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Signed into law 11/2007 |
Illinois | High School--College Readiness |
P-12,
Community College,
Postsec. | College and Career Readiness Pilot Program
S.B. 858
Requires the state community college board to create a 3-year college and career readiness pilot program, beginning with the high school class of 2008, to meet the following goals:
(1) To diagnose college readiness by developing a system to align ACT scores t...
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Adopted 11/2007 |
Louisiana | Attendance |
P-12 | Compulsory Attendance, Exit Exams
LAC 28:CXV.1103, 2323, and 2324
Makes changes to Bulletin 741 - Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators:
1103: Allows students in danger of failing due to excessive absences to make up missed time in class sessions held outside the regular class time. The make-up sessions must be compl...
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Adopted 10/2007 |
Illinois | Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
P-12 | Mentoring Program for New Principals
23 IAC 35.10 thru .70
Creates new sections establishing rules for program created in statute to pair first-year principals with experienced principals in a year-long mentorship.
Pages 589-599 of 671: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume31_iss...
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Signed into law 08/2007 |
Illinois | Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
P-12 | Waiver/Modification of Physical Education Mandate
H.B. 1839
Provides that a state-board approved waiver from or modification to a physical education mandate may remain in effect for a period not to exceed 2 school years and may be renewed no more than 2 times upon application by the eligible applicant. http://www.ilga....
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Signed into law 08/2007 |
Illinois | Health |
P-12 | Green Cleaning Schools Act
H.B. 895
Creates the Green Cleaning Schools Act. Requires the Green Government Coordinating Council, in consultation with other agencies and interested stakeholders, to establish and amend on an annual basis guidelines and specifications for environmentally-sensitive c...
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Signed into law 08/2007 |
Illinois | Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Task Force on the Condition of African American Men
S.B. 776
Finds and declares that African American men: (1) are disproportionately less likely to complete high school and to obtain a postsecondary education; (2) are more likely to be incarcerated or on parole; (3) are more likely to have lower lifetime economic earni...
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Signed into law 08/2007 |
Illinois | School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
P-12 | Renewable Energy Source Grants
H.B. 285
Subject to appropriation, authorizes the department of commerce and economic opportunity to establish and operate a renewable energy grant program to assist school districts in the installation, acquisition, construction, and improvement of renewable energy so...
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Signed into law 08/2007 |
Illinois | School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
P-12 | Green Cities and Smart Cities Grant Program
H.B. 3394
Authorizes the department of commerce and economic opportunity to establish and administer a Green Cities grant program and a Smart Cities grant program to make grants to municipalities for urban preservation and redevelopment and green technology. Provides th...
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Signed into law 08/2007 |
Illinois | School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
P-12 | Reporting Erratic School Bus Driving
H.B. 3624
Requires each school bus to display a readable sign indicating the telephone number of the owner of the school bus, and indicating that the number is to be called to report erratic driving by the school bus driver. Directs the owner of each school bus to estab...
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Signed into law 08/2007 |
North Carolina | School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
P-12 | Biodiesel
S.B. 1452
Requires public school buses or other vehicles for student transportation that are capable of operating on diesel fuel to be capable of operating on diesel fuel with a minimum biodiesel concentration of b-20.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Sen...
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Signed into law 08/2007 |
North Carolina | Teaching Quality |
P-12 | Pilot Alternative Teacher Salary Plans
H.B. 966
Requires the State Board of Education to establish a pilot program authorizing the implementation of alternative teacher salary plans to enable local school administrative units to develop and implement plans that will improve student performance by financiall...
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Vetoed 07/2007 |
Hawaii | Economic/Workforce Development |
P-12,
Postsec. | Ingenuity Charter
H.B. 1670
Establishes the Ingenuity Charter to facilitate the development of intellectual property, uphold high labor and environmental standards, support the teaching of innovation and its application for the common good and promote Hawaii's role as a center of innovat...
