---

From the ECS State Policy Database 1994-2013

---

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

The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--Legal Issues Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Brain Research Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Curriculum Curriculum--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Home Economics Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Curriculum--Speech Education Data-Driven Improvement Demographics Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Residency S.B. 1141 Requires public schools to obtain documentation of Arizona residency for pupils enrolled in their schools. Chapter 205 http://www.azleg.gov/... More... ME Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Residence of Student Not Residing with Legal Parent/Guardian S.B. 588 - Sec. 1 Provides that a student who is placed by the state department of health and human services with an adult who is not the parent or legal guar... More... AZ Vetoed 05/2008 P-12 Enrollment H.B. 2039 Provides that a school district or charter school shall place multiple birth siblings who are enrolled in the same school and who are in the... More... SD Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Enrollment S.B. 21 Revises certain provisions related to the local school district interstate enrollment options program. http://www.ecs.org/html/offsite.asp?d... More... IL Adopted 09/2006 P-12 Highly Qualified Teachers, P.E. and Denial of Enrollment 23 IAC 1.77, .242, .420, .430, .720 New section (p 243 of 405 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue41.pdf) institutes a requireme... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 District Financial Reports S.B. 2272 - Section 14-15 Directs each local board to annually develop, maintain, and distribute a financial report. Provides that the objective of the financial rep... More... NC Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Students Considered Domiciled H.B. 1074 Clarifies the procedure for admitting children to the public schools and specifies conditions upon which certain students are considered dom... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Districts with Extraordinary Declining Enrollment S.B. 549 - Section 4 Defines 'extraordinary declining enrollment' as a district enrollment which has declined during the preceding three school years at a rate o... More... SD Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Definition of Enrolled Student H.B. 1079, H.B. 1176 Adds a new section. A student is enrolled if: (1) The student is less than twenty-one years of age on the first day of July or the student i... More... MI Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Postsec. Postsecondary enrollment options H.B. 4143 Establishes a postsecondary enrollment options program for certain students enrolled in Michigan schools; to prescribe certain duties of pub... More... OR Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Continued Attendance After Legal Placement H.B. 3075 When a juvenile court determines that it is in a childĒs best interest to continue to attend the school that the child attended prior to pla... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Tampering with Residency for Enrollment H.B. 126 Makes it a Class C Misdemeanor penalty for tampering with a governmental record establishing residency for enrollment in a public school. ht... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Procedures for Conducting the School Enrollment Census S.B. 1044 (section 18) Modifies procedures for conducting the school enrollment census. Requires school census to reflect students transferring into or out of the... More... MD (H) THIRD READING PASSED (131-0) 04/2005 P-12 Children in State-Supervised Care - Transfer of Educational Records S.B. 426 Requiring a placement agency responsible for a child in State-supervised care, or the agency's designee, to provide notice to a public schoo... More... MT Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 SCHOOL DISTRICT TUITION LAWS H.B. 83 AN ACT REVISING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TUITION LAWS; REQUIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO PAY TUITION FOR CHILDREN WHO ATTEND ... More... KS Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Enrollment in Districts with Armed Forces Bases H.B. 2059 Relates to enrollment. For this purpose, defines "pupils" as students who are dependents of a fulltime active duty member of the military se... More... MT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Enrollment S.B. 359 Revise statutes related to school district enrollment and calculation; provides for tuition to be paid for a nonresident public school stude... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Student Residency Requirements S.B. 2033 Concerns enrollment and provision of services to elementary and high school students placed by out- of-state agencies or entities; relates t... More... SD Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Cross Border Education Contracts H.B. 1149 Allows the Department of Education to enter into certain enrollment agreements with the State of North Dakota; compensates certain school di... More... NJ Signed into law 02/2005 Postsec. Community College Student Active Duty Re Enrollment Refund S.B. 532 Provides for re-enrollment right or refund of fees for student in public institutions of higher education who is called to active duty for c... More... DE Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 275 Current law requires that the State Auditor perform two audits of each charter school's enrollment each spring. This legislation discontinue... More... LA Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Advertising for Master Plan Goals S.B. 629 Adds promotion of Master Plan goals to the Board of Regents authority to advertise and specifies postsecondary learning centers to advertise... More... MS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Adequate Education Program H.B. 741 Relates to Adequate Education Program; deletes repealer on high growth school district formula. If during the year for which adequate edu... More... TN Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Residency When Custodial Parents Span Districts S.B. 3305 Requires the state board to formulate policy for attendance and transfer of students whose custodial parents reside in two local education a... More... CA Rule Adoption 02/2004 P-12 Regular Average Daily Attendance for Charter Schools Title 5 CCR 11960 Amends rule to provide that a pupil over the age of 19 years may generate attendance for apportionment purposes in a charter school only if ... More... OH Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Attendance out of District H.B. 3--313.64 (H) If parents relocate, but the student was enrolled at the end of the first full week of October, the student may continue to attend schools i... More... ND Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 School District Planning S.B. 2421 (First of Four New Sections) School district demographics - Long-term planning process. 