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Issued 12/2008 |
Kentucky | Business Involvement |
P-12 | Commission on Philanthropy
E.O. 2008-1273
Establishes the state Commission on Philanthropy to explore new opportunities for creative solutions to the state's systemic challenges. Provides for an initial focus on early childhood education and child health....
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Adopted 10/2008 |
Georgia | No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
P-12 | Supplemental Education Services in Title I Schools
GAC 160-4-5-.03
Amends rule related to supplemental educational services (SES) in Title I schools. Adds provision regarding "supplemental educational services compact," which outlines the roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder including the local education agency (LEA...
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Signed into law 09/2008 |
California | Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
P-12 | Student health
S.B. 564
Specifies that a school health center may conduct routine physical health, mental health, or oral health assessments, and provide for any services not offered onsite or through a referral process. Requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a g...
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Signed into law 08/2008 |
Illinois | P-3 |
P-12 | Commission on the Elimination of Poverty
H.B. 4369
Creates the Commission on the Elimination of Poverty to develop a poverty elimination strategic plan to reduce extreme poverty in Illinois by 50% or more by 2015. In developing the overall strategic plan, and in working toward the goal of reducing extreme pove...
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Signed into law 08/2008 |
Massachusetts | High School |
P-12 | Dropout Prevention
S.B. 2766
Improves dropout prevention and reporting of graduation rates; requires providing public school districts with a standardized format for the accurate reporting of graduation and dropout data to facilitate the implementation of a longitudinal data collection sy...
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Signed into law 07/2008 |
California | Assessment |
P-12 | Data Analysis
A.B. 2391
Allows a teacher to fulfill requirement to receive follow up training and instruction in areas that include data analysis, alignment of assessment and instruction, implication of data analysis and effect on increasing pupil achievement, impact on pupil success...
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Signed into law 07/2008 |
Louisiana | At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
P-12 | High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2008
H.B. 1091
Provides that before a student between the ages of 17 and 18 may drop out, the student and student's parent must attend an exit interview, in which the student and parent provide written acknowledgement that withdrawal from school will likely reduce the studen...
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Signed into law 07/2008 |
Rhode Island | Special Education |
P-12 | Students with Disabilities
H.B. 7715
Excerpt: (b) Notwithstanding any other federal or state law or regulation, the school committee where a parentally placed child who has or develops a disability in private school resides, shall provide the child with the same free and appropriate education as ...
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Signed into law 06/2008 |
Hawaii | Postsecondary Finance |
Postsec. | Incentive and Performance Funding
H.B. 2978
Beginning in 2008, directs the University of Hawaii to annually prepare and provide to the legislature an annual incentive and performance report and plan, to assist the legislature in appropriating up to 2% of the university's annual budget to facilitate the ...
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Signed into law 06/2008 |
New Hampshire | Special Education |
P-12 | Autism Spectrum Disorder
H.B. 1634
Establishes the Council on Autism Spectrum Disorders to coordinate supports and services for individuals and their families; states that the duties of the council include providing information to families and persons with such disorders, collaborating with sch...
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Signed into law 06/2008 |
New Hampshire | Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
P-12 | Laptops for All 7th Graders
H.B. 330
Establishes a task force to study the feasibility of supplying laptop computers to all 7th grade children in the state; requires the task force to study the Maine Learning Technology Fund, the benefits of the program on students in Maine, the economic effects ...
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Signed into law 06/2008 |
Oklahoma | Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
P-12 | Amends Charter Schools Act
S.B. 2100
Relates to the State Charter Schools Act; allows charter schools to provide prekindergarten programs to four-year-olds; allows a charter school previously sponsored by the Board of Education of a school district which continues operation in such district to re...
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Signed into law 06/2008 |
South Carolina | Accountability--School Improvement |
P-12 | Teacher and Principal Specialists
H.B. 4662 -- Amends Multiple Provisions
For schools or districts designated as "at risk" (changed from "unsatisfactory), teacher specialists may be assigned to work across grade levels and subject areas. Such teachers will receive their salary and a supplement equal to 50% of the current southeaster...
