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2018 P-3 Education Legislative Tracker This document will be updated monthly and tracks legislation in multiple areas of pre-kindergarten through third grade (P-3)
education, including legislation in the following areas (click the link to jump to section)
Assessment and Intervention
Data Systems and Governance
Dual- and English-Language Learners
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Family Engagement
Literacy and Numeracy
Kindergarten
Preschool
School Readiness and Transitions
School Discipline and Social Emotional Learning
STEM Education
Task Forces, Pilot Programs and Committees
Teachers (Professional Development, Certification, Credentialing, Coaching and Content Specialization)
P-3 General (includes legislation on chronic absenteeism, finance, opportunity gap, standards and much more)
More information on NCSL’s work in P-3 education can be found on the Early Learning and Support Website.
Assessment and Intervention
State/Jurisdiction Bill #/Link Assoc. Bills Author Disposition Summary
Florida S 1822 H 1365
Grall (R)
Hukill (R) Prefiled Requires the Office of Early Learning to adopt an
observation-based child assessment system that
contains specified elements, under certain
circumstances; requires each early learning coalition to
implement a specified age-appropriate observation
based assessment for certain children, rather than a
pre assessment and post assessment.
Minnesota H 280 Bly (DFL) Carryover
to 2018
Relates to an alternative assessment system focused
on growth, not proficiency. Contains specific
provisions for assessing English learners.
Tennessee H 1312 S 1300
Yarbro (D)
Turner (D) Carryover
to 2018
Prohibits the administration of standardized tests to
students in pre-K-2, unless the tests are used for a
diagnostic purpose or required by federal law;
prohibits the use of standardized tests for students in
K-2 to evaluate a classroom, teacher, school, or
school district.
Data Systems and Governance
State/Jurisdiction Bill
#/Link
Assoc. Bills Author Disposition Summary
Alabama H 71 Collins (R) Passed 1st
Committee
Amends the qualifications of the Secretary of Early
Childhood Education.
California A 11 McCarty
(D)
Carryover
to 2018
The bill would establish in the California Health and
Human Services Agency, the Early Childhood
Innovation Partnership Advisory Council, to be
comprised of various entities, including a
representative from the State Department of
Education. The bill would require the advisory
council to be responsible for various functions,
including reviewing and approving partnership grant
applications, hearing and responding to partnership
requests for technical assistance, and providing
reports to the Legislature, as provided.
California S 18 SCR 41 Pan (D) Carryover
to 2018
Creates the Joint Legislative Committee on Children
and Youth to develop "California's Promise to its
Children and Youth," a framework for the care and
welfare of children and youth in various contexts,
including health care, nutrition, homeless assistance,
education, and foster care.
Colorado Draft Early
Childhood
and School
Readiness
Legislative
Commission
Draft Extends the repeal date of the commission from
July 1, 2018 to July 1, 2023.
Delaware 5 2017 Reestablishes the Family Services Cabinet Council to
develop a statewide family strategy to assure that
public and private initiatives are coordinated and
focused to provide the support and assistance
required for the success of families in today's
society; provides that the mission of the Council is
to act as a catalyst for public-private partnerships to
reduce service fragmentation and make it easier for
families to get supportive services.
Florida S 1254 Passidomo Introduced Amends duties of the Office of Early Learning to
coordinate with the Child Care Services Program
Office and to adopt program assessment
requirements for school readiness program
providers.
Hawaii S 687 Kidani (D) Carryover
to 2018
Broadens the scope of the early learning program to
include early childhood development; expands the
function of the early learning advisory board beyond
an advisory capacity and amends the composition
and powers of some board members; requires the
board to appoint and evaluate the director of the
executive office on early learning.
Hawaii S 711 H 937
Takumi
(D)
Tokuda (D) Carryover
to 2018
Appropriates funds for the executive office on Early
learning to enter into contracts with third party
providers for family child interaction learning
programs.
Massachusetts H 2838 Cabral (D) Introduced Establishes the universal pre-kindergarten commission.
Massachusetts H 2874 Peisch (D) Introduced Provides that the Department of Early Education
and Care be authorized to establish pre-kindergarten
grant programs for children between the ages of 2
years and 9 months and the age a child becomes
eligible for kindergarten.
Minnesota H 1958 Loon (R) Carryover
to 2018
Relates to state government; relates to education
finance; establishes the early education access fund
in the Department of Administration; establishes a
director of early education and development within
the early education access fund; provides for
enhanced coordination of early education and
development programs; authorizes early education
resource hubs; requires a report; transfers certain
early education programs to the director of early
education and development; appropriates money.
Minnesota H 1970 Thissen
(DFL)
Carryover
to 2018
Creates the Early Care and Learning Commission.
Minnesota S 1845 H 2259
Loon (R)
Nelson (R) Carryover
to 2018
Establishes the Early Education Access Fund in the
Department of Administration; establishes a director
of Early education and development within the
Early education access fund; provides for enhanced
coordination of Early education and development
programs.
Nebraska L 1033 Murante Introduced Develops a joint entity to provide one or more early
childhood education programs or services for
children living in poverty.
New Jersey S 698 Ruiz (D) Introduced Establishes the Department of Early Childhood and
prescribes duties.
New Mexico SJR 3 Padilla (D) Prefiled Proposes to amend article 12 of the constitution of
New Mexico by adding a new section to create the
early childhood education department to provide for
voluntary early childhood education services and
amending section 3 of that article to allow that
department to contract for nonsectarian,
nondenominational early childhood education
services.
New Mexico H 97 Dow (R) Introduced Changes term duration and establishing term limits
of state early learning advisory council members;
expands requirements for recommendations by the
council to the children, youth and families
department and the legislature; extends the sunset
date for the council.
