ECS
From the ECS State Policy Database
1994-2013

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

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

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

State Status/Date Level Summary
+ 21st Century Skills
+ Accountability
+ Accountability--Accreditation
+ Accountability--Measures/Indicators
+ Accountability--Reporting Results
+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
+ Accountability--School Improvement
+ Adult Basic Education
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
+ Assessment--College Entrance Exams
+ Assessment--Computer Based
+ Assessment--End-of-Course
+ Assessment--Formative/Interim
+ Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
+ Assessment--Legal Issues
+ Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization)
+ Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio
+ Assessment--Value Added
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
+ 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--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research
+ 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
+ Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Alignment
+ Curriculum--Arts Education
+ Curriculum--Censorship
+ 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
+ Curriculum--Speech Education
+ Data-Driven Improvement
+ Demographics
+ Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults
+ Demographics--Enrollments
+ Desegregation
+ Economic/Workforce Development
+ 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
+ High School--International Baccalaureate
+ 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--Time/Time on Task
+ Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
+ 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
+ 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 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
+ 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--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics)
+ 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)
+ Rural
+ Scheduling/School Calendar
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Week
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Year
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round
+ School Climate/Culture
+ School Safety
+ School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution
+ School Safety--Code of Conduct
+ School Safety--Corporal Punishment
+ School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness
+ School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension
+ School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools
+ School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault
+ School Safety--Special Education
+ School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes
- School/District Structure/Operations
ARAdopted 09/2012P-12Rules Governing the Closure of Isolated Schools
AR ADC 005.01.8-1.00 to AR ADC 005.01.8-5.00
Provides that any isolated school within a resulting or receiving district shall remain open unless the school board of directors of the res...

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CASigned into law 09/2012P-12District Public Project Bidding Procedures
A.B. 1565
From bill summary: For contracts awarded on and after January 1, 2014, and until January 1, 2019, requires the governing board of the distri...

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ARAdopted 07/2012pre-K-12Rules Governing Education Service Cooperatives
AR ADC 005.01.24-1.00 to AR ADC 005.01.24-31.00
Authorizes the State Board of Education (BOE) to establish a statewide system of not more than fifteen multicounty education service coopera...

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PASigned into law 07/2012P-12Elementary Schools Section
H.B. 1307 - Multiple Provisions
This section allows a district to satisfy the requirement that it operate an elementary school by operating such a school, converting a buil...

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ARAdopted 05/2012P-12School District Requirements for Personnel Policies and Documents Posted to District Websites
AR ADC 005.01.25-1.00 to AR ADC 005.01.25-9.00
Outlines requirements for publishing school district classified and licensed personnel policies, salary schedules, establishing minimum sala...

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IASigned into law 05/2012P-12School Administration Manager
S.F. 2284 - Division VI
Permits the authorization of individuals that successfully complete a training program to meet Board of Educational Examiners standards to a...

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TNSigned into law 05/2012P-12Municipal School Districts
S.B. 2908
Removes prohibition on creation of municipal school districts.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB2908.pdf...

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UTSigned into law 03/2012P-12Education Reporting Efficiency
H.B. 500
Directs the state board to determine how reporting requirements may be modified or eliminated to reduce the time district and charter school...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Fiscal Efficiency and Shared Services
S.B. 2134
Encourages each regional superintendent of schools to offer districts the opportunity to share in joint educational or operational programs,...

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CASigned into law 07/2011P-12Allocation of Federal Funds to Districts
A.B. 169
Clarifies that for purposes of state board allocation of federal funds to districts, "districts" are defined to include school districts, co...

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INSigned into law 07/2011P-12Operational Efficiency
S.B. 1 - Operational Efficiency Reviews
Requires the state department to develop a program to provide training and evaluations for school corporations in operational efficiency. Au...

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MESigned into law 07/2011P-12Creates Innovative Public School Zones and Innovative Public School Districts
S.P. 466
Provides for the creation, submission, review and approval of innovation plans to establish innovative public school zones and innovative pu...

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TXSigned into law 07/2011P-12Public Information Requests
S.B. 8 - Public Information Requests
From bill summary: Authorizes a district to require a person who requests public information provided by the district to pay the estimated c...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12Process for Energy Service Companies Contracting with Maine Schools
H.P. 583
Removes provisions of law that allow school administrative units to use a process other than a competitive bid process in selecting energy s...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Permits Local Boards of Education to Jointly Establish Regional Schools
S.B. 125
Authorizes local boards of education to jointly establish a regional school to serve enrolled students in two or more local school districts...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Classroom Placement for Multiple Birth Siblings
S.B. 726
Allows the parent of multiple birth siblings who are assigned to the same grade level and school to request a consultative meeting with the ...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Powers of Political Subdivisions
H.B. 153 - Powers of Political Subdivisions
Section 9.482: Authorizes a political subdivision (including a school district), when authorized by their respective legislative authorities...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Local Government Innovation Program
H.B. 153 - Local Government Innovation Program
Creates new sections 189.01 through 189.09. Creates the local government innovation program to provide loans and grants for local government...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Minimum Operating Standards for School Districts
H.B. 153 - Minimum Operating Standards for School Districts
Makes permissive rather than mandatory certain minimum operating standards for school districts established by 2009 H.B. 1, and found in Sec...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Educational Service Centers
H.B. 153 - Educational Service Centers
Authorizes an educational service center's governing board to task an executive committee of the governing board with performing specified a...

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ORSigned into law 06/2011P-12Office of Regional Educational Services
S.B. 250
Allows certain school districts of an education service district to withdraw from the education service district. Requires the education ser...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12District Employees and Charitable Contributions
H.B. 1682
Prohibits district boards or employees from requiring or coercing any employee to make a contribution to a charitable organization or in res...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Prohibition of District Operation of a Hotel
S.B. 764
Prohibits the board of trustees of an independent school district from using district funds, property, employees or other resources, or acqu...

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MESigned into law 05/2011P-12School Closures/Annual Student Counts/Private Schools Annual Audit
H.P. 959
Exempts certain reformulated school administrative districts that did not operate a K-12 program from the requirement to maintain such a pro...

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Task Force on Creating Administrative Efficiencies
S.B. 536
Creates the Task Force on Creating Administrative Efficiencies until November 30, 2011. The seven-member task force must examine ways to red...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Training on Audit Procedures
H.B. 1708
Requires school district board members to obtain professional development concerning audit procedures. Defines scope and content of training...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Districts with Fewer than 350 Students
S.B. 383
Requires the Department of Education to annually publish a List of all school districts with fewer than three hundred 350 students according...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Ethics
H.B. 2002
Prohibits school districts from paying for membership in an association that attempts to influence the outcome of an election.
http://www.az...

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IDSigned into law 03/2011P-12Records
H.B. 21
Amends existing law relating to education to provide that accurate records or minutes of certain proceedings shall be kept, and shall be ava...

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IDSigned into law 03/2011P-12School closure
S.B. 1066
Specifies provisions for school discontinuation. Amends existing law relating to discontinuing a school to specify procedures and to provide...

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NMSigned into law 03/2011P-12School Enrollment for Children of Military Personnel
H.B. 14
Allows priority school enrollment within the attendance area to students whose parents are active duty military personnel in New Mexico.
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OHSigned into law 03/2011P-12Financial Reporting and Certain Standards for Operation of K-12 Programs
H.B. 30 - Financial Reporting and Certain Standards for Operation of K-12 Programs
Permits the state superintendent to issue waivers from certain financial reporting standards for districts and educational service centers, ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Schools, Districts Prohibited from Hiring Lobbyist
S.B. 123
Amends the definition of "agency" to include a school, a school district or a charter school. Prohibits a school, a school district or a cha...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Regional Service Centers
H.B. 92
From bill summary: Allows and encourages local school boards to enter into an interlocal agreement to create a regional service center to pr...

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PASigned into law 11/2010P-12Tuitioning for Students from Districts Under Fiscal Distress
S.B. 441 - Amending Section 1607
Not a traditional voucher, but does provide tuition for students to attend school in another district under a tuition arrangement. From the ...

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NYVetoed 09/2010P-12School District Finance Security Task Force
S.B. 7323
Creates the school district finance security task force to develop guidelines for school districts to protect sensitive banking and other in...

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NYSigned into law 08/2010P-12Paperwork Reduction
A.B. 11566 - Section 1
Authorizes the commissioner of education to receive all information required to be reported by statute or regulation through electronic mean...

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NYSigned into law 08/2010P-12Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES)
A.B. 11566 - Section 6 and 7
Requires that boards of cooperative educational services (BOCES) include special education and career education program plans in their long ...

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CASigned into law 07/2010P-12School Recycling
A.C.R. 128
Encourages school districts to engage in recycling programs and to promote awareness of available state resources that schools may utilize t...

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DCAdopted 07/2010P-12School Environments and School Gardens
LB 18-564 - School Environments and School Gardens
Establishes an environmental programs office in the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization that would establish comprehensive r...

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ILSigned into law 06/2010P-12School District Intergovernmental Cooperation Renewable Energy Act
H.B. 6419
Authorizes any two or more school districts to form an agency, by establishment of an intergovernmental agreement, to acquire and construct ...

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NHSigned into law 05/2010P-12Appointement of Deputy Treasurer
H.B. 1157
Authorizes school district treasurers to appoint a deputy treasurer subject to approval by the school board.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us...

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WISigned into law 05/2010P-12Objections to Race-Based Nicknames, Logos, etc.
S.B. 25
Under the Act (Act No. 250), a school district resident may object to the use of a race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name by a scho...

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NHSigned into law 04/2010P-12School Administrative Units
H.B. 615
This bill makes various changes to the section on organization of, reorganization of, and withdrawal from a school administrative unit.
http...

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OKSigned into law 04/2010P-12Reducing Paperwork and Reporting Requirements
H.B. 1479
Relates to a study by the State Board of Education concerning ways to eliminate or reduce reports, data, and other information required of s...

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IASigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Community College

H.B. 823
Requires public schools, community colleges, institutions under the control of the State Board of Regents, and state agencies to comply with...

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KYSigned into law 03/2010P-12Determination of District Boundaries for School Board Elections
S.B. 35
Establishes a deadline of January 1, 2011 for cities and school boards to submit to the county clerk a list of properties and boundaries and...

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NYVetoed 03/2010P-12"Other Specified Personnel" when BOCES Takes Over Program
S.B. 6154
Relates to teachers' rights; adds other specified personnel to teachers and teaching assistants when a board of cooperative educational serv...

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ORSigned into law 03/2010P-12School Reform
S.B. 988A
Provides school district resident qualification for certain exchange students; provides for adjustments to distributions to school districts...

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DESigned into law 02/2010P-12School District Elections
H.B. 244
Amends the notice requirements for school districts conducting elections; provides a deadline for a district to return voter affidavits if g...

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NESigned into law 02/2010P-12School Systems
L.B. 711
Excerpts from the Fiscal Note: LB 711 changes provisions for the withdrawal of districts from a unified school system or the dissolution of ...

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VASigned into law 02/2010P-12Reporting Requirements
H.B. 208
Relates to local school divisions; reduces certain reporting requirements of local schools.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+...

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ILSigned into law 01/2010P-12Professional Development for Department of Human Services Staff; 1st Grade Start Age for Certain Students
H.B. 806
Requires the department of human services to operate a comprehensive professional development system called the Gateways to Opportunity prog...

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MASigned into law 01/2010P-12Education Collaboratives
S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL)
Authorizes two or more school committees of cities, towns and regional school districts and boards of trustees of charter schools to enter i...

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ILSigned into law 11/2009P-12Streamlining Illinois' Educational Delivery Systems Task Force
S.B. 1882
Establishes a Streamlining Illinois' Educational Delivery Systems Task Force. Directs the task force to explore and examine the duties of th...

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CASigned into law 10/2009P-12School District Organization
A.B. 174
Revises and clarifies the definition of an action to reorganize a school district. Authorizes a county committee to approve a petition to fo...

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CAVetoed 08/2009P-12Definition of "School District" for Receipt of Federal Funds
A.B. 339
Existing law requires the state board of education to direct the allocation and apportionment of federal funds to school districts. Proposed...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12School Breakfast Program
S.B. 1957
Makes changes concerning the the breakfast incentive program. Adds subsection making grants available to school boards and welfare centers t...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Application of Lawn Care Products
S.B. 1769
Requires school districts to adopt a procedure to comply with the Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act and the Structural Pest Cont...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Asbestos Abatement
S.B. 2145
Amends the Asbestos Abatement Act. Deletes a provision requiring the department of public health to require local educational agencies to su...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Transportation of Special Needs Students
H.B. 2362
Adds contracts providing for the transportation of pupils with special needs or disabilities to the list of exceptions to the requirement th...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Regional Office of Education Advisory Boards
H.B. 1108
Makes changes with respect to the establishment and purpose of a regional office of education advisory board by providing that, beginning Oc...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12
Community College
Wind and Solar Power Generation
S.B. 1570
Creates the School Wind and Solar Generation Program to fund wind and solar generation projects for school and community college districts. ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Joint Agreements to Provide Special Education Services
S.B. 611 - Joint Agreements to Provide Special Education Services
Amends the Local Government Property Transfer Act to include in the definition of "transferee municipality" two or more districts operating ...