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Signed into law 06/2008 |
Vermont | Adult Basic Education |
P-12,
Community College | Access to Technical Education
H.B. 885
Relates to economic and workforce development.
Section 11 of this bill (The Adult technical education; workforce education and training; report) requires the commissioner of education to:
(1) Outline and review the current method or methods by which tuition ...
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Signed into law 05/2008 |
Colorado | Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools |
P-12 | Innovation Schools Act of 2008
S.B. 130
Enacts the Innovation Schools Act of 2008; authorizes school district boards of education to implement policy innovations in public schools through the development of an innovation plan designed to meet the educational needs of a diverse and constantly changin...
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Signed into law 05/2008 |
Oklahoma | School Safety |
P-12 | Lockdown Drills; Electronic Bullying, Threatening Behavior
S.B. 1941
Adds provision for annual review of school district and higher education institution emergency plans; revises requirements for school district lockdown drills (from one per year to two per year). Prohibits any lockdown drill from being conducted at the same ti...
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Signed into law 04/2008 |
Arizona | Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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...
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Signed into law 04/2008 |
Georgia | Accountability |
P-12 | Flexibility in Exchange for Increased Accountability
H.B. 1209
Relates to elementary and secondary education; provides that a local school system may enter into a contract with the state board of education for increased flexibility in exchange for increased accountability; relates to waivers to improve student performance...
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Signed into law 04/2008 |
Kentucky | P-3 |
P-12 | Family Resource and Youth Services Centers
S.B. 192
Provides that family resource and youth services centers must provide services to enhance a student's ability to succeed in school. Provides that the most economically disadvantaged students and families must receive priority status for receiving services. Pro...
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Signed into law 04/2008 |
Kentucky | Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
P-12,
Postsec. | STEM
S.B. 2
Defines "Advanced science and mathematics" as Advanced Placement (AP) biology, calculus, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, and physics, and International Baccalaureate (IB) biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental systems, mathemat...
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Signed into law 04/2008 |
Maine | Economic/Workforce Development |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | High School and Postsecondary Integration
H.B. 1549
(Resolve)Directs the Department of Education to recommend to the Board of Education an innovative model of consolidated and integrated secondary and postsecondary education; concerns facilities for a regional high school, a fully integrated career and technica...
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Signed into law 04/2008 |
Mississippi | Accountability |
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 ...
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Signed into law 04/2008 |
Mississippi | Accountability |
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...
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Signed into law 04/2008 |
Mississippi | Teaching Quality |
P-12 | Teach For America Act
S.B. 2518
Establishes the Teach For America Act. Authorizes the use of state funds as matching funds by the Teach for America-Delta in order to bring additional Teach for America teachers to State school districts that have a critical shortage of teachers; defines certa...
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Signed into law 04/2008 |
Virginia | No Child Left Behind |
P-12 | Potential Withdrawal from NCLB
H.B. 1425, S.B. 490
Requires the Board of Education to make a recommendation to the General Assembly on whether Virginia should withdraw from the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, unless reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides the necessary r...
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Signed into law 04/2008 |
Wisconsin | Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
P-12 | Virtual Charter Schools
S.B. 396
The bill requires that anyone who teaches in a public school or charter school must hold a teaching license issued by the department of public instruction (DPI). Teachers in virtual charter schools (defined as a charter school offering an online learning progr...
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Signed into law 03/2008 |
Utah | Bilingual/ESL |
P-12 | English Language Learner Family Literacy Centers
S.B. 2 - Section 24
Establishes the English Language Learner Family Literacy Centers to:
(1) Increase parent involvement
(2) Communicate with parents who are not proficient in English concerning required and optional activities at the school, in the parents' preferred language to...
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Signed into law 03/2008 |
Utah | Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
P-12 | Charter School Enrollment Cap
S.B. 2 - Section 1
Amends language establishing caps on the number of students who may be served by charter schools in the state. Provides that, beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, the State Charter School Board and local school boards may authorize a combined maximum stud...
