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State |
Status/Date |
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Summary |
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 | 21st Century Skills |
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| Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
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| Assessment--Computer Based |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--Legal Issues |
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| Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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| Assessment--Value Added |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Brain Research |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Cheating |
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| Choice of Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
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| Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Alignment |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Censorship |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Excusal |
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Geography Education |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--Home Economics |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Multicultural |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Curriculum--Speech Education |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics |
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| Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Does Money Matter? |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Litigation |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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| Governance |
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| Governance--Mandates |
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| Governance--Regional Entities |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| Governance--School Boards--Training |
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| Governance--Site-Based Management |
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| Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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| Health |
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| Health--Child Abuse |
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| Health--Mental Health |
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| Health--Nutrition |
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| Health--Suicide Prevention |
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| Health--Teen Pregnancy |
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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--College Readiness |
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| High School--Credit Recovery |
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| High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| High School--International Baccalaureate |
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| Instructional Approaches |
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| Instructional Approaches--Constructivism |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills |
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| Instructional Approaches--Official English |
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| Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning |
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| Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education |
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| Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task |
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| Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| International Benchmarking |
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| Leadership |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
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| No Child Left Behind |
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| No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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| No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--Finance |
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| No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement |
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| No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
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| No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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| No Child Left Behind--Special Populations |
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| No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
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| Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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| Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
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| P-16 or P-20 |
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| P-3 |
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| P-3 Brain Development |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
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| P-3 Data Systems |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits |
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| P-3 Family Involvement |
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| P-3 Finance |
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| P-3 Governance |
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| P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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| P-3 Health and Mental Health |
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| P-3 Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Preschool |
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| P-3 Public/Private Partnerships |
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| P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion |
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| P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
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| Parent/Family--Research |
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| Partnerships--University/School |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning |
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| Postsecondary Affordability |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure |
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| Postsecondary Finance |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies |
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| Postsecondary Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent |
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| Postsecondary Online Instruction |
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| Postsecondary Participation |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Access |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Outreach |
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| Postsecondary Students |
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| Postsecondary Students--Adults |
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| Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
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| Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth |
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| Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
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| Postsecondary Students--International |
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| Postsecondary Students--Low-Income |
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| Postsecondary Students--Military |
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| Postsecondary Students--Minority |
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| Postsecondary Success |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) |
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| Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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| Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence |
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 | Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | Postsec. | Amends terminology to "statewide common course numbering system." Repeals and replaces priorities for integrating courses into the statewide course numbering system. Repeals existing deadlines for incorporating courses into the statewide course numbering system. Requires common course numbers and content for courses in the board of regents' general education core curriculum to be established during the 2012-13 academic year. Requires common course numbers and content for the associate of arts and associate of science transfer degrees to be established during the 2013-14 school year. Requires common course numbers and content for all remaining lower division courses to be established during the 2014-2015 academic year. Requires common course numbers and content for all remaining undergraduate courses to be established by the end of the 2015-16 academic year. Requires reporting on the status of statewide transfer and articulation of credit annually (formerly such reporting required twice a year). Requires report to include specified data on associate transfer degree program completion, subsequent transfer to a four-year institution, baccalaureate completion by transfer students, and specified comparison data on transfer vs. native students' academic performance. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=811560
Title: S.B. 104
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | Community College
Postsec. | 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/F46C5C7574E6067F87257981007DBFF9?Open&file=1214_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1214
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires the development of a general education core of courses that will allow for the seamless transfer from the regional community-technical college system to the Connecticut State University System and The University of Connecticut.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/ACT/Pa/pdf/2012PA-00031-R00HB-05030-PA.pdf
Title: H.B. 5030
Source: cga.ct.gov
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | Postsec. | Creates the Post-Military Service Occupation, Education and Credentialing Act. Authorizes the public and private institutions of higher education and the career and technology centers to utilize the Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services, published by the American Council on Education (ACE), to compare and apply academic credit for education, training and experience received through military duty or service which is applicable to the selected program of study for an honorably discharged military service member who becomes a student at an institution of higher education or career and technology center within 3 years after separation from military service. A new section of law requires each governing board to adopt by January 1, 2013, a policy authorizing the institution or career and technology center under the board's supervision and management to award educational credits to a student enrolled in the institution or career and technology center who is also honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States within 3 years of initial enrollment, for courses that are part of the student's military training or service and that meet the standards of the ACE or equivalent standards for awarding academic credit if the award of educational credit is based upon the institution's or technical career center's admission standards and its role, scope and mission. Requires each governing board to adopt necessary rules and procedures to implement the provisions of this section.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2011-12bills/SB/SB1863_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 1863
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides that a dual credit course created by a high school and community college, whether as an elective or major core requirement, should be transferable to all public postsecondary institutions. Specifies similar transfer guarantees for credits earned by high school students at four-year institutions and Tennessee Technology Centers (TTCs).
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB2809.pdf
Title: S.B. 2809
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | The bill requires a 4-year state institution of higher education to notify a 2-year institution when a student who transferred from the 2-year institution accumulates 60 credits. The 2-year institution shall conduct a degree audit to determine whether the student meets the requirements for an associate degree and shall award the degree to the student unless the student declines the award. The 2-year and 4-year institutions of higher education shall inform students about the program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/479AA0B83425E2C287257981007E03F2?Open&file=045_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 45
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | Reduces maximum number of credits in associate of arts, Florida College System, and state university general education core from 36 to 30, effective with students entering a system institution in 2014-15. Directs the chair of the state board of education and chair of the board of governors, or designees, to jointly appoint faculty committees to identify statewide general education core course options. Requires that general core course options consist of a maximum of five courses in each of the subject areas of communication, math, social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. Beginning with students entering a Florida College System institution or state university in 2014-2015 and thereafter, requires each student to complete at least one identified core course in each subject area as part of the general education course requirements, and requires all public postsecondary education institutions to offer and accept these courses as meeting general education core course requirements. Requires remaining general education course requirements to be identified by each institution and reported to the department.
Pages 6, 8, 16-19 of 31: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7135er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7135&Session=2012
Title: H.B. 7135 - General Education Core
Source: myfloridahouse.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | Requires the statewide articulation agreement, beginning with students initially entering a Florida College System institution in 2013-2014, to require each student seeking an associate in arts degree to indicate a baccalaureate degree program offered by an institution of interest by the time the student earns 30 semester hours. Requires the institution in which the student is enrolled to inform the student of the prerequisites for the baccalaureate degree program offered by an institution of interest.
Pages 15-16 of 31: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7135er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7135&Session=2012
Title: H.B. 7135 - Transfer from Associate- to Baccaureate Program
Source: myfloridahouse.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | Authorizes and encourages community colleges within the Tennessee Board of Regents system to enter into reverse articulation agreements with system universities, institutions within the University of Tennessee system, and SACS-accredited, private institutions.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB2827.pdf
Title: H.B. 2827
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB2827.pdf
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | Requires the commission for higher education to create a common course numbering system, into which each state educational institution shall map its own course numbers, for courses in the core transfer library. Requires state educational institutions to create a statewide transfer general education core to be implemented by May 15, 2013. Provides that an individual who holds an associate degree is considered to have met at least 30 semester credit hours of the general education requirements for a bachelor's degree. Requires a state educational institution to accept an associate degree from another state educational institution as credit toward a related bachelor's degree. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/PDF/SE/SE0182.1.pdf
Title: S.B. 182
Source: www.in.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | Part N: Directs the state university board of trustees and the city university board of trustees to jointly conduct a study on postsecondary remediation, which must consider a variety of factors, including strategies and programs proven effective in addressing the needs of remedial students, efforts to support student transfer from colleges offering associate's degrees to baccalaureate-awarding institutions, and methods for improving postsecondary completion rates. Requires that the study be submitted to specified legislative leadership by November 1, 2012.
