ECS
From the ECS State Policy Database
1994-2013

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

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

State Status/Date Level Summary
+ 21st Century Skills
+ Accountability
+ Accountability--Accreditation
+ Accountability--Measures/Indicators
+ Accountability--Reporting Results
+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
+ Accountability--School Improvement
+ Adult Basic Education
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
+ Assessment--College Entrance Exams
+ Assessment--Common Core/National Tests
+ Assessment--Computer Based
+ Assessment--End-of-Course
+ Assessment--Formative/Interim
+ Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
+ Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization)
+ Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio
+ Assessment--Value Added
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
+ Attendance
+ Attendance--Compulsory
+ Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower)
+ Attendance--Truancy
+ Background Checks
+ Bilingual/ESL
+ Brain Research
+ Business Involvement
+ Career/Technical Education
+ Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship
+ Cheating
+ Choice of Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research
+ Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
+ Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Tax Credits
+ Choice of Schools--Vouchers
+ Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded
+ Civic Education
+ Civic Education--Character Education
+ Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy
+ Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards
+ Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
+ Class Size
+ Counseling/Guidance
+ Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Alignment
+ Curriculum--Arts Education
+ Curriculum--Censorship
+ Curriculum--Computer Science
+ Curriculum--Core Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Drivers Education
+ Curriculum--Environmental Education
+ Curriculum--Excusal
+ Curriculum--Family Living Education
+ Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
+ Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
+ Curriculum--Geography Education
+ Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
+ Curriculum--Home Economics
+ Curriculum--International Education
+ Curriculum--Language Arts
+ Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling
+ Curriculum--Mathematics
+ Curriculum--Multicultural
+ Curriculum--Physical Education
+ Curriculum--Science
+ Curriculum--Sex Education
+ Curriculum--Social Studies/History
+ Data-Driven Improvement
+ Demographics
+ Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults
+ Demographics--Enrollments
+ Desegregation
+ Economic/Workforce Development
+ Economic/Workforce Development--Value of an Education
+ Education Research
+ Equity
+ Federal
+ Finance
+ Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
+ Finance--Aid to Private Schools
+ Finance--Bonds
+ Finance--District
+ Finance--Does Money Matter?
+ Finance--Equity
+ Finance--Facilities
+ Finance--Federal
+ Finance--Funding Formulas
+ Finance--Litigation
+ Finance--Local Foundations/Funds
+ Finance--Lotteries
+ Finance--Performance Funding
+ Finance--Private Giving
+ Finance--Resource Efficiency
+ Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
+ Finance--Student Fees
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues
+ Governance
+ Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
+ Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest
+ Governance--Mandates
+ Governance--Regional Entities
+ Governance--School Boards
+ Governance--School Boards--Training
+ Governance--Site-Based Management
+ Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
+ Health
+ Health--Child Abuse
+ Health--Mental Health
+ Health--Nutrition
+ Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
+ Health--Suicide Prevention
+ Health--Teen Pregnancy
+ High School
+ High School--Advanced Placement
+ High School--College Readiness
+ High School--Credit Recovery
+ High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates
+ High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
+ High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges
+ High School--Exit Exams
+ High School--GED (General Education Development)
+ High School--Graduation Requirements
+ Instructional Approaches
+ Instructional Approaches--Constructivism
+ Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices
+ Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
+ Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills
+ Instructional Approaches--Official English
+ Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning
+ Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education
+ Instructional Approaches--Teaching Across Disciplines
+ Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task
+ Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
+ International Baccalaureate
+ International Benchmarking
+ Leadership
+ Leadership--District Superintendent
+ Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure
+ Mentoring/Tutoring
+ Middle School
+ Minority/Diversity Issues
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--African American
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic
+ No Child Left Behind
+ No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress
+ No Child Left Behind--Assessment
+ No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer
+ No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools
+ No Child Left Behind--Finance
+ No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement
+ No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers
+ No Child Left Behind--Report Cards
+ No Child Left Behind--School Support
+ No Child Left Behind--Special Populations
+ No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services
+ Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning
+ Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses
+ P-16 or P-20
+ P-3
+ P-3 Brain Development
+ P-3 Child Care
+ P-3 Content Standards and Assessment
+ P-3 Data Systems
+ P-3 Early Intervention (0-3)
+ P-3 English Language Learners (ELL)
+ P-3 Ensuring Quality
+ P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits
+ P-3 Family Involvement
+ P-3 Finance
+ P-3 Governance
+ P-3 Grades 1-3
+ P-3 Health and Mental Health
+ P-3 Kindergarten
+ P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten
+ P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten
+ P-3 Preschool
+ P-3 Public/Private Partnerships
+ P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion
+ P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development
+ P-3 Technology
+ Parent/Family
+ Parent/Family--Parent Rights
+ Parent/Family--Research
+ Partnerships--University/School
+ Postsecondary
+ Postsecondary Accountability
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning
+ Postsecondary Affordability
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants
+ Postsecondary Faculty
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure
+ Postsecondary Finance
+ Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding
+ Postsecondary Finance--Facilities
+ Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies
+ Postsecondary Institutions
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges
+ Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate
+ Postsecondary Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent
+ Postsecondary Online Instruction
+ Postsecondary Participation
+ Postsecondary Participation--Access
+ Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements
+ Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action
+ Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics)
+ Postsecondary Participation--Outreach
+ Postsecondary Students
+ Postsecondary Students--Adults
+ Postsecondary Students--Disabled
+ Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth
+ Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional
+ Postsecondary Students--International
+ Postsecondary Students--Low-Income
+ Postsecondary Students--Military
+ Postsecondary Students--Minority
+ Postsecondary Success
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion
+ Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation
+ Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence
+ Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation
+ Private Schools
+ Privatization
+ Privatization--Education Management Agencies (EMOs)
+ Proficiency-Based Approaches
+ Promising Practices
- Promotion/Retention
MSSigned into law 04/2013P-12Literacy-Based Promotion
S.B. 2347
Establishes and outlines actions school districts must take in implementing Literacy-Based Promotion Act in K-3 students to improve the reading proficiency of students in grades K-3 so that every student completing the 3rd grade is able to read at or above gra...

