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Signed into law 09/2004 |
California | Accountability--School Improvement |
P-12 | Technical Assistance Areas
A.B. 3001 (multiple provisions)
Existing law requires the State Department of Education to establish a statewide system of school support that provides intensive and sustained support and technical assistance for school districts, county offices of education, and schools in need of improveme...
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Signed into law 09/2004 |
California | Accountability--School Improvement |
P-12 | Low Performing Schools and Teacher Job Applications
A.B. 3001 (multiple provisions)
SEC. 11: Declares that the Legislature encourages school districts to provide all the schools it maintains that are ranked in deciles 1 to 3, inclusive, of the Academic Performance Index first priority to review resumes and job applications received by the dis...
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Signed into law 09/2004 |
California | Accountability--School Improvement |
P-12 | Requirements for High Priority Schools Grant Candidates
A.B. 3001 (multiple provisions)
Requires that, commencing with the 2004–05 fiscal year, for a district with a school initially applying to participate in the High Priority Schools Grant Program on or after July 2004, the report include whether at least 80% of the teachers assigned to the sch...
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Signed into law 09/2004 |
California | Bilingual/ESL |
P-12 | Teacher Misassignment and ESL Teacher Qualifications
A.B. 3001 (multiple provisions)
Existing law requires the county superintendent of schools to annually monitor and review school district certificated employee assignment practices according to certain priorities with first priority going to schools and school districts that are likely to ha...
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Signed into law 09/2004 |
California | High School |
P-12 | Principal Training Program
A.B. 164
Authorizes training plans for high school principals to include professional development activities that include coaching, mentorship, assistance and intensive support customized to meet the individual needs of high school administrators. http://www.leginfo.ca...
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Vetoed 09/2004 |
California | No Child Left Behind |
P-12 | No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
S.B. 471
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to determine which provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act are fully or partially federally funded. Requires, the superintendent, if a provisions is not fully federally funded, or not funded, by the federal ...
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Signed into law 09/2004 |
California | Postsecondary Accountability |
Community College,
Postsec. | Community Colleges: Funding
A.B. 1417
Requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to provide recommendations to the Legislature and Governor regarding the design of a workable structure for annual evaluation of district-level performance. Sets forth criteria with which a c...
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Vetoed 09/2004 |
California | Postsecondary Faculty |
Postsec.,
Community College | Tenure Track vs. Temporary Faculty
A.B. 242
Requires the board of governors and the trustees, and would request the regents, to adopt policies regarding the appropriate balance of temporary and permanent/tenure-track faculty for their respective systems and to report these respective policies, and the r...
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Vetoed 09/2004 |
California | Textbooks and Open Source |
Postsec.,
Community College | College Textbook Rental Services
A.B. 2678
Urges the Trustees of California State University, the governing body of each community college district in the state and the Regents of the University of California to set up a textbook rental service for the students at each of their campuses. Textbook renta...
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Signed into law 09/2004 |
California | Textbooks and Open Source |
Postsec.,
Community College | College Textbooks
A.B. 2477
Expresses findings and declarations of the Legislature with respect to the cost of college textbooks. Urges textbook publishers to take specified actions aimed at reducing the amounts that students currently pay for textbooks. Requires the Trustees of the Stat...
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Signed into law 09/2004 |
Illinois | Governance |
P-12 | Education Reform and Accountability Act of 2004
S.B. 3000
Under the School Employee Benefit Act, provides the prescription drug benefit program shall be maintained on an ongoing, affordable basis, and the cost to school districts shall not exceed the State's actual program costs.
Makes changes to the provisions con...
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Issued 08/2004 |
Arizona | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
P-12 | Establishing the Governor's Arizona Teacher's Excellence Program (AzTEP) Coordination Council
Executive Order 2004-20
Establishes the Arizona Teacher's Excellence Program Coordination Council (AzTEP Council) to solicit, review and approve applications for federal and private grants for recruiting and placing qualified teachers in underserved communities and to oversee the adm...
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Signed into law 08/2004 |
South Carolina | Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
P-12 | Teacher Contracts
S.B. 1133
Relates to teacher assessments and teacher certification; changes references from student teachers to teacher candidates; removes provisional contracts from the types of contracts under which teachers may be employed; provides that continuing contract teachers...
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Signed into law 07/2004 |
Illinois | Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
P-12 | School Code Waivers
S.B. 3091
Amends the School Code. Allows a joint agreement made up of school districts or a regional superintendent of schools on behalf of schools and programs operated by the regional office of education to apply for a waiver or modification of mandates within the Sch...