Chapter 57: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A09057&term=&Summary=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y
Title: A.B. 9057 - Postsecondary Success Study
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | Clarifies that credits earned in academic subject area coursework as part of the Uniform Certificate of General Studies shall be transferable to a four-year public institution of higher education.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?121+ful+HB441ER+pdf
Title: H.B. 441
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/
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| TX | Adopted 11/2011 | Postsec. | From Texas Register: Updates and changes the requirements for the statewide, fully transferable, undergraduate general education core curriculum. Sections 4.28 and 4.35 adopted as published in the November 25, 2011 Texas Register (pp. 28-30 of 94: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1125/1125adop.pdf). Sections 4.23, 4.25 and 4.29-4.31 adopted as published in the August 26, 2011 Texas Register (pp. 34-38 of 63: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0826/0826prop.pdf). Specifically:
Section 4.23: Modifies definitions to accord with the proposed core curriculum and deletes a definition of "compliant with the Texas Common Course Numbering System".
Section 4.25: No substantive changes
Section 4.28, the section that lays out the fully transferable Texas Core Curriculum: Amended to reflect the recommendations of the Undergraduate Education Advisory Committee (UEAC), which was asked to study and make recommendations to improve the existing statewide core curriculum, which had not been modified since 1997. The new core curriculum puts in place a Purpose Statement, Core Objectives, and Foundational Component Areas with descriptions and semester credit hour requirements, as required in Texas Education Code §61.822. The amendments bring the Texas Core Curriculum into better alignment with current best practices across the U.S.. These changes are intended to improve consistency in transfer practices and to improve opportunities for students to increase their learning through the acquisition of knowledge and skills they will need for work and life. Related provisions in this section are amended to reflect additional recommendations pertaining to implementation of the revised Texas Core Curriculum.
Section 4.29: Deletes the option of institutions requesting a core curriculum of more than 42 semester credit hours (SCH).
Section 4.30: Revises provisions pertaining to the assessment and reporting of core curriculum objectives, as required in Texas Education Code §61.824, to reflect changes in terminology and organization of the Texas Core Curriculum reflected in the amendments to §4.28 and implements recommendations from the UEAC.
Section 4.31: Adds the proposed core curriculum implementation process and revises existing rules relating to institutional revisions of previously approved core curricula. Institutions would be limited to submitting changes to the institutional core curriculum once per academic year. New policy allows for better efficiency in implementing requirements, including the timely publication of all the courses approved for use in the core curriculum in any academic year. Updates subsection on procedure in handling institutional requests to reflect current electronic submission practices.
Section 4.35: Amends the language relating to the use of the Texas Common Course Numbering System to identify the system by name rather than by acronym the firsttimeitis cited.
Title: 19 TAC 4.23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| TX | Adopted 11/2011 | Postsec. | Revises the requirements for submitting requests for courses to be added to the Lower Division Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) and for submitting "unique need" requests. (Context from November 25, 2011 Texas Register: Texas public two-year institutions may develop "unique need" courses specifically for use at their institution. A unique need academic course must meet a specific lower-division requirement of a baccalaureate degree program that cannot be met by an existing course in the ACGM. If a unique need course is found to have regional or statewide use in degree programs, two-year institutions may request that the course be added to the ACGM, which would allow every public two-year institution to offer the course and receive state reimbursement for the contact hours. Courses may also be deleted from the ACGM if those courses have become obsolete or are no longer used by a majority of institutions.) Adopted as published in the July 29, 2011 Texas Register (pages 9-11 of 33): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0729/0729prop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 9.73, 74, 77
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | From bill summary: Requires the superintendent of public instruction to annually update the information on Advanced Placement on the department Web site to include current information on the various means by which districts may offer or access Advanced Placement courses, including online courses, and to annually communicate with high schools offering Advanced Placement courses in fewer than 5 subjects and inform them of the various options for making Advanced Placement courses and other rigorous courses available to pupils who may benefit from them. Also requires the superintendent of public instruction to to annually update information on the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program on the department's Web site and to provide support to high schools offering International Baccalaureate courses. Encourages the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges, the Academic Senate of the California State University, and the Academic Senate of the University of California to continue their efforts to adopt consistent systemwide guidelines for the acceptance and granting of credit for International Baccalaureate Diploma Program courses taken by students while they are in high school. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_532_bill_20110906_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 532
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | From bill summary: Requires that transfer students admitted to the California State University pursuant to the the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act receive priority for purposes of enrollment planning and admissions, if the students have met the requirements of an approved transfer agreement consistent with this priority.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0901-0950/sb_940_bill_20110926_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 940 - Certain Transfer Students Receive Priority for Enrollment Planning and Admissions
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Establishes the Higher Education Coordinating Council and directs the council to make recommendations on: (1) The primary core mission of public and nonpublic postsecondary education institutions in the context of state access demands and economic development goals; (2) Performance outputs and outcomes designed to meet annual and long-term state goals, including, but not limited to, increased student access, preparedness, retention, transfer, and completion; (3) The state's articulation policies and practices to ensure that cost benefits to the state are maximized without jeopardizing quality; and (4) A plan for workforce development education.
Directs the Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Chancellor of the State University System, to establish the Articulation Coordinating Committee which will make recommendations related to statewide articulation policies to the Higher Education Coordination Council, the State Board of Education, and the Board of Governors. Details the duties of the committee.
Requires Department of Education to utilize student performance data in subsequent coursework to determine appropriate Advanced Placement, Advanced International Certificate of Education examination, and International Baccalaureate examination scores for the receipt of college credit. Repeals the exemption from the state university system summer term enrollment requirement for students who have earned 9 or more credits through acceleration mechanisms. Requires the State Board of Education to specify by rule provisions for alternative remediation opportunities and retesting policies. Provides access to postsecondary education for individuals with intellectual disabilities, by allowing for reasonable substitution for admission and graduation requirements. Repeals the Florida Business and Education Collaborative and the University Concurrency Trust Fund.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7151er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7151&Session=2011
Title: H.B. 7151
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| MI | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | From Legislative Staff Summary: Encourages community colleges to explore ways of increasing collaboration and cooperation with universities. Provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that universities work with community colleges to implement transfer of credits from a university to a community college to enable award of credentials. Creates a committee to develop a process to improve the transferability of core college courses between colleges and universities. Directs colleges to work with public universities to implement reverse transfer agreements (that would transfer university credits to college for an associate's degree). Requires that by February 15, 2012, each public university must submit a report to the Legislature and others regarding (1) academic program accreditation and (2) the number of transfer credits rejected for incoming students. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/publicact/htm/2011-PA-0062.htm
Title: H.B. 4325 - Postsecondary Provisions
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Directs the North Carolina Community College System, University of North Carolina General Administration, and the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities to develop a plan for articulation of a college transfer certificate to all UNC institutions and participating independent colleges and universities. Requires that North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, Inc., also be included in the development of the plan if it chooses to participate. Provides that college transfer certificates must require the successful completion of 30 credit hours of college transfer courses, including English and math, for qualified high school junior and seniors. Page 39 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - College Transfer Certificate
Source: www.ncleg.net
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Requires Joint Boards of Education to develop standards by which students may apply credits earned at community college toward baccalaureate degrees awarded by state institutions of higher education. Requires Joint Boards of Education to submit report of standards to interim legislative committees related to education no later than November 1, 2012.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb3500.dir/hb3521.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 3521
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Section 2002-C incorporates the community college - higher education transfer and articulation into the School Code (had been included in fiscal code for prior two years). Section 2006.1-C transfers the transfer and articulation components for state-related institutions from the fiscal code.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/FN/2011/0/HB1352P2227.pdf
Title: H.B. 1352
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Permits a general academic teaching institution (as defined here http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/ED/htm/ED.61.htm) to develop a fixed tuition rate program for qualified students who agree to transfer to the institution within 12 months of completing an associate degree at a lower-division institution of higher education. Requires a participating general teaching institution to prescribe program eligibility requirements and notify applicants for transfer admission from lower-division institutions of higher education about the program. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB02999F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: H.B. 2999
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides that this provision relates to a student enrolled in a general academic teaching institution (as defined in 61.003(3) http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/ED/htm/ED.61.htm) who has transferred from or previously attended a lower-division institution of higher education (i.e., public two-year institution) after earning at least 30 credit hours at the lower-division institution, and who has successfully completed at least 90 cumulative credit hours. Requires the general academic teaching institution, as soon as practicable after such a student has met the aforementioned criteria, to request authorization from the student for the institution to release the student's transcript to the lower-division institution of higher education, to determine whether the student has earned the credits required for an associate degree from the lower-division institution of higher education. Requires the general academic teaching institution to release the transcript upon receipt of student authorization, and requires the lower-division institution of higher education to review the transcript. Permits the lower-division institution of higher education to award the student the degree if the lower-division institution of higher education determines the student has earned the credits required to receive an associate degree. Pages 3-4: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB03025F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: H.B. 3025 - Credit Transfer for Associate Degree
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | From Legislative Budget Committee Summary:
Coenrollment in Public Schools and Adult Education Programs
Prohibits funding for coenrollment in public schools and adult general education programs, except that for the 2011-2012 fiscal year students may enroll in core courses for credit recovery or dropout prevention for up to two courses. Provides that high school students are exempt from the payment of block tuition for general adult education programs.
