creates the Navigator Laboratory Program to provide a model for school divisions to explore innovative options and creative instructional pr...

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VASigned into law 03/1999P-12Requires Parental Notification of Suicide Risk
S.B. 1250
Requires licensed school personnel who have reason to believe that a student is considering suicide to immediately contact at least one of t...

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NJDied 06/1998P-12
A.B. 3194
Provides that remedial programs for nonpublic school students may be held on the premises of the nonpublic school....

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NEDied 05/1998P-12
LR 137 Prevention of At-Risk Dropouts
Purposes several factors affect the student dropout rate in Nebraska; purposes of this study is to investigate the dropout rate in Nebraska ...

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IASigned into law 04/1998P-12
S.B. 2348
Adds services funded by Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to the list of which may be provided to nonpub...

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KYSigned into law 04/1998P-12
H.B. 900
Eliminates the sixty (60) day notification and waiting period prior to a student between the ages and eighteen being able to withdraw from s...

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TNSigned into law 05/1997P-12
S.B. 405 Student Information Reporting; Dropout Reduction
Requires Commissioner of Education to annually report certain information pertaining to student suspensions, expulsions and dropouts; requir...

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MDDied 04/1997P-12
H.B. 1058 Poverty Grant Program
Establishes a New Targeted Poverty Grant Program; provides for grants to the counties and Baltimore City for students living in poverty; req...

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MSDied 02/1997P-12
S.B. 2215 Motivating Parents and Children Pilot Program for At-Risk
Establishes the Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program for school districts aimed at children-at-risk....

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CASigned into law 09/1996P-12
A.B. 2895 Program for At-Risk Pupils
Appropriates $2,250,000 from the general Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the 1996-97 fiscal year only, for allocation t...

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MDActive 06/1996P-12
Family Support Centers
Prevention and early intervention services for young parents and their children from birth to age 3. Centers located in neighborhoods with h...

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MIDied 04/1996P-12
H.B. 5767 Remedial Instruction
A school district shall provide special assistance to each pupil enrolled in the school district who is eligible for purposes of allocating ...

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MSPassed 04/1996P-12
Requiring School Districts to Spend No Less Than 80% on Annual Title 1 Budgets
(Effective: 05/03/96) Requires school districts to spend no less than 80% on annual Title 1 budgets at participating school sites, in order ...

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IDSigned into law 03/1996P-12
H.B. 598 Limitation of suicidal tendency and possible injury warnings
Limits a teacher's or school district's duty to warn of a student's suicidal tendencies or of the possible injury of a student by another st...

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GADied 02/1996P-12
H.B. 1824 Dropouts Tried As Adults
Provides that a 16 year old shall be tried as an adult if he or she has dropped out of school and committed a crime....

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MSPassed 09/1995P-12
Reallocation Procedure for Federal Compensatory Education Funds
(Effective: 10/20/95) Concerns reallocation procedure for Federal Compensatory Education Funds....

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ARPassed 07/1995P-12
Funding Levels for At Risk Programs
(Effective: 07/21/95) Establishes funding levels for the various At Risk Programs, to establish funding formulas for the At Risk Programs an...

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CASigned into law 04/1995P-12
S.B. 59 Financial Assistance to Children Who are At Risk of Dropping Out
(Effective: 04/21/95) Requires the State Department of Education to provide additional information and financial assistance to schools in wh...

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ARSigned into law 03/1995P-12
S.B. 510 - Program for At-Risk Children
Establishes the Intervention and Prevention Grant Program for at-risk Arkansas school children....

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OKSigned into law 08/1994P-12
H.B. 2640 Alternative Education
The legislation includes the establishment of eight pilot alternative academies grants for alternative education programs in counties with a...

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OKSigned into law 08/1994P-12
H.B. 1940
H.B. 1940 establishes the Community Youth Development Act to provide for school, school-related or after-school programs for children and yo...

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ILDied 04/1994P-12
H.B. 2528 Compulsory School Age
Amends law authorizing denial of reenrollment to dropouts who, because of age and lack of credits, could not graduate with normal attendance...

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NMSigned into law 04/1994P-12
At Risk, Alternative Ed, Gangs, Violence
During the 1994 session, the Legislature considered several pieces of legislation related to at-risk students, alternative education program...

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WASigned into law 04/1994P-12
ESHB 2699 Washington Youthbuild Program
(Effective: 04/01/94) Creates the WA Youthbuild Program to help disadvantaged youth who have dropped out of school to obtain the education a...

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WISigned into law 04/1994P-12Dropouts, Habitual Truants
A.B. 280
(Effective: 05/04/94) This law allows a county, city, village or town to enact an ordinance prohibiting any pupil who is 16 or 17 years of a...

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WASigned into law 03/1994P-12
H.B. 2198 (Juvenile sex offenders)
Provides that a convicted juvenile sex offender, upon discharge, parole or authorized leave, shall not attend a school that is attended by a...

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WVSigned into law 03/1994P-12
S.B. 46 - Safety/Violence
Relates to denying or suspending the motor vehicle operator's license of any person under the age of 18 who has been convicted of a crime in...

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