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Signed into law 07/2004 |
Louisiana | Curriculum |
P-12 | Physical Fitness in Schools
S.B. 871
Relates to the physical activity and nutrition of students. Identifies childhood obesity as a growing problem in Louisiana. Identifies benefits of regular physical activity and healthy eating habits. States purposes of this section are: (1) To promote, encou...
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Signed into law 07/2004 |
Louisiana | Health--Child Abuse |
P-12 | Early Intervention Program for At Risk Children
H.B. 956
Authorizes the creation of an early intervention pilot program in certain parishes, to address the underlying causes of behavioral problems and school performance problems related to behavior. Authorizes local boards, law enforcement agencies, courts with jur...
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Signed into law 07/2004 |
Louisiana | Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
P-12 | Teachers Homebuyer Program
S.B. 879
Establishes the Louisiana Teachers' Homebuyer Program to encourage teachers to work in low-performing schools in disadvantaged areas, including the delta region of the state. Idenfies state treasurer as program administrator. Requires an advisory panel to ide...
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Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 |
Rhode Island | Middle School |
P-12 | Middle Schools Performance
H.B. 7154
Would require school committees in every city and town to initiate policies to improve the educational performance of its middle schools. ...
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Signed into law 07/2004 |
South Carolina | Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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...
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Signed into law 06/2004 |
California | Adult Basic Education |
P-12 | Ex-Offender Literacy Act
A.B. 1901
Creates the Ex-Offender Literacy Act that states the success of a pilot program requiring an adult convicted of a nonviolent or nonserious offense to participate in a program designed to assist the person obtain the equivalent of a 12th grade education as a co...
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Signed into law 06/2004 |
Connecticut | Health |
P-12 | School Nurses and Medication in Schools
H.B. 5429
Requires each local regional board of education that allows a school or other licensed nurse to administer medicine or that allows a student to self-administer medicine shall adopt written policies and procedures that shall be approved by the school medical ad...
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Signed into law 06/2004 |
New Hampshire | Accountability--Reporting Results |
P-12 | Charter Schools
S.B. 421
Specifies that it is the purpose of the state charter school statutes to encourage the establishment of public charter schools that meet the needs and interests of pupils, parents, communities, regions and the state as a whole. Adds that proposed charter schoo...
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Signed into law 06/2004 |
New Hampshire | Health |
P-12 | Parental Refusal to Administer Drug
H.B. 551
Establishes that further study is needed to determine the biological or medical reasons for administering psychotropic drugs, such as Ritalin, to students in public schools, preschools, and childcare centers and to investigate the research documenting the medi...
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Signed into law 06/2004 |
New Jersey | Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Postsec. | Scholarships For County College Students
S.B. 1192
Establishes the New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship Program (NJ STARS) to provide scholarships for students attending New Jersey county colleges on a full-time basis in a curriculum leading to a degree. Scholarships awarded under the progr...
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Signed into law 06/2004 |
Tennessee | Finance--Equity |
Postsec.,
Community College | Master Plan for Higher Education
H.B. 2865
Deleted and replaced a previous sub-section of law. Requires development of a master plan for future development of public higher education, including technology centers; requires the master plan to include specific goals, including: (A) Increasing educationa...
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Signed into law 06/2004 |
Tennessee | Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
P-12 | Lottery Funds for After School Programs
S.B. 3158
Authorizes a system of competitive grants for after school educational programs funded from the lottery for education account and administered through department of education. Grants and technical assistance shall supplement non-lottery educational resources f...
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Signed into law 05/2004 |
Kansas | Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Educational Institutions
H.B. 2145
Concerns certain nonresidents deemed to be residents for purposes of tuition and other fees at postsecondary educational institutions; makes provisions for persons without lawful immigration status under certain circumstances. Would provide that individuals w...
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Signed into law 05/2004 |
Mississippi | Finance |
P-12 | Education Appropriations
H.B. 1696
Relates to an appropriation for the State Department of Education General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/pdf/HB/1600-1699/HB1696SG.pdf...
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Signed into law 05/2004 |
Tennessee | No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
P-12 | Education
S.B. 2207
Povides for notification to parents of student subgroups not making adequate yearly progress of option to transfer their children to another school in that system.
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/acts/103/pub/pc0680.pdf
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Signed into law 05/2004 |
Tennessee | Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
P-12,
Postsec. | Uniform Grading System
S.B. 2205
Directs the state board to establish a task force comprised of superintendents, principals, teachers, and representatives of school
boards and higher education no later than June 30, 2004. The task force is to make recommendations to the board including, but n...
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Signed into law 05/2004 |
Vermont | School Safety |
P-12 | School District Student Misbehavior
H.B. 629
Defines bullying: Bullying" means any overt act or combination of acts directed against a student by another student or group of students and which: (A) is repeated over time; (B) is intended to ridicule, humiliate, or intimidate the student; and (C) occurs...