Facilities
Expands the class size reduction lottery bond program to include other educational facilities. Suspends temporarily the state match for facilities and operating challenge grant programs for colleges and universities, effective July 1, 2011. Provides that existing eligible donations will remain eligible for future match and that the suspension may be removed once $200 million of the grant backlog has been matched. Allows a university board of trustees to expend carry-forward balances from prior year operational appropriations on legislatively approved fixed capital outlay projects authorized for the establishment of a new campus.
Finance
Streamlines library operations through consolidation and joint purchasing. Requires creation of a union catalog for higher education. Requires the Florida College System Council of Presidents to develop and recommend an equitable funding formula for the distribution of certain state funds to the college system institutions. Provides for the use of a funding formula to ensure equitable distribution of district workforce funds. Provides a $200,000 limit on the amount of state funds that may be paid for salaries of college and university presidents and administrative employees. Terminates the University Concurrency Trust Fund.
Finanical Aid/Scholarships
Increases the Florida Medallion Scholarship test scores in 2013-2014, from 1050 to 1170 for SAT, including the applicable home school test scores. Increases or establishes required community service hours for Bright Futures applicants. Requires applicants for Bright Futures, and certain other programs to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid prior to disbursement of funds. Prioritizes state student financial aid to the neediest (Pell eligible) students for the Florida Work Experience Program and the First Generation in College Program.
Northwest Regional Data Center
Designates the Northwest Regional Data Center as a primary data center.
Student Enrollment Pilot Program
Authorizes a spring and summer term student enrollment pilot program at the University of Florida for the purpose of aligning student enrollment and the availability of instructional facilities. Authorizes Bright Futures scholarships in the summer for these students.
Transient Student Admission
Authorizes the implementation of a transient student admission application process through the Florida Academic Counseling Tracking for Students system to include admissions, readmissions, financial aid, and transfer of credit functions. Authorizes a fee of $5 to support the system.
Tuition
Provides an exemption from the 30 percent need-based expenditure requirement from the tuition differential fee if the university has covered the entire tuition and fee costs of all resident students who are eligible for need-based aid. Authorizes alternative documentation for tuition fee waivers for Purple Heart veterans. Increases the tuition surcharge for excess hours to 100 percent in excess of 115 percent of the credit hours required for a degree. Requires a block tuition and corresponding out-of-state fee for students enrolled in adult general education courses. Removes fee exemptions for certain students and requires residency of students to be documented. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-063.pdf
Title: S.B. 2150
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| TX | Adopted 05/2011 | Community College
Postsec. | Replaces references to "statewide articulated transfer curriculum" with those for "voluntary statewide transfer compact". Permits public two-year colleges to award an academic certificate to students who complete 50% of the curriculum specified in a voluntary statewide transfer compact. Adopted as published in the March 18, 2011 Texas Register (page 18 of 35): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0318/0318prop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 9.1, 9.183, 185
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Strengthens the transfer of courses between institutions of higher education. Expands the Roger Phillips transfer policy. Clarifies which courses are prerequisite courses. Establishes a statewide common course numbering system for postsecondary. Creates a "state minimum core curriculum." Directs the state board, in collaboration with state-supported institutions of higher education, to select the baccalaureate degree programs of study that will be included in the state minimum core curriculum. Requires all public institutions of higher education to provide comprehensive academic advising to all students regarding transfer options available under this policy.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Acts/Act747.pdf
Title: H.B. 1772
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | Postsec. | Requires the Trustees of the California State University (CSU), and requests the Regents of the University of California (UC) to review and revise their student transfer policies to ensure that faculty may choose textbooks regardless of the publication date for as long as the textbook is available and the information provided is current and reflects contemporary thinking. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_2201-2250/ab_2203_bill_20100929_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2203
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | Postsec. | From bill summary: Enacts the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, which, commencing with the 2011–12 academic year, requires a student who receives an associate degree for transfer to be deemed eligible for transfer into a California State University baccalaureate program when the student meets prescribed requirements. Conditions a community college district's receipt of state apportionment funds on its
development and granting of associate degrees for transfer, unless each of the state's community college districts waives reimbursement for specified state-mandated costs of implementing the bill in accordance with a prescribed procedure. Prohibits a community college district from imposing any additional requirements for a student to be eligible for the associate degree for transfer, and prohibits remedial noncollegiate level coursework from being counted towards the units required for the associate degree for transfer. Requires the California State University to guarantee admission with junior status to any community college student who meets the requirements for the associate degree for transfer. Does not guarantee a student admission for specified majors or campuses, but requires the California State University to grant a student priority admission to his/her local California State University campus and to a program or major that is similar to his/her community college major or area of emphasis, as determined by the California State University campus to which the student is admitted. Authorizes the California State University to require a transferring student to take additional coursework at the California State University, provided the student is not required to take any more than 60 additional semester units or 90 quarter units at the California State University for majors requiring 120 semester units or 180 quarter units. (Exempts specified high unit majors from this provision upon agreement by the chancellors of the California State University and the California Community Colleges and their respective academic senates.) Prohibits the California State University from requiring a transferring student to repeat courses that are similar to those taken at the community college that counted towards the units required for the associate degree for transfer. Also requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to review and report to the assembly higher education committee, the senate education committee, and the assembly and senate education finance budget subcommittees in the spring of 2012, with an update on the implementation of these provisions. Also directs the Legislative Analyst's Office to report to the aforementioned committees and subcommittees, within four years of implementation of these provisions, on outcomes related to the program, and make recommendations for statutory changes necessary to facilitate the goal of a clear and transparent transfer process, including whether this article
should be made applicable to students transferring from community colleges to the University of California. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_1401-1450/sb_1440_bill_20100929_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1440
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Directs the California State University (CSU) and the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges (CCC) to work together to establish the most effective methods to inform students, college advisers and the general public about the associate degree for transfer and specific details that help students navigate this transfer pathway. Authorizes community college districts to use the methods established by the CSU and the Office of the Chancellor of the CCC to inform community college students of the CSU majors considered to be similar to community college majors or areas of emphasis required to obtain an associate degree for transfer. Requires the final methods to be completed prior to the beginning of the fall term of the 2011–12 academic year and to be included as part of a specified report.
Requests that the University of California (UC):
(1) Continue its examination of articulation of lower division major prerequisites in high-demand transfer majors to design community college transfer degrees that adequately prepare students for entry into a major
(2) Consider offering guaranteed eligibility for admission into a UC campus that accepts a designated community college transfer degree for admission into a designated UC major
(3) Designate a series of community college courses that provide sufficient lower division preparation for a designated UC major and that will be accepted by the University of California.
(4) Provide an interim progress report on its review of the aforementioned transfer pathways to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by June 30, 2011, and to provide a final report to those committees, with specific findings regarding the University of California's implementation of those transfer pathways, by December 31, 2011.
