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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--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--Legal Issues Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Brain Research Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Curriculum NV Adopted 11/2012 Postsec. Description of Courses of Education in Career and Technical Education NAC 389.516, 520, 521, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 529, 530, 532, 534, 536, 537, 543, 5435, 545, 5455, 547, 5475, 549, 5495, 5515, 553, 5535, 572, 573, 575, 576, 577, 579, 581, 582, 584, 586, 588, 589, 590, 592, 594, 596, 597, 598, 600, 601, 6013, 6015, 6017, 604, 606, 608, 610, 611, 612, 614, 616, 618, 620, 622, 624, 6525, 6529, 653, 6534, 6535, 6536, 6537, 6538, 6539, 6541, 6542, 6543, 6544, 6545,6546 Revises and describes what should be included in courses of study in career and technical education. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nac/NAC-389.... More... NV Adopted 06/2012 P-12 Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics, Demonstrating Writing Proficiency & Career Readiness Courses NAC 389 Adopting the Common Core Standards at certain grade levels for English language arts and mathematics; providing for the implementation of th... More... LA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Authorizing Online and Other Course Providers H.B. 976 Requires the state board of education to create a process for authorizing course providers, including online or virtual providers, postsecon... More... PA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 Expands "Vocational Agricultural Education" S.B. 389 Updates the definition of ''vocational agricultural education" to include instruction that develops student potential for success in enterin... More... CA Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Prohibition of Discriminatory Content S.B. 48 From bill summary: Updates references to certain categories of persons and requires instruction in social sciences to include a study of the... More... CT Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Genocide Education/Sign Language is Foreign Language H.B. 6499 - Sec. 1 and 2 Includes genocide education in the materials provided by the Department of Education to school districts for student curriculum and educator... More... FL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Digital Curriculum/ Middle School Career and Professional Academy H.B. 1255 - Sec. 17, 19, 20, 28 Authorizes school districts to provide a digital curriculum for students in grades 6 through 12 (Sec. 17). Requires a district's strategic p... More... FL Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Charter School Enrollment/School District Class Size S.B. 2120 - Sec. 8, 11, 12, 14, 15 Sec. 8 - Adjusts the charter school enrollment process such that students living in a development that provides the facility and related pro... More... FL Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Review of State Instructional Materials S.B. 2120 - Sec. 21 Sec. 21 - Requires the state Commissioner of Education, by April 15 of each school year, to appoint three state or national experts in the c... More... WV Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 School Curriculum Teams and Local School Collaborative Processes H.B. 3116 Amends and reenacts the law relating to the authority of school curriculum teams and local school collaborative processes with respect to se... More... AK Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Task Force on Theme-Based Education S.B. 1 - Task Force on Theme-Based Education Establishes advisory task force on theme-based education as a legislative task force to compile data and advise the legislature on public sc... More... IA Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Postsec. Council for Agricultural Education H.B. 592 Establishes a council for agricultural education (advisory). Sets membership and duties. The duties of the council are to review, develop, a... More... WA Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Civil Rights S.B. 5174 Relates to encouraging instruction in the history of civil rights; adding a new section to chapter 28A.230 RCW; and creating a new section. ... More... MI Signed into law 12/2010 P-12 Gun Safety Instruction For Elementary School Pupils S.B. 1402 Directs the state department of education develop or adopt, and make available to schools, one or more model programs for gun safety instruc... More... PA Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 P-12 State Standards for Business, Computer and Information Technology Courses H.B. 101- Section 1552 This section requires the Secretary of Education to establish state standards for business, computer and information technology courses with... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Curriculum H.B. 2281 Prohibits a school district or charter school from including courses or classes that either promote the overthrow of the United States gover... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Arizona Gun Safety Program H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions Establishes the course's worth at one credit. Includes competently discharging a firearm at one or more targets to demonstrate marksmanship ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Civics Education Act H.B. 105 Civics Education [SPSC]; Designates act "Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Civics Education Act"; provides requirement that reading portion of lan... More... MD Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Task Force to Explore Incorporation of the Principles of Universal Design S.B. 467 Establishes the Task Force to Explore the Incorporation of the Principles of Universal Design (i.e., an approach to education curriculum des... More... OK Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 High School Course on the Bible H.B. 2321 Authorizes districts to offer an elective high school course on the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and its impact and an elective course ... More... OH Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Funds for Simulated Driving Curriculum H.B. 27 Creates the teen driver education license plate fund in the state treasury, from applicants who obtain teen driver education license plates.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Postsec. Money-Saving Measures H.B. 166 Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Open Education Curriculum Board S.B. 241 Establishes the Open Education Curriculum Board. Provides that the board may offer financial incentives to encourage individuals to submit e... More... VA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Authorizing Firearm Safety Programs H.B. 1217 Allows local school boards to offer firearm safety education programs in the elementary grades; requires that program objectives incorporate... More... SD Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Entrepreneurship Education H.B. 1152 Requires the Department of Education to develop a framework for entrepreneurship education for use at middle and high school levels. http://... More... VA Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Economics Education and Financial Literacy H.B. 196 Repeals the requirement for economics education and financial literacy instruction in middle and high schools. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-b... More... WI Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Science Credit for Agriculture Courses A.B. 236 Act 114 requires school boards to award a science credit to a pupil for each agriculture course the pupil successfully completes in the high... More... WI Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Human Growth and Development Instruction A.B. 458 The purpose of the statute on instruction in human growth and development instruction is to encourage all school boards to ensure that pupil... More... WI Signed into law 12/2009 P-12 History of Organized Labor and Collective Bargaining A.B. 172 Requires social studies instruction in public schools to include the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining pro... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Agricultural Science Teacher Preparation H.B. 3600 Requires the state board of education, subject to appropriation, to provide grants to institutions of higher education that offer state-appr... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Postsec. Disability History and Awareness H.B. 1035 Requires the state board of education to promote an annual campaign about disability history and awareness in the state. Requires a school d... More... NC Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Personal Financial Literacy Education Required H.B. 1474 Requires credit education for all students; provides that each student receive personal financial literacy instruction that includes the tru... More... HI Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 07/2009 P-12 Sex Ed S.B. 777 Requires sexuality health education programs funded by the state to provide medically accurate and factual information that includes educati... More... LA Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Physical Ed. Requirements H.B. 400 Requires public schools to provide a specified amount of physical activity each school day for students in specified grades; provides for th... More... NC Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Reproductive Health and Safety Education H.B. 88 Removes the requirement that local school administrative units (LEAs) provide only abstinence until marriage education and requires LEAs to ... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Financial Literary Pilot A.B. 1943 Establishes pilot program in Department of Education to provide instruction in personal finance to high school seniors. http://www.njleg.sta... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Driver's Education S.B. 1317 Bars the state from issuing a driver's license to a person under the age of 25 unless the person submits a driver education certificate that... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Driver's Education H.B. 2730 - Sections 12.02 through -.04, 12.08, 12.13 Requires districts to consider offering a driver's education course each school year. Authorizes districts to charge fees for courses or con... More... IN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Financial Literacy H.B. 1581 Requires public schools, charter schools and accredited nonpublic schools to provide instruction in personal financial responsibility to stu... More... KS Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Financial Literacy S.B. 84 Requires the State Board of Education to develop state curriculum standards for personal financial literacy for all grade levels within the ... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 World Language Proficiency Certificates H.F. 2  Establishes world language proficiency certificates. Permits all Minnesota schools to awards Minnesota World Language Proficiency Certifica... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Implementing Rigorous Course Work Measures Related to Student Performance H.F. 2 Establishes a process for the commissioner and qualified experts and other stakeholders including parents and teachers to develop a model th... More... ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Inclusion of Personal Finance in Curriculum H.B. 1400 - Sec. 25, Personal Finance Beginning July 1, 2010, each school district shall ensure that its curriculum for either economics or problems of democracy includes the exp... More... OH Adopted 05/2009 P-12 Family and Consumer Sciences Programs OAC 3301-61-04 Sets criteria for family and consumer sciences programs in grades 7-12. Requires all such programs to be approved by the department of educa... More... TN Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. American History/American Government S.B. 1073 Authorizes any student to substitute three semester or three quarter hours of American government for three of the semester or quarter hours... More... TX Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Alternative Driver's Education Courses S.B. 858 Authorizes a driver education school to teach all or part of the classroom portion of an approved driver education course by an alternative ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Improving History Education S.B. 452 Creates the State Legislative Task Force on the assessment and improvement of state history education in public schools. http://www.arkleg.s... More... MD Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Standardized Course Numbering in Public Schools H.B. 588 Authorizes the State Department of Education to develop a standardized course numbering system to facilitate the collection of data on stude... More... MD Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Physical Fitness Measurement Program S.B. 879 Requires each local school system to develop and implement an annual physical fitness measurement program; establishes specified program ele... More... MD Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 School Wellness Policy H.B. 1264; S.B. 879 Authorizes local school systems to develop and implement Wellness Policy Implementation and Monitoring Plans to establish baseline student d... More... MT Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Agricultural Education H.B. 464 Each agricultural education program in the state that completes the national quality program standard evaluation as adopted by rule and subm... More... ND Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Social Studies Curriclum H.B. 1435 Provides for inclusion of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution in the school social studies curriculum; provid... More... NM Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Media Literacy Requirement H.B. 342 Requires that media literacy be offered as an elective for public school students in grades six through twelve. http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/... More... OK Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Founding Documents; Religious Materials H.B. 1756 Directs each school district to adopt a policy, with grade-level-appropriate instructional levels, that assures that all students are encour... More... VA Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Education on the Holocaust and Genocide H.B. 2409 Requires the Board of Education to establish objectives for Holocaust education with an emphasis on the causes and ramifications of the Holo... More... VA Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Driver Safety Course H.B. 1782 Requires that minor applicants for a driver's license show they have successfully completed, with a parent or guardian, an in-person 90-minu... More... VT Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Comprehensive Statewide Approach to Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse S.B. 13 Intended to implement the November 2008 Report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary's 34-Point Comprehensive Plan for Vermont's Sexual Abuse... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Value and Benefits of Marriage S.B. 827 Adds the value and benefits of marriage for men, women, children, and communities to the list of topics to be covered in family life educati... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Benefits of Marriage H.B. 1746 Adds the value and benefits of marriage for men, women, children, and communities to the list of topics to be covered in family life educati... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Dissemination of Information on Family Life Education H.B. 1980 Requires school divisions to include a detailed statement in the summary already required by law to be issued to parents and guardians to as... More... MI Signed into law 12/2008 P-12 History of Africa in Curriculum H.B. 4902 Encourages a school district that teaches world history in middle school or high school to focus instruction regarding Africa on at least on... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 Financial literacy A.B. 1502 Requires the State Board of Education and the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission to ensure that information about ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 Native American curriculum A.B. 2034 Encourages the State Board of Education and the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission to ensure that the history-soci... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 History curriculum A.B. 2064 Requires the State Board of Education and the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission to ensure that the history-social... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 Social science curriculum A.B. 1863 Encourages schools to include the role and contribution of Italian Americans in social science instruction. Encourages the State Board of Ed... More... UT Adopted 09/2008 P-12 Instructional Materials Commission R277-469 Amends rule addressing the operating procedures of the Instructional Materials Commission. Defines "curriculum alignment" as the assurance t... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Homeownership Education S.B. 2387 Adds homeownership, including the basic process of obtaining a mortgage and the concepts of fixed and adjustable rate mortgages, subprime lo... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College State Treasurer Financial Education and Savings Not-For-Profit Corporation S.B. 2098 Authorizes the state treasurer to create the State Treasurer Financial Education and Savings Not-For-Profit Corporation to promote financial... More... CA Vetoed 07/2008 P-12 Science S.B. 908 Amends existing law that requires the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission to recommend minimum standards of course ... More... LA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Financial Literacy and Education Commission S.B. 405 Creates and provides for the Financial Literacy and Education Commission; provides for membership, powers and duties; relates to education o... More... LA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Foreign Language Opportunities S.B. 549 Requires, by a specified time, that all children attending public schools shall have the opportunity to study the critical languages in addi... More... NY Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Drivers Education S.B. 6985 Creates a temporary special advisory panel on driver education availability and curriculum enhancement to examine, assess and make recommend... More... PA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Center for Environmental Education S.B. 356 Amends the Environmental Education Act. Provides for the establishment of the Center for Environmental Education and the Center for Environm... More... RI Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Standards-Based PE and Health Curricula H.B. 7280 Requires that the physical education and health curricula in schools be based on standards set by the state Health Education Framework and t... More... RI Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Standards-Based PE and Health Curriculum S.B. 2621 Requires that the physical education and health curriculums in schools be based on standards set by the Health Education Framework and the P... More... CT Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 High School Foreign Language Credit H.B. 5820 Concerns high school credit for private world language courses; provides that students may earn up to two credits toward high school graduat... More... NH Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College HIV Education S.B. 395 Establishes a commission to review the state's statutes on human immunodeficiency virus education, prevention, and control. http://www.genco... More... NH Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Health Curriculum S.B. 359 Updates the health education curriculum requirements to include instruction on the effects of alcohol and other drugs, child abuse, human im... More... NH Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Pre-Engineering Curriculum H.B. 1282 Expands the Department of Education's pre- engineering technology curriculum in public schools program for students in specified grades inte... More... AZ Vetoed 05/2008 P-12 Curriculum H.B. 2557 Provides that a school district shall not eliminate or reduce instruction in physical education, the arts, music, career and technical educa... More... IA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Financial Literacy S.F. 2216 - Financial Literacy Segment Part of this bill makes financial literacy part of the core curriculum and defines it as: Not limited to financial responsibility and planni... More... IA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Core Curriculum S.F. 2216 - Core Curriculum Amends previous language to remove "voluntary model" from the establishment of core curriculum for grades 9-12, beginning with students grad... More... OK Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Physical Activity S.B. 1186 Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, the Board must require, as a condition of accreditation, that public elementary schools provide to... More... KY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Instruction on the Holocaust and Genocide H.J.R. 6 Establishes the Ernie Marx Resolution. Directs the department of education to review Holocaust and genocide curricula developed by other sta... More... MD Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Financial Literacy H.B. 1242; S.B. 533 Creates a Task Force to Study How to Improve Financial Literacy in the State; requires the task force to study the current ability of high s... More... OK Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 H.B. 2229 Amends existing law which requires public school districts to include instruction concerning the Declaration of Independence and the United ... More... OR Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Farm-to-School and School Garden Program H.B. 3601A Requires the Department of Education to establish Oregon Farm-to-School and School Garden Program and to assist school districts that partic... More... TN Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Guidelines for Foreign Language Fluency S.B. 2980 Directs the State Board of Education to develop guidelines for Develop guidelines for the use of LEAs to foster foreign language fluency as ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Instructional Materials Alignment with Core Curriculum S.B. 2 - Section 11 Directs the state board of education to adopt rules that establish: (1) The qualifications of the independent parties who may evaluate and m... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Physical Fitness H.B. 242 Requires local school boards to incorporate into their local wellness policy as a goal a minimum of an average of 150 minutes of physical fi... More... WA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Local Farms-Healthy Kids Act S.B. 6483 The bill creates the farm-to-school program within the department of agriculture to facilitate increased procurement of Washington grown foo... More... WV Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 High School Health Ed. Curriculum H.B. 4124 Adds education concerning CPR and first aid to the health education curriculum to students in grades six to 12. http://www.legis.state.wv.us... More... UT Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Instructional Materials Commission Operating Procedures R277-469 2007 H.B. 364 prohibits a school district from purchasing certain instructional materials unless the materials have been evaluated by an ind... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-12 Curriculum A.B. 150 Establishes the Financial Literacy Initiative for improving financial literacy by offering instructional materials for teachers and schools ... More... OK Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Personal Financial Literacy Education OAC 210:35-9-31 Amends rules to require public schools to provide personal financial literacy education in grades 7-12. Outlines 14 areas of instruction tha... More... OR Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Health and Physical Education OAR 581-022-1210 Adds health and physical education to list of curriculum defined by state content standards. ... More... OK Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Physical Education OAC 210:25-5-31 Amends rules to require that public elementary schools provide instruction in physical education for full-day kindergarten through grade 5 s... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Task Force on Civics and Financial Education H.B. 2584 Creates a Task Force on Civics and Financial Education to study and make recommendations about how to increase and improve civics and financ... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Physical Education H.B. 3141 Requires the state department to collect data on: (1) The number of minutes of physical education that are provided to K-8 students each sch... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Instruction in Lawful Abandonment of Newborn Baby H.B. 485 Requires local boards of education to ensure that students in grades nine through twelve receive annual health instruction including informa... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College American Sign Language H.B. 915 Encourages the public schools, the community college system and the University of North Carolina to offer American Sign Language for credit ... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Physical Education H.B. 1601 Prohibits counting recess towards the physical education requirements; directs the state board to encourage school districts to provide phys... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Passport to Financial Literacy Act H.B. 1476 Requires personal financial literacy education to be taught in public schools in the state; lists areas of instruction; directs school distr... More... WV Adopted 06/2007 P-12 Foreign Language Standards Title 126, Series 44G Amends rules regarding foreign language content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools. ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Science-based Sex Education H.B. 1292 Concerns the adoption of science-based content standards for instruction regarding human sexuality. The standards are intended to help reduc... More... FL Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Physical Education Requirement H.B. 967 Relates to physical education; provides requirements for student participation in physical education; requires review and revision of the Su... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 World Languages Pilot Program Grants H.F. 2245 [World Languages] Creates a pilot program to award five world languages grants to develop and implement sustainable, high-quality model world languages progra... More... ND Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Career and Technical Education, Enrepreneurship Education H.B. 1019 Increases funding for for the Department of Career & Technical Education by $4.9 million, 29 percent over from the previous biennium. The $4... More... TN Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2007 P-12 Teaching Procedures re: "Safe Haven" Law S.B. 293, H.B. 0234 This bill requires that the course of instruction in all public schools in grades 9 through 12 include instruction regarding the procedure f... More... TN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 H.B. 1944 Removes the provision in the junior and senior high school curriculum that permits a course on personal finance to satisfy the instruction r... More... TX Became law without governor's signature 05/2007 P-12 Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum H.B. 2176 To address an increase in births to unmarried parents in Texas from 1995 to 2002, the office of the Attorney General created the Parenting a... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Character and citizenship S.B. 274 (Curriculum) Section 52 repeals code concerning requirements for social studies, civics education, character and citizenship. (Act No. 1573) http://www.a... More... CO Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Display of Flags in Education and Other Institutions H.B. 1050 Concerns the display of flags. Allows display of flags from countries other than the U.S. or the state of Colorado under particular circumst... More... IN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Holocaust Education H.B. 1059 Directs each district to include a study of the Holocaust in each high school U.S. history course. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Physical Education in Grades K-6 H.B. 208/S.B. 156 Provides for physical education in grades kindergarten through six in elementary schools. Adds physical education program units and charter ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Uniform Curricula Aligned to State Standards H.B. 911 Directs each school district to align its curricula to meet the state standards for each grade level and subject area so that students who t... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Financial Literacy Skills and Knowledge H.B. 1980 Provides that, to the extent funds are appropriated or are available for this purpose, the superintendent of public instruction and other me... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Geography, Government Education S.B. 1172 Amends several pieces of required instruction; changes from United States history, geography, and government to 1) geography; 2) government;... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 North Dakota Studies H.B. 1172 From the fiscal note: This bill as amended requires that North Dakota Studies be taught in grades 4 and 8. It also requires that North Dakot... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Concept-Based Fitness Class S.B. 2354 Amends graduation requirement of one-half unit of physical education during each school year to include the following: Once every four years... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Dating Violence & Abusive Relationship Instruction H.B. 1916 Requires the state Board of Education to incorporate instruction on dating violence and the characteristics of abusive relationships into it... More... MI Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Personal High School Curriculum for Students S.B. 1427 Makes technical changes to requirements for high school graduation; provides that a parent may request a personal curriculum that modifies s... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Oversight of Physical Education and Athletics S.B. 562 Extends the operation of existing laws that provides the State Department of Education the authority to exercise general supervision over co... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Graduates with Multiple Language Skills A.B. 2445 Establishes the State Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high school graduates who have mastered speaking, reading, and writing skills in one o... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Economics Educ. and Financial Literacy A.B. 1950 Authorizes a school district, in providing instruction in economics, to include instruction related to the understanding of personal finance... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Instruction on Human Rights Issues S.B. 1575 Relates to instruction on human rights issues in grades 7 through 12, inclusive. Requires the social science courses to include particular a... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Language Arts and Math Instruction Requirements A.B. 2722 Prohibits the State Board of Education from adopting the same basic instructional materials in language arts or mathematics for the same gra... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Language Arts Curriclum S.B. 1769 Requires the 2008 Reading/Language Arts/English Language Development Curriculum Frameworks and Criteria adopted by the Board of Education to... More... WV Adopted 09/2006 P-12 Program/Curriculum Requirements Title 126, Series 42 Amends rules regarding the pre-K & K-12 program or curriculum requirements; reduces the amount of required teaching time for English Languag... More... AL Adopted 08/2006 P-12 Physical Education AAC 290-3-1-.02 Establishes rules allowing any Alabama public school system that has adequate certified physical education teachers in Grades K-8 to request... More... DE Adopted 08/2006 P-12 Statewide Uniform Curriculum 14 DAC 502 Establishes rules regarding the development of a recommended statewide uniform curricula for all public schools in the state. The purpose o... More... DE Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Learner's Permit Requirements H.B. 256 Relates to a Level 1 Learner's Permit; relates to successful completion of a course in driver education in a public or private high school i... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2006 P-12 Curriculum Alignment S.B. 3059 Requires standards-based curricula to meet specific K-12 alignment criteria. Authorizes schools to develop an articulated and aligned K-12 ... More... NY Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Child Development and Parental Skills A.B. 6832 Provides for the establishment of a curriculum for instruction regarding child development and parental skills and responsibility for the we... More... IL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Agricultural Education Programs H.B. 4986 Provides that a school district offering a secondary agricultural education program approved for state and federal funding must ensure compo... More... SC Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 American Sign Language S.B. 1107 Relates to high school courses in American sign language; provides that a school district may give credit as a foreign language to a pupil w... More... SC Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2006 P-12 Financial Literacy Grants H.B. 4707 Provides grants to school districts to provide financial literacy instruction for students; establishes goals and establishes the Financial ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Providing a Comprehensive Education H.B. 7087 (Section 10) District school boards and superintendents must prescribe and adopt standards and policies to provide each student the opportunity to recei... More... GA Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Agricultural Education Advisory Commission H.B. 1227 Creates the Agricultural Education Advisory Commission. Requires the head of the agricultural education program of the Department of Educati... More... ID Adopted 05/2006 P-12 Curricular Materials IDAPA 08.02.03 Extends the curricular materials selection adoption cycle from 5 to 6 years. Adds limited English proficiency as a subject area for curricu... More... LA Adopted 05/2006 P-12 Students Teaching and Reaching (STAR) Curriculum Framework LAC 28:CXXV.101, 301-317 Establishes Content Standards Curriculum Framework for Students Teaching and Reaching (STAR) to serve as the one teacher preparation course ... More... MO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Holocaust Education S.B. 1189 Creates the Holocaust Education and Awareness Commission, to be housed in the department of education and to promote implementation of holoc... More... TN Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Evaluation of Sex Education Programs H.B. 3819 Concerns Education Curriculum; directs the comptroller's office of education accountability to evaluate the effectiveness of family life cur... More... TN Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Financial Literacy Curriculum S.B. 3741; H.B. 3753 Concerns education and curriculum; requires department of education to create a state board to approve a high school financial literacy curr... More... GA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Courses on the Old and New Testament S.B. 79 Authorizes high schools to offer elective courses in the History and Literature of the Old Testament Era and the History and Literature of t... More... WV Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. Disability History Week H.B. 4491 Establishes the third week of October as Disability History Week. Directs public schools to provide instruction on disability history, peop... More... MS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Civil Rights Education in K-12 Public Schools S.B. 2718 Authorizes the state board to make civil and human rights education a part of the K-12 curriculum. Provides guidelines for grade level class... More... MS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Education Reform Act of 2006 S.B. 2602 Enacts the Education Reform Act of 2006. Section 18 directs the state board to develop a wellness curriculum for use by each school district... More... CA Vetoed 10/2005 P-12 S.B. 684 Social sciences curriculum. This bill would encourage a school district to provide instruction in social sciences that accurately reflects ... More... NY Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Amistad Commission H.B. 6362 Establishes and creates the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history. htt... More... OK Adopted 10/2005 P-12 Racial and Ethnic Education OAC 210:20-19-2 thru -4 Replaces the term multicultural education with the term racial and ethnic education. Establishes new school board policy for the rule change... More... CA Consideration of governor's veto pending 09/2005 P-12 Role of Filipinos in World War II A.B. 15 Allows social studies instruction in grades 7-12 to include instruction the role of Filipinos in World War II and that war, and encourages ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Driver's Ed at Private High Schools A.B. 846 Rewrites Section 51220.6 of the Education Code, relating to driver education. Specifies that a private school is not required to offer drive... More... CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Curriculum and Tolerance Instruction H.B. 723 Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt statewide academically rigorous content standards in core curriculum areas, and ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Study of Acts of Genocide H.B. 312 Provides that in addition to the unit of instruction studying the events of the Holocaust, the curriculum of every public elementary school ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Cost of Drivers Education S.B. 69 Adds that the total amount from driver education fees and reimbursement from the state for driver education must not exceed the total cost o... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Advanced Placement and pre-Advanced Placement S.B. 574 Creates the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Requires a teacher of an Advanced Placement course to obtain appropriate traini... More... AL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 American Sign Language S.B. 94 Amends Section 16-6B-2 to specify that American Sign Language is a foreign language for purposes of satisfying certain curriculum requiremen... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Physical Education H.B. 1540 A physical education course of study must include a developmentally planned and sequential curriculum that fosters the development of moveme... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Amistad Commission H.B. 383 Creates the Amistad Commission. Contains provisions concerning the membership and duties of the Commission. These duties include: (i) provi... More... NY Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 H.B. 236 Requires instructions regarding the correct use of an automated external defibrillator be included as a part of the health education curri... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Accreditation Indicators and Dropout/Graduation Rates S.B. 91 Standardizes the calculation of graduation rates and dropout rates that are required to be reported by school districts for accreditation. S... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Statewide Physical Education Recognition Program H.B. 1237 Establishes the statewide physical education recognition program to recognize and reward public schools and physical education teachers meet... More... DE SIGNED 06/2005 P-12 Uniform, Statewide Curricula H.B. 47 In order to support state-wide academic standards and to ensure that students in Delaware public school do not suffer in the event they shou... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Adoption Awareness H.B. 777 Requires the inclusion of the topic of adoption awareness in middle or high school courses that include material related to family life, inc... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Health and Physical Activity Mandates S.B. 146 (Sections K- Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year and thereafter, requires all public elementary and secondary schools to: (1) Encourage and motivate ... More... SC Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards H.B. 3499 Adds Chapter 10, entitled Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards. Applies to elementary schools. Sets the amo... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Financial Literacy Pilot Program S.B. 851 Contingent on funding, requires state board to establish and implement a financial literacy pilot program to provide students in participati... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Stranger Danger Instruction S.B. 1289 Authorizes districts and charter schools to incorporate into the existing curricula instruction on the dangers of unsupervised interaction w... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Joint Agricultural Education Study Committee H.R. 50 Creates the Joint Agricultural Education Study Committee for the purposes of promoting the importance and study of agriculture in the state.... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Driver's Education S.B. 226 Creates the Georgia Driver's Education Commission. Authorizes the commission to recommend to the governor and the general assembly changes i... More... TN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Agricultural Education S.B. 1563/H.B. 2123 All high school agricultural education programs that were twelve-month programs for the 1992-1993 fiscal year, or any fiscal year thereafter... More... TX Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Personal Financial Literacy H.B. 492 Amends Sec. 28.0021. Requires instruction in personal financial literacy in one or more courses required for high school graduation. Requir... More... WV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Healthy Foods, Physical Education Requirements H.B. 2816 Adds a new article, designated §5-1E-1, §5-1E-2, §5-1E-3, §5-1E-4 and §5-1E-5; and amends and reenacts §18-2-6a and §18-2-7a, all relating t... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Interschool Athletic Programs H.B. 2916 Includes salaries or supplemental pay for staff for organized physical activity courses as provided under Act 660 of 2005 in the definitions... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 History In Service Training S.B. 187 Amends in-service training requirements for teachers of Arkansas history . http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb187.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 International Baccalaureate Diploma Program S.B. 1054 Allows a high school course offered under the international baccalaureate diploma program to be treated the same as an advanced placement co... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Seized Motor Vehicles H.B. 2828 Allows motor vehicles seized by law enforcement agencies to be donated to school districts for driver's education courses. http://www.arkleg... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Curriculum H.B. 2964 Requires the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority to develop a knowledge-based technology curriculum for use in grades 7-12 beginning i... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Curriculum S.B. 1271 Creates new section allowing school districts and charter schools to offer a one-semester course in firearm marksmanship and gun safety, to ... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Mandatory Physical Education Implementation Task Force H.B. 2111 Establishes the mandatory physical education implementation task force. Sets forth task force's membership. Requires the task force to devel... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Instruction on Skin Cancer Prevention S.B. 1297 Requires all public schools to incorporate instruction on skin cancer prevention into the existing curriculum in the common school grades if... More... KS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Food and Beverages S.B. 154 Requires the state board to develop nutrition guidelines for all foods and beverages made available to public school students during the sch... More... OK Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Physical Education S.B. 312 Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, the state board of Education must require, as a condition of accreditation, that school districts ... More... OK Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 "Oklahoma Kids Fitness Challenge Act" H.B. 1647 Requires the state board of education to establish a physical activity program for public school students in the fifth grade, which each sch... More... SC Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Financial Literacy Instruction Act H.B. 3020 Enacts the Financial Literacy Instruction Act; provides a curriculum for local school boards to teach financial literacy; provides for a fun... More... WA To governor 04/2005 P-12 Tribal History H.B. 1495 Encourages that Washington's tribal history be taught in the common schools. Also adds a new section that requires, beginning in 2006, and a... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Family Preservation Education Program H.B. 1252 Encourages each school district board of directors to adopt a family preservation education program curriculum and offer a family preservat... More... WV Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Prescribing Personal Finance Instruction In Second H.B. 2837 Adds new section: §18-2-7c, to read as follows:(a) The Legislature finds and declares that persons with an understanding of personal finance... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Sports Activities S.B. 2 Defines "organized physical activity course." Beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, allows a student in grades 9-12 successfully completin... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Education S.B. 394 Allows grant funds for fish and wildlife conservation education to be distributed to conservation districts in addition to school districts.... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Role of Colleges and Universities in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 7) Requires colleges and universities to: (a) Utilize institution-wide resources to work with elementary and secondary educators and other ent... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Committee for Mathematics Achievement H.B. 93 (Section 2) Defines terms, including "mathematics coach," "mathematics diagnostic assessment," "mathematics intervention program," "mathematics leader,"... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Health and Nutrition in Schools S.B. 172 Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, requires each school to limit access to no more than one day each week to retail fast foods in the... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Elementary Schools S.B. 1130 Clarifies that physical education is to include activities such as, but not limited to, cardiovascular, muscle building, or stretching exerc... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Entrepreneurship Education Program S.B. 969 Creates the Entrepreneurship Education Program, consisting of grants administered by the state board to public secondary schools to support ... More... WI Issued 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Creation of the Governor's Council on Financial Literacy Executive Order # 92 Creates the governor's council on financial literacy. The council's mission is to measurably improve the financial literacy of Wisconsin ci... More... GA Adopted 01/2005 P-12 Instruction in Citizenship, United States and Georgia History GAC 160-4-2-.07 Establishes rules regarding instruction in United States and Georgia history and government. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalse... More... UT Rule Adoption 12/2004 P-12 Driver Education Programs for State Schools R277-746 Amends rules concerning driver education programs for state schools. Reflects revision date change made to the Driver Education for Utah Hig... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Private Schools: Driver's Education Instruction S.B. 524 Provides that the satisfactory completion of a course in automobile driver education offered by a private secondary school satisfies the ins... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Pupil Attendance: Precinct Board Membership A.B. 1944 Deems, for purposes of computing the average daily attendance generated by a pupil enrolled in a history or social science course required b... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Courses of Study: Financial Planning A.B. 2435 Permits a school district to include instruction on personal finance, including budgeting, savings and credit, in social sciences courses fo... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Environmental Education Materials A.B. 1696 Eliminates the requirement imposed on school district governing boards to include certain environmental education materials as part of the a... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Community College Advancement Via Individual Determination Program A.B. 3017 Appropriates a specified amount of funds from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for the support of the Advancement Via I... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Inclusion of Documents in History-Social Science Framework A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions) Section 2: Repeals the requirement that pupils in American government and civics courses required for high school graduation read and be tau... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Applicants to High Priority Schools Grant Program S.B. 550 (multiple provisions) Requires schools initially applying to participate in the High Priority Schools Grant Program on or after the 2004–05 fiscal year to include... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Public Hearing on Textbooks S.B. 550 (multiple provisions) SEC. 18: Requires the governing board of every district to hold a public hearing and make a determination as to whether each pupil in each s... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Curriculum Excusal on Religious Grounds A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions) Provides that if any part of a school's instruction in health conflicts with the religious training and beliefs of a parent or guardian of a... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Historical Documents in Curriculum A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions) Requires the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission to ensure that specified historical documents are incorporated int... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Nonpublic Schools Serving Special Education Students A.B. 1858 (multiple provisions) Requires a master contracts with nonpublic, nonsectarian schools for the provision of special education and related services to include that... More... DE Rule Adoption 09/2004 P-12 Certification of Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher 14 DAC, 331, 1566, 1.0 - 3.3.12 Amends regulations relating to the requirements for a standard certificate for educational personnel. Changes are made to conform to changes... More... SD Adopted 09/2004 P-12 Curriculum/Content Requirements 24:14:04:12.01, 12.02; 15:06:33, 36; 03:06:06.05, 15:01:01; 16:01:01, 05:03; 06:01, 02, 03, 07:01; 16:07:01, 02, 03, 08:01 thru 58 (Non-Seq.), 09:03 thru 05, 10:06 and 07 Eliminates requirement that evidence of completion of all required sections of the Dakota STEP assessment must appear on the student's trans... 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; requ... More... CA Vetoed 07/2004 P-12 Curriculum: The Role of Filipinos in World War II A.B. 2512 Encourages the instruction of World War II and the role of Filipinos in that war in social science instruction in grades 7 through 12, inclu... More... LA Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Physical Fitness in Schools S.B. 871 Relates to the physical activity and nutrition of students. Identifies childhood obesity as a growing problem in Louisiana. Identifies bene... More... ND Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Educator's Professional License NDAC 67.1-02-02-, -04, -05, -07, -09 Establishes rules regarding initial licenses, distance learning instructor - definition - qualifications - licensure, two-year and five-year... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 P-12 Community College Driver Education Administration H.B. 8665 Places driver education course requirements under the Board of Governors for Higher Education instead of the Board of Regents for Elementary... More... RI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Elementary and Secondary Education Curriculum H.B. 7714 Requires (a) The board of regents for elementary and secondary education to adopt a statewide curriculum in mathematics and English-language... More... RI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Statewide Curriculum S.B. 2672 Requires the Board of Regents for elementary and secondary education to select and/or develop a statewide curriculum in mathematics and Engl... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Native American History S.B. 1365 Provides an additional duty of incorporating instruction of Native American history into appropriate existing curricula; provides that the i... More... CO Signed by Governor 06/2004 P-12 Financial Education Curriculum H.B. 1360 Encourages each school district and charter school to adopt a financial literacy curriculum and to make successful completion of the program... More... HI Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Hawaiian Language Program H.B. 2667 Establishes a Hawaiian language medium education program. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb2667_cd1_.htm... More... VT Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Nutrition Policy in Schools H.B. 272 The purpose of the act is to encourage wellness programs in Vermont public schools and in Vermont communities.  