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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 CA Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Appointed Trustee for Insolvent District (education finance omnibus) A.B. 86 - Appointed Trustee for Insolvent District From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to appoint a trustee with the powers and responsibilities of an administrator when a school district becomes insolvent and requires an emergency apportionment from the state. http://www.leg... More... NV Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Accountability A.B. 460 Requires the state department of education to ensure that the statewide system of accountability complies with federal mandates under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Establishes certain requirements for the statewide system of accountabilit... More... MO Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Unaccredited School Districts S.B. 125 Requires public comment be obtained on the appropriate scoring guides, instruments, and procedures used in determining the accreditation status of a district at least fourteen days in advance of a meeting on the accreditation status. Removes the two-year wait... More... VT Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Multiple Components - School Closings; Guidelines for Teacher Advisory System H.B. 521 Two of multiple components. Creates a committee to study the implications of public schools closing to become independent schools. Creates a working group to develop best practice guidelines for teacher advisory systems. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2014/A... More... MS Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 Teacher Education Scholarship, and Dropout Rate Restructuring S.B. 2658- Creates the teacher education scholars program and the Mississippi education works program which directs high schools with graduation rates lower than 80% to submit a plan to the department of education for restructure. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documen... More... LA Adopted 12/2012 P-12 Sanctions for Low-Performing Schools LAC 28:LXXXIII, Chapter 14, 16, 19, 23 Repeals §1401, §1403, §1405, which related to levels to, entry and movement in academic assistance. Amends §1601, "Entry into Academically Unacceptable School Status" and §1603, "Requirements for Academically Unacceptable Schools." Adds §1607, which requires a... More... TX Adopted 07/2012 P-12 Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions 19 TAC 97.1065, 1067 Section 97.1065 addresses provisions relating to repurposing, alternative management, or campus closure, including actions requested by parent petition or local board request for alternative to approach identified in parent petition. Section 97.1067 addresses ... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Parent Trigger in Columbus S.B. 316 - Parent Trigger in Columbus From final bill analysis: Specifies that the provisions of the "parent trigger" restructuring petition, under the Columbus pilot program, prevail over the general restructuring law for low-performing schools, if a district school becomes subject to both, unles... More... PA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Authority of a Commonwealth Partnership School District H.B. 1901 - Sec. 1704-B Section 1704-B continues provisions of the Empowerment Act that were scheduled to expire June 30, 2012. A Commonwealth Partnership School District is authorized to: 1) cancel or renegotiate any contract, other than collective bargaining agreements, for the pur... More... CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Low Performing Districts S.B. 458 (Sec. 34) Defines an alliance district as a town whose school district is among those with the lowest academic performance as measured by a district performance index (DPI) the bill establishes. For FY 13, the bill requires the education commissioner to design... More... TN Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Statewide Accountability S.B. 2208 Directs commissioner of education to establish appropriate performance goals and measures for LEAs. Rewards LEAs that reach the achievement and achievement gap closure targets. Stipulates corrective action for LEAs that do not meet targets. Requires public rep... More... LA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Transferring Low-performing School to Recovery District and Parent Petitions H.B. 976 Allows for a public school to be transferred to the Recovery School District (RSD) if such transfer is approved by the state board of education and both of the following conditions are met: (1) Parents or legal guardians representing at least 51% of the studen... More... LA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 School Choice and Voucher Program H.B. 976 Expands the current choice program, Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program, beyond schools in the New Orleans district to students statewide who meet eligibility requirements. Provides scholarships to eligible students to attend public and non... More... SD Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 State Accountability System S.B. 25 Creates a new state accountability system for public elementary and secondary schools to hold public schools accountable for student achievement and ensure that all public schools make yearly progress. Yearly progress will be measured by multiple indicators... More... WY Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Statewide Accountability System S.F. 57 Establishes indicators to measure student achievement and school-level performance. Stipulates that indicators will be used to create an overall school performance rating system. Details rewards and sanctions based on where schools are rated. Requires the stat... More... CA Vetoed 10/2011 P-12 Parent Trigger Amendments A.B. 203 From bill summary: Requires interventions to be implemented for a school that is identified as persistently lowest-achieving but does not receive specified school improvement grant funding. Requires a governing board of a local educational agency to allow pare... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Full-Year School Plan H.B. 1415 Provides that if certain specified schools remain on academic watch status for two years, subject to the availability of federal appropriation money, the state board must allow the local school board to operate the school on a state board-approved pilot full-y... More... CT Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Secondary School Reform Act Delay/Teacher Evaluations/Tenure/Student Governance Councils/6th Grade Student Success Plan H.B. 6498 Secondary School Reform Act - Delays by two years the implementation of the secondary school reform requirements enacted in 2010 that: (1) Increase the minimum number of credits required to graduate from high school; (2) Require school districts to offer stude... More... HI Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Reconstituting Public School and Charter School S.B. 1485 Allows the superintendent of education to reconstitute a public school, except for charter schools. Directs the department to negotiate with the respective unions the process of reassigning employees of the school to be reconstituted to other positions within ... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Parent Trigger Pilot for Columbus H.B. 153 - Parent Trigger Pilot for Columbus Establishes a pilot project for any school operated by the Columbus school district that has been ranked in the lowest 5% of all public schools statewide for three or more consecutive years. Requires the district board to implement any of five requested reform... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Sanctions for the Lowest-Performing Schools H.B. 153 - Sanctions for the Lowest-Performing Schools Provides that for any building that is ranked in the lowest 5% of all public school buildings statewide for three consecutive years and is declared to be under an academic watch or in a state of academic emergency, the district board must do one of the followi... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Licensure Exam Retakes for Teachers in Lowest-Performing Schools H.B. 153 - Licensure Exam Retakes for Teachers in Lowest-Performing Schools Directs the board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district, the governing authority of each community school, and the governing body of each STEM school with a building ranked in the lowest 10% of all public school buildings accor... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Parent Trigger Law--Local Board May Trump S.B. 738 Provides that if the commissioner is presented with a written petition signed by the parents of a majority of the students enrolled at a campus that has an "unacceptable" performance rating for three consecutive school years after the campus is reconstituted, ... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Increased Flexibility for Increased Accountability H.B. 192 Extends until end of 2014-15 school year the provision that each local school system either notify the department of its intention to request increased flexibility through local school board flexibility contract or elect not to request increased flexibility in... More... IN Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Accountability H.B. 1001--Turnaround Academies Provides that a school that remains in the lowest performance category for a fifth year becomes a turnaround academy. Requires the state board of education to set specific goals for a turnaround academy, and allows the turnaround academy to be operated by a sp... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Graduation Rates S.B. 2 Instructs the state board to adopt a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate to establish a uniform definition of high school graduation rate. Requires the state board to adopt percentage growth targets for h... More... AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 District Takeovers by State Board S.B. 383 If the state board orders the takeover of a school district under authority and also orders the removal of the school district board of directors, the state board may assume all authority of the school district board of directors as may be necessary for the da... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Accountability H.B. 2234 Amends section 15-241. Changes the method used to calculate a school's classification and replaces the current labels of "excelling", "highly performing", "performing", "underperforming" or "failing to meet academic standards" with a letter grade system of A, ... More... GA Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 School Board Member Terms S.B. 79 Provides that members of local boards of education must serve terms of no less than four years. Provides for a phase-in period and for exceptions. Provides for the composition and election of county boards of education in counties in which there is a homestead... More... MI Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Supervision of Lowest-achieving Schools S.B. 157 Provides that if a school included on the list of lowest-achieving 5% of public schools was operated by a district in which an emergency manager was in place under the Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act, the Superintendent of Public... More... CA Adopted 09/2010 P-12 Parent Empowerment 5 CA ADC 4800, 4801, 4802, 4803, 4804, 4805, 4806, 4807 Adopts emergency regulations to implement Senate Bill 4, Chapter 3, 5th Extraordinary Session of 2010. This Senate Bill and these emergency regulations establish the parent empowerment process whereby parents of students who are or will be enrolled in up to 75... More... TX Adopted 07/2010 P-12 Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions 19 TAC 97.1051-1073 Makes various changes to state accountability provisions. Language below primarily from July 23, 2010 Texas Register. 