Effective July 1, 2011: Directs the Office of the Chancellor of the CCC to establish a process for the identification of courses that satisfy lower division preparation requirements throughout the CCC system, and to include a description of this process in a report. Establishes legislative intent that community college districts accept credits from other community college districts toward an associate degree for transfer. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_2301-2350/ab_2302_bill_20100929_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2302
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Establishes the Community College Transfer Grant Program Act. Creates the Community College Transfer Grant Program to provide financial assistance to eligible students, subject to appropriation, for the costs
of attending a public or private institution of higher education that awards baccalaureate degrees. Provides that eligible students are those who (1) are state residents, (2) have received an associate's degree at a public community college in the state and maintained a minimum 3.0 GPA while enrolled in an associate's degree program in the state, (3) have enrolled in an institution of higher education in the state by the fall following award of the associate's degree, (4) have applied for financial aid, including federal financial aid, (5) have financial need of no more than $9,000 (as calculated on the FAFSA). Specifies that the award is limited to 2 academic years or 60 credit hours, and may be used only for undergraduate work. Requires award recipients to maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA and make satisfactory academic progress toward a degree. Sets award at $1,000 a year, and provides an additional $1,000 grant for students pursuing undergraduate studies in engineering, mathematics, nursing, teaching or science.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1299.pdf
Title: S.B. 3699
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec. | Relates to postsecondary institutions and course numbering; requires community college districts and the universities under the jurisdiction of the state board of regents to develop and implement a shared numbering system which identifies courses that transfer from community colleges to state public universities toward a baccalaureate degree. Chapter 242
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1040h.pdf
Title: S.B. 1186
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12
Postsec. | Exempts private schools approved by the department of education's division of special education prescribed in the pupil's individualized education program from rules adopted by the state board of education prior to 11/24/09.
Changes the office of the county school superintendent from a local education service agency to a local education agency.
Removes requirement that district open enrollment policies be filed with the department of education and requires district policies for open enrollment to be posted on the district's website and available to the public upon request.
Reduces the amount of time pupils in grades seven and eight must be enrolled in an instructional program from 1068 hours to at least 1000 hours beginning in fiscal year 2010-2011.
Requires the board of regents, in consultation with the community college districts in Arizona, to develop and implement common equivalencies for specific levels of achievement on advanced placement examinations and international baccalaureate examinations offered in the state's high schools in order to award commensurate postsecondary academic credits at community colleges and public universities in the state.
Repeals the College and Career Readiness Task Force enacted last year. Chapter 332
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/hb2725s.pdf
Title: H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/hb2725s.pdf
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides greater flexibility to improve the financial position of state higher eduation institutions. Requires a common course number system in conjunction with the guaranteed transfer program and to develop articulation agreements for degree programs; relates to the ratio of resident and non- resident students; regulates financial aid eligibility requirements; relates to information technology rules, financial data statements and audits; implements measures to reduce student debt.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E7D30EB79557E237872576A80026B0CD?open&file=003_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 3
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Allows a nonpublic institution of higher education to choose to participate in public higher education core course guidelines; provides that a nonpublic institution, for a fee, may request the department of higher education to review the institution's core courses and include them in the matrix of core courses for which credit may transfer from one institution of higher education to another; provides that the commission on higher education will set the amount of the fee for reviewing the courses.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DE981CC68F5486FA872576AA00699CEF?open&file=108_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 108
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec. | Creates the Higher Education Coordinating Council (the council) for the purposes of identifying unmet needs and facilitating solutions to disputes regarding the creation of new degree programs and the establishment of new institutes, campuses, or centers; provides that the council serve as an advisory board to the legislature, state board of education, and the board of governors; requires recommendations of the council to be consistent with the following guiding principles: (1) To achieve within existing resources a seamless academic educational system that fosters an integrated continuum of kindergarten through graduate school education; (2) To promote consistent education policy across all educational delivery systems, focusing on students; (3) To promote substantially improved articulation across all educational delivery systems; (4) To promote a system that maximizes educational access and allows the opportunity for a high-quality education for all Floridians; and (5) To promote a system of coordinated and consistent transfer of credit and data collection for improved accountability purposes between the educational delivery systems.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7237er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7237&Session=2010
Title: H.B. 7237 - Sec. 13
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires the MnSCU board to develop and implement a plan to improve credit transfer. States the minimum goals of the transfer plan. Requires working groups of faculty staff, students and administrators to develop actions to remove barriers to credit transfer. Requires systemwide and institutional level transfer information on the Internet. Requires an annual progress report to the legislature beginning January 15, 2011, through 2014 and goals to be met by the 2015-2016 academic year.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 184
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec. | A resolution to require the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) and the University of Tennessee (UT) to accommodate non-traditional students seeking to complete degrees by accepting completed coursework and credits to the extent authorized by the institution's academic standards.
Link to fiscal note: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Fiscal/HJR0959.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 959
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires statewide degree transfer agreements to transfer associate of arts degrees and associate of science degrees from one state institution of higher education to another.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/63784B94CCDAAD9A872576AC007ED905?open&file=1208_enr.pdf/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/63784B94CCDAAD9A872576AC007ED905?open&file=1208_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1208
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Encourages postsecondary institutions to limit bachelor degree programs to 120 credit hours and associate degree programs to 60 credit hours beginning with the 2012-13 academic year; provides exceptions.
[OF NOTE: Creates a comprehensive approach to improving student transfer/articulation, especially from two-year to four-year institutions. Directs the council on postsecondary education to:
(1) Develop and implement a statewide agreement that the state community and technical college system's two-year degree coursework be accepted and fully credited to related bachelor's degree programs by all public universities
(2) Develop and maintain a statewide common-course numbering system for lower-division general education and program-specific prerequisite courses in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System
(3) Establish a statewide course classification system and procedures to monitor the transfer and crediting of lower-division coursework, including a system of ongoing assessment that ensures comparability for transfer purposes
(4) Establish a procedure for approval of changes in learning outcomes at public universities (definition of "learning outcomes" below)
(5) Standardize credit-by-exam equivalencies and passing scores for national exams transferable for general education courses and program-specific prerequisite courses [i.e., Advanced Placement]
(6) Develop policies to align transfer and articulation procedures statewide, including admissions criteria, student declaration of major, and student guidance and counseling policies to ensure that students pursuing a two-year degree provide timely notification of their intent to transfer to a four-year institution
(7) Develop uniform data collection and reporting methods to ensure statewide and institutional compliance with course transfer and credit requirements
(8) Guarantee that, upon admission to a four-year institution, graduates of an approved two-year degree program have met all general education requirements
(9) Provide that graduates of approved two-year degree programs at public postsecondary institutions who complete the prerequisite learning outcomes for a four-year degree program while fulfilling the requirements for two-year degree, are not required to repeat or take any additional lower-level courses to fulfill bachelor degree requirements in the same major, and that these students be granted admission to related upper-division bachelor's degree programs on the same criteria as students earning lower-division credits at the university to which the student transferred
(10) Provide that graduates of two-year degree programs receive priority for admission over out-of-state students at a public four-year institution if they meet the same admission criteria
(11) Establish commonality in public college transcripts to facilitate transfer of credits from two-year institutions
(12) Encourage private postsecondary institutions to collaborate with public postsecondary institutions in developing programs and agreements to expedite the transfer of students and credits between institutions
(13) Establish an appeals process to resolve disagreements between transferring students and receiving educational institutions regarding the transfer and acceptance of credits earned at another institution
(14) Ensure that all transfer and articulation policies are consistent with the rules and regulations established by all appropriate discipline-specific accrediting bodies and institutional accrediting agencies as recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Defines "learning outcomes" as the knowledge, skills and abilities that students have attained as a result of their involvement in a particular set of educational experiences. Requires that when an institution seeks to change learning outcomes for a four-year degree program that affect lower-division courses, the university must notify the council of postsecondary education and the state community and technical college system of the proposed changes at the same time as the initiation of the university's approval process. If it is determined that the proposed change will have an adverse effect on transferability, requires the university proposing the change to enter into discussion with the council and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to verify that there remains a clearly defined path to a bachelor's degree for those students who plan to transfer from the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to the public university.] http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB160/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 160
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| MN | Vetoed 04/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Regulates the transfer of credits within institutions belonging to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H3164.3.html&session=ls86
Title: H.B. 3164
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov
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| MN | Vetoed 04/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Directs the Board of Trustees to develop a mechanism for seamless student transfer between institutions that has a goal of minimal loss of credits for transferring students. The development and maintenance of the system must, at a minimum, address the following: (1) alignment of institution curriculum and its communication to stakeholders; (2) transfer between similar programs; (3) documentation for transfer-related agreements between institutions; (4) systemwide transfer information on the Internet that is easily accessible and maintained in a current and accurate status.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H3164.3.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 3164
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to advanced placement exams; requires state educational institutions to grant postsecondary level academic credit to students who receive a satisfactory score on an advanced placement examination; requires the state department of education to develop a uniform job description for school counselors. Public Law 91
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/PDF/HE/HE1135.1.pdf
Title: H.B. 1135
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the governing boards of each public institution of higher education to implement policies to grant a minimum of 24 undergraduate semester credit hours to entering freshman students who have successfully completed the International Baccalaureate diploma program.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+SB209ER+pdf
Title: S.B. 209
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| TX | Adopted 11/2009 | Postsec. | Encourages institutions of higher education to develop undergraduate certificate programs of less than degree length, to be awarded upon completion of the institution's higher education coordinating board (HECB)-approved core curriculum, a HECB-approved field of study curriculum or a HECB-approved statewide articulated transfer curriculum.
