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Adopted 12/2005 |
Delaware | Career/Technical Education |
P-12 | Requirements for Career Technical Education Programs
14 DAC 525
All school districts and charter schools that offer state approved career technical education programs must: a) have the approval of the Department of Education before implementing new programs; b) have adequate funding to support and sustain the instructional...
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Adopted 10/2005 |
Georgia | Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
P-12 | Waiver Requests
GAC 160-1-3-.02
Clarifies rules so that school systems may apply for waivers of certain education law for the purpose of increasing student achievement.
AGENCY CONTACT: Patricia L. Mills, Department of Education, 2052 Twin Towers East, Atlanta, GA 30334, 404- 656-4689, fax 4...
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Signed into law 09/2005 |
California | Career/Technical Education |
P-12 | Career Education Data on State Report Cards
H.B. 1609
An act to amend Section 33126 of the Education Code, relating to vocational education. This bill would amend the act to also require the school accountability report card to include assessment of career-technical education data measures, such as the number of ...
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Signed into law 09/2005 |
Delaware | Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
P-12,
Community College,
Postsec. | Delaware Student Excellence Equals Degree (SEED) Program
S.B. 30
Creates the Delaware Student Excellence Equals Degree (SEED) Program, to encourage Delaware students to stay in school, avoid contact with the criminal justice system, excel academically, and have access to higher education regardless of a family's financial c...
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Signed into law 08/2005 |
Illinois | Accountability--School Improvement |
P-12 | The Parental Participation Pilot Project
S.B. 10
Provides that by the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year, the State Board of Education shall by rule establish a parental participation pilot project to provide grants to the lowest performing school districts to help these districts improve parental partic...
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Signed into law 08/2005 |
Illinois | Curriculum |
P-12 | Advanced Placement and pre-Advanced Placement
S.B. 574
Creates the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Requires a teacher of an Advanced Placement course to obtain appropriate training, subject to appropriation. Requires the State Board of Education to establish training guidelines that require teache...
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Signed into law 08/2005 |
Illinois | Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
P-12 | Gifted and Talented Programs
H.B. 881 -- Gifted and Talented Programs
Sets forth requirements concerning gifted and talented programs. Provides definition of "gifted and talented children." Establishes non-discrimination provisions. Establishes requirements for local programs regarding identification methods and procedures, appe...
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Signed into law 08/2005 |
New York | Health |
P-12 | Using school space to improve student access to health
S.B. 5352
Provides for the utilization of school space to improve student access to health, dental and mental health clinic services through interagency collaboration. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=s5352...
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Signed into law 08/2005 |
Oregon | Economic/Workforce Development |
Postsec.,
Community College | Oregon Innovation Council
S.B. 838
Creates the Oregon Innovation Council to provide advice to the Governor, the Legislative Assembly, public and private post-secondary educational institutions, public agencies that provide economic development and the private sector on issues related to:
(a) Pr...
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Signed into law 07/2005 |
Oregon | Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
P-12 | Process of Renewal for Charters
H.B. 3174
Requires that initial charters be in effect for a period of not more than five years and are to be renewed upon the authorization of the sponsor. The first renewal of a charter are for the same time period as the initial charter. Subsequent renewals of a char...
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Signed into law 06/2005 |
Alaska | Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
P-12 | Reemployed Retired Teachers
H.B. 161
The reemployment of certain retired members of the teachers' and public employees' retirement systems provide a valuable tool for school districts and public employers to manage workforce shortages, especially in teaching positions and job classes that require...
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Issued 06/2005 |
Arizona | Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
P-12 | Governor's Committee for Teacher Quality and Support
Executive Order 2005-11
Creates and defines membership of the Governor's Committee for Teacher Quality and Support, the purpose of which is to: (1) develop teacher training delivery system to addresss the lack of uniform access to quality induction, mentoring and ongoing professional...