New Mexico S 74 Morales (D) Introduced Creates the Early Childhood Services department;
provides powers and duties; assigns lead department
status for certain federal programs and grants;
transfers programs, functions, personnel,
appropriations, money, records, property,
contractual obligations and statutory references.
New York S 3412 A 3540
Richardson
(D)
Parker (D) Introduced Establishes a division of early childhood within the
office of children and family services to coordinate,
consolidate and integrate early childhood programs.
North Carolina H 556 Horn (R) Passed 1st
Chamber
Establishes an office of early childhood education.
Prescribes powers, duties and reporting.
South Carolina S 840 Talley (R) Prefiled Relates to the South Carolina children's code; adds
chapter 10; creates the Department of Early
Development and Education; provides that the
department is divided into two divisions, the early
health and wellness division and the early care and
education division.
Tennessee H 1248 S 1067
Gresham
(R)
Dunn (R) Carryover
to 2018
Clarifies that the Office of Early Learning within the
Department of Education must provide an annual
report to the governor and the general assembly on
the status of pre-kindergarten programs by March 1
of each year beginning in 2018.
Washington H 2069 Dent (R) Carryover
to 2018
Suspends certain rule-making activities of the
Department of Early Learning.
Washington S 5247 H 1719
Lovick (D)
Zeiger (R) Carryover
to 2018
Updates certain Department of Early Learning
advising and contracting mechanisms to reflect
federal requirements, legislative mandates, and
planned system improvements.
Washington S 6287 Darneille
(D)
Introduced Makes technical changes regarding the Department of Children, Youth and Families.
Dual- and English-Language Learners State/Jurisdiction Bill
#/Link
Assoc. Bills Author Disposition Summary
Arizona H 2281 Norgaard (R) Introduced Removes the four-hour English language
development requirement for English learners
enrolled in dual language programs.
Arizona H 2435 SCR 1012
Quezada
Boyer (R) Introduced Requires annual reporting on EL programs;
including: descriptions of program models,
enrollment, length of time students are classified
as ELs, academic performance after
reclassification and summaries of how districts and
schools are helping ELs achieve English
proficiency.
Arizona S 1177 Miranda (D) Introduced Allows school districts and charter schools to
apply for a 3-year waiver from the minimum 4-
hour English language development (ELD)
requirement, demonstrating that ELD be provided
through an alternative, research-based language
program.
California A 81 Enacted Requires a certain notice of assessment of a child's
English proficiency to include specified
information, including whether a child is a long-
term English learner or is at risk of becoming a
long-term English learner. Requires a school
district to provide a notification letter to a pupil's
parent or guardian.
California A 1142 Medina (D) Enacted Replaces a criterion for receiving a state seal of
biliteracy with an updated assessment.
California A 1482 Kiley (R) Introduced Prohibits a school district of residence from
prohibiting the transfer of a pupil who is an
English learner.
California S 463 Lara (D) Passed 1st
Chamber
Deletes a provision requiring the Department of
Education to establish procedures for the
reclassification of a pupil from English learner to
English proficient. Requires a local educational
agency that has one or more pupils who are
English learners to determine whether to reclassify
a pupil as English proficient according to specified
factors. Requires a determination concerning
minimum scores on specified assessments for such
reclassification.
Illinois H 3077 Hernandez
(D)
Introduced Appropriates funding from the general revenue
fund to the state board of education for English
learner support software for school district
instruction.
Illinois S 1776 Connelly (R) Introduced Amends ELL instruction to require that if an ELL
has been enrolled in a U.S. school for more than
12 months, they will be required to be assessed.
Iowa S 6 H 329
Gaines
(D), H 341
Oldson (D)
Quirmbach Carryover
to 2018
Raises the additional funding weight for ELLs
from .22 to .30. The additional weighting may be
included for a period not exceeding six years.
Iowa S 427 Senate
Education
Committee
Carryover
to 2018
Relates to supplementary weighting for limited
English proficient students.
Iowa SSB 1137 Senate
Education
Committee
Carryover
to 2018
Directs the department of education to develop
and administer a seal of biliteracy program to
recognize students graduating from high school
who have demonstrated proficiency in a foreign
language.
Massachusetts H 2841 H 2871
Peisch (D)
Cronin (D) Introduced Provides for a funding multiplier for ELL
students.
Massachusetts H 3482 Murray (D) Introduced Any school district that has experienced at least a
20 student increase over the prior fiscal year in the
number of students who are classified as English
learners shall receive an additional cost
reimbursement from the commonwealth for such
English learners in the current fiscal year.
Massachusetts H 3557 Stanley (D) Introduced The department of elementary and secondary
education shall provide a grant to: (i) any school
district that has experienced significant growth
over the prior fiscal year in the number of students
who are classified as English learners for such
English learners in the current fiscal year for the
purpose of creating innovating programming to
support the success of English learners and (ii) any
school district that has demonstrated innovating
programming to support the success of English
learners.
Massachusetts H 4032 Report of
Conference
Committee
Enacted Allows school districts to determine the most
appropriate means of instructing ELs; allows for
bilingual education.
Massachusetts S 232 H 231
Carvalho
(D)
H 2839
Cabral (D)
DiDomenico
(D)
Introduced Creates the Language Opportunity for Our Kids
Act (LOOK)-several provisions for ELLs. Revises
several provisions of English language learner
education to enhance equity, including
accountability, disaggregated reporting, evaluation,
parental involvement, educator professional
development and long-term outcomes. Also
includes developing a seal of biliteracy for high
school graduates.
Massachusetts S 253 Fattman (R) Introduced An act for establishing funds to provide for
increases in the population of ELL students.
Minnesota H 1079 Erickson (R) Carryover
to 2018
Relates to professional educator licensing and
standards; creates provisions specific to the
instruction of ELL students.