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NYSigned into law 08/2009P-12City-Wide Council on High Schools
A.B. 8903 - City-Wide Council on High Schools
Creates the City-Wide Council on High Schools for New York City. Provides the council has the power to:
(1) Advise and comment on any educa...

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NYSigned into law 08/2009P-12City-Wide Council on Special Education
A.B. 8903 - City-Wide Council on Special Education
Makes technical changes to eligibility requirements of parent and high school senior members of the city-wide council on special education i...

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NYSigned into law 08/2009P-12City-Wide Council on English Language Learners
A.B. 8903 - City-Wide Council on English Language Learners
Creates a [New York City] City-Wide Council on English Language Learners. Provides the council has the power to:
(1) Advise and comment on ...

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HIVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 07/2009P-12Environmentally-Sensitive Cleaning and Maintenance Products
H.B. 1538
Requires public school facilities to give first preference to the purchase of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products. D...

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ILSigned into law 07/2009P-12School Business Official Endorsement
S.B. 187
Allows for a chief school business official endorsement to an administrative certificate if, among other conditions, the certificate holder ...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Education Standards Board Subcommittees
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.611, 3319.612, and 3319.63
3319.611: Establishes the subcommittee on standards for superintendents of the education standards board (ESB). Establishes subcommittee mem...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Educator Standards Board
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.60, 3319.61
Amends the membership of the educator standards board (ESB). Specifies that board membership must reflect the diversity of the state in term...

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AZSigned into law 06/2009P-12School district elections
S.B. 1074
Makes school district election law amendments; relates to write-in candidates for a community college board office, a permanent early voter ...

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HIAdopted 06/2009P-12Consolidation of Public Schools
HAR 8-38
Amends rules on consolidation of two or more public schools. Repeals provision requiring establishment of a task force to study whether a sc...

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ILSigned into law 06/2009P-12Lines of Credit
H.B. 999
Allows a school district, entity such as a special education cooperative or other joint agreement, or regional superintendent to establish a...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Auditing Procedures
H.B. 2549
Amends auditing procedures for and authority of county education departments in counties with a population of 3 million or more. http://www....

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12District Reporting Requirements
H.B. 3041
Directs the state education agency to develop and maintain a comprehensive schedule that addresses all district reporting requirements (incl...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Regional Education Service Center Plans
H.B. 3 - Section 4
Modifies content of improvement plans regional education service centers must annually develop to describe services to be provided schools i...

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WISigned into law 06/2009P-12Funding Adjustments for School Safety Plans, School Nurses, Transportation, and Energy Efficiency
A.B. 75
Adds 121.91 (4) (L). Defines "local law enforcement agency". Provides additional funding if a local board and local law enforcement agency (...

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IDSigned into law 05/2009P-12Employee Benefits
H.B. 323
Appropriates funds to the Educational Support Program, Division of Administrators; provides legislative intent that public school employee b...

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MESigned into law 05/2009P-12Regional Education Cooperatives
H.B. 724
Provides for the formation of regional education cooperatives. School administrative units in existence as of July 1, 2009 may join a region...

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NESigned into law 05/2009P-12K-12 Technical Bill for 2009
L.B. 549
Statement of intent: Legislative Bill 549 is the K-12 education technical bill for 2009. Substantive changes would include reducing the time...

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NVSigned into law 05/2009P-12Licensure
A.B. 425
Authorizing the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue an additional license to teach elementary education, middle school or junior h...

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OKSigned into law 05/2009P-12Consolidation
S.B. 1169
Establishes a formula for awarding educational building grants to school districts that have struggled to maintain quality educational faci...

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TXSigned into law 05/2009P-12Personal and Sick Leave
S.B. 522
Bars district policies from the order in which an employee may use certain types of personal and sick leave. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tl...

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TXSigned into law 05/2009P-12Employee Grievances
H.B. 2512
Requires districts to allow an employee reporting a grievance to make an audio recording of any meeting in which the grievance is investigat...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009P-12Required Publically Available Information
H.B. 1940
Includes in the information which a school district must make available on its website, or the website of the school district's education se...

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HISigned into law 04/2009P-12District Business and Fiscal Officers
S.B. 163
Repeals the district business and fiscal officer positions within the department of education. In lieu of these positions, the legislature h...

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IDSigned into law 04/2009P-12School Districts
H.B. 193
Amends existing law relating to school districts to remove a mandatory duty of the State Board of Education and to provide certain discretio...

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MTSigned into law 04/2009P-12Sharing Superintendents and Principals
S.B. 173
Clarifies the ability of school districts to share superintendents and principals....

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NHSigned into law 04/2009P-12High School Members of School Board
H.B. 74
Permits a school board to vote to add one or more high school students as members of the board and, when there is more than one high school ...

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NMSigned into law 04/2009P-12Regional Education Cooperatives
H.B. 197
Allows regional education cooperatives to provide education-related services to nonmembers; allows cooperatives to apply for and receive gov...

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NVSigned into law 04/2009P-12School Employees
A.B. 542
Amends existing law which requires the board of trustees of each school district to notify the postprobationary and probationary employees w...

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MSSigned into law 03/2009P-12School District Accreditation Levels
S.B. 2308
Relates to school district accreditation levels; revises accreditation terminology.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/SB/2...

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MSSigned into law 03/2009P-12School Board Elections
H.B. 877
Relates to school boards; requires elected members to be elected by majority vote and hold runoffs three weeks later.
http://billstatus.ls.s...

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SDSigned into law 03/2009P-12school districts
S.B. 38
Requires school districts to keep contiguous boundaries when reorganizing; permits exceptions.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/...

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MISigned into law 01/2009P-12School and District Contracting
H.B. 5639
Provides for Michigan-based business preference in bid process for school contracting except for food purchasing; provides that the policy m...

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NJSigned into law 12/2008P-12Pension Fund Investment
S.B. 1605
Permits board of trustees of school district pension fund in counties of the first class to invest 10 percent of funds in capital stocks or ...

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NYAdopted 12/2008P-12Public Librarian Professional Development
Title 8 NYCRR 90.7
Amends rules to require holders of public librarian professional certificates issued after a certain date to complete professional developme...

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GAAdopted 10/2008P-12Public School Construction
GAC 160-5-4-.15
Amends rule to address processing of plans and specifications for public school construction for the board. Specifies that rule must apply t...

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ILSigned into law 10/2008P-12Lowest Responsible Bidder
S.B. 2293
Revises laws requiring contracts involving an expenditure in excess of a specified amount or lower to be awarded to the lowest responsible b...

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NYSigned into law 10/2008P-12Lawyers and Compensation, Health Insurance and Other Benefits
S.B. 8699
Creates new part III (sections 2050 through 2054) of article 41 of the education code. Provides that a lawyer may not simultaneously be an i...

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CAVetoed 09/2008P-12School/district employee files
A.B. 2167
Prohibits a statement or document that is false or unsubstantiated from being placed in the personnel records of a classified employee of a ...

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CORule Adoption 09/2008P-12Regional Service Areas
1 CCR 301-76
Relates to the development, expansion, implementation, and management of regional service areas. On or before December 1, 2008, the State Bo...

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ILSigned into law 08/2008P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Wind Generation Turbine Farms
H.B. 4646
Provides that a county, municipality, school district, community college district or other unit of local government may either individually ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2008P-12Conversion and Formation of School Districts
S.B. 2487
Makes modifications to district consolidations and the establishment of collaborative high schools. Makes adjustments to how revenues are es...

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HIVetoed 07/2008P-12Facilities Alignment Commission
H.B. 2972
Creates the facilities alignment commission to establish criteria for the selection of public schools to be consolidated or closed, and to r...

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ILSigned into law 07/2008P-12Recycled Paper, Paper Products and Solid Waste Management
H.B. 4159
Requires each school district to periodically review its procurement procedures on the purchase of products and supplies. Requires the schoo...

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LASigned into law 06/2008P-12Treasurer of School Funds
H.B. 305
Removes exception for Orleans Parish relative to requirements that a local public school superintendent serve as the treasurer of certain sc...

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LASigned into law 06/2008P-12Teacher Paperwork
H.B. 657
Provides that no school employee can be required by any local public school board, the state board of elementary and secondary education, or...

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LASigned into law 06/2008P-12Classroom Placement of Multiples
H.B. 1247
Permits a parent of more than one child born at the same birth event to request that such children initially be placed in the same classroom...

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LASigned into law 06/2008P-12School Bus Warranty Repair Work
H.B. 197
Authorizes school bus warranty repair work to be performed by repair facilities, authorized by the manufacturer or distributor, that are not...

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NJSigned into law 06/2008P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Energy Conservation
A.B. 844
Allows local boards of education and county colleges to enter into contracts for a specified number of years for energy conservation or prov...

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OKSigned into law 06/2008P-12Use of District Building Space for Foundations
H.B. 2935
Allows school districts to provide space in a school district building or on school district property to school foundations for office or bu...

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TNSigned into law 06/2008P-12Annual Personnel Reports
S.B. 3409
Requires each local education agencies' director of schools to submit an annual personnel report to the department.
http://www.legislature.s...

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ALSigned into law 05/2008P-12Competitive Bidding on Contracts
H.B. 442
Relates to competitive bidding on contracts of certain state and local agencies. Increases the minimum amount of contracts subject to compet...

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COSigned into law 05/2008P-12Regional Service Cooperatives
S.B. 38
Concerns the creation of a system of Regional Service Cooperatives throughout the state to support economic efficiencies in the delivery of ...

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KSSigned into law 05/2008P-12School Finance
S.B. 531
Provides that a student enrolled in a district and attending both a non-virtual school and a virtual school must be counted as that proporti...

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AZSigned into law 04/2008P-12school district elections
S.B. 1172
Concerns voting by residents of unorganized territories in school district elections; provides procedures for cases in which the adjacent sc...

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MESigned into law 04/2008P-12School District Consolidation - Collective Bargaining
S.B. 738
Removes language from the regional school unit authorization laws requiring the merger of bargaining units on a regional school unit-wide ba...

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MESigned into law 04/2008P-12School District Reorganization
H.B. 1658A
Corrects the laws governing the reorganization of school administrative units; corrects the laws pertaining to the authority of school admin...

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MESigned into law 04/2008P-12School District Reorganization Policies
S.B. 931A
Relates to school administrative unit reorganization; relates to school budgets, the election and terms of unit board members, the apportion...

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MSSigned into law 04/2008P-12
Postsec.
Teacher Compensation
S.B. 2176
Increases and authorizes annual experience salary increments for teachers fore up to 35 years of experience for all certificate levels, to b...

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UTSigned into law 03/2008P-12Use of School Buildings as Civic Centers
H.B. 332
Requires all public school buildings and grounds to be made available as civic centers to district residents for supervised recreational act...

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WASigned into law 03/2008P-12District Dissolution
S.B. 6183
Adds first-class school districts to the provisions of existing law that allow the dissolution of a directors' school district, which requir...

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WASigned into law 03/2008P-12District Organization and Regional Committees
H.B. 2635
Requires that, instead of being elected, members of regional committees (responsible for approving and disapproving proposals to change scho...

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NMSigned into law 02/2008P-12
Community College
Postsec.
Community College and School District Elections
H.B. 249
Relates to elections; allows community college elections to be held in conjunction with school district elections.
http://legis.state.nm.us/...

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MISigned into law 01/2008P-12School District Consolidation
S.B. 703 (sec. 605)
Specifies requirements and procedures for district consolidation with respect to types of schools, finances, special education students, app...

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NJTo governor 12/2007P-12County Vocational and Special Services Districts
S.B. 460
Permits the consolidation of a county vocational school district and a county special services school district into a single school district...

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LAAdopted 11/2007P-12Business Manager and Constitution Day
LAC 28:CXV.503, 2305
Amends sections of Bulletin 741 - Handbook for School Administrators.

503: Adds business manager to the list of certified personnel a dist...

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MISigned into law 09/2007P-12School District Shared Services
H.B. 4592
Relates to a study by a school district concerning opportunities for sharing services with other providers of similar services, such as an i...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Whistleblower Act
H.B. 742
Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that an "employer" as defined in the act includes:
(1) A political subdivision of the state
(2) A uni...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Transfer of Educational Support Employees
H.B. 1847
Regulates how the positions at school facilities being deactivated that are held by educational support personnel employees at the time of t...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Community Organization Use of School Facilities During Non-School Hours
S.B. 538
Encourages school boards to allow community organizations to use school facilities during non-school hours. Provides that if a school board ...

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NYSigned into law 08/2007P-12School Library System Mergers
S.B. 4476
Relates to state aid for school library systems; provides additional aid to school library systems affected by boards of cooperative educati...