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Signed into law 06/2005 |
Colorado | Accountability--Accreditation |
P-12 | Accreditation Indicators and Dropout/Graduation Rates
S.B. 91
Standardizes the calculation of graduation rates and dropout rates that are required to be reported by school districts for accreditation. Standardizes and requires the reporting of continuing education rates and mobility rates by school districts for accredit...
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Signed into law 06/2005 |
Colorado | Accountability--Reporting Results |
P-12 | Educational Data Advisory Committee
S.B. 19
Requires the state board to identify volunteer districts, boards of cooperative services and a charter school to send representatives to form the "educational data advisory committee" to work with the department to review school data reporting requirements. Re...
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Vetoed 06/2005 |
Colorado | Curriculum--International Education |
P-12 | International Education Advisory Council
H.B. 1087
Recognizes the importance of international education in public elementary and secondary schools. Directs the state board of education to appoint an international education advisory council to explore international opportunities for learning, professional devel...
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Signed into law 06/2005 |
Colorado | Health--Child Abuse |
P-12 | Child Fatality Prevention Act
H.B. 1280
Defines "unexpected and unexplained death" as a death that, prior to investigation, appears to have been caused by trauma, suspicious or obscure circumstances, or child abuse or neglect. Includes death from vehicular trauma, fire, drowning, abuse, suicide and ...
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Signed into law 06/2005 |
Connecticut | Health |
P-12 | Students with Life-Threatening Allergies
S.B. 1312
Requires the department to develop and make available guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Requires the guidelines to include: (1) Education and training for school personnel on the management of students with life-th...
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Signed into law 06/2005 |
Florida | Accountability--Rewards |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | International General Certificate of Secondary Education (pre-AICE) and Advanced International Certificate of Education
H.B. 579
Adds International General Certificate of Secondary Education (pre-AICE) and Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) to public school choice options and to rigorous academic programs parents must have the opportunity to learn about. Adds Advance...
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Signed into law 06/2005 |
Florida | School Safety |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Hazing
H.B. 193
Enacts the Chad Meredith Act. Specifies conduct that constitutes hazing at high schools with grades 9-12. Creates new felony and misdemeanor offenses of hazing at such high schools. Requires court to impose condition of 4-hour hazing education course and autho...
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Signed into law 06/2005 |
Hawaii | Postsecondary Faculty |
P-12,
Postsec. | Teacher Recruitment and Education
H.B. 844
Section 1: Establishes need for improvement in teacher recruitment, compensation, support and peer mentoring.
Section 2: Creates a new section establishing the Hawaii teacher cadet program fund, originally a department initiative, as a separate fund of the Ha...
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Signed into law 06/2005 |
Louisiana | Career/Technical Education |
P-12,
Postsec. | TOPS-Tech Early Start Awards
S.B. 355
AN ACT To enact R.S. 17:3048.5. Establishes the TOPS-Tech Early Start Award as part of the Louisiana Tuition Opportunity Program for Students for eligible 11th- and 12th-grade students attending Louisiana public high schools. States that a TOPS-Tech Early Star...
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Signed into law 06/2005 |
Louisiana | High School |
P-12 | High School Redesign Commission
H.B. 434
Creates the High School Redesign Commission for the purpose of making recommendations for the development of statewide policies, guiding principles, and programs that address the current and future economic needs of the state and promoting student success in h...
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Signed into law 06/2005 |
Louisiana | Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Postsec. | Homeschooled Student Access to State Scholarship
H.B. 120
Relative to initial eligibility for a Tuition Opportunity for Students Program (TOPS) award for a student certified by a parent (or court-ordered custodian) to have successfully completed at the 12th grade level a home study program approved by BESE, provides ...
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Adopted 06/2005 |
New Jersey | Health--Nutrition |
P-12 | Model School Nutrition Policy
Nutrition Rule, Department of Agriculture
State Board of Agriculture has approved Agriculture Department's amended Nutrition Rule. Will be phased in. By September 1, 2006, districts are required to adopt a school nutrition policy. By September 1, 2007, districts must match their policies to the Model ...