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OHSigned into law 06/2012P-12Third-Grade Reading Proficiency
S.B. 316 - Third-Grade Reading Proficiency
Directs the state board to determine a level of achievement on the 3rd grade English language arts assessment for a student to be promoted to the 4th grade, and to review and adjust upward the level of achievement until the level is set at the "proficient" lev...

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COSigned into law 05/2012P-12Ensuring K-3 Literacy Education
H.B. 1238
Requires each local education provider (LEP, i.e., school districts, Boards of Cooperative Educational Services or BOCES, charter schools) to provide to students in kindergarten through 3rd grade the instruction and evidence based interventions necessary to en...

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LASigned into law 05/2012P-12Student Assessment and Statewide Standards
H.B. 707
Relates to the Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program and the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program. Provides greater clarity to the definition of state content standards. Indicates that criterion-referenced tests will be replaced by standards-based a...

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OKSigned into law 05/2012P-12Modifies the Reading Sufficiency Act
H.B. 2516
Adds kindergarten students to assessment requirement (K-3 students are to be assessed at the beginning of each year using an approved screening instrument). Establishes that a statewide criterion-referenced test is the initial determinant, but not the sole det...

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TNSigned into law 05/2012P-12Grade Retention
S.B. 2156
Prohibits promotion of students in the third and eighth grades who do not demonstrate understanding of the curriculum and the ability to perform required grade level skills either through the student's grades or standardized test scores.
http://www.capitol.tn....

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Ranges of Scores on State Assessments
H.B. 153 - Ranges of Scores on State Assessments
Directs the state board not to prescribe the three ranges of scores for the assessments prescribed by division (A)(2) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3301.0710, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly, unt...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Reading Proficiency
S.B. 1776
Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, a student in the third grade may not be promoted to the next grade level unless the student has shown a basic understanding of curriculum and ability to perform the skills required in the subject of reading as demonstr...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Assessing Students Taking Courses Above Their Grade Level
H.B. 2135
Specifies that state policy does not require a 5th or 8th grader to be administered a criterion-referenced assessment if the student is enrolled in a course above the student's grade level and will be administered an assessment for that course, or is enrolled ...

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COSigned into law 05/2011P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Task Force on Student Academic Success
S.B. 111
Creates the Task Force on Student Academic Success. The overall charge of the task force is to identify the junctures at which grade-level performance are critical to student progress and to ensuring they are college and career ready upon graduation. More spec...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Reading Proficiency and Support
S.B. 346
Starting with students entering first grade in the 2011-2012 school year, the program of reading instruction must include provisions of the READ Initiative adopted by the school district, as instructed in the measure. If a reading deficiency is not remedied by...