Minnesota H 1332 Erickson (R) Carryover
to 2018
Requires that technically-sound accommodations
or alternative assessments are available for ELLs
whom statewide assessments are inappropriate.
Minnesota S 855 Torres-Ray
(DFL)
Carryover
to 2018
Relates to education finance; provides additional
funding for ELL students.
Mississippi H 8 Miles (D) Introduced Provides that a proportionate share of the residual funds in the education enhancement fund prescribed for use for other educational needs shall be appropriated for the purpose of providing additional funding for educational support and teacher resources to school districts with twenty percent or more of its student enrollment comprised of English language learners.
Mississippi H 22 Miles (D) Introduced Establishes the state English language learners
scholarship program for the purpose of recruiting
and educating certain qualified persons to teach in
an area of critical need in this state with a
broadening student population of English
language learners.
Mississippi H 1279 Anderson (D) Introduced Requires the uniform basic skills tests to be
administered in the primary spoken language of
students identified as English language learners;
requires the state department of education to
translate and print the assessments in the
appropriate language for the appropriate grade
levels.
Mississippi S 2807 Burton (R) Introduced Provides that a proportionate share of the residual
funds in the education enhancement fund
prescribed for use for other educational needs
shall be appropriated for the purpose of providing
additional funding for educational support and
teacher resources to school districts with 8 percent
or more of its student enrollment comprised of
English language learners.
New Jersey S 2808 Ruiz (D) Passed 1st
Committee
Requires the commissioner of education to
develop guidance on identifying English language
learners for gifted and talented programs.
New York S 4778 Hannon (R) Introduced Provides aid for substantial enrollment growth;
specifies the group of English language learners.
New York S 4804 Squadron (D) Introduced Requires the administration and the instruction in
preparation of the TASC examination in the
Chinese and Korean languages for pupils who are
proficient in these languages and of limited
English proficiency.
New York A 944 Rozic (D) Introduced Requires the administration and the instruction in
preparation of the TASC examination in the
Chinese and Korean languages for pupils who are
proficient in these languages and of limited
English proficiency.
New York A 945 Rozic (D) Introduced Requires school districts to establish a language
assistance program for limited English proficient
parents of students; requires record keeping and
annual reporting; permits districts to jointly
establish such programs.
New York A 1290 Rozic (D) Introduced ELLs’ English language proficiency will be
measured after three years in a program of
bilingual education or English as a second
language and each year thereafter.
New York A 5717 Brindisi (D) Introduced Relates to creating aid for substantial enrollment
growth of ELL students.
New York S 4186 Dilan (D) Introduced Relates to administration of language assessment
instruments to students receiving a program of
bilingual education or English as a second
language.
Oklahoma S 515 Stanislawski
(R)
Carryover
to 2018
Establishes benchmarks to measure proficiency
among students in an ELL program.
Rhode Island H 5581 O’Brien (D) Introduced Prohibits the administration of standardized
statewide assessments or similar tests to students
identified as limited English proficient students
prior to a specified date.
Rhode Island H 5751 S 472
DiPalma
(D)
Diaz (D) Introduced Would amend the state aid funding formula for
compensation of school districts for the additional
costs of educating students learning English.
Virginia H 13 Kaye Kory (D) Prefiled Requires state funding to be provided to support
20 instructional positions for every 1,000 ELL
students (up from 17).
Washington H 2590 Ortiz-Self (D) Introduced Provides for new requirements for the transitional
bilingual instruction program for ELs.
Washington D.C. B 244 Mendelson
(D)
Enacted Provides an additional funding multiplier of 0.49
for English language learners.
Wisconsin A 12 Ott (R) Introduced Modifies terminology regarding limited-English
proficient pupils.
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) State/Jurisdiction Bill #/Link Assoc. Bills Author Disposition Summary
Washington S 5247 Zeiger Carryover
to 2018
Updates certain department of early learning advising
and contracting mechanisms to reflect federal
requirements, legislative mandates, and planned system
improvements.
Family Engagement State/Jurisdiction Bill #/Link Assoc. Bills Author Disposition Summary
California A 842 Gipson
(D)
Passed 1st
Committee
Establishes the California Community Schools Act, which would require the State Department of Education to make grants available to qualified schools to plan and operate community schools.
Florida S 1192 Stargel (R) Prefiled Requires certain assessment results to be provided to
parents within a specified timeframe; requires the
Office of Early Learning to aggregate specified
assessment results to be distributed to certain entities
and posted on the offices website within a specified
timeframe; authorizes certain students to reenroll in
the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program;
specifies that the program be offered by a provider
that has met certain criteria.
Georgia S 30 Fort (D) Carryover
to 2018
Provides for Sustainable Community School
Operational Grants; provides for definitions;
provides for planning and implementation grants;
provides for applications for grants; requires the
development of community school plans; provides
for requirements for grant recipients; delineates the
purposes for which grant funds may be used;
provides for reports.
Mississippi S 2228 Simmons
(D)
Introduced Establishes a Motivating Parents and Children
(MPAC) pilot program within the state Department
of Education for the purpose of making grants to
school districts that provide parental involvement
services to families of compulsory school age
children.
New York A 405 Perry (D) Introduced Establishes a parent and student training center
within the City University of New York.
New York A 791 Pretlow
(D)
Introduced Establishes family literacy programs for economically
disadvantaged families living in poverty areas or areas
with low-performing public schools; provides for
competitive matching grants to establish a
comprehensive program; requires commissioner of
education to submit an annual report to the governor
and legislature.
New York A 1317 S 2859
Parker (D)
Rozic (D) Introduced Establishes the Education Equity Act which
provides language assistance to parents or guardians
who have children enrolled in public school and
whose primary language is not English; defines
terms; creates an annual language assistance plan to
assess language needs in the district; requires the
department of education to establish web pages
detailing the rights of parents to translation services
in each covered language.