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Signed into law 06/2005 |
Texas | Postsecondary |
Postsec. | Timely Graduation, Tuition, Academic Issues
H.B. 1172
From bill analysis: Requires the president of each general academic teaching institution to annually provide, no later than November 1 of each year, to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board a report describing the institution's efforts regarding timely...
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Signed into law 06/2005 |
Texas | Postsecondary |
Postsec. | Incentives for Timely Graduation
S.B. 30
From bill analysis: Requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to create a pilot project under which a governing board of an institution participating in the pilot project may enter into a contract with a student to award the student an incentive p...
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Signed into law 06/2005 |
Texas | Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Community College,
Postsec. | Higher Tuition for Failed Courses
H.B. 994
Allows the governing board of a public junior college district to charge a student a higher rate of tuition than the tuition that would otherwise be charged for a course in which the student enrolls if: (1) the student has previously enrolled in the same cour...
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Signed into law 06/2005 |
Texas | Special Populations--Corrections Education |
P-12,
Community College | Reducing Recidivism
H.B. 2837
Goal is to ensure that programs such as GED and ESL are integrated with an applied vocational context leading to employment. Improves coordination between partner agencies so ex-offenders receive professional certification and licensing along with educational ...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
Arizona | Economic/Workforce Development |
Postsec.,
Community College | Nursing Education Demonstration Project
S.B. 1517 (Section 15-16)
Establishes the Arizona partnership for nursing education demonstration project to increase the capacity of nursing education programs in the state by fostering collaboration among the state's education and health care communities and the state and federal gov...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
Arizona | Economic/Workforce Development |
Postsec. | Joint Study Committee on Medical School Education
S.B. 1517 (Section 14)
Establishes the joint study committee on medical school education. Requires the committee to:
1. Evaluate the medical education and training needs for health professions and careers throughout the state, including the medical and nursing fields.
2. Review and...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
Arizona | Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Postsec. | Financial Aid for Medical Students
S.B. 1517 (Section 6-9)
Rewrites section 15-1723 on the amount of medical student loans so that loans are for tuition plus a living allowance.
Creates new section allowing the board of regents to grant scholarships to qualified first-year medical students who are Arizona residents w...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
Arizona | Postsecondary Finance |
Postsec. | Audits of Full-Time Equivalent Student Enrollment
S.B. 1517 (Section 3)
Requires the full-time equivalent student enrollment reported by each university for the previous fiscal year to be audited annually by the auditor general, beginning in 2006, and for the results of the audit to be reported by the auditor general to the joint ...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
Colorado | Assessment--Accommodations |
P-12 | Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in State Assessment
H.B. 1246
Provides that if, as part of a student's individual educational program (IEP), a student attends part-time a school or program away from the school where the student is enrolled, the district in which a student is enrolled may designate either the school of re...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
Colorado | High School |
P-12,
Postsec. | College Preparatory Courses/Exam Scores and Remediation
H.B. 1027
Beginning in spring 2006, requires the commission on higher education to send an annual notice concerning college preparatory courses to the parent of every 11th-grade student prior to the start of grade 12 if the student took the ACT or prior to the start of ...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
Colorado | Postsecondary Participation--Outreach |
P-12,
Postsec. | Notice of Postsecondary Education Opportunities
H.B. 1057
Beginning with the spring of 2006, requires the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to annually send the parents of all eighth-graders in public schools, prior to enrollment in ninth-grade courses, a list of courses the district offers that satisfy the sta...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
Delaware | School Safety |
P-12 | Anti-Terrorism School Safety Emergency Procedures
S.J.R. 1
Requires the Department of Education and the Department of Safety and Homeland Security to revise and update the state's school safety emergency procedures in light of the increased threat of terrorist attacks. Requires revisions and updates of said procedures...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
Georgia | Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Postsec.,
Community College | Postsecondary Educational and Living Expense Grants for Foster Children
H.B. 272
Provides for a program of educational and living expense grants for certain children who qualify as foster children (or are adopted and whose families receive adoption assistance); provides for eligibility; covers tuition, ancillary student fees, and the cost-...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
Ohio | P-16 or P-20 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Partnership for Continued Learning
