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From the ECS State Policy Database 1994-2013

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The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Common Core/National Tests Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Brain Research Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Counseling/Guidance Curriculum Curriculum--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Computer Science Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Home Economics Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Demographics Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Economic/Workforce Development--Value of an Education Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Aid to Private Schools Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Does Money Matter? Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Litigation Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Performance Funding Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--Mandates Governance--Regional Entities Governance--School Boards Governance--School Boards--Training Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health Health--Child Abuse Health--Mental Health Health--Nutrition Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses Health--Suicide Prevention Health--Teen Pregnancy High School High School--Advanced Placement High School--College Readiness High School--Credit Recovery High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges High School--Exit Exams High School--GED (General Education Development) High School--Graduation Requirements Instructional Approaches Instructional Approaches--Constructivism Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills Instructional Approaches--Official English Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education Instructional Approaches--Teaching Across Disciplines Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools International Baccalaureate International Benchmarking Leadership Leadership--District Superintendent Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure Mentoring/Tutoring Middle School Minority/Diversity Issues Minority/Diversity Issues--African American Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress No Child Left Behind--Assessment No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools No Child Left Behind--Finance No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers No Child Left Behind--Report Cards No Child Left Behind--School Support No Child Left Behind--Special Populations No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses P-16 or P-20 P-3 P-3 Brain Development P-3 Child Care P-3 Content Standards and Assessment P-3 Data Systems P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) P-3 English Language Learners (ELL) P-3 Ensuring Quality P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits P-3 Family Involvement P-3 Finance P-3 Governance P-3 Grades 1-3 P-3 Health and Mental Health P-3 Kindergarten P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten P-3 Preschool P-3 Public/Private Partnerships P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development P-3 Technology Parent/Family Parent/Family--Parent Rights Parent/Family--Research Partnerships--University/School Postsecondary Postsecondary Accountability Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning Postsecondary Affordability Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants Postsecondary Faculty Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure Postsecondary Finance Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding Postsecondary Finance--Facilities Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures Postsecondary Governance and Structures Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies Postsecondary Institutions Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges 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 Public Involvement Purposes of Public Education Reading/Literacy Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy Religion Religion--Prayer/Meditation Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) Remediation (K-12) Rural Scale-Up/Replication Scheduling/School Calendar MN Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 School Calendar H.F. 630 Provides that the school year for all-day kindergarten must include at least 850 hours of instruction for the school year. A school board's annual calendar must include at least 165 days of instruction for a student in grades 1 through 11 unless a four-day wee... More... AR Signed into law 02/2013 P-12 Common Statewide Spring Break H.B. 1134 Sets a common, statewide Spring Break holiday. Specifies holiday will begin on the 38th week of the school year. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Bills/HB1134.pdf... More... WA Permanent Rules 12/2012 P-12 Waivers for 180 day school year WAC 180-18-040, 050 The Washington state board of education (SBE) is considering the adoption of criteria governing requests for waivers from the statutory requirement for a one hundred eighty day school year and providing for other requirements as determined necessary to evaluat... More... IA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 School Instructional Time Task Force S.F. 2284 - Division X This section requires the director of the Department of Education to appoint members to a school instructional time task force. The task force is to review and submit findings and recommendations pertaining to school instructional time by October 15, 2012. htt... More... LA Adopted 05/2012 P-12 Louisiana Seat Time Waiver LAC 28:CXV.907 and 1103 Amends §907, "Secondary Class Times and Carnegie Credit," and §1103, "Compulsory Attendance" to accommodate the newly developed Louisiana Seat Time Waiver (LSTW). §907 permits districts to submit applications to the department of education for a waiver of the ... More... OR Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Increased Learning Time H.B. 4014 Provides that the public school system should provide and encourage increased learning time for increased instructional time, opportunities for students to participate in enrichment activities, and teacher collaboration and professional development. (sec. 16 #... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Full-Year School Plan H.B. 1415 Provides that if certain specified schools remain on academic watch status for two years, subject to the availability of federal appropriation money, the state board must allow the local school board to operate the school on a state board-approved pilot full-y... More... MN Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Length of School Year H.F. 26 Establishes a minimum number of hours for student instruction.  Sets the hours at 425 hours per year for kindergarten pupils, 935 hours for pupils in grades 1 to 6 and 1,020 hours per year for pupils in grades 7 to 12. Clarifies that this section does not supe... More... CA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 School Calendar Reduction for 2011-12 School Year A.B. 114 - School Calendar Reduction for 2011-12 School Year Adds new Section 46201.3 to specify (only if subdivision (c) of Section 3.94 of the Budget Act of 2011 is operative) that for the 2011–12 school year, the minimum number of instructional days and minutes school districts, county offices of education, and chart... More... NC Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Study Length of School Year H.B. 765 Establishes a Blue Ribbon Task Force to study the length of the school year, cost of implementation, current cost of remediation, effects current calendar has of math and science scores. Provides that a report is due to the General Assembly by December 31, 201... More... NV Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 School Year A.B. 117 Under existing law, each school district is required to schedule and provide annually a minimum of 180 days of school and a charter school is required to provide at least as many days of school as are required for other public schools in the school district in... More... TN Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 School Closures S.B. 449 Prohibits charging a teacher with a day of leave for any day on which the teacher's school or school district is closed because of natural disaster, inclement weather, serious outbreak of contagious illness or other unexpected event. http://state.tn.us/sos/ac... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Exception to School Start Date H.B. 1555 Permits a district to begin instruction before the fourth Monday of August at a single campus or at not more than 20% of campuses in the district if the district has an enrollment of 190,000 or more, provides with local funds additional days of instruction at ... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Remediation H.B. 192 - Remediation Extends for 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years a provision waiving the state from specified reimbursement for additional days of instruction for low-performing students. Page 8 of 11: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/116810.pdf... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Middle School Program H.B. 192 - Middle School Program Amends grade configurations and other criteria that qualify schools for participation in the middle school program. Repeals provision requiring minimum 5 hours of instruction in middle schools to include, for students not performing on grade level, remedial in... More... HI Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Length of Instructional Year H.B. 945 Excludes multi-track public schools from the 180-day school year requirement. Repeals provision requiring the 180-day instructional year to include 915 instructional hours for the elementary grades and 990 instructional hours for the secondary grades. Repeals ... More... NC Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 School Calendar H.B. 197 Requires each board of education to adopt a school calendar with a minimum of either 180 days or 1,000 hours of instruction covering at least nine calendar months (previous law required a minimum of 180 days and 1,000 hours). Requires the local board to design... More... NH Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Definition of Length of School Year H.B. 112 Provides that the number of days in the school year may be defined by the department of education in rules which specify an equivalent number of hours. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/HB0112.html... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 School Calendar S.B. 1256--School Calendar Amends Arizona Revised Statute Section 15-802 to state that if a child attends a school that is operated on a year-round basis, the child shall regularly attend during school sessions that total not less than 180 days or 200 school days, as applicable, or the ... More... HI Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Exception to Single School Calendar for All Schools S.B. 1171 Provides that the single school calendar for all public schools does not apply to schools designated by the board of education in furtherance of a plan to improve educational outcome in students. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/Bills/SB1171_.HTM... More... ND Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Emergency Closures H.B. 1030 Provides that if a public school or district remains closed or provides less than a full day of instruction because of severe weather or other emergency conditions, the Governor may waive the rescheduling in whole or in part. Although the governor has been pro... More... OH Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Calamity Days H.B. 36 To amend sections 3313.482, 3314.08, and 3317.01 of the Revised Code to excuse up to five, instead of three, calamity days for the 2010-2011 school year, to broaden schools' authority to make up calamity days by lengthening remaining days in the school year, t... More... AR Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Studying Extended School Year S.B. 711 Directs the interim Senate Committee on Education and the interim House Committee on Education to jointly study issues relevant to the adoption of an extended school year and report the committees' findings to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Sp... More... CA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Shortening School Year by 5 Days S.B. 70 - Sec. 46201.2 Extends through 2014-15 school year the provision allowing a school district, county office of education or charter school to shorten its instructional year by up to 5 days without incurring fiscal penalties. Page 45 of 81: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/... More... KS Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 School for the Deaf and Blind H.B. 2078 Allows the School for the Blind to conduct training programs year round. Current law does not prohibit the School for the Deaf from conducting training sessions at any time during the year. http://kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/documents/hb2078_e... More... KY Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Lost Instructional Days H.B. 427 - Lost Instructional Days Section 2: Permits the commissioner of education to grant up to the equivalent of 10 instructional days for school years 2010-11 and 2011-12 for districts that have missed an average of 20 or more days in the previous three years and use alternative methods of... More... MS Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Veterans' Day S.B. 2659 Directs public schools to conduct exercises in honor of Armistice Day (Veterans' Day). http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/pdf/SB/2600-2699/SB2659SG.pdf... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 "Good Cause" Waiver from post-Labor Day Opening H.B. 1483 Adds to the ''good cause" circumstances for which school divisions may be granted a waiver from the post-Labor Day school opening schedule a school division that is entirely surrounded by a school division that has an opening date prior to Labor Day in the sch... More... AR Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 Scheduling First Day of School H.B. 1099 Allows districts flexibility in establishing first day of school, to be on or after the Monday of the 24 week in which August 19 falls; (ii) Not earlier than August 14; and (iii) no Not later than August 26. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bi... More... AR Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 Common Spring Break H.B. 1224 Extends through the 2013 school year the term and duties of the advisory committe on common spring break. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/HB1224.pdf... More... MS Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 Exemption from Minimum School Calendar H.B. 1156 Exempts certain school districts from the requirement to operate schools for the minimum of 180 days in the event of extreme weather conditions. Allows affected districts to receive per-pupil expenditure payments from the state department of education for up t... More... VA Issued 02/2011 P-12 Efficacy of Year-Round Schools H.J.R. 646 Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the efficacy of year-round schools, specifically reviewing: (i) the Board of Education's procedure for approving year-round schools; (ii) which school divisions have implemented year-round scho... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Postsec. Miscellaneous H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions 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 sc... More... HI Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Restoring Instructional Days for 2010-11 School Year S.B. 2124 Appropriates Hawaii hurricane relief fund moneys to make funds available to restore instructional days for the 2010-11 school year if an agreement or agreements to restore instructional days are negotiated pursuant to the collective bargaining process. http://... More... MD Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Race to the Top Legislation - Innovative School Scheduling Models H.B. 439 Requires the state board of education to explore the use of innovative school scheduling models, including extended year, year-round schooling, or other school scheduling models that do not allow for prolonged lapses in instructional time, in low-performing or... More... CA Emergency Rule Adoption 03/2010 P-12 Reducing Instructional Days without Incurring Penalties Title 5 CCR Sections 19824, 19851, 19854 Amends three sections of the audit guide to bring the regulations into conformance with legislation enacted effective July 28, 2009 (Assembly Bill 2 of the 2009-10 Fourth Extraordinary Session (ABX4 2), Chapter 2, Statutes 2009). Legislation, which is applicab... More... ME Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Draft Model Academic Year Calendars H.B. 1100 Establishes a working group of K-12 school officials, primarily superintendents and career and technical education directors, to prepare draft model academic year calendars that account for regional differences within the state to be submitted to the joint sta... More... TN Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Instructional Time Adjustments S.B. 3031 As enacted, allows local education agencies greater flexibility in extending the school day in order to offset days used for professional development or weather-related closings. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB3031.pdf... More... VA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Waiving Post Labor Day Start Requirement H.B. 557/S.B.253 Provides that a requirement that the school calendar begin after Labor Day may be waived by the Board of Education, provided the school board certifies that it meets one of the good cause requirements in current law. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe... More... Vetoed 03/2010 P-12 County School Calendar Committee H.B. 4652 Requires each county superintendent to create a county school calendar committee to develop multiple school calendar options for presentation to all employees for vote; requires the generation of new calendar options if the county board or state board rejects ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 School Start Date S.B. 253/H.B. 557 Relates to opening of the school year; provides that the requirement that the school calendar begin after Labor Day may be waived by the Board of Education, provided the school board certifies that it meets one of the good cause requirements in current law. ht... More... WV Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 School Calendar/Guarantee 180 Days of Instruction H.B. 4040 Requires county boards to adopt contingency plans designed to guarantee one hundred eighty separate days of instruction for students and to select beginning and ending dates of the school calendar. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdo... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Harvey Milk Day S.B. 572 Provides that the Governor proclaims May 22 of each year as Harvey Milk Day and would designate that date as having special significance in public schools and educational institutions and would encourage those entities to conduct suitable commemorative exercis... More... WA Rule Adoption 09/2009 P-12 Learning Improvement WAC 392-140-950, -956, -961, -962 Reduces the number of state-funded learning improvement days from two to one for the 2009-10 school year and thereafter. Makes housekeeping changes by adding program 34, middle school career and technical education - state, to the programs where funding for le... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Holidays, Inservice and Parent-Teacher Conference Days S.B. 1956 Amends provisions concerning average daily attendance under the state aid formula. Makes changes with respect to days that are used for an in-service training program for teachers and parent-teacher conferences. Authorizes a school board to hold school or sche... More... IL Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. Moment of Silence on Veterans' Day H.B. 972 Provides that if a public school, university, or community college holds any type of event at the institution on November 11, Veterans' Day, the governing board of the school or institution must require a moment of silence at that event to recognize Veterans' ... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 School Funding Advisory Council H.B. 1 - Section 3306.29, 3306.291 and 3306.292 Section 3306.29: Establishes the Ohio school funding advisory council. Directs the council, by December 1, 2010 and every other year thereafter, to provide recommendations to the state board, the general assembly and the public for revisions to the adequacy co... More... MO Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 School term S.B. 291- School Flex Program Attendance Allows a school term for students participating in a school flex program as established in section 160.539 to consist of a combination of actual pupil attendance and attendance at college or technical career education or approved employment aligned with the s... More... MO Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Minimum Length of School Days/Year S.B. 291 - School Calendar Defines "school term" as a minimum of 174 school days for schools with a 5-day school week or a minimum of 142 school days, as that term 35 is defined in section 160.041, for schools with a four-day school week. 160.041 defines the "minimum school day" as thre... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Flexible School Day Program Courses H.B. 1297 Relates to optional flexible school day program courses offered by school districts to enable students to earn course credit under certain circumstances. Eliminates requirement that flexible school day program courses be limited to students in grades 9-12. All... More... GA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Authorization of Four-Day School Week H.B. 193 Allows districts to provide the equivalent of a 180-day school year. Provides that beginning in the 2010-11 school year, schools may be closed on November 11 to allow students and staff to participate in Veterans Day programs. Revises reference to means of cal... More... ME Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Annual School Calendar S.B. 86 Directs the Department of Education to provide by rule for a school calendar that is based upon a minimum annual number of hours that is equivalent to the current 180-day school calendar, or for an equivalent amount of hours annually in accordance with rules a... More... MO Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Inclement Weather Days H.B. 682 Modifies the number of school days to be made up due to inclement weather. http://www.house.mo.gov/content.aspx?info=/bills091/bills/hb682.htm... More... ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Instructional Days H.B. 1400 - Calendar Section For 2009-10, requries 180 days in the calendar, with 173 days used for instruction. Three must be used for holidays; up to two must be used for parent-teacher conferences or compensatory time for conferences held outside school day; and two days must be used f... More... OK Adopted 05/2009 P-12 Component of the Six-Year Plan OAC 210:15-8-3 Requires all schools to complete the self-examination on their use of school time and assess the amount of time spent on quality instructional time. OKLAHOMA 15352... More... TN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Waivers for Makeup Days S.B. 899 Provides that in the event of a natural disaster or serious outbreak of illness affective or endangering students or staff during a school year, the Commissioner of Education may waive for such school year the requirement for 180 days of classroom instruction,... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Make Up Days S.B. 814 Relates to inclusion of five make-up days for days lost due to exceptional or emergency circumstances in each school district's academic calendar, parent- teacher conferences, employment contracts of certified school personnel, borrowing and bond issuance, Sma... More... NM Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Clarifies Length of School Day H.B. 691 Clarifies the school year and length of school day. Kindergarten, for half-day programs, two and one-half hours per day or, for full-day programs, five and one-half hours per day. Grades one through six, five and one-half hours per day; and grades seven throug... More... OK Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Length of the School Year H.B. 1864 Changes length of the school year from 180 days to 1,080 hours each school year. Limits professional activities to no more than 30 hours each school year. If authorized, parent-teacher conferences may count as instructional time. Authorizes districts to establ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Common Spring Break Within Districts S.B. 226 Establishes a common spring break for all state public schools in each school district. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/SB226.pdf... More... AR To governor 03/2009 P-12 Veteran's Day H.C.R. 1017 Encourages Schools to raise awareness of the sacrifices that veterans have made for our country by having a school assembly to commemorate veterans day around the time of the veterans day holiday. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HCR1017.pdf... More... KY Adopted 01/2009 P-12 Approval of Innovative Alternative School Calendars 702 KAR 7:130 Specifies that the commissioner of education will approve a district's request for approval of an innovative alternative school calendar provided it meets criteria established in rules and is designed to improve teaching and learning in the district. http://ww... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 After school programs A.B. 1526 Repeals a provision of the After School Education and Safety Program Act of 2002 that makes a continuous annual appropriation to the Department of Education for purposes of the Program. Authorizes the Legislature to amend any provision of the act by a statute ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Year-Round School Grant Program S.B. 658 Provides for the phase out of the Year-Round School Grant Program by reducing the grant amounts each fiscal year until a specified fiscal year. Prohibits the approval of new grants. Requires the funds for the grant program be augmented in the annual Budget Act... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Weather-related and Other School Closures H.B. 4309 Provides that if, during any school day, a school district closes one or more school buildings due to a condition beyond the control of the district prior to providing any instruction, then that day may be counted as a full day of attendance for a maximum of t... More... CA Vetoed 07/2008 P-12 After school program A.B. 2843 Relates to the After School Education and Safety Program Act which requires that each component of a program established pursuant to the act include an educational enrichment element that may include fine arts, career technical education, recreation, physical ... More... OK Adopted 07/2008 P-12 SIX-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL EDUCATION PLAN OAC 210:15-8-3 Proposes rules to require all schools to complete the self-examination on their use of school time and to assess the amount of time spent on quality instructional time. ... More... KY Adopted 06/2008 P-12 Approval of Innovative Alternative School Calendars 702 KAR 7:130 Establishes uniform procedures for approval of innovative alternative school calendars. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/702/007/130reg.htm... More... WV Adopted 06/2008 P-12 Changes to Policy 2510 Title 126, Series 42 From the introduction to the adopted rules: "Revisions were needed in Policy 2510 to allow local school districts greater flexibility in the implementation of the rigorous academic standards and high quality programs that characterize West Virginia's 21st cen... More... AL Adopted 05/2008 P-12 Graduation Requirements and Other Changes 290-3-1-.02 Increases the minimum number of teaching days in the school year from 175 to 180 (in compliance with 2003 S.B. 4). Permits secondary school students (in both summer school and regular school year) to demonstrate mastery of Alabama course of study content stand... More... OK Adopted 05/2008 P-12 Parent-Teacher Conference Days OAC 210:10-1-5 Amends rules to clarify and limit the number of parent-teacher conference days that can be counted for attendance purposes as regular school days. OKLAHOMA 15273... More... OH Signed into law 12/2007 P-12 Penalty for Inducing Panic; Calamity Days H.B. 142 Increases the penalty for inducing panic to a felony of the second degree when a school or an institution of higher education is involved; permits school districts to make up calamity days caused other than by a bomb threat in excess of the total number of day... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Facilities S.B. 121 Requires an applicant school district for new construction to submit to the State Allocation Board a one-time report of existing school building capacity. Requires the maximum school building capacity for each school district applying for new construction fund... More... NH Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School Year H.B. 126 Revises the definitions of standard school, elementary school, high school, and the number of days of school. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/HB0126.html... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Special Committee to Study the Calendar H.J.R. 147 Creates special committee to study traditional school calendar. Expires February 1, 2008. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Fiscal/HJR0147.pdf... More... VT Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Uniform Statewide School Calendar H.B. 15 Directs the commissioner of education to announce a uniform statewide school calendar each year. Creates a "calendar committee" to develop a uniform statewide school calendar and sets membership: (1)  The commissioner of education, or the commissioner's design... More... WA Adopted 06/2007 P-12 School Closures & Emergency Proclamations WAC 392-129-105 Emergency rule concerning school closures during states of emergency; indicates that when a school district is closed in a county in which a state of emergency has been declared by the governor, the superintendent may consider school district applications to h... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Alternative Schedules S.B. 151 Expands the circumstances under which a school district in a county whose population is 100,000 or more may apply for an alternative schedule to include an alternative schedule that is designed solely for the purpose of providing professional development for e... More... MI Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Instructional Hours Requirement S.B. 95 Revises the requirement for instructional hours in school code to conform to school aid act. The bill would delete provisions in the Revised School Code regarding the minimum required number of hours of pupil instruction and instead require that school distric... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Length of the School Year S.B. 311 -- Sec. 3313.48 Changes school year from not less than 182 days to 455 hours (for half-day kindergarten; 910 hours for full-day kindergarten); 910 hours for pupils in grades one through six; and 1001 hours for pupils in grades seven through twelve. Ten hours in K-6 and 11 hou... More... TX Adopted 08/2006 P-12 Optional 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... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Start of School Year H.B. 7087 (Section 11) Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, the opening date for schools in Florida districts may not be earlier than 14 days before Labor Day each year. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7087er.doc&DocumentType=Bill&BillN... More... SD Active 05/2006 P-12 Start of School Year Date Restrictions Measure 3 (V. 6) (Initiated Measure 3) Restricts the start of a regular school term prior to the last day of August. On 11/07/2006 Ballot. http://www.sdsos.gov/electionsvoteregistration/upcomingelection_ballotquestionstatus.shtm... More... SC Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 School Calendar H.B. 4429 Adds new Section 59-1-425.    Authorizes local boards to establish an annual school calendar. The statutory school term is one hundred ninety days annually and must consist of a minimum of one hundred eighty days of instruction covering at least nine calendar ... More... WI Vetoed 04/2006 P-12 Minimum Hours in School Year A.B. 84 Eliminates provision that school year include 180 school days. Replaces with provisions defining school year as minimum hours of instruction. Provides that scheduled hours in the school year may include no more than 35 hours on Saturdays. http://www.legis.st... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Reduced Aid for Reduced Days S.B. 66, H.B. 349 Relates to reduction of state aid when the length of the school term is below 180 days or 990 hours; provides for a declared state of emergency; relates to calendars and teaching contracts. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0026, http://l... More... WI Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Reporting of Hours of Direct Pupil Instruction Act No. 252 Current law requires at least 437 hours of direct pupil instruction in kindergarten, at least 1,050 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 1 to 6, and at least 1,137 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 7 to 12. Each school board is required to sub... More... FL Adopted 11/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Required Annual Calendar for Schools and Colleges FAC 6A-10.019 Each district school board, each community college district board of trustees, and each university board of trustees must adopt an annual calendar prior to the beginning of each fiscal year that will be observed by all schools or post high school educational i... More... LA Signed into law 11/2005 P-12 Minimum School Year H.B. 21A Exempts schools from minimum 180-day school year for the 2005-2006 school year. Authorizes the state board of education to adopt rules for the 2005-2006 school year related to the minimum session required of any institution in order to be classified as a scho... More... LA Signed into law 11/2005 P-12 Minimum Instructional Time H.B. 33A Waives minimum instructional time requirements in the 2005-2006 school year for any city, parish, or other local public school or district that cannot meet the minimum requirements due to school closure for reasons of natural catastrophe or disaster as certifi... More... RI Adopted 09/2005 P-12 Length of the School Day Sections 1 to 7 Establishes rules governing the length of the school day. Outlines requirements, and compliance for the length of elementary and secondary school day. RHODE ISLAND REG 2451 (SN)... More... CA Signed into law 08/2005 Postsec. Observance of Veterans Day for California State University A.B. 720 An act to add Section 89005.7 to the Education Code, relating to the California State University. Requires every campus of the California State University to observe November 11 as a holiday by closing on that day. Also requires the university to observe the f... More... TN Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Study of Start/End School Year Dates S.B. 516 Requires the select oversight committee on education to examine and study the dates for starting and ending the school year in public schools in Tennessee. http://tennessee.gov/sos/acts/104/pub/pc0454.pdf... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Athletic Competitions That Impact Testing Dates S.B. 658 From bill analysis: Prohibits University Interscholastic League (UIL) area, regional, or state competitions from being held the week of, or prior to, TAKS testing. It also requires the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to provide UIL a calendar of expected testing... More... NC Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 AN ACT to give FLEXIBILITY to make up instructional days missed during the 2004‑2005 school year H.B. 415 If, due to inclement weather, a local board of education complies with this subdivision by scheduling 1,000 hours of instruction on less than 180 days, the local school administrative unit is deemed to have a minimum of 180 days of instruction, teachers employ... More... WV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Instructional Support and Enhancement S.B. 94 Senate Bill 94 eliminates a requirement that activities on instructional support and enhancement (ISE) days be scheduled in a certain order. Before this bill passed, activities on ISE days had to designate two hours for instructional activities for students, t... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 S.B. 1044 (sections 14-15) Repeals provision that notation must be made on a student's transcript to indicate each special education class included on the transcript. Establishes that school day must consist of at least rather than fewer than six hours of instructional time. Allows a... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Legislative Task Force H.C.R. 55 Creates a legislative task force to examine the effect of school calendars on Kentucky's tourism industry and the potential effect that changes in school calendars may have on Kentucky's educational system. Establishes task force membership. Requires the task ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Elections S.B. 7 Includes the day of primary elections as a day in which schools are closed. http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/SB7.htm... More... MT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Flexibility In School Calendar S.B. 170 Relates to Flexibility in school calendar and PIRD. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/SB0170.htm... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Instructional School Day Reconfiguration S.B. 2066 Relates to reconfiguration of instructional days by school districts. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAIM0300.pdf... More... NV Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Scheduling contingent school days S.B. 202 This bill provides a school district with various methods for scheduling the contingent school days. The school district may schedule the 3 contingent school days as full school days, an equivalent number of minutes of instruction added to any school day or an... More... NV Temporary Rule Adoption 10/2004 P-12 School Calendar NAC 387.120, .140 Relates to school calendars.NEVADA REG 3637 (SN) http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nac/nac%2D387.html#NAC387Sec120 ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 School Districts: Four-Day School Week S.B. 1138 Authorizes specified school districts to operate one or more schools in their districts on a 4-day school week, so long as the school district complies with specified requirements. Revokes the authority of a school added by the bill to operate a 4-day school w... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Kindergarten Scheduling A.B. 2407 Authorizes a school district that is implementing an early primary program to maintain kindergarten classes at different school sites within the district for different lengths of time during the school day. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2401-2450/a... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Concept 6 Program A.B. 1550 Commencing with the 2004-05 school year, bars a school district from operating a Concept 6 program unless the district operated such program continuously since the 2003-04 school year. Defines a Concept 6 program as one in which a district operates on a 3-trac... More... NC Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 School Calendar and Teacher Workdays H.B. 1464 Reduces the number of noninstructional teacher workdays by five; provides that public schools shall open after august 25 and close not after june 10, except in unusual circumstances or in year-round schools; provide that salaries not decrease as a result of th... More... CA Vetoed 07/2004 P-12 School Districts: Four-Day School Week S.B. 1142 Deletes the reduction in base revenue limit funding that results to certain school districts for offering less than 180 days of instruction. Conditions the entitlement to the same support from the State School Fund due to the average daily attendance on the di... More... DE Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Legal Holidays S.B. 186 Clarifies that Veteran's Day is intended to be a legal holiday for students and employees of public schools. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS142.NSF/vwLegislation/SB+186/$file/1901420147.doc/?openelement... More... AK Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Required Number of Instruction Days or Hours S.B. 239 Relates to the number of instruction days or hours in a school year; provides exceptions to the mandatory school year. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0239Z&session=23... More... CT Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 School Construction Funding and Graduation Dates S.B. 343 Provides that if a town, whose school district is the priority district with the largest student enrollment, uses federal funds to finance school construction projects, such funds shall be deemed to be part of the town's local share for such projects; provides... More... KY Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Completion of Contract/Accrual of Service Credit During Emergency Days S.B. 28 Requires school districts that missed school days due to emergencies, including weather-related emergencies, to consider certified and classified personnel to have met the 185-day minimum contract with the district, for purposes of service credit for retiremen... More... ME Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Summer Employment for Youth H.P. 1446 Requires school administrative units to develop and approve plans for a regional school calendar in its career and technical center and school administrative units to develop a regional school calendar that aligns with school calendars of career and technical ... More... WI Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Special Observance Days and Schools S.B. 526 Relates to special observance days and schools; adds March 17th to the list of special days for the The Great Hunger in Ireland from 1845 to 1850.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 School Professional development Days H.B. 100 This bill: creates a pilot program to evaluate the effects on student academic achievement of reducing the minimum school term established by the state board by up to 22 hours for the purpose of conducting professional development for instructional staff; requ... More... GA Adopted 11/2003 P-12 Instructional Extension GAC 160-4-2-.14 Clarifies rules regarding instructional extension, a state-funded instructional program beyond the regular school day to address the academic needs of low-performing students. Allows local school systems to spend up to 15 percent of the designated funds on tra... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Year-Round Scheduling A.B. 560 Conditions the authority to operate a school program of year-round scheduling on the governing board of the school district adopting a resolution at a regularly scheduled board meeting certifying that the number of annual instructional minutes is not less than... More... MI Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Reduction in Minimum Instructional Year in Hours H.B. 4401 (multiple provisions) Establishes minimum number of annual instructional time for full state funding as 1,098 hours. (Previous state law, statute 380.1284, established that the minimum instructional year in hours for 2003-04 school year was 1,122, with incremental increases in suc... More... CA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Vocational Education A.B. 774 Existing law requires the minimum day in specified vocational education programs to consist of 4 periods totaling at least 180 minutes in duration. This bill would additionally provide that for a pupil who attends a school, as specified, in which the regularly... More... LA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Requirements for Instructional Time for Schools H.B. 457 Specifies that for the 2002-03 school year and thereafter, the requirements governing the minimum length of the school day and year do not apply to any district or school that was unable to meet minimum instructional time requirements due to school closure wit... More... AL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Foundation Program S.B. 4 Foundation Program revised: minimum school days increased to 180 days by 2008, allocation for professional days and leave, additional instructional support allowance, average daily membership based on first 20 school days after Labor Day, pupil-teacher ratios ... More... AZ Line item vetoed 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Budget Reconciliation Education H.B. 2534 Creates budget reconciliation for education and includes the following provisions: Prohibits the State Board of Education from sponsoring additional charter schools in FY 2003-04, and requires the State Board for Charter Schools to provide oversight for existi... More... MI Vetoed 06/2003 P-12 Minimum School Year in Hours and 4-Day School Week S.B. 364 For purposes of eligibility to receive state aid, changes minimum day requirements to minimum hour requirements, thus requiring each district to provide at least 1,098 hours of pupil instruction per school year. Specifies that before a district changes its sch... More... MO Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School Year Start Date S.B. 686 (§ 171.031) Eliminates provision requiring first day of school to be on September 1 or later. http://www.senate.mo.gov/03INFO/bills/SB686.htm... More... GA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Assessment, Maximum Class size, Instruction, Revenue S.B. 249 Revises provisions relating to payment of fees for advanced placement tests; revises provision relating to the release of certain test questions; deletes provision that students with alternate assessments shall not count for accountability purposes; changes pr... More... NC Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Veterans Day H.B. 421 Makes veterans day a holiday for school personnel.