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Signed into law 04/2004 |
Kentucky | Assessment |
P-12 | Study of Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS)
S.J.R. 156
Direct the Office of Education Accountability to conduct a study of the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System and to provide Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee a draft of the report by September 15, 2004. The study must include bu...
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Signed into law 04/2004 |
Kentucky | Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Postsec. | Tuition Fees
H.B. 460
Allows a tuition waiver to any student under the age of 23 who is a dependent of a veteran and is enrolled in a state-supported university, junior college, or vocational school; allows a tuition waiver to any student under the age of 23 who is a dependent of a...
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Signed into law 04/2004 |
Michigan | Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
P-12 | Teacher Fees
S.B. 1016
Amends the School Code to expand uses of teacher certification fees to include the teacher and administrator professional development and other quality-related activities.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/2004-PA-0076.pdf...
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Signed into law 04/2004 |
Vermont | School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
P-12 | Harassment in Schools
H.B. 113
Requires boards to adopt policies prohibiting harassment and hazing, including sexual harassment. The stated intent is to: the intent of the General Assembly to:
(1) clarify the definition of harassment;
(2) encourage education and training of teachers and s...
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Signed into law 04/2004 |
Virginia | Accountability--School Improvement |
P-12 | Enhanced Compensation and Retirement Benefits for Turnaround Specialists
H.B. 576
Authorizes local school boards to employ turnaround specialists to address conditions at a public school that may impede educational progress and effectiveness and academic success. The bill also authorizes local school boards to offer increased retirement ben...
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Signed into law 04/2004 |
Virginia | Attendance |
P-12 | Notification to Parents of Rights of Students
S.B. 438
Directs local school boards to notify parents of the educational rights of students who fail to graduate or who have failed to achieve the number of verified units of credit required for graduation as provided in the standards of accreditation or who have been...
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Signed into law 04/2004 |
Virginia | Economic/Workforce Development |
Postsec. | Barriers Between Higher Education and Industry
H.B. 547
Directs the State Council of Higher Education to develop policies and strategies to eliminate the barriers between the Commonwealth's institutions of higher education and industry and enhance the development of human capital in the Commonwealth. More specifica...
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Signed into law 04/2004 |
Virginia | Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Postsec.,
Community College | Articulation Agreements
S.B. 338
Directs the State Council of Higher Education to facilitate the development of dual admissions and articulation agreements between two- and four-year public and private institutions of higher education in Virginia and requires the Council to develop estimates ...
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Signed into law 04/2004 |
Virginia | Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Postsec.,
Community College | Higher Education
H.B. 989
Directs the State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV), in cooperation with the governing boards of the public two- and four-year institutions of higher education, to develop a State Transfer Module that designates those general education courses offered within...
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Signed into law 03/2004 |
Utah | Civic Education |
P-12 | Civic and Character Education
H.B. 22
Provides legislative recognition of the fundamental civic purpose and constitutional responsibility of public education; requires Civic and Character Education to be taught through an integrated curriculum in connection with regular school work; consolidates r...
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Signed into law 03/2004 |
Washington | High School |
P-12,
Postsec. | Higher Education Remedial Education
S.B. 5139
Requires the higher education coordinating board, the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board for community and technical colleges to convene a work group to (a) Discuss standards and expectations for the knowledge and skills hig...
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Signed into law 03/2004 |
Washington | No Child Left Behind--School Support |
P-12 | Learning Assistance Program
S.B. 5877
The bill repeals RCW 28A.165 current law governing the Learning Assistance Program (LAP), and adds new sections re-establishing LAP. Section 6 creates a new LAP approval process based on the submission of an annual plan addressing all elements represented in S...
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Signed into law 03/2004 |
West Virginia | Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
P-12 | School Improvement
H.B. 4001- Mult. Sections - School Improvement
Requires the department to make available through its web site or the West Virginia education information system an electronic unified school improvement plan boilerplate designed for use by all schools to develop a unified school improvement plan which incorp...
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Signed into law 02/2004 |
Arkansas | Finance--Facilities |
P-12 | Tax Amnesty Program
H.B. 1100
Creates a State Tax Penalty and Interest Amnesty Program for taxpayers who make a voluntary payment of State taxes during the period of July 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004; provides all moneys collected under the program would be deposited in a special Publ...
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Issued 01/2004 |
Arizona | Mentoring/Tutoring |
P-12 | Governor's Mentoring Initiative
Executive Order 2004-01
Creates the Governor's Mentoring Initiative to encourage state employees to volunteer as mentors to school-aged youth in their community through one hour of flex time per week. Specifies that employees whose jobs are compatible with allowing flex time may volu...
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