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Became law without governor's signature 07/2007 |
Hawaii | P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
P-12 | Hawaii 3-5 Transition Task Force
H.B. 531
Establishes a "Hawaii 3-5 transition" task force to study the feasibility of expanding Hawaii's early intervention section to continue services for children ages 3-5.
Directs the task force, in completing the feasibility study, to:
(1) Identify the pote...
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Adopted 07/2007 |
Illinois | Health--Mental Health |
P-12 | Children's Mental Health Initiative Grants
23 IAC 555.10 thru .160, and Appendix A
Creates new Part of rules, "Children's Mental Health Initiative Grants." Subpart A, "School Mental Health Support Grants," (pages 136-141 of 201 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume31_issue30.pdf) includes the following ...
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Signed into law 07/2007 |
Louisiana | P-3 Finance |
P-12 | School Readiness Tax Credits
S.B. 361
Grants school readiness tax credits to individuals for child care expenses of children five and under, to child care providers, to child care directors and staff, and to businesses providing assistance for child care.
Provides the amount of the child care ex...
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Signed into law 07/2007 |
Louisiana | Special Education |
P-12 | Universal Dyslexia Screening for K-3 Students
S.B. 160
Directs the state board, by the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year, to implement a pilot program to provide for universal screening of K-3 students for characteristics of dyslexia and related disorders. The program must also provide for periodic progress m...
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Signed into law 07/2007 |
New Hampshire | Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Postsec. | Tuition Waivers for Foster Children
S.B. 168
Establishes tuition waivers for foster children at any public postsecondary institution.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/SB0168.html...
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Signed into law 07/2007 |
North Carolina | Class Size |
P-12 | Reaching One's Potential for Excellence (ROPE) Scholars Pilot Program.
S.B. 1030
The purpose of the ROPE Scholars Pilot Program is to strengthen middle grades education in order to provide students with the opportunity to graduate from high school with the core academic skills needed for postsecondary education and high-skilled employment,...
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Signed into law 07/2007 |
North Carolina | Teaching Quality |
P-12 | High Needs Schools
S.B. 1479
Allows National Board Certified Teachers who serve as mentors, literacy coaches, or in other instructional leadership positions at high needs schools to retain the salary increment for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification. Allows Na...
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Signed into law 06/2007 |
Connecticut | Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
P-12 | State Board of Education Chairperson Qualifications
S.B. 1354
Concerns the Chairperson of the State Board of Education and appointment of the Commissioner of Education; requires the Chairperson of the State Board of Education to hold a degree in education; provides that the appointment of the Commissioner of Education go...
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Vetoed 06/2007 |
Connecticut | Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
Postsec.,
Community College | Tuition for Undocumented Students
H.B. 5656
Concerning college tuition for undocumented immigrants committed to the care and custody of the department of children and families; requires the Department of Children and Families to provide college tuition and costs to undocumented immigrants who are commit...
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Signed into law 06/2007 |
Florida | Career/Technical Education |
P-12,
Postsec. | Workforce and Career Preparation
S.B. 1232
Creates the State Career and Professional Education Act to improve academic performance and to respond to workforce needs; requires a school district to develop strategic plans to address and meet local and regional workforce needs and to establish a career an...
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Signed into law 06/2007 |
Nevada | Bilingual/ESL |
P-12 | District Budget Reporting, Grant Fund for Licensed Education Personnel
A.B. 1A
Revises provisions governing the inclusion of certain information in the biennial budget request for the state distributive school account for submission to the department of administration based upon the annual budgets submitted by the school districts. Creat...
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Signed into law 06/2007 |
Nevada | Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
P-12 | Empowerment Schools
S.B. 238
Authorizes the boards of trustees of school districts to establish a program of empowerment schools for the public schools of the school district. Authorizes public schools to develop empowerment plans. Prescribes the process for the approval of empowerment pl...