S.B. 6
Establishes the "Partnership for Continued Learning" to promote systemic approaches to education. The Partnership must (1) support regional efforts to foster collaboration among providers of preschool through postsecondary education, (2) identify the workforc...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
Oklahoma | Assessment |
P-12 | Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005
S.B. 982
New law establishing the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005. One new section establishes the Oklahoma Mathematics Improvement Program. The purpose is to improve student mastery of the Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS) for sixth-grade mathematics ...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
Oklahoma | Students--Records/Rights |
P-12 | Student Records
S.B. 569
Adds a new section of law. Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, upon initial enrollment in a public school district, schools are required to request the parent or guardian to provide information to the school district regarding participation in the follow...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
South Carolina | Career/Technical Education |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act
H.B. 3155
Adds a new chapter (59) establishing the South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act. Provides for the development of a curriculum organized around a career cluster system that must provide students with both strong academics and real-world problem s...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
Tennessee | Career/Technical Education |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Notification of Potential Career Opportunities
S.B. 709
Adds new subsection 49-7-202. Requires the commission, with the assistance of the University of Tennessee system and the state university and community college system, to develop information concerning the potential career opportunities in each curriculum or m...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
Texas | Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Postsec.,
Community College | Common Application Forms
S.B. 502
Expands use of common application form to community colleges. From bill analysis: The Common Application Advisory Committee, convened by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (board), has successfully created and launched a common admissions applicatio...
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to governor 05/2005 |
Washington | Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Postsec.,
Community College | Expanding Access to Baccalaureate Degree Programs
H.B. 1794
Maintains the top priority for branch campuses as expansion of programs and capacity for upper division and transfer students, in accordance with proportionality agreements developed with the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC). Authorizes...
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Signed into law 05/2005 |
West Virginia | Curriculum |
P-12 | Healthy Foods, Physical Education Requirements
H.B. 2816
Adds a new article, designated §5-1E-1, §5-1E-2, §5-1E-3, §5-1E-4 and §5-1E-5; and amends and reenacts §18-2-6a and §18-2-7a, all relating to promoting healthy lifestyles; creating a Healthy Lifestyles Office in the Department of Education and the Arts; establ...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
Arizona | Curriculum |
P-12 | Mandatory Physical Education Implementation Task Force
H.B. 2111
Establishes the mandatory physical education implementation task force. Sets forth task force's membership. Requires the task force to develop an implementation plan that will result in a uniform physical education program in grades K-8 and that takes the foll...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
Arizona | School/District Structure/Operations |
P-12 | School Districts
S.B. 1068
Establishes the 13-member School District Redistricting Commission to design a proposal to unify school districts in Arizona based on certain criteria. Requires the commission to submit a preliminary report on the proposed school district unification plan to ...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
Arkansas | Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
P-12 | Public School Facilities Program Act
S.B. 593
Establishes the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act. Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and
Transportation to develop a comprehensive Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program that includes an academic facili...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
Arkansas | Accountability--School Improvement |
P-12 | Arkansas Online Professional Development Initiative
H.B. 2489
Creates the Arkansas Online Professional Development Initiative. Requires the director of the department of education to prioritize identified teacher professional development needs and develop a statewide online professional development program. Requires onli...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
Arkansas | At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Conditions Not Requiring Certification
S.B. 1044 (sections 16-17)
States that teacher certification requirements do not apply to persons teaching concurrent credit courses or advanced placement courses who: (i) Are employed by a postsecondary institution; (ii) Meet the qualification requirements of that institution or the d...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
Arkansas | Counseling/Guidance |
P-12 | Incentives for Teacher Recruitment and Retention in High-Priority Districts
S.B. 1044 (section 31)
Includes guidance counselors and librarians in definition of "teacher" or "teachers" in provisions relating to incentives for teacher recruitment and retention in high-priority districts. Clarifies that all teachers not newly signed to work in a high-priority ...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