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UTSigned into law 08/2007P-12New School District: Interlocal Agreements
H.B. 1002
This bill modifies a provision relating to requirements imposed on interlocal agreement participants that enter into an interlocal agreement...

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UTSigned into law 08/2007P-12Modifies Provisions for School District Creation
H.B. 1004
Modifies 53A-2-118.1. This bill: lowers the population threshold for cities that are allowed to create a school district matching city bound...

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UTSigned into law 08/2007P-12Creation of New School District
H.B. 1001
Amends Section 53A-2-118. Relates to the creation of a new school district; adds an exception to the requirement that a proposed new school ...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Reassingment Appeals
H.B. 488
Permits local boards of education to provide for an administrative initial screening of pupil reassignment appeals.
http://www.ncga.state.nc...

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NHSigned into law 07/2007P-12Twins or Multiples Class Assignment
S.B. 78
Allows a parent or guardian of twins or other multiples to request a classroom placement for the children. Provides that a parent or guardia...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12School Facility Planning
S.B. 336
Defines large school district for purposes of provisions relating to school facility planning; modifies provisions regarding school facility...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12Services to Homeschooled Children and Funding for Small Districts
H.B. 2040
Authorizes certain school districts to contract with qualified private alternative education programs to provide services to homeschooled ch...

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RIPassed 07/2007P-12Consolidation Study
H.B. 5766
(Joint Resolution)Would create an eleven (11) member special legislative commission whose purpose it would be to make a comprehensive study ...

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AZSigned into law 06/2007P-12redistricting
S.B. 1164
Relates to the new school facilities fund; provides that a unified school district may be eligible under certain circumstances; provides tha...

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LASigned into law 06/2007P-12Recovery School District Procurement of Services and Property
S.B. 154
Grants the Recovery School District the same authority to procure services and property afforded to a city, parish, or other local public sc...

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MESigned into law 06/2007P-12School District Consolidation
H.B. 685; LD 216
Allows a school administrative unit that is a municipality or school administrative district to combine with another school administrative d...

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MESigned into law 06/2007P-12School District Consolidation
H.B. 685
Allows a school administrative unit that is a municipality or school administrative district to combine with another school administrative d...

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NHSigned into law 06/2007P-12Cooperative School Districts
H.B. 914
Establishes a special procedure for withdrawal from certain cooperative school districts. Establishes a commission to study the procedure fo...

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INSigned into law 05/2007P-12Budget
H.B. 1001
From Center for Evaluation & Education Policy: Appropriates money for state agencies and makes other distributions. Specifies a school fundi...

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NEVetoed 05/2007P-12Creation of Class I School Districts
L.B. 658
Provides for the creation of new Class I school districts. Class I districts may be created pursuant to a plan submitted by an individual or...

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NESigned into law 05/2007P-12Division of a Learning Community into Separate Education Centers
L.B. 641
Pertains to Class V school districts. (Omaha Public Schools is only class V district as of bill passage.) Provides for the division of a lea...

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OKSigned into law 05/2007P-12Definition of "Public School District"
H.B. 1556
Adds provision to Campus Security Act: "Public school district" means all free schools supported by public taxation and shall include K-12 ...

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MESigned into law 04/2007P-12School District Reorganization
H.B. 35
(Resolve) Provides for legislative review of portions of Chapter 28: Closing a School in the Unorganized Territory, a major substantive rule...

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MTSigned into law 04/2007P-12Transfer of District Territory
H.B. 744
Revises school district creation laws. Amends section of law pertaining to the transfer of land to or from one district to another.
http://d...

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IDSigned into law 03/2007P-12District Consolidation
S.B. 1067
Revises school district consolidation plan requirements; provides for payment of costs for feasibility studies and plans per school district...

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NDSigned into law 03/2007P-12District Name Changes
H.B. 1261
Amends the process for the naming of a school district. The proposed name change (to go before the voters) must include the phrase "school d...

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NDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Fiscal Incentives for District Reorganization
H.B. 1178
Relates to the payment of school district reorganization bonuses; provides a formula for determining the amount of the bonus: (1) Fifty thou...

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NDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Rural School Boards
H.B. 1305
Relates to membership on rural school boards; for districts that have undergone reorganization, the reorganization plan may provide for scho...

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SDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Funding Formula and Consolidation Incentives
S.B. 157
Revises the state aid to education formula and sets funding amounts to reimburse districts that choose to consolidate.
http://www.legis.stat...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12New School District Creation Amendments
S.B. 30
Adds a vote to elect school district board members resulting from the creation of a new school district to the list of special elections tha...

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NJSigned into law 12/2006P-12Gang Violence Instruction
A.B. 1650; S.B. 1749
Requires boards of education to offer elementary school students instruction in gang violence prevention.

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill...

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NELegislation Repealed by Voters 11/2006P-12District Consolidation
L.B. 126
Gives voters the option of retaining or repealing legislation pertaining to certain dissolved school districts.
http://www.unicam.state.ne.u...

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LAApproved by voters 09/2006P-12Central Community School System
Amendment 8
Proposes a Constitutional amendment to grant to the Central Community School System in East Baton Rouge Parish the same authority granted pa...

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WYRule Adoption 08/2006P-12Criteria for School Building & Facilities Improvement Priority
Chapter 6
Establishes a process to identify and prioritize the relative importance of each school building and facility improvement need on a statewid...

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ILSigned into law 07/2006P-12School District Conversion and Formation
S.B. 2795
Amends the School Code. Creates a new Article concerning the conversion and formation of school districts. Contains provisions concerning sc...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12Additional State Aid for Cooperative High Schools
H.B. 4365
Allows cooperative high schools to receive some of the same supplementary state aid that new districts receive; relates to multiple agreemen...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Central Community School System
H.B. 815
Relates to deconsolidation. Creates Central Community School System and separate governing board as separate from East Baton Rouge Parish S...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Civil Immunity
H.B. 892
Provides for government immunity of the state and other political subdivisions during and in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12School Facilities Sales
S.B. 308
Authorizes the Recovery School District to sell, exchange, or lease school property or buildings over which it has the rights of ownership t...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Business Mangers/Chief Financial Officers
S.B. 539
Requires school systems to employ or share by agreement school board business managers or chief financial officers who meet qualifications e...

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COVetoed 05/2006P-12School Performance Ratings
S.B. 69
Concerns school accountability; establishes that, if a school covers more than one school level, it shall be assigned one academic performan...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Paperwork Reduction and Data Collection and Reporting Requirements
H.B. 7087 (Section 11)
Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year: (a) Each district school board must designate a classroom teacher to serve as the teacher represen...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12Consolidation Incentives
S.B. 481
Concerns school districts; relates to consolidation, state aid and the assessed valuation of districts and the levying of school taxes; prov...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12Board Member District Boundaries
H.B. 2585
Relates to school districts; relates to changing board member district boundaries; relates to assessed valuation of school districts.
http:...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12District Expenditure Reporting
S.B. 549 - Section 2
Requires districts to report expenditures in the manner required by the state board in order to achieve uniform reporting of expenditures in...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12District Needs Assessment
S.B. 549 - Section 26
Directs every district to conduct an assessment of each attendance center's educational needs. Directs the board to use information obtained...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12School District Authority
H.B. 867 - Section 25
Authorizes local boards to make available school facilities and equipment for specified public purposes if such purposes appear, in the judg...

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ARRule Adoption 04/2006P-12Consolidation or Annexation of Public School Districts
AAC 005.23.06
Sets rules governing consolidation or annexation of public school districts and boards of directors of local school districts.
http://www.so...

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AZSigned into law 04/2006P-12School District Boundary Changes
S.B. 1094
Concerns school district boundary changes; relates to financial impact; provides that during the period that a county school superintendent ...

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MDSigned into law 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
Open Meetings Laws
H.B. 698; S.B. 623
Requires a public body that adjourns an open session to carry out an executive function in a meeting that is not open to the public to inclu...

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MESigned into law 04/2006P-12District Cost Sharing Agreements
H.B. 1344 (also HP 1344 and LD 1903)
Relates to locally approved school administrative district cost-sharing agreements which were preempted by Public Law 2003, chapter 712, whi...

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VASigned into law 04/2006P-12Shared Vehicles
H.B. 1582
Provides that any local government or combination of governments within planning district 16 may enter into cooperative agreements with a lo...

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VTSigned into law 04/2006P-12Supervisory Districts
H.B. 710
Permits a school district with schools in grades K–8 and that was designated as a supervisory district prior to January 1, 2006 to remain a ...

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WVSigned into law 04/2006P-12Regional Education Service Agencies
S.B. 127
Rewrites §18-2-15a. Directs the state superintendent to conduct a comprehensive study of the programs, governance and administration of reg...

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IDSigned into law 03/2006P-12Levies for Cooperative Service Agency Facilities
H.B. 705
Amends existing law relating to cooperative service agencies to provide that a cooperative service agency may request its member school dist...

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KYSigned into law 03/2006P-12Advancing Kindergarten-Age Students to First Grade
S.B. 35
Clarifies that a school district may advance a child through the primary program if he or she is at least five but less than six years old; ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Creation of a New School District
H.B. 77
Modifies the procedures relating to the creation of a new school district; allows the governing body of certain cities to establish a school...

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VASigned into law 03/2006P-12Digital Storage of Employee Records
H.B. 434
Permits personnel files of all school board employees to be produced and maintained in digital or paper format.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-...

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ILAdopted 02/2006P-12CODE OF REGULATIONS
74 IAC 420.130, 140, 310, 320, 410, 420, 430, 630, 640, 710, 720
Provides standards for the conduct of financial audits of regional offices of education and certain educational service centers. http://www....

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OKDied 02/2006P-12Constitutional Amendment -- to Ballot
S.J.R. 35
Directs the Secretary of State to refer to the people for their approval or rejection a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution; req...

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SDSigned into law 02/2006P-12Incentives for Consolidation
H.B. 1243
Makes an $552,209 appropriation to the Department of Education to reimburse school districts for consolidation incentives.
http://legis.stat...

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CAVetoed 09/2005P-12Transportation Costs for Special Education Students and Rural Schools
H.B. 1110
An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 41580) to Chapter 3.2 of Part 24 of the Education Code, relating to school finance. - Schoo...

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CASigned into law 09/2005P-12School District Reorganization and Consolidation Requirements
H.B. 1642
This bill specifies requirements and procedures that follow from school district reorganization and consolidation, including school board el...

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ILSigned into law 07/2005P-12Deactivation of an Elementary School Facility
H.B. 1324
Allows for the deactivation of an elementary school facility in the same manner as the deactivation of a high school facility, when it is de...

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PASigned into law 07/2005P-12Library Funding
H.B. 1304
Amends funding formula for allocating library funds in 2005-2006. Includes a district center restoration amount. http://www2.legis.state.pa....

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CASigned into law 06/2005P-12County Committees on School District Organization
A.B. 835
Existing law authorizes a county committee on school district organization, except as specified, to establish, rearrange the boundaries of,
...

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CTSigned into law 06/2005P-12Students with Life-Threatening Allergies
S.B. 1312
Requires the department to develop and make available guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Requir...

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ILSigned into law 06/2005P-12Consolidation of Elementary and High School Districts
S.B. 1493
Establishes procedures for 2 elementary districts in a Class II county school unit to join with a high school district provided specified re...

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AZSigned into law 05/2005P-12Establishment of School Districts in Unorganized Territory
S.B. 1199
States that if more than 150 students from a single unorganized territory are attending an adjacent district through open enrollment, the re...

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FLSigned into law 05/2005P-12Paper Reduction Task Force
H.B. 281
Establishes the Paper Reduction Task Force for the purpose of recommending strategies to reduce the paperwork required of school districts a...

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FLSigned into law 05/2005P-12Summer Nutrition Programs
H.B. 227
Requires each district school board to develop a plan to sponsor a summer nutrition program beginning in the summer of 2006. Provides criter...

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HISigned into law 05/2005P-12School Lunch Prices
H.B. 843
Authorizes the department of education to set school lunch prices of up to 1/2, rather than 1/3, of the cost of preparing the lunches, to al...

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MODELIVERED TO GOVERNOR 05/2005P-12School district census requirements
H.B. 258
This bill removes the requirement that school districts take an annual census of children up to age 21 with disabilities, removes obsolete p...

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MTSigned into law 05/2005P-12Allow off-site educational services
S.B. 224
AN ACT ALLOWING A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AT AN OFFSITE INSTRUCTIONAL SETTING TO CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOL IN THE SC...

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TXSigned into law 05/2005P-12Posting of Open Positions
S.B. 387
From bill analysis: Requires school districts to allow employees an opportunity to apply for an open position by posting notice of job vacan...

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TXSigned into law 05/2005P-12Paperwork Reduction
S.B. 493
From bill analysis: SB 493 states that at least once each even-numbered year the commissioner of education is required to review and, to the...