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Signed into law 06/2007 |
Nevada | Postsecondary Participation--Access |
P-12,
Postsec. | Dropout Reporting, Exit Exam Alternatives, Competency Based Credits
S.B. 312
Expands the annual reports of accountability information to include the rate of pupils who drop out of school in grades 6, 7 and 8. Requires the State Board to prescribe alternative criteria that a pupil may satisfy to receive a standard high school diploma if...
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Signed into law 06/2007 |
New Hampshire | Finance |
P-12 | Adequate Education
H.B. 927
Sets forth the substantive educational content of an adequate education, requires the establishment of criteria to identify schools with greater educational challenges for the provision of additional education aid and establishes a joint legislative oversight ...
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Signed into law 06/2007 |
New Jersey | Special Education |
P-12 | Autism Awareness Teacher Training
A.B. 4055; S.B. 2558
Requires candidates for teaching certificates and current teachers to receive instruction in autism awareness and methods of teaching students with autism.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/A4500/4055_R2.PDF...
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Signed into law 06/2007 |
Oregon | Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
Postsec.,
Community College | Diploma Mills
S.B. 198
Allows the Student Assistance Commission to terminate activities of diploma mills and operation of post-secondary accrediting bodies not recognized by United States Department of Education; defines diploma mill; removes the authority of the commission to subst...
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Signed into law 06/2007 |
Tennessee | Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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...
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Signed into law 06/2007 |
Tennessee | Background Checks |
P-12 | Background checks fo Teacher Training Candidates
H.B. 2076
Provides that all students wishing to enter teacher training programs are required to agree to the release of investigative records to the teacher training program administrator, supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a criminal history records check and si...
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Signed into law 06/2007 |
Texas | Curriculum--Science |
P-12 | Nature Science Curriuclum
H.B. 1700
H.B. 1700 implements nature science curriculum on a statewide level. The Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Center of Texas Tech University, and South Llano River State Park will develop the curriculum jointly. The bill requires that the curricul...
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Signed into law 06/2007 |
Texas | Health |
P-12 | Coordinated Health Program
H.B. 3618
From bill analysis: Student populations along the Texas-Mexico border suffer from high rates of Type 2 diabetes and are at an increased risk for becoming obese.Creates a bilingual coordinated health program in certain school districts along the border. The bil...
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Signed into law 06/2007 |
Vermont | P-3 Preschool |
P-12 | Prekindergarten Education
H.B. 534
Require the state board of education and the secretary of human services to adopt joint rules regarding prekindergarten education; clarifies that a public school choosing to offer prekindergarten education services to three- and four-year-old residents may cou...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Colorado | Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
P-12 | Online Education Policies
S.B. 215
Creates a division in the department of education a division of on-line learning. The purposes of the division are: to support online programs, students, parents, authorizers and others by providing information and access to data, and to facilitate certificati...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Colorado | P-3 Governance |
P-12 | Statewide Early Childhood Councils
H.B. 1062
Concerns the creation of a statewide system of early childhood councils to improve and sustain availability, accessibility, capacity and quality of services. The councils will be governed by the department of human services in collaboration with departments of...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Georgia | Governance--Site-Based Management |
P-12 | School Administrative Managers
S.B. 72 (Section 2)
Authorizes local districts to hire school administrative managers in lieu of or in addition to assistant principals. Provides that such school administrative managers are not required to be certificated by the professional standards commission but must meet lo...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Kansas | P-3 |
P-12 | Early Childhood System
H.B. 2310 (Section 1)
Directs the legislative educational planning committee, in collaboration with the 2010 commission, to:
(1) Develop a coordinated, comprehensive system for the delivery of early childhood education services
(2) Identify priorities for early childhood educatio...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Maine | Governance |
P-12 | Student Member on State Board of Education
H.B. 133
Expands the membership of the State Board of Education to include one student member.