Arkansas | Curriculum |
P-12 | International Baccalaureate Diploma Program
S.B. 1054
Allows a high school course offered under the international baccalaureate diploma program to be treated the same as an advanced placement course in terms of the state grading scale and weighted credit, teacher licensure requirements, district reporting of cour...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
Arkansas | Curriculum |
P-12 | Seized Motor Vehicles
H.B. 2828
Allows motor vehicles seized by law enforcement agencies to be donated to school districts for driver's education courses. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb2828.pdf...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
Arkansas | Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
P-12 | Distance Learning Coordinating Council
S.B. 592
Repeals language relating to the Arkansas Interagency Distance Learning Review Commission. Establishes the Distance Learning Coordinating Council. Assigns the council to evaluate distance learning activities for K-12 education across the state and determine if...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
Arkansas | State Longitudinal Data Systems |
P-12,
Postsec. | Career Counseling for Students
H.B. 2868
Requires each district's student services plan to include a district-level tracking system for students who fail to reach proficiency on state-mandated assessments. Specifies that guidance and counseling services in each district's "student services program" i...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
Indiana | High School |
P-12,
Postsec. | Core 40 Curriculum
S.B. 200
Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, requires, with certain exceptions, a student to complete the Core 40 curriculum in order to graduate from high school. Beginning with the 2011-2012 academic year, requires, with certain exceptions, a student to have co...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
Kansas | Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
P-12,
Postsec. | Math and Science Teacher Scholarships
S.B. 138
Allows the board of education of any school district, any teacher of mathematics, science, physics, chemistry or biology, and a business firm to enter a partnership agreement under which such business firm agrees to employ such teacher in a position that requi...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
Kansas | Special Education |
P-12 | School Districts
H.B. 2331 (multiple provisions)
Incorporates the changes made by the U.S. Congress to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act into state statutes. The major changes include the following: Allows school districts to spend up to 15 percent of the federal funding they receive on...
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To governor 04/2005 |
Utah | No Child Left Behind |
P-12 | Implementing Federal Programs Act
H.B. 1001
School officials may:
(a) apply for, receive, and administer funds made available through programs of the
federal government;
(b) only expend federal funds for the purposes for which they are received and are
accounted for by the state, school district, or cha...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
Washington | Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Education and Higher Education Finance Study
S.B. 5441
Section 2 creates the comprehensive education study steering committee. The director of the Office of Financial Management (OFM) is a member. The steering committee will appoint members to three advisory committees: early learning, K-12, and higher education. ...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
Washington | P-3 |
P-12 | Washington Early Learning Council
H.B. 1152
From the fiscal note: The bill establishes the Washington early learning council within the Governor's Office. The purpose of the council is to
provide vision, leadership, and direction to the improvement, realignment, and expansion of early learning programs ...
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To governor 04/2005 |
Washington | Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Postsec.,
Community College | Foster Care Endowed Scholarship Program
H.B. 1050
Adds a new chapter to Title 28B RCW. Creates a foster care endowed scholarship program. The purpose of the program is to help students who were in foster care attend an institution of higher education in the state of Washington. Creates an advisory board and m...
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Signed into law 04/2005 |
West Virginia | Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
P-12 | Local Government Flexibility Act
S.B. 419
Creates a pilot program; cites the Local Government Flexibility Act of 2005; relates to the ability of local government and school districts to request waivers. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2005_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB419%20SUB1.htm...
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Signed into law 03/2005 |
Arkansas | Accountability--School Improvement |
P-12 | Leadership Academy School Support Program
H.B. 2434
Creates the Arkansas Leadership Academy School Support Program to train principals and teachers in schools and districts designated as being in school improvement. Specifies that any school district in school improvement may be invited, strongly encouraged, or...
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Signed into law 03/2005 |
Arkansas | Economic/Workforce Development |
Postsec. | The Mission and Scope of Higher Education
S.B. 287
An act to strengthen the connection between the mission and scope of Arkansas institutions of higher education and the economic goals of the state. Requires the department of economic development to provide the department of higher education with a list of the...