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WAto governor 05/2005P-12School Breakfast Programs
H.B. 1771
Subject to funding, requires school districts, by the 2005-06 school year, to begin school breakfast programs in schools in which more
than ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12School Districts' Employment of Board Members' Relatives
H.B. 1867
An act to restrict school districts from employing relatives of board members.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB186...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Academic Oversight Committee
S.B. 591
Creates the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee and the advisory committee on public school academic facilities. http://www.arkleg.state...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Closure of Isolated Schools
H.B. 1289
Allows a school district to close an isolated school or part thereof following an annexation or consolidation. Specifies that the state boar...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Public School Facilities Program Act
S.B. 593
Establishes the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act. Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and
Trans...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Historical Artifact Preservation
H.B. 2732
Ensures the preservation of historical artifacts of school districts subject to consolidation, deconsolidation or reclassification as a conv...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12School Districts
S.B. 1028
Ensures the continuation of efforts to close the achievement gaps in school districts subject to reorganization or reclassification. Require...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12School District Debt Relief
H.B. 2734
Assists resulting school districts with debt relief resulting from a consolidation required by law. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bi...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Study of Education Service Cooperatives
H.B. 2645
Requires the house interim committee on education and the senate interim committee to jointly conduct a study of education service cooperati...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Education
S.B. 1044 (sections 1-10)
Incorporates references to the state's Automated Fingerprint Identification System. Expands the definition of "cause" for purposes of waivin...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12School Buildings and Facilities
H.B. 1448
Amends Arkansas code 6-20-402. Allows a district to terminate a long-term lease agreement at the end of any fiscal year for the district. Re...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Consolidation Provisions
S.B. 1044 (sections 21-27)
Deletes definitions of "consolidated average daily membership," "consolidated national school lunch student total" and "national school lunc...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12School Districts Activity
S.B. 1006
Requires notification of affected school districts of all planning, development, or redevelopment activity within a municipality or county. ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Public School Academic Facilities Funding
H.B. 2508
This subchapter is known as and may be cited as the "Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act." Determines the value of total ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Local Education Agency Numbers
S.B. 1044 (section 20)
States that the department of education is the sole and official issuer of local education agency numbers to educational entities in the sta...

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

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Arkansas Supreme Court Decision
H.B. 2646
Conforms the Arkansas Code to comply with the Arkansas Supreme Court decision in the Lake View case. Requires any school district that was a...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12School Buildings in Consolidated School Districts
H.B. 2936
Establishes procedures for the preservation, sale and/or disposal of school buildings in school districts that have been consolidated. Allow...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Incentives for Teacher Recruitment and Retention in High-Priority Districts
S.B. 1044 (section 31)
Includes guidance counselors and librarians in definition of "teacher" or "teachers" in provisions relating to incentives for teacher recrui...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 1223
Permits a school district to sell used equipment to a charter school before the school district attempts to sell or dispose of the equipment...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12Governing Boards
H.B. 2368
Repeals provision granting a school district and its employees immunity from civil liability for the consequences of the good faith adoption...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12School Siting
S.B. 1009
Requires the school facilities board to provide school districts with information every two years on improving and maintaining the environme...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12School Districts
S.B. 1122
Requires school employees' administration of prescription or other medicine to a minor student to occur only on the parent's written request...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12School Districts
S.B. 1068
Establishes the 13-member School District Redistricting Commission to design a proposal to unify school districts in Arizona based on certai...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12School Nutritional Standards
H.B. 2544
By July 1, 2006, requires the department to develop minimum nutrition standards that at least meet federal guidelines for food and beverages...

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KSSigned into law 04/2005P-12
Community College
School District Contracts
S.B. 48 (section 1-9)
Sets forth parameters for contracts by local districts, board of trustees of a community college or the governing body of a technical colleg...

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MESigned into law 04/2005P-12Education in the Unorganized Territory
H.P. 427
Requires the Department of Education to adopt major substantive rules to establish standards and practices to follow when proposing to close...

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MSSigned into law 04/2005P-12School districts
H.B. 1302
School districts; authorize to joint venture with private developers to maximize returns on school assets....

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MTSigned into law 04/2005P-12SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION;
MT H.B. 681
AN ACT REVISING THE LAWS ON SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION; ESTABLISHING A SINGLE PROCEDURE FOR THE ANNEXATION AND CONSOLIDATI...

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NMPocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005P-12School District
S.B. 308
Relates to School District additions to other Districts.

http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/_session.asp?chamber=S&type=++&number=308&year=05...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting
H.B. 1568
Expands upon the Arkansas Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004. Requires charter schools to follow the financial repor...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12Audit Requirements
H.B. 1185
Clarifies audit requirements for schools, municipalities and counties. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1185.pdf...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12Academic Progress of Students
H.B. 1888
Provides for monitoring of the academic progress of specified subgroups of students from schools that were consolidated or annexed under act...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12Education Service Cooperatives
H.B. 1357
An act to allow education service cooperatives to purchase or construct buildings as may be required to provide authorized programs and serv...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12Personnel Policy Law
H.B. 2000
Amends the personnel policy law for classified school employees to make it more consistent with the personnel policy law for certified schoo...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12School Election Code
H.B. 2468
Amends sections of the Arkansas code pertaining to school elections. Specifies that the annual school election may concern only issues
autho...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12School District Coordinator and Executive Council
S.B. 490
Permits any county that contains all or part of six or more districts to create an executive council and a school district coordinator. Esta...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12School District Auditors
H.B. 2700
Requires school district auditors to comply with the requirements and prohibitions of the federal Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. http://www.ark...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12Public School Facilities and Transportation
S.B. 590
Revises the duties and responsibilities of the division of public school academic facilities and transportation and creates the commission o...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12School Employee Rights
H.B. 2482
Clarifies a school employee's right to have a witness or representative present in a disciplinary or grievance matter. http://www.arkleg.sta...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12Public-Public Partnerships
S.B. 858
Defines "public-public partnership" as a contractual agreement between a school district and another governmental agency, political subdivis...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12Comprehensive Financial Review of School Districts Prior to Annexation or Consolidation
H.B. 2560
Requires a comprehensive financial review of school districts prior to consolidation, annexation, or otherwise reorganization. Requires any ...

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AZVetoed 03/2005P-12School Facilities Board
S.B. 1394
Amends provisions relating to the school facilities board. Bars the school facilities board from entering into lease-to-own transactions as ...

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KSSigned into law 03/2005P-12School Enrollment in Districts with Armed Forces Bases
H.B. 2059
Relates to enrollment. For this purpose, defines "pupils" as students who are dependents of a fulltime active duty member of the military se...

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KYSigned into law 03/2005P-12Health and Nutrition in Schools
S.B. 172
Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, requires each school to limit access to no more than one day each week to retail fast foods in the...

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MSSigned into law 03/2005P-12School District Accounts
H.B. 758
School district accounts; superintendent may pay claims to be ratified by local school board.

The local school board shall be authorized an...

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MTSigned into law 03/2005P-12Governance for Certain School Districts
H.B. 397
Clarifies governance for certain school districts.

http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/HB0397.htm...

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MTSigned into law 03/2005P-12School District Enrollment
S.B. 359
Revise statutes related to school district enrollment and calculation; provides for tuition to be paid for a nonresident public school stude...

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NESigned into law 03/2005P-12School State Aid Payment Adjustments
L.B. 198
Relates to schools. Provides for payment adjustments to reflect transfers of property as prescribed.

(1) State aid payments shall be adjust...

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NMSigned into law 03/2005Postsec.School Districts
H.B. 693
Relates to higher education; provides procedures for adding portions of school districts to existing technical and vocational institute dist...

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SDSigned into law 03/2005P-12School Boards Reorganization
S.B. 66
Provides certain options to school boards in reorganization. Boards may decide by resolution to reorganize or may accept or decide based on ...

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ARSigned into law 02/2005P-12Continuity of School Boards Protection Act
H.B. 1266
An act to protect the continuity of school boards by amending the procedure for election of school boards following annexation; allows certa...

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ILSigned into law 02/2005P-12Childhood Hunger Relief Act
H.B. 756
Relates to the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Provides that every public school must have a free breakfast program. Strongly encourages all di...

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MISigned into law 12/2004P-12Schools Cooperative Purchasing Program
H.B. 5913
Provides for the creation and operation of a cooperative bulk purchasing program for school districts, public school academies, nonpublic sc...

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MISigned into law 12/2004P-12School District Purchasing Requirements
H.B. 5875
Provides for inapplicability of school district requirements to obtain competitive bids for purchasing if the school district makes purchase...

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MISigned into law 12/2004P-12Annexed School District Trustee
H.B. 6242
Limits the school districts that operate grades kindergarten through 12 that are annexed by a community college that can elect a member of t...

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MTRule Adoption 12/2004P-12
Postsec.
Out Of State Attendance Agreements
ARM 10.10.301C
Relates to out-of-state attendance agreements. The superintendent of public instruction shall
provide payment of the amount calculated in (4...

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MISigned into law 11/2004P-12Intermediate School District Board Membership
H.B. 5921
Relates to a conflict of interest policy for intermediate school district officials and employees; requires and prohibits members of constit...

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MISigned into law 11/2004P-12Intermediate School District Database Requirements
H.B. 5475
Requires Internet accessible database regarding Intermediate School District expenditures, including air travel, conference or training cost...

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MISigned into law 11/2004P-12Intermediate School District Audit Report
H.B. 5627
Requires the annual audit of such school districts to contain the website address where the report can be accessed.

http://www.michiganlegi...

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MISigned into law 11/2004P-12Intermediate School District Audits
H.B. 5457
Requires the Department of Treasury to conduct random financial audits of intermediate school districts.

http://www.michiganlegislature.org...

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CAVetoed--in Senate to unfinished business 10/2004P-12Grant Joint Union High School District
S.B. 1271
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for costs mandated by the state and incurred...

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MISigned into law 10/2004P-12Public School Officers
H.B. 5121
Allows certain school districts to create a law enforcement agency under the Public Body Law Enforcement Agency Act.

http://www.michiganleg...

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NJSigned into law 10/2004P-12School District Scholarship Foundation
A.B. 2257
Permits a school district that terminates the operation of a separate school for special education pupils and returns all funds legally uwed...

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NYSigned into law 10/2004P-12Minority members of Special Act School Districts
A.B. 11364
Requires special act school districts to have a certain minority of public members appointed by the Commissioner of Education; defines publi...

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NYSigned into law 10/2004P-12Special Act School Districts Board of Education
A.B. 11670
Requires that boards of Education of special act school district include two public members, each serving a term of 4 years....

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12School Districts: Reorganizations
A.B. 2841
Permits a county committee on school district organization to abolish a common governing board of an elementary school district and a high s...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12School Facilities
A.B. 736
Requires the State Allocation Board to adopt regulations to implement design standards for school facilities in accordance with guidelines e...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Schools: Irradiated Foods
A.B. 1988
Specifies that before school may serve irradiated foods, the district must: (1) Take formal action permitting the use of irradiated foods.
(...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Building Standards: Public Information
A.B. 2638
Relates to the Field Act that requires the Department of General Services to supervise the design and construction of school buildings to en...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Schools: Uniform Complaint Process
A.B. 2727
Requires a school district to use its uniform complaint process to help identify and resolve any emergency or urgent facilities conditions t...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12School Districts: Reorganization
A.B. 780
Establishes a program in the counties of Fresno, Humboldt, and Ventura to place the duties of approval and disapproval of petitions for the ...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Schools: Environmental and Endangerment Assessment
A.B. 2485
Relates to the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998. Authorizes the governing board of a school district to make a written request ...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Preschool for All Program
A.B. 712
Requires the California Children and Families Commission to complete and submit a cost study that provides an estimate of the cost of a volu...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Annual Report on Status of Low-Performing Schools
S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
Requires the county superintendent to annually present a report to the governing board of each school district under his or her jurisdiction...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Applicants to High Priority Schools Grant Program
S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
Requires schools initially applying to participate in the High Priority Schools Grant Program on or after the 2004–05 fiscal year to include...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12District Uniform Complaint Process
S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
SEC. 12: Requires a school district to use its uniform complaint process to help identify and resolve any deficiencies related to
instructio...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Facilities Inspection System
S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976, the Leroy F. Greene State School Building
Lease-Purchase...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12School Accountability Report Cards
S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
SEC. 10: Requires the school accountability report card to include information regarding the availability of sufficient textbooks and other ...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Public Contracts
S.B. 1464
Amends existing law that requires a school district seeking to let a contract involving a minimum expenditure for purchase of equipment, mat...

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MISigned into law 09/2004P-122005 School Aid Budget
S.B. 1069
Ensures a minimum level of funding to small, rural and Upper Peninsula or island districts that are not near other schools or accessible by ...

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NYVetoed 09/2004P-12School District Funding
S.B. 2917
Provides for the funding of certain approved non- public special education programs and special act public school districts including making...

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MISigned into law 08/2004P-12School Reform Boards
H.B. 4508
Revises the provisions governing the formation of first class school district boards; relates to procedures for the formation of school refo...