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CASigned into law 10/2010P-12Supplemental Instruction
A.B. 1610 - Supplemental Instruction
From bill summary: Makes inoperative until July 1, 2013 the requirement that districts offer programs of direct, systematic and intensive supplemental instruction (during summer, before or after school, on Saturdays or during intersession--not during the regul...

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INNotices of Intent to Adopt Rules 10/2010P-12Reading Framework
511 IAC 6.1-5-2.6; 511 IAC 6.2-3.1
Amends 511 IAC 6.1-5-2.6 to include the utilization of the reading framework adopted by the state board of education as part of the required elementary curriculum. Adds 511 IAC 6.2-3.1 to define and require elementary schools to submit a reading plan and to de...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Task Force on Reading Assessment
H.B. 2732
Requires the State Board of Education to adopt specific competency requirements for the promotion of third grade pupils.
Establishes the Task Force on Reading Assessment. Specifies requirements for inclusion in the State Board of Education adopted competency r...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Waiver of American History Course Requirement
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.60
From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Allows school district boards to waive the requirement to take an American history course for promotion from 8th to 9th grade for academically accelerated students who are to demonstrate mastery of essential concepts and skills of t...

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LASigned into law 06/2009P-12Promotion/retention policies
H.B. 179
Prohibits using test scores as the sole criteria for determining student promotion to the succeeding grade; deletes the requirement that the Board of Education and Secondary Education establish the proficiency levels for fourth and eighth grade students; remov...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12At-Risk Definition
H.B. 2703
Provides that a student is not considered at risk of dropping out of school if the student was retained in prekindergarten or kindergarten solely at the parent's request. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02703F.pdf...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Student Promotion
H.B. 3 - Section 28 and 29
Section 28: Provides that in determining student promotion, a district must consider the student's teacher's recommendation, the student 's grade in each course, the student's score on state assessments, and any other academic information deemed necessary by t...

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FLAdopted 01/2009P-12COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
FAC 6A-1.094221
Amends rule to provide guidance relating to the statewide public school student progression law eliminating social promotion by removing the FCAT Norm Referenced Test (NRT) as an alternative assessment good cause exemption for students scoring at Level 1 on th...

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LAAdopted 11/2008P-12Student Promotion/Retention
LAC 28:28:XXXIX.503, 1301
Modifies the 8th grade waiver policy with additional criteria to be considered for requirement to pass state test to be promoted to 9th grade.
http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/28v39/28v39.doc...

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TXAdopted 08/2006P-12Optional Extended Year Program
19 TAC 2.105.AA.105.1001
Amends rules relating to the optional extended year program for students in kindergarten through grade eleven who are identified as likely not to be promoted to the next grade level for the succeeding school year. TEXAS 9885
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/ta...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Florida Secondary School Redesign Act
H.B. 7087 - Section 19
Defines secondary schools as those serving grades 6-12. Specifies that the following guiding principles must be used in the annual preparation of each secondary school's improvement plan:

(a) Struggling students, especially those in failing schools, need th...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Middle School Reforms
H.B. 7087 (Section 21)
Beginning with students entering grade 6 in the 2006-2007 school year, promotion from a school composed of middle grades 6, 7, and 8 requires that: (a) The student must successfully complete academic courses as follows: 1.. Three middle school or higher course...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12District Report Cards
H.B. 1347 Section 7
Requires district report cards to report:
--The number and percentage of students participating in the school flex program, if offered (see IC 20-30-2-2.2 http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title20/ar30/ch2.html)
--The number of students who have dropped o...

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OKSigned into law 05/2005P-12Focus on Reading and Math in Grades K to 3
H.B. 1621
Requires each school district to ensure that instructional time each day of the school year in kindergarten through third grade is focused on reading and mathematics. Requires the state board of education to encourage school districts to integrate the teachin...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Grade 3-8 Assessments, End-of-Course Exams and Remediation
H.B. 2824
Requires a student not passing an immediately previous grades 3-8 benchmark assessment or in a secondary level end-of-course assessment to participate in remediation activities as required in the student's individualized academic improvement plan beginning in ...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Supplemental Instruction: Reading Ability
S.B. 651
Requires a school district, as a condition of receiving funding for supplemental instruction, to convene a pupil study team for each pupil who is
retained, or at risk of being retained, between the 2nd and 3rd grades because the pupil's reading ability is unsa...