Wellness programs will be de... More... AL Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Urges Instruction in Healthy Lifestyle Choices S.J.R. 97 Urges schools to provide instruction on healthy lifestyle choices including programs for physical education; urges restrictions on granting ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Colorado History Day H.B. 1202 Promotes "Colorado History Day" (NHD), a year-long academic enrichment program that engages students in grades six to twelve in the process ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Education and Human Sexuality H.B. 1375 Concerns limitations on education regarding manifestations of human sexuality. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/6B2... More... FL To governor 05/2004 P-12 Middle Grades Reform Act S.B. 354 Creates the "Middle School Reform Act;" provides definitions; prescribes program criteria and content; provides a timeline for implementatio... More... IA Vetoed 05/2004 P-12 Driver Education By A Teaching Parent. H.F. 2394 Creates new section allowing driver's education to be provided by a teaching parent. Teaching parent must provide, among other requirements... More... TN Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Alcohol and Drug Usage Awareness Study H.J.R. 1006 Urges state board of education to study the inclusion of alcohol awareness and drug usage awareness in K-12 curriculums, including dangers o... More... VA Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Family Life Education Program H.B. 1015 Relates to the Family Life Education Program in grades K through 12; provides additions to the curriculum include steps to take to avoid sex... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Drivers Education H.B. 2513 Allows high schools with driver education programs to educate students enrolled in the program about organ donation options. http://www.azle... More... CO Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College American Sign Language H.B. 1037 Concerns the treatment of American Sign Language as a foreign language in education that counts toward graduation requirements. http://www.s... More... GA Adopted 04/2004 P-12 State Funded K-8 Subjects and 9-12 Courses GAC 160-4-2-.03 Clarifies rules regarding the list of state-funded K-8 school subjects and grades 9-12 courses. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/lega... More... HI Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Financial Literacy for Youth Month H.B. 1898 Designated April as "Financial Literacy for Youth" month. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb1898_hd1_.htm... More... KY Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Official Kentucky Military School S.J.R. 83 Designates Millersburg Military Institute as the official Kentucky military school. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/04RS/SJ83/bill.doc... More... PA Issued 04/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College 2004-7 Financial Education and Literacy Executive Order Creates the office of financial education, responsible for: (1) Coordinating financial education programs across agencies; (2) Developing an... More... UT Rule Adoption 04/2004 P-12 Elementary and Secondary School Core Curriculum R277-700 Amends rules concerning elementary and secondary school core curriculum. Revises several middle and high school Core Curriculum requirements... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Student Dissection of Animals Alternatives H.B. 1018 Creates new section requiring school divisions to provide students alternatives to student dissection of animals. http://leg1.state.va.us/cg... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Art, Music and Physical Education at the Elementary Level H.B. 1014 Requires local boards to incorporate art, music, and physical education as a part of the instructional program at the elementary school leve... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Substantial Amendments to the Standards of Learning H.B. 1014 Amends section 22.1-253.13:1 and 22.1-253.13:2 . Specifies that the Standards of Learning form the core of Virginia's educational program a... More... ID Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Driver Training S.B. 1255 Amends existing law relating to reimbursement to public school districts for driver training courses to increase the average cost per pupil ... More... ID Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Driver Training S.B. 1353 Amends existing law to remove language setting forth alternative requirements for driver training programs; to provide that the State Board ... More... WA Vetoed 03/2004 P-12 Financial Literacy H.B. 2455 Provides for financial literacy; provides for the creation of a set of financial literacy learning guidelines, providing information on inst... More... WY Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Public Schools Foreign Language Pilot Project H.B. 170 Relates to public schools; establishes a pilot project for expansion of foreign language instruction through grade six; imposes requirements... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Advanced Placement Courses H.B. 1154 Requires that advanced placement courses be available in the four core areas (English, math, science, social studies) in high school; exempt... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Personal Finance Education S.B. 41 Requires public school districts to offer a personal finance course to students in grades nine through twelve. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us... More... AR Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 Standards for Accreditation of Public Schools ADE 156 Establishes rules governing standards of accreditation of Arkansas public schools. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/ade%20156%20standards.pdf... More... IL Total veto stands 11/2003 P-12 Driver Education and Practice Driving S.B. 70 Removes a provision that allows a school district to adopt a policy to permit proficiency examinations for the practice driving part of the ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Outdoor Environmental Education Program A.B. 1330 Establishes the Outdoor Environmental Education Program to foster stewardship of the environment and an appreciation of the importance of th... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Advancement Placement Exams Fees S.B. 507 Relates to existing law that establishes a 5-year pilot grant program to school districts to cover the costs of advanced placement examinati... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Education: Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention S.B. 71 Establishes the Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act. Authorizes school districts to provide comprehensive sexu... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Environmental Curriculum A.B. 1548 Establishes the Office of Education on the Environment. Requires the office to develop education principles for the environment for elementa... More... GA Adopted 10/2003 P-12 State-Funded K-8 Subjects and 9-12 Courses GAC 160-4-2-.03 Provides list of state-funded K-8 subjects and 9-12 courses. Amended 10/2003 clarifying rules regarding state-funded subjects and courses. A... More... NY Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Student Financial Education Act S.B. 4113 Enacts the "student financial education act" to create within children the skills, knowledge and experience necessary to manage personal fin... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 History Curriculum A.B. 1537 Authorizes the inclusion of instruction on World War II and the American role in that war. Makes a finding and declaration that the current ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Health Education A.B. 195 Specifies pupils may receive instruction relating to the components of preventative health. The instruction on nutrition may include related... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Physical Education S.B. 78 Requires the department of education to encourage K- 12 schools to provide quality physical education that develops the knowledge, attitudes... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Arts Education A.B. 1512 Establishes the Arts Work Visual and Performing Arts Education Program to be administered by the department of education for awarding grants... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 Postsec. Business Ethics & Golden State Business Award S.B. 821 Requires the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of California Community Colleges, and requests the Regen... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Community Service S.B. 372 Provides that community service may include participation in a high school or community blood drive or other blood recruitment campaign. Pro... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Asian History Requirement S.B. 890 Amends the School Code. Provides that the teaching of United States History shall include a study of the role and contributions of Asian Ame... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Drivers Education H.B. 1491 Public schools and educational facilities may not contract with an entity engaged in giving instruction in the driving of motor vehicles or ... More... MI Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Required Content of Sex Education Courses H.B. 4401 (multiple provisions) Requires sex education instruction to include information clearly informing pupils that having sex or sexual contact with an individual unde... More... CA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Education: Instruction: World War II A.B. 399 Relates to public school instruction on World War II and the American role in that war; authorizes the instruction in the area of social sci... More... CA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Instruction on the Vietnam War A.B. 78 Expresses the encouragement of the Legislature for K-12 instruction to contain instruction on the Vietnam War, including the Secret War in L... More... HI Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Education S.B. 1326 Allows the Department of Education to adopt a program for grades 3- 12 which provides opportunities for competency in a second language. htt... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Sex Education H.B. 2298 Requires sex education materials and instruction to advise pupils of the provisions of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act, responsi... More... LA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Half Hour of Daily Physical Activity for Grades K-6 S.B. 398 Starting in the 2004-05 school year and thereafter, requires every public school serving students in grades K-6 to offer students at least 3... More... RI Became law without governor's signature 07/2003 P-12 Community College Driver Education H.B. 5598 Transfers the administration of the driver education program from the department of elementary and secondary education to the Community Coll... More... AL Issued 06/2003 P-12 Civics and American History Education Executive Order 2003-08 Designates the American Village Citizenship Trust Statewide Educational Center and Classroom Laboratory in American History, Civics, and Gov... More... FL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. American Sign Language S.B. 162 Requires school boards to advise students taking American Sign Language as a foreign language that post-secondary schools outside of Florida... More... LA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Free Enterprise Curriculum to Include Personal Finance S.B. 38 Requires the free enterprise curriculum to include instruction in personal finance beginning with the 2004-2005 school year. States that per... More... SC Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 High School Students Personal Finance S.B. 258 Requires high school students to receive instruction in the area of personal finance.... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program S.B. 578 Relates to awards granted under the Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program to schools for providing a college advanced placement course.... More... MN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Profile of Learning, High School Graduation Requirements, NCLB-Compliant Testing System, State Standards H.F. 302 (multiple provisions) Effective the 2003-04 school year and later, bars the state education commissioner from implementing the profile of learning portion of the ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Enrichment Curriculums S.B. 815 As a condition of accreditation, a school district is required to provide instruction using the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Public School Curriculum H.C.R. 15 Directs the state board to implement the inclusion of elements relating to personal finance among the essential knowledge and skills in the ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 All Courses Offered by School Districts H.B. 2375 Requires that all courses offered by school districts be aligned with the Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftpr... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Oral Health Instruction into Public School S.B. 811 Implements oral health instruction into public school curricula. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB811.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Comprehensive Plan to Revise Curriculum H.B. 2374 Develops a comprehensive plan to revise content standards and curriculum frameworks adopted by the state in core academic areas of reading, ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 List of Classes for Parents H.B. 2339 Requires school districts to provide parents of students in grades nine through twelve (9-12) with a list of classes that are required to be... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Requirement For Physical Education S.B. 936 Changes the requirement for physical education under Arkansas Code from students through grade 9 to students through grade 8; requires the d... More... DE Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Postsec. Drivers Education Training H.B. 25 Enables state colleges, universities, high schools and those contracted by the Department of Education to conduct driver education classes w... More... KS Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Personal Finance Literacy Program S.B. 74 Requires the state board to assist in the implementation of personal financial literacy instructional programs, to include consumer financia... More... MT Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Student Banks in High Schools S.B. 380 Authorizes formation of student banks, called "student financial institutions" in a high school as an education program to serve only those ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Fine Arts Education Act H.B. 12 Enacts the Fine Arts Education Act; provides funding for fine arts in public schools through the funding formula; defines the number of prog... More... NM Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Instructional Material S.B. 396 Requires multicultural content for a percentage of instructional material approved by the State Board of Education.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Organ Donor Education S.B. 167 Provides for organ donor education in driver education courses and high school health classes; provides for leave for bone marrow or organ d... More... KY Adopted 03/2003 P-12 Advanced Placement 704 KAR 3:510 Establishes rules regarding the criteria a school shall meet in order to designate a course an advanced placement course, including content ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Integration of Arts and Foreign Languages into Elementary School Curriculum S.B. 154 Requires the department to create a program to promote the integration of the arts and foreign languages into the elementary school program.... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Local School Health/Physical Education Advisory Councils S.B. 2339 Allows local boards to create a local school health/physical education advisory council to help the district implement health and physical e... More... NJ Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Student Instruction:domestic Violence/Child Abuse S.B. 487 Provides for instruction for middle school and high school students in the dynamics of domestic violence and child abuse.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Duties of Boards S.B. 154 (Omnibus Bill) Section 53A-3-402 requires local boards to implement the core curriculum using instructional materials that best correlate to the core curri... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Curriculum and Graduation Requirements S.B. 154 (Omnibus Bill) Section 53A-13-108 is a new section of law requiring the state board to establish rigorous curriculum and graduation requirements for grades... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Core Curriculum: Skills and Competencies S.B. 154 (Omnibus Bill) Section 53A-1-402.6 requires the state board to implement a core curriculum that will enable students to communicate effectively, apply math... More... WV To governor 03/2003 P-12 Commission On Holocaust Education S.B. 510, H.B. 2879 Relates to continuing the commission on holocaust education; provides for reimbursement of reasonable expenses by members; authorizes the co... More... WV Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Holocaust Education H.B. 2879, S.B. 510 Continues the West Virginia commission on holocaust education until the first day of July, 2009 unless sooner terminated, continued or reest... More... WV Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Holocaust Education H.B. 2879 Relates to continuation of the West Virginia commission on Holocaust education.... More... AR Signed into law 02/2003 Postsec. American history course required for college degree S.B. 213 Amends the requirement for a course in American History or civil government prior to receiving a baccalaureate degree. http://www.arkleg.sta... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Physical Education A.B. 1793 Imposes new duties on the state department regarding physical education. Requires the department to monitor the number of hours of physical ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 Postsec. International Education A.B. 1342 Relates to the Donahoe Higher Education Act. Encourages institutions of higher education to develop programs that support learning about oth... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Nutrition Education Curriculum A.B. 1634 Requires the Department of Education to incorporate nutrition education curriculum content into the health curriculum framework at its next ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2002 P-12 Models for Ethnic Studies A.B. 2001 Requires the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission within the Department of Education to identify model programs, sta... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Holocaust Curriculum A.B. 2003 Declares the Legislature encourages the incorporation of survivor, rescuer and liberator testimony into the teaching of human rights, genoci... More... MA Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Foreign Language Instruction to Be Required in Elementary Schools H.B. 5010 "[W]ithin five years of the effective date of this act, any foreign language classes required by the department [...] or by a school distric... More... MO Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Study of Economics and Personal Finance Education in State H.B. 1973 Requires the department to conduct a study of economics and personal finance education, to be submitted to the general assembly by January 1... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Amistad Commission A.B. 1301 Establishes the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history in public and nonpub... More... OH Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Drivers' Education H.B. 407 Transfers jurisdiction over high school drivers' education courses to the Department of Public Safety; requires school districts offering dr... More... OK Vetoed 06/2002 P-12 Transfers, Social Studies S.B. 701 On or before September 1, 2002, the state board must adopt rules to ensure that students who transfer into an Oklahoma school district from ... More... SC SENATE override line item veto Nos. 2. 06/2002 P-12 Postsec. School Funding H.B. 4879 Requires funding equal to 1994-95 appropriation to be appropriated to the state department annually to offset any reduction suffered by dist... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Education Code Re-Write: Articulated Acceleration Mechanisms S.B. 20E Adds subsection relating to Advanced International Certificate of Education Program (AICE); sets out that public secondary school students a... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: District K-12 Foreign Language Curriculum Required S.B. 20E Requires every local board to create a plan for a K-12 foreign language curriculum, to be submitted to the commissioner by June 30, 2004. Se... More... HI Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Drivers Education Underwriters' Fee H.B. 1730 Increases the Drivers Education Underwriters Fee to provide an additional amount to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for the ... More... KS Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Curriculum Standards Review, State School Report Card, Pupil Performance Study S.B. 9 Requires review of curriculum standards in certain core academic areas every five instead of three years. Changes date to requires state boa... More... OK Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Improvement Plans H.B. 2341 Relates to the Comprehensive Local School Plan; deletes certain review and submission requirements; modifies the adoption cycle for school i... More... TN Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 CPR Training S.B. 2153 Requires CPR training in either junior or senior high school, as established by State Board of Education; provides that CPR training would c... More... AL Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness H.B. 161 Appropriates a certain amount from the Education Trust Fund to the Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness. http://alisdb.legislature.stat... More... IA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Numerous Program Changes H.B. 2515 Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud... More... ME Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Comprehensive Family Life Education H.B. 1180 Defines comprehensive family life education; directs the Commissioner of Education to take action to implement K-12 comprehensive family lif... More... MS Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Extended Day/Year Program Funding, Field Trip Costs, Provision of Staff Development, School Board Member and Principal Development Requirements H.B. 494 Allows any local school district to fund extended day and -year programs for kindergarten or compulsory age students through sources other t... More... MS Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 State Physical Activity Coordinator and K-9 P.E. Recommendations S.B. 2249 Requires department employment of physical activity coordinator for grades K-12, and specifies qualifications and duties of such. Recommend... More... UT Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Curriculum, Assessments S.B. 99 Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education by requiring the State Board of Education to consult with teachers and p... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Family Life Education H.B. 1206 Adds instruction in the benefits of adoption as the preferred choice in the event of an unwanted pregnancy to the family life education curr... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Banking-at-School Demonstration Program H.B. 966 Authorizes local school boards to establish a Banking-at-School Partnership Program, consisting of school banks or school credit unions on t... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Topics for Driver Education H.B. 686 Adds organ and tissue donor awareness to the topics that must be included in instruction for driver education in public school classrooms; a... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 "Distracted" Driving S.B. 597 Provides that the State Department of Education's standardized driver education instruction for public schools to include distracted driving... More... CA Signed into law 01/2002 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Course of Study A.B. 804 Commencing with the 2003–04 school year and each year thereafter, at least one course, or a combination of the two courses in mathematics re... More... NJ Vetoed 12/2001 P-12 Commission on Italian and Americans of Italian Heritage Culture and Education A.B. 3693 Establishes Commission on Italian and Americans of Italian Heritage Culture and Education; appropriates funds. The duties of the commission... More... CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 Creating a clearinghouse of academic and career-related information A.B. 1341 Requires the State Department of Education to collect specified information from all public high schools on existing academic and career-rel... More... CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 New State Reporting Requirements for Physical Ed. A.B. 367 Imposes new duties on the State Department of Education regarding physical education, including, among others, that the department would be ... More... NC Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 State History and Geography H.B. 195 Session Law Number 363., Requires the public schools to provide courses of instruction on North Carolina history and geography to students i... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Instruction for Students in Personal Financial Management S.B. 212 Authorizes local school systems to offer instruction in personal financial management to students, provided such instruction is integrated i... More... ME Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Teaching of Native American History H.B. 255 Public Law No. 403., (LD 291)Requires that Maine Native American history and culture be taught in all elementary and secondary schools; requ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Holocaust Education A.B. 520 Makes an appropriation to the Governor's Advisory Council on Education Relating to the Holocaust for the continuation of its educational pro... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Student Bill of Rights, Dual Enrollment S.B. 65 Eliminates the 2-year second language requirement for students who have completed grade 12; requires all students who have met the requireme... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 CPR Instruction H.B. 821 Relates to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction of public school students.... More... KY Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Study of Advanced Placement Program S.C.R. 2 Directs a study of the Advanced Placement Program in Kentucky's high schools; directs the co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee to Educat... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Accountability and Various Provisions S.B. 165 Revises provisions governing the accountability of public schools; revises provisions governing the requirements for a person to take tests ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Personal Finance Curriculum H.B. 1177 Requires public schools to include in the course of instruction a component on personal finance education to help students develop an unders... More... VT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 American Sign Language S.B. 25 Authorizes schools to offer American Sign Language (ASL) as a course of foreign language credit; directs the Board of Education to establish... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Holocaust Education Commission S.B. 647 Creates the Holocaust Education Commission, a permanent state commission which, as an organized body and on a continuous basis, will survey,... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Art/Music Education H.B. 1883 Requires public elementary schools to provide instruction in the subjects of visual art or music for all students.... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Financial Institutions As Part of High School Program S.B. 2231, 2230 Relates to the authority of school district boards to establish student financial institutions operated as part of a high school educational... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Marching Band Physical Education H.B. 554 Establishes marching band as a physical education requirement.... More... OK Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Amends Advanced Placement Program S.B. 790 States that on or before October 1 of each year, the state department of education must issue a report on the Advanced Placement Incentive P... More... TX Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Agricultural Projects in Urban Schools S.B. 701 Directs the department to develop a grant program to large urban school districts for elementary schools for the purpose of establishing agr... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Postsec. Mandarin Chinese Course S.B. 57 Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education by requiring the State Board of Education to develop and implement a con... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Sex Education S.B. 75 Provides that the State Board of Education shall approve instructional materials for use in health, physiology, hygiene, and prevention of c... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Music, Art, Dance, Theater H.B. 174 Requires music, visual art, dance or theater instruction to take place in elementary schools.... More... OR Unofficially rejected by voters 11/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Ballot Initiative V. 32 MEASURE 9 Prohibits public school instruction (K-12 or Community College level) from encouraging, promoting, or sanctioning homosexual and b... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Including Native History In the State's Standards S.B. 1439 Requires the State Department of Education to request proposals for the development of model curricula, aligned with state content standards... More... NJ Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Arts Education A.B. 2175 Revises the mission of the New Jersey School of Arts to provide assistance to secondary schools in meeting Visual and Performance Arts Stand... More... CA Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 Cesar Chavez Day S.B. 984 Chapter No.213, Requires the State Board of Education to adopt a model curriculum guide for use by public schools for exercises related to C... More... CA Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 Art in Schools S.B. 1390 Makes legislative findings and declarations concerning the value of visual and performing arts. Requires the State Board of Education to ado... More... NY Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 Curriculum Materials Made Available A.B. 3597 Makes available to all elementary schools in the state suitable curriculum materials to aid in the instruction of pupils in the understandin... More... RI Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Emotional and Social Competency S.B. 2572 Requires the state department to develop model programs that encourage "emotional and social competency and learning." The new law states t... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2000 P-12 Genocide, Slave Trade, Irish Famine, Holocaust H.B. 7397 Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop curricular material on genocide and human rights violations and iss... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Education On America's Veterns S.B. 172 196., Requires instruction in public schools regarding sacrifices made by veterans.... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Additional Drivers Education Training S.B. 1530 Creates the Justin Marksz Teen Safety Driving Act; requires every motor vehicle occupant under the age of 18 to wear a safety belt or child ... More... AK Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Native Language Education S.B. 103 Relates to a curriculum for Native language education.... More... OK Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Advanced Placement Incentive Program S.B. 1015 Modifies the Oklahoma Advanced Placement Incentive Program. Authorizes test fee assistance for students taking multiple tests in one year. ... More... AL Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Driver Education S.B. 241 Allows driver's education teacher to administer the written, vision, oral, or driving portion of the examination.... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Environmental Education S.B. 1379 Relates to environmental education; changes the make up of Arizona Advisory Council on Environmental Education; expands eligibility for gran... More... HI Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Performance Standards, Curriculum H.B. 2495 States that the Department of Education shall regulate courses of study to be pursued in all grades of public schools and classify them by m... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Economics Education H.C.R. 82 Directs the Interim Joint Committee on Education to study the issue of the instruction of the principles of economics and the need for promo... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Ten Commandments and Other Historical documents S.J.R. 57 Requests the Kentucky Board Of Education to encourage teachers and school administrators to post and teach from historic displays of origina... More... VA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Option for End-of-Course Tests H.B. 1020 Relates to social studies; requires the Board of Education, in prescribing the Standards of Learning assessments, to provide local school bo... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Physical Education Component H.B. 1187 The law is clarified so that Physical Education is no longer mandatory by law. Rather the State Board of Education can set the standard requ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 H.B. 254 Relates to geography education; establishes the Kentucky Geographic Education Board and the Kentucky Geography Education Trust Fund; permits... More... UT Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Arts Education Pilot H.B. 325 Relates to public schools; creates an arts in elementary schools pilot program to determine if a sequential ongoing arts program in the stat... More... UT Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Core Curriculum S.B. 68 Relates to public schools; provides for defining and establishes a core curriculum including identification of basic knowledge skills and co... More... UT Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Driver Education S.B. 114 Increases the ceiling on reimbursement to schools for driver education costs from $ 70 to $ 100 per student.... More... WA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 World War II Oral History Project H.B. 2418 Establishes a World War II oral history project in public schools.... More... WA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Japanese Ancestry H.B. 1572 Develops a grant program to fund public educational activities and development of educational materials to ensure that the events surroundin... More... WV Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Program on Banking H.B. 4080 Authorizes the state treasurer to conduct a program on banking in the public schools.... More... VA Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 State History S.B. 114 Relates to history requirement in middle and high school; amends the requirement for study of documents of Virginia history and the United S... More... VA Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 S.B. 487 Amends the Standards of Quality to require that the Board of Education supplement the Standards of Learning for Social Studies to ensure the... More... CA Vetoed 10/1999 P-12 Aids Education A.B. 851 Expands the requirement that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, or the equivalent thereof, receive AIDS prevention instruction unless ... More... CA Signed into law 10/1999 P-12 School Gardens Program A.B. 1014 Chapter No. 713; Establishes the Instructional School Gardens Program for the promotion, establishment, and support of instructional school ... More... CA Signed into law 10/1999 P-12 Agricultural Education A.B. 1645 Chapter No. 965; Enacts the Agricultural Education Act of 1999 and requires the State Department of Education to establish a comprehensive a... More... LA Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Gaming Prevention Program H.B. 2265 Provides for the development and implementation of a program for educating students in public and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools... More... OR Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Authorizes Instruction on Irish Famine S.B. 771 Allows public elementary and secondary schools to include unit of instruction on Irish Famine; directs Department of Education to prepare mo... More... LA Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Energy Express Summer Program H.B. 1941 Provides for the development and implementation of a pilot program based on the Energy Express summer program for children.... More... NV Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Revises Courses of Study S.B. 445 Revises courses of study required to be taught in public schools.... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Grant Program for Agricultural Projects H.B. 2631 Relates to grant program for agricultural projects in certain public school districts.... More... WV Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Makes Supplemental Appropriation to Education S.B. 2001B Makes supplemental appropriation of public moneys out of the treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in t... More... AZ Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Requires Credits for Demonstrated Competency H.B. 2297 Relates to academic proficiency and schools; requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules to allow K-12 pupils to obtain academic cr... More... MD Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Creates Task Force on Driver's Education Programs H.B. 1202 Creates a Task Force on Driver's Education Programs in Maryland; provides for the composition, organization, staffing, and duties of the Tas... More... AR Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Promotes Foreign Language Instruction S.B. 889 Promotes foreign language instruction in public schools.... More... OK Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 American Sign Language H.B. 1659 Relates to teaching American Sign Language and requires American Sign Language be granted the same credit as foreign language.... More... AR Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Requests Study on Arts Education H.C.R. 1013 Requests the house and senate interim committees on education to conduct a study on the effects of teaching arts and music in public element... More... MS Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Money Management Instruction H.B. 820 Requires the State Board of Education to develop objectives for existing secondary level courses which focus on instruction in personal mone... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Defines Abstinence Education S.B. 1047 Defines abstinence education as an educational or motivational program which has as its exclusive purpose teaching the social, psychological... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Requires Instruction on Bill of Rights H.B. 2521 Includes instruction on principles of Bill of Rights among historical documents that must be explained and taught to pupils in public school... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Requires Student and Parental Notification of Advanced Placement Courses and International Baccalaureate H.B. 2553 Requires local school boards to notify students and their parents of availability of advanced placement classes, the International Baccalaur... More... MS Signed into law 12/1998 P-12 Requires and Provides Funding for Home Economics Programs H.B. 129 Home Economics Requires all school districts to teach home economics in grades 10, 11, or 12 ; provides for funding for the home economics programs; delete... More... CA Signed into law 11/1998 P-12 Requires Parental Notification Regarding Classroom Materials A.B. 1216 Requires school districts to notify parents of their right to review classroom curricula and instructional materials. Also requires the info... More... CA Signed into law 11/1998 P-12 Notification of Sex and STD Instruction S.B. 1110 Requires school districts and governing boards to notify parents of K-12 students at the beginning of the school year of any sex education o... More... CA Signed into law 11/1998 P-12 Physical Education Programs and Testing S.B. 896 Encourages governing boards to consider the physical education curriculum framework when adopting physical education programs. Also requires... More... CA Signed into law 11/1998 P-12 Materials Depicting the Japanese Internment and Armenian Genocide S.B. 2053 States the legislature's intent that historically accurate files and videotapes depicting the internment of Japanese-Americans during World ... More... CA Signed into law 11/1998 P-12 Public Education Activities and Materials Regarding the Internment of Japanese-Americans A.B. 1915 Intent is to sponsor public education activities and develop educational materials to ensure that the events surrounding the internment of J... More... NC Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 115C-81 Character Education. Local boards of education may require the teaching of the following character traits in the public schools: Courage - H... More... NJ Died 06/1998 P-12 SR 112 Calls upon State Board of Educataion to replace language arts standards with English standards adopted by State of Massachusetts.... More... OK Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 H.B. 2878 Reading Sufficiency Act Relates to schools and the Reading Sufficiency Act; requires district plans to be submitted to the State Board of Education.... More... OK Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 Modifies Reading Sufficiency Act H.B. 2878 The Act is intended to ensure that students can read at grade level by the completion of 3rd grade. The modifications add kindergarten as a ... More... SC Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 H.B. 4587 Relates to the study of the United States Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist Papers as a requisite for high s... More... VA Died 06/1998 P-12 H.B. 258 Multicultural Programs of Instruction Requires the programs of instruction for grades K through twelve to include cultural diversity; requires programs that local school boards a... More... WI Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 S.B. 462 Amends statutes; relates to: requirements for driver education courses.... More... AZ Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 S.B. 1326 Makes an appropriation to the Department of Health Services, makes an appropriation of $1.4 million to the Department of Education, for a gr... More... AZ Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 2130 Relates to school curriculum and parental choice for reading success; states that beginning in the 2000-2001 school year, school districts t... More... CT Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 5657 Requires each local or regional board of education to develop and implement a three-year plan to improve the reading skills of students in k... More... FL Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 3407 Includes study of Hispanic and Women's contributions to United States in required public school instruction; revises provisions regarding pu... More... LA Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 102 Provides relative to character education programs in public elementary and secondary schools; relates to the duties of the Board of Elementa... More... MD Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 527 Graduated Licensing System Establishes a graduated licensing system for new drivers under the Maryland Vehicle Law; creates a new provisional license; provides driver ... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 219 Requires all public high schools to teach african-american history; requires all public school to offer peograms of drug and alcohol educati... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 249 Provides for the teaching of abstinence as a method of birth control in the comprehensive school health education program.... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 248 Requires all public high schools to provide a course of instruction on human rights issues with emphasis on slavery, genocide and the holoca... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 1226 Character Education Authorizes school districts, in their discretion, to teach character education.... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 S.B. 2286 Character Education Authorizes local school districts to develop and implement a comprehensive K-12 program for character education, and prescribe the character... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 278 Provides that by the 2000-2001 school year, each school district shall implenent the comprehensive school health education program in grades... More... VA Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 426 Allows school boards to employ reading specialists for each elementary school; provides that funding for such programs will be apportioned a... More... WA Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 2418 & H.B. 2419 Reading Improvement Relate to reading improvement; create a new section; provide expiration dates; and declare an emergency.... More... AL Died 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 38 Sign Language Provides for sign language as a credited foreign language.... More... CO Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 1186 American Indian Culture Amends current law which requires public schools to teach the history and culture of the United States, including the history, culture and c... More... GA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 1654 Requires instruction regarding the legal consequences of parenthood.... More... KY Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 186 Establishes the Early Literacy Incentive Fund; provides grants to schools to implement reading models, including phonics instruction; requir... More... KY Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 160 Arts Council Establishes the Arts Council as an independent agency within the Education, Arts, and Humanities Cabinet; abolishes the Visual Arts Program;... More... ME Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 1518 Arts in Education Creates the Maine Arts in Education Program; appropriates $150,000 to the Maine Arts Commission to allow for the implementation of the Arts ... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 1344 Commonwealth Character Initiative Establishes the Commonwealth Character Initiative, a unit to provide resources and technical assistance to school divisions regarding succes... More... VA Vetoed 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 478 Standards of Learning Requires local school boards to implement the Standards of Learning for the Family Life Education Program promulgated by the Board of Educat... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 Literacy Passport S.B. 120, H.B. 409 Literacy Passport Testing Phases out the current Literacy Passport testing requirements set forth in the Standards of Quality as follows, in school year 1997-98, the ... More... VA Vetoed 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 206 Revises the criteria for the Standards for Accreditation which are set forth in Standard 3 of the Standards of Quality and the statute setti... More... WA Vetoed 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 6509 Reading Instruction Declares an intent to establish a grant program to provide training in successful reading instruction methods to certificated employees who ... More... WI Died 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 182 - History Instruction Relates to requiring instruction in public schools on the history of organized labor.... More... GA Died 03/1998 P-12 H.B. 1119 Provides that all elementary and secondary schools shall provide instrucation in black history.... More... MS Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 H.B. 1226, S.B. 2286 & H.B. 1304 Character Education H.B. 1226 and S.B. 2286 authorize school districts, in their discretion, teach comprehensive K-12 character education. H.B. 1304 requires sc... More... UT Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 H.B. 392 American Sign Language Relates to public education; requires the teaching of American sign language in the state's public education system at least at the middle s... More... VA Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 H.B. 896 Driver Education Requires driver education programs to include instruction on aggressive driving.... More... VA Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 S.B. 174 Requires instruction in the history and principals of the flags of the United States and the Commonwealth to include the appropriate etiquet... More... VA Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 Reading Incentive Grants S.B. 558 Establishes the Reading Incentive Grants Program and Fund, to be administered by the Board of Education; incentive grants would be awarded o... More... WV Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 H.B. 4714 Abstinence Education Program Makes supplemental appropriation to the Division of Health, abstinence education program.... More... IL Signed into law 02/1998 P-12 Reading Improvement Block Grant Program H.B. 2887 Permits school districts participating in the Reading Improvement Block Program to use assessment methods other than the reading portion of ... More... OK Died 01/1998 P-12 H.B. 2605 Reading Development Competencies Relates to competencies incorporatds into the teacher preparation system; requires certain teachers to have certain reading development comp... More... CA Signed into law 08/1997 P-12 A.B. 1331 Teacher Mathematics Instruction Development Program Enacts the Teacher Mathematics Instruction Development Program, which would effectuate legislative intent, expressed in the bill, that each ... More... NC Signed into law 08/1997 P-12 S.B. 442 American Heritage Instruction Ensures that public school students receive instruction on our American Heritage. Authorizes local boards of education to encourage public s... More... OH Signed into law 08/1997 P-12 3313.608 Fourth grade reading guarantee Beginning with students who enter fourth grade in the school year that starts July 1, 2001, no student may be promoted to fifth grade who fa... More... CA Vetoed 07/1997 P-12 A.B. 248 Instruction Methods Leading to International Baccalaureate Diploma Authorizes a system of incentives to encourage high schools to offer the intensive, rigorous course of instrucation leading to an Internatio... More... GA Signed into law 07/1997 P-12 20-2-145 Comprehensive character education program The State Board of Education shall develop by the start of the 1997-1998 school year a comprehensive character education program for levels ... More... OK Signed into law 07/1997 P-12 Advanced Placement, NAEP and CRT Testing Establishes the Oklahoma Advanced Placement Incentive Program; directs State Board of Education to ensure state participation and reporting ... More... CT Died 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 5138 Parenting Education Program Expands the parenting education program to include unmarried parents.... More... CT Died 06/1997 P-12 S.B. 1072 Curriculum for K-12 Specifies which subject areas must be offered every year in grades k-12, taught every year to all pupils in grades k-12, and offered over th... More... CT Died 06/1997 P-12 S.B. 1199 Reading Competency Expands types of programs eligible for funding under priority school district grant program; requires students in priority school districts ... More... LA Died 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 1186 Reading Skills for Advancement from Third to Fourth Grade Requires mastery of grade appropriate reading skills for advancement from third grade to fourth grade in public schools.... More... LA Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 2444 Implementation of Reading Parograms Requires implementation of reading programs at each public elementary school to teach students to read at grade level by the end of the firs... More... ME Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 29 Encouragement of Art Education in the State Encourages art education in the state.... More... NM Passed 06/1997 P-12 HJM 45 Environmental Education Requests the New Mexico State Land Office to continue to partner with private, public, and nonprofit entities to further the status of envir... More... OK Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 S.B. 337 Academics S.B. 337 codifies state administration of the Oklahoma Advanced Placement Incentive Program by the State Department of Education. In additio... More... OK Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 2017 Beginning with the 1998-99 school year, schools are required to assess all students enrolled in the first and second grades by multiple on-g... More... OK Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 2017 Common Education H.B. 2017 also provides for the administration of professional development institutes in intensive elementary reading by the Oklahoma Commis... More... OK Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 2017 Common Education - Literacy The Reading Sufficiency Act, created in H.B. 2017, brings focus to the importance of the attainment of reading skills early in child's schoo... More... TX Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 Budget New reading programs will aslo get underway during the biennium. The budget includes $32 million (7 million in 1998 and $25 million in 1999)... More... TX Died 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 3053 Reading Instrucation for Students Relates to intensive reading instruction for certain public school students.... More... TX Signed into law 06/1997 Postsec. Budget Legislation requires each higher education institution to adopt a core curriculum of at least 42 semester hours that is transferrable among ... More... VT Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 527 Requires the State Board of Education, in collaboration with the Agency of Human Services, to develop a plan for services for early educatio... More... CA Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 Establishes the California Mathematics Teaching Challenge for the purpose of increasing the number of teachers who are competent to teach ma... More... CT Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 H.B. 5006 Multicultural Education Encourages local and regional board of education to include multi-cultural education and awareness as part of the program of instruction in ... More... CT Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 81 Encourages local and regional boards of education to include study of the Irish famine in their program of instruction and in their in-servi... More... MO Died 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 126 Sex Education Provides for the public school sexual eduaction shall emphasize abstinence.... More... MO Died 05/1997 P-12 H.B. 882 Literacy Tests Places the savings realized fromn the winding-down of the desegregation lawsuits into a new fund that rewards children who pass literacy tes... More... WA Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 5674 Governor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching History Relates to Governor's awards for excellence in teaching history; provides that the governor's award for excellance in teaching history is cr... 