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NYSigned into law 08/2004P-12Food Items from Farms
S.B. 6024
Allows a school district to apply to the state commissioner of education to purchase school food items from an association of more than 10 o...

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MITo governor 07/2004P-12Board Election
H.B. 4338
Requires election of board members for intermediate school districts.

http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/...

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MISigned into law 07/2004P-12School District Election Coordinators
H.B. 5990
Relates to school district election coordinators; prohibits delegation of duties to the Secretary of School Board.

http://www.michiganlegis...

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MISigned into law 07/2004P-12Election of School Board Members
H.B. 5992
Relates to election of a school board member; requires written acceptance of office and written affidavit of eligibility.

http://www.michig...

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MISigned into law 07/2004P-12Scheduling of Local Elections
H.B. 5997
Provides general amendments regarding scheduling of local elections; includes school district elections.

http://www.michiganlegislature.org...

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MISigned into law 07/2004P-12Filling Vacancies on School Boards
H.B. 6003
Relates to filling of vacancies in case of school board member; provides for filing a petition with the clerk of the county where the petiti...

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MISigned into law 07/2004P-12Election of School Board Members
H.B. 5993
Requires notification to school district election coordinators of a person appointed to fill a vacancy.

http://www.michiganlegislature.org/...

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MISigned into law 07/2004P-12Recall of School Board Member
H.B. 5994
Provides procedures for recall of school board members....

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ARRule Adoption 06/2004P-12School District Audits
ADE 168
Establishes rules regarding school district audits not conducted by legislative audit. Establishes requirements for completion and filing of...

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LASigned into law 06/2004P-12Counselors Guidance
H.B. 493
Includes guidance counselors holding appropriate ancillary certificates issued by the state department of education in definitions of person...

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LASigned into law 06/2004P-12School Employees
H.B. 1163
Permits city, parish, or other local public or nonpublic school systems to contract with local law enforcement agencies to provide for schoo...

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KSSigned into law 05/2004P-12Multiple Provisions
S.B. 304
Concerns the computation of the amount of state financial aid received by school districts that consolidate;
establishes the Center for Inno...

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MSSigned into law 05/2004P-12Adequate Education Program
H.B. 741
Relates to Adequate Education Program; deletes repealer on high growth school district formula.

If during the year for which adequate edu...

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AREmergency Rule Adoption 04/2004P-12Consolidation/Annexing/Public School Districts
ADE 165
Establishes emergency rules regarding the administrative consolidation or annexation of public school districts. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/p...

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AREmergency Rule Adoption 04/2004P-12Consolidation/Annexing/Public School Districts
005.01.04-001
Establishes emergency rules regarding the administrative consolidation or annexation of public school districts. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/p...

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KSSigned into law 04/2004P-12Consolidation of School Districts
S.B. 373
Authorizes districts to discuss issues relating to consolidation of such districts. Specifies that such meetings may be held within the boun...

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KYSigned into law 04/2004P-12Sick Leave for School Employees
H.B. 309
Requires local school boards to award a minimum ten days sick leave during the school year to all full time employees; includes full time em...

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MDSigned into law 04/2004P-12Education Fiscal Accountability and Oversight Act
S.B. 894
Requires the Superintendent and the Department of Education to monitor the financial status of each county board of education and report to ...

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MSSigned into law 04/2004P-12Educational Service Agencies
S.B. 3016
Authorizes 12 or more school districts to enter into an agreement to establish an Educational Service Agency (ESA). The ESA would be managed...

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MSSigned into law 04/2004P-12School District Purchases
H.B. 667
Clarifies that all school districts – not just those school districts within a county – can make joint purchases of maintenance, operational...

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NESigned into law 04/2004P-12Incentives for Districts to Consolidate
L.B. 1091
One part of this bill creates the School District Reorganization Fund. From the fiscal note: AM 3480 provides that the state will fund ince...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12School Division Consolidation
H.B. 978
Relates to School division consolidation; provides for a process whereby school divisions may submit proposals for the consolidation of scho...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Smaller School Divisions
S.B. 518
Creates a mechanism whereby any school board of a school division in which fewer than 350 students (Highland County) were included in averag...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Art, Music and Physical Education at the Elementary Level
H.B. 1014
Requires local boards to incorporate art, music, and physical education as a part of the instructional program at the elementary school leve...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Substantial Amendments to the Standards of Learning
H.B. 1014
Amends section 22.1-253.13:1 and 22.1-253.13:2 . Specifies that the Standards of Learning form the core of Virginia's educational program a...

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COSigned into law 03/2004P-12Activities At School
H.B. 1363
Permits students to participate in activities in another district if activity is not offered within a student's school district. http://www....

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IDSigned into law 03/2004P-12Workers Compensation/School District Employees
H.B. 602
Amends existing law relating to school district employees to authorize the use of accrued sick leave to supplement worker's compensation pay...

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KSSigned into law 03/2004P-12School District Territory Transfers
H.B. 2592
Proscribes general guidelines the state board must adopt in establishing rules on the transfer of territory between districts through a medi...

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

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ARSigned into law 02/2004P-12Administratively Consolidated School Districts
H.B. 1177
Allows students in administratively consolidated school districts to attend classes and programs in other schools in the district. http://ww...

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ARSigned into law 02/2004P-12School District Administrative Consolidation
H.B. 1161
Provides administrative consolidation assistance to school districts that administratively consolidate. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproo...

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SDSigned into law 02/2004P-12Department of Education Consolidation Incentives
S.B. 49
Makes an appropriation to the Department of Education to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives....

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ARSigned into law 01/2004P-12School Districts Consolidation
S.B. 35
Encourages larger school districts to voluntarily merge with smaller school districts; concerns the establishment of an interim board; provi...

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ARSigned into law 01/2004P-12Isolated School Districts
H.B. 1018
Provides for the continued funding support of isolated school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1018.pd...

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ARBecame law without governor's signature 01/2004P-12Public Education Reorganization
H.B. 1109
Relates to the public education re-organization act; to ensure equal opportunities for an adequate education to all students; provides for a...

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ILTotal veto stands 11/2003P-12Accountability Council
S.B. 564
Extends the repeal date of a Section requiring the establishment of the Chicago Schools Academic Accountability Council (from June 30, 2004 ...

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MTRule Adoption 09/2003P-12Definition of Combined School District
ARM 10.55.602
Establishes rules regarding the definition of combined school district. MONTANA REG 4387 (SN)...

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RIBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 08/2003P-12School Districts
H.B. 5458
Requires any collaborative established under this chapter to track expenditures and investments and file a report each year with the board o...

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LASigned into law 07/2003P-12Half Hour of Daily Physical Activity for Grades K-6
S.B. 398
Starting in the 2004-05 school year and thereafter, requires every public school serving students in grades K-6 to offer students at least 3...

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LASigned into law 07/2003P-12School Support Personnel--Extra Compensation
H.B. 1858
Provides relative to extra compensation for noncertified school support personnel in the event such compensation is not included in the mini...

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AKSigned into law 06/2003P-12Community Schools
H.B. 165
Relates to Community Schools; encourages school districts to maintain school buildings and equipment. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get...

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FLVetoed 06/2003P-12K-12 Public Education Instructional Materials
S.B. 1838
Changes date by which school superintendents must notify Department of Education regarding certain instructional materials;requires publishe...

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ILSigned into law 06/2003P-12Chicago School District Personnel Committee
H.B. 1235
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Changes the name of an attendance center's professional personnel advisory co...

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LASigned into law 06/2003P-12Immorality Grounds for Dismissal of School Employees
H.B. 778
Adds a charge of immorality as a cause for dismissal of a teacher, bus driver, or permanent employee; defines immorality as conviction of a ...

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LASigned into law 06/2003P-12School Bus Drivers
S.B. 141
Requires a restriction which limits a person to operating only a school bus; provides that such restriction shall apply to a person who has ...

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MOSigned into law 06/2003P-12Changing District Boundary Lines
S.B. 686 (§ 162.431)
Requires that, in determining whether it is necessary to change the boundary line between seven-director districts, the board of arbitration...

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MOSigned into law 06/2003P-12Educational Service Agencies
S.B. 686 (§ 162.1180)
States that any public school district or districts may designate an educational service agency for the purpose of developing, managing, and...

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ORSigned into law 06/2003P-12School Districts
S.B. 11
Adds a new section. Repeals existence of county school districts. Requires county school districts that existed on the effective date of t...

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TNSigned into law 06/2003P-12Mold Abatement
H.B. 891
Creates task force to establish guidelines for mold abatement in public schools....

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AZSigned into law 05/2003P-12Electronic Bidding
H.B. 2376
Requires the State Board of Education (SBE) to adopt rules for the procurement of goods and information services by school districts and cha...

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AZSigned into law 05/2003P-12Use of School Facilities
S.B. 1250
States student political organizations may be granted the uncompensated use of school district property and may conduct lawful meetings on s...

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AZSigned into law 05/2003P-12Elections and School Personnel
H.B. 2279
Prohibits a person acting on behalf of a school district from using school district or charter school personnel, equipment, buildings or oth...

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CAAdopted 05/2003P-12Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998
Title 2 CCR 1859.61, .105, .106, .141, .142, .145, .147, .148, .150.1, .151, .152, .153
Establishes emergency rules concerning Leroy F. Greene Facilities Act of 1998, specifying amending the audit requirements for the Critically...

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COSigned into law 05/2003P-12Return of Library Resources
H.B. 1333
Permits a board of education of a school district to require the replacement or return of library resources by withholding a student's diplo...

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IAAdopted 05/2003P-12Attendance Center Closure and Grade Realignment
281 IAC 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
Promulgates administrative rules regarding attendance centers. Specifies that local board of a school district has discretion as to the numb...

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IASigned into law 05/2003P-12Early Intervention Block Grant Program Repeal Date
H.B. 549 (omnibus bill)
Changes repeal date from 2003 to 2004 on chapter establishing statewide early intervention block grant program. Components of this program i...

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IASigned into law 05/2003P-12District Reorganization
H.B. 549 (omnibus bill)
Changes from March to December 1 the date by which a petition to reorganize districts must be filed with the affected area education agency ...

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IAVetoed 05/2003P-12Removal of Contract Requirement for Part-Time and Substitute Bus Drivers
H.B. 549 (omnibus bill)
Removes the contract requirement for substitute and part-time school bus drivers.
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/80GA/Session.1/HJournal/02...

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IASigned into law 05/2003P-12School Bus Drivers Who Are Insulin-Dependent Diabetics
H.B. 549 (omnibus bill)
Adds that school bus driver must be immediately suspended from duties, pending termination hearing by district board or authorities of nonpu...

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MDSigned into law 05/2003P-12Use of Solar Energy
S.B. 2
Relates to the pilot program to use solar energy in public school buildings. Extends program from solely newly constructed buildings to also...

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NDSigned into law 05/2003P-12Changing from High School District to Elementary
S.B. 2421 (Second of Four New Sections)
Beginning July 2, 2003, a high school district may not become an elementary district. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/special-ses...

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NDSigned into law 05/2003P-12Joint Powers Agreements
S.B. 2421 (Third of Four New Sections)
If school districts participating in joint powers agreements wish to receive reimbursement for expenses, as provided in section 19 of this A...

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NVSigned into law 05/2003P-12Public School Libraries
A.B. 407
Authorizes school districts to open public school libraries to general public during times that are not regular school hours....

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OKSigned into law 05/2003P-12Retired Nonclassified Employees
S.B. 663
Adds provision to allow certain nonclassified personnel who return to work after retirement to be paid without penalty to their retirement. ...

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OKSigned into law 05/2003P-12Voluntary Consolidation
H.B. 1153
Renames and updates the Oklahoma Voluntary Consolidation and Annexation Act and Fund. Provides various financial incentives for district co...

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OKSigned into law 05/2003P-12Governance of School Districts
S.B. 216
Allows the boards of two or more school districts to contract with one superintendent to serve as superintendent of the school districts. A...

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TNSigned into law 05/2003P-12Grading Policies
H.J.R. 485
Requests the state board to study the issue of grading in Tennessee public schools with special emphasis on the area of numerical/letter gra...

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TXSigned into law 05/2003P-12Finality of a Grade
H.B. 1949
Sec. 28.0212. FINALITY OF GRADE. (a) An examination or course grade issued by a classroom teacher is final and may not be changed unless ...

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VTSigned into law 05/2003P-12Federal School Meals Programs
H.B. 54
Requires that a school district participate in the federal school breakfast program, and that a district may vote every two years on whether...

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VTSigned into law 05/2003P-12Education Law
H.B. 477
This act assigns duties appropriately carried out by staff and which are currently assigned to a supervisory union board to the superintende...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Personnel Policy Committee Requirements
H.B. 2802
Requires each school district to report compliance with personnel policy committee requirements. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Creation of a School District
H.B. 2608
Amends the laws pertaining to creators of a school by detachment. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2608.pdf...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Schools Districts and Public School Choice
S.B. 242
Requires all school districts to participate in public school choice. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB242.pdf...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Public Private Partnerships to School Districts
H.B. 2272
Allows school districts to enter into public-private partnerships whereby the school district enters into lease-purchase agreements for scho...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Schools to Use the Arkansas Public School Computer
H.B. 2459
Requires cooperative schools to use the Arkansas Public School Computer Network. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Policies for Public School Employees
H.B. 2717
Requires written personnel policies for public school classified employees....