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ARSigned into law 06/2004P-12Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - Promotion
S.B. 33 § 5
Adds Ark Code 6-15-1805. Eliminates social promotion; requires no student be assigned to a grade level based on age. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB33.pdf ...

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DERule Adoption 12/2003P-12Promotion
14 DAC 230
Establishes rules requiring that local school districts have promotion policies in place for grades K through grade 12. Incorporates the promotion requirements as defined in the Delaware Code and in regulation 925 Children with Disabilities. DELAWARE REG 1476 ...

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OHSigned into law 08/2003P-12Promotion Provisions
H.B. 3 -- Third Grade Reading Guarantee
This section specififes that the following options available to districts under the third grad reading guarantee for students who receive a limited score on the third grade reading achievement test apply to special education students: (1) promotion to 4th grad...

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NVSigned into law 06/2003P-12Promotion
S.B. 34
Amends NRS 392.125 with the provision "except for the promotion of a pupil to high school," to the requriement that no pupil may
be retained more than one time in the same grade. ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2003P-12Retention Based on State Test Scores
H.F. 302 (multiple provisions)
Allows a school, district or charter school to use a student's performance on a state assessment as one of multiple criteria in determining grade promotion or retention. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/getbill.pl?session=ls83&version=latest&number=H...

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NVSigned into law 05/2003P-12Requirements for Promotion to Next Grade
S.B. 253
Provides that a pupil must be in attendance for a minimum number of days to obtain credit or to be promoted to the next higher grade; requiring each school to provide notice to the parent or legal guardian of a
pupil before the pupil is denied credit or promot...

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NMSigned into law 03/2003P-12Remediation, Promotion Policies
H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Amends Section 22-2A-6. Remediation programs, academic improvement programs and promotion policies shall be aligned with alternative school or district-determined assessment results and requirements of the assessment and accountability program. Schools must p...

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FLSigned into law 08/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Public School Student Progression, Remedial Services, Reporting Requirements
S.B. 20E
Shifts responsibility for establishing rules regarding student report cards from state superintendent to state board. Modifies rules relating to remediation, retention and promotion. Specifically, as stated by legislative summary, "The bill requires retention ...

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DESigned into law 05/2002P-12Below the Standard Score and Individual Improvement Plan for Promotion
S.B. 322
Before enactment of this legislation, this subparagraph banned any 3rd-, 5th- or 8th-grader scoring Well Below the Standard on the state reading assessment from being promoted to the next grade unless the student participated in a summer school program and att...

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OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Student Interventions
S.B. 1
Requires districts and community schools (charters) to provide intervention services to students who fail to attain a proficient score on any fourth grade proficiency test, and creates an intervention requirement for students who score below the proficient lev...

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UTSigned into law 02/2001P-12Middle School Exit Requirements
S.B. 102
Utah requires middle school students to meet required competencies before advancing to high school. The Utah legislature amended the law by allowing local board to let students requiring remediation who would otherwise be scheduled to enter their first year o...

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UTSigned into law 09/2000P-12Establishment of U-PASS Assessment Program
H.B. 177
Puts into legislation recommendations of Task Force on Learning Standards and Accountability in Public Education created by 1999 legislation. Creates both norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests for students in most grades; writing assessments for stud...

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DESigned into law 05/2000P-12Professional Development and Educator Accountability Act
S.B. 260
Creates the Professional Development and Educator Accountability Act. Beginning in 2002, at least 20% of educator's performance evaluation will be tied to student improvement -- teachers and administrators who fail to measure up can be dismissed. Establishes m...

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VASigned into law 03/2000P-12Accelerated Learning
H.B. 1196
Requires Board of Education to establish requirements to facilitate acceleration of students who are qualified under standard of learning assessment to sit for relevant test and to obtain credit, including verified credit upon achieving a passing score....

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NMSigned into law 02/2000P-12Standards, Remediation, Parent Involvement
H.B. 78
Relates to educational standards; provides for remediation and academic improvement programs; restricts promotions; provides for parental involvement....