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/externalsiteframe.asp?ID=280022477&LD=151&Type=1&SessionID=7...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Maryland | High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Dual Enrollment Grant Program
H.B. 538
Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish and administer a grant program for dually enrolled students; requires a recipient of a dual enrollment grant to be a resident of the State and a dually enrolled student; requires the Commission to ...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Minnesota | Curriculum |
P-12 | World Languages Pilot Program Grants
H.F. 2245 [World Languages]
Creates a pilot program to award five world languages grants to develop and implement sustainable, high-quality model world languages programs and to enhance existing world languages programs at various grade levels for students in kindergarten through grade 1...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Minnesota | Finance |
P-12 | School Finance Reform Task Force
H.F. 2245 [School Finance]
Establishes the school finance reform task force. Task force goals include: (1) creating a standard and index to ensure that the formula remains adequate over time; (2) simplifying the remaining school formulas; (3) analyzing categorical funding formulas, incl...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Minnesota | International Baccalaureate |
P-12 | Increasing Access to IB
H.F. 2245 [International Baccalaureate]
Makes International Baccalaureate (IB) programs eligible to apply for competitive grants to improve access to and success in such programs. Specifies that a school or charter school applying for funds to enhance IB offerings must have a three-year plan approve...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Missouri | Economic/Workforce Development |
Postsec.,
Community College | Higher Education Finance
S.B. 389 [Postsecondary Finance]
Increases the amount of the Bright Flight scholarships from $2,000 to $3,000 beginning with fiscal year 2011. Beginning with fiscal year 2011, students with test scores between the top five percent and the top three percent qualify for a scholarship of $1,000....
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Montana | Teaching Quality |
P-12 | Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program
S.B. 2A (Teacher Recruitment)
Creates a quality educator loan assistance program administered by the board of regents through the office of the commissioner of higher education. The program must provide for the direct repayment of educational loans of eligible quality educators in accordan...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Nebraska | Desegregation |
P-12 | Division of a Learning Community into Separate Education Centers
L.B. 641
Pertains to Class V school districts. (Omaha Public Schools is only class V district as of bill passage.) Provides for the division of a learning community into separate education centers and establishes procedures. Replaces the requirement for Class V school ...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Nevada | Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
P-12 | High School Reform
A.B. 212
Provides for high school reform. Requires the board of trustees of each school district to adopt a policy for each public school of the school district in which ninth grade pupils are enrolled, to develop a 4-year academic plan for each of those pupils. Requir...
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Became law without governor's signature 05/2007 |
Ohio | Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Postsec. | Higher Education Governance
H.B. 2
Transfers the appointment of the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents to the Governor with the advice and consent of the senate; makes the Board of Regents an advisory board to the Chancellor; transfers the Board's duties and powers to the Chancellor. Amend...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Oklahoma | School Safety |
P-12 | Lockdown Drills
S.B. 103
Requires a minimum of three lockdown drills at public schools; states purpose; requires conformance to certain plans and procedures; requires all students and employees to participate; directs state board to adopt rules to implement the provision.
http://webse...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
South Carolina | Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
P-12 | South Carolina Virtual School Program
H.B. 3097
Authorizes the state department to establish the South Carolina Virtual School Program to provide South Carolina students access to distance, online, or virtual learning courses offered for an initial unit of credit. Requires the South Carolina Virtual School ...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Texas | Attendance |
P-12 | Permitting Attendance of Students to Age 26
H.B. 1137
Permits students who are at least 21 years of age and under 26 years of age on the first day of September of any school year to be eligible for funding under the Foundation School Program for the purposes of completing the requirements for a high school diplom...