New York S 2290 A 2152
Peoples-
Stokes (D)
S 3481
Stewart-
Cousins (D)
Parker (D) Introduced Relates to establishing full-service community
schools to improve student outcomes through a
systematic effort designed to coordinate educational
programs with essential health, mental health and
enrichment services and facilitate parental
involvement in their children's education.
Rhode Island S 435 Doyle (D) Introduced Requires that the commissioner of elementary and
secondary education develop a strategic plan for
creating a community school initiative.
Virginia H 121 Rasoul (D) Prefiled Relates to community schools; requires the
Department of Education to establish an interagency
taskforce composed of state and local agencies and
entities in the areas of early childhood development,
health, social services, community engagement,
family engagement, higher education, and workforce
development for the purpose of developing a
program for the establishment of community
schools.
Washington H 1365 Ortiz-Self
(D)
Carryover
to 2018
Requires the use of trained meeting facilitators in
certain planning meetings involving children, parents,
caregivers and others.
Washington H 1618 Ortiz-Self
(D)
Carryover
to 2018
Concerns family and community engagement
coordinators.
Wisconsin S 282 Larson (D) Introduced Relates to community school start-up grants; makes
an appropriation.
Kindergarten State/Jurisdiction Bill
#/Link
Assoc. Bills Author Disposition Summary
California S 837 Dodd (D) Introduced Requires, as a condition of receipt of
apportionments for pupils in a transitional
kindergarten program, progressively younger 4-year-
old pupils to be admitted to a transitional
kindergarten program.
Colorado H 4 Kerr (D) Introduced Concerning increasing the funding for preschool
through 12th grade public education, and, in
connection therewith, increasing the funding for
full-day kindergarten and requiring the secretary of
state to submit a ballot question to authorize the
state to retain and spend for preschool through
twelfth grade public education any state revenues
above the excess state revenues cap approved by the
voters in 2005.
Colorado Draft Early
Childhood
and School
Readiness
Draft Beginning in 2018-2019 school year, requires the
Department of Education to count a kindergarten
student enrolled in a full-day program as 85 percent
of a full-day student (up from 58 percent), a half day
Legislative
Commission
kindergarten student enrolled in a half-day program
as no more than 58 percent, and a 12th-grade
student as no more than 75 percent of full-day,
unless the student is concurrently enrolled in a
postsecondary course or in a P-TECH school (down
from 100%).
Kansas S 238 Senate Ways
& Means
Carryover
to 2018
Lowers the compulsory school attendance age from
7 to 6.
Michigan H 4250 Sowerby (D) Introduced Provides for mandatory enrollment in kindergarten
and full-day kindergarten and revises age of
attendance requirement.
Mississippi H 819 H 983
Gibbs (D)
Williams-
Barnes (D)
Introduced Lowers the compulsory school attendance age from
6 to 5.
Nebraska L 803 Stinner
(NP)
Introduced Beginning with the 2019-20 school year, all school
districts shall offer the same minimum hours of
instruction in kindergarten as all other elementary
grades.
New Hampshire H 155 Luneau (I) Introduced Increases funding for pupils attending full-day
kindergarten programs.
New Jersey S 1455 Ruiz (D) Passed 1st
Committee
Requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts.
New York S 700 A 1625
Zebrowski
(D)
Carlucci (D) Introduced Provides funding to support full-day kindergarten
and requirements for calculating aid.
North Carolina H 136 Lambeth
(R)
Introduced Lowers the compulsory school attendance age from
7 to 6 years old.
Pennsylvania H 24 S 295
Fontana
(D)
O’Brien (D) Introduced Requires that each kindergarten class shall have no
more than 20 students.
Pennsylvania H 1487 Fitzgerald
(D)
Introduced Requires the state department of education to
develop a plan for implementation of full-day
kindergarten by the 2018-2019 academic year.
Virginia S 274 Barker (D) Prefiled Relates to kindergarten instructional time; increases
from 540 hours to 990 hours the minimum
instructional hours in a school year for students in
kindergarten; directs the Board of Education to
promulgate regulations by July 1, 2020, establishing
standards for accreditation that include a
requirement that the standard school day for
students in kindergarten average at least 5.5
instructional hours in order to qualify for full
accreditation.
Literacy and Numeracy State/Jurisdiction Bill
#/Link
Assoc.
Bills
Author Disposition Summary
Alaska H 64 S 27
Dunleavy
(R)
Drummond
(D)
Carryover
to 2018
Relates to the establishment of the Task Force on
Reading Proficiency and Reading Instruction for all
students and on the effects of dyslexia on some
students.
California S 494 Hueso (D) Passed 2nd
Committee
Establishes the Golden State Reading Guarantee grant program. Requires a local educational agency that chooses to apply for a grant to submit an application that contains certain minimum information. Provides eligibility requirements.
Florida H 161 Cortes (D) Introduced Relates to mandatory retention; revises provisions relating to reading deficiencies and parental notification.
Florida H 6063 S 1660 DuBose (D) Introduced Removes the retention requirement for third graders not reading at grade level.
Massachusetts H 3926 S 2173
Boncore
(D)
Day (D) Introduced Establishes Early Literacy Education Grant
Programs within the departments of Elementary and
Secondary Education and Early Education and Care.
Michigan H 5146 C. Clemente
(D)
Introduced Expands the reading improvement program under
certain circumstances.
Minnesota H 341 S 1222 Pratt
(R)
Thissen
(DFL)
Carryover
to 2018
Modifies provisions of the state literacy goal to have
every child reading at or above grade level no later
than third grade.
Minnesota H 538 Christensen
(R)
Carryover
to 2018
Requires a personal learning plan for third grade
students who do not read at grade level.