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CTSigned into law 07/1999P-12Promotion Policies and School Improvement Plans
H.B. 7043
Requires local school boards to review and revise their promotion policies to ensure they foster student achievement, reduces social promotions, and provide help to failing students; uses Mastery Test scores to compile a list of schools that need improvements;...

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MOSigned by governor 07/1999P-12District Promotion/Remediation Policies
H.B. 889
School districts may adopt student promotion policies which require remediation as a condition of promotion of student not mastering grade-level skills and competencies as established by local board. Districts may also require parents or guardians of such stu...

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OHSigned by governor 06/1999P-12Authorizes Testing Requirements for Student Promotion (Part of Omnibus Bill)
H.B. 282
Allows a school board to opt not to promote to the next grade level any student who does not take any required proficiency test and who does not take a make-up test....

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TXSigned by governor 06/1999P-12Requires Assessments for Promotion (Part of Omnibus Bill)
S.B. 4
Creates assessments for student promotion, beginning the 2002-03 school year, requiring third-graders to pass the third-grade reading assessment to be promoted to the fourth grade. Starting in the 2004-05 school year, fifth-graders who perform unsatisfactoril...

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FLSigned into law 05/1999P-12A+ Plan (Part of Omnibus Bill)
H.B. 751
Students must receive remediation or may be retained with an intensive program that is different from the previous year's program and that takes into account the student's learning style. School boards may not assign a student to a grade level based solely on...

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ARSigned into law 03/1999P-12Requires Remediation Program for Promotion
H.B. 1212
Repeals mandatory summer school for underperforming students in kindergarten through grade 3 (Section 6-16-703). Replaces it with: Students in K-3 not performing at grade level during the regular school year shall participate in a department of education appr...

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MSSigned into law 03/1999P-12Student Promotion and Accreditation Standards
S.B. 2156
Authorizes student assessment standards for student promotion and graduation in the public schools; defines standards for the implementation of a performance-based accreditation system for individual schools and school districts; requires any school district u...

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CASigned into law 10/1998P-12Supplemental Instruction for Retained Pupils
A.B. 1639
Requires school districts to offer direct, systematic and intensive supplemental instruction to students in grades 2-9 who have been retained under local board policies as required by A.B. 1626. Districts may provide summer school, after-school, Saturday or in...

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CASigned into law 10/1998P-12Requires Policies on Promotion and Retention
A.B. 1626
Requires SBE's to approve a policy regarding promotion and retention of pupils. The policy should provide for identifying pupils who should be retained or who are at risk of being retained, who would then be eligible for supplemental instruction as required by...

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DESigned into law 07/1998P-12
H.B. 470
Requires that the Department of Education establish requirements or minimum standards for promotion, to include passing 50% of the core classes, including English or its equivalent class, each year....

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DESigned into law 07/1998P-12
S.B. 250 Educational Accountability Act of 1998
Creates the "Educational Accountability Act of 1998". Intended to reduce social promotion, reward the academic achievement of students, schools and school districts, and hold schools and school districts accountable for inadequate results....

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MNDied 05/1998P-12
H.B. 3554 Graduation Requirement
Relates to education; requires the content of the graduation rules to ensure that students satisfactorily complete applicable requirements; establishes a task force to examine social promotion; appropriates money....

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WADied 05/1998P-12
H.B. 3040 Student Retention
Retains students who do not meet school assessment requirements at the current grade....

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OHSigned into law 08/1997P-12
S.B. 55 Student Retention
Notwithstanding division (E) of this section, beginning July 1, 1999, a school district may retain any student for an additional year in such student's current grade level if such student has failed to attain the designated scores on three or more of the five ...

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OHSigned into law 08/1997P-12
3313.608 Fourth grade reading guarantee
Beginning with students who enter fourth grade in the school year that starts July 1, 2001, no student may be promoted to fifth grade who fails to attain the score designated under division (A) (1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code on the test prescribe...

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TXDied 08/1997P-12
S.B. 522 Student Promotion
Relates to promotion to the next grade level after completion of an extended year program....