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Academic Standards
H.B. 2775
Requires the Department of Education to define and publish academic standards and expected outcomes for students in pre-kindergarten through...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Classified School Employees
H.B. 2520
Provides for cost of living salary increases for classified school employees tied to the consumer price index. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Department of Education Website Requirements
H.B. 2887
Requires certain data be made available on the Department of Education website; includes financial data reports for school districts, admini...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Interim Policies for Consolidated Districts
H.B. 2842
Provides for an interim personnel policies committee in the event of consolidation of school districts....

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AZSigned into law 04/2003P-12School Board Contract and Certificate Actions
H.B. 2051
Deletes requirement for school districts to have prior approval of Board of Education in order to contract with each other; adds Board to pr...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 04/2003P-12School Building Renewal Funds
H.B. 2096
Authorizes School Facilities Board to withhold building renewal monies until school districts comply with reporting requirements. http://www...

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IASigned into law 04/2003P-12School Health Insurance Reform Team Study and Recommendations
S.F. 386
Requires the insurance division of the department of commerce to establish a school health insurance reform team study and to make recommend...

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IDSigned into law 04/2003P-12School Bond Equalization Levy
H.B. 319
Relates to the school bond levy equalization support program to change the time limitations which govern certain bond and bond levy amounts;...

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KSSigned into law 04/2003P-12Kansas City Board Establishing Public Library and Branch Libraries
S.B. 82
Allows Kansas City board to establish and maintain a public library and branch libraries, to be paid for from general, building and retireme...

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MSSigned into law 04/2003P-12Method of Compensating Teachers and Other Employees
H.B. 742
Allows any licensed employee to be credited with a professional leave allowance with pay for every day of absence caused by required attenda...

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WASigned into law 04/2003P-12Appeals Process
S.B. 5437
Authorizes a petitioner or school district to appeal a decision by the regional committee to the state board based on the claim that the reg...

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WVSigned into law 04/2003P-12School Property Leases
S.B. 522
Relates to county boards of education to lease school property no longer needed....

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KYSigned into law 03/2003P-12Integration of Arts and Foreign Languages into Elementary School Curriculum
S.B. 154
Requires the department to create a program to promote the integration of the arts and foreign languages into the elementary school program....

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KYSigned into law 03/2003P-12Directors of Pupil Personnel in School Districts
H.B. 224
Allows a local superintendent to waive the requirement that a director of pupil personnel in a district devote his or her entire time to the...

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MTSigned into law 03/2003P-12School District Territory Transfer
S.B. 16
Revises the laws related to school boundary transfers; establishes criteria, a standard of proof and procedures for territory transfer heari...

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UTSigned into law 03/2003P-12Creation of New School Districts
H.B. 169
Provides a process for creating new school districts. The act provides for the transfer of school property to the new school district, a tax...

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SDSigned into law 02/2003P-12School Districts
H.B. 1040
Defines the consolidation of school districts. (1) "Joint district," a school district having territory in two or more adjoining counties. ...

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NJSigned into law 01/2003P-12Mandatory District School Breakfast Program Participation
S.B. 1498
Provides for mandatory participation in a school breakfast program for schools in a local or regional school district with a certain percent...

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MISigned into law 12/2002P-12School Construction Liability
S.B. 670
Clarifies liability for certain school construction projects; provides that the architect or engineer preparing the plans and specifications...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Library Materials Act
A.B. 1781
Repeals certain provisions of the California Classroom Library Materials Act of 1999. Authorizes a school district to use funding from the I...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Temporary Prohibition on Forming or Entering Existing Joint Technological Education Districts
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Establishes moratorium from November 30, 2002 until June 30, 2004 on creation of new joint technological education districts unless specifie...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Lease-to-Own Facility Finance Programs
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Creates new sections permitting 1) school facilities board to acquire school facilities to permit local districts to use through a lease-to-...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Deficiencies Corrections Deadlines and State Schools for Deaf and Blind
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
States that dates by which actions must be completed do not apply to the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind. Requires that sch...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Duties of School Facilities Board
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Requires that school building inspection carried out by school facilities board every five years ensure compliance wtih routine preventative...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Auditor General
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Eliminates provision in statute that requires school-wide audit team in the office of the auditor general to randomly audit each school dist...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Minimum Adequate Gross Square Footage Requirements
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Makes addition to subsection forbidding local board to reduce pupil square footage when such action would cause the district to fall below m...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Minimum School Facility Adequacy Requirements
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Estabishes specific circumstances under which excess square footage in new construction may not be included in the gross square footage. Als...

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COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Criminal Background Checks
H.B. 1459
Expands inquiry process at nonpublic schools from applicants to include employees of such schools. If nonpublic school employee is subject o...

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KSSigned into law 06/2002P-12District Aid for Consolidated Districts
S.B. 551
Concerns certain school districts and the computation of state financial aid; relates to powers and duties of schools and school districts; ...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12School District Boundary Adjustments
H.B. 2084
Allows the governing boards of a unified school district, adjacent common and union high school districts to authorize minor boundary adjust...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12School District Insurance
H.B. 2198
Relates to school district insurance; permits public agencies to jointly purchase workers' compensation, property and liability insurance or...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Minor District Boundary Adjustments
H.B. 2084
Allows the governing boards of a unified school district, adjacent common and union high school districts to authorize minor boundary adjust...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12School District Unification and Consolidation Commission
S.B. 1180
Establishes state-level school district unification and consolidation commission; establishes required membership and duties. http://www.azl...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12School Closure Community Meetings
S.B. 1180
Requires thirty days' written notice to all parents of students at school board is considering closing prior to community meeting on closure...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Education Facility Survey
S.B. 20E
According to state legislative summary, "To ensure that educational facilities information used by the legislature is accurate, [section] is...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Personnel Nominations
S.B. 20E
Allows school boards more time to decide on personnel nominations when the Legislature adjourns before May 31....

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Proposed School Site on Contaminated Land Prohibited
S.B. 20E
New section forbids building of K-12 school on or adjacent to known contaminated site unless action has been taken to ascertain that student...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Community Education Coordinators Eliminated
S.B. 20E
Eliminates subsection allowing districts to employ community education coordinators to promote, coordinate, organize, and administer communi...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Education Code Re-Write: District, Community College, and University Uniform Records and Accounts
S.B. 20E
Requires state department rules re: accounts and financial records of districts, community colleges and universities to adhere to the requir...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Relocatable Classrooms
S.B. 20E
Eliminates date for purgation of certain relocatable classrooms and establishes system by which districts may obtain permission to continue ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Summer Food Programs for Low-Income Pupils
S.B. 20E
Creates new section mandating that districts report to the department by February 1, 2004 on their participation in federal summer food serv...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Education Code Re-Write: Small Schools
S.B. 20E
To reduce the anonymity of students in large schools, encourages local boards to adopt policies to encourage any school that does not meet t...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12Pay Increases for Public Education Employees
H.B. 340
Relating to the salaries of public education employees, to provide for a revision of the State Minimum Salary Schedule and to reflect pay in...

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HISigned into law 04/2002P-12Licensing of School Bus or Van Operators
H.B. 2580
States that a school bus or van operator shall be properly licensed to operate the category of vehicles that the operator operates as a scho...

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LASigned into law 04/2002P-12Probationary Period of Non-Teaching Employee
S.B. 35A
Reinstates provisions providing for the probationary period of a school employee who is promoted in a school system with a population of 425...

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LASigned into law 04/2002P-12District Consolidation
S.B. 65A
Allows parish governing authorities to consolidate certain precincts; relates to the redistricting and reapportionment of a parish, city, or...

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MDSigned into law 04/2002P-12District Purchasing of Goods or Commodities
S.B. 480
Authorizes a county board to participate in contracts for goods or commodities awarded by other public agencies or intergovernmental purchas...

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MDSigned into law 04/2002P-12Bidding for Goods or Commodities
H.B. 492
Authorizes a county board to participate in contracts for goods or commodities awarded by other public agencies or intergovernmental purchas...

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MDSigned into law 04/2002P-12Montgomery County Redistricting
H.B. 712
Redistricts the Board of Education districts of Montgomery County; alters compensation received by the president; does not apply to incumben...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12School District Reapportionment and Consolidation and Reconstitution
S.B. 2864
Establishes rules for district reapportionment or consolidation; addresses composition of governing boards of reconstituted districts. http:...

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IASigned into law 03/2002P-12District Reorganization
S.B. 2260
Relates to the reception or dissolution of area education agencies....

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IDSigned into law 03/2002P-12Funding for Border Districts
S.B. 1363
Relates to public school students attending school in another state by deleting language which is in conflict with the border district allow...

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IDSigned into law 03/2002P-12School Abatement
S.B. 1434
Amends existing law to clarify requirements for the abatement of unsafe or unhealthy conditions in school buildings; defines a serious safet...

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KSSigned into law 03/2002P-12Closure of School Buildings in Certain Districts
S.B. 394
Allows any school district to close any of its school buildings at any time the district's board of education finds that the building should...

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MESigned into law 03/2002P-12
S.B. 733
Creates a study group to study school administrative unit organization; provides that the group shall study the history of formation of dist...

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NMSigned into law 03/2002P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Learning Center Districts
H.B. 307
A learning center district may be established in a school district or community college district upon adoption of a resolution by the local ...

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WASigned into law 03/2002P-12Health Care Plans Available
H.B. 2536
Gives the health care authority to publish and distribute to nonparticipating school districts and educational service districts by October ...

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ALSigned into law 02/2002P-12Redistricting According to 2000 Census
S.B. 187
Divides the state into State Board of Education districts; specifies such districts based upon the 2000 federal census....

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NMVetoed 02/2002P-12Redistricting District Boundaries
H.B. 153
A school district with membership that is greater than thirty-five thousand students is required to redistrict. The state board must adopt a...

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IDSigned into law 01/2002P-12Elections on Proposed Closures of Secondary Schools
S.B. 1485
Provides that in proposed closure of public secondary schools which are thirty miles or more distant from another public secondary attendanc...

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NJSigned into law 07/2001P-12Joint Services
S.B. 986
Permits jointure commissions to provide services to school districts including, education of disabled pupils; states when 2 or more boards o...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Salary Supplement for Counselors Meeting National Certification Requirements
S.B. 247
Provides for a salary supplement for certain school counselors who have met the requirements and acquired the National Board of Certified Co...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Small Districts
S.B. 519
Establishes the Small School District Supplement fund; requires the Department of Education to award grants to small school districts with o...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Appeals of Decisions by State High School Athletic Associations
S.B. 220
Allows appeal of decisions made by organizations that administer interscholastic activities. Appeals go before the state board, which may h...

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UTSigned into law 06/2001P-12
Community College
Postsec.
Utah College of Applied Technology
H.B. 1003A
Creates the Utah College of Applied Technology and other regional applied technology colleges in Utah; establishes their governance structur...

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12Risk Management for Schools
S.B. 535
Requires the Department of Education to establish risk management and related programs for school administrators, teachers, and other school...

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KSSigned into law 05/2001P-12Acquisition of Land
H.B. 2068
Concerns townships; relates to the acquisition of property; allows townships to procure not to exceed 3 acres of land for the township, and ...

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MESigned into law 05/2001P-12School Employee's Payment Over 10 or 12 Months
H.B. 1110
Public Law No. 156., (LD 1479) Amends current law to allow school year employees to receive their pay over a period of either 10 or 12 month...

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MESigned into law 05/2001P-12State Retirement System Provisions
S.B. 576
Public Law No. 192.,& 181 (LD 1754)Relates to the Maine State Retirement System; establishes the Consumer Price Index as the benchmark for t...

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MTSigned into law 05/2001P-12School District Sharing Agreements
S.B. 394
Authorizes the trustees of a school district to enter into an interlocal cooperative agreement with another K-12 accredited public instituti...

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MTSigned into law 05/2001P-12Use of Impact Aid by Districts
S.B. 457
Authorizes a school district to use a portion of its impact aid funds for repayment of bonds....

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MTSigned into law 05/2001P-12School District Sharing Agreements
H.B. 108
Authorizes a school district to enter into a cooperative purchasing contract with one or more districts for the procurement of supplies and ...

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MTSigned into law 05/2001P-12Start-Up Costs for School Breakfast Programs
H.B. 353
Provides start-up costs for school districts to establish school breakfast programs....

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MTSigned into law 05/2001P-12School District Consolidation Agreements
H.B. 488
Allows school districts that consolidate to each retain their basic entitlement for 6 years; retains 100% of the entitlement for the 1st 3 y...

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NCSigned into law 05/2001P-12Paperwork Reduction
S.B. 708
Eliminates unnecessary and duplicative paperwork in the public schools....