Minnesota H 2529 Kunesh-
Podein
(DFL)
Carryover
to 2018
Appropriates funding for the Minnesota Reading
Corps Program.
Minnesota S 453 Chamberlain
(R)
Carryover
to 2018
Requires each district to have a dyslexia and literacy
specialist.
Missouri H 1417 S 949
Emery (R)
M. Kelley
(R)
Pre-filed Establishes a reading intervention program for K-3
students with reading deficiencies.
Nebraska L 651 Lineham
(NP)
Carryover
to 2018
Beginning with school year 2019-20, each student
shall demonstrate sufficient reading skills by the end
of third grade as demonstrated by the student
scoring at or above grade level on the third grade
statewide reading assessment or the student shall be
retained in third grade unless he or she qualifies for
an exemption.
New Mexico H 210 Youngblood
(R)
Introduced Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, requires
specified students not proficient in reading at the
end of grades kindergarten through three to require
promotion decisions.
North Carolina H 658 S 280 Burr (R) Introduced Appropriates funds for early literacy initiatives.
South Carolina S 34 S 35
Malloy (D)
Malloy (D) Carryover
to 2018
Relates to the availability of the South Carolina child
early reading development and education program;
expands the program to qualified children residing in
other districts based upon the district's poverty
index; expands the program to all qualified children
in all school districts; expands the program to
include all children within specified years of the
program's expansion for all districts; relates to
provider applications.
Washington S 6553 Rivers (R) Introduced Concerns early literacy; identifies a students' specific
literacy strengths and weaknesses; states that literacy
improvement plans may address both academic and
nonacademic issues, such as reducing disruptive
behaviors or chronic absenteeism.
Preschool State/Jurisdiction Bill
#/Link
Assoc. Bills Author Disposition Summary
Alabama H 221 S 177
Pittman (R)
Warren (D) Introduced Provides for the deposit of tobacco settlement
revenues into the Children First Trust Fund.
Alaska H 52 Kawasaki
(D)
Carryover
to 2018
Relates to providing a pre-elementary program
within a school district; provides for the
certification of early childhood education plans.
Alaska S 99 Begich (D) Carryover
to 2018
Makes technical changes to funding preschool
education.
Alaska S 104 Finance
Committee
Carryover
to 2018
Relates to the duties of the state Board of Education and Early Development, relates to school curriculum.
California A 1754 McCarty (D) Introduced This bill, the Pre-K for All Act of 2018, requires the state to provide all 4-year-old children who meet eligibility requirements with access to early care and education programs.
California S 83 Senate
Budget and
Fiscal
Review
Carryover
to 2018
Modifies funding for various education and childcare programs. Clarifies eligibility for state preschool programs. Clarifies eligibility for services under the Child Care and Development Act. Establishes the California Educator Development (CalED) Program to support the preparation and continued learning of teachers, principals, and other school leaders.
Florida H 951 Fischer (R) Prefiled Requires certain assessment results be provided to
parents within a specified timeframe; requires the
Office of Early Learning to aggregate specified
assessment results to be distributed to certain
entities and posted on the offices website within a
specified timeframe; authorizes certain students to
re-enroll in the Voluntary Prekindergarten
Education Program.
Florida H 1091 Grall (R) Prefiled Revises the definition of at-risk child; revises the
duties of the Office of Early Learning; provides
for the development of a program assessment for
school readiness providers; provides program
assessment requirements; revises the standard
statewide contract for providers.
Florida H 1297 S 1738 Brown (D) Introduced Prohibits a private pre-k provider from
participating in the voluntary pre-k education
program and school readiness program for a
specified period.
Florida S 1084 Rousson (D) Prefiled Relates to pay-for-suceess contracts; authorizes a
state agency to enter into a pay-for-success
contract with a private entity under certain
conditions, subject to an appropriation and
specified language in the General Appropriations
Act; authorizes an agency to carry forward
specified unexpended appropriations under certain
circumstances; provides contract requirements.
Florida S 1254 Passidomo
(R)
Prefiled Requires the Office of Early Learning to adopt
program assessment requirements for school
readiness program providers which measure the
quality of teacher-child interactions using a
research-based observation tool. Requirements
must include, at a minimum, the adoption of
quality measures, including a minimum threshold
for contracting purposes, processes for
participation, the granting of exemptions, and the
achievement of improvement through the
completion of an improvement plan.
Florida S 1546 Simmons (R) Prefiled Revises the voluntary pre-K program to include a
specified in-home, technology-based program.
Hawaii H 388 Morikawa
(D)
Carryover
to 2018
Reestablishes eligibility for the preschool open
doors program to 3- and 4-year-old children and
for children in the year prior to entering
kindergarten.
Hawaii H 499 H 578
LoPresti (D)
Takumi (D) Carryover
to 2018
Repeals the priority given by the preschool open
doors program to children who are not eligible to
attend public school kindergarten in the calendar
year in which they turn five years of age because
their birth date occurs after the kindergarten
eligibility date; requires priority to be given to
children whose family income is at or below a
certain level.
Hawaii H 500 Takumi (D) Carryover
to 2018
Authorizes the executive office on early learning
and state public charter school commission to
enter into a memorandum of understanding to
administer charter school prekindergarten
classrooms; appropriates moneys to continue a
certain charter school prekindergarten classrooms.
Hawaii S 863 Kidani (D) Carryover
to 2018
Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the
State of Hawaii to advance the state's goal of
providing a quality education for the children of
Hawaii by authorizing the Legislature to establish,
as provided by law, a surcharge on residential
investment property and visitor accommodations.
Illinois S 1154 Radogno (R) Passed 1st
Committee
Makes a technical change concerning grants for
preschool educational programs.