97.1051: Amends definitions. Changes the definition of "campus closure" to remove references to "repurposing," which is now defined in statute... More... OK Signed by Governor 06/2010 P-12 Improvement Plans S.B. 1617 Amends law to require each school district identified as in need of improvement for four years to submit a plan for compliance with this section to the State Department of Education, in a manner prescribed by the Department. Beginning December 31, 2010, and an... More... OK Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Four Intervention Models S.B. 2033 This section of S.B. 2033 establishes and defines four intervention models, one of which a school identified as being among the persistently lowest-achieving schools in the state is required to implement (turnaround, closure, restart or transformation). http:... More... CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 School Governance Council S.B. 438 - Sec. 21 Permits the local/regional board of education for a school that has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant or designated as a low achieving school (due to such school failing to make adequate yearly progress in mathematics and reading at the whole ... More... CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Monitoring of Reconstituted Schools S.B. 438 - Sec. 22 Requires the department of education to monitor, within available appropriations, those schools that have reconstituted (See section 21 of this bill) to determine whether such schools have demonstrated progress with regard to the following indicators: (1) the ... More... NY Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 School Takeovers by Educational Partnership Organizations A.B. 11171, Section 6 From "Summary of Specific Provisions" on Assembly Web site: Section 6 of this bill would add a new S21l-e to the Education Law to authorize the board of education of a school district, or the Chancellor of the New York City School District, to contract with ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 S.B. 509 Authorizes a district board of education for a district with an average daily membership of more than 30,000 which implements an alternative governance arrangement to use the following procedures, upon approval of the district board and concurrence of the exec... More... MS Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Schools At Risk H.B. 1097 Requires the Department of Education to provide assistance to certain schools not meeting adequate performance of accreditation standards. Requires schools at-risk to be identified by specified criteria. Authorizes evaluation teams to conduct on- site audits. ... More... MS Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 New Start School S.B. 2293 Creates a New Start School Program. Requires a New Start School to be established in each public school that is considered failing. Provides for the conversion of underperforming schools into conversion charter schools, for contracts relating to such conversio... More... WI Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Act 215 - Multiple Provisions S.B. 437 Act 215. For a district in need of improvement for 4 consecutive years, new section requires district boards to take certain actions (additional learning time; system of academic and behavioral supports; use data to differentiate instruction; employ a research... More... WA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Accountability S.B. 6696 Creates a coherent and effective accountability framework for improvement for all schools and districts to provide an excellent and equitable education, the tools necessary for accountability, including the necessary accounting and data reporting systems, asse... More... CA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Race to the Top S.B. 1E - Section 8 Adds Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 53100) to the Education Code. Numbers below relate to new section numbers. 53100: For purposes of implementing the federal Race to the Top program, (1) authorizes the state superintendent and president of the state bo... More... CA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Parent Empowerment S.B. 4E - Parent Empowerment Creates new sections 53300 and ff. of the Education Code, establishing new "Parent Empowerment" section. Provides that for any school not identified as a persistently low-achieving school under new Section 53201 (see enacted S.B. 1E http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/p... More... KY Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Interventions for Persistently Low-Achieving Schools and Advanced Placement H.B. 176 Amends accountability provisions in KRS 160.346. Defines "persistently low-achieving school". Defines "school intervention" as a process chosen by a school council, a superintendent and a local board, or the commissioner of education or designee with state boa... More... KY Emergency Rule Adoption 01/2010 P-12 Low-Achieving Schools 703 KAR 5:180 Establishes the processes to be followed during a school leadership assessment and district leadership assessment after a school is identified as low-achieving, per 2010 H.B. 176 (http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB176/bill.doc). Defines "assessment team", "d... More... MA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Underperforming or Chronically Underperforming Schools S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL) Repeals and replaces existing policies relating to Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education to designate a school as underperforming or chronically underperforming. Defines Commissioner's and State Board's authority and duties. http://www.mass.gov/le... More... MI Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Reform Failing Schools H.B. 4787 - Sec. 1280c Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Beginning in 2010, not later than September 1 of each year, the state superintendent is required to publish a list of the lowest achieving 5% of all public schools. Once a building is identified as being in the l... More... TN Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010 - Multiple Provisions S.B. 7005A - H.B. 7010A Enacts the Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010. From fiscal note: Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to move any public school or local education agency (LEA) into or out of a newly created "Achievement School District" (ASD) if the school is in the f... More... NM Adopted 12/2009 P-12 Academic Proficiency, Attendance and Driving Permits NMAC 6.30.11 Establishes requirements for demonstrating 9th grade math & reading proficiency and meeting school attendance standards prior to receiving an MVD driving permit for the year 2011. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.030.0011.htm... More... GA Adopted 11/2009 P-12 Athletics Participation, No Pass No Play Grades 6-12 GAC 160 -5-1-.18, -.19 Adds that retention of students for athletic purposes is prohibited. Repeals rule 160-5-1-.19 "Grades 6-8: Competitive Interscholastic Activities" and adds provisions related to no pass no play for middle grades students to rule 160 -5-1-.18. Requires students... More... IL Adopted 11/2009 P-12 Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision 23 IAC 1.20, .30, .100, .240, .420, .465, .480, .510, .737 Partially from "Notice of Adopted Amendments" in Illinois Register (changes from this rulemaking but not listed below are technical in nature or echo recent changes in legislation): Section 1.20: Revised to distinguish among the appropriate levels of sign-of... More... CA Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 CTE Programs at Regional Occupation Centers/Programs S.B. 640 Requires an employer advisory board to recommend measures, criteria and methods to evaluate the skills and knowledge of students in a regional occupation center or program established and maintained by a county board of education. Requires an employer advisory... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Leadership of Districts in Financial Trouble H.B. 2674 Authorizes a district under the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel to appoint a district superintendent with a specified certification or a chief executive officer upon expiration of the current superintendent's contract. Requires the superintendent or c... More... IL Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 612 Increases statewide charter school cap and charter school cap for Chicago. Above and beyond caps, permits five Chicago charters (and specified numbers of campuses and enrollment seats within those five charters) to be devoted to serving returning high school d... More... LA Vetoed 07/2009 P-12 Low-performing Schools H.B. 495 Specifies criteria that exempts a school from being transferred to the state-run Recovery School District, even if the school is low performing. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=664617... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Accountability Compliance Commission H.B. 1 - Section 3306.34 Provides that a separate accountability compliance commission must be established for each school district for which the state superintendent opts to establish a commission due to noncompliance with financial budgeting or reporting requirements per section 330... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Failure to Comply with Finance Provisions H.B. 1 - Section 3306.33 By July 2011, directs the department of education to provide technical assistance to that either has failed to comply with any applicable expenditure or reporting standard prescribed by rule adopted under section 3306.25, or that fails to submit a spending pla... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Triggers for Automatic Closure of Community Schools H.B. 1 - Section 3314.35 From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Revises the current performance criteria that trigger automatic closure of a community school after July 1, 2009, as follows: (1) For schools that do not offer a grade higher than 3, requires closure if the school has been in academ... More... OH Adopted 06/2009 P-12 School Building and District Improvement Planning OAC 3301-13-01, -02, -37-01 thru -12, -56-01 Rescinds and adopts new rules relating to school building and district improvement planning, parent notification and intervention. Requires districts and schools identified for improvement to be categorized as low support, medium support or high support based ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Bonds H.B. 3646 - Sections 69-72 Section 69: Adds new section 45.0531. Authorizes the state board by rule to establish a percentage of the cost value of the permanent school fund to be reserved from use in guaranteeing bonds. Section 70: Requires districts seeking state guarantee of eligible ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 School Leadership Pilot Program H.B. 3 - Section 9 Clarifies language in Section 11.203 regarding participation in the school leadership pilot program for principals. Specifies that an individual serving as principal of a school rated academically unacceptable the previous school year must participate in the p... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Participation in Teacher Reading Academy H.B. 3 - Section 24 Amends action that triggers a teacher's participation in a teacher reading academy. Former provision required teacher to participate in reading academy if teacher provided instruction in reading, math, science or social studies to students in any grades 6-8 an... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Schools Liable to Reconstitution, Alternative Management, "Repurposing" H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part V Directs a campus intervention team to assist a reconstituted campus in developing an *updated targeted* improvement plan (former language called for development of a "school improvement plan") and in submitting the updated targeted improvement plan to the loca... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Assistance to Low-Performing Districts and Schools H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part IV Amends language regarding actions the commissioner may take as regards a district that does not satisfy accreditation criteria, academic performance standards or any financial accountability standard. Provides that the commissioner may order the preparation of... More... OK Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Accepting Support Team Assistance H.B. 1461 Requires schools identified as not making Adequate Yearly Progress to utilize school support team assistance; provides that the support team shall assist the school in incorporating strategies that will strengthen the core academic subjects and address specifi... More... OK Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Alternative Governance for Schools in Need of Improvement S.B. 268 Requires district boards of education for schools identified for improvement for a specified number of consecutive years to implement alternative governance arrangements; provides that such arrangements include reopening the school as a public charter school, ... More... NY Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Contracts for Excellence A.B. 157 - Part A, Sections 1-5 Provides that a district that submitted a contract for excellence for the 2008-09 school year must submit a contract for excellence for the 2009-10 school year unless all schools in the district are identified as in good standing. Provides that a district that... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Accountability H.B. 2261--Section 501-507, Accountability Section 501-507 relates to shared accountability for school and district improvement. Legislature recognizes that comprehensive education finance reform and increased investment of public resources necessary to implement that reform must be accompanied by a ne... More... MS Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Children First Act of 2009 S.B. 2628 Prohibits public school students in 7th-12th grades who fail to maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 from participating in extracurricular activities. Authorizes and directs the state board to define failing schools and school districts under certain standards. Re... More... LA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Student Attendance and Driver's License S.B. 275 Authorizes the denial or suspension of a driver's license or learner's permit of a minor who is not enrolled in or has not completed school or an adult education program or who is habitually absent or tardy; authorizes school boards, the Recovery School Distri... More... LA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Academic Crisis Schools H.B. 909 The recovery district shall retain jurisdiction over any school transferred to it for academic crisis purposes for a period of not less than five school years not including the school year in which the transfer occurred if the transfer occurred during a school... More... LA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Assistance to Low-performing Schools S.B. 582 Requires the state Department of Education to develop a program that provides for early identification of low performing chools that are at risk of being labeled "academically unacceptable" and provides targeted interventions that are designed to address ident... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Academically Unacceptable School Plans H.B. 463 Relates to schools that have been labeled academically unacceptable or failed schools for which a school board has not presented or implemented an acceptable reconstitution plan; provides a retention period for schools transferred to a Recovery School District... More... NY Adopted 06/2008 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 Establishes allowable programs and activities, criteria for public reporting by school districts of their total foundation aid expenditures, and other requirements for purposes of preparation of contracts for excellence by certain specified school districts. P... More... TN Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Processes for Schools in Improvement H.B. 4148 Outlines procedures to be followed re: schools identified as in improvement. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC1006.pdf... More... CO Vetoed 05/2008 P-12 No Penalties for Students Missing State Assessment H.B. 1186 Excepts from the calculation of a school's academic performance ratings and from determining accreditation, the assessment scores of students absent on the days assessments are administered under the student assessment program and students' scores that are inv... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Accountability H.B. 2711 Relates to intervention in mismanaged school districts. A. Provides the Department of Education shall investigate a school district for systemic educational mismanagement if: 1) fifty percent or more of the schools in the district are designated underperformin... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2008 P-12 fiscal accountability H.B. 2560 Concerns school districts compliance; relates to withholding monies; provides if the Department of Education, the Auditor General or the Attorney General determines that a school district is substantially and deliberately not in compliance and if the district ... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Fiscal Accountability H.B. 2469 An emergency measure which delays and extends the payback period for over-expenditures for Saddle Mountain Unified School District and Union Elementary School District and provides incentives for the unification or consolidation of these districts with neighbo... More... MS Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Low-Performing Schools S.B. 2666 Relates to low performing schools and school districts. Changes the designation of priority schools to schools at risk. Modifies and expands the definition of an at risk school. Commits the Legislature to the appropriation of adequate funds for the support of ... More... MS Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Removal of Superintendents in Underperforming Districts S.B. 2149 Provides that the appointed or elected superintendent of education in an underperforming school district for a specified number of consecutive school years shall be removed from office by the school board at the end of the school year. Provides for the appoint... More... MS Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Task Force on Underperforming Schools and Districts S.B. 2405 Creates a task force to study and report on the status of underperforming schools and districts in the state, effectiveness measures for improvement of those schools and school districts and enhancement of accountability and sanctions imposed on those schools ... More... NY Adopted 01/2008 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 The board of regents has readopted, by emergency action effective January 22, 2008, the emergency rule adopted at the September 10, 2007 Regents meeting, and readopted at the October 23, 2007 Regents meeting, that added a new section 100.13 and amended section... More... LA Adopted 12/2007 P-12 School, District and State Accountability System LAC 28:LXXXIII.301, 517, 613, 707, 709, 903, 1301, 1601-1609, 1901,2101, 2301, 2401, 2501-2505, 2701- 2721, 3301-3303, 3503, 3507, 3701, and 3905. Amends rules concerning Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System. Sets the target graduation rate for schools at 65%. Separates the current School Improvement set of labels and remedies into two separate sets: (1) the "Aca... More... TX Adopted 12/2007 P-12 Accountability 19 TAC Chapter 97 Adopts new 19 TAC Chapter 97, Planning and Accountability, Subchapter EE, Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions. The new subchapter defines the accreditation statuses of Accredited, Accredited-Warned, Accredited-Probation, and Not Accredited-Revoked a... More... LA Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System LAC 28:CXI.2007, Bulletin 118 In accordance with R.S. 49:950 et seq., the Administrative Procedure Act, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has amended Bulletin 111—The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System (LAC Part Number LXXXIII). The changes in §301 ex... More... NY Emergency Rule Extension 11/2007 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 Readopts, by emergency action effective November 25, 2007, the emergency rule adopted at the September 10, 2007 Regents meeting that added a new section 100.13 and amended 170.12 of the Commissioner's Regulations. http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2007... More... LA Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System LAC 28:LXXXIII.603, 613, and 4313 Revises Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System (LAC Part Number LXXXIII). Revises section 603 to include all students in the state-level cohort regardless or entry or exit dates. Revises section 613 to clarify that s... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Accountability A.B. 438 Relates to the Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 which establishes the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program to provide funding to schools that perform below the 50th percentile on certain achievement tests. Establishes guidelines for ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Reinstating authority A.B. 45 Requires the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistant Team, until all operational areas have been returned to the governing board of the Oakland Unified School District, to prepare and submit a progress report on the district's assessment and recovery plan. Requ... More... CA To governor 07/2007 P-12 Special education A.B. 485 Relates to special education. Prohibits a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency whose certification has been revoked, and certain other administrators and entities involved with the school or agency, from being eligible to apply for recertification for 2 ye... More... LA Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Rewards Eligibility and Corrective Actions LAC 28:LXXXIII.1301, 4313, 4903, and 4905 Amends the following Sections of Bulletin 111: • §1301 Reward Eligibility: Changes one requirement for exemplary academic growth to 2.0 points improvement in a subgroup assessment index rather than growth in a subgroup performance score • §4313 Corrective Acti... More... NY Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 Establishes allowable programs and activities, criteria for public reporting by school districts of their total foundation aid expenditures, and other requirements for purposes of preparation of contracts for excellence by certain specified school districts. P... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 School Improvement Plans H.B. 2263C -- Improvement Plan Components Requires state superintendent to assign school ratings. Requires schools rated as in need of improvement to file school improvement plan. Such plans must include: (a) A rigorous curriculum aligned with state standards; (b) High-quality instructional programs;... More... PA Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Distressed School Districts H.B. 842, Sec. 5 (Section 113 (c) of the Act) These provisions set parameters for how staff of a "distressed" district in which pupils have been reassigned to another district are to be hired. For example, employees go into a pool and are to be offered employment by bordering districts whenever there is a... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 No Pass No Drive Amended to Include One Year Suspension/Expulsion H.B. 2260 Adds making a threat, including a false report, to use a bomb, dynamite, any other deadly explosive or destructive device including chemical weapons on school property or at a school sponsored event as a zero tolerance event. Also adds new language as a new se... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Exemptions for No-Pass No-Play Law S.B. 1517 Standardizes the exemptions for students enrolled in certain advanced courses from the requirement that a student be suspended from participation in extracurricular activities for receiving an unsatisfactory grade. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/bi... More... AK Adopted 04/2007 P-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE 4 AAC 33.520 Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development.Amends the participation rate in the Public School Performance IncentiveProgram. Law allows for certificated and noncertificated staff to receive incentive payments on top of their base salary.... More... AR Adopted 04/2007 P-12 Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability 005.19.06-002, ADE 247 Adopts rules to develop a single comprehensive testing, assessment and accountability program which utilizes the most current and effective testing, evaluation and assessment research information designed to achieve the following: 1) clear academic standards t... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Standards and Accountability S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 1 Adds new sections 211 (see separate record), 211-a, 211-b and 211-c to the education code. Section 211-a: Directs the regents, by the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year, to establish an interim, modified accountability system for schools and districts th... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Contract for Excellence S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 12 Requires every district with at least one school currently identified as requiring academic progress or in need of improvement or in corrective action or restructuring status to prepare a contract for excellence if the district receives an increase in total fo... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 charter school, accountability H.B. 1504 Provides a major revision of the Public Charter School Law. Amends Public Charter School Law to allow for obtaining conversion public charter school status, open-enrollment public charter school status, or limited public charter school status. Defines the th... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Sanctions Applicable to Schools/Districts Under Conservatorship S.B. 2960 Revises and clarifies sanctions applicable to schools and districts which are under conservatorship due to a declaration of an emergency or designation as a priority school. Clarifies that the state board my abolish and assume control of a school or district. ... More... SD Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Sanctions for Cheating H.B. 1033 Establishes process for following up on allegations of certified personnel and teachers for compromising the integrity of a state-required academic achievement test. Allows the suspension or revocation of the certificate of any certified staff person who knowi... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2007 P-12 State Accountability System A.B. 3676 Revises various provisions of The New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum public school district monitoring system, related reporting, and oversight requirements. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/A4000/3676_R1.PDF... More... LA Adopted 10/2006 P-12 Compliance Monitoring Procedures LAC 28:XCI.107, 109, and 309 (Bulletin 1922_ Reverts back to having the state board rather than the state superintendent withhold federal funds under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) when continuing noncompliance with IDEA is noted in a local school district. Pages 58-59 of 133: htt... More... IL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 School/District Improvement Plans S.B. 2829 - School/District Improvement Plans Deletes existing provisions related to the approval of a district improvement plan for a district on academic early warning status or watch status. Replaces with language clarifying that such plans must be approved by the school board. Requires all districts... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Districts Academically in Crisis H.B. 310 Repeals R.S. 17:10.6(C) and (D). Section (C) limited the power of local boards of districts identified as academically in crisis. Section (D) removed the power of such boards to contract or employ a superintendent or terminate the contract or employment of th... More... LA Adopted 06/2006 P-12 Accountability System LAC 28:LXXXIII.Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 17, 21, 24, 35, 41,43, and 45 Full text of language on pages 8-20 of 62: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0606/0606RUL.pdf Changes define/outline/clarify the following: --school performance score goals (page 8-10 of 62); --calculating the SPS (School Performance Scores) component (p... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 School Achievement Profiles and Improvement Plans H.B. 2359 Relates the district profiles and accountability for schools failing to meet academic standards. Describes information, procedures and other requirements related to school achievement profiles and action plans. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/47leg/2r/bills/hb235... More... CA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Accountability and Funding for Low-Performing Schools A.B. 1758 Provides that 36 months after the receipt of funding to implement a school action plan, all schools that are not subject to state monitoring are eligible for a 4th year of funding; requires a school for which the most recent base API places the school in decil... More... IL Adopted 04/2006 P-12 Deadline for Status Appeal 23 IAC 1.95 Modifies deadline for a district's status appeal to within 30 days of receipt of notification from the state board of the school's or district's status level, recognition level, or corrective action, OR by September 1 of the calendar year in which the notifica... More... MD Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 04/2006 P-12 State Takeover of Low Performing Schools H.B. 1215; S.B. 914 Prohibits the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Schools from imposing a certain restructuring of a governance arrangement of specified schools in Baltimore City or from removing a public school from the direct control of the City Board o... More... NJ Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 School District Fiscal Accountability Act A.B. 2684 Provides for appointment of a state monitor in school districts with fiscal issues such as deficit balances or whose audits found material weaknesses; allows for an advance state aid payment to certain districts and requires repayment of that advance; appropri... More... CO Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 School Improvement and Reviews H.B. 1240 Concerns measures to improve the academic performance of unsatisfactory public schools; allows a school that receives an overall academic performance rating of unsatisfactory to operate under a school improvement plan for 2 full school years; provides for revi... More... SD Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 District Funding Related to Meeting Adequate Yearly Progress S.B. 198 Appropriates funds to increase funding to education and to assist sparse school districts; requires legislation as part of the final report of the study of school funding. School districts that meet adequate yearly progress in reading and math under the terms ... More... GA Signed into law 12/2005 P-12 Accountability and Interventions S.B. 35 Makes the department responsible for the implementation of a single statewide system of accountability. Adds school systems to the system of review and accountability. Strikes subparagraph (D) of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of Code Section 20-14-41, relati... More... IL Adopted 11/2005 P-12 23 IAC 1.10, thru .70, .75, .80, .85, .90, .95, Makes changes in the accountability system for public schools. Changes the requirement for adequate yearly progress and the indicators that will be considered; the targets for each aspect of performance; the subgroups of students, their participation in state ... More... LA Adopted 11/2005 P-12 AYP and Sanctions for Underperforming Schools LAC 28:LXXXIII.517, 1101, 1501, 1705, 2301, 3301, and 3303 Defines growth label changes for three-star schools. Defines the movement of three-star schools into Academic Assistance if performance significantly declines. Addresses the requirement of districts to address the learning needs of mobile students, the writing... More... LA Signed into law 11/2005 P-12 Recovery School District H.B. 121A Establishes procedures for identifying underperforming schools to be transferred to the Recovery School District. Requires the Recovery School District to provide all educational services to students in transferred schools. Requires the recovery district to ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 School Intervention Contract Criteria H.B. 953 This bill would require the Superintendent to provide a list of approved school assistance and intervention teams with which a school district may contract if it receives funding under the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program.. The bill would... More... MS Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Hurrican Katrina and school accountability S.B. 2012 Authorizes the state board of education to exempt certain schools from accountability standards due to Hurricane Katrina of 2005. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20055E/pdf/SB/2001-2099/SB2012SG.pdf... More... GA Adopted 07/2005 P-12 Accountability System GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru -.04 Clarifies rules regarding the statewide accountability system, including definitions, profiles and awards and school- and district-level consequences. Also sets forth state audit and record retention requirements for schools and districts. http://www.doe.k12.g... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Corrective Action H.B. 1216 Repeals and reenacts the corrective action provisions for underperforming public schools. Requires the state board to annually notify each district and the state charter school institute as to which, if any, of its schools received a "low" or "unsatisfactory" ... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 No Pass No Drive Revisions S.B. 35 - Attendance Provisions Amends No Pass No Drive law. Adds provision that a student who is pursuing a general education development (GED) diploma will not have his/her drivers license suspended. Amends absences or other behaviors that trigger suspension to include ten or more school d... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Facilities Program Act S.B. 593 Establishes the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act. Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation to develop a comprehensive Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program that includes an academic facili... More... VA Emergency Rule Adoption 02/2005 P-12 Conducting Division-Level Academic Reviews 8 VAC 20-700-10 thru -50 Outlines the process and procedures for conducting the division-level academic review and submitting the corrective action plan to the Board of Education. Addresses the criteria for selection for the division- level academic review and improvement plans.. VIRG... More... GA Adopted 12/2004 P-12 Statewide Accountability GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru .04 Clarifies rules regarding the following: single statewide accountability system; accountability system definitions; accountability profiles; and accountability system awards and consequences. Single statewide accountability system: http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_d... More... GA Adopted 07/2004 P-12 Statewide Accountability; Definitions; School Profiles GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru -.04 Clarifies rules regarding statewide accountability, applicable definitions, school profiles, and awards and consequences; creates a single statewide accountability system consistent with state and federal law; provides valid, reliable accountability determinat... More... SC Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 School Districts Rated Unsatisfactory S.B. 90 Authorizes the state board to implement a training program for the school district board of trustees and the district superintendent; authorizes the state board to act as a mediator of personnel issues between the district board and district superintendent; pr... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Education Accountability H.B. 1659 Defines "academically in crisis" district and "academically unacceptable" school. Requires state superintendent to notify the state board, the president of the local board and the local superintendent when a district is found to be academically in crisis. Limi... More... RI Became law without governor's signature 06/2004 P-12 Drivers License Requirement H.B. 7397 Would set eligibility requirements for school attendance to obtain a driver's license for minor students. This act would take effect on January 15, 2005. ... More... RI To governor 06/2004 P-12 No Pass No Drive S.B. 2594 Provides that if a minor accumulates fifteen (15) unexcused absences within ninety (90) calendar days, they are ineligible for driving privileges and would provide for enforcement, notification, compliance, reinstatement and jurisdiction of this provision. Thi... More... TN Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Low Performing Schools and Districts H.B. 1175 Chapter No. 832. Renames low performing schools and school districts as high priority schools and school districts; allows the commissioner to award grants to individual school systems of up to $50,000, to LEAs for planning and implementation purposes. Allows ... More... TN Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Education Performance Goals and Measures H.B. 3511 Deletes several sections of 49-1-601 and and substitutes new language. Relates to educational performance goals and measures;changes from dropout rates to graduation rates; provides for testing; requires all public schools and local education agencies to make... More... OK Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Reading Sufficiency H.B. 2477 Part of this bill relates to the Reading Sufficiency Act; limits certain students who are excluded from the reading goals and program of reading instruction; modifies reading skills to include vocabulary; requires the demonstration of reading proficiency for d... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 School Academic Review H.B. 1294 Modifies provisions. When the state board has obtained evidence through the school academic review process that the failure of schools within a division to achieve full accreditation status is related to division level failure to implement the Standards of Qu... More... NM Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Early Identification of Unexcused Absences H.B. 106 Relates to compulsory school attendance; provides for early identification of unexcused absences and truancy; provides for enforcement of habitual truancy; provides for suspension of an habitual truant's driver's license.... More... WV Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Education H.B. 4111 Requires the state board to adopt system standards, including student performance and progress, school and school system progress, etc. Requires performance measures to incude graduation rate, dropout rate, attendance, student performance; percentage of gradu... More... TX Rule Adoption 12/2003 P-12 Accountability 19 TAC 2.97.A.97.1 thru 97.4 Repeals old rules and establishes rules relating to public school accountability. Each school district must be assigned an accountability rating by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The accountability rating of a school district is based primarily on its overa... More... AR Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, & Accountability Program and Academic Distress Program ADE 162 Establishes rules governing the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability Program and the Academic Distress Program (ACTAAP). http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/ade%20162%20actaap.pdf... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 School Accountability S.B. 878 Makes changes concerning school recognition standards for student performance and school improvement, recognition levels, rewards and acknowledgements for schools and school districts, academic warning and watch statuses for schools and districts, school and d... More... OH Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Consequences for Schools H.B. 3--Section 3302.03 Spells out what constitutes school or district status of "excellent," "effective," "in need of continuous improvement," "academic watch" and "academic emergency." Sets out requirements for processes and consequences of failing to meet adequate yearly progress ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 High-Priority Schools A.B. 96 Designates low-performing schools as high-priority schools for purposes of the Academic Performance Index. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=ab_96&sess=CUR&house=B&author=bermudez... More... AR Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 Comprehensive Testing/Assessment/Accountability Program ADE 188 Requires the development of a single Arkansas comprehensive testing, assessment and accountability program (ACTAAP); ensures all public school students have an equal opportunity to demonstrate grade-level academic proficiency; improves student learning and cla... More... LA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Temporary Driver's License Revocation for School Disciplinary Infractions H.B. 1686 Requires the principal of any public or private school to notify the office of motor vehicles when any student between the ages of 14 and 18 has been subjected to any of the following disciplinary actions: expulsion or suspension from school for ten or more co... More... MD Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 State Reconstitution COMAR 13A.01.04.10 A. If the State Board of Education rejects a local board of education reconstitution proposal, school improvement plan, or annual update, or approves the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Schools for State reconstitution of a school, the State Boar... More... NH Became law without governor's signature 06/2003 P-12 School Peformance and Accountability Chapter H.B. 139 (193-G:1) Requires state commissioner to make public a list of schools not meeting performance targets. Establishes strategic responses for local education improvement plans. Requires state department to work cooperatively with the school or district(s). Establishes ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Consequences for Low-Performing Schools S.B. 1 (Omnibus Bill) The act sets forth the consequences for public schools and school districts that are designated as demonstrating need for improvement. Schools and school districts must be designated as "in need of improvement" on the basis of two consecutive years of data, a... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Low Performing Public Schools S.B. 618 Requires the commissioner of education to reconstitute any campus rated as low performing for two consecutive years, removing closure of the school program as one of the possible penalties. Provides that a special campus intervention team would decide which ed... More... DE Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Education Profile Reports S.B. 76 Requires the State Department of Education to issue Delaware Public Education Profiles for all public schools, including charter schools and vocational-technical school districts, on or before August 1 of each year. The purpose of the profiles is to report on ... More... LA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Transfer of Failed School or Failed Charter to Recovery School District S.B. 710 Specifies that any elementary or secondary school found academically unacceptable under the state school accountability system must be designated a "failed school." If the local board 1) does not present the state board with a plan to reconstitute the failed ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Quality Education Act of 2003 - Districts in Fiscal Distress H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill) Adds §§ 6-20-1901- 6-15-1911. Creates the Arkansas Fiscal Assessment and Accountability Program; to establish and implement a program at the Department of Education to identify, assess and address school districts in fiscal distress. http://www.arkleg.state.ar... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Quality Education Act of 2003 - Governance H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill) Amends §§ 6-13-1403 - 6-13-1405; 6-13-1410. Outlines the conditions and the policies under which the State Board of Education may annex school districts who fail to meet the requirements of The Quality Education Act of 2003. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftpro... More... SC Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2003 P-12 Impaired Local School District H.B. 3872 (Joint Resolution) Approves regulations of the Board of Education; relates to intervention where quality of education in a local school district is impaired. The state department recommends the repeal of Regulation 43-301, Intervention Where Quality of Educat... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Takeover Provisions H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill) Amends Sections 22-2-6 and Section 22-2-14 to allow the state department to take over the control and management of a public schools or district that has failed to meet requirements of law or state board rules and standards. The state board may suspend a board... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Adquate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill) Outlines procedures and timelines for schools that have failed to make adequate yearly progress for two consecutive years (ranked as a school that needs improvement). These schools must develop an improvement plan with documentation of performance measures in... More... WV Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 No Pass No Drive Changes S.B. 162 Expunges motor vehicle license information for nineteen-year-olds when suspensions or revocations of their licenses are due to school attendance.... More... NM Adopted 12/2002 P-12 Indicators and Measurements/School Ratings NMAC 6.19.1.8, 6.19.1.9; 6.19.2.16 Establishes rules annually measuring public schools on the five statewide indicators. All scores, rates, and other measures used in the Accountability Rating System are to be verified by the department. Assessment data is to be considered for accountability ra... More... NM Adopted 12/2002 P-12 Public School Accountability, General Provisions 6.19.1, 6.19.2 NMAC Amends rules regarding the annual measurement of schools. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.019.0001.pdf 6.19.1.9 Addresses school ratings: A. A school's rating will determine when intervention is appropriate. B. A school's rating is deter... More... PA Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 Distressed School Districts H.B. 2644 Authorizes the state superintendent to petition the court in the county to take over any district that has been declared "distressed." http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/BT/2001/0/HB2644P4690.HTM... More... CA Vetoed 09/2002 P-12 Requires State Takeover A.B. 1904 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to assume all the legal rights, duties and powers of the governing board of the West Fresno Elementary School District. Authorizes the superintendent to appoint an administrator to act on its behalf in exercisi... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Sanctions S.B. 1310 Sets deadlines regarding sanctions applied to state-monitored schools, allows for the placement of a trustee at a low-performing school. Specifies the duties and obligations of a school district with regard to a state-monitored school. Subjects a school, with ... More... CT Repealed 09/2002 P-12 Low-Performing Schools List C.G.S. 10-223 b-c In 1999, the State Board of Education prepared a list of elementary and middle schools, by school district, that are in need of improvement based on student performance and performance trends on the state-wide mastery examinations. A new list will be prepared ... More... NC Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Takeover of Schools S.B. 1275 Requires the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee to report to the state board if a local board and school are not responsive to its recommendations. If the state board determines that the school and local board have failed to take appropriate step... More... NY Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Conforms to Provisions of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 A.B. 11858 Amends the Education Law to conform to the provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; directs the Commissioner of Education to establish procedures for the approval of providers of supplemental educational services; authorizes school districts... More... TN Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Intervention in Low-Performing Schools H.B. 3159 By September 1 of each year, the commissioner is required to recommend for approval to the state board a listing of all schools to be placed on notice or probation for failure to make adequate progress. If a school system is deemed by the commissioner as not c... More... AK Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 School Performance Designation and Improvement Deadlines Pushed Back H.B. 352 Requires school report cards to include performance designations and the department to monitor the progress of the implementation of school improvement plans starting in January 2005 rather than January 2003. Requires the department to begin assigning performa... More... IL Active 06/2002 P-12 Academic Watch Process N/A In 1992 the Academic Watch List was enacted into law in Illinois; the Academic Early Warning List (AEWL) became law in 1996. Schools with low or declining assessment results were identified as not having met state standards and were placed on the state's Acade... More... MO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Major Bill - Accountability Component H.B. 1711 Department is required to identify high-achieving schools as performance schools and specify the waivers of rule applicable to those schools. Schools or districts that are academically deficient, unaccredited or provisionally accredited, or that achieve none ... More... NY Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Governance Reorganization A.B. 11627 Reforms the governance structure of New York City schools. The new law gives the mayor control over city schools, including the power to appoint the chancellor. The law also eliminates the city's existing 32 community school boards in June 2003 and sets up a t... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Performance Indices, School Classification and Intervention for Failing Schools H.B. 2658 Requires that the academic achievement profile report for schools serving students grades K-8 include as indicators the Arizona Measure of Academic Progress and the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) test. Academic achievement profile reports for s... More... CA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Intermediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program S.B. 508 Modifies 1999 Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program (IIUSP), which formerly required that every participating school district contract with an external evaluator for assistance in development of the school's action plan. Bill allows district t... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Education Code Re-Write: State Board Oversight Enforcement Authority S.B. 20E Creates new section giving state board oversight of all public school boards and public postsecondary institution boards, gives state board authority to undertake sanctions, including withholding funds, against school district or public postsecondary education... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Prince George's County Governance and Administration H.B. 949 Establishes appointed New Prince George's County Board of Education and requirements for membership. Provides for compensation of board members. Allows for nonvoting student member. Establishes Chief Executive Officer as executive officer, secretary, and treas... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Principal Training Pilot Program H.B. 7 Establishes the Principal Training Pilot Program; requires that the State Board of Education award incentive funding under the program to provide school principals with instruction and training in specified and optional areas; establishes eligibility requireme... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards H.B. 853 Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Require Baltimore board and CEO to ensure increased community involvement and outreach in support of the city's public school... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Districts to Develop Comprehensive Master Plans S.B. 856 Requires each county board to develop and implement comprehensive master plan that states the goals and strategies to be used to raise student achievement and meet state and local performance standards in each segment of the student population. Plans must be s... More... NY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Roosevelt Union Free School District Takeover S.B. 6617 Authorizes the removal of the Board of Education of the Roosevelt Union Free School District and the appointment of an interim board of education; provides for special academic improvement grants; grants the Commissioner of Education and the Education Departme... More... NY Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Takeover Powers Extension A.B. 9916 Extends from April 9,2002 to July 1, 2005, the expiration and repeal of provisions of law which authorizes the chancellor of the city school district of the City of New York to order the supersession of a community school board, or the suspension or removal of... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 No Pass No Drive Modifications H.B. 160 Modifies the current statute regarding suspension of driver's licenses for truancy to provide, upon a finding of a second or subsequent truancy offense, for the denial of a driver's license for a period of one year or until the juvenile reaches the age of 18, ... More... OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Levels of Intervention S.B. 1 Requires the state board to establish a standard unit of improvement for buildings and requires districts that are not excellent or effective to develop district-wide continuous improvement plans and to develop continuous improvement plans for buildings within... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools A.B. 961 Establishes the High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools within the Public Schools Accountability Act. Requires a school that participates in the High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools that maintains kindergarten o... More... PA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 School Districts in Distress S.B. 640 Amends the Public School Code. Relates to distress in school districts. Authorizes a school reform commission to assume control of a district after declaration of a school district in distress. Makes provisions regarding school district taxes and non-tax reven... More... NH Vetoed 07/2001 P-12 School Performance S.B. 164 Establishes criteria for measuring school performance standards and creates a watch list for schools which are not making satisfactory progress in school performance areas; establishes an education improvement fund in the Department of Education, which shall b... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Placement of School in Academic Receivership S.B. 165 Deletes language permitting local board to place school in academic receivership if school fails for four consecutive school years to attain expected performance levels. Beginning with 2002-03 school year, requires local board to place school in academic recei... 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 on general education development; revises provisions governing the pupil count and the calculation of basic support unde... More... SC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Technical Assistance H.B. 3890 (Joint Resolution) States that schools may qualify for technical assistance based on the criteria established by the Education Oversight Committee for school ratings and on the most recently available Palmetto Achievement Challenge Tests scores. The funding pr... More... TN Became law without governor's signature 05/2001 P-12 No Pass No Drive Amendments S.B. 146 Increases from five to ten unexcused absences allowed prior to suspension or denial of driver license of minor individual enrolled in GED courses.... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Omnibus Bill with Appropriations S.B. 307 Creates public school reading proficiency fund to help train teachers to teach reading and writing to students below grade level; sets up "enterprise centers" to provide fee-for-service assistance to districts; creates "probationary school intervention funds" ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Admission Contingent on Accreditation S.B. 1324 Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation pursuant to the Standards of Accreditation promulgated by the board of education shall not be the sole criterion for denial of admission and enrollment of a student gradua... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Using Accreditation as Factor for Admission H.B. 2144 Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation shall not be the sole criterion for denial of admission and enrollment of a student graduating from such high school to a public institution of higher education in Virgini... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Extended School Year for Low-Performing Schools S.B. 1387 Extends the date of repeal of existing law authorizing the Compton Unified School District to identify low-performing schools in the district and make pupils in K-12 in those schools eligible for extended school year instruction, to 1/1/2002.... More... UT Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Establishment of U-PASS Assessment Program H.B. 177 Puts into legislation recommendations of Task Force on Learning Standards and Accountability in Public Education created by 1999 legislation. Creates both norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests for students in most grades; writing assessments for stud... More... CA Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Possible Change In the School Calendar A.B. 2162 Adjusts the prescribed dates, and would provide that the school action plan pursuant to the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program may propose to increase the number of instructional days and may propose to increase up to a full 12 months the a... More... CT Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Underperforming Schools - Assistance and Incentives H.B. 5737 Concerns underperforming schools; provides grants for boards of education with schools in need of improvement; provides for partnerships with public libraries; provides for actions necessary to become accredited; improves literacy and parental involvement; pro... More... OK Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Assessment S.B. 491 Modifies the Oklahoma School Testing Program by administering a norm-referenced test in the third-grade beginning with the 2000-2001 school year to continue until the third-grade criterion-referenced test (CRT) is implemented. Field testing of the third grade... More... PA Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Accountability, Funding S.B. 652 Act No. 16 of 2000., Amends the Public School Code. Provides funding for basic education, services to nonpublic schools, special education, professional development, school lunch and breakfast programs, higher education, full-time student community college rei... More... FL Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Extracurricular Eligibility S.B. 92 Relates to student standards for participation in interscholastic extracurricular student activities; relates to the grade point average of students participating in interscholastic extracurricular activities; requires execution of a contract if a student fall... More... MS Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Financial Incentives for Schools H.B. 1134 Establishes and implements a superior-performing and exemplary schools program for identifying and granting financial incentives to low performing schools that improve and to the highest performing schools in their classification; provides for school improveme... More... WV Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Determining High Quality H.B. 4674 Relates to high quality education programs and standards, efficiency standards and indicators, performance measures, the process for improving education, education performance audits, the office of education performance audits, on-site reviews, assessment and ... More... CO Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Accountability S.B. 186 Directs the Department of Education to evaluate the academic performance and safety environment of every public school within the state; specifies the methodology for such evaluation; requires the department to develop a comprehensive data collection and repor... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Administrative Salaries and Performance of Schools H.B. 1187 The state will reduce funding for all administrative salaries of schools which are deemed to be failing for three years and who have not implemented interventions. However, these schools shall continue to earn funds for nurses, secretaries, visiting teachers, ... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Education Oversight Committee & Office of Education Accountability H.B. 1187 The Governor may appoint study commissions as he deems appropriate to study education questions, issue findings and make recommendations to the Education Coordinating Council. This provision will go into effect upon signature to allow the current Education Ref... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Accountability - Rewards/Sanctions Component H.B. 1187 If a school is consistently underperforming, the local board of education may request from a RESA an instructional care team. RESAs must develop a registry of potential instructional care team members. Each RESA shall provide rules and regulations for the purc... More... NM Vetoed 03/2000 P-12 Intervention, Incentives S.B. 40 Relates to interventions for school improvements; changes the distribution of the incentives for school improvement fund.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Fees for Repeated Classes S.B. 146 Establishes the presumption that public school students will pay the fees associated with courses they are repeating or remediation; provides alternatives to waiving the fees in cases of financial hardship; provides for a partial or full waiver in cases of ext... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Attendance/Driving Privileges H.B. 490 Requires the juvenile and domestic relations court to order the denial of driving privileges for at least 30 days to any child at least 13 years of age upon a finding that the child has failed to comply with certain school attendance and parent-school conferen... More... IL Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Criteria for District Status S.B. 1192 Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code; requires the Board of Education to establish criteria concerning the factors used in deciding to place an attendance center on remediation; requires the Board to establish guidelines that determine... More... HI Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Performance Indicators and Achievement Goals S.B. 1307 Requires the Director of Education to establish a comprehensive accountability system, including a student assessment program and a school profile which reports on student performance measures, school attendance, dropout rates, and parental involvement for eac... More... LA Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Technical Assistance to Low-Performing Schools S.B. 253 Requires the establishment of a program of distinguished educators to provide technical assistance in schools determined under the accountability system to be in need of corrective action.... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Master Reading Teacher Program H.B. 2307 Relates to assistance to low performing public school districts; relates to and provides for the Master Reading Teacher Grant Program; provides for grants to school districts to pay stipends to teachers who are certified master reading teachers.... More... FL Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 A+ Plan (Part of Omnibus Bill) H.B. 751,753,755 Provides that schools designated "D" or "F" receive assistance and intervention. School board must develop 2-year plan of increasing individualized assistance and intervention for each school in danger of not meeting state standards or making adequate progres... More... AR Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 School District Audits S.B. 837 Places school districts with late audits in fiscal distress and refers questionable audits to the State Board of Public Accountancy.... More... CA Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Public School Accountability Act of 1999 S.B. 1X Institutes a ranking of California's schools, with rewards for schools that improve and interventions in underperforming ones. Creates an Academic Performance Index (API).... More... KS Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Weapons, Expulsions and Suspensions of Driver's Licenses S.B. 38 Relates to definitions of weapons under the Weapon-Free Schools Act, relates to pupils and expulsion; provides for suspension of driver's license.... More... MS Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Student Promotion and Accreditation Standards S.B. 2156 Authorizes student assessment standards for student promotion and graduation in the public schools; defines standards for the implementation of a performance-based accreditation system for individual schools and school districts; requires any school district u... More... NY Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Community School Boards A.B. 7204 Extends the expiration and repeal of statutes which authorizes the Chancellor of the City School District of the City of New York to order the supersession of a Community School Board, or the suspension or removal of such a board or any members thereof.... More... AL Passed 09/1998 P-12 Sets Eligibility Requirements for Extracurricular Participation State Board of Education Resolution Beginning in the 1999-2000 year, students must meet certain grades standards to be in order to be eligible for extracurricular activities, including sports. Students entering grades 10-12 must pass courses, and earn the appropriate number of credits, in 6 subj... More... MO Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 S.B. 781 Relates to education; provides for school finance definitions; levies of state aid and line 14 categorical aid, the Urban Transfer Program, revised governance for St. Louis City Schools, charter schools, lapsing districts, academically deficient schools, low g... More... OK Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 No Pass No Drive S.B. 1429 School/Driving Privileges Relates to schools and driving privileges; requires for issuing certain driver licenses; restricts driving privileges for certain holders or restricted licenses.... More... VA Died 06/1998 P-12 Driver's License H.B. 1321 Provides that the local school board shall require the division superintendent to request that the Department of Motor Vehicles suspend their driver'license of andy student who has 15 or more unexcused absences and who has not complied with school division eff... More... NC Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 Low-Performing Schools S.B. 1129 Amends the status governing the consequences for principals in schools identified as low-performing under the ABC's plan; requires local school administrative units to develop plans to address the needs of low-performing schools.... More... NE Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 Accountability LB 1 Relates to probation, federal medicaid funds, truancy, school closing, reorganization of school districts, the assistant commissioner of education, temporary mitigation funds, educational service units, the statewide public computer information network, and qu... More... OK Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 2889 Modifying Reading Requirement for Driver's License Corrects an inadvertent omission exempting students attending private school, home schools. Requires certain reading proficiency for driver license, or alternative education programs. Districts must report test results to students, provide opportunities for re... More... TN Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 No Pass No Drive S.B. 3048 Revises procedure for minor withdrawn from school to appeal revocation of driver license.... More... NE Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 L.B. 1228 Adopts the Quality Education Accountability Act; provides incentive payments to local systems that have adopted academic standards promulgated by the State Board of Education, has a system of alternative education for all expelled students, has an approved pro... More... TN Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 3303 Authorizes state agencies to remedy local school placed on prohibition and meet needs for capital expenditures.... More... FL Died 03/1998 P-12 S.B. 184 Clarifies State Board of Education authority to enforce school and school district improvement; provides authority to enforce school and school district work in partnership to achieve improvement; requires consultation with superintendent; expands authority of... More... MS Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 S.B. 2944 Directs level I and level II school districts to provide extended day and extended school year programs as required by the State Board of Education as part of the Districts corrective action plan; prescribes the components and the procedures to be followed by ... More... OK Died 02/1998 P-12 S.B. 1351 Better School Incentive Grant Program Relates to schools; creates the Better Schools Incentive Grant Program; makes implementation of certain program contingent upon the appropriation of certain funds.... More... FL Died 01/1998 P-12 H.J.R. 3297 Amends constitution to provide that Legislature, by general law, may authorize State Board of Education to assume control of school district when schools within school district or school district itself is low performing; may may include removal of superintend... More... MI Signed into law 12/1997 P-12 Accountability, Assessment H.B. 5235 Educational Assessments Revises the MEAP test relationship and remediation; requires certain special assistance for schools with unsatisfactory MEAP results; relates to educational assessments and school accreditation; provides sanctions for schools that fail to be accredited.... More... MO Died 12/1997 P-12 Attendance H.B. 928 Requires compulsory school attendance until age eighteen; conditions the issuance of driving privileges; requires parental permission to apply for a driver's license or learner's permit; applies to students in home schools, vocational schools, public and nonpu... More... MA Died 09/1997 P-12 H.B. 4145 Driver's License Issues Relates to establishing certain school attendance requirements for minors to obtain a driver's license.... More... OK Signed into law 07/1997 P-12 No Pass No Drive S.B. 0081 Requires any person under 18 who receives a drivers license to document student status and passage of an 8th grade reading proficiency test approved by the State Department of Education; requires school districts to document, upon request, a student's reading ... More... AZ Died 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 2187 Accountability of Underachieving School Districts Provides for a plan to improve accountability of underachieving school districts; states that by December 15, 1997 the superintendent of public instruction shall submit to the President of the Senate, The Speaker of Representatives and the Governor a plan that... More... CT Died 06/1997 P-12 Incentives S.B. 111 Incentives for Welfare Benefits Recipients Provides incentives for recipients of welfare benefits to keep their children in school.... More... DE Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 S.B. 126 Adds students' performance on the Delaware State Testing Program to the evaluation criteria for the Scholarship Incentive Program, the B. Bradford Barnes Memorial Scholarship and the Herman M. Holloway, Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund; ensures that student perfo... More... IL Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 No Pass No Play 105 ILCS 5/10-20.30 No Pass-No Play Requires school boards to establish, implement, and enforce a uniform and consistent policy under which a 9-12 grade student who fails to maintain a specified minimum grade point average or specified minimum grade in each course in which enrolled or both is su... More... LA Died 06/1997 P-12 Attendance Incentive S.B. 952 Incentives for Driver's License Requires continued enrollment in school and a 2.0 GPA to have and maintain a driver's license.... More... OK Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 Literacy Initiative S.B. 81 S.B. 81 builds on current literacy incentives which require a person under the age 18 to be enrolled in school or a GED program, with some exceptions, in order to obtain a driver's license. Effective for driver licenses issued after January 1, 1998, persons un... More... OK Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 No Pass No Drive S.B. 81 Builds on current literacy incentives which require a person under the age of 18 to be enrolled in school or a GED program in order to obtain a driver's license. Effective for driver's licenses issued after 1/1/98, persons under 18 must also have successfully ... More... TX Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 Budget The law also provides incentives for school districts that admit students transferring from low-performing schools in other districts. In addition to the normal formula allotments for each student accepted, the receiving districts will also get an extra 10 per... More... TX Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 S.B. 168 Performance Incentives Relates to performance incentives for high-performing public schools.... More... FL Died 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 2168 Florida School Recognition Program Creates Florida School Recognition Program. Provides for incentive program of financial awards for teachers and staff in high quality schools. Provides criteria for determining eligibility for awards. Prescribes duties of Education Commissioner.... 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 created anually to recognize teachers, public and private nonprofit historical organization that have organized, conducted... More... AR Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 1939 Clarifies that high school students being issued driver licenses must present proof of their grade point average for the latest semester or similar equivalent permanent grading period.... More... CA Died 04/1997 P-12 Fiscal Penalites for School Districts A.B. 37 Seeks to fiscally penalize school districts for graduates who need remedial instruction in English or mathematics provided by the University of California, the California State University, or the California Community Colleges.... More... CT Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 1200 Dissolves the Hartford Board of Education and establishes the State Board of Trustees for the Hartford Public Schools to take its place; transfers all contracts, powers, and duties connected with the dissolved Board of Education to the Board of Trustees and gi... More... FL Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 458 Concerns student performance standards; provides for rulemaking; concerns district testing; concerns graduation requirements, includes GPA; concerns credit for certain courses; concerns articulated acceleration; concerns postsecondary placement testing; concer... More... MD Died 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 73 School Attrendance and Driver's Education Establishes a school attendance classification of individuals between the ages of 15 and 18 years who may not participate in a driver's education course or apply for or retain a learner's permit, provisional driver's license, or driver's license; requires pri... More... NM Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 1155 Amends the Incentives for School Improvement Act to provide financial incentives to schools that exceed expected academic performance; requires the State Department of Education to develop a formula to measure school achievement in the area of academic perform... More... VA Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 Educational Requirements for Driver's Licenses H.B. 2066 Clarifies the educational and procedural requirements for the issuance of driver's licenses and learner's permits to minors; requires that only minors under the age of 15 years and 6 months demonstrate "good academic standing" to obtain a learner's permit is a... 