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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