The note in the Texas Register clarifies, "The new academic certificate would allow students to receive an academic credential signifying the completion of a significant component of an associate's or bachelor's
degree; would provide assurance of that completion to a receiving institution in the case of a student transferring to another institution; and would provide for the reporting of certificates as success measures for colleges and universities." The Register also notes that the assistant commissioner for academic affairs and research "has ... determined that for each year of the first five years the new section is in effect, the proposed change would benefit students by providing them with a pre-degree-completion credential demonstrating a certain level of academic attainment, and to institutions by providing a success measure."
Adopted as published in the August 7, 2009 Register (Page 12 of 100): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0807/0807prop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 1.4.B.4.36
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to existing law expressing legislative intent to encourage the California State University (CSU) to establish partnerships with community colleges to facilitate the education of students in bachelor of science in nursing or entry-level master's nursing programs. Requires the chancellor of the California State University to implement articulated nursing degree transfer pathways between the California Community Colleges and CSU before the 2012–13 academic year. Requires the articulated nursing degree transfer pathways to meet prescribed requirements. Authorizes the Chancellor of the California State University and the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to appoint representatives from their respective institutions to work collaboratively to provide advice and assistance relating to prescribed topics concerning the articulated nursing degree transfer pathways. Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office, by March 15, 2011, to prepare and submit to the legislature and governor a report on the status of plans to implement the articulated nursing degree transfer pathways. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1251-1300/ab_1295_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1295
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| TX | Issued 09/2009 | Postsec. | Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in cooperation with Texas public institutions of higher education, to undertake a comprehensive review of opportunities for achieving cost efficiencies, including:
--State funding based on student course completion
--Restructuring the state's financial aid programs to improve administrative efficiencies and to provide financial aid to students who work hard to academically prepare for college
--Academic program consolidation and elimination of programs that produce relatively few graduates
--Faculty workload
--Articulation agreements between two-year and four-year institutions
--Distance learning
--Alternatives to creating new campuses
--Course redesign to improve quality and reduce instructional costs for more courses
--Cooperative, cross-system contracting and purchasing
--Space utilization
--Energy use
--Cost of instructional materials.
Also directs the higher education coordinating board to conduct a review of higher education cost efficiencies implemented in other states and other countries. Directs the higher Education Coordinating Board, Based on the findings of this review, to develop practices, policies and recommendations for cost-containment among public institutions of higher education and submit these to the governor, legislature and public institutions of higher education by November 1, 2010.
Executive order: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?ObjectID=A3C6E9A3-CE4A-E4DE-C6D8183684DC9CD6
Final report (November 2010): http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/files//dmfile/CostEfficiencies11.19.2010.pdf
Draft report (July 21, 2010): http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=23A87B1E-DFF7-820A-C807155DB1EB855B
THECB Web page about the advisory committee on higher education cost efficiencies: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?ObjectID=9D89F7D3-F892-EEA0-D923B6D6D465D781
Title: E.O. RP73
Source: www.thecb.state.tx.us
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides for a comprehensive system of articulation and transfer of credit between and among public secondary and postsecondary educational institutions and the creation of a statewide articulation and transfer council; relates to a common core curriculum, the transfer of specified courses and associate degrees, admission of transfer students to 4 year colleges and universities, accreditation, participation by independent colleges and universities and a comprehensive student information system.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=668375
Title: S.B. 285
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/
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| LA | Vetoed 06/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides certain guarantees to students with associate degrees who seek to enroll in public postsecondary education institutions that offer baccalaureate degrees. Provide for a comprehensive system of articulation and transfer of credit between and among public education institutions.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=663670
Title: H.B. 568
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires a general academic teaching institution to admit any applicant for admission as a transfer undergraduate student who (1) graduated from high school no more than four years earlier and who either was qualified for automatic admission by virtue of being in the top 10% of his/her high school class, or who was previously admitted to the institution to which he/she is seeking admission, (2) first enrolled in a public junior college or other public or private lower-division institution of higher education, (3) completed the core curriculum at the junior college or private lower-division institution of higher education with a minimum 2.5 grade point average, and (4) submitted an application for admission as a transfer student before the application deadline.
Specifies that it is the applicant's responsibility to clearly claim in the application entitlement to admission under these provisions, and timely provide to the general academic teaching institution the documentation required by the institution to determine the student's entitlement to admission under these provisions.
Pages 8-9 of 21: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB00175F.pdf
Title: S.B. 175 - Section 2
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Establishes a pilot program between the University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System to provide a seamless process of going from an associate degree program at the community college onto a baccalaureate degree program at the university.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_124th/billpdfs/SP036701.pdf
Title: S.B. 367
Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Under current law, the UMN and MnSCU are required to develop and maintain course equivalency guides, for use in considering transferring between higher educational institutions. This section requires the guides to include information on course equivalency and credit for learning acquired through completion of formal military courses and occupational training.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2083.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.B. 2083
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Adds several new subsections of law. Requires development and implementation of a plan to provide, at least twice annually to all principals and guidance counselors employed by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, notice describing how students can find and use the articulation information available on the website maintained by the state board of regents. Requires collective statewide articulation agreement with the state board of regents that provides for the seamless transfer of academic credits from a completed associate of arts or associate of science degree program offered by a community college to a baccalaureate degree program offered by an institution of higher education governed by the state board of regents. Also requires the board to identify a transfer and articulation contact office or person and publicize that information, develop a systematic process for expanding academic discipline and meetings between community college and four-year institutions, develop criteria to prioritize core curriculum areas and promote greater awareness of articulation activities.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=BillInfo&Service=Billbook&ga=83&menu=text&hbill=HF815
Title: H.B. 815
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Creates a system for fully transferable credit hours from degrees in associate of arts, associate of science, and associate of arts in teaching in public institutions of higher education.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB1357.pdf
Title: H.B. 1357
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/
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| IL | Adopted 01/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Clarifies requirements for program approval, procedures for obtaining approval, and requirements for reviews of existing programs at public two- and four-year institutions. Requires the following information to be included in the institution's catalog of programs:
--A statement regarding the transferability of college credits, including the fact that the decision to accept transfer credits is determined by the receiving institutions
--A statement as to how the institution will advise students on the nature of the transfer process, including the importance of consulting with institutions to which the
student may seek to transfer
--Evidence of arrangements for the transfer of courses or credits or both to institutional counterparts, when these arrangements exist; these arrangements are also known as articulation agreements
--A statement of the institution's most recent graduation rates as provided by the institution to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).