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FLBecame law without governor's signature 06/1997P-12
S.B. 1956 Pupil Progression
Revises provisions regarding the district's comprehensive program for pupil progression; requires remedial instruction and retention of students who have not met district required and state required levels of proficiency; provides student performance standards...

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FLBecame law without governor's signature 06/1997P-12
FL 232.245
Any student who exhibits substantial deficiency in reading skills, based on locally determined assessments conducted before the end of grade one (1), grade two (2), and grade three (3), or based on teacher recommendation, must be given intensive reading instru...

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ILSigned into law 06/1997P-12
Public Act 90-548, Sec. 5-15 Promotion, Retention
Decisions to promote or retain students in any classes shall be based on successful completion of the curriculum, attendance, performance based on Illinois goals and assessment program tests, the Iowa test of basic skills, or other testing or any other criteri...

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LASigned into law 06/1997P-12
La. R.S. 17:396
Particular emphasis shall be placed upon the student's mastery of grade appropriate skills in English language arts and mathematics before recommendations are made for the student's promotion or placement, provided that other factors shall be considered....

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NVSigned into law 06/1997P-12
H.B. 376
Requires the Board to adopt regulations that establish the criteria for students to be promoted from middle school to high school....

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TXSigned into law 06/1997P-12
Budget
The law also provides incentives for school districts that admit students transferring from low-performing schools in other districts. In addition to the normal formula allotments for each student accepted, the receiving districts will also get an extra 10 per...

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ARSigned into law 04/1997P-12
S.B. 550 Testing and Assessment Program
Provides a comprehensive testing and assessment program for measuring academic achievement of public school students. Demonstrate grade-level achievement in reading and mathematics shall participate in a program specifically designed to achieve grade-level per...

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FLDied 04/1997P-12
H.B. 1931 Student Performance Standards and Assessment Procedures
Revises provisions regarding the district's comprehensive program for pupil progression; requires remedial instruction and retention of students who have not met district required and state required levels of proficiency; provides student performance standards...

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VASigned into law 04/1997P-12
22.1-253.13:4 Literacy Passports, diplomas and certificates
The General Assembly and the Board hereby establish the requirement for a Literacy Passport for all students prior to grade nine and criteria for diplomas and certificates. All school boards are encouraged to utilize the pre-test for fourth graders. In order t...

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VASigned into law 04/1997P-12
H.B. 1859 Remedial Instructional Programs
Requires students who do not pass the literacy tests required to obtain the Literacy Passport to participate in summer school or after-school remediation programs; requires School Boards to establish remediation program standards committees, consisting of admi...

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ORDied 03/1997P-12
S.B. 754
Allows a student who has not met or exceeded mastery level or grade level standards to advance to next level if certain requirements are met....

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VADied 02/1997P-12
H.B. 1939 Students Promotion Requirements
Requires school boards to establish criteria for promotion designed to require satisfactory completion of the requirements of the Board of Eduaction and local requirements....

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TXPassed 07/1996P-12
19 TAC 74.24 Curriculum Requirements; Credit by Examination
(Effective: 09/01/96) Establishes requirements and procedures related to advancing a student without thte benefit of direct instruction. Provides guidelines under which a school district must develop or select exams for this purpose....

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COSigned into law 05/1996P-12
H.B. 1139 Colorado Basic Literacy Act
(Effective: 04/22/96) Kindergarten reading readiness level established by State Board. State Board will identify and approve instruments for assessing kindergarten reading readiness and the literacy and reading comprehension level of each pupil in first, secon...

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TXPassed 05/1996P-12
Promotion and Altenatives to Social Promotion; Grading/Reporting Requirements; Course Credit
(Effective: 09/01/96) Repeals rules concerning curriculum to comply with the sunset review process mandated by Senate Bill 1, 74th Legislature, 1995. Repeals rules regarding grading and reporting requirements; promotion and course credit; grade level advanceme...

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OKSigned into law 04/1995P-12
H.B. 1056 Retention of Students
(Effective: 04/21/95) Requires a school principal to review a teacher recommendation that a student be retained at the present grade level or not passed in a course; provides for a parent conference and an appeal process; authorizes the parent to prepare a wri...

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SCSigned into law 03/1995P-12
H.B. 3507 Promotion of Students
(Effective: 03/07/95) Approves regulations of the Board of Education, relating to criteria for the promotion of students to the next higher grade....

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