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Additional Time for Instruction H.B. 2655 Provides teachers with additional time for instructional purposes. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2655.pdf... More... AR Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2003 P-12 Instruction time and school calendar Uncodified Amends required time for instruction and school calendar; establishes emergency rules regarding the amendment to Standards of Accreditation. ARKANSAS REG 3455 (SN)... More... AR Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2003 P-12 Emergency Amendment to Standards of Accreditation ADE 153 Allow the Arkansas State Board of Education to waive the minimum of 178 days required in the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools for the purposes of professional development or natural necessity due to inclement weather, fire, natural disast... More... MO Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Inclement Weather Exceptions for School Attendance H.B. 554 Allows a district to be exempt in the 2002-03 school year from the requirement to make up school days canceled due to inclement weather after November 20, 2002, in the school district. Waives the requirement to make up two-thirds of the missed days in the 2003... More... MS Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Calendar Requirements S.B. 2404 Exempts schools from the required 180-day minimum school calendar for time missed due to emergencies; continues to pay school districts full allotments. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2404SG.htm... More... OK Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Day Requirement S.B. 289 Applies the 6-hour school day requirement to first grade. (Section 1-111. A. A school day shall consist of not less than six (6) hours devoted to school activities, except that a school day for nursery, early childhood education, kindergarten, extended day ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 School Make-Up Days S.B. 132 Allows the state commissioner of education to approve five disaster days for a school district that was closed at least ten days due to disastrous weather conditions during the 2002-03 academic year. Certified staff are required to report to work and engage i... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Home Visits and Conferences H.B. 68 Provides time for home visits and parent-teacher conferences in kindergarten through grade five.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Four Day School Week H.B. 2806 Authorizes a school board to approve a four-day school week under certain conditions, so long as a minimum of 990 hours of instructional time is provided for grades one through 12 and 540 hours for kindergarten. No alternative plan that reduces the instruction... More... MT Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 School on Saturdays in Emergencies H.B. 78 Transfers the authority for approving the conduct of school on Saturday in the case of an emergency from the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the school district trustees. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/HB0078.htm... More... NJ Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 School Budget and Election Calendar Change S.B. 861 Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to change any date in the school budget and election calendar due to a conflict with a day of religious observance.... More... NE Signed into law 01/2003 P-12 Education L.B. 67 One provision allows the state board to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to define school day and other appropriate units of the school calendar (previously was "shall adopt").... More... SC Adopted 12/2002 P-12 Uniform Start Dates 43-142 Establishes a 10-day window in late August and early September during which all South Carolina public schools would have to open.  Schools would have to begin no earlier than the last Monday before Labor Day and no later than the Wednesday after Labor Day.  Sc... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Waivers for Penalties A.B. 1227 Relates to existing law which authorizes the Board of Education to waive the fiscal penalties for a school district or county board of education that fails to maintain the prescribed minimum length of time for the instructional school year, minimum number of i... More... CA Vetoed 09/2002 P-12 Length of School Year A.B. 2027 Continues to allow school districts to operate a program of multitrack year-around scheduling for as few as 163 days in each fiscal year only until July 1, 2008.... More... IL Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Year-Round School Aid S.B. 1524 Amends the State aid formula provisions of the School Code. Provides that in districts in which all buildings hold year-round classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be added to the month of September and any days of attendance in June shall be ad... More... CA Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Supplemental Instruction in Fresno Unified School District A.B. 1285 Allows Fresno Unified School District to apply for a waiver from certain regulations so as to allow the district to use designated funds for pupils at Cooper Middle School performing below basic or far below basic in math and reading on the California Standard... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Minimum Instructional Hours Per School Year H.B. 2484 Requires school districts and charter school operating on approved alternative calendars to comply with annual hours of instruction requirements; permits counting pupils as having attended full-time in any week for which the pupil was enrolled in and physicall... More... AL Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Memorial Day H.B. 24 Requires K-12 public schools and public 2-year postsecondary institutions to be closed on Memorial Day. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2002rs/bills/hb24.htm... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 School Closings for Primary Elections H.B. 529 Permits school closings for primary elections.... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Election Officers and Excused Absence for Election Day Served H.B. 251 Provides that minors who are seventeen years old and who will become eighteen years old on or before the day of the regular election may serve as an election officer for the primary and general election in which he or she is qualified to vote; provides that st... More... KY Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Excused Absence for Participation in Burial Honor Guard Program H.B. 231 Establishes a burial honor guard program for veteran's funerals; establishes the veterans' service organization burial honor guard trust fund to offset costs; authorizes local school boards to provide academic credit and excused absences for secondary students... More... MI Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Prohibition Against Schools Being in Session on Friday Before Labor Day H.B. 4491 Public Act 167., Provides that the board of a school district, local art school district, public school academy or intermediate school district shall ensure that the district's schools are not in session on the Friday before Labor Day, unless a local collectiv... More... CA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Kindergarten Students in a Year-Round School A.B. 764 Authorizes a pupil in a kindergarten in a school operating on a program of multitrack year-round scheduling to be kept in school on any day for 265 minutes of instruction, exclusive of recesses.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Increase of Minimum Instructional Days H.B. 458 , Increase the minimum number of instructional school days per school year in public elementary and secondary schools form 175 to 177.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Requirement for Make-Up Days Due to Employees Failing to Appear for Work S.B. 702 , Requires make-up days when school board closes school as the result of school employees threatening or failing to appear for work.... More... KY Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School Calendar Requirements S.B. 108 Requires that school districts adopt a school calendar designating opening and closing dates and instructional days and permitting the scheduling of school breaks outside of the minimum school term; requires that schools allow teacher delegates to attend state... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Veterans' Week Observation S.B. 277 Public Law No. 100., 96 (LD 988) Provides for the observance of Veterans' Week each year in each political subdivision, school system and school administrative district in the State.... More... MO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Designation of Lifelong Learning Month S.B. 201 Requires the Governor to annually proclaim February lifelong learning month; recommends that the month be observed with appropriate activities in the public schools.... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Starting, Ending Dates S.B. 108 A school district may not begin instruction for students for a school year before the week in which August 21 falls. Sunday is considered the first day of the week.... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Summer education program H.B. 53 Establishing the Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot Program; authorizing a county board of education to develop a proposal for educational curriculum and activities during the summer; requiring the State Board of Education to review a proposal and a... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Flexible Calendars H.B. 35 Provides for all school districts to implement flexible school calendars.... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Omnibus Bill--Lengthens School Year S.B. 308 Section 30, requires that by 2001-2002 budgets reflect a school year of at least 190 days. 180 days are for instruction and ten days are for teachers' professional development, provided that there is legislative appropriation to implement this requirement.... More... SC Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 Alternative Certification, Adds Days to the School Year, Teacher Evaluation S.B. 1111 Adds 3 days for the next 2 school years and 2 more days for all school years thereafter; provides that the State Board of Education shall review and make necessary revisions to criteria for requesting out-of-field teacher permits; provides that the Board shall... More... CA Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Possible Change In the School Calendar A.B. 2162 Adjusts the prescribed dates, and would provide that the school action plan pursuant to the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program may propose to increase the number of instructional days and may propose to increase up to a full 12 months the a... More... MN Signed by governor 05/2000 P-12 School Year Start Date H.B. 3800 For the 2000-2001 year only, a school district must not begin the elementary or secondary school year prior to Labor Day. However, a district may begin the school year on another date if necessary to accommodate a major school construction or remodeling projec... More... OK Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Postsec. Coordinates Spring Breaks H.B. 2728 (Omnibus Bill) State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Director of the State Department of Vocational and Technical Education, and the Chancellor for Higher Education shall coordinate spring break dates for the public schools, area vocational-technical schools, and i... More... ID Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 School Recess H.B. 636 Amends existing law to delete noninstructional from recess time as it relates to the option of a local school board or trustees to approve a reduction in annual instructional hour requirements as allowed by law; maintains the restriction that recess time shall... More... KY Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day H.B. 347 Requires schools to be closed on the third Monday of January in observance of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.; permits districts to designate the day as one of the four holidays or to not include the day in the minimum school term; requires school clos... More... MD Vetoed 03/2000 P-12 President's Day H.B. 415, SB 648 Establishes President's Day as a public school holiday in the State.... More... SD Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 School Calendar S.B. 178 This bill changes the minimum required time in school for 4th through 12th graders from 175 days to 962.5 hours. The Board of Education will set rules for the minimum number of hours in school for grades one through three.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Grants for Extending School Year S.B. 545 Creates the Extended School Year Incentive Program and Fund, from such funds as may be appropriated, to be administered by the Board of Education, for incentive grants for public school divisions for the operation of schools beyond the 180-day school year requ... More... MI Signed into law 10/1999 P-12 School Calendar H.B. 4099 Public Act 141., Relates to education and the calendar; requires that school not be in session on Friday before Labor Day; provides exceptions for school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts and local act school districts subject t... More... LA Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Requires Offering of Summer School S.B. 249 Requires summer school be offered to all students who fail the state tests required for promotion to 5th and 9th grades and provides for the funding of such programs.... More... OH Signed by governor 07/1999 P-12 Creates Standards for Summer Remediation Services H.B. 282 (Part of Omnibus Bill) Creates standards for state-funded summer remediation services offered by school districts.... More... AR Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Requires 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... More... AR Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Requires Study on Extending School Year H.C.R. 1012 Request the House and Senate Interim Committees on Education to conduct a study of instituting year-round school for public schools or instituting alternative sessions of public schools in order to extend the school year.... More... CA Signed into law 08/1998 P-12 Extends School Year S.B. 1193 Extends school year for K-12 to 180 days. Eliminates the 8 days of staff development, provides funding for up to three days for optional staff development for certified teachers and one day for instructional aides.... More... AZ Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 2168 States persons over 22 years old can not attend vocational programs in high school buildings during regular class hours; appropriates $1.2 million to the Department of Education for extended year and summer school programs.... More... LA Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 119 Provides relative to length of school day, length of school year, and additional staff development days for teachers under certain circumstances.... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 S.B. 2045 Provides that all public school terms shall open on the Tuesday following Labor Day and shall end on the last day of May.... More... NC Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 Encourages Boards to Provide Year-Round Schools H.B. 1478 Implements the recommendations of the Legislative study Commission on Public Schools to encourage local boards of education to provide year-round schools.... More... WA Died 05/1998 P-12 S.B. 6401 Summer School Program Relates to the summer school jump start program; makes an appropriation.... More... SC Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 1109 (Joint Resolution) Approves regulations of the Department of Education to summer program.... More... MS Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 S.B. 2944 Directs level I and level II school districts to provide extended day and extended school year programs as required by the State Board of Education as part of the Districts corrective action plan; prescribes the components and the procedures to be followed by ... More... MI Died 12/1997 P-12 H.B. 5080 Requires the school year to start after Labor Day.... More... MO Died 12/1997 P-12 H.B. 962 School Year Repeals Labor Day startup for schools; removes restrictions on the opening date for school.... More... CA Signed into law 10/1997 P-12 S.B. 85 Instructional Time Declares the intent of the Legislature to increase the number of schooldays in a school year by providing funding to school districts to conduct staff development activities, as specified. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide each eligi... More... TX Died 08/1997 P-12 S.B. 433/H.B. 1219 Schedule of a School Year Relates to the first instructional day of a school year for public school students.... More... CT Died 06/1997 P-12 S.B. 39, S.B. 41 & S.B. 74 Additional Time for Instruction in the Public Schools Provide additional time for instruction in the public schools.... More... MN Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 1 & S.B. 1 Charter school provisions (removes the cap of 40 schools; $50,000 start-up grants for charters are made available; separate grants are available to help repair facilities; private colleges can now serve as sponsors); requires that, beginning with the 1998/99 s... More... VA Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 VA 22.1-199.2 Standards for remedial summer school The Board of Education shall establish standards for remedial summer school programs, which shall be designed to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of such programs in increasing the scholastic achievement of students with academic deficiencies. Such sta... More... ME Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 H.B. 1275 Changes the school calendar; relates to vacation and training days for teachers.... More... MO Died 05/1997 P-12 H.B. 594 Scheduling School Year Eliminates a specified opening date for the school term. Currently, schools must not open before September 1st, except in districts where school operates year-round and districts where an agricultural exemption for an earlier start is