1. Between January first and June thirtieth of every even-numbered year, the boar... More... TN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Fraudulent Enrollment S.B. 396 Prohibits out-of-district or out-of-state enrollment within a school system. Restitution for out-of-district or out-of-state enrollment wou... More... NM Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Enrollment Growth Program Units S.B. 231 Changes the calculation for determining enrollment growth program units. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/senat... More... NM Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Public School Finance H.B. 169 Relates to public school finance; changes the calculation for determining enrollment growth program units. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions... More... WA Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Expanding Residency H.B. 1470 Expands "residency" for purposes of attending Washington public schools. Any child who is of school age and otherwise eligible, residing i... More... ND Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Student Residency H.B. 1155 The legislative council shall consider studying, during the 2003-04 interim, the criteria by which a student's school district of residence ... More... AR Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 Public School Enrollment Documents H.B. 1007 Adds military identification cards to the list of documents acceptable for public school enrollment. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/b... More... MD Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Enrollment Count Review Committee S.B. 856 Requires department to gather a committee of interested stakeholders to examine specified issues related to enrollment counts to ensure that... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Community College Student Withdrawal Due to Active Military Service S.B. 1090 Requires rules and policies by district school boards, community college district boards of trustees, and university boards of trustees rela... More... IA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Numerous Program Changes H.B. 2515 Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud... More... IA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Various Modifications S.B. 2259 Allows nonresident pupil's participation in extracurricular activities pursuant to a court-ordered decree or order of custody. Modifies tuit... More... MS Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Proving Age of Child for School Enrollment S.B. 2225 Specifies which documents may prove date of child's birth for purposes of enrollment in kindergarten or grade 1; is to be repealed on July 1... More... TN Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Attending Across State Lines S.B. 2865, HsB. 2639 Allows non-resident of county contiguous to Tennessee in another state to enroll in college or university (without tuition) despite presence... More... VA Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Foreign Student Withdrawals H.B. 364 Directs the governing board of each public two or four year institutions of higher education to develop and implement a procedure for report... More... WV Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Attending Outside the District H.B. 4428 Relates to the counting of students in net enrollment when the transfer of students between counties is effectuated without the agreement of... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Increasing Postsecondary Enrollment H.B. 400 Pilot program to provide to prospective students in three areas of the state with the highest number of students who do not attend instituti... More... NM Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Denial of Admission H.B. 151, HB 16 Amends Section 22-1-4: Requires local school boards to adopt rules pertaining to grounds for denial of enrollment or re-enrollment at schoo... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Growth in Student Population Account H.B. 273 Relates to the Education Protection Funding Program; creates the Growth in Student Population Restricted Account within the Uniform School F... More... LA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Enrollment of Foster Children S.B. 24A Relates to school attendance; specifies that city and parish school boards must have a policy to place and educate foster children and may n... More... NM Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Denial of Enrollment H.B. 46 Relates to conditions under which local school boards may deny a student's enrollment or re-enrollment.... More... LA Signed into law 06/1999 Postsec. Requires Proof of Draft Registration for Postsecondary Enrollment H.B. 1549 Requires certain proof of federal draft registration for eligibility for enrollment in postsecondary institutions.... More... AR Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Authorizes Student Transfers for Summer School S.B. 797 Allows school districts to enter into agreements allowing students to transfer to another school district for purposes of summer school atte... More... SD Signed into law 02/1998 P-12 S.B. 149 Revises certain provisions relating to contracting school districts that do not operate a K-12 school.... More... NY Died 07/1996 Postsec. A.B. 11268 Authorization to Persons Age 60 or Over to Take Courses Without Tuition Courses for Credit Without Tution Authorizes the trustees of the State University to permit persons age sixty or over to take ccourses for credit without tuition, as well as ... More... DE Died 05/1996 P-12 S.B. 379 Legal Guardianship to Enroll Children in School Takes into account situations in which a child does not live with a parent but lives with someone to whom custody has been awarded by the Fa... More... AZ Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 S.B. 1174 School Growth Rates Relates to school growth statutes. Combines double enactments of nine statutes dealing with school growth rates by repealing one version and... More... Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Aid to Private Schools Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Does Money Matter? Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Litigation Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Performance Funding Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--Mandates Governance--Regional Entities Governance--School Boards Governance--School Boards--Training Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health Health--Child Abuse Health--Mental Health Health--Nutrition Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses Health--Suicide Prevention Health--Teen Pregnancy High School High School--Advanced Placement High School--College Readiness High School--Credit Recovery High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges High School--Exit Exams High School--GED (General Education Development) High School--Graduation Requirements High School--International Baccalaureate Instructional Approaches Instructional Approaches--Constructivism Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills Instructional Approaches--Official English Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools International Benchmarking Leadership Leadership--District Superintendent Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure Middle School Minority/Diversity Issues Minority/Diversity Issues--African American Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress No Child Left Behind--Assessment No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools No Child Left Behind--Finance No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers No Child Left Behind--Report Cards No Child Left Behind--School Support No Child Left Behind--Special Populations No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses P-16 or P-20 P-3 P-3 Brain Development P-3 Child Care P-3 Content Standards and Assessment P-3 Data Systems P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) P-3 Ensuring Quality P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits P-3 Family Involvement P-3 Finance P-3 Governance P-3 Grades 1-3 P-3 Health and Mental Health P-3 Kindergarten P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten P-3 Preschool P-3 Public/Private Partnerships P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development Parent/Family Parent/Family--Parent Rights Parent/Family--Research Partnerships--University/School Postsecondary Postsecondary Accountability Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning Postsecondary Affordability Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants Postsecondary Faculty Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure Postsecondary Finance Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding Postsecondary Finance--Facilities Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures Postsecondary Governance and Structures Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies Postsecondary Institutions Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate Postsecondary Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent Postsecondary Online Instruction Postsecondary Participation Postsecondary Participation--Access Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) Postsecondary Participation--Outreach Postsecondary Students Postsecondary Students--Adults Postsecondary Students--Disabled Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional Postsecondary Students--International Postsecondary Students--Low-Income Postsecondary Students--Military Postsecondary Students--Minority Postsecondary Success Postsecondary Success--Completion Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation Private Schools Privatization Privatization--Education Management Agencies (EMOs) Proficiency-Based Approaches Promising Practices Promotion/Retention Public Involvement Purposes of Public Education Reading/Literacy Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy Religion Religion--Prayer/Meditation Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) Rural Scheduling/School Calendar Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School Scheduling/School Calendar--Week Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round School Climate/Culture School Safety School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution School Safety--Code of Conduct School Safety--Corporal Punishment School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault School Safety--Special Education School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes School/District Structure/Operations School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation School/District Structure/Operations--District Size School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries School/District Structure/Operations--Org. (K-3/K-8 etc.) School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) School/District Structure/Operations--School Size School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services School/District Structure/Operations--Staffing Ratios School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation Service-Learning Special Education Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations Special Education--Finance Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) Special Education--Placement Special Education--Transition Special Populations--Corrections Education Special Populations--Foster Care Special Populations--Gifted and Talented Special Populations--Homeless Education Special Populations--Immigrant Education Special Populations--Migrant Education Special Populations--Military Standards Standards--Common Core State Standards Standards--Implementation State Comparisons/Statistics State Longitudinal Data Systems State Policymaking State Policymaking--Ballot Questions State Policymaking--Constitutional Clauses State Policymaking--Politics State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions STEM Student Achievement Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap Student Achievement--State Trends Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring Student Supports--Remediation Student Surveys Students Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities Students--Employment Students--Incentives Students--K-12 Exchange Students Students--Mobility Students--Records/Rights Teaching Quality Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals Teaching Quality--Preparation Teaching Quality--Professional Development Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force Teaching Quality--Teacher Attitudes Teaching Quality--Teacher Contracts (Not Tenure) Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining--Strikes Teaching Quality--Working Conditions Technology Technology--Computer Skills Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware Technology--Equitable Access Technology--Funding Issues Technology--Internet Safety Technology--Research/Evaluation Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training Textbooks and Open Source Urban Urban--Change/Improvements Urban--Governance Whole-School Reform Models Whole Child