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NESigned into law 05/2001P-12
L.B. 797
Changes the definition of general fund operating expenditures for purposes of the state aid formula. General fund operating expenditures wil...

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ORSigned into law 05/2001P-12Schools Outside District
H.B. 2291
Allows the district school board to open a school outside of district with permission of the school district in which the school will be loc...

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Salary Adjustments
S.B. 346
States that Basic Education Program funds generated in salary components for non-licensed personnel may be used to increase salaries for cur...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Classes Held Off Campus
S.B. 826
Senate Bill 826 amends the Education Code to authorize the board of trustees of a school district to operate a school or program or hold a c...

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TXVetoed 05/2001P-12Paperwork Reduction
H.B. 106
Requires trustees of each district to adopt a policy to limit redundant requests for information and the number and length of written report...

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VASigned into law 05/2001P-12Age-Appropriate Education Programs
S.B. 1144
Creates optional age-appropriate education programs for students in grades K-5 who require guidance, supervision and discipline in a structu...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12District Web Pages
H.B. 2503
Requires districts to establish web pages and then post relevant district information on that web page....

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Creation of New School Districts
H.B. 1882
Creates a procedure for the creation of a school district by detachment....

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MDVetoed 04/2001P-12School District Contract Requirements
S.B. 438
Requires county board of education to draft specifications encouraging maximum competition in public school procurement contracts when adver...

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MTSigned into law 04/2001P-12School District Budget Transfers
S.B. 436
Revises school district operating expense and purchasing laws by allowing a district to make transfers between different funds or between th...

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MTSigned into law 04/2001P-12School District Sharing Agreements
S.B. 182
Expands the Interlocal Cooperation Act to allow school districts to share teachers, specialists, or superintendents....

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NMSigned into law 04/2001P-12Regional Education Cooperatives
H.B. 139
Regional education cooperatives authorized by the state board may own, and have control and management over, buildings and land independent ...

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TNSigned into law 04/2001P-12Consolidation Authorization
H.B. 465
Authorizes counties with metropolitan governments in which principal city is not county seat to adopt consolidation plan for school systems ...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12The Disposition of Property by School Districts
S.B. 819
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY BY PUBLIC EDUCA...

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MTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Opening or Reopening of Elementary Schools, Including Isolated Schools
H.B. 358
Revises the procedures for opening or reopening an elementary school; allows parents of at least two pupils to petition the trustees; lowers...

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NESigned into law 02/2001P-12Bus Inspections
L.B. 36
Changes provisions relating to inspection of pupil transportation vehicles....

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SDSigned into law 02/2001P-12District Boundaries
H.B. 1123
Repeals that the requirement that school districts consist of adjoining territory....

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Energy Contracts
H.B. 1967
Allows any local governing body, school district or public institution of higher education to enter into energy performance-based contracts ...

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CASigned into law 09/2000P-12Management Assistance Team
S.B. 1331
Requires the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team to conduct a review, make recommendations, and provide technical ass...

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NYSigned into law 09/2000P-12School Building Safety
A.B. 8370
Provides that plans and specifications for all school buildings in the State be submitted to local fire and law enforcement authorities....

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RISigned into law 07/2000P-12Breakfast Programs
S.B. 2387
Requires all public schools to make a breakfast program available to students attending the school....

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NHSigned into law 06/2000P-12District Joint Maintenance Agreements
S.B. 318
Outlines procedures for the adoption of joint maintenance agreements; authorizes school districts which have entered into joint maintenance ...

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NYSigned into law 06/2000P-12Libraries
A.B. 4885
Requires the Board of Regents to include in their annual report to the Governor and the Legislature on the schools of the state, information...

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SCBecame law without governor's signature 06/2000P-12School Facilities
H.B. 4970
Authorizes the Board of Education to acquire school buildings and other facilities relating to school district operations; allows this acqui...

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ALSigned into law 05/2000P-12Cost-of-Living Salary Adjustments
H.B. 202
Provides an equivalent percent cost-of-living adjustment for certain public education employees with the beginning of the 2000-2001 fiscal y...

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MDSigned into law 05/2000P-12Formula for Transportation Grants
S.B. 106
Makes certain adjustments to the formula for transportation grants to county boards of education; adjusts the time period for calculating in...

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MSSigned into law 05/2000P-12Master Lease Purchase Program
H.B. 1031
Authorizes the Department of Finance and Administration to develop a master lease purchase program for equipment use by school districts....

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VTSigned into law 05/2000P-12Environmental Clearinghouse
H.B. 192
Provides for a school environmental health clearinghouse on the Department of Health's website; provides for the development of a model scho...

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AZSigned into law 04/2000P-12Unification of Districts
H.B. 2264
States that unification of a common school district and a high school district is not authorized if any of the high school district faciliti...

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IASigned into law 04/2000P-12Reorganization Study
H.B. 2198
Directs the Department of Education to conduct a feasibility study of reorganization and sharing incentives for school districts....

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IDSigned into law 04/2000P-12Continuance/Discontinuance of a School
H.B. 520
Requires that a majority vote shall decide the election for continuance or discontinuance of school....

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KYSigned into law 04/2000P-12Annual Audits
H.B. 689
Requires the Auditor of Public Accounts to be responsible for an annual audit of the funds in each school district cooperative, school distr...

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INSigned into law 03/2000P-12Budget Year
S.B. 508
Repeals the requirement for school corporations to change to a July-June budget year; repeals the July-June budget year pilot project; chang...

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KYSigned into law 03/2000P-12Safe Transportation Systems
H.J.R. 101
Directs the Department of Education to promote strategies to assist school districts in providing a safe transportation system; directs the ...

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KYSigned into law 03/2000P-12Libraries
H.B. 324
Requires each public elementary and secondary school to establish and maintain a school library media center that is staffed by a certified ...

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NMSigned into law 03/2000P-12
Community College
Learning Center Districts
S.B. 406
This act provides for the establishment of "Learning Centers". These learning centers will be set-up by local Learning Center Districts and...

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UTSigned into law 03/2000P-12School District Size
H.B. 22
Relates to public education; requires the State Board of Education to conduct a study and make a report on whether there should be an optimu...

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VASigned into law 03/2000P-12Community Use of School Facilities, Property
H.B. 1212
Amends the statute authorizing schools boards to permit the use of school property, under such conditions as will not impair the efficiency ...

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VASigned into law 03/2000P-12Planning Time
H.B. 1517
Requires local school boards to ensure that elementary school teachers in their employment have at least 3 hours during the students' school...

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NJSigned into law 01/2000P-12School District Regionalization
A.B. 3290
Provides regionalization incentive aid for K-12 school districts with an enrollment greater than 10,000 pupils....

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CASigned into law 10/1999P-12
Community College
Funding for Library Materials
A.B. 910
Chapter No. 962; Appropriates, without regard to fiscal year, $ 1,000,000 from the general fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction,...

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CAVetoed 10/1999P-12Free Breakfast Programs
S.B. 1041
Requires every school site at which 75 pupils are eligible for free or reduced-cost meals through the federal school lunch program to offer ...

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LASigned into law 07/1999P-12Requires Seat Belts on Certain Buses
H.B. 1955
Requires certain school buses to be equipped with seat belts....

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NHSigned into law 07/1999P-12Interstate School Districts
S.B. 230
Provides that, within a duly approved interstate school district, the New Hampshire Department of Education may enter into an agreement with...

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ORVetoed 07/1999P-12Allows Extension of Urban Services
H.B. 3259
Allows county comprehensive plans to establish or extend urban services from inside urban growth boundary to area inside county but outside ...

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LASigned into law 06/1999P-12Creates Training Program for Bus Drivers
H.B. 2050
Relates to training and certification of school bus operators; provides for the development and implementation of a program for training and...

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TXSigned by governor 06/1999P-12Requires Certification in CPR and First Aid (Part of Omnibus Bill)
S.B. 4
A school employee who serves as the head coach or chief sponsor for an extracurricular athletic activity, including cheerleading, sponsored ...

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FLBecame law without governor's signature 05/1999P-12
Community College
Creates Training School Consolidation Pilot Projects
S.B. 1664
Establishes training school consolidation pilot projects; provides for transfer of responsibility for operation of existing programs; provid...

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IASigned into law 05/1999P-12Joint Issuance of School District or Fire District Bonds
S.B. 393
Provides for the joint construction or acquisition, furnishing, operation, and maintenance of public buildings by counties, cities, fire dis...

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IASigned into law 05/1999P-12Requires School Breakfast and Lunch Programs
H.B. 675
Provides that a school district shall operate or provide for the operation of school breakfast and lunch programs at all attendance centers ...

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MDSigned into law 05/1999P-12Creates School Breakfast Pilot Program
H.B. 868/S.B. 744
Establishes a pilot program for certain schools to provide breakfast for all students regardless of income; setting a threshold level of inc...

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ARSigned into law 04/1999P-12School District Grievance Procedures
H.B. 2075
Pertains to grievance procedures of school districts....

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NDSigned into law 04/1999P-12Creates District Reorganization Bonuses
S.B. 2441
Provides for school district reorganization bonuses....

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ARSigned into law 03/1999P-12Requests Study on Arts Education
H.C.R. 1013
Requests the house and senate interim committees on education to conduct a study on the effects of teaching arts and music in public element...

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KSSigned into law 03/1999P-12Maintenance of Water Closets
S.B. 36
Concerns the provision and maintenance of water closets by boards of education....

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SDSigned into law 03/1999P-12Creates School Consolidation Incentives
S.B. 209
Provides certain incentives for school consolidation....

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NDSigned into law 01/1999P-12Education Annexation Appeals
S.B. 2079
Relates to the state board of public school education annexation appeals....

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SDSigned into law 01/1999P-12Revises Contracting Procedures
S.B. 205
Revises the procedure between contracting school districts....

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CASigned into law 08/1998P-12California Public School Library Act
A.B. 862
Provides funds to provide students with access to up-to-date library resources. To receive funding, districts must create a districtwide sch...

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ILSigned into law 08/1998P-12Creates Transportation Loan Program
H.B. 2802
Creates a new pupil transportation interest-free start-up loan program to assist school districts that are not providing free transportation...

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NJSigned into law 08/1998P-12Requires Bus Safety Measures for Nonpublic Pupils
S.B. 790
Clarifies that the requirement that school buses are to be equipped with crossing control arms applies to buses transporting nonpublic, as w...

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CTDied 07/1998P-12Improving Early Childhood Education
S.B. 121
Concerns a comprehensive program to improve education in the early grades....

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CTDied 07/1998P-12Creates Regional Vocational-Technical School District
H.B. 5142
Creates a school district comprised of the regional vocational-technical schools in order to guarantee funding and a stable fiscal base....

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FLDied 07/1998P-12Educational Facilities Planning
H.B. 3283
Requires each district school to meet annually with the board of county commissioners and with municipal governing bodies to plan for educat...

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DESigned into law 06/1998P-12
H.J.R. 19 Public School Transportation Task Force
Establishes the Public School Transportation Task Force to review and make recommendations regarding governing public school transportation....

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NHSigned into law 06/1998P-12
S.B. 400
Changes the procedures whereby a school district may withdraw from an area district; provides for the expiration and extension of area schoo...

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NJDied 06/1998P-12
A.B. 3231 School Solicitation
Prohibits public school fund raising activities which include unsupervised door-to-door sales by students....

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NJDied 06/1998P-12
S.B. 2297
Permits only two school districts to share a school business administratror....

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AZSigned into law 05/1998P-12
S.B. 1300
Relates to pesticide buffer zones; charter schools, public schools, and health care facilities cannot be located within specific distances o...

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FLSigned into law 05/1998P-12
S.B. 2474
Requires that future land use element of local government's comprehensive plan include certain criteria regarding location of schools; revis...

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NESigned into law 05/1998P-12Accountability
LB 1
Relates to probation, federal medicaid funds, truancy, school closing, reorganization of school districts, the assistant commissioner of edu...

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TNSigned into law 05/1998P-12
H.B. 2394 Earthquake Drills
Requires the board and local education agencies for school located entirely or partially within 100 miles of the New Madrid Fault Line to im...

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UTDied 05/1998P-12
S.B. 13 School Districts
Provides a mechanism for the creation of a new school district; provides for the transfer of property to and the assumption of indebtedness ...

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ALSigned into law 04/1998P-12
H.B. 717
Relates to the requirement for taking a school census; provides further for the dates of taking the census....

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COSigned into law 04/1998P-12Support for Libraries
H.B. 1150 Libraries
Concerns the taxing authority of school districts to support school libraries which are supported by taxes levied prior to the enactment of ...

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KYSigned into law 04/1998P-12
H.B. 469 Cost of Living Increase
Requires local school districts to provide a cost of living increase for certified staff that equals or exceeds the percent increase in the ...

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KYSigned into law 04/1998P-12
H.B. 484
Defines a primary program; describes critical attributes for primary program; requires that each school council or school, when no council e...