Indiana S 29 Melton (D) Prefiled Relates to prekindergarten pilot program eligibility;
removes the requirement that, for an eligible child
to qualify for a grant under the prekindergarten
pilot program, the eligible child reside with a
parent or guardian who is working or attending a
job training program or educational program, or
actively seeking employment.
Iowa H 25 S 69
Petersen (D)
S 98 Hart
(D)
Koester (R) Carryover
to 2018
Relates to the statewide preschool program for
four-year-old children; modifies provisions for
calculating preschool budget enrollment; provides
for adjustments to preschool foundation aid
amounts; includes effective date and applicability
provisions.
Iowa H 180 Mascher (D) Carryover
to 2018
Establishes a full-day preschool program as part of
the statewide preschool program.
Iowa H 421 Breckenridge
(D)
Carryover
to 2018
Expands the statewide preschool program to
include certain five-year-old children; includes
effective date and applicability provisions.
Iowa S 136 Quirmbach
(D)
Carryover
to 2018
Relates to the state preschool program; establishes a preschool expansion incentive; authorizes state aid for the incentive; addresses program costs.
Iowa SSB 1136 HSB 178 Senate State
Government
Committee
Carryover
to 2018
Relates to authorized expenditures for preschool
programs under the statewide preschool program.
Maine S 76 Millett (D) Passed 1st
Chamber
Provides funding for the delivery of Head Start
services.
Massachusetts S 221 S 240
DiDomenico
(D)
Chang-Diaz
(D)
Introduced Relates to universal pre-kindergarten access.
Massachusetts S 334 Welch (D) Introduced Creates a birth to age three program of services.
Michigan S 217 H 4369
Kelly (R)
H 5150
Camilleri
(D)
Hildenbrand
(R)
Introduced Provides funding for Great Start Early Childhood
block grants.
Minnesota H 1339 Erickson (R) Carryover
to 2018
Relates to early childhood education; requires each
school district shall have in effect, for each child
with a disability, an individualized education
program; requires all students with disabilities are
provided the special instruction and services which
are appropriate to their needs.
Minnesota H 1997 S 1663
Nelson (R)
Kresha (R) Carryover
to 2018
Modifies child eligibility for the early learning
scholarship program.
Minnesota H 2701 Thissen
(DFL)
Carryover
to 2018
Creates an early learning hub system and
appropriates funding.
Mississippi H 208 H 340
Blackmon
(D)
Clark (D) Introduced Creates the Mississippi universal prekindergarten
program act of 2018.
Missouri H 1664 Swan (R) Prefiled Allows children who attend early childhood
education programs that are under contracts with
districts or charter schools to be included in the
average daily attendance of the district or charter
school.
Missouri S 634 Dixon (R) Prefiled Relates to a sales tax for early childhood education
programs.
New Hampshire H 1681 Henle (D) Prefiled Establishes an early childhood development tax
credit against business taxes administered by the
community development finance authority.
New Mexico SJR 2 Padilla (D) Prefiled Proposes an amendment to article 12, section 7 of
the Constitution of New Mexico, subject to the
approval of congress, to conditionally provide for
an additional annual distribution of one and one-
half percent of the land grant permanent funds, a
portion of which shall be used for early childhood
education services.
New York S 5122 Carlucci (D) Introduced Expands universal pre-kindergarten in public
schools.
North Carolina S 439 Waddell (D) Introduced Appropriates funds to eliminate the waitlist for the
NC Pre-Kindergarten program statewide.
Pennsylvania H 634 S 315
Hughes (D)
Quigley (R) Introduced Establishes the Preschool Education Grant
Program and providing for the funding of
preschool education for financially needy persons,
for educational support services for preschool
children and for distribution of books to parents
of preschool-age children.
Puerto Rico S 787 Cortes Introduced Establishes a pilot plan creating the pre-school as
part of elementary formal education.
Vermont H 517 House
Education
Carryover
to 2018
Relates to the establishment and organization of
prekindergarten programs.
School Readiness and Transitions State/Jurisdiction Bill
#/Link
Assoc.
Bills
Author Disposition Summary
Florida S 1150 Steube (R) Prefiled Requires the Office of Early Learning to develop a
formula for the allocation of funding for the
school readiness program which meets certain
requirements; requires the office to submit the
formula to the Legislature by a specified date;
requires the formula to be implemented by a
specified date; requires the office to review and
update the formula within a specified timeframe.
Illinois H 1270 Madigan (D) Passed 1st
Committee
The State Board of Education shall develop and
provide evaluation tools, including tests, that
school districts and other eligible entities may use
to evaluate children for school readiness prior to
age five.
Minnesota S 558 H 890
Loon (R)
S 1523
Cwodzinski
(D)
Carryover
to 2018
Increases appropriations for school readiness
programs.
South Carolina H 3591 Govan (D) Passed 2nd
Committee
Relates to benchmarks and objectives required as
part of the first steps to school readiness
comprehensive long-range initiative; provides the
benchmarks and objectives must be approved by
the first steps to school readiness board of trustees
and posted on the internet website of the state
office of first steps to school readiness; relates to
the first steps school readiness assessment;
imposes certain requirements for reporting and
use of the results of the assessment.
Social-Emotional Learning and School Discipline State/Jurisdiction Bill #/Link Assoc. Bills Author Disposition Summary
Illinois S 1557 Lightford
(D)
Introduced Provides that Early childhood programs receiving
State Board of Education grants for preschool
educational programs shall prohibit the expulsion of
children; provides instead that when persistent and
serious challenging behaviors emerge, the Early
childhood program shall document steps taken to
ensure that the child can participate safely in the
program and utilize a range of community resources.