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Signed into law 05/2007 |
Texas | Special Education |
P-12 | Transitional Youth With Disabilities
H.B. 1230
H.B. 1230 requires the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission (executive commissioner) to monitor programs and services to study trends and to promote positive outcomes for transitional youth with disabilities. This bill requires tr...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
Florida | High School--Advanced Placement |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Minority or Underrepresented Student Achievement
S.B. 108
The Florida Partnership for Minority and Underrepresented Student Achievement must cooperate with school districts to identify minority & underrepresented students for participation in AP or other advanced courses and provide information regarding these course...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
Florida | Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
P-12 | Merit Pay Program for Teachers
S.B. 1226
Establishes the Merit Award program for instructional personnel and school-based administrators; requires a school district board to adopt the plan in order to receive funding; authorizes charter schools to participate; relates to collective bargaining; provid...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
Iowa | Economic/Workforce Development |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Generation Iowa Commission
H.F. 617
Establishes the generation Iowa commission within the department of economic development for purposes of advising and assisting in the retention and attraction of the young adult population in the state in both urban and rural areas. Provides that the 15-membe...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
Iowa | School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
P-12 | Waivers from Certain Staffing Requirements
S.F. 277 (Section 5 and 8)
Section 5: Strikes and rewrites section 256.11A. Authorizes the board of directors of a school district to file a request by August 1, 2007 for a waiver from the following requirements for the 2007-2008 school year:
a. Apply for a one-year extension of a waiv...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
Iowa | Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
P-12 | Professional Development
S.F. 277 (Section 23)
Directs each attendance center to develop an attendance center professional development plan to promote group professional development. Provides the attendance center plan must be based, at a minimum, on the needs of the teachers, the Iowa teaching standards,...
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Became law without governor's signature 04/2007 |
Maryland | Accountability--School Improvement |
P-12 | School District Master Plans
S.B. 907
Requires county boards of education to submit comprehensive master plans to the State Department of Education on or before October 1, 2008, and every 5 years thereafter; clarifies that comprehensive master plans extend for a 5-year period.
http://mlis.state.md...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
Maryland | High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Dual Enrollment Grant Program
S.B. 525
Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish and administer a grant program for dually enrolled students; requires a recipient of a dual enrollment grant to be a resident of the State and a dually enrolled student; requires the Commission to ...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
Mississippi | Health |
P-12 | Mississippi Healthy Student Act
S.B. 2369
Requires a minimum period of physical activity-based instruction for students in K-8 and requires one unit of physical education for high school graduation. Effective for 2008-09 school year, local school wellness plans must promote physical activity, healthy ...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
New Mexico | Attendance |
P-12,
Postsec. | High School Redesign
H.B. 584/S.B. 561
Provides for high school redesign. Directs the department of education to establish a readiness assessment system to measure the readiness of every New Mexico high school student for success in higher education or a career no later than the 2008-2009 school ye...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
New Mexico | STEM |
P-12,
Postsec. | Alliance for Underrepresented Students
S.B. 422
Creates the Alliance for Underrepresented Students at New Mexico State University. The purposes of the alliance are to: (1) promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and retention at the undergraduate and graduate level for unde...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
New Mexico | Teaching Quality |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Teacher Education Accountability Reporting System
S.B. 211
Directs the state board to design a uniform statewide teacher education accountability reporting system to measure and track teacher education candidates from pre-entry to post-graduation in order to benchmark the productivity and accountability of New Mexico'...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
New York | Accountability--Reporting Results |
P-12 | Student Progress Reports
S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 2
Provides that by July 1, 2008, a student progress report must be prepared for all students. States that the progress report must provide parents with information on their child's performance on state assessments over multiple years of testing, and must also ex...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
New York | P-16 or P-20 |
P-12 | Teacher Preparation Program Effectiveness and P-16 Data System
S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 4
Directs the commissioner to evaluate the effectiveness of all teacher preparation programs in the state, and the timelines and costs of developing or modifying data systems to collect the necessary data. Provides the study must consider measuring the effective...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
Washington | Attendance |
P-12 | Alternative Pathways to a Diploma
H.B. 1051
Finds that the state's commitment to providing a basic education for all public school students under the age of twenty-one should continue until a student earns a diploma.