granted.... More... NY Died 05/1997 P-12 A.B. 5022 Allows school districts to schedule regular school sessions during July and August without being penalized by loss of state aid, in order to provide more flexible programming based on individual pupil needs and to miximize the use of school facilities.... More... AR Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 1029 Summer Remedial Instruction Programs Requires Summer remedial instruction progrms for students in K-3 who do not perform at grade level during the regular school year.... More... UT Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 35 Summer School for Secondary Students Allows for a pilot program summer term in secondary school. Provides students the option for acceleration, remediation and enrichment. Participation is voluntary for students, parents and teachers.... More... SC Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 S.B. 525 Summer Program (Joint Resolution) Relates to summer program.... More... UT Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 341 Four-Day School Week Pilot Program Relates to public education; provides for a four-day school week pilot program in selected rural high schools; provides components for the program; provides for evaluation; provides for termination of the program.... More... VA Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 2633 Remedial Summer School Requires the Board of Education to establish standards for remedial summer school, including an assessment component to evaluate program effectiveness, and by July 1, 1998, standards for full funding of such programs which meet Board standards for remedial sum... More... AR Died 02/1997 P-12 S.B. 357 Summer Remedial Instruction Programs Requires summer remedial instruction programs for students in k-3 who do not perform at grade level during the regular school year.... More... MN Died 02/1997 P-12 S.B. 570 Scheduling School Year Relates to education; repeals after Labor Day school year start date; repeals Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 126.12, subdivision 1.... More... MS Died 02/1997 P-12 H.B. 708 School Day Requires all school districts school day hours to be from 8: 00 to 4: 00.... More... MI Died 01/1997 P-12 H.B. 4190 School Calendar Requires the school year to start after Labor Day.... More... MN Died 01/1997 P-12 S.B. 220 Scheduling of School Year Repeals law prohibiting schools from starting prior to Labor Day.... More... CA Vetoed 09/1996 P-12 A.B. 649 Remedial Instructional Programs Authorizes a school district to include in summer school instructional programs courses for pupils who have not yet graduated that address remediation issues or developmental instruction, or both, and that will provide pupils with skills required to eliminate ... More... HI Signed into law 06/1996 P-12 H.B. 3434 Related to summer schools and financing Relates to education; summer schools and financing.... More... AR Passed 05/1996 P-12 K-5 Summer Supplemental Instructional Program (Effective: 05/12/96) Prescribes how local educational agencies will ensure the provision of summer school students in grades kindergarten through fifth grade.... More... KY Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 H.B. 513 School Calendar Relates to the school calendar and adjustments necessary to deal with the severe winter of the 1995-96 school year and declares any emergency; allows a local school board to extend schools days, allows a local board whose schools have been closed up to 20 days... More... VA Became law without governor's signature 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 890 Summer Remedial Classes Authorizes the division superintendent to seek compliance with the compulsory school attendance law for any student required to attend a special program during the summer school session, or if he determines that (i) improvement in the student's academic perfor... More... WI Died 03/1996 P-12 A.B. 369 Fall Semester Start This bill provides that, beginning in 1996, no public school may commence its school term until September 1.... More... KY Signed into law 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 100 School Day Provisions Relates to the school day, to clarify that for purposes of calculating the allowable length of lunch duty, a teacher's noninstructional time does not include the time a teacher must be at school prior to the student's instructional day; permits the Commissione... More... AZ Passed 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 2160 Year Round Schools States that starting in the fall of 1998 all school districts are to operate year round.... More... GA Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 1143 Length of School Year Relates to establishment of the length of the school year and changes the length of the school year.... More... WV Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 4150 Remedial Summer School Programs Relates to authorizing county boards of education to establish mandatory remedial summer school programs; compels attendance in such programs of students who meet specific criteria set out herein; prohibits county boards from charging tuition for such mandator... More... UT Passed 12/1995 P-12 R277-419 Pupil Accounting (Effective: 01/02/96) Requires school districts to provide a minimum number of hours (990) in a minimum number of days (180). Provides for short-term variances and directs districts to work toward compliance with the 180-day minimum.... More... NV Signed into law 09/1995 P-12 S.B. 87 Chapter 651 Number of School Days Per Year Allows the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to authorize a reduction in the required minimum number of school days per year up to 15 days. The reduction may be allowed only if the new schedule provides for an equivalent or greater number of minutes o... More... AR Passed 08/1995 P-12 Summer Supplemental Instructional Program (Effective: 08/14/95) Provides guidelines under which local school districts may be allowed to provide summer instruction for students in K-4 grades not performing at grade level during the regular school year. Provides remediation for those students below gra... More... PR Passed 06/1995 P-12 School Calendar In 1994-95 the school calendar was 185 days, which means an additional week of class for students. The school calendar for 1995-96 was extended to 190 days.... More... ND Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 Postsec. District Tuition Agreements, School Term S.B. 2159 Relates to uniform accounting and reporting, family transportation, definition of a high school student, meetings of County committees regarding tuition hearings, students placed for reasons other than education, and length of school term. If a school district... More... AR Signed into law 02/1995 P-12 H.B. 1152 and S.B. 99 - Summer School for K-5 Provides summer school programs for K thru 5th grade students who do not perform at grade level.... More... IA Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 SF 2237 School Attendance Requirements (Effective: 03/30/94) This Act permits a school district to excuse a graduating senior from attending school on a day or days added to the regular school calendar to make up for school days lost when inclement weather caused the district to close school. (Legi... More... TN Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 S.B. 1698 Lost Days Due to Weather For the current year, permits public, private and church related schools to make up lost days due to weather by adding 30 minutes extra to the school day. If the system has gone an additional 30 minutes for the entire school year, the mandatory 3 day requireme... More... WV Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 S.B. 1000 Formula Bill 1) Allows American Sign Language to be accepted as credited course of study in foreign language. 2) Gives counties option to start school year August 26 instead of September 1. 3) Requires full day, everyday kindergarten by 1996-97 school year. 4) Establishes ... More... AL Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 H 84 (Act 94-822) Instructional Days (Effective: 05/17/94) Establishes the number of instructional days for students in Alabama's public schools and prescribes the minimum length of contracts for employees. (Legis. Link, First Special Legislative Session 1994)... More... KY Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 S.B. 242 Making up School Days Missed Authorizes a school board to make up school days missd due to inclement weather by extending the school day if certain conditions are met; allows local board to determine whether to make up Jan 18, 19, 20, 21; permits a board to exclude up to five days from th... More... KY Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 S.B. 281 Election Days used as professional development Requires public schools to close on the day of an election; allows designation of election days for professional development. (KY Teacher 5/94)... More... AL Signed into law 04/1994 P-12 Special Legislative Session Legislation which passed in the special session: 1) a bill to lengthen the school year by one day a year for 10 years. 2) legislation to allow accumulation of up to 225 days' sick leave. 3) a school violence package. (Alabama School Journal 5/6/94)... More... 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