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From the ECS State Policy Database 1994-2013

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The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Common Core/National Tests Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Brain Research Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Counseling/Guidance Curriculum Curriculum--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Computer Science Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Home Economics Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Demographics Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Economic/Workforce Development--Value of an Education Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Aid to Private Schools Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Does Money Matter? Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Litigation Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Performance Funding Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--Mandates Governance--Regional Entities Governance--School Boards Governance--School Boards--Training Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health Health--Child Abuse Health--Mental Health Health--Nutrition Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses Health--Suicide Prevention Health--Teen Pregnancy High School High School--Advanced Placement High School--College Readiness High School--Credit Recovery High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges High School--Exit Exams High School--GED (General Education Development) High School--Graduation Requirements Instructional Approaches Instructional Approaches--Constructivism Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills Instructional Approaches--Official English Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education Instructional Approaches--Teaching Across Disciplines Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools International Baccalaureate International Benchmarking Leadership Leadership--District Superintendent Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure Mentoring/Tutoring Middle School Minority/Diversity Issues Minority/Diversity Issues--African American Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress No Child Left Behind--Assessment No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools No Child Left Behind--Finance No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers No Child Left Behind--Report Cards No Child Left Behind--School Support No Child Left Behind--Special Populations No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses P-16 or P-20 P-3 P-3 Brain Development P-3 Child Care P-3 Content Standards and Assessment P-3 Data Systems P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) P-3 English Language Learners (ELL) P-3 Ensuring Quality P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits P-3 Family Involvement P-3 Finance P-3 Governance P-3 Grades 1-3 P-3 Health and Mental Health P-3 Kindergarten P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten P-3 Preschool P-3 Public/Private Partnerships P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development P-3 Technology Parent/Family Parent/Family--Parent Rights Parent/Family--Research Partnerships--University/School Postsecondary Postsecondary Accountability Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning Postsecondary Affordability Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants Postsecondary Faculty Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure Postsecondary Finance Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding Postsecondary Finance--Facilities Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures Postsecondary Governance and Structures Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies Postsecondary Institutions Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate Postsecondary Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent Postsecondary Online Instruction Postsecondary Participation Postsecondary Participation--Access Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) Postsecondary Participation--Outreach Postsecondary Students Postsecondary Students--Adults Postsecondary Students--Disabled Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional Postsecondary Students--International Postsecondary Students--Low-Income Postsecondary Students--Military Postsecondary Students--Minority Postsecondary Success Postsecondary Success--Completion Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation Private Schools Privatization Privatization--Education Management Agencies (EMOs) Proficiency-Based Approaches Promising Practices Promotion/Retention Public Involvement Purposes of Public Education Reading/Literacy Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy Religion Religion--Prayer/Meditation Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) Remediation (K-12) Rural Scale-Up/Replication Scheduling/School Calendar 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 School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation School/District Structure/Operations--District Size School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries School/District Structure/Operations--Org. (K-3/K-8 etc.) School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) School/District Structure/Operations--School Size School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services School/District Structure/Operations--Staffing Ratios School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation Service-Learning Social/Emotional Learning and Non-Cognitive Skills Special Education Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations Special Education--Finance Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) Special Education--Placement Special Education--Transition Special Populations--Corrections Education Special Populations--Foster Care Special Populations--Gifted and Talented Special Populations--Homeless Education Special Populations--Immigrant Education Special Populations--Migrant Education Special Populations--Military Standards Standards--Common Core State Standards Standards--Implementation State Comparisons/Statistics State Longitudinal Data Systems State Policymaking State Policymaking--Ballot Questions State Policymaking--Constitutional Clauses State Policymaking--Politics State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions STEM Student Achievement Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap Student Surveys Students Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities Students--Employment Students--Incentives Students--K-12 Exchange Students Students--Mobility Students--Records/Rights CA Passed 09/2013 P-12 Student and Youth Bill of Rights A.C.R. 30 Recognizes the importance of engaging with young people to influence decisions that affect their quality of life and well-being, and that the Student and Youth Bill of Rights serves as a framework to guide and inform youth in organizing and advocating policy i... More... CA To governor 09/2013 P-12 Pupil Records A.B. 1068 From bill summary: Extends access to pupil records for a pupil who is 14 years of age or older if the pupil is both a homeless child or youth and an unaccompanied youth, and to an individual who has completed and signed a Caregiver's Authorization Affidavit fo... More... CA Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Access to Student Records A.B. 643 From legislative counsel's digest: Makes various changes to provisions that prohibit a district from permitting access to pupil records to any person without written parental consent or judicial order, in order to bring these provisions into compliance with fe... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 District Violations of FERPA S.B. 1450 Allows any person who suspects that a school district or charter school has knowingly violated FERPA to notify the principal of the charter school or the superintendent of the school district. Gives the principal of the charter school or superintendent of the ... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Student Records S.B. 1447 Requires the county school superintendent to record a pupil's name as it appears on a printed birth certificate, other reliable proof of identiy, or letter from an agency having custody of the pupil. The bill does not prohibit a school or district from calling... More... IL To governor 06/2013 P-12 Postsec. Privacy of Student Social Networking Account Information H.B. 64 Creates the Privacy in the School Setting Act. Defines "school" as an institution of higher learning as defined in the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, a public elementary or secondary school or district, or a nonpublic school recognized by the state b... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 District Trustee Member Access to Records H.B. 628 Authorizes a district board of trustees member to obtain district information, documents, and records without submitting a public information request. Permits the district to withhold or redact information, a document, or a record requested is exempted from di... More... MT Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 School Safety, Disaster Drills S.B. 348 Requires at least 8 disaster drills per year (prior law had specified that at least 4 had to be fire exit drills). Defines "disaster" as the occurrence or imminent threat of damage, injury, or loss of life or property. Requires each local board to adopt a scho... More... IN Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Postsec. Community College Electronic Transcripts H.B. 1341 Establishes the Indiana E-Transcript Program (Program). Provides that the Commission for Higher Education shall administer the program. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2015, the program will allow all students at all accredited high schools to request that th... More... ND Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Release of Juvenile Records to Schools S.B. 2320 Amends and reenact subsection 15 of section 12.1-32-15. Requires a law enforcement agency to release any relevant and necessary information on file to the superintendent or principal of the school the juvenile attends. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/63-201... More... WA Signed into law 04/2013 Postsec. Regarding access to K-12 campuses for occupational or educational information. S.B. 5114 Allows for official recruiting representatives of the Job Corps, Peace Corps, to have equal access to informing students of educational and career opportunities available in the military, which must be equal to and no less than access provided to other postsec... More... CA Vetoed 09/2012 P-12 Privacy of Pupil Records: Standardized Test Scores and Grades. A.B. 1166 From bill summary: Prohibits districts from including on a pupil's school identification card or any other object that a pupil is required by school officials to carry on his/her person while present at school, any information about that pupil's scores on stan... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Enrollment/Readmission of Student with Previous Contact with Juvenile Justice System S.B. 1088 Prohibits a public school from denying enrollment or readmission to a pupil solely on the basis that he/she has had contact with the juvenile justice system. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1088_bill_20120919_chaptered.pdf... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Transfer of Student Records A.B. 1799 From bill summary: Existing law requires a pupil's former school district or private school to transfer the pupil's permanent record, or a copy thereof, upon a request from the district or private school where the pupil intends to enroll. New provisions requir... More... CA Vetoed 09/2012 P-12 Transmitting Charter School Pupil Data to District That Is Chartering Authority A.B. 1919 From bill summary: Requires the department of education to provide a district that is a charter school's chartering authority, in accordance with a specified federal law relating to the disclosure of pupil records, individual pupil achievement data, including ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Confidentiality of Pupil Records A.B. 733 From final bill analysis: Amends the California Education Code to conform with the federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) provisions relating to the confidentiality of pupil records. Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_... More... IL Signed into law 08/2012 P-12 Students' Criminal Records and Information about Current Police Investigations H.B. 5602 Clarifies individuals and circumstances by which information surrounding a child's detainment under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 may be used. Specifies such information may be used solely by school principal or officials determined to have a legitimate educa... More... DE Signed into law 07/2012 Postsec. Higher Education Privacy Act H.B. 309 Makes it unlawful for a public or nonpublic academic institution to mandate that a student or applicant disclose password or account information granting the academic institution access to the student's or applicant's social networking profile or account. Proh... More... PA Signed into law 07/2012 P-12 Military Uniforms at Graduation Ceremonies H.B. 1307 - Multiple Provisions Gives a high school student the right to wear a military dress uniform at a graduation ceremony if the student has fulfilled all requirements and is otherwise eligible to participate in the ceremony, and has completed basic training for, and is an active membe... More... CO Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Parental Consent For Surveys In K-12 Schools S.B. 36 Current law prohibits an employee of a school or school district from requiring a student to participate in a survey, analysis, or evaluation that addresses or requests certain information unless the student's parent provides written consent for the student's ... More... NH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Access to Information H.B. 1139 Allows a parent, legal guardian, or person who is 18 years of age or older to have access to the unique pupil identifier and related information in the data warehouse. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/HB1139.html... More... MS Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Authorize Recording of IEP meetings H.B. 1405 Authorizes a parent of an exceptional child to record individualized education program (IEP) meetings with audio or visual recording at the parent's expense. Provides that a parent or guardian or local educational agency must notify the members of the Individu... More... NH Signed into law 05/2012 Postsec. Freedom of Association Protection H.B. 1417 Provides that no institution within the university or community college systems of New Hampshire shall prohibit, as a condition of admission or continued enrollment, any student from becoming a member of any group or organization. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.... More... TN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 First Amendment Rights H.B. 3266 Prohibits LEAs, school administrators and educators from taking action that infringe on or waive first amendment rights of school personnel or students without written consent of those who would be affected. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB3266.pdf... More... VA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 School Records; Self-authentication H.B. 424 Provides that school records may be admissible in any matter where such records are material, provided that they are authenticated as true and accurate copies by the custodian of the records or by the person to whom the custodian reports, if they are different... More... VA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Standardized Parental Consent Form for the Release of Student Data H.B. 1189 Allows local school boards to develop a single, standardized form to obtain parental consent for the release of student data. If developed by the local school board, such form shall be used by Community Policy and Management Teams and the Departments of Health... More... IN Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Nonpublic to Public Student Records Transfer, Charter Start-up Grants H.B. 1189 Requires an accredited nonpublic school to provide sufficient verbal information to permit a requesting school to which a child transfers to make an appropriate placement decision when the parent of the child is in breach of a contract that conditions release ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2012 Postsec. Postsecondary Student Records; Mental Health S.B. 375 Clarifies that an institution of higher education may require that any accepted student provide a complete student record, including any mental health record, from not only his high school but also any other institution of higher education. This bill is identi... More... VA Signed into law 03/2012 Postsec. Higher Educational Institutions; Mental Health and Parental Notification Policies H.B. 900/S.B. 374 Higher education; mental health and parental notification policies. Provides that any person licensed to diagnose and treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders who is treating a student may determine to withhold parental notification of a dependent stud... More... VA Signed into law 03/2012 Postsec. Disclosure of Health and Criminal History Records to Private Nonprofit Institutions of Higher Education H.B. 1152 Authorizes threat assessment teams established by private nonprofit institutions of higher education to receive health and criminal history records of students for the purposes of assessment and intervention with individuals whose behavior may present a threat... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 Student Records A.B. 143 From bill summary: Redefines pupil directory information that districts may release to no longer include a pupil's place of birth, but to include a pupil's e-mail address. Allows school districts to permit a counsel of record for a minor to access pupil record... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 Community College Community College E-Transcript Program A.B. 1056 From bill summary: Requires the office of the chancellor of the California Community Colleges, by January 1, 2012, to implement a procedure to facilitate the electronic receipt and transmission of student transcripts by districts. Also requires all community c... More... CA Signed into law 09/2011 Postsec. Records Maintained by Auxiliary Organization or UC Campus Foundation S.B. 8 From bill summary: Requires records maintained by an auxiliary organization of the governing board of a community college district, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and California State University, or a University of California (UC)... More... ME Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Prevents the Disclosure of Student Social Security Numbers H.P. 399 Repeals the provisions of law that require local school units to request and report student social security numbers to the state Department of Education. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_125th/chapters/PUBLIC223.asp... More... NC Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Safe Students Act H.B. 744 Provides that principals must (previously read "may") require the parent/guardian of a child presented for admission to a school for the first time to furnish a certified copy of the child's birth certificate or other satisfactory evidence of birth. Adds a cer... More... PA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Multiple Sections -- Data Collection H.B. 1352 Places a moratorium on the personal data collected by the departments of public welfare and education except for those data points needed to comply with federal law, distribute funds and maintain the health and safety of children. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/... More... OR Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Student Records H.B. 2029 Requires transfer of student education records to school district when charter is terminated or public charter school is dissolved. Applies student education record statutes to public charter schools. http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2029... More... TX Signed into law 05/2011 Postsec. Public Disclosure Laws S.B. 1327 Provides that information is excepted from public disclosure laws if it is collected or produced by a systemwide compliance office for the purpose of reviewing compliance processes at a university system's member institution. Provides that information that is ... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 Postsec. Community College Religious Discrimation H.B. 2565 Prohibits public universities and community colleges from discriminating against, adopting policies that penalize or punish, or withholding a certificate or degree from a student based on the student's religious viewpoint, expression or belief. Specifies cour... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Student Records H.B. 2587 Requires charter schools to comply with state statute concerning access to school property by educational and occupational recruiters and the release of student directory information. Directs a school district or charter school which chooses to release student... More... CA Signed into law 03/2011 Community College Access to Community College Student Records S.B. 70 - Sec. 76243 From bill summary: Under existing law, a community college or community college district may not permit any person to access student records without the written consent of the student or under judicial order for access, with specified exceptions generally rela... More... ID Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Proof of Illness H.B. 51 Amends existing law relating to education to eliminate language relating to regulations for proof of illness. http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/H0051.pdf... More... MT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Student Records Transfer H.B. 208 By November 1 and March 1 of each school fiscal year, districts are required to prepare a report for the director of the Montana youth challenge program containing the name, last-known address, and dates of attendance of a student who: (i) is at least 16 years... More... ND Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Postsec. Student names and addresses - Authorized disclosure S.B. 2278 Adds new section requiring each high school to provide to the North Dakota university system a list of all students enrolled in grades ten and eleven as of April 15 each year, together with the students' addresses and telephone numbers. Requires the North Dako... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Confidentiality of Student Records and Student Information H.B. 145 Requires the state board of education to establish confidentiality standards for student information and student records; develop resource materials for training district and charter school employees, student aides, and volunteers on the confidentiality of stu... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Electronic Records and Signatures H.B. 2243 Authorizes local school boards to adopt and implement policies pursuant to which electronic records and electronic signatures may be accepted from any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of a child enrolled in the relevant school divisio... More... CA Vetoed 09/2010 P-12 Postsec. Postsecondary Auxiliary Organizations and California Public Records Act S.B. 330 Requires specified entities to comply with the California Public Records Act (i.e., an auxiliary organization created by the governing board of a community college district, the board of governors of the California Community Colleges, entities related to the C... More... CA Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 California Interscholastic Federation and the California Public Records Act A.B. 352 Amends Section 33353 of the Education Code. Adds legislative intent that the California Interscholastic Federation (a voluntary organization of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities in sec... More... IL Signed into law 07/2010 Postsec. Student Data and Postsecondary Service Providers S.B. 1332 Provides that the prohibition on a higher education institution providing a student's name, address, telephone number, social security number, e-mail address or other personal identifying information to a business organization or financial institution that iss... More... FL Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Cooperation Between Schools and Juvenile Authorities S.B. 1058 Adds the director of transportation to the list of individuals required to be notified by the school superintendent when a youth is arrested and formally charged with an alleged felony or violent crime. In addition, the principal is required to immediately not... More... FL Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 First Amendment Protection H.B. 31 Prohibits school boards, administrative personnel, and instructional personnel from taking affirmative action, including, but not limited to, the entry into any agreement, that infringes or waives the rights or freedoms afforded to instructional personnel, sch... More... TN Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Random Drug Testing S.B. 2621 Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to perform random drug testing on students who participate in extracurricular activities. Requires LEAs performing testing to have drug assistance and counseling programs in place at LEA expense. Requires LEAs to use ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2010 Postsec. Expands Eligibility for the Privileges Against Compelled Disclosure H.B. 257 Expands eligibility for the privileges against compelled disclosure of (1) the source of news or information, regardless of whether the source has been promised confidentiality; or (2) news or information not communicated to the public that was procured by a p... More... MD Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Release of Student Information to Military Recruiters H.B. 176 Requires any public school that administers the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) to choose the score reporting "Option 8," which prohibits the general release of any student information to military recruiters. Each public school must also sen... More... MD Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Individualized Education Program - Required Notice H.B. 269 Requires that appropriate school personnel provide the parents of a child with a disability with accessible copies of all documents relating to the development of an individualized education program (IEP) at least 5 business days before a scheduled meeting. Ho... More... TN Signed into law 03/2010 Postsec. Liability for Breach of Confidentiality S.B. 2793 Prevents the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association and its member institutions from being held liable for breach of confidentiality of student data or records that are required to be submitted to THEC, if the breach was a result of the ac... More... AL Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Alabama Educator Code of Ethics S.J.R. 9 Provides that after determining the state board's proposed July 2009 amendment to Rule 290-4-1, creating the "Alabama Educator Code of Ethics," was ambiguous and incapable of being enforced as currently drafted, the legislative joint committee disapproved the ... More... IL Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Postsec. Discrimination H.B. 59 Relates to the procedure for filing a complaint with the Director of Human Rights relating to discrimination in employment, credit, public accommodations, higher education or certain other circumstances. Requires that a notice of dismissal notify a complainant... More... RI Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Radio Frequency Identification Devices H.B. 6059 Restricts the use of radio frequency identification devices for the purpose of tracking the movement or identity of a student while on school grounds, at school functions or while being transported to and from school grounds or functions; provides that RFID to... More... IL Signed into law 11/2009 P-12 Postsec. Civil Rights H.B. 2547 Provides that the exercise of free speech, free expression, free exercise of religion or expression of religiously based views by any individual or group of individuals that is protected under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and that occurs in a ... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 Access to Student Records A.B. 261 Amends existing law that prohibits a school district from permitting access to pupil records to any person without parental consent or judicial order. Makes various changes to these pupil record provisions to conform them to federal law. Bill: http://www.legin... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 Immigration Agents, Immigration Status and Care for Neglected Pupils A.B. 132 Creates new Section 32297. Provides that immigration agents shall not interfere with the education of pupils. Specifies that this policy not impede or restrict any lawful authority of immigration agents. Prohibits school officials and employees from collecting... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 Postsec. Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009 H.B. 2352 Creates the Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009. Requires institutions of higher education that enter into an agreement to market credit cards to students pursuing an education, or that allow their student groups, alumni associations, or affiliates to enter into... More... IL Vetoed 08/2009 Postsec. Data Security on State Computers Act S.B. 2218 -- pp 1-4 Amends and adds to the Data Security on State Computers Act. Directs each public university's governing board to implement and administer the provisions of the Act with respect to state-owned electronic data processing equipment used by the university. Require... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Confidentiality of Information S.B. 1508 Provides that nothing contained in the Illinois School Student Records Act may be construed to impair or limit the confidentiality of information communicated in confidence to a school social worker, school counselor, school psychologist, or school psychologis... More... AL Adopted 07/2009 P-12 Alabama Educator Code of Ethics 290-4-1 Adds section creating the Alabama Educator Code of Ethics. Identifies nine areas of standards of conduct, including teacher/student relationships, background checks and confidentiality of the content of student records and standardized tests. Requires educator... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Timely Transfer of Student Records when Charter School Closes H.B. 1 - Section 3314.44 Partially from DOE summary of H.B. 1: Specifies that if a community school closes, the chief administrative officer must transmit all educational records to the student's district of residence within seven business days of the school's closing. Provides that f... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Assignment of Surrogate Parent H.B. 1 - Section 3323.05 From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Modifies existing procedural guidelines established for the department of education to protect the rights of a child whenever the parents of a child are not known or cannot be found, or a child is a ward of the state, specifying tha... More... FL Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Public Records Requirements H.B. 7119 Provides exemption from public records requirements for K-12 education records held by agency, public school, center, institution, or other entity that is part of state's education system; provides the requirements for the release, use, and maintenance of educ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Student Records and Suspension/Expulsion H.B. 545 Requires principals of public schools where a student was enrolled to release the student's records to a public or nonpublic school which is inside or outside of the state, where the student is enrolled or seeking enrollment; requires the records to contain in... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Student Records S.B. 512 Requires notice to a school administrator when a youth is within jurisdiction of the juvenile court, is charged with or convicted of certain offenses, or is excused by reason of insanity; requires notice when a petition is set aside or dismissed or the youth i... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Tuition Set-Asides for Financial Aid S.B. 1304 Creates new Section 56.014. Directs institutions of higher education that are required to set aside a portion of student tuition payments to provide financial aid to notify each student from which a portion of tuition payments is set aside of the amount requir... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Disclosure of Child Misdemeanor Information S.B. 1056 Bars criminal justice agencies from publicly disclosing criminal history information related to a child's conviction for a misdemeanor offense punishable by fine only. Provides an exception allowing such information to be disclosed to specified agencies and en... More... WI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Milwaukee Parental Choice Program A.B. 75 Requires that a private school participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program adhere to policies that apply to public schools/districts regarding transfer of pupil records (i.e., requires that a private school transfer a pupil's records within five wor... More... FL Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Exemption From Public Records Law for Information Identifying a Child in a Government-sponsored Recreation Program H.B. 7019 Removes the scheduled repeal under the Open Government Sunset Review Act of an exemption from public records requirements for information that would identify or locate a child who participates in a government-sponsored recreation program (i.e., a program for w... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Access to Student Records H.F. 2 Allows a child's parent or guardian to designate a "significant individual" to participate in a school conference involving that child. Requires the parent or guardian to give prior written consent to allow the individual to participate in the conference and h... More... OK Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Agents May Not Contact Student Athletes H.B. 1095 Amends Uniform Athlete Agents Act. Prohibits an athlete agent from any contact with a student-athlete who is not eligible to enter into a professional-sports-services contract. For the purposes of this subsection, "contact" shall not include general promotion... More... TN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Notice to Schools Clarified/Broadened S.B. 680 Expands the offenses for which notice must be given to schools when an adjudicated delinquent juvenile offender is sent back into a regular school setting (to include an offense involving the use or attempted use of force, violence, or a deadly weapon). http:... More... UT Adopted 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. E-Transcript and Record Exchange R277-484 Changes state data system from "Data Clearinghouse File"-based to "UTREx" (Utah eTranscript and Record Exchange), effective July 1, 2010. Defines UTREx as system that allows individual student records to be exchanged electronically among public schools, LEAs a... More... MS Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Student Records S.B. 2313 Relates to student records; authorizes storage of permanent records by school districts in any acceptable form of medium. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/SB/2300-2399/SB2313SG.pdf... More... VA Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 School Records in Custody Cases H.B. 2406 Expands the types of school records that may be admissible in cases involving custody of the student or termination of parental rights to all school records, rather than just those relating to attendance, transcripts or grades, provided that they are authentic... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 Postsec. Community College Virginia College Savings Plan H.B. 2549 Provides for the exclusion of certain financial records of the Virginia College Savings Plan from the Freedom of Information Act, the authorization for closed meetings of the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan in certain circumstances, the expansion of... More... IL Signed into law 12/2008 P-12 Truancy S.B. 2743 Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that if a code violation involves a municipal ordinance regulating truants, the hearing date must be 7 to 40 days after the violation is reported. Increases minimum child age for which certain truancy provisions app... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 student records A.B. 2630 Amends existing law which prohibits a school district from permitting access to pupil records to any person without written parental consent or judicial order. Makes various changes to those access to pupil record provisions to conform them to federal law. htt... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 Postsec. Student records A.B. 2994 Requires a school district to include a notice in an emergency information request form informing a parent or guardian and pupil of their right to request that the pupil's name, address, and phone number not be released to military recruiters or institutions o... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Assorted Amendments to the School Code S.B. 2482 Repeals the Professional Development Block Grant. Amends requirements related to annual census for special education, such that census must include students age 3 to 21 (rather than birth to 21) receiving special education services. Eliminates requirement that... More... CA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Postsec. Student records S.B. 1696 Provides that a state or local agency may not allow another party to control the disclosure of information that is otherwise subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. Provides that any contract entered into by a state or local agency subject to the a... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Immunization Compliance Reports H.B. 184 Requires the chief administrators of all public and private elementary and secondary schools, kindergartens, colleges, universities, proprietary schools, vocational schools and licensed day care centers to electronically transmit immunization compliance report... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Relations between Students and School Employees H.B. 574 Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt regulations prohibiting interaction between a student and a school employee in any enclosed area on school property unless an authorized adult is present or the student and employee are cl... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 Postsec. Community College Student Immunization Reports H.B. 187 Requires all public and nonpublic postsecondary education institutions to electronically transmit immunization compliance reports to the department of health and hospitals, office of public health, when the institution operates an existing student-specific ele... More... MO Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Student records H.B. 2041 Relates to the disclosure of personnel records and confidential unemployment information by the Division of Employment Security, vocational and technical education, unemployment claims qualification requirements, prohibited employment practices, war on terror ... More... OH Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Records of Students Identified as Missing Children H.B. 181 Requires public and nonpublic schools to mark the records of students identified as missing children and to notify law enforcement of requests for those records; provides the law enforcement agency involved shall integrate into the national crime information c... More... TN Signed into law 06/2008 Postsec. Notification of Disciplinary Violations S.B. 4108 Requires a public institution of higher education to notify a parent or legal guardian of a student under 21 years of age who has committed a disciplinary violation with respect to the use or possession of alcohol or a controlled substance that is in violation... More... MN Vetoed 05/2008 P-12 Omnibus Education Policy Bill S.B. 3001 Authorized a parent or guardian of a student to designate an individual to participate in a school conference involving the child of the parent or guardian. Authorized the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota Office of Higher Education may each ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 School Notification Required H.B. 2719 Adds aggravated sexual battery and aggravated sexual battery of a child to the crimes of which a child's school must be notified when the child has been adjudicated delinquent involving such offenses. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-131. http://www.legislature.stat... More... TN Signed into law 05/2008 Postsec. Restricts Credit Card Solicitations H.B. 3393 Adds a new section of law that restricts credit card and other credit solicitations to college students while on campus. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB3393.pdf... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Student records S.B. 1218 Provides that any collection, maintenance or disclosure of pupil educational records compiled by the Department of Education in an educational database of pupil records shall comply with the Family Educational and Privacy Rights Act; provides rules for the man... More... KY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 School Safety H.B. 91 Requires any school or local board employee who knows or has cause to believe that a student has been the victim of a violation of any felony offense committed by another student on school premises, on school-sponsored transportation, or at a school-sponsored ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Military Recruitment and Student Rights S.B. 428 Requires public schools to provide notice to specified students or the parents or guardians of the students about the right not to release student contact information to military recruiters; requires public schools to include the notice in a specified format, ... More... TN Signed into law 04/2008 Postsec. Satisfaction of Debts Prior to Grade Reports S.B. 4046 Present law authorizes the University of Tennessee and all its several branches, and all colleges and universities of the state college and university system and technical institutes, to issue diplomas, certificates of credit or grade reports only after the st... More... IL Adopted 03/2008 P-12 Special Education Facilities 23 IAC 401.10, .30, .210 Emergency rule (expires 8-18-08) includes a new provision expressly prohibiting the "use of a behavioral intervention strategy relying upon pain as an intentional method of control" by any program operated at a facility serving students with disabilities. Requ... More... MS Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Evidence of Date of Birth S.B. 2885 Deletes the repealer on the provisions which prescribes the type of evidence of date of birth required for a child to enroll in public school. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2008/pdf/SB/2800-2899/SB2885SG.pdf... More... OR Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Records-Sharing for Safety Purposes S.B. 1092A Requires district attorney or other person filing juvenile delinquency petition to notify school when student of school is subject of petition alleging certain criminal acts; requires principal to notify necessary school personnel of petition; permits expungem... More... SD Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Student Records/Rights H.B. 1090 Requires that most records and applications regarding a minor child reference the names and addresses of both parents; includes medical, dental, orthodontia, optometric, school records, counseling, psychiatric, psychotherapy and other records subject to confid... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 Postsec. Contact Information for Staff Associated with Animal Research S.B. 113 Provides that the name, addresses, and phone numbers of individuals who perform, or provide supplies or services for, medical or scientific research at an institution within the state system of higher education that is conducted using animals be classified as ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 Postsec. Students' Educational Records H.B. 1058 Requires the Board of Visitors or other governing body of every public institution of higher education in Virginia to establish policies and procedures requiring the release of the educational record of a dependent student, as defined by 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, to ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 Postsec. Mental Health Records S.B. 636 Allows each public and private institution of higher education to request from its students complete student records, including any mental health records held by the originating school. These records shall be kept confidential as required by state and federal ... More... UT Adopted 01/2008 P-12 Educator Standards R277-515 Provides definitions, standards for educators as role models, standards for educators to maintain a safe learning environment, standards for professional educator, responsibility for compliance with school district policies and standards for professional educa... More... LA Adopted 12/2007 P-12 School Health Forms LAC 28:CXV.1145 Amends sections of Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators concerning school health forms. Establishes standardized health forms to eliminate the duplication of information submitted to schools and school nurses on health information and scre... More... CA Signed into law 10/2007 Postsec. voter registration S.B. 854 Allows students to submit completed voter registration forms to the Secretary of State in addition to returning the forms in person or by mail to the elections official of the county where the student lives. Requires every community college and California Stat... More... CA Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Student records/rights A.B. 1168 Requires the Office of Privacy Protection in the Department of Consumer Affairs to establish a task force to conduct a review of the use by all public and private colleges and universities in this state of social security numbers in order to recommend practice... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Electronic Recordings in School Buses S.B. 665 Exempts from an eavesdropping violation an electronic recording, motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or audio recording, made of the interior of a school bus while the school bus is being used in the transportation of students to and from schoo... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Transfer of Rights to Special Education Student S.B. 396 Provides that when a student eligible for special education reaches the age of 18, rights accorded to the student's parents transfer to the student. Provides that rights shall not transfer from the parents to the student if the student has been adjudged to be ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Missing Children Records H.B. 250 Amends the Missing Children Records Act. Requires a preschool educational program, child care facility, or day care home or group day care home in which a missing person was enrolled to flag the person's record such that whenever a copy of or information regar... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Health Data Task Force S.B. 547 Provides that a Health Data Task Force be convened to create a system for public access to integrated health data. Requires the state superintendent of education or his/her designee to serve on the task force. Directs the task force to produce a plan focusing ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Biometric Information S.B. 1702 Defines ""biometric information" as any information collected through an identification process based on individuals' unique behavioral or physiological characteristics, including fingerprint, hand geometry, voice, or facial recognition or iris or retinal scan... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Unique Student Identifier System H.B. 574 Amends the Social Security Number Protection Task Force Act. Places the task force within the office of the attorney general, and makes the attorney general responsible for administering the activities of the task force. Requires the task force to explore th... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 Postsec. Community College College Campus Press Act S.B. 729 Creates the College Campus Press Act. Provides that all campus media produced primarily by students at a state-sponsored institution of higher learning is a public forum for expression by the student journalists and editors at the particular institution, and t... More... NC Signed into law 08/2007 Postsec. Community College Public Records and Privacy S.B. 1023 Modifies the public records laws applicable to the University of North Carolina and the North Carolina community colleges. Protects the privacy of applicants who are not admitted or who do not enroll; provides that certain audit records are public documents. h... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Postsec. Free Speech, Free Press H.B. 3279 The stated legislative intent for this bill is to ensure free speech and free press protections for both high school students and students at institutions of higher education in this state in order to encourage students to become educated, informed and respons... More... CT Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Restraint and Seclusion of Students S.B. 977 Relates to restraints and seclusion in public shools; concerns restriction on unreasonable restraints and seclusions of students; avoids the harmful effects of unreasonable restraints and seclusions on students; relates to special education students and studen... More... FL Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Drug Testing for School Athletes H.B. 463 Relates to public records of drug test findings in high school athletics; exempts from public records requirements findings of drug test administered to a student by a testing agency with which the state High School Athletics Association has contracted; exempt... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Rights of Student Victims H.B. 1051 States the right of student victims to be separated from student offenders at school and during school transportation; requires the Office of Juvenile Affairs to notify school districts when a student is adjudicated for certain sex offenses; requires school di... More... OR Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Discrimination H.B. 2906 Allows person claiming to be aggrieved by unlawful discrimination to file civil action in circuit court. No action shall be filed unless, within 180 days of the alleged discrimination, a grievance has been filed with the school district board, public charter s... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Students May Not Be Named H.B. 3659 Amends Section 21.12, Penal Code, by adding Subsection (d), to prohibit the name of a person who is enrolled in a public or private primary or secondary school and involved in an improper relationship with an educator from being released to the public and prov... More... MD Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Student Record Confidentiality in Harassment Cases H.B. 383 Requires that the information contained in a specified form relating to harassment or intimidation in schools be kept confidential with specified exceptions; provides that specified information is not a part of a student's permanent educational record. http://... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Student Education Records H.F. 2245 [Education Records] Amends laws concerning student education records. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Charter School Student Records H.F. 2245 [Charter School Records] Requires that closed charter school must transfer the student's educational records within 10 business days of closure to the student's school district of residence where the records must be retained or transferred. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldb... More... OK Signed into law 05/2007 Postsec. Consumer Credit Marketing S.B. 496 States that no institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or technology center school within the state system of career and technology education shall enter into any agreement on or after the effective date of this act to sell student dat... More... TN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Notification Made to School Officials H.B. 594, S.B. 579 Expands the requirements for notification of school officials of the attendance of certain delinquent juveniles by expanding the offenses for which notice must be provided, adding additional persons to be provided notice, making failure to provide the notice p... More... TN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Notice to Schools of Student Offenses H.B. 594 Revises the offenses for which notice is required to be those described under present law and voluntary manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, sexual battery by an authority figure, statutory rape by an authority figure, a prohibited weapon offense, unla... More... TN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Potentially Dangerous Students H.B. 665 Provides that if a child convicted of a felony or undergoing inpatient mental health treatment must attend school pursuant to a court order, the principal is to be notified; provides that the principal of the school must develop a plan to allow the student to ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 transmission of records S.B. 274 (Student Records) Section 41 provides for the electronic transmission of public school transcripts to correctly enroll and place students transferrred between high schools. The act also requires the Department of Educaiton to develop a uniform method of formatting and electron... More... IN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Student Interrogation and Convictions H.B. 1382 Requires a parent to be notified if a student is being interrogated by the police on school property regarding an investigation in which the student may be a suspect. Requires a law enforcement agency to notify the chief administrative officer of the school or... More... KY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Student Record Transfer H.B. 145 Provides that for purposes of establishing a student's status as a truant, the student's attendance record is cumulative for an entire school year. Directs the state department of education to assure that the student information system facilitates the collecti... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Data availability and student records H.B. 2268 Requires the Department of Education to provide the Bureau of Legislative Research with direct access to certain electronic databases; requires the department provide the bureau with direct read and report only access to the data warehouse concerning school di... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Transfer Time of Student Records H.B. 310 Requires a school that has been requested to forward a copy of a transferring student's record to the new school to comply within 30 school days of the request. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillenr/hb0310.htm... More... LA Adopted 02/2007 P-12 Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices LAC 28:CXI.Chapters 1, 3, 5, 18, 23, 27, 33, and 35 Makes various changes to state assessment system. Creates end-of-course tests, to be phased in over a period of six years starting in fall 2007, in the following: 1. Algebra I; 2. Geometry; 3. English I; 4. English II; 5. Biology; 6. American History; 7. Civi... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Disclosing Student Identifying Information H.B. 2631, S.B. 915 Relates to the Serious or Habitual Offenders Comprehensive Action Program; provides that a principal or designee may disclose identifying information from a student's education records for the purpose of furthering the ability of the juvenile justice system to... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Including Birth Certificates with Student Records H.B. 2893 Authorizes public schools and public institutions of higher education in Virginia to retain copies of enrolled students' birth certificates as part of the students' records. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2893ER... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Information Disclosure H.B. 2631 Provides that school personnel are authorized to disclose identifying information from a student's education records for the purpose of furthering the ability of the juvenile justice system to effectively serve the student prior to adjudication.  Identifying i... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Access to Personally Identifiable Student Information H.B. 276 -- Section 3301.0716 Sec. 3301.0716 allows the state department of education to have access to personally identifiable student information under certain circumstances, including to respond to an appeal from a school district or school for verification of the accuracy of the studen... More... UT Adopted 11/2006 P-12 Per Pupil Funding & Attendance/Completion Recordkeeping R277-419 Allows exceptions to the minimum number of instructional hours and schools days per year for individual students and schools; requires Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs to ensure that accurate records of daily st... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Student Records - Emergency Info. and Military Recruiters A.B. 1778 Requires a school district, that requires the parent or legal guardian of a secondary school pupil to provide current emergency information to the pupil's school of attendance, to include a notice in the emergency information request form that informs the pare... More... CA Signed into law 08/2006 Postsec. Student Freedom of Speech Rights A.B. 2581 Relates to rules subjecting a student to sanction solely on the basis of conduct that is speech or other communication that is protected from governmental restriction by provisions of the Constitution. Prohibits any administrator of any campus of the Universit... More... MD Adopted 07/2006 P-12 Student Record Systems and Reports COMAR 13A.02.06.02, .08.01.01, .08.02.01, .07 Amends rules regarding the 2006 Maryland Student Record Systems Manual. Provides that 2006-2007 school year, serious bodily injury and in-school suspensions be reported for all students. Revises the definition of "days absent". MARYLAND 10567... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Plan for Completing Core Curriculum S.B. 2272 - Section 13 Requires each high school student's plan for completing the core curriculum to include career options and to identify the coursework needed in grades nine through twelve to support the student's postsecondary education and career options. Provides that if the... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Homeschooling Student Records S.B. 2272 - Section 48 Provides that personal information in state agency records regarding a child receiving home instruction must be kept confidential in the same manner as personal information in records for students in public schools. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/de... More... VT Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Student and Parent Awareness H.B. 538 Directs the commissioner of education to send annually to each superintendent a list of information that schools must provide to the electorate, community members, parents and students under state and federal law. Directs school boards to inform high school st... More... CO Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. Student Identifier Numbers S.B. 24 Concerns student data from the elementary to secondary education system through the postsecondary education system; requires a postsecondary institution that is eligible for the college opportunity fund program to begin using as the student's primary identifie... More... MA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Student Report Cards to Parents S.B. 2206 Describes the requirements for providing student records to parents and the information that must be included academic and other indicators. http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/st02/st02206.htm... More... ME Signed into law 04/2006 Postsec. Community College Personal Data Security H.B. 1417; LD 2017 Amends the Notice of Risk to Personal Data Act; relates to a security breach; amends notification requirements regarding agencies of state government, university and community college systems, the maritime academy, private colleges and universities; requires n... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Electronic Storage of Student Records H.B. 20 Allows local school divisions to electronically store and maintain student scholastic records (including, but not limited to, handwriting, print, computer media, video or audio tape, film, microfilm, and microfiche.) http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Student Records Sharing H.B. 1279 Amends the requirement that principals or their designees receive notification from local law enforcement authorities when students in their school commit certain crimes to require that such notification be given, whether the student is released to the custody... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Certain Survey Components Prohibited H.B. 1242 Prohibits local school boards from administering questionnaires or surveys to public school students if such questionnaires or surveys seek disclosure the parents' political affiliations or beliefs; the social security numbers of the parents or student; the se... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Disclosure of Criminal Convictions or Delinquincy S.B. 656, H.B. 95 Requires a parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of a child of school age to provide to a public school information concerning certain criminal convictions or delinquency adjudications. When the registration results from foster care placem... More... VA Signed into law 02/2006 P-12 Disclosure of Delinquency H.B. 95 Requires a parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of a child of school age to provide to a public school, upon registration of a student, information concerning certain criminal convictions or delinquency adjudications; provides that the re... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 High School Athletes and Use of Steroids S.B. 37 Prohibited substances. The bill would prohibit specified dietary supplements from being used by a pupil participating in interscholastic high school sports 60 days after specified information is posted on the State Departmentof Education's Internet Web site. ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Athletes' Bill of Rights H.B. 322 Existing federal law, known as Title IX, prohibits a person, on the basis of sex, from being excluded from participation in, being denied the benefits of, or being subject to, discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial a... More... MA Emergency Rule Adoption 08/2005 P-12 Student Records 603 CMR 23.00 Amends rules regarding student records. Complies with federal law concerning access to student records by non-custodial parents. MASSACHUSETTS REG 8599 (SN)... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Social Security Numbers S.B. 445 Prohibits a university or community college from printing an individual's social security number on any card or other document required for the individual to access products or services provided by the university. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/f... More... MN Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Psychotropic drugs H.F. 141 - Multiple Components School officials must not use the refusal of a parent or guardian to consent to the administration of psychotropic drugs to their student or to consent to a psychiatric evaluation, screening or examination of the student as a ground, by itself, to prohibit the... More... OR Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Refusal to Dissect Animals S.B. 383 Allows any student to refuse to dissect any vertebrate or invertebrate animal or the parent or legal guardian of a public school student to refuse to allow the student to dissect any vertebrate or invertebrate animal. A school district that includes dissection... More... FL Signed into law 06/2005 Postsec. Community College Florida College Savings Program H.B. 1729 Relates to Florida College Savings Program/OGSR. Removes confidentiality of information regarding individual account activities conducted through the savings program. Removes clause that this section (1009.981) is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review A... More... TN Signed into law 06/2005 Postsec. Release of Information S.B. 98 Requires institutions of higher education to inform parents and students of students' option to execute consent forms authorizing the institution of higher education to release certain otherwise confidential education records, as defined by federal law, to a d... More... FL Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Records of Children in Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program H.B. 1695 Creates exemption from public records requirements for individual records of children enrolled in Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program. Specifies that such records include assessment data, health data, records of teacher observations, and personal ident... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. Education Degree Programs H.B. 553 Relates to the University System of Georgia; provides that a student in an education degree program shall not be required to join a professional association as a condition of enrollment. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/versions/hb553_HB_553_AP_7.htm... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Student Records S.B. 569 Adds a new section of law. Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, upon initial enrollment in a public school district, schools are required to request the parent or guardian to provide information to the school district regarding participation in the follow... More... TX Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Transfer of Student Records H.B. 25 From analysis: H.B. 25 requires school districts to transfer student records within 10 days of a request being received from the new district (decreased from 30 days), directs districts to help ease student transition during the first two weeks at a new schoo... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Community College Student Criminal History Background Check H.B. 2595 Allows criminal history background checks of certain students and prospective students. Allows electronic dissemination of criminal history information to institutions of higher education for students enrolled in, and prospective students seeking enrollment to... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 S.B. 1044 (sections 14-15) Repeals provision that notation must be made on a student's transcript to indicate each special education class included on the transcript. Establishes that school day must consist of at least rather than fewer than six hours of instructional time. Allows a... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Electronic Student Transcripts H.B. 2488 Requires high schools and institutions of higher education to provide uniform, electronic student transcripts to the department of higher education in order to process financial aid applications. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb2488.p... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2005 P-12 Privacy in Schools S.B. 1270 Bars a teacher, principal, counselor or other district or charter school employee, unless the parent is notified in writing and provides written consent to the disclosure of the information requested, from: (1) Undertaking or contracting to undertake any behav... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Community College Marketing or Merchandising of Credit Cards to Students S.B. 5506 Places restrictions on the marketing or merchandising of credit cards to students at the states institutions of higher education. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202005/5506-S.SL.pdf... More... ME Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Civil Rights Protection S.P. 413 Forbids the denial of rights in employment, housing, public accommodations, credit, and education opportunity to individuals based on their sexual orientation; provides certain exemptions for certain religious organizations. http://janus.state.me.us/legis/Law... More... SD Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Interscholastic Student Activities H.B. 1093 Any seventh or eighth grade student who attends a nonpublic elementary or middle school that is not affiliated with a nonpublic high school may participate in interscholastic activities at a nonpublic high school, at the discretion of the nonpublic school, if ... More... UT Vetoed 03/2005 P-12 Medical Recommendations for Children H.B. 42 Prohibits school personnel from making certain medical recommendations for a minor, including the use of psychotropic drugs; prohibits the removal of a minor from parental custody based on a parent's refusal to consent to the administration of psychotropic dru... More... AR Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Student Identity Protection Act H.B. 1106 Creates the Student Identity Protection Act. Bars schools and school districts from the use of a student's social security number or a portion of the number on any report, identification card, identification badge, or any document that will be made available o... More... NM Rule Adoption 02/2005 P-12 Examination Opportunities, Results, Verification 11.12, 11.13, 11.15, 11.16 Proposes rules regarding examination opportunities, exam results, verification of exam results, and examination of record purposes. NEW MEXICO REG 4231 (SN)... More... SD Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Electronic School Records H.B. 1081 Allows a school district to maintain permanent school records electronically rather than on microfilm.http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2005/bills/HB1081enr.pdf... More... NY Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 School Records Review S.B. 6818 Authorizes caregivers to review school records and to consent to medical and dental diagnosis and treatment of a minor child, excuse absences from school and participation in school sponsored activities.... More... NJ To governor 12/2004 Postsec. Display of Student Social Security Number A.B. 1205 Prohibits display of students' social security numbers by institutions of higher education to identify the student for posting or public listing of grades, on class rosters or other lists provided to teachers, on student identification cards, in student direct... More... NM Rule Adoption 12/2004 P-12 Public School Administration/Accountability/Standards NMAC 6.19.5 Establishes rules rpublic school accountability, student identification system and data system security measures. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.019.0005.htm... More... NY Signed into law 11/2004 P-12 Direct Merchandising of Credit Cards to Students S.B. 510 Prohibits the direct merchandising of credit cards through State University of New York and City University of New York to any enrolled student; defines direct merchandising. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S00510&sh=t... More... NY Signed into law 11/2004 P-12 Direct Merchandising of Credit Cards S.B. 7663 Relates to the prohibition of direct merchandising of credit cards through colleges; provides that colleges shall prohibit the advertising, marketing or merchandising of credit cards on campus to students pursuant to an official college credit card marketing p... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Pupils: Drug and Alcohol Testing S.B. 1386 Provides for drug and alcohol testing of a pupil only upon a reasonable suspicion the pupil is unlawfully using or has unlawfully used a controlled substance or alcohol. Requires a school district, if it adopts a drug and alcohol testing policy, to provide ade... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Pupil Health: Self-Administration of Medication S.B. 1912 Authorizes a pupil to carry and self-administer auto-injectable epinephrine medication if the school district receives a written statement from the physician detailing the method, amount and time schedules by which the medication is to be taken and a written s... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Equity in Athletics Bill of Rights A.B. 2240 Enacts the Equity in Athletics Bill of Rights and enumerates the rights available to a pupil relating to gender equity in athletics. Requires the State Department of Education to post the bill of rights on its Web site and requires a school board that elects t... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Pupils: Interrogation A.B. 1012 Requires the principal of a school to take immediate steps to seek the consent of the parent or guardian of an elementary school pupil prior to making the pupil available to a peace officer for questioning. Prohibits making the pupil available for questioning ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Charter Schools and Student Discipline/Attendance A.B. 1860 Prohibits a school district governing board from denying a charter school petition, unless it makes findings that the petition lacks a description of the procedures by which a pupil may be subject to discipline and the procedure employed by the school to safeg... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Pupil Health: Self-Administration of Medications A.B. 2132 Authorizes a pupil to carry and self-administer inhaled asthma medication if the school district receives certain statements regarding same. Requires the statements to be provided to the district at least annually and more frequently under certain conditions. ... More... CA Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Pupil Assessment and Student Records S.B. 1448 Extends the repeal date of the Leroy Greene California Assessment of Academic Achievement Act to January 1, 2011. Excludes testing students in grade 2 effective July 1, 2007. Permits the release of a pupils record of accomplishment and the results of achieveme... More... CA Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Pupil Records A.B. 1636 Authorizes a public officer or agency to allow the use of records concerning a individual that relates to free or reduced-price meal eligibility by a school district employee to identify pupils eligible for public school choice and supplemental educational ser... More... NM Rule Adoption 08/2004 P-12 Disciplinary Records NMAC 6.30.2.1, .3, .10 Amends issuing agency and statutory references; requires that disciplinary records be included in the records of transferring students; requires elective courses meet PED standards; requires that accountability data system numbers be included in transcripts. N... More... DE Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Student Grades and Teacher Evaluations H.B. 126 Relates to student grades and teacher evaluations; provides that no one except the teacher who assigns a grade to a student may change the grade; for example, a school administrator may not raise or lower a student's grade; provides that the method which a tea... More... PA Signed into law 07/2004 Postsec. College Campus Credit Card Marketing S.B. 157 Provides for regulation and registration of credit card marketing on a college or university campus. Reenacts provisions relating to education empowerment and temporary aid for school districts affected by reductions in assessed value of real estate. Reenacts ... More... AK Signed into law 06/2004 Postsec. University Student Practicum: Liability and Wages H.B. 539 Exempts a person who allows a student of the University of Alaska to gain practical work experience with the person while participating in a practicum from vicarious liability as an employer, and exempts the student participating in a practicum from the Alaska... More... DE Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Student Records H.B. 391 Classifies student records required to be retained by private business and trade schools as short-term; alleviates additional costs the Department of Public Archives would incur if the student records for private business and trade schools were made permanent ... More... OH Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Child Released from Custody H.B. 106 Requires that upon a child's discharge or release from the custody of the Department of Youth Services certain records pertaining to the child be released to the superintendent of the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school; specifies t... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 06/2004 P-12 Educational Bill Of Rights H.B. 7476 Provides that the educational bill of rights would comply with the federal Buckley Act when releasing documents; provides for the right to keep educational records confidential and not released except under certain circumstances.... More... MD Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Searches of Students H.B. 130 Authorizes a county board of education to authorize a teacher to make a reasonable search of specified students on a school-sponsored trip under specified circumstances.... More... MD Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. State Digital Library H.B. 1167 Establishes the State Digital Library in the Maryland Higher Education Commission; authorizes the State Higher Education Commission to encourage specified institutions to meet specified goals; authorizes the Digital Library, in collaboration with certain entit... More... CO Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 No Student Statements Without Parent H.B. 1137 Concerns the creation of a public school student's right to have a guardian present when the student signs a statement that could result in expulsion. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/0f42b06a7122dfff87256dbb000241a7?OpenDocument&Click... More... KY Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Notification of Principals S.B. 52 Eliminates the requirement that the principal of a public school be notified when a child is found guilty of an offense that classifies the child as a youthful offender (maintains existing notification requirement for private school principals). Adds that loca... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Reporting of Certain Acts by School Authorities H.B. 869 Reporting of certain acts by school authorities to law enforcement. Expands the enumerated activities that school principals must report to local law enforcement by providing that reportable offenses involving "firearms" on school property address any weapon p... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Notification of Student Participation in Gangs S.B. 593, Similar to S.B. 633 Adds criminal act committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang to those enumerated crimes triggering a requirement that the intake officer provide notice to a school superintendent that a petition has been ... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Student Conduct H.B. 513 Directs the Board of Education, in developing model student conduct policies; includes standards for school board policies to ensure recognition of the fundamental right of every student to take reasonable actions as may prove necessary to defend himself from ... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Notification to Parents of Rights of Students S.B. 438 Directs local school boards to notify parents of the educational rights of students who fail to graduate or who have failed to achieve the number of verified units of credit required for graduation as provided in the standards of accreditation or who have been... More... WI Signed into law 04/2004 Postsec. Student Identification Numbers A.B. 84 Relates to the use of a person's social security number in his or her student identification number at a private institution of higher education; provides that an identification number may not be identical with a student's social security number.... More... ID Signed into law 03/2004 Postsec. Students Called to Active Military Duty S.B. 1268 Amends existing law to extend the rights of students called to active duty to individuals called to federal active service. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1268.html#daily... More... TN Signed into law 03/2004 Postsec. Public Records S.B. 2098 Concerns public records; requires rather than authorizes institution of higher education to disclose final results of student disciplinary proceeding involving crime of violence, sex offense, alcohol or drug possession unless prohibited by federal law.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 School District Notification of Student Violence H.B. 135 Requires law enforcement officers to notify school district superintendents when a minor is taken into custody or detention for a violent crime, a weapons violation or a no-contact order; allows a school district to establish a process for providing notice reg... More... WV Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Providing For Safe Schools H.B. 4037 Provides for safe schools through alternative education programs; provides certain juvenile justice records to public school officials.... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Student Health Report H.B. 1011 Requires schools to include as part of a student health report to parents an annual body mass index percentile by age for each student. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1011.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 12/2003 P-12 Student Report Cards H.B. 1017 Requires school districts to provide a report card for each student reflecting the student's grade in each class in which the student is enrolled to the student's parents. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1017.pdf... More... WI Signed into law 11/2003 P-12 Dispositional Orders for Truancy A.B. 62 Provides for the specifications for school attendance of a dispositional order for truant or habitual truant and the disclosure of juvenile court records by a juvenile court or a municipal court for children of certain age groups.... More... OR Signed into law 09/2003 Postsec. Community College Student Social Security Number Disclosure H.B. 2658 Prohibits a state institution of higher education or community college from disclosing a student's Social Security number; creates exemptions; grants a civil remedy for a violation of this prohibition.... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Health Screening S.B. 1081 Provides that a diabetes screening be included in the health examination of each school child, but that diabetes testing is not required. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0530... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Student Records Privacy H.B. 761 Amends the School Code, various Acts relating to the governance of the public universities and the Public Community College Act. Prohibits a school district, university or community college from providing a student's name, address, telephone number, social sec... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Children's Privacy Protection S.B. 404 Amends the Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act to define a child as a person under age 16. Changes requirements for information brokers to broker sale of personal information concerning children without parental consent. Amends the Schoo... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Free and Reduced-price School Lunches S.B. 490 Requires the State Board of Education, regional superintendents, school boards and their schools, and nonpublic schools that receive funds for free or reduced-price lunches to agree in writing with the department of public aid to share with the department info... More... NY Vetoed 08/2003 P-12 Caregiver Review School Records S.B. 2062 Authorizes caregivers to review school records and to consent to medical and dental diagnosis and treatment of a minor child, excuse absences from school and participation in school sponsored activities.... More... HI Vetoed 07/2003 P-12 Confidentiality of Student Records S.B. 474 Designates the auditor as authorized representative of the department of education and the department of health for purposes of accessing student records. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus.asp?qu=SB474&showstatus=on&showtext=on&press1=docs... More... CO Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Health Care Treatment for Students H.B. 1172 Requires school boards to adopt a policy prohibiting school personnel from recommending or requiring the use of a psychotropic drug by any student or to test or require a test for a child's behavior without the prior written permission from the parents or guar... More... CO Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Selective Service Registration S.B. 255 Concerns provisions relating to selective service registration as a prerequisite for enrolling at a state supported institution of higher education. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/6B883B08F7BCF89487256CC40063E431?Open&file=255_enr.pd... More... CT Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Student Assessment S.B. 1093 § 1 Revises statutes to allow student scores on grade 10 mastery exams to be added to the student's permanent record and transcipt for a student who meets or exceeds the state-wide mastery goal level for any component of the exam; students passing componets of the... More... DE Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Education Records S.B. 57 Relates to the disclosure of and access to education records; updates the protections afforded to parents and students concerning a student's education records, specifically adding a family's right to access their child's educational records; eliminates provis... More... DE Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 School Health Record Keeping Requirements/Screening 14 DAC 811, 815, 817 Establishes rules regarding school health record keeping requirements, physical examinations and screening, and administration of medications and treatments. http://www.state.de.us/research/AdminCode/Education/Education%20Administrative%20Code%20-%20800%20Heal... More... GA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Child Abuse Records S.B. 201 Relates to child abuse and deprivation records; permits the Department of Human Resources to share access to child abuse records and release information from such records to the Office of School Readiness, includes principals, guidance counselors, school socia... More... ME Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Health Records S.P. 96 (LD 262) Requires that disciplinary, attendance and health records be included in the records that follow a student who transfers to another school either within or outside the state. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billtexts/LD026201-1.asp... More... NV Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Community College Personally Identifiable Information A.B. 353 Provides certain restrictions upon the disclosure of personally identifiable information concerning students for commercial and noncommercial uses; prescribes a form that provides for the informed consent of students concerning the directory information that a... More... OK Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School Records H.B. 1646 Amends 51 O.S. 2001, Section 24A.16, which relates to confidentiality of educational records and material; updates statutory language; allows the release of individual student records to certain school districts; amends 70 O.S. 2001, Section 6-115, which relat... More... OR Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Recommending Medication S.B. 456 Prohibits public school personnel from recommending to a parent or guardian that a student seek a prescription for certain types of medication.... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Religious Holy Day Excused Absences H.B. 256 Relates to excused absences for religious holy days for students in institutions of higher education. An institution of higher education must excuse a student from attending classes or other required activities, including examinations, for the observance of a... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Psychotropic Drugs H.B. 320 An employee of a school district may not use or threaten to use the refusal of a parent, guardian, or managing or possessory conservator of a child to administer or consent to the administration of a psychotropic drug to the child, or to consent to any other ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Return 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 diploma, transcript, or grades at the end of a semester or school year; directs the school district to make a reasonable effo... More... IN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Student Discipline S.B. 186 Provides that a student who is expelled from a charter school is subject to the same requirements for enrollment in another school corporation as a student who is expelled from a public school or required to separate from a nonpublic school or a school in a st... More... ME Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Record Sharing Between Law Enforcement and School Administrators S.P. 145 (LD 427) Clarifies that the Maine Juvenile Code does not preclude a law enforcement officer or criminal justice agency from sharing information pertaining to a juvenile with superintendents or principals for purposes of school safety, order and discipline, or to preven... More... ME Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Baxter Compensation Program S.P. 263 (LP 768) Concerns the Baxter Compensation Program; addresses confidentiality of claimants and families of victims of abuse at Baxter School for the Deaf; specifies information to be contained in public record; concerns appeal process and new information consideration; ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Parental Authorization for Surveys or Questions S.B. 895 Requires parental authorization for surveys or questionnaires administered to students requesting any personally identifiable information. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB895.pdf... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Students S.B. 1238 Requires student level data for the Student Accountability Information System (SAIS) to include reasons for a withdrawal, if provided by the pupil or the parent or guardian of the pupil. The Arizona Department of Education must include data relating to student... More... CO Became law without governor's signature 04/2003 P-12 School Transfer Rules H.B. 1083 Repeals of the requirement that transfer rules shall not prohibit a student's participation in extracurricular activities if the student enrolls in the transfer school within fifteen days after the school year begins and prior to participating in the activity ... More... OK Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Notice to Superintendent H.B. 1707 Amends 70 O.S. 2001, Section 5- 144. Upon filing an information or indictment for a felony or violent misdemeanor, the district attorney shall endeavor to ascertain whether or not the person arrested is a student or employee of a school district or a public sc... More... TN Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Child Immunization Records S.B. 1938 Includes third party payors or carriers regulated by department of commerce and insurance and self- insured entities as entities authorized to share information regarding child immunization records; relates to schools, child care facilities, and other institut... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Community College Schools H.B. 744 Changes repealer from 2003 to 2007 on 1) the School Crisis Management Program, 2) the transfer of the industrial and adult short-term training programs to the State Board of Community Colleges, 3) the School Administrator Sabbatical Leave Program, 4) the secti... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Takeover Provisions H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill) Amends Sections 22-2-6 and Section 22-2-14 to allow the state department to take over the control and management of a public schools or district that has failed to meet requirements of law or state board rules and standards. The state board may suspend a board... More... VA Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 School Board Policies/Equal Access H.B. 1518 Prohibits local school boards providing access and opportunity to use school facilities or to distribute literature from denying equal access or fair opportunity to use such school facilities or to distribute literature, or from otherwise discriminating agains... More... VA Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Drug Test in Public Schools H.B. 2091 Requires voluntary and mandatory drug testing policies, in accordance with the most recent enunciation of constitutional principles by the Supreme Court of the United State of America, to be included in the Board of Education's guidelines for student conduct p... More... VA Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Student Social Security Numbers H.B. 1716 Authorizes the division superintendent or his designee to assign another identifying number to students who are ineligible to obtain a federal social security number or the parent is unwilling to present such number or waive the requirement.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 School Aulthorities Crime Reports H.B. 2680 Clarifies and revises the requirements for principals' reports to local law enforcement of incidents occurring on school buses, school property or at school-sponsored activities by (i) restructuring the clusters of incidents to separate assault and assault and... More... AR Signed into law 02/2003 Postsec. Higher Education and Social Security Numbers H.B. 1034 Prohibits institutions of higher education from using students or employees' social security numbers on identification cards.... More... MA Signed into law 01/2003 P-12 Workers Compensation Insurance H.B. 2852 Relates to providing Workers Compensation insurance coverage for certain students participating in a school-to-work program. Provides that such students who receive personal injuries arising out of such participation shall be deemed employees of such employers... More... PA Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 Athletes, Athlete Agents H.B. 2411 Amends the Athletes and Sports Code. Revises provisions relating to athlete agents. Makes provisions regarding student athletes.... More... OR Adopted 10/2002 Postsec. Student Directory Information OAR 577-030 Revises the definition of Directory of Information so that students electronic mail addresses can be printed in the student directory. OREGON REG 23749 (SN)... More... NJ To governor 09/2002 P-12 Student Identification S.B. 1130 Protects pupils from being required to supply certain identifying information on materials distributed in class; prohibits material distributed to pupils from including the information in an obvious manner; provides a school district may use identification num... More... CA Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 07/2002 P-12 Rights of a pupil witness A.B. 1317 Provides that in addition to any other immunity that may exist, expressly deems any testimony provided by a pupil witness in an expulsion hearing conducted pursuant to those provisions to be a privileged publication or broadcast for the purpose of those provis... More... AK Adopted 06/2002 P-12 Student ID Numbers 4 AAC 07.060 (a) Beginning no later than August 31, 2002, a unique 10-digit individual student identification number issued by the department; the student identification number must appear in each electronic record containing studentlevel information that is reported to the de... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Student Records Release and Crime Reporting H.B. 2421 Provides that a school district may release pupil attendance, disciplinary and other educational records to a law enforcement agency, county attorney or tribal authority so that a juvenile justice system may provide appropriate programs and service to interven... More... MI Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Disclosure of Student Information Exempted from Freedom of Information Act H.B. 4874 Exempts disclosure of certain information regarding students of public schools, public universities, public school academies, and other educational institutions from Freedom of Information Act for the official recruiting representatives of the Armed Forces of ... More... RI To governor 06/2002 P-12 I.D. Cards H.B. 7176 Adds evidence of immunization to the Intra-state education Identification card for each child. This act takes effect upon passage.... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: K-12 Student and Parent Rights S.B. 20E Inserts "directory" section to inform students and parents of their rights pertaining to a number of areas, including nondiscrimination, student records, discipline, safety, etc. See Bill section 92, page 173, line 19 ff. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/sessi... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 Postsec. Education Code Re-Write: Rights of Student Representatives S.B. 20E According to legislative summary, "The bill eliminates from current law the collective bargaining limitation on awarding equivalent teaching service." Eliminates requirement that student representative be present at all collective bargaining negotiations. Elim... More... HI Vetoed 05/2002 P-12 Access of Auditor to Student or Other Records H.B. 2231 Establishes the office of the auditor as an authorized representative of the department of education and department of health, a state educational authority, or a state educational official, and as such, authorized to have access to any student or other record... More... MN Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Information Sharing Between Schools and Law Enforcement Agencies H.B. 2618 Relates to data practices; regulates the dissemination of data between schools, law enforcement, and the juvenile justice system; requires public employees and officers to make prompt reports of certain unlawful actions; authorizes providing certain data to th... More... SC Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Falsified Transcripts or Diplomas H.B. 4455 Makes it a misdemeanor to falsify or alter a transcript, a diploma, or the high school equivalency diploma known as the GED from any high school, college, university, or technical college of South Carolina, from the South Carolina Department of Education, or f... More... WV Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Marketing Credit Cards to Students S.B. 217 Requires the governing boards of institutions of higher education to propose rules to regulate the marketing practices used on campuses by credit card companies; provides for limited liability of parents or guardians.... More... WV Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Student Social Security Numbers H.B. 2374 No public or private elementary or secondary school or college or university shall display any student's social security number to identify students for posting or public listing of grades, on class rosters or other lists provided to teachers, on student ident... More... SD Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Military Recruiters S.B. 165 Requires school systems to allow military recruiters access to students and school facilities.... More... SD Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Postsec. Parental Notification S.B. 16 Requires school districts to provide the Board of Regents' office a mailing list of students in grades 7-12 by Nov. 1 each year. The list will be used to provide information to students and parents about post-high school and career planning. Schools are not re... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2002 P-12 Survey Limitations A.B. 3359 Allows school districts to administer certain surveys to students only after receiving written informed parental consent; requires consent if the information revealed relates to political affiliations, mental or psychological problems, sexual behavior and atti... More... IL Signed into law 12/2001 P-12 Military Recruiting On School Campus S.B. 384 Amends the School Code; provides that the access allowed official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the United States to a school campus applies only to a high school campus; allows these recruiting representatives to have access t... More... NC Signed into law 12/2001 P-12 Student Information; suspensions for threats S.B. 990 Prohibits persons contracting with the public schools from disclosing personally identifying information about students; authorizes suspensions for students who make certain false threats, perpetrate certain hoaxes or threaten an act of terrorism; makes emerge... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Student Records for pre-school students A.B. 1539 Requires State-funded preschool or infant and toddler program to provide a child's records to a public school when the child transfers, as specified. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to advise local education agencies regarding related federal... More... LA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Notification of Student Involvement with Juvenile Justice System H.B. 1805 Amends and reenacts Children's Code Article 412(H)(1)(a), relative to notice to schools when students are involved in the juvenile correction system; to clarify that transmission to schools of pertinent portions of predisposition reports affecting students who... More... RI Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Student Records System H.B. 5912 Defines an additional goal of the Children's Cabinet to develop a strategic plan to design and implement a single, secure, universal student identifier system that does not involve using a students Social Security number that will foster interagency communicat... More... RI To governor 07/2001 P-12 Student Identification Numbers H.B. 5378, S.B. 124 This act would prohibit, commencing on July 1, 2005, public educational institutions from assigning a student an identification number which incorporates the students social security number and prohibits the display of four (4) or more consecutive numbers of a... More... DE Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Security of the Delaware Student Testing Program S.B. 157 This Bill provides for the security of the Delaware Student Testing Program, including the data reporting process, and provides penalties for violations of security or the failure to comply with reporting requirements.... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Keeping Child Abuse Reports in Student Records H.B. 3055 Amends the Illinois School Records and Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act; provides that after completing an investigation of alleged child abuse the Child Protective Service Unit shall send a copy to the school that the child attends; provides that this... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Exemptions for Student Information on Records H.B. 29 Relates to public records laws; exempts public school students' names, addresses, and telephone numbers from such law; provides exceptions; provides for effectiveness; provides for related matters.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Timeframe for Transfer of Student Records S.B. 118 Requires the transfer of student education records within 10 days of receipt of a written request by an educational facility.... More... NC Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Appeals Processes S.B. 532 Session Law Number 260., Clarifies the right to appeal to a local board of education and to require notice of the dismissal, demotion or suspension without pay of noncertified employees.... More... NC Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Suspension/Expulsion Records H.B. 620 Gives school superintendents flexibility regarding the expunction of records of a student's suspension or expulsion from school; requires expunction when the condition in the preceding sentence exists and the school superintendent determines that the record is... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Immunity From Civil Liability S.B. 572 Provides for immunity from civil liability for school officials, teachers, pupils and parents who report certain threats of violence.... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Electronic Student Records S.B. 262 Permits State Board of Education to adopt standards for Oregon electronic student records; allows approved educational institutions to participate in Oregon electronic student record program.... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Principals' Performance Evaluations S.B. 204 Provides that a school principal's performance evaluation may not be based wholly on Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (ISTEP) scores of students in the principal's school, but the scores may be used as one factor in the evaluation; authorizes... More... LA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Disclosure of Student Information Related to Juvenile Justice System H.B. 856 Authorizes school boards to adopt policies to provide for disclosing information about students to officials within the juvenile justice system.... More... MD Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Community College Use of Student Information for Commercial Purposes H.B. 823 Prohibits the Maryland Higher Education Commission and certain persons, organizations or community colleges from commercial disclosures of information obtained from the inspection of records of public school pupils; requires the custodian of records to provide... More... MD Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Sharing of Student Records Related To Arrests S.B. 713 Authorizes a local superintendent with information on a child who has been arrested for certain offenses to provide said information to the local superintendent of a school system in the event of a transfer in certain cases; requires a local superintendent who... More... NH Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Falsifying Academic Credentials S.B. 44 Creates the class A misdemeanor of false academic documentation.... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Public School Accountability, Various Components H.B. 1144 Requires that records relating to student performance be coordinated and maintained in standardized, compatible formats that allow the exchange of information between K-12 and higher education and throughout student educational careers; school districts must e... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Student Surnames H.B. 1276 In each public school a student must be identified by the student's legal surname as that name appears: (1) on the student's birth certificate or other document suitable as proof of the student's identity; or (2) in a court order changing the student's name.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 The use of Internet Filters H.B. 1003 Requires public schools and public libraries to install internet filters or purchase internet connectivity from a provider that provides filter services to limit access to material that is harmful to minors.... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Student Educational Records H.B. 2332 Relates to educational records; provides that if the governing board of a school district permits the release of directory information relating to pupils or permits access to school buildings, school grounds or other school property to persons who inform pupil... More... MN Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Notification of Student's Possession of Drug Paraphernalia S.B. 991 Requires notification to schools by law enforcement when a student within their jurisidiction is found in possession of drug paraphernalia.... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Juvenile Records H.B. 1267 Relates to records of a school law enforcement unit; relates to court and law enforcement records of a juvenile.... More... WA Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Student Identifiers S.B. 5509 Relates to identification of students, staff and faculty at institutions of higher education; provides such institutions shall develop a system of personal identifiers for all students, staff and faculty which does not use Social Security numbers; provides suc... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Students Testifying in Teacher's Dismissals H.B. 1774 Allows students to testify in private in hearings under the teacher fair dismissal act.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Parental Notification for Students involved with the Police H.B. 2275 Mandates parental notification of students reported to, interviewed by or taken into custody by law enforcement personnel.... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Special Ed. Students Rights H.B. 2379 Relates to special education; permits adult disabled pupils to execute a delegation of rights regarding their education.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Access to Students S.B. 1207 Requires any school board that provides access to a high school's student body or other contact with its students during a school or school division-sponsored activity to persons or groups for occupational, professional or educational recruitment to provide eq... More... AR Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Repealing the ban on pagers S.B. 218 Repeals the law which makes it unlawful for a student to possess an electronic paging device, beeper, or similar communication device while on school property.... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Notification of Student Violence H.B. 1004 Provides notice to schools if a student commits a crime of violence.... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Notification of Juvenile Crimes H.B. 2841 Specifies that the chief law enforcement officer of a jurisdiction may disclose to school officials that a juvenile is a suspect in or has been charged with a violent juvenile felony, a crime involving arson or bombs, a crime involving drugs or drug parapherna... More... NJ Conditional veto by governor 12/2000 P-12 Student Surveys A.B. 2351 *****Returned to ASSEMBLY., provides that prior to a school district administering certain academic or nonacademic surveys, assessments, analyses, evaluations or comprehensive guidance or counseling values clarifications programs to its students it must first ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Illegal Taping of Conversations A.B. 697 Prohibits evidence obtained as a result of eavesdropping upon or recording a communication in a classroom in violation of that provision of law from being viewed, listened to, or relied upon by school officials or used in any judicial, administrative, or legis... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Students Right to Request Hearing S.B. 444 Extends to 4 schooldays the time that the pupil or his or her parents are granted to request a public hearing. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop standards for the coordination of data on the number of pupil suspensions and expulsions... More... NY Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 Postsec. Social Security Numbers S.B. 6237 Use of student social security numbers restricted. No public or private elementary or secondary school or college as defined in section two of this article shall display any student's social security number to identify such student for posting or public l... More... NY Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Project SAVE S.B. 8236 Relates to project SAVE (Save Safe Schools Against Violence in Education); relates to students and student discipline; relates to improving school safety; relates to directing courts to provide schools with notification of criminal and juvenile delinquency adj... More... CO Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Safe Schools S.B. 133 Centers on a conduct and discipline code with identified violations to result in actions taken. Forms the basis for annual reporting to local board and state department. Addresses juvenile delinquency records of students and "pertinent performance record or ... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Changing the Rules for School Discipline S.B. 852 Revises the definition of suspension; revises data used to determine school's performance grade category; revises information required to be included in student code of conduct; specifies types of drills and emergencies for which district school boards are req... More... FL Vetoed 06/2000 P-12 Changes in High School Grading Practices S.B. 990 Relates to education; relates to annual public disclosure reports; encourages certain grading practices; authorizes school districts to abandon certain high school grading practices; authorizes a weighted grading system for purposes of class ranking.... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Student Records S.B. 2250 Relates to public records; provides access to student records by school readiness coalitions and the Florida Partnership for School Readiness; provides an exemption from public-records requirements for records of children in subsidized child-care programs and... More... SC Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Juvenile Records H.B. 4003 Relates to the maintenance, release, and confidentiality of juvenile records pursuant to the juvenile justice code; authorizes release of information among the Department of Juvenile Justice, solicitor's offices, the attorney general and other law enforcement ... More... TN Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Student Names S.B. 1882 Requires student to be enrolled in school under name that appears on certificate of birth and to use that throughout school career.... More... CO Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Release of Student Education Records H.B. 1202 A school district shall not release the education records of a student to any person, agency or organization without the prior written consent of the parent or legal guardian of the student except as otherwise permitted in 20 U.S.C. SEC. 1232G (B)... More... IA Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. H.B. 2437 Relates to disclosure by a postsecondary education institution of information to the parent or guardian of a student; relates to personal information regarding a violation of a law or institutional rule governing the use or possession of alcohol or a controlle... More... MI Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Student Records S.B. 588 Public Act 88., Relates to education; prohibits the release of student education records and teacher addresses and telephone numbers under certain circumstances; provides an exemption to the Freedom of Information Act; relates to the Family Educational Rights ... More... MI Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 School Locker Searches H.B. 5233 Public Act 87; Relates to elementary and secondary education; provides for policies on school locker searches.... More... MN Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Records Sharing H.B. 2833 , Relates to crime; authorizes certain behavioral data on students to be disclosed to the juvenile justice system; provides for data sharing between probation officers and school officials for juveniles on probation; provides that when a juvenile has been adju... More... OK Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Disclosure of Records S.B. 1533 Authorizes school districts to request disciplinary and nondirectory educational records from districts in which a student was formerly enrolled to ascertain safety issues with incoming students and ensure full disclosure when a student is in the process of en... More... TN Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Records Sharing S.J.R. 620 Urges the Department of Education to prepare and provide to all public schools guides to legally permissible practices for disclosure and sharing of student disciplinary information among educators.... More... WI Vetoed 05/2000 P-12 Disclosure of Pupil Records A.B. 663 Relates to disclosure of pupil records by the department of public instruction; conforms an exception to federal law; allows DPI to disclose information to U.S. Comptroller General or U.S. Secretary of Education or appropriate state agencies; allows DPI to cha... More... CO Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Student Records H.B. 1119 Concerning the exchange of information related to children; authorizes an exchange of information between schools and law enforcement agencies; allows any criminal justice agency or assessment center for children in the state to release any information or reco... More... LA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Testing S.B. 33A Exempts certain testing instruments, test answers, and individual student test scores from the public records laws.... More... MD Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Postsec. Use of Social Security Numbers H.B. 37 Prohibits public institutions of higher education, public schools, or the State from printing or having printed a Social Security number on any type of identification card; prohibits the Motor Vehicle Administration from using, including or encoding a Social S... More... ME Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Legal Action H.B. 1135 (LD 1620)Allows any person who was a student at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf between 1974 and 1998 to bring an action against the school notwithstanding any provision of the law limiting the time period for which an action may be commenced or concer... More... VA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Student Involvement in Politics H.B. 1541 Requires, no later than 8/1/2001, local school boards to develop and implement policies to ensure that public school students are not required to convey or deliver any materials that advocate the election or defeat or any candidate for elective office, advocat... More... ME Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Transfer of Student Records S.B. 687 Public Law No. 595, (LD 1933); Allows a juvenile's school to disseminate information about the juvenile to the court and a criminal justice agency under certain conditions; provides that information remains confidential and may not be further disseminated.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Drug Testing H.B. 588 Permits local school boards to require as a condition for re-enrollment or continued enrollment in public school, that students who have been convicted or adjudicated delinquent of drug-related offenses submit to drug testing; provides that Board of Education ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Student Searches H.B. 1445 Directs school boards to adopt regulations governing student searches; requires regulations be consistent with relevant state and federal law.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Disclosure of Ethnicity S.B. 224 Requires school board employees administering tests or other assessment instrument to disclose to the public school students being tested that such students are not required to respond to any inquiry regarding their race or ethnicity on any such test or instru... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Student Searches H.B. 1445 Directs school boards to adopt regulations governing student searches; requires regulations be consistent with relevant state and federal law.... More... WA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Student Fund-Raisers H.B. 2332 Declares an intent to allow students to broaden the types of fund-raisers that they may conduct for charitable purposes in their private non-associated student body capacities, and ensure that these funds will be separate from student body funds to avoid const... More... WA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Notification of Student Offenses S.B. 6206 Requires that schools be notified of firearm violations by students; states whenever a minor enrolled in any common school is convicted in adult criminal court, or adjudicated or entered into a diversion agreement with the juvenile court on a sex offense, inha... More... KY Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Paging Devices H.B. 266 Requires a local board of education to develop a policy regarding the possession and use of personal telecommunications devices by a student on school property or at a school-related activity; deletes language prohibiting the possession and use of a paging dev... More... SD Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Reporting by Law Enforcement H.B. 1192 Allows law enforcement agencies to report certain violations of law and threats made by a student.... More... VA Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Drug Testing for Certain Juveniles S.B. 153 Requires juveniles found delinquent and adults found guilty for a first drug offense be subject to periodic substance abuse testing, drug treatment and education; mandates six months extra time on a felony sentence if the mandatory drug assessment indicates a ... More... NE Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Creates Student Freedom of Expression Act L.B. 182 Creates the Student Freedom of Expression Act. Encourages students to exercise their freedoms of speech and press, and allows sponsoring teachers to prohibit publishing materials which are obscene, harmful to minors as defined in Sec. 28-807, libelous, or lik... More... AL Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Creates Juvenile Information Act H.B. 491 Establishes the Juvenile Information Act; relates to confidentiality of juvenile records; provides juvenile arrest information to law enforcement agencies; requires notice to school officials concerning juveniles adjudicated as delinquent for Class A or Class ... More... ME Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Notification of Petition Against Juvenile S.B. 578 Requires that when a petition has been filed against a juvenile for an offense that alleges the use or threatened use of physical force against a person or when a juvenile has been adjudicated as having committed such an offense, the district attorney shall pr... More... NV Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Prohibits Hazing S.B. 297 Prohibits hazing at high schools, colleges and universities in this state.... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Prohibits Strip Searches H.B. 1489 Prohibits school personnel from performing strip searches in elementary and secondary schools.... More... ME Signed into law 01/1999 P-12 Prohibits Identifying Information on Internet S.B. 93 Students Records Prohibits a public school from publishing on the Internet or furnishing for publication on the Internet any information that can be used to identify a student of that public school without first obtaining the written approval of the parents of that student.... More... SC Signed into law 07/1998 P-12 H.B. 4804 Relates to threatening the life, person, or family or a public official, teacher or principal; makes it unlawful to threaten the life, person, or family of any public employee; revises the penalties for violation; relates to probation, parole and records, rela... More... WI Signed into law 07/1998 P-12 A.B. 715 Pupil Lockers Relates to authorizing the search of a pupil's locker.... More... NJ Died 06/1998 P-12 S.B. 2314 & S.B. 2319 Authorizes school boards to adopt a drug testing policy of student athletes.... More... NJ Died 06/1998 P-12 A.B. 3259 Requires shcool principals to report certain student offenses to law enforcement agencies.... More... AZ Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 S.B. 1395 States the court must notify school districts of residence when juveniles are delinquent or convicted and are on parole and attending school; elementary and high schools can request from the court the criminal history of individual students to determine if a s... More... FL Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 S.B. 1796 Juvenile Sex Offenders BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE . Relates to juvenile sex offenders; requires Department of Children and Family Services to notify school superintendent of any juvenile who has known history of sexual behavior with other juveniles or who has been conv... More... MA Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 Requires Distribution of Information to Parents S.B. 2209 Provides for the distribution of information to certain parents of children enrolled in elementary and secondary schools; includes but is not limited to report cards and progress reports, the results of intelligence and achievement tests, special needs assessm... More... MD Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 S.B. 723 Concerns certain records of public school students; adds the home address and home phone number of a student to the list of records that a custodian is prohibited from making available to the public.... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 362 Student Expulsion Provides that students for whom a report has been received of an adjudication of delinquency or a conviction, may be suspended or expelled from school attendance; requires , under current law, court clerks to notify the relevant school division superinterdent ... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 1343 Expulsion Directs school boards to expel from school attendance any student whom such school board has determined, in accordance with existing due process requirements, to have brought drugs onto school property or to a school-sponsored activity.... More... WI Died 04/1998 P-12 A.B. 429 Relates to information received by a school official regarding the use by a pupil of alcohol or other drugs.... More... ID Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 H.B. 710 School Attendance Relates to school attendance; provides that enrollment may be denied to a student for certain acts committed in this state or any state; requires that, if requested, the parent or guardian of a student transferring from another state must furnish copies of stu... More... IL Signed into law 08/1997 P-12 H.B. 2132 Creation of Drug Violation Act Creates the School Reporting of Drug Violations Act. Requires the principal of a public elementary or secondary school to report to the police the delivery of cannabis and controlled substances occurring in a school, on school grounds, on a public way within 1... More... IL Vetoed 08/1997 P-12 H.B. 154 Gives public high school students the right to exercise freedom of the press and that expressions contained in a high school newspaper are not subject to prior restraint except for expressions that are libelous, obscene, or harmful to minors, constitute an unw... More... TX Died 08/1997 P-12 H.B. 2643 Notification of School Personnel of the Arrest or Detention of a Student Relates to the notification of school personnel of the arrest or detention of a student and any subsequent disposition of that arrest or detention.... More... DE Signed into law 07/1997 P-12 H.B. 322 Provides authority to local school superintendents to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of parents, custodians, or gurdians of students at school parent conferences and restructures the present school crime reporting statute; includes violent felonies a... More... NV Passed 07/1997 P-12 A.B. 518 Relates to pupils; requires courts to provide to school districts information reagrding pupils who have unlawfully caused or atttempted to cause serious bodily injury to another person.... More... OK Signed into law 07/1997 P-12 H.B. 2130 Out-Of-School Suspension Requires school district boards of education to adopt a policy with procedures which provide for out-of-school suspension of students; prohibits out-of-school suspension from extending beyond the current and succeeding semester, except for possession of a fire... More... FL Died 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 1564 Drug Testing of Students Requires Department of Education to adopt rules for administering random drug tests to public school students; provides for method of drug tests and frequency of drug tests to be established by rule; requires that HSMV withhold issuing driver's license to stud... More... WA Vetoed 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 5274 Student Records Relates to the disclosure of students' social security numbers; provides that school districts and public schools shall not request the disclosure of a student's federal social security number; establishes that the school may only request the student's social ... More... WA Vetoed 05/1997 P-12 H.B. 1085 Notification Before Student Tests, Questionnaires, Surveys, Analyses, or Evaluations Requires notification before a school conducts certain student tests, questionnaires, surveys, analyses, or evaluations.... More... CO Died 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 1129 Student Records Prohibits the use of personally identifying student information in the statewide financial, student management, and human resource electronic data communications and reporting system, with the exception of records relating to specified situations. Further, the... More... FL Died 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 837 Student Report Cards Requires school districts to establish and publish policies for content and regular issuance of student report cards depicting both academic & conduct performance by all students; prohibits student exemption from academic performance requirements; requires ann... More... FL Died 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 1007 Student Performance Standards Provides for Education Commissioner to adopt rules regarding student performance standards; revises requirements of school district testing programs; requires intensive reading instruction under certain circumstances; raises required cumulative grade point ave... More... GA Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 180 Relates to juveniles; concerns school attendance; provides that a student enrolling for the first time in any school in grade seven or higher must provide a copy of his or her scholastic and discipline record; provides for conditional enrollment under certain ... More... IA Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 331 Relates to the authorization of school officials to conduct searches of students, student protected areas, lockers, desks, and other facilities and spaces.... More... MT Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 77 Requires recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools; provides that a student or teacher must be excused from participation if the student's or teacher's convictions preclude participation; requires a school district to inform students and teacher... More... MT Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 28 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the trustees of a school district, upon request and in compliance with state and federal confidentiality laws, to disclose required student assessment data to interested parties.... More... ND Vetoed 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 1147 School Personnel Notification of Juvenile Offenses Relates to school personnel notification of juvenile offenses.... More... AR Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 1397 Provides an appeal process for students who are suspended or expelled from school for violation of a school district's written discipline policies.... More... VA Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 2666/S.B. 1163 Students' Rights as Crime Victims Requires local school boards to permit a student who was victim of any crime against the person committed by or alleged to have been committed by another student attending classes in the school, any employee of the school board, any volunteer, contract worker,... More... VA Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 1802 Drug and Alcohol Testing of Students Directs school board to require students convicted and found not innocent of violations of the Drug Control Act to submit unannounced, random drug and alcohol tests as a condition for reenrollment or continued attendance in a particular school or program; auth... More... MO Vetoed 07/1996 P-12 H.B. 1523 Access to Student Records Requires school districts to restrict access to personally identifiable student records to authorized school district employees, except as otherwise provided by law. Such records can be made available to persons not employed by the district only in response to... More... IL Passed 06/1996 P-12 23 IAC 2755.30 to 2755.50 Robert C Byrd Honors Scholarship Program (Effective: 07/01/96) Requires that high schools use the same scale in reporting the grade point average of all applicants to ensure equity within a high school's applicant population. Specifies that high schools which do not submit class ranks for applicants ... More... FL Became law without governor's signature 05/1996 P-12 S.B. 322 Under 18 and Smoking Tobacco Provides that it is unlawful for any person under 18 years of age to smoke tobacco in, on, or within 1000 feet of the real property comprising a public or private elementary, middle, or secondary school between the hours of 6 a.m. and midnight. Provides a civi... More... SC Signed into law 05/1996 P-12 H.B. 4430 Notification of crime information Provides that the Dept. of Ed. shall forward crime information to the Attorney General to be used in the prosecution of school crime. Local law enforcement is required to contact the Attorney General when certain crimes occur. Upon request of a local school di... More... TX Passed 05/1996 P-12 Promotion and Altenatives to Social Promotion; Grading/Reporting Requirements; Course Credit (Effective: 09/01/96) Repeals rules concerning curriculum to comply with the sunset review process mandated by Senate Bill 1, 74th Legislature, 1995. Repeals rules regarding grading and reporting requirements; promotion and course credit; grade level advanceme... More... CO Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 S.B. 63 Student Discipline (Effective: 04/22/96) Authorizes a school district to transmit to another school district discipline information concerning a transfer student. Requires principal to communicate discipline information concerning any student to any teacher or counselor who has ... More... KY Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 H.B. 35 Juvenile Court Records (Effective: 04/04/96) Permits sharing of juvenile court records relating to drugs and violence with school authorities; prohibits public disclosure; permits order of adjudication of juvenile delinquency for commission of capital offense; class A, B, or C felon... More... CT Expired 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 5806 Police Notify Superintendent When A Student Is Arrested Requires the police to notify the superintendent of schools when a student is arrested for selling, carrying or brandishing a facsimile of a firearm; requires that whenever a board of education suspends a student for the illegal possession of a firearm or dead... More... VA Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 1118 Constitutional Rights and Restrictions Directs the Board of education, in consultation with the Office of Attorney General, to develop guidelines of constitutional rights and restrictions regarding the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag in the public schools.... More... VA Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 433 Constitutional Rights and Protections Relates to guidelines on constitutional rights and restrictions regarding the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag in the public schools. The Board's guidelines are to include provisions addressing initiative and involvement of local school boards, school... More... WI Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 A.B. 609 Student Records (Effective: 03/22/96) Relates to the disclosure of certain law enforcement agency records that relate to a child to the child's school district administrator.... More... WV Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 2500 Juvenile Records (Effective: 03/09/96) Permits the disclosure of certain juvenile criminal records to local law enforcement and school administrator, had many of same provisions of S.B. 485.... More... WI Expired 02/1996 P-12 A.B. 262 Disclosure of Law Enforcement Records This bill permits a law enforcement agency to release to a school district administrator any information in its records relating to the possession of a firearm in a school zone or the possession of a knife on school premises by a pupil enrolled in the school d... More... WI Signed into law 02/1996 P-12 A.B. 718 Alcohol Testing and Suspension of Students This bill gives authorized public school officials and employees the right to require a public school pupil to provide breath samples to determine the presence of alcohol in his or her breath whenever the official or employee has reason to believe that the pup... More... OK Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 2498 Student Tracking System Relates to schools; requires the State Department of Education to implement an electronic student tracking system; requires use of certain identification numbers; relates to use of social security numbers; modifies authorized uses authorized uses of social sec... More... NH Died 10/1995 P-12 S.B. 653 Parent and Pupil Rights Establishes the parent and pupil rights law and specifies certain information required to be provided by a school to a parent or pupil.... More... NC Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 H.B. 65 US Flag in Classrooms Provides a United States flag for every public school classroom and to require the student to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day.... More... MD Signed into law 06/1995 P-12 S.B. 545, chapter 391 Portable Pagers Makes it discreationary rather than mandatory for a law enforcement officer to arrest an individual who unlawfully possesses a portable pager on school property. The officer must immediately inquire as to the reasons the individual possesses the pager and may ... More... VA Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 Notice of Juvenile Arrest Requires the intake officer to notify the division superintendent whenever a juvenile is arrested and charged with a delinquent act involving death, weapons, drugs, assaults, woundings, arson, or burglary.... More... GA Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 S.B. 156 Student Records Relates to juvenile proceedings, so as to provide for public access to certain juvenile court hearings and records; Provides for fingerprinting and photographing of juveniles; Provides for the sharing and use of information on juvenile arrests and court procee... More... IN Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 H.B. 1625 - Inspection of Instructional Materials Requires a school corporation to make available for inspection by the parents or guardians of a students any instructional materials used in connection with an analysis, an evaluation, a program, or a survey concerning certain beliefs, affiliations, attitudes,... More... NV Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 A.B. 427 Carrying a Beeper Prohibits a student from carrying or possessing a beeper, portable telephone, or any other similar device on shcool grounds. A student may carry or possess such a device only with written consent from the school principal. (Legislative Summary 1993)... More... TN Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 S.B. 1845 School Searches This bill lowers the standard to conduct searches on school property from "probable cause" and "reasonable cause" to "reasonable suspicion". Such searches include lockers, cars in school parking lots - belonging to students and visitors, containers brought on ... More... UT Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 H.B. 403 Utah Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (Effective: 05/02/94) Requires school personnel to comply with protections provided for family and student privacy in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act enacted by the United States Congress while administering and operating all public school progra... More... VA Signed into law 04/1994 P-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.... More... Teaching Quality Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. 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