Maine S 450 Breen (D) Passed 1st
Chamber
Requires the Commissioner of Education to
implement, beginning September 1, 2019, a statewide
voluntary early childhood consultation program to
provide support and guidance to early care and
education teachers and to providers working in
public preschools, child care centers, family child
care settings and Head Start programs serving infants
and young children who are experiencing challenging
behaviors that put them at risk of learning difficulties
and removal from early learning settings.
Massachusetts H 2010 Balser (D) Introduced Requires the development of standards for
prohibiting or limiting the use of suspension and
expulsion in preschools.
Massachusetts S 876 Jehlen (D) Introduced School resource officers must devote a significant
portion of any time that they devote to professional
development activities to school-based or other
training that promotes heightened awareness of the
various challenges faced by students in the school to
which they are assigned, with an emphasis on those
that impart information regarding child development,
including the incidence and impact of adverse
childhood experiences, de-escalation techniques, and
implicit or unconscious bias.
Minnesota S 1861 S 2341
Kent
(DFL)
Hoffman
(DFL)
Carryover
to 2018
Makes non-exclusionary policies and practices a
central focus of pupil discipline.
Nebraska L 552 Walz (NP) Carryover
to 2018
Refers to adverse childhood experiences study in bill
creating Children’s Connection program.
New York A 3424 Solages (D) Introduced Establishes a task force to identify evidence-based
and evidence informed solutions to reduce children's
exposure to adverse childhood experiences.
Ohio S 246 Lehner (R) Introduced Amends school discipline policy for pre-kindergarten
through third grade students (does not prohibit
suspension or expulsion).
Tennessee S 4 Carryover
to 2018
Prohibits the Department of Education from
providing instruction or competencies in social and
emotional learning to fulfill the requirements for
character education.
Vermont H 23 Till (D) Introduced The secretary of education, in consultation with the
commissioner for children and families and of health,
shall create and disseminate training materials for
prekindergarten teachers in Vermont regarding the
identification of students exposed to adverse
childhood experiences. The training materials shall
include information as to how a prekindergarten
teacher may refer families with students exposed to
adverse childhood experiences to a community
health team.
Vermont S 261 Lyons (D) Prefiled Relates to mitigating trauma and toxic stress during
childhood by strengthening child and family
resilience.
Washington H 1518 Senn (D) Carryover
to 2018
Improves student achievement by promoting social
emotional learning throughout the calendar year.
Washington, D.C. B 594 Grosso (D) Introduced Establishes parameters for local education agencies'
discipline policies to ensure student safety and access
to education, including limits on the use of
suspensions and expulsions, reporting, and supports
provided by the Office of the State Superintendent
of Education to promote trauma-informed
educational settings.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education State/Jurisdiction Bill #/Link Assoc. Bills Author Disposition Summary
California A 418 Chau
(D)
Passed 1st
Committee
Establishes the Computer Science Education Grant
Pilot Program for K-12 students to provide grants to
establish and maintain computer science courses in
underserved areas and for historically-
underrepresented groups.
Indiana S 172 Raatz
(R)
Introduced Relates to computer science curriculum; establishes the next level computer science grant program and the next level computer science fund to award grants, includes pre-K through postsecondary education.
Minnesota S 2264 H 577 Hoffman
(DFL)
Carryover
to 2018
Creates a pilot grant program to encourage and
support underrepresented and disadvantaged girls in
exploring and pursuing stem careers; appropriates
money; requires a report.
New Jersey S 500 A 2195
Singleton(D)
Ruiz (D) Introduced Establishes a four-year grant program to fund
nontraditional STEM education programs for students
in grades K through 8.
Task Forces, Pilot Programs and Committees State/Jurisdiction Bill #/Link Assoc. Bills Author Disposition Summary
Delaware S 19 McDowell
(D)
Carryover
to 2018
Creates a pilot program for disadvantaged students in
early primary grades focused on reduced class size
and an intensive learning experience.
Florida H 543 S 1146
Simmons
(R)
Cortes (R) Prefiled Requires the Office of Early Learning to establish the Books to Babies Pilot Project in specified counties; provides resources to parents relating to emergent literacy skills; requires the office to oversee implementation of the pilot project; requires the office to select an organization that meets specified criteria to implement the pilot project.
Florida H 3185 Jacquet
(D)
Prefiled Relates to the appropriations project titled Riviera Beach Early Learning to Kindergarten Pilot; provides an appropriation.
Iowa H 65 Abdul-
Samad (D)
Carryover
to 2018
Requires the department of education to establish a
world language education pilot program to enhance
foreign language education in Iowa elementary
schools. The pilot program shall provide for
research-based foreign language instruction of
students beginning in kindergarten and continuing
through grade five.
Massachusetts H 2044 Jones (R) Introduced Relates to the establishment of an advisory board to
promote the improved use of school-level data to
inform effective resource allocation decisions at the
local level.
Massachusetts H 2838 Cabral (D) Introduced Creates the Universal Prekindergarten Commission.
Massachusetts S 38 H 1969
Ultrino (D)
Eldridge
(D)
Introduced Establishes a special commission of two-generation
approaches to childhood education.
Minnesota S 1847 Kent
(DFL)
Carryover
to 2018
Establishes a task force to determine the best
measures of student data and reporting (equity).
New Jersey S 371 Rice (D) Introduced Establishes a two-generational school readiness and
workforce development pilot program for certain
low-income households.
New Jersey S 973 Ruiz (D) Passed 1st
Committee
Establishes an early childhood innovation loan pilot
program and study commission with the Economic
Development Authority.
New York A 367 S 972
Avella (D)
(Enacted)
Lupardo
(D)
Passed 1st
Committee
Relates to the Early Childhood Advisory Council;
develops recommendations regarding statewide
professional development and career advancement
plans for early childhood educators in the state; also
changes appointment of members to governor’s
duties.