Pages 84-101 of 209: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue1.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1050.10, 1050.20, 1050.30, 1050.40, 1050.50, 1050.ILLUSTRATIONA
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com
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| IL | Adopted 01/2009 | Postsec. | Provides exemptions from program approval requirements. Requires any institution offering online instruction where the core academic support services, including admission, evaluation, assessment, registration, financial aid, academic scheduling, and faculty hiring and support, are located in Illinois, to be approved by the state board of higher education.
Adds that as part of the criteria for postsecondary program approval, the institution must be prepared to provide students with (1) a statement regarding the transferability of college credits, including the fact that the decision to accept transfer credits is currently made by receiving institutions; (2) a statement as to how the institution will advise students on the nature of the transfer process, including the importance of consulting with institutions to which the student may seek to transfer; (3) evidence of articulation arrangements with institutional counterparts, when these arrangements exist; and (4) a statement of the institution's most recent graduation rates as provided by the institution to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The approval process also is amended such that, if the institution requires the student to sign an enrollment agreement or a similar agreement, the agreement must provide consumer information, including an explanation of all criteria and requirements for retention, progress towards degree, and graduation of the student; the institution's tuition, cancellation and refund policies; and a statement of the purpose and amount of any fees assessed.
Adds that any institution applying for a certificate of approval or authorization to operate in the state must specify its accreditation status. Requires new institutions without accreditation from an accrediting authority recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation to provide a clearly defined plan to move from candidate to affiliate status. Provides the plan should include the name of the accrediting organization, the basic outline of the accreditation process, and the projected time line for obtaining affiliate status within five years after the date of state higher education board approval, unless the higher education board waives the original time line because it is found to be an unrealistic expectation.
Creates new provision that initial authorization to operate in Illinois for institutions new to the state is for five years. In the fifth year of operation, requires the executive director of the board to direct staff to conduct a review. Provides circumstances under which the board may deny a continuation of the initial approval or offer a limited extension.
Adds a requirement that, prior to submission of the request for approval of a new degree program, the institution seeking approval complete a notice of intent that includes the degree and program name, description of the program, demographics of the intended students and estimated enrollment.
Adds provisions allowing an institution to temporarily suspend a program after receiving state higher education board approval.
Pages 57-80 of 209: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue1.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1030.10, 1030.20, 1030.30, 1030.60, 1030.70, 1030.80,1030.ILLUSTRATION A
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Provides for the adoption and implementation of a comprehensive system of articulation of Carnegie units earned in a secondary school and college credit hours earned in a postsecondary institution. Requires postsecondary education management boards to provide for the adoption and implementation of a system of course articulation between all institutions for all college credit units earned in such institutions. Requires high school/postsecondary and inter-postsecondary articulation plans to be implemented by July 1, 2010. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=503474
Title: S.B. 537
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2008 | Postsec. | Requires postsecondary educational institutions to disclose information regarding transferability of credits; requires postsecondary educational institutions to disclose on their Web sites all information related to tuition that must be provided to THEC and provide a link to the THEC Web site to facilitate access to information regarding graduation rates and job placement data. - Amends TCA Title 49.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC1103.pdf
Title: S.B. 3789
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Tennessee Higher Education Commission - Requires THEC to address any deficiencies in the articulation of major preparation courses between the community college system and the universities within the board of regents system and the University of Tennessee system by facilitating the universal articulation of lower division courses required for baccalaureate majors; revises other provisions regarding articulation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB4096.pdf
Title: H.B. 4096
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Concerns the public institution of higher education system transfer and articulation agreements; requires a study of transfer and articulation agreements of the public institutions of higher education; includes credit transfers.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/ACT/sa/pdf/2007SA-00007-R00SB-01318-SA.pdf
Title: S.B. 1318
Source: Connecticut Legislature
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| NJ | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides for the transfer of certain college credits. Each public institution of higher education will establish and enter into a collective Statewide transfer agreement that provides for the seamless transfer of academic credits from a completed associate of arts or associate of science degree program to a baccalaureate degree program.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/A4000/3968_R1.PDF
Title: A.B. 3968
Source: New Jersey Legislature
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| MO | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Multiple provisions relating to higher education. Stipulates that in order to receive increases in state appropriations, two- and four-year institutions must work with the commissioner of higher education to establish agreed-upon competencies for certain entry-level courses. The coordinating board for higher education will establish policies to ensure that such courses are accepted in transfer among public institutions. Authorizes the commissioner to order an institution willfully disregarding a coordinating board policy to remit a fine. Requires the coordinating board to hold out-of-state public higher education institutions to criteria similar to those required of public in-state higher education institutions in order for such institutions to operate within the state. Requires binding resolution for certain disputes among institutions of higher education. Prohibits higher education institutions from rejecting applicants for faculty positions based solely on lack of graduate degree if candidate has an undergraduate degree and has served at least eight years in the general assembly.
http://www.senate.mo.gov/07info/pdf-bill/tat/SB389.pdf
Title: S.B. 389 [Postsecondary Institutions]
Source: http://www.senate.mo.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | 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, enrolled, and graduated from institutions within the community college system. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2408ER
Title: H.B. 2408
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OH | Signed into law 12/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires that the partnership for continued learning, in conjunction with the Ohio board of regents and the state board, recommend a means of assessing high school students' college and work readiness, especially in English and mathematics. The partnership is to recommend one or more assessments that can achieve the following goals:
(A) Measure students' skills against identified college and work-ready expectations in English and mathematics and serve as an indicator of students' readiness to successfully complete introductory level coursework at an institution of higher education and to avoid remedial coursework;
(B) Promote consistency in high school academic course content, quality, and expectations;
(C) Provide individual students with information to assist in planning the remaining high school learning experience;
(D) Serve as one indicator for college admission or placement;
(E) Assist institutions of higher education in aligning remedial coursework with the college and work-ready expectations measured by the assessments.
In evaluating the range of assessment tools, the partnership is to consult with the state board of education and the board of regents to consider the suitability for this purpose of existing state and commercial assessments, including the Ohio graduation tests. The partnership's recommendations are to describe how its recommended assessments fit within the existing system of state achievement tests. Recommendations are due not later than July 30, 2007. Sec. 3301.46 requires the state department and board of regents to propose a standard method and form for documenting on high school transcripts high school credits earned that are compatible with the standards for credit transfer and arcitulation adopted by the board of regents.
Section 3302.032 requires the state board to select one or more methods of measuring high school graduates' preparedness for higher education and the workforce. Measures may include, but need not be limited to, measures such as performance on assessments, percentage of students who earn credit toward a degree while in high school, or the percentage of students who take remedial coursework upon enrollment in an institution of higher education. School district and school report cards must report on each applicable measure but measures do not contribute to district or school rating.