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Signed into law 03/2005 |
Arkansas | Leadership |
P-12 | School District Coordinator and Executive Council
S.B. 490
Permits any county that contains all or part of six or more districts to create an executive council and a school district coordinator. Establishes membership of executive council and duties and powers of school district coordinator. http://www.arkleg.state.ar...
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Signed into law 03/2005 |
Arkansas | School/District Structure/Operations |
P-12 | Comprehensive Financial Review of School Districts Prior to Annexation or Consolidation
H.B. 2560
Requires a comprehensive financial review of school districts prior to consolidation, annexation, or otherwise reorganization. Requires any district involved in consolidation or annexation to have an audit begun within 30 days of the closing of the district's ...
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Signed into law 03/2005 |
Idaho | Attendance |
P-12 | Habitual Truant
S.B. 1066
Revises the definition of a "habitual truant." Revises the provisions applicable to proceedings against parents and guardians whose children are habitual truants. Allows proceedings to be brought against any parent of a habitual truant who is found to have kno...
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Signed into law 03/2005 |
Kentucky | Curriculum |
P-12 | Health and Nutrition in Schools
S.B. 172
Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, requires each school to limit access to no more than one day each week to retail fast foods in the cafeteria, whether sold by contract, commercial vendor, or otherwise.
Requires every district to appoint a food servic...
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Signed into law 03/2005 |
Kentucky | Leadership |
P-12 | Instructional Leadership
H.B. 301
Effective July 2006, requires an instructional leader to complete an intensive annual training program of a minimum of 21 hours a year and approved by the state board of education. Mandates that state board include a provision to allow an instructional leader ...
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Signed into law 03/2005 |
Utah | Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
P-12 | Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarships
H.B. 249
Creates a program to award scholarships to students with disabilities who attend a private school. Specifies criteria for qualifying for a scholarship; specifies criteria for private schools to enroll scholarship students; specifies the amount, timing, and for...
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Signed into law 03/2005 |
Virginia | Career/Technical Education |
P-12 | Entrepreneurship Education Program
S.B. 969
Creates the Entrepreneurship Education Program, consisting of grants administered by the state board to public secondary schools to support innovative educational programs designed to assist students in the development of their entrepreneurial, academic, and l...
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Signed into law 03/2005 |
Virginia | High School |
P-12 | Credits for Industry Certification
S.B. 1045
Directs the Board of Education to provide for the award of verified credits for passing scores on industry certifications, state licensure examinations, and national occupational competency assessments approved by the Board of Education. School boards shall re...
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Signed into law 03/2005 |
Virginia | No Child Left Behind |
P-12 | Waivers from Compliance with No Child Left Behind Act
H.B. 2602, S.B. 1136
Directs the Board of Education to seek a waiver from compliance with those provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act that are duplicative of the Commonwealth's prior educational accountability system as set forth in the Standards of Quality, Standards...
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Signed into law 03/2005 |
Virginia | Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
P-12,
Postsec. | Athletic Ineligibility
H.B. 2832
Provides that the Virginia High School League must establish rules requiring that, upon disclosure, a public school student athlete who uses anabolic steroids during the training period immediately preceding or during the sport season of the school athletic te...
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Signed into law 02/2005 |
Arkansas | Economic/Workforce Development |
Postsec. | Centers Of Excellence At Colleges
S.B. 285
Defines a "center of excellence" as a consortium of two or more institutions of higher education working in collaboration with regional economic developers to address the workforce education and training needs of a region for existing, expanding, or attracting...
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Florida | P-16 or P-20 |
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Community College | Articulation Among Universities, Community Colleges and School Districts
FAC 6A-10.024
Each state university board of trustees, community college board of trustees and district school board must plan and adopt policies and procedures to provide articulated programs so that students can proceed toward their educational objectives as rapidly as th...
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Ohio | No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
P-12 | Changes in Provisions Related to No Child Left Behind
H.B. 493
Specifies that adequate yearly progress for school districts and buildings must be calculated in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Requires the state department to submit to each member of the Senate and House Education Committees: (1) a wr...
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