Washington H 1482 Sawyer (D) Carryover
to 2018
Creates a legislative-executive WorkFirst poverty
reduction oversight task force and an
intergenerational poverty advisory committee in
order to lay the groundwork in Washington for
advancing intergenerational prosperity and reducing
poverty.
Teachers State/Jurisdiction Bill #/Link Assoc. Bills Author Disposition Summary
Illinois H 3167 S 1619
Collins (D)
Stratton
(D)
To
Governor
Requires the Department of Human Services to
conduct and regularly update a study on the early
childhood workforce at least once every three years.
Includes the professional development system and
compensation levels.
Nebraska L 521 Walz Carryover
to 2018
Changes provisions related to Early childhood
education in the Tax Equity and Educational
Opportunities Support Act.
North Carolina S 449 Barefoot
(R)
Passed 1st
Chamber
By March 1, 2018, the Board of Governors of The
University of North Carolina and the State Board of
Community Colleges shall develop an articulation
agreement for the transfer of credits earned for an
associate degree in an ECE program at a community
college toward a baccalaureate degree in an ECE
program at a constituent institution for the purposes
of the student obtaining teacher licensure in the area
of ECE.
Pennsylvania H 1386 Phillips-
Hill (R)
Introduced Amends the Public School Code; relates to
certification of teachers; relates to instructional
certificate grade spans and age levels.
South Carolina H 3415 Clary (R) Carryover
to 2018
Beginning with students entering a teacher education
program in the fall semester of the 2016-2017 School
Year, all pre-service teacher education programs must
require all candidates seeking certification at the early
childhood or elementary level to complete a twelve
credit hour sequence in literacy that includes a school-
based practicum and ensures that candidates grasp the
theory, research, and practices that support and guide
the teaching of reading.
Washington S 5712 Zeiger (R) Carryover
to 2018
Develops a bilingual educational workforce.
P-3 General State/Jurisdiction Bill #/Link Assoc. Bills Author Disposition Summary
Arizona H 2070 Bolding
(D)
Introduced Provides a new weighted addition to the per-pupil
funding mechanism focused on students living in
poverty, foster care or for students who have been
neglected.
Delaware H 12 Passed 1st
Committee
Provides funding to kindergarten through third grade
for basic special education. This bill is an effort to
promote earlier identification and assistance for basic
special education needs which should then mitigate
costs over the long term.
Florida H 767 S 1084
Rouson
(D)
S 294
Rodriguez
(D)
Ausley (D) Passed 1st
Committee
Relates to pay-for-success contracts; provides
definitions; authorizes a state agency to enter into a
pay-for-success contract with a private entity under
certain conditions, subject to an appropriation and
specified language in the General Appropriations
Act.
Florida S 1334 Baxley (R) Prefiled Requires schools designated as one of the 300
lowest-performing elementary schools to include an
Early Childhood Transition Team in their required
school improvement plans; requires the principal of
each school, in consultation with a local Early
learning coalition, to appoint certain members to the
team; requires the team to develop a transition plan
that contains certain elements.
Georgia H 297 Bazemore
(D)
Carryover
to 2018
Provides requirements for safety plans in early care
and education programs.
Georgia S 98 Parent (D) Carryover
to 2018
Allows capital outlay funds to be used for
educational facilities for voluntary pre-k programs.
Hawaii S 837 Ruderman
(D)
Carryover
to 2018
Establishes a fee on sugar-sweetened beverages,
syrup, and powder with the revenues generated to be
used for Department of Education cooking,
gardening, nutrition, physical education, Early
education, science, and youth health programs at
public and charter schools.
Massachusetts S 308 Rush (D) Introduced Amends several provisions of education law
including increase time for recess, measuring success
of ELL programs and more.
Missouri H 1420 Pfautsch
(R)
Prefiled Extends the sunset on the early learning quality
assurance report program.
New Mexico H 136 Ruiloba (D) Introduced Creates the childhood poverty awareness training act;
requires all school districts and charter schools that
receive at-risk program units to provide such training
to school employees who work in a public school
with at-risk students or who have regular contact
with at-risk students to create an awareness of the
effects of childhood poverty on the academic
achievement and social development of students
New York S 2695 Parker (D) Introduced Establishes the "childcare and early education sector
on the economy act" to study the economic impact
on the state economy of quality childcare and early
education programs for children aged 0-4, and
afterschool programs for children aged 5-12.
Oregon H 134 House
Early
Childhood
and Family
Supports
Prefiled Establishes Early Childhood Equity Innovation
Fund; authorizes Early Learning Division to make
grants from fund for purpose of supporting culturally
specific early learning, early childhood and parent
support programs in this state; takes effect July 1,
2018.
Puerto Rico H 225 Fernandez
(PPD)
Introduced Creates the website Impetus to Early Childhood,
attached to the Department of Health with the aim
of accompanying and educate parents, mothers and
other caregivers about the development and welfare
of the child during early childhood; orders the
Department of Health, in coordination with the
Office of Management and Budget, to carry out its
development, deployment, and operation; establishes
the public policy in favor of the access to
information necessary for the well-being of the early
childhood.
Tennessee H 1304 S 1297
Yarbro (D)
Turner (D) Carryover
to 2018
Requires students enrolled in a pre-K program to
comply with the same attendance requirements as K-
12 students.
Utah H 11 Peterson
(R)
Introduced Relates to the UPSTART early literacy software;
giving priority access to preschool students from
low-income and English language learner families.
Washington S 5607 Braun (R) Carryover
to 2018
Revises education funding structures to recognize
that low-income children and ELLs require different
levels of resources. (Opportunity Gap)
Washington, D.C. B 26 Grosso (I) To
Congress
Amends the Pre-K Enhancement and Expansion
Amendment Act of 2008 to include pre-K age
students identified as at-risk in the allocation of
funding that each provider receives.
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