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_SB_311
Title: S.B. 311-- Sec. 3301.43
Source: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Adds a provision to the Donahoe Higher Education Act that requests the University of California address deficiencies in the articulation of major preparation courses between the state community colleges and the campuses of the university to make it easier for transfer students to identify which community college courses meet preparation requirements across the various campuses of the university. Requires the paths to transfer be available to all community college students. Requires admission agreements.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_652_bill_20060907_enrolled.pdf
Title: S.B. 652
Source: California Legislature
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| ID | Temporary Rule Adoption - Concurrently Proposed 08/2006 | Postsec. | Repeals existing section 08.01.11 in its entirety. Sets forth the registration requirements for postsecondary educational institutions that are required to register with the Idaho State Board of Education ("Board") under Section 33-2402 and -2403 of Idaho Code, respectively. Describes the standards and criteria for board recognition of accreditation organizations, for registration purposes and for acceptance of academic credit. Describes the board process to evaluate courses for acceptance for academic credit at Idaho's public postsecondary institutions. Pages 97-112 of 647: http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/bulletin/bul/06oct.pdf
Title: IDAPA 08.01.11
Source: adm.idaho.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2006 | Postsec. | Concerns higher education; relates to military personnel and their dependents; provides for reciprocity agreements on acceptance of educational credits. Requires the State Board of Education (SBE) and the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) to pursue reciprocity agreements with other states regarding transfer credits of military personnel and their dependents. Additionally, qualified dependents of military personnel are given permanent in-state tuition status. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/47leg/2r/bills/hb2764h.pdf
Title: H.B. 2764
Source: Arizona State Legislature
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2006 | Postsec. | Requires an institution of higher education that does not possess regional accreditation to require its students to sign a letter of acknowledgment that the transfer of credits may be difficult if the student intends to transfer the credits to an institution of higher education that is regionally accredited.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/bills/sb/sb0270t.pdf
Title: S.B. 270
Source: Maryland Legislature
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires that if a student declares an intention to transfer credit from an institution within the Virginia Community College System to a four-year public institution, the articulation agreement in force at the time of the student's declaration will determine those credits that may be transferred if the student (i) completes an associate degree within four years of submitting a written declaration of intent to transfer to a four-year public institution of higher education in Virginia and (ii) enrolls in such institution within 18 months of completing an associate degree.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0531
Title: H.B. 57
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | This bill requires all four-year public higher education institutions to develop articulation, transfer, and dual enrollment and admissions agreements, including dual admissions programs for qualified students to be simultaneously accepted by a community college and, contingent upon the successful completion of an acceptable associate degree program from the community college, by a four-year public institution of higher education. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) must include in its guidelines for these agreements conditions required to establish dual admissions programs that set forth the obligations of the students accepted in the programs, including grade point average requirements, acceptable associate degree programs, completion timetables, and the students' access to the privileges of enrollment in both institutions while attending either institution.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0379
Title: S.B. 538
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Recognizes the vital importance to the state's economic prosperity and the economic benefit of placing a priority on enrolling and conferring degrees upon students in the fields of engineering, technology, biotechnology, science, computer science, and mathematics. Declares an intent to promote increased access, delivery models, enrollment slots, and degree opportunities in the fields of engineering, technology, biotechnology, sciences, computer sciences, and mathematics. It is recognized that these areas of study and training are integrally linked to
ensuring that Washington state's economy can compete nationally and globally in the twenty-first century marketplace. It is also recognized that community colleges play a unique role in supporting degree attainment in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
through the development of transferable curricula and the maintenance of viable articulation agreements with both public and private universities.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202006/2817-S.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2817
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/
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| MN | Issued 02/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Directs the Minnesota State Colleges and University System and all state licensing and certification boards to examine their current policies, rules, and procedures, as well as governing statutes, to identify any impediments and barriers to veterans seeking employment and education. Areas of review are to include, but are not limited to, occupational licensure, certification, and higher education and training programs. Institutions of higher education are to specifically examine their policies relating to providing college credit for formal military training and make every effort to appropriately recognize and provide credit to veterans for their prior military training and experience. Strongly encourages the University of Minnesota and private colleges and universities to review their policies, procedures and rules to identify and remove barriers to veterans' employment and education including policies relating to providing credit for prior military training and experience.
http://www.governor.state.mn.us/Tpaw_View_Article.asp?artid=1751
Title: Executive Order 06-02
Source: http://www.governor.state.mn.us
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board to implement and administer a statewide program, using the World Wide Web, to assist students, advisors, faculty, and administrators from public and private institutions of higher education in obtaining consistent and accurate information about transfer courses and their applicability towards degree completion by publishing course equivalency guides, academic programs, courses offered, transfer course evaluations, and degree requirements. Effective immediately.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0420
Title: H.B. 2515
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires community colleges and state institutions in the Oregon University System (OUS) to operate a statewide articulation and transfer system. Requires community colleges and state institutions to continue to provide and improve effective articulation and transfer frameworks by completing specific tasks. Requires revision of the Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer Degree [AAOT]. Requires development of specific degree pathways. Requires development of an outcome-based articulation and transfer framework. Mandates the seamless transfer of 100-and 200-level general education course credits between institutions. Mandates an online statewide course applicability system to provide information on credit transfer options among institutions. Requires uniform standards for awarding college credit for advanced placement tests. Requires expansion of early college programs for 11th and 12th grade students. Specifically allows additional articulation measures not specifically identified in the bill. Requires OUS and the Community Colleges andWorkforce Development to submit a report on their progress to the Emergency Board before January 1, 2007. Requires OUS and Community Colleges and Workforce Development to report annually to the Joint Boards of Education on their progress. Sunset provisions of the measure on January 2, 2010. http://www.leg.state.or.us/05reg/measpdf/sb0300.dir/sb0342.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 342
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | Allows community colleges to give credit for education and training obtained by a person while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. The education and training for which credit may be given must meet the standards adopted by the board of education of the community college district. Requires state institutions of higher education (as listed in state statute) to give credit for education and training obtained by a person while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, provided that the education and training for which credit is given must meet the standards adopted by the State Board of Higher Education by rule. Also pertains to the The Oregon Health and Science University. http://www.leg.state.or.us/05reg/measpdf/hb2800.dir/hb2862.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2862
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2005 | Postsec. | Requires the commission for higher education to establish standards for the transfer of courses between state educational institutions. Requires state educational institutions to set tuition and fee rates for a 2-year period. Adds that the state educational institutions may adjust the tuition and fee rates only if appropriations to the state educational institution in the state budget act are reduced or withheld, and that if a state educational institution adjusts its tuition and fee rates, the total revenue generated by the tuition and fee rate adjustment cannot exceed the amount by which appropriations to the state educational institution in the state budget act were reduced or withheld.
Requires the commission for higher education to complete the establishment of the initial core transfer library and for at least 70 courses and the initial articulation agreements for at least 12 degree programs before July 1, 2007.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2005/HE/HE1001.1.html
Title: H.B. 1001 (Section 122-123, 242)
Source: www.in.gov
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2005 | Postsec. | An institution of higher education shall consider, in determining whether to award to a student course credit toward a
degree offered by the institution for the student's completion of certain military training: (1) any official military record presented to the
institution by the student that: (A) describes the substance of the training completed by the student; and (B) verifies the student's successful completion of that training; and (2) whether the substance of that training satisfies the purpose of the course for which the student seeks credit as described in the institution's course catalog.
Title: H.B. 1170
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to higher education articulation; requires a common course name and numbering system for lower- division courses in public post-secondary education institutions; requires acceptance of transfer modules; requires institutions to reimburse students for costs of courses not accepted for transfer; requires reports.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0161.pdf
Title: S.B. 161
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec. | Strengthens and expands transfer agreements among colleges and universities.
Title: S.B. 247
Source: StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires that the governing board of each four year public institution of higher education shall enter into articulation agreements with at least two community colleges to provide for the admission of community college graduates. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?051+ful+HB2337ER
Title: H.B. 2337
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| FL | Adopted12 02/2005 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Each state university board of trustees, community college board of trustees and district school board must plan and adopt policies and procedures to provide articulated programs so that students can proceed toward their educational objectives as rapidly as their circumstances permit. They also must establish joint programs and agreements to facilitate articulation, acceleration, and efficient use of faculty, equipment, and facilities. The Commissioner must establish an Articulation Coordinating Committee which shall report to the Commissioner and consist of eighteen (18) members. Among other duties, the committee will do the following: function as the statewide pre-kindergarten through university advisory committee and accept continuous responsibility for community college-university-school district relationships; and examine statewide data regarding articulation, recommend resolutions of issues, and propose policies and procedures to improve articulation systemwide.