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 better on advanced placement tests.... More... AR Died 02/1997 P-12 H.B. 1536 Revocation of Driving Privileges With Unexcused Absences Repeals A.C.A. 6-18-222 (b), which authorizes revocation of driving privileges of minors with excessive unexcused absences from school.... More... VA Died 02/1997 P-12 H.B. 1662 Accountability of Public Instruction Requires the superintendent of Public Instruction to include in educational performance criteria standards for determinations of substantial impairment of quality education; provides a hearing for any school demonstration "substantial impairment"; allows "scho... More... VA Died 02/1997 P-12 H.B. 2064 Incentive Reward Program Establishes the Virginia School Efficiency Incentive Reward Program to be administeted by the Board of Education, and the Virginia School Efficiency Incentive Reward Fund. Awards incentive grants to public schools and school divisions meeting certain criteria ... More... CA Signed into law 09/1996 P-12 S.B. 1570 Incentives for the Improvement of Pupil Academic Achievement Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to transmit to the Governor and the legislature a plan, as described, for the establishment of incentives for the improvement of pupil academic achievement. Would be required to include , but not be limited to ... More... FL Passed 08/1996 P-12 FAC 10C-1.520 Learnfare (Effective: 11/18/96) Clarifies term "jeopardized academic progress" in relation to removing benefits for a dependent child or teenager; requires recipients to attend a school conference each grading period regarding the child's academic problems and education... More... IA Expired 08/1996 P-12 H.B. 2017/S.B. 2406 Discipline in School Relates to immunity from assault charges for the use of force by a person to stop a fight or disturbance at a school or school function, defining truancy as a delinquent act in certain cases and providing a penalty, establishing a penalty for providing aid, su... More... DE Died 06/1996 P-12 H.B. 449 Expelled Students Lose Their Driver's License Provides that when a student is expelled from a public school, that person also loses his or her driver's license.... More... FL Signed into law 06/1996 P-12 H.B. 1009 Accountability (Effective: 07/01/96) Provides responsibility of the State Board of Education to implement a system of school improvement and accountability and authorizes intervention in, and recommendations to, district school systems with low performing schools.... More... GA Signed into law 06/1996 P-12 20-2-212.2 Salary Increase for Persons Receiving Certification From National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (Effective: 07/01/96) Establishes that any person who is currently teaching in a Georgia public school and holds a valid Georgia teaching certificate, has completed three years of teaching in Georgia public schools prior to receiving national certification, ha... More... MD Signed into law 06/1996 P-12 5-203.3 School Performance Program Standards Improvement Awards (Effective: 10/01/96) To the extent that funds are provided in the State budget, the State Superintendent annually shall distribute recognition awards to elementary and middle schools that show substantial improvement towards meeting standards of the Maryland ... More... MI Died 06/1996 P-12 H.B. 5924 Academic Requirement for Attending Drivers' Education Establishes an academic requirement for attending drivers' education.... More... NC Died 06/1996 P-12 S.B. 1454 Appropriation of Funding to Reward Excellence in Teaching Appropriates funds to reward excellence in teaching.... More... NC Died 06/1996 P-12 H.B. 109 No Driver's License for Dropouts Provides that high school age children who do not attend school are not eligible for driver's licenses. (DPI Legislative Review 4/6/95, Vol. XII, No. 12)... More... PA Died 06/1996 P-12 No Pass No Drive H.B. 2684 Eligibility for Operator's License Amends the Vehicles Code. Restricts person eligible for operator's licenses who have not graduated high school or who have below a c+ average in school.... More... SC Died 06/1996 P-12 No Pass No Drive H.B. 4760 Suspension of Minor's Driver's Licenses Relates to suspension of a minor's driver's license for possessing beer, wine, or alcoholic liquor and for certain other offenses, so as to provide that the driver's license of any child less than 18 years of age who has not graduated from high school and who ... More... TX Passed 06/1996 P-12 Extracurricular Activities 19 TAC 76.1 (Effective: 09/01/96) Establishes new rules concerning extracurricular activities. Establishes definitions, requirements, and procedures related to eligibility for, limitations on, and participation in extracurricular activities and competitive athletics.... More... FL Vetoed 05/1996 P-12 H.B. 1041 Raises the Required Cumulative Grade Point Average Raises the required cumulative grade point average for purposes of the school district comprehensive program for pupil progression, high school graduation, and participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities.... More... MI Died 05/1996 P-12 H.B. 5885 Establishment of AFDC Program Requires the department of social services to establish an AFDC program to provide grants for teens to encourage school attendance; requests a federal waiver.... More... MD Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 H.B. 261 Awards for Meeting Standards Authorizes the State Superintendent of Schools to distribute money as recognition awards to elementary, middle, and high schools that meet, exceed, or show substantial improvement towards meeting standards in the Maryland School Performance Program.... More... TN Passed 04/1996 P-12 Driver's License Denied If Not Making Satisfactory Academic Progress H.B. 2296/S.B. 2414 Clarifies that motor vehicle license or permit will be denied if a student who is enrolled in a secondary school of this state or any other state is not making satisfactory academic progress.... More... VA Became law without governor's signature 04/1996 P-12 School attendance and driver's licenses H.B. 1068 Requires compliance with compulsory school attendance laws for minor to be eligible to obtain a driver's license unless the Commissioner finds, in accordance with regulations, that there is a hardship.... More... VA Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 H.B. 65 Compulsory School Attendance and AFDC Removes the requirement that children be in compliance with compulsory school attendance laws to receive assistance.... More... VA Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 Obtaining Learner's Permit in School H.B. 520 Prohibits persons under the age of fifteen year and six months from obtaining a learners' permit if they are not in good academic standing.... More... VA Became law without governor's signature 04/1996 P-12 Compulsory School Attendance and a Driver's License H.B. 1284 (Effective: 07/01/96) Relates to require compliance with compulsory school attendance for a minor to be eligible to obtain a driver's license unless the Commissioner finds there is a hardship as provided in regulations.... More... ID Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 S.B. 1472 Suspension of a Driver's License Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the suspension of a driver's license for any person under the age of eighteen who drops out of school.... More... MD Expired 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 1020 Alters the Term " Provisional Driver's License" to be "Provisional Driver's Permit" When a Student is Suspended. Expelled from Public School Requires a county school superintendent or private school principal to send notice to the Motor Vehicle Administration when a student is suspended or expelled from a public school for disruptive behavior or truancy; alters the term "provisional driver's licens... More... VA Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 Truancy and driver's licenses H.B. 230 Authorizes the court to suspend, restrict, or deny the issuance of a driver's license for students who have five unexcused absences from school in any one school year and against whom proceedings as a child in need of supervision have been instituted. License ... More... NM Died 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 611 Dropouts and Suspended Driver's License Relates to motor vehicles. Amends and enacts certain sections of the NMSA 1978 to provide for suspension of a driver's license if the licensee withdraws from school.... More... VA Died 02/1996 P-12 Satisfactory Academic Progress for Driver's License H.B. 582 Provides that the academic good standing required for participation in driver's education and for the issuance of a driver's license will be based on certification by the school principal of the student's academic effort as indicated by satisfactory completion... More... MD Expired 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 483 Dropouts and Driver's License Requires a County Board of Education to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual who drops out of high school; requires the Administration to determine whether the individual holds a driver's license issued by the State; requires the Administra... More... WI Died 09/1995 P-12 S.B. 322 Habitual Truants' Driving Privileges Suspended This bill authorizes a school board to notify the department of transportation (DOT) that a pupil enrolled in the school district is a habitual truant. DOT is required to suspend the pupil's operating privilege for not less than 30 days not more than 90 days, ... More... IL Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 206 1995 Chicago School Reform Act Implements the 1995 Chicago School Reform Act, replaces the Chicago Board of Education with a 5 person Board of Trustees, revises administrative and collective bargaining procedures, bans strikes and authorizes interventions in certain schools not meeting stat... More... IN Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 S.B. 319 - Restrictions On Student Driver's License Provides that a driver's license or learner's permit may not be issued to an individual less than 18 years of age who is a habitual truant or has withdrawn from school; provides that such an individual may receive a driver's license or learner's permit after b... More... MO Died 05/1995 P-12 No Pass No Drive and Compulsory Schooling Issues H.B. 158 School Attendance This bill raises the age for compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18. The bill requires any person under 18 years of age who wishes to obtain a motor vehicle operator's license or temporary permit to present to the Director of Revenue a high school diploma ... More... TN Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 No Pass No Drive S.B. 1477/H.B. 1481 (Effective: 05/01/95) Deletes section 12 from Public Chapter 819 or 1990; i.e., makes permanent the provisions for denying a drivers license to a student who drops out of school.... More... TX Passed 05/1995 P-12 No-Pass No-Play Education Measure Approved Bush Says He'll Sign Bill Tuesday Failing students' minimum suspension from extracurricular activities is cut from 6 to 3 weeks, if they can bring up their grades to passing in that time. Students no longer barred from practice during the suspension period.... More... GA Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 H.B. 145 State Grants to Local School Systems on the Basis of Achievement, Article 6, Chapter 2, Title 20, Section 1 The State Board of Education shall provide qualified public elementary and secondary schools and local school systems with incentive award grants, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. The purpose of such grants shall be to give recognition to publ... More... IL Signed into law 03/1995 P-12 S.B. 10 AFDC Recipients (Effective: 03/06/95) Requires a parent who is less than 18 years of age and who has not received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate to enroll in a school or educational program as a condition to continued receipt of Public Aid benefits; specifie... More... TN Active 09/1994 P-12 Incentive Funding for Schools That Meet or Exceed Performance Goals Tennessee is among the very first states to authorize incentive funding to reward schools that meet or exceed performance goals. The incentive awards are a key part of the 21st Century Schools Program's accountability process which assures Tennessee taxpayers ... More... AL Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 H 403 (Act 94-446) Financial Incentives (Effective: 05/28/94) Amends Section 94 of the Constitution of Alabama to permit the expenditure of public school funds for the recognition of significant contribution by students, teachers, staff and others in public education in Alabama. (Legislative Link, R... More... WI Signed into law 04/1994 P-12 Dropouts, Habitual Truants A.B. 280 (Effective: 05/04/94) This law allows a county, city, village or town to enact an ordinance prohibiting any pupil who is 16 or 17 years of age from being a school dropout and permitting suspension of the dropout's motor vehicle operating privilege until the ch... More... 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