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 ... More... MD Died 04/1997 P-12 S.J.R. 17 Teaching of History in Primary and Secondary Educataion Acknowledges the tragedy of the Great Famine in Ireland and the suffering of the Irish People, particularly during 1847; honors the memory o... More... MS Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 2655 Provides that school curriculum may include religious matters when properly included in the course of study.... More... MS Died 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 2089 Character Traits Development Programs Prescribes character traits to be developed by a comprehensive K-12 program; requires local school districts to create and implement program... More... NH Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 229 Reading Recovery Training Program Establishes a Reading Recovery Training Program in the Department of Education to provide training to all eligible first-grade teachers.... More... NM Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 688 Sign Language as an Elective Requires public schools to offer sign language as an elective.... More... OK Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 1810 Curriculum Prohibits recognition of Ebonics as a language art and its teaching as a course or class for which a student receives credit or is counted t... More... OR Died 04/1997 P-12 SJM 33 Abstinence Curriculum Recommends abstinence curriculum for teen pregnancy prevention.... More... VA Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 Literacy Passport Test H.B. 1960 Clarifies that all pupils, including those who transfer from nonpublic schools, must pass the Literacy Passport Test to obtain a high school... More... AR Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 S.B. 307 Requires the General Education Division to gather and distribute instructional materials for teaching African-American history and training ... More... AR Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 S.B. 307 Teaching of Multicultural Awareness Requires the General Education Division to gather and distribute instructional materials for teaching African-American history and training ... More... AR Died 03/1997 P-12 S.B. 740 Core Curriculum Classes Requires schools to dedicate eighty percent of their class time to academic core curriculum classes.... More... AR Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 S.B. 475 Includes middle schools and junior highs in advanced placement incentive programs and awards schools $ 50 for each student who scores a 3 or... More... CO Died 03/1997 P-12 S.B. 19 Teaching of History and Civil Government Requires that in teaching the history and civil government of the United States, all students must be taught at a minimum, and in a light mo... More... GA Passed 03/1997 P-12 SR 312 Driver's Education Urges each local board of education to implement a course of study in driver's education.... More... GA Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 214 This bill requires the Superintendent to prepare a program of instruction regarding the display of the United States flag. Such instruction ... More... GA Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 393 This legislation enacts a program of character education aimed at instilling values in our school children. House Bill 393 charges the State... More... ND Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 1169 American Sign Language as an Elective Relates to American sign language as an elective at the high school and postsecondary level.... More... OR Died 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 3351 Phonics Directs school districts to use phonics in reading and writing education programs in grades 1 through 3.... More... OR Died 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 3235 Parent Program Relates to appropriating money from General Fund for operation of parent program; creates interim task force to develop one-year pilot progr... More... SD Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 1152 Character Education Provides for character development instruction in the school curriculum.... More... UT Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 67 Student Assessments of Reading Proficiency Relates to public education; provides for the administration of a reading proficiency test in the 5th grade; requires students to pass the t... More... HI Died 02/1997 P-12 H.B. 1909 Testing for Learning Disorder Ensures that the Board of Education provides for the testing of students for specific learning disorders including dyslexia and provides rem... More... MS Died 02/1997 P-12 H.B. 1527 Abstinence Education Establishes abstinence and Teen Pregnancy Pilot Program to be taught in schools.... More... MS Died 02/1997 P-12 S.B. 2170 Character Education in School Requires program for character education in school curriculum.... More... MS Died 02/1997 P-12 H.B. 318 Abstinence Education Provides for the teaching of abstinence as a method of birth control in the comprehensive school health education program.... More... NM Vetoed 02/1997 P-12 S.B. 773 "A Book A Week" Requirement Requires students to read a book a week and write a theme paper about each book.... More... OR Died 02/1997 P-12 S.B. 380 Instructions for Parenting and Child Development Skills Directs school district board to develop a course to instruct high school students on parenting skills and child development; requires high ... More... OR Died 02/1997 P-12 S.B. 338 & S.B. 339 Multicultural Education Program Relate to multicultural education policy of public schools.... More... WA Vetoed 02/1997 P-12 H.B. 2042 Reading in the Primary Grades Provides teachers with an accurate evaluation of student reading progress; provides teachers with information needed to improve instructiona... More... MS Died 01/1997 P-12 S.B. 2035 Necessitation of a Minimun of 4 Books to be Read Per Pupil Per Year Requires school boards to necessitate a minimum of 4 books to be read per pupil per school year; authorizes Department of Education to devel... More... ND Died 01/1997 P-12 H.C.R. 3009 Curriculum Development and Approval for Use Directs the Legislative Council to study the process by which curriculum, including core and supplemental materials and content, is develope... More... TX Died 01/1997 P-12 S.B. 176 Reading Instruction Relates to intensive reading instruction for certain public school students.... More... CA Signed into law 09/1996 P-12 A.B. 3086 Requires all high school students to read and be taught the Declaration of Independence, among other documents. Students must learn and be taught the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, the Federalist papers, t... More... CA Signed into law 09/1996 P-12 S.B. 1454 Home Economics Carrers and Technology Vocational Educational Unit States the Legislature's recognition of the importance of home economics careers and technology to the welfare and economic stability of the... More... CA Signed into law 09/1996 P-12 A.B. 1178 Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to develop, adopt, and administer a reading instruction competence assessment Requires Commission on Teacher Credentialing to develop, adopt and administer a reading instruction competence assessment to measure an indi... More... NJ Signed into law 09/1996 P-12 A.B. 1739 Establishes "Arts Create Excellent Schools (ACES) Program" in Department of Education.... More... IL Signed into law 08/1996 P-12 H.B. 2664 Proof of Health Examination and Immunization Requires school children to present proof of having had requisite health examination or immunization. Deletes requirement of health educatio... More... CA Signed into law 07/1996 P-12 A.B. 3482 Teacher Reading Instruction Development Program Enacts the Teacher Reading Instruction Development Program, which would effectuate legislative intent, expressed in the bill, that each cert... More... MA Died 07/1996 P-12 H.B. 6102 Comprehensive Health Education Program New Draft for H.B. 5102 Establishes a comprehensive health education program in all public school districts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.... More... MO Vetoed 07/1996 P-12 H.B. 1113 High School Superior Academic Achievement Scholarships Encourages high schools to offer college level courses that give students the opportunity to take nationally recognized standardized exams t... More... NE Signed into law 07/1996 P-12 79-725 Character education, principles of instruction Each teacher employed to give instruction in any public, private, parochial, or denominational school in the State of Nebraska shall arrange... More... AK Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) If a course in ASL is offered, the course shall be given credit as a foreign language.... More... AZ 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has never been proposed to the state legislature. The University of Arizona accepts ASL for foreign language credi... More... CA Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) Requires one course in visual or performing arts or foreign language during grades 9-11 for graduation from high school. A course in ASL is ... More... CT Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has been proposed to the state legislature, but was not passed. It is under consideration for future legislation. ... More... DE Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has never been proposed to the state legislature. The University of Delaware offers ASL as a foreign language and ... More... GA Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL has been accepted as a foreign language in limited circumstances; for deaf students as one elective credit; for other students as the th... More... HI Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has been proposed to the state legislature but did not pass. Schools do not offer academic credit for ASL.... More... IA Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) A law enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa stipulates that instruction in ASL shall be in addition to and not in lieu of, pr... More... ID Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has never been proposed to the state legislature. Some secondary schools recognize ASL as a foreign language and o... More... IL Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL is recognized as a foreign language for high school credit. This allows up to four years of class credits, and one year of credit for de... More... IL Signed into law 06/1996 P-12 S.B. 366 Allows use of historically significant information Amends the School Code. Allows public school teachers and administrators to use, read from, or post historically significant documents, writ... More... KS Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) Recognizes ASL as a language. Permits public and private education systems to offer courses in ASL as elective courses toward the requiremen... More... KY Active 06/1996 P-12 Community College Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) If a course in ASL is offered by a state university or community college, it shall be accepted as foreign language credit. Successful comple... More... LA Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) Any public high school shall offer instruction in a course in ASL as an elective course provided a sufficient number of students desire to e... More... LA Passed 06/1996 P-12 H.C.R. 91 Legislative Intention for Including Local and Regional History Programs in School Curricula Expresses legislative intent for including local and regional history in school curricula, encourages boards not already undertaking such pr... More... MA Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) In all public and elementary schools, ASL is recognized as a standard, independent language. School committees may credit courses in ASL tow... More... MD Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) County boards of education in the state are authorized to give academic credit for the study of ASL.... More... ME Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) Each school administrative unit is required to offer one two-year sequence in a foreign language in secondary schools; may offer American Si... More... MI Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) The board of a school district may grant high school credit in a foreign language to a pupil enrolled in high school who had satisfactorily ... More... MN Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has never been proposed to the state legislature. However, some postsecondary programs recognize ASL as a foreign ... More... MO Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) A proposal to recognize ASL as a foreign language is being developed for the FY94 legislature.... More... MS Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has never been proposed to the state legislature. However, some postsecondary programs offer ASL for credit.... More... MT Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has never been proposed to the state legislature. Sign language is taught at the high school and postsecondary lev... More... NC Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has never been proposed to the state legislature. Some secondary programs offer ASL and grant academic credit.... More... NC Died 06/1996 P-12 S.B. 1473 Development of a Plan to Improve Reading in the Public Schools Directs the State Board of Education to develop a plan to improve reading in the public schools and to revise the standard course of study. ... More... ND Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has never been proposed to the state legislature. However, ASL is accepted as a foreign language statewide and aca... More... NE Active 06/1996 P-12 Community College Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has never been proposed to the state legislature. Students may take ASL at community colleges and postsecondary pr... More... NH Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has never been proposed to the state legislature. However, some high schools and colleges offer ASL and give acade... More... NJ Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) New Jersey recently passed a resolution urging high school and colleges to recognize ASL, and to award foreign language credit for ASL cours... More... NM Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has never been proposed to the state legislature. Educational programs do not offer credit for ASL.... More... NV Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) The state legislature accorded ASL equal status with other linguistic systems in the public education system of the state. Schools that choo... More... NY Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) A state Board of Regents committee unanimously recommended that by 1993, students be allowed to study ASL for full Regents credit; Elementar... More... OH Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL is recognized as a foreign language, and any public school or chartered non-public school may offer a course in ASL. Such courses may be... More... OK Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL is recognized as a language and may be taught for academic credit in the public schools of the state in educational programs for both he... More... OR Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) During the 1991 legislative session, a bill was introduced recognizing ASL as a separate modern language. The bill did not pass. Some postse... More... PA Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) A proposal currently pending in the General Assembly, states that every secondary school, both public and private, established and maintaine... More... RI Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has never been proposed to the state legislature. Some postsecondary programs offer ASL for academic credit.... More... SC Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has never been proposed to the state legislature. Academic credit is not currently given in schools where ASL is o... More... SD Signed into law 06/1996 P-12 H.B. 1147 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) (Effective: 07/01/91) H.B. 1147, effective July 1, 1991, authorized elementary schools, high schools, and postsecondary programs to offer AS... More... TN Signed into law 06/1996 P-12 49-6-1201 General Provisions The course of study to be taught in every high school authorized by part 4 of this chapter shall be adopted by the board of education on the... More... TN Signed into law 06/1996 P-12 49-6-1007 Character Education The course of instruction in all public schools shall include character education to help each student develop positive values and improve s... More... TN Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL is recognized as a language. Educational programs are encouraged to offer ASL for academic credit.... More... TX Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL is recognized as a language and may be taught in public schools in educational programs for both hearing and deaf students.... More... UT Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) The 1992 Legislature established a "Task Force" to study interpreting issues. They will study the possibility of recognizing ASL as a foreig... More... VA Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has never been proposed to the state legislature. Some academic programs offer ASL and foreign language credit is ... More... VT Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has been proposed and is pending in 1994 state legislation.... More... WA Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) Students who receive instruction in ASL shall be considered to have satisfied the state or local school district foreign language graduation... More... WV Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has been proposed to the state legislature. Educational programs do not offer ASL for academic credit.... More... WY Active 06/1996 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) ASL as a foreign language has never been proposed to the state legislature. Some postsecondary programs offer ASL for academic credit but th... More... CO Died 05/1996 P-12 H.B. 1022 Sex Education Requires schools receiving funds under the Comprehensive Health Education Act to offer parents a choice between two tracks for teaching sexu... More... CO Signed into law 05/1996 P-12 H.B. 1139 Colorado Basic Literacy Act (Effective: 04/22/96) Kindergarten reading readiness level established by State Board. State Board will identify and approve instruments for... More... SC Signed into law 05/1996 P-12 H.B. 3055 Foreign Language Credit for American Sign Language Authorizes the Board of Trustees of a school district to grant foreign language credit for a course in American Sign Language.... More... SC Signed into law 05/1996 P-12 S.B. 1071 Exemptions from physical education requirements Establishes a procedure whereby certain students may be exempted from required courses in physical education in public schools by the local ... More... TX Passed 05/1996 P-12 Required Curriculum; Essential Elements Mandated; Elementary Curriculum; Secondary Curriculum (Effective: 09/01/96) Establishes new rules concerning curriculum requirements. Provides for mandated curriculum elements; description of a ... 