http://www.firn.edu/doe/rules/6a-102.htm#6A-10.024
Title: FAC 6A-10.024
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides that the California Community Colleges and the California State University shall adopt and the University of California and private postsecondary institutions may adopt, a common course numbering system for the 20 highest-demand majors in the respective segments. Requires each campus of a public postsecondary educational institution to incorporate the common course numbering system in its catalogue at the next adoption of a campus catalogue after June 1, 2006. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1401-1450/sb_1415_bill_20040924_chaptered.pdf
Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/SB_1415_sign.pdf
Title: S.B. 1415
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | 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 students. Requires the Chancellor of the California State University, in consultation with specified others, to specify for each high-demand baccalaureate program major a systemwide lower division transfer curriculum. Requires each campus of the California State University, as allowed by enrollment demand and available space, to develop a transfer admission agreement with each student who intends to meet the requirements of the bill. Requires this transfer admission agreement to guarantee admission to the campus and major identified in that agreement and the transfer of 60 semester units, or the quarter-unit equivalent, creditable to the baccalaureate degree, subject to the student's meeting of specified criteria. Requires campuses of the California State University to guarantee that transfer students admitted under the bill will be able to complete the baccalaureate degree in the minimum number of course units required for that degree. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1751-1800/sb_1785_bill_20040924_chaptered.pdf
Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/SB_1785_sign.pdf
Title: S.B. 1785
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires the Board of Registered Nursing to establish a workgroup or use an existing committee to encourage and facilitate transfer agreements or other enrollment models between associate and baccalaureate degree nursing programs to facilitate the completion of such program without unnecessary repetition of coursework. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2801-2850/ab_2839_bill_20040823_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 2839
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2004 | Community College
Postsec. | 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 in which the public institution is situated borders California, is a party to the Western Interstate Compact for Higher Education and meets other requirements.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_3051-3100/ab_3063_bill_20040825_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 3063
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| IA | Issued 08/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Creates the IOWA LEARNS COUNCIL. The Iowa Learns Council shall work towards the ambitious goal of 90% of Iowa children having a quality pre-school experience, and 90% of Iowa high school graduates will go on to complete at least two years of college; shall promote, gather, and share information regarding Iowa's progress to ensure seamless pathways across education sectors and the workplace; shall identify the necessary steps to ensure that Iowans--from pre-school to graduate school--are supported by a well coordinated seamless system of learning and support to provide for successes from early childhood through higher education, and into the workforce in our communities.
http://www.state.ia.us/iowalearns/doc/eo30.html
Iowa Learns Council report with recommendations released August 11, 2004. http://www.state.ia.us/iowalearns/reports.html
Title: Executive Order No. 30 - 2003
Source: Iowa State Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2004 | Community College
Postsec. | 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/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/8728C3A121C617F687256E2900554012?Open&file=1361_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1361
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Directs the State Council of Higher Education to facilitate the development of dual admissions and articulation agreements between two- and four-year public and private institutions of higher education in Virginia and requires the Council to develop estimates of the number of degrees to be awarded by each institution and include those estimates in its reports of enrollment projections. The dual admissions and articulation agreements would be subject to the admissions requirements of the four-year institutions. Articulation agreements are agreements between two-year and four-year institutions of higher education or between K-12 schools and two-year institutions of higher education that detail the transferability of courses and credits between two-year and four-year institutions of higher education or between high schools and two-year institutions of higher education. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?041+ful+CHAP0502
Title: S.B. 338
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Directs the State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV), in cooperation with the governing boards of the public two- and four-year institutions of higher education, to develop a State Transfer Module that designates those general education courses offered within various associate degree programs at the public two-year institutions that are transferable for credit or admission with standing as a junior (third year) to the public four-year institutions. The measure also directs SCHEV to (i) facilitate the development of dual admissions and articulation agreements between the public and private two- and four-year institutions; and (ii) develop and make available to the public information identifying all general education courses offered at public two-year institutions and designating those that are accepted for purposes of transfer for course credit. Any articulation agreements will be subject to admissions requirements of the four-year institutions. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?041+ful+CHAP0553
Title: H.B. 989
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires the State Board of Regents to develop and maintain a transfer and articulation system, maintain a common numbering system for general education and certain lower divisions courses and to provide for credit by examinations; requires institutions of higher education to accept commonly numbered courses for program requirements.
Title: H.B. 320
Source: StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2004 | Postsec. | Improving articulation and transfer between institutions of higher education; provides for the development of transfer association degrees that will satisfy lower division requirements at public four-year institutions of higher education for specific academic majors.
Title: H.B. 2382
Source: StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2003 | Postsec. | Provides relative to the articulation of courses among and recognition of course credit by public college and universities.
Title: H.B. 1470
Source: StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | Postsec. | 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 assess all incoming students. If a student fails to meet the assessment standards described by Subsection (f), the institution of higher education is to work with the student to develop a plan to assist the student in becoming ready to perform freshman-level academic coursework. The plan must be designed on an individual basis to provide the best opportunity for each student to attain that readiness. (i) The institution of higher education may refer a student to developmental coursework as considered necessary by the institution to address a student's deficiencies in the student's readiness to perform freshman-level academic coursework, except that the institution may not require enrollment in developmental
coursework with respect to a student previously determined by any institution of higher education to have met college-readiness standards. Legislative funding may not be used for developmental coursework in excess of: (1) 18 semester credit hours, for a general academic teaching institution; and (2) 27 semester credit hours, for a public junior college, public technical institute, or public state college. Provides exceptions) Sec. 130.0012. PILOT PROJECT: BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAMS. (a) Requries the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to establish a pilot project to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of authorizing public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs in the fields of applied science and applied technology. Participation in the pilot project does not otherwise alter the role and mission of a public junior college. (b) Requires the coordinating board shall operate the pilot project at three public junior colleges, as determined by the coordinating board. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/78R/billtext/SB00286F.HTM
Title: S.B. 286
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsec.
Community College | Revises provisions governing transferability of certain community college credits to university. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/72nd/bills/AB/AB507_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 507
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2003 | Postsec. | State educational institution credit agreements. Requires the statewide transfer and articulation committee to: (1) submit an annual report to the legislative council; (2) develop statewide transfer of credit agreements for courses that are most frequently taken by undergraduates; (3) develop statewide agreements under which associates of arts and associate of science programs articulate fully with related baccalaureate degree programs; and (4) publicize a master list of course transfer of credit and program articulation agreements. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2003/HE/HE1209.1.html
Title: H.B. 1209
Source: Indiana Legislative Web site
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2003 | Postsec. | Relates to schools; relates to the transfer of credit; deletes obsolete language; states legislative intent to prohibit certain institutions and schools from informing students or advertising that credits transfer without a written agreement. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04HB/hb1123_enr.rtf
Title: H.B. 1123
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2003 | Postsec. | Creates a pilot project for competency-based transfer in higher education. Under the pilot project, participants shall develop standards,
definitions, and procedures for quality assurance for a transfer system based on student competencies. It is the legislature's intent that
under such a system, four-year institutions of higher education, in collaboration with two-year institutions of higher education, define the knowledge, skills, and abilities students should possess in order to enter an upper division program in a particular academic discipline.
The two and four-year institutions providing lower division preparation for such an upper division program are responsible for certifying that
a student meets the expected standards, but have flexibility to determine how to assess whether the student has obtained the necessary
knowledge, skills, and abilities. Such assessments need not be based on completion of particular courses or accumulation of credits. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2003-04/House/1900-1924/1909-s_pl.pdf
Title: H.B. 1909
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | 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.
Title: S.B. 1366
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | 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.
Title: H.B. 1753
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Relates to criteria developed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to standardize the transfer of course credit between public institutions of higher education.
Title: H.B. 1359
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2000 | Postsec. | Requires THEC to develop and enforce policies for transfer of credits among various institutions of higher education and structuring of courses at such institutions to facilitate this.
Title: H.B. 2318
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2000 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | 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 Administration to send a list of scholarship recipients to members of the General Assembly; provides for the funding of the scholarship program; requires repayment upon graduation.
Title: H.B. 476
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires notification to parents of school courses leading to college credit; requires that each high school shall publish annually and deliver to each parent with children enrolled in school, information concerning the entrance requirements and the availability in school of programs leading to college credit, such as advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs.
Title: S.B. 6559
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 05/1999 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to course credits offered under an agreement between a school district and a junior college.
Title: S.B. 1352
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 05/1995 | P-12
Postsec. | Authorizes local school boards to establish transition programs to prepare students for college, employment, or technical training.
Title: School to Work Transition
Source: Virginia General Assembly 1995 Session Summary
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| AR | Signed into law 03/1995 | P-12
Postsec. | Appropriates funds to the Department of Higher Education for expenses for reports of college achievement of high school graduates.
Title: S.B. 615 - Reporting College Achievement of High School Graduates
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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