Therefore the legislature intends to expand high school completion programs at communit...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
Washington | Economic/Workforce Development |
Postsec.,
Community College | Education of Students in High Demand Fields
S.B. 5731
Establishes a committee on the education of students in high demand fields. The committee consists of: (1) two members of the House of Representatives; (2) two members of the Senate; (3) one person representing the Higher Education Coordinating Board; (4) one ...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
Washington | P-3 Governance |
P-12 | Addresses Authority Issues
S.B. 5952
From final House Bill report: The Department of Early Learning (DEL) was established in 2006 as an executive branch agency whose primary duties are to implement early learning policy and to coordinate, consolidate, and integrate child care and early learning p...
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Signed into law 04/2007 |
Washington | Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Postsec.,
Community College | Meeting the Demand for Higher and Differently Skilled Workers
H.B. 1096
Finds that: (1) The economic trends of globalization and technological change are increasing the demand for higher and differently skilled workers than in the past; (2) Increasing Washington's economic competitiveness requires increasing the supply of skilled ...
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Signed into law 03/2007 |
Colorado | State Longitudinal Data Systems |
P-12 | Teacher Identifier System
S.B. 140
Creates the Effective Teachers Commission to study development of a teacher identifer system. A primary purpose of the identifier system would be to document and track teacher qualifications across and within districts to address the "teacher quality gap."
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Signed into law 03/2007 |
Idaho | At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
P-12 | Teen Early Intervention Mental Health and Substance Abuse Specialist Program
S.B. 1147
Defines "teens at risk" as public school students in grades 7-12 who have been identified as expressing or exhibiting indications of depression, suicidal inclination, emotional trauma, substance abuse or other behaviors or symptoms that indicate the existenc...
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Signed into law 03/2007 |
Idaho | Career/Technical Education |
P-12 | Professional-Technical Regional Public Charter Schools
S.B. 1088
Allows for the creation of "professional-technical regional public charter schools." Provides that a professional-technical regional public charter school must meet the standards and qualifications established by the division of professional-technical educatio...
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Adopted 03/2007 |
Louisiana | Background Checks |
P-12 | Sexual Misconduct Involving a Student
LAC 28:CXV.501
Requires any district, prior to hiring any employee, to request from the applicant's current or previous employer any documentation regarding any sexual misconduct engaged in by the applicant involving a student. Also requires the applicant's current or previo...
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Signed into law 03/2007 |
Mississippi | High School |
P-12 | Secondary School Redesign
S.B. 2345
Directs state board to develop and pilot a program to redesign secondary schools in the state to function not only as curriculum and educational entities but also as workforce development centers. Contingent upon appropriations, the board will pilot a minimum ...
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Signed into law 03/2007 |
New Mexico | Curriculum--Mathematics |
P-12 | Mathematics & Science Education Act
H.B. 220/S.B. 552
Creates the Mathematics and Science Bureau within the department of education and a 12 member advisory council to advise the bureau. Defines membership and duties of the advisory council. Creates "mathematics and science proficiency fund," to consist of of app...
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Signed into law 03/2007 |
New Mexico | High School |
P-12 | High School Diplomas for Military Children
S.B. 687
Provides that a New Mexico resident high school student who is required to move out of state because the student's parent is a member of the New Mexico National Guard or a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States and the parent is transferred to an out-...
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Signed into law 03/2007 |
Oregon | Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
P-12,
Community College | Educators Benefit Board
S.B. 426
Establishes Educators Benefit Board; requires Governor to appoint members of board for four-year terms; authorizes board to contract for health and dental benefit plans and other benefits for employees of certain school districts, education service districts a...
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Signed into law 03/2007 |
Virginia | No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
P-12 | Authorizing NCLB Waiver Requests & Lawsuit
H.B. 2542, S.B. 1212
Requires the Board of Education to request a waiver from duplicative provisions of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act that are fiscally and programmatically burdensome to school divisions and are not instructionally sound or in the best interest of children; ...
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Signed into law 02/2007 |
Colorado | Accountability |
P-12 | Growth Model for Student Performance
H.B. 1048
Requires the convening of a technical advisory panel to assist in the development of a longitudinal growth model to measure the academic growth of students; requires the panel to develop a new method to identify schools that demonstrate the highest rate of aca...
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