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 Legislatu... More... AZ Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 H.B. 2569 Arizona Advisory Countil on Environmental Education Grant Program Authorizes the Arizona Advisory Council on Environmental Education to award four grants each year, up to $30,000 each, to pay for "environme... More... AZ Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 H.B. 2569 Arizona Advisory Countil on Environmental Education Grant Program Authorizes the Arizona Advisory Council on Environmental Education to award four grants each year, up to $30,000 each, to pay for "environme... More... CT Died 04/1996 P-12 H.B. 5509 Multi-Cultural Curriculum of African American History Increases student knowledge of African American History and personal financial management. (Reported favorably from the joint committee on e... More... WI Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 A.B. 237 Training in Phonics (Effective: 04/30/96) Relates to teacher training in phonics.... More... HI Died 03/1996 P-12 S.C.R. 60 Character Development Education Requests more focus on character development education in elementary education and secondary education.... More... KY Died 03/1996 P-12 H.J.R. 48 Character Education Authorizes and directs the State Board for Elementary and Secondary School and the Department of Education to promote and support the integr... More... KY Passed 03/1996 P-12 SR 101 Citizenship Education Encourages reading of the preamble to the Kentucky Constitution at the start of the school day.... More... MS Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 Postsec. H.B. 513 High School Units for Community College (Effective: 03/18/96) Relates to community and junior colleges; increases requisite number of high school units to attend.... More... NY Died 03/1996 P-12 A.B. 9606 Teaching Reading Through Phonetics Enacts the Literacy Restoration Act which requires that English be taught by the direct, systematic, intensive phonetic method which is a me... More... WA Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 2909 Effective Reading Programs for Elementary Students (Effective: 03/29/96) Directs the center for the improvement of student learning, or its designee, to develop and implement a process for id... More... CA Died 02/1996 P-12 A.B. 2248 AIDS Prevention Instruction Requires that the school district or the State Schools for the Handicapped receive written permission from the parent or guardian of a pupil... More... GA Died 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 1563 Implementation of Core Curriculum and Character Education in Public Schools Public Schools Relates to education competencies and core curriculum, provides for the development and implementation of a character curriculum in Georgia ... More... ID Died 02/1996 P-12 Reading Recovery Program S.B. 1399 Adds to existing law to establish a reading recovery program and to provide the method for determining the allocation of funds.... More... IL Died 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 3231 Hispanic-American History Requires public schools to include in their curricula a unit of instruction studying the events of Hispanic-American History. Authorizes the... More... TN Died 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 2908/S.B. 2878 Right to Read Act Enacts "Right to Read Act of 1996". Specifies that no later than 97-98 school year, all boards of education shall direct that systematic, in... More... UT Signed into law 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 14 History Curriculum (Effective: 02/23/96) Relates to public education; providing that school curricula and activities shall include the appropriate study of Ame... More... HI Died 01/1996 P-12 S.B. 3199 Hawaiian Language Immersion Program Establishes the Papahana Kaiapuni Hawaii, Hawaiian language immersion program in all public schools. Appropriates funds for implementation i... More... MN Died 01/1996 P-12 S.B. 600 No Promotion or Advocacy for Homosexuality Sex Education Provides that no public school district shall publish, disseminate, or use any material that promotes or advocates homosexuality as acceptab... More... MS Died 01/1996 P-12 S.B. 2712 Multicultural Curriculum and Multiethnic Training Urges State Board of Education to require multicultural curriculum for students and multiethnic relations training for school personnel.... More... MS Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 652 Sex education Requires that abstinence be taught as part of the school health program.... More... MS Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 831 History be Taught from Original Documents in High School Stipulates that high school history be taught from the original documents.... More... MS Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 782 Health Education Program Relates to health education program; requires implementation in K-12 by 1998-1999.... More... MS Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 382 Health Classes for Seventh Graders Requires health class for seventh graders and allot funds for schools.... More... MS Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 692 & S.B. 2045 Citizenship, Character Education H.B. 692 relates to school curriculum; requires for character education. S.B. 2045 also relates to school curriculum; requires for character... More... MS Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 835 Phonics Should be Taught in all First Grade Classes Requires phonics to be taught in all first grade classes.... More... VT Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 698 Identify Programs for Teaching Children to Read and Write Creates a task force for the purpose of identifying programs for teaching children to read and write; developing techniques for strengthenin... More... CA Signed into law 10/1995 P-12 A.B. 170 Back to Basics (Effective: 10/11/95) Expresses the intent of the legislature that fundamental skills in all subject areas, including phonics, spelling, and... More... HI Passed 09/1995 P-12 Hawaii Sex Educators to Promote Abstinence Sex education teachers in Hawaii must teach that abstinence is the "surest and most responsible way" to avoid unintended pregnancy and sexua... More... FL Passed 08/1995 P-12 Course Curriculum Frameworks Grades 6-12 Basic and Adult Secondary Programs FAC 6A-1.09412 (Effective: 08/28/95) Gives the Commissioner the authority to approve course curriculum frameworks for grades 6-12 for basic and adult secon... More... NV Signed into law 08/1995 P-12 A.B. 366 Chapter 113 American Sign Language Authorizes public schools to offer American Sign Language for credit as a foreign language. The measure requires the State Board of Educatio... More... AL Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 H.B. 466/S.B. 391 Nationally Normed Test Requires the implementation of a nationally normed test to assess student achievement in grades three through eleven; requires a comprehensi... More... CT Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 PA 95-101, sS.B. 126 Holocaust Education (Effective: 10/01/95) This act requires the State Board of Education to encourage and help school boards include holocaust education and awa... More... DE Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 S.B. 148 Establishment of Education Science in Motion Fund Within the State Treasury Creates an Educational Science in Motion Fund within the State Treasury to fund two traveling science vans, one for new Castle County and on... More... IN Active 07/1995 P-12 Recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) (Effective: 07/01/95) Sections were added to the Indiana code, effective July 1, 1995, that recognize ASL as a language; allows secondary sc... 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... NC Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 H.B. 834 Parental Review of Sexual Education Curriculum (Effective: 07/29/95) Provides for parental review of and places certain restrictions on any instruction on sexually transmitted diseases or... More... NC Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 S.B. 701 Graduation Requirements (Effective: 07/05/95) Prohibits the State Board of Education from adopting or enforcing any rule that requires Algebra I as a graduation sta... More... NY Signed into law 07/1995 Postsec. A 6138 Auditing of Courses Provides for the auditing of courses without tuition, examination grading or credit by persons over sixty years of age at the City Universit... More... OR Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 Community College S.B. 475 American Sign Language Provides that American Sign Language shall be taught for credit in high schools, community colleges and institutions of higher education; re... More... NC Died 06/1995 P-12 S.B. 1078 Character Education House committee substitute replaces 1st edition. Completely rewrites bill so it now adds a new GS 115C-81 providing that local boards of edu... More... OH Died 06/1995 P-12 H.B. 403 Interscholastic Sports for PE Classes Permits students in grades 7 through 12 to substitute interscholastic sports activities for physical education class, if, in place of the ph... More... OK Signed into law 06/1995 P-12 H.B. 1072 Parent Rights for Approval of Sex Education (Effective: 06/05/95) Allows parental inspection of curriculum and materials used in sex education or certain related programs or tests; all... More... UT Signed into law 06/1995 P-12 53A-17a-131.6 State Contribution to Character Educ. Prog. 1.) The state's contribution of $550,000 for a Character Education Program is appropriated to the State Board of Education for distribution ... More... IN Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 1255 - Curriculum Permits a school corporation to allow any principal or teacher to read or post in a school building or classroom or at a school event excerp... More... IN Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 1681 - American Sign Language Recognizes American Sign Language as a standard, independent language; allows a public school to offer classes in American Sign Language as ... More... MO Died 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 520 Holocaust Education in Public Schools This bill requires public schools to offer instruction to students in the eleventh or twelfth grades in the history of the Holocaust. The su... More... MO Died 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 27 Sex Education This bill defines course material and content for any public school sex education program. Sex education courses are required to include dis... More... NM Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 Changes in Graduation Requirements Allows participation on an athletic team or in an athletic sport during the school day to count toward fulfillment of the physical education... More... OH Died 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 366 Teaching of Phonics Requires the colleges of education of state universities to provide instruction in the teaching of intensive systematic phonics. Requires su... More... AR Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 S.B. 436 - High School Advanced Placement Program Establishes the Arkansas Advanced Placement Incentive Program for state high school students.... More... AR Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 H.B. 1506 - Social Studies Curriculum Requires the Education Department to develop materials for certain courses in grades 7 - 12 to teach current state laws relevant to students... More... AR Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 Postsec. S.B. 765 - Postsecondary Admission Requirements Requires students graduating from public high schools to have successfully completed the college prep or tech prep core curriculum for uncon... More... NM Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 S.B. 511 - Civics Competency Exam Requires students to pass a state competency exam on the United States Constitution and the Constitution of New Mexico.... More... NM Vetoed 04/1995 P-12 H.B. 273 - American Sign Language Recognizes American Sign Language as a language; authorizes teaching American Sign Language in the public schools.... More... VA Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 Postsec. S.B. 554 - Preparation of At-Risk Students for Higher Education (Advancement Via Individual Determination Programs) Relates to Advancement Via Determination Programs designed to increase the number of minority and low-income students who attend college by ... More... AR Signed into law 02/1995 P-12 H.B. 1328 - History Curriculum Encourages posting in schools of historical documents, and prohibits content-based censorship of American history or heritage based on relig... More... UT Signed into law 02/1995 P-12 S.B. 32 - History Curriculum Relates to public education; provides for the teaching of a respect for and an understanding of the Declaration of Independence in the publi... More... IN Died 01/1995 P-12 S.B. 78 Character Trait Education "Character trait instruction" means instruction that stresses the nature and importance of the following: 1) being honest and truthful. 2) r... More... IA Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 HF 2383 Safety in Schools This Act establishes a character education policy and pilot program, authorizes the sharing of certain information between schools regarding... More... IA Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 256.18 Character Education Policy-Pilot Program It is the policy of the general assembly that Iowa's schools be the best and safest possible. To that end, each school is encouraged to inst... More... NV Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 A.B. 207 American Sign Language Directs the superintendent of public instruction and the director of the department of human resources to appoint a task force to study the ... More... NV Signed into law 06/1994 Postsec. A.B. 402 Higher Ed Student Participation in Athletics Provides the the UCCSN Board of Regents must require a university student who participates as a member of a varsity athletic team to make sa... More... TX Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 Chapter 35 (Advanced Placement Initiatives) Main portion of Act passed in 93; 94 session added awards and subsidies for students, teachers, and schools (i.e., $100 to students scoring ... More... UT Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 S.B. 42 Teaching of American Sign Language (Effective: 05/02/94) Requires the State Board of Education to develop and implement policies for teaching American sign language in the sta... More... VA Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 Virginia Reading Recovery Program (22.1-208.2) Sets up Reading Recovery program for those students identified as at risk of reading failure in elementary schools. Purpose is to develop st... More... WA Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 28A.150.211 Values and traits recognized (Effective: 09/01/94) Values/traits not intended to be assessed or be standards for graduation, but stress importance of: honesty, integrity... More... WV Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 S.B. 1000 Formula Bill 1) Allows American Sign Language to be accepted as credited course of study in foreign language. 2) Gives counties option to start school ye... More... AL Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 S 125 (Act 94-673) Education Technology Fund (Effective: 05/28/94) Creates the Education Technology Fund within the State Treasury and makes an appropriation of $1,970,000 for the fisca... More... AL Signed into law 05/1994 Postsec. H 505 (Act 94-202) Community Colleges (Effective: 05/28/94) Provides for a computerized advisement system operated by Troy State University and development of a common curriculum... More... FL Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 Legislative Update - Curriculum (Effective: 05/11/94) Legislature mandated Holocaust and African American history curricula for schools. (Education Week 5/11/94)... More... IL Died 04/1994 P-12 H.B. 2932 Implementation of a Statewide School Recycling Program Requires the State Board of Education and Department of Energy and Natural Resources to conduct a joint study to determine the feasibility o... More... NJ Signed into law 01/1994 P-12 H.B. 316 Public School Sex Education Requires public school sex education and AIDS education programs to stress abstinence. (Statenet 1/10/94)... More... Curriculum--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. 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