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WVSigned into law 04/1998P-12
H.B. 4697
Relates to air quality in new school construction; relates to standards and tests; relates to School Building Authority guidelines and repor...

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IDSigned into law 03/1998P-12
H.B. 509
Clarifies and revises the procedures by which the boundaries of a school district may be altered by the excision and annexation of territory...

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SDSigned into law 02/1998P-12
S.B. 149
Revises certain provisions relating to contracting school districts that do not operate a K-12 school....

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SDSigned into law 02/1998P-12
S.B. 29
Revises the circumstances under which a school district may charge a fee for school bus transportation....

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UTSigned into law 02/1998P-12
H.B. 179
Relates to public education; increases the tax rate a local school board may levy for transporting students; provides for a state guarantee ...

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FLSigned into law 11/1997P-12
H.B. 17 Smart Schools Act
Creates the "SMART Schools Act", requires school districts to prepare facilities 5-year work programs before adopting their annual capital o...

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NYPassed 08/1997P-12
A.B. 8670 School Districts
Authorizes the creation of certain union free school districts by municipalities situated wholly within one central of union free school dis...

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OKSigned into law 07/1997P-12
H.B. 1049 Conditional Consolidation of School Districts
Allows two or more school districts to be consolidated into a single school district on a conditional basis if the voters so approve at an e...

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COVetoed 06/1997P-12
H.B. 1007 Establishes School Construction and Renovation Fund
Establishes a school construction and renovation fund to receive lottery moneys allocated to it by the state constitution; provides that mon...

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NVSigned into law 06/1997P-12
A.B. 353 Financing of School Facilities
Revises provisions governing the review of plans for school facilities; authorizes school districts to enter into lease agreements for schoo...

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ORDied 06/1997P-12
H.B. 3555 Capital Construction
Directs State Board of Education to establish statewide cost standards for capital construction of schools; establishes School Capital Const...

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ALDied 05/1997P-12
H.B. 623/S.B. 475 Funding for Technology and Portable Classroom Removal
Provies $125 million in technology and $310 million for removal of portable classrooms and other important construction needs....

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COSigned into law 05/1997P-12
S.B. 101 Federal Matching Funds for Health Services to Students
Concerns contracts to receive federal matching funds in providing health services to students in public schools; authorizes school districts...

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FLDied 05/1997P-12
S.B. 2084
Provides matching grants to certain school districts; specifies eligible facilities. Provides for allocation and use of matching grants from...

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CODied 04/1997P-12
H.B. 1147 Use of Tobacco at Schools
Concerns a strengthening of the prohibition against the use of tobacco at schools; limits a school district board of education's authority t...

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CODied 04/1997P-12
H.C.R. 1001 Funding of State Lottery Revenues
This House Concurrent Resolution would submit a measure to Colorado voters at the November 1998 general election to amend the State Constitu...

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NMSigned into law 04/1997P-12
S.B. 106
Requires background checks for educators applying for initial certification; requires public schools to develop procedures and guidelines to...

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MSDied 02/1997P-12
S.B. 2074 & S.B. 2080 Municipal Annexation Extension Across County Lines
Provides for the annexation to a municipality of territory in an adjacant school district; provides for a board of arbitration in the event ...

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RISigned into law 02/1997P-12
S.B. 85 Financing School Facilities
Authorizes the city of Newport to finance the construction, equipping and furnishing of a new middle school in the city....

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AZSigned into law 01/1997P-12
S.B. 1123
Provides that each school shall establish a school council; states that a governing board may delegate to a school council the responsibilit...

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ILVetoed 12/1996P-12
H.B. 226 School Land Dedication Programs Placed on Calendar of Amendatory Veto
Creates the School Land Dedication and School Facility Impact Fee Act; provides for the imposition by school districts of school land dedica...

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AZDied 07/1996P-12
S.B. 1013 School Capital Financing
Provides for reformation of the school capital financing mechanism by the end of 1997 by means of constitutional amendment in accordance wit...

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SCSigned into law 07/1996P-12
H.B. 4547/S.B. 1117 Public School Facilities Assistance Act
Enacts the "Public School Facilities Assistance Act", makes funds available to construct and renovate public school facilities, authorizes t...

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DESigned into law 06/1996P-12
S.B. 277 Magnet Schools Run by Business
Authorizes local school districts to operate "satellite schools", schools located at the worksite of and employer; protects students by requ...

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NCDied 06/1996P-12
S.B. 1136 Usage of Local Sales Tax for Public School Buildings
Makes permanent the requirement that counties use part of the two half-cent local sales tax proceeds only for public school buildings....

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NCDied 06/1996P-12
H.B. 1104 & S.B. 1133 School Facilities
Establishes the School Facilities Trust Fund to provide funds for grants to counties for public school capital outlay projects to promote eq...

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AZSigned into law 04/1996P-12
S.B. 1180 School District Services Program
Relates to school district services program. States that a school board may establish a "district services program" by which it can provide ...

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NESigned into law 04/1996P-12
LR 343 Non-Certified School Personnel
Directs the Attorney General to initiate an action to determine the rights of non-certificated employees to participate in the Public Employ...

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UTSigned into law 04/1996P-12
S.B. 1003a Responsibilities of School Employees
(Effective: 04/18/96) Relates to the responsibilities of school employees and limitations regarding student clubs....

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VABecame law without governor's signature 04/1996P-12
H.B. 290 Employee Records
Requires law enforcement officers who arrest a full- or part-time, permanent or temporary employee of a public school for a felony, a crime ...

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GASigned into law 03/1996P-12
S.B. 709 Education Excellence Reforms
Enacts the "Education Reform Act of 1996"; provides that the Department of Agriculture shall carry out all functions and exercise all powers...

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GADied 03/1996P-12
H.B. 1307 Seat Belts on Buses
Requires new school buses manufactured on or after January 1, 1997 to be equipped with seat belts for passengers....

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MESigned into law 03/1996P-12
H.B. 617 Record Checks of Employees
(Effective: 03/20/96) Authorizes the Commissioner of Education and State School Superintendent to conduct record checks of criminal and inve...

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NMSigned into law 03/1996P-12
H.B. 45 Increase Property Tax Rate
Allows an increase of a property tax rate authorized for capital improvements to public schools....

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SDSigned into law 03/1996P-12
H.B. 1301 Boundary changes and nontaxable property
Provides for the consideration of nontaxable property when making boundary changes to a school district....

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UTSigned into law 03/1996P-12
S.B. 46 Captal Outlay Programs
(Effective: 03/19/96) Relates to public education; establishing capital outlay foundation and capital outlay loan programs for school distri...

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VASigned into law 03/1996P-12
H.B. 517 Fingerprinting
(Effective: 03/31/96) Adds Henry County to the list of School Boards that are required to fingerprint all new employees and submit such prin...

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WASigned into law 03/1996P-12
S.B. 6272 School Personnel Record Check
Requires school employees with regularly scheduled unsupervised access to children to undergo record checks. Makes an appropriation for such...

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WYSigned into law 03/1996P-12
S.B. 68 School Employee Criminal Background Check
(Effective: 03/21/96) Relates to school employee criminal background checks....

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WASigned into law 01/1996P-12
S.B. 6684 Funding for Student Transportation
Authorizes student transportation funding for students living within one mile of the school....

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IDDied 12/1995P-12
H.B. 397 School District Growth Fund
Amends and adds to existing law to create a School District Growth Fund as a mechanism for a school district to utilize a levy to build addi...

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CASigned into law 10/1995P-12
A.B. 481 Funding for School Facilities Construction
Authorizes a school district to enter into a joint venture relationship for the purposes of school facilities construction; authorizes a sch...

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WAPassed 09/1995P-12
WAC 180-24-400 to 180-24-415 Remote and Necessary Small School Plants
(Effective: 10/22/95) Clarifies unwritten policies and procedures for the designation of small school plants as remote and necessary....

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CASigned into law 08/1995P-12
S.B. 699 School District Reorganization
Requires in any reorganization of a school district with more than 500,000 pupils in average daily attendance, that reorganization meet spec...

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ILSigned into law 07/1995P-12
S.B. 718 Postsecondary--Governing Boards
(Effective: 07/14/95) Amends the University of Illinois Trustees Act to terminate the terms of the elected trustees on July 1, 1995. Amends ...

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NCSigned into law 06/1995P-12
H.B. 496 Discipline
Creates an offense for assaulting a school bus driver....

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INSigned into law 05/1995P-12
S.B. 323 - School Guidance Programs
Establishes the school guidance counselor grant program and fund to enhance the availability and quality of school quidance counseling progr...

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MESigned into law 05/1995P-12
H.B. 248 Sharing of Resources by School Districts
(LD 350) Encourages local school units to enter into collaborative ventures to pursue the sharing of resources by making such collaborative ...

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IASigned into law 04/1995P-12
S.B. 205 Shared Superintendents for Public School Districts
(Effective: 04/27/95) Relates to shared superintendents for purposes of the supplementary weightingg plan for public school districts and pr...

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NMSigned into law 04/1995P-12
H 153a Public School Transportation ch. 208
(Effective: 04/06/95) Public School Code relating to public school transportation to establish in statute a new formula for distribution of ...

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OKSigned into law 04/1995P-12
H.C.R. 1010 Salary Schedule for Education Support Personnel
Creates a 15-member Education Support Personnel Legislative Task Force to study the feasibility of establishing a state minimum salary sched...

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TNSigned into law 04/1995P-12
S.B. 219/H.B. 950 Fundraisers
(Effective: 04/17/95) Prohibits policy manual or statute from being construed to prohibit fundraisers that benefit less than student body as...

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WVSigned into law 06/1994P-12
S.B. 1008 School Building Authority
Funds new school construction through one additional bond issue ($18 million in state lottery funds) plus a new pay as you go system. (State...

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ALSigned into law 05/1994P-12
H 104 (Act 94-821) School Facilities
(Effective: 05/17/94) Provides that all students in Alabama's public schools have access to school facilities that are safe, clean, and adeq...

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ALSigned into law 05/1994P-12
H 17 (Act 94-207) Competitive Bid Laws
(Effective: 05/28/94) Increases the amounts of public contracts subject to the state's competitive bid laws. Awarding authorities may let co...

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MDSigned into law 05/1994P-12
Community College

Legislative Session Spells Success for Schools
The Fiscal Year 1995 budget contains not only a $131 million increase in State Assistance to local governments, but also a $104 million incr...

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COSigned into law 04/1994P-12
S.B. 94-100 Prohibition Against the Use of Tobacco at Schools
(Effective: 04/19/94) The General Assembly finds that many of the schools in this state permit the use of tobacco in and around school prope...

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GASigned into law 04/1994P-12
H.B. 1314 Quality Basic Education Act
Creates "Quality Basic Education Act" so as to change definitions relating to capital outlay funds for education; to provide for policies, g...

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KYSigned into law 04/1994P-12
H.B. 830 Tax Levies
Clarifies the requirements to participate in the Facilities Suport Program of Kentucky; requires the tax levy to participate no later than 1...

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UTSigned into law 04/1994P-12
H.B. 250 How Acres will be managed
(Effective: 06/01/94) H.B. 250 creates vast changes in the way the schools' millions of acres will be managed. The new law: mandates that th...

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VASigned into law 04/1994P-12
H.B. 249 - School Facilities
Relates to clean indoor air in public schools; prohibits smoking in the public schools of the Commonwealth, effective July 1, 1995....

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WISigned into law 04/1994P-12
A.B. 582 School Breakfast Program and School Nutrition Program Eligibility
(Effective: 04/12/94) A school board or governing body of a private school may apply to the state superintendent for a grant to assist in es...

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CASigned into law 03/1994P-12
S.B. 190 Safe Schools Act of 1994
StateNet Summary: Bonds: school facilities funding Enacts the Safe Schools Act of 1994, which upon approval by the state electorate at the 6...

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COSigned into law 03/1994P-12
S.B. 92-54 Banks elementary school accounts
(Effective: 03/24/92) Specifies that a bank which opens accounts and accepts students' deposits at elementary schools in conjunction with ot...

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INSigned into law 03/1994P-12
S.B. 299 Use of Capital Funds to Pay for Certain Services
Permits a school corporation, under certain circumstances, to use its capital projects fund to pay for services of certain employees, such a...

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TNSigned into law 03/1994P-12
S.B. 1748/H.B. 2009 Prohibition of Certain Clothing in Schools
Authorizes local boards of education to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations prohibiting secondary school students from wearing clothi...

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UTSigned into law 03/1994P-12
H.B. 93 Bids on School Construction Projects
Relates to public education; provides that school boards shall advertise for bids on school construction projects where the cost exceeds $10...

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VASigned into law 03/1994P-12
S.B. 144 School Bus Drivers/First Aid
Eliminates the requirement that the first aid course required to be completed by school bus drivers be given by the American Red Cross, drop...

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MDPassed 01/1994P-12
S.B. 120 School Construction
Increases, to more than $350,000, the minimum amount of specified costs for school construction, renovation, or addition projects requiring ...

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