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Signed into law 03/2008 |
Utah | Curriculum--Arts Education |
P-12 | Elementary Arts Learning Program
S.B. 2 - Section 25
Establishes the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Elementary Arts Learning Program to enhance the social, emotional, academic and arts learning of students in grades K-6 by integrating arts teaching and learning into core subject areas.
Directs the state board of educ...
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Signed into law 03/2008 |
Utah | Federal |
P-12 | Gubernatorial and Legislative Approval for Certain Federal Education Agreements
S.B. 162
Defines a "federal education agreement" as a legally binding document or representation that requires a school official to implement a federal program. Requires gubernatorial approval for federal education agreements that may cost education entities (including...
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Signed into law 03/2008 |
Utah | Governance--Site-Based Management |
P-12 | School Community Council Communications Requirements
H.B. 189
Requires a school community council to provide the following information to each household that has a student attending the school:
(1) A school community council meeting schedule for the year
(2) A mid-year action and activity report
(3) A summary of the annu...
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Signed into law 03/2008 |
Utah | Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
P-12 | UPSTART Program
S.B. 2 - Sections 3-9
Establishes UPSTART, a pilot project that uses a home-based educational technology program to develop the school readiness skills of children age 4-5 who have not entered kindergarten. Provides that UPSTART is created to evaluate the effectiveness of giving pr...
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Signed into law 03/2008 |
Utah | Public Involvement |
P-12 | Use of School Buildings as Civic Centers
H.B. 332
Requires all public school buildings and grounds to be made available as civic centers to district residents for supervised recreational activities and meetings. Requires local boards to adopt policies for the use of these civic centers. Requires a local board...
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Signed into law 03/2008 |
Utah | STEM |
P-12 | Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative Centers Program
S.B. 2 - Section 22
Establishes the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR) Centers Program to provide a financial incentive for charter schools and school districts to adopt programs that result in a more efficient use of human resources and capital facilities.
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Signed into law 03/2008 |
Virginia | School Safety |
Postsec. | Prevention of Violence on Campus
S.B. 539
Requires each public college or university to have in place policies and procedures for the prevention of violence on campus, including assessment and intervention with individuals
whose behavior poses a threat to the safety of the campus community. The board ...
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Signed into law 03/2008 |
Virginia | School Safety |
Postsec. | Parental Notice of Mental Health Treatment
H.B. 1005
Amends and reenacts § 23-9.2:3, relating to providing notice to parents of dependent student's receipt of mental health treatment on the campus of a public institution of higher education. Requires the Board of Visitors or other governing board of any public i...
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Signed into law 03/2008 |
Virginia | School Safety |
Postsec. | Safety/Emergency Management -- HIgher Education
H.B. 1449
This bill requires that the following three actions be taken by each of the Commonwealth's public higher education institutions:
• The board of visitors or other governing body will develop, adopt, and keep current a written crisis and emergency management pl...
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Signed into law 03/2008 |
Washington | Career/Technical Education |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Career and Technical Education Act
S.B. 6377
The bill requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction (OSPI) to develop a re-approval schedule for all career and technical education (CTE) programs and must establish performance measures and targets for CTE programs in specified areas. Dis...
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Signed into law 03/2008 |
Washington | Curriculum |
P-12 | Local Farms-Healthy Kids Act
S.B. 6483
The bill creates the farm-to-school program within the department of agriculture to facilitate increased procurement of Washington grown food by schools. The department of agriculture, along with the department of health, the office of the superintendent of pu...
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Adopted 01/2008 |
Massachusetts | Governance |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Reorganizing Certain Education Agencies
Executive Order /H.B. 4488
Submits from the governor to the legislature a reorganization plan number 1 of 2008. Relates to reorganizing certain education agencies. Creates an executive office of education, headed by a cabinet secretary. Provides for the executive office to contain three...
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Signed into law 01/2008 |
New Jersey | Finance |
P-12 | Funding Reform Act of 2008
A.B. 500
Enacts the School Funding Reform Act of 2008 to creates a fair, equitable and predictable funding formula based on student characteristics; relates to the base per pupil amounts used to determine a district's base cost, the calculation of a district's adequacy...
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