State Legislation 2004

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Senate Bill 1951: Children's Mental Health Act
8/6/2004

Arizona

House Bill 2548: Raising Compulsory Attendance to 18
2/26/2004

Senate Bill 1280: Expanding the Scholarship Tax Credit
2/18/2004

House Bill 2369: Homeschool Equality in Guaranteed Admission
6/14/2004

California

Senate Bill 1421: High school diploma: parental skills course
11/3/2004

Senate Bill 1343: Infant and Toddler Care Master Plan
11/3/2004

Senate Bill 550: Lowers Compulsory Attendance Age from 6 to 5 years old
8/31/2004

Senate Bill 6: Transfers Education Policy Authority to the Governor
8/27/2004

Colorado

House Bill 1180: Mandating Kindergarten Programs For Five Year Olds
2/11/2004

House Bill 1060: Child Welfare Investigation Reform
7/9/2004

Georgia

House Bill 1677: Mandatory Kindergarten Requirement
4/13/2004

House Bill 1428: Lowering Teacher Qualifications for Tutors
6/14/2004

House Bill 1227: Jury Duty Exemption for Homeschool Parents
4/21/2004

House Bill 395: Change in Compulsory Attendance and Truancy Penalties
4/13/2004

Idaho

House Bill 750: Raises Compulsory Attendance Age from 16 to 17
3/4/2004

House Bill 740: Lowers Compulsory Attendance Age, Mandates Kindergarten
3/4/2004

Senate Bill 1233: Provides for automatic misdemeanor for failure to provide “comparable instruction.”
2/24/2004

Illinois

Senate Bill 2918: Raises compulsory attendance age from 16 to 17
7/9/2004

Senate Bill 2448: A Bill to Impose Fourth Amendment Limitations on Social Worker Investigations
10/22/2004

Indiana

Senate Bill 367: Homeschoolers Exempt From Submitting Drop Out Report
3/2/2004

Iowa

House File 2394: Parent Taught Driver Education
5/18/2004

Kansas

Senate Bill 327: Allows "Home-schooled pupils" Participation In Public School Sports
5/13/2004

Kentucky

House Bill 304: An Act Relating to Drivers’ Licenses
3/11/2004

House Bill 610: Voluntary Certification of Homeschools
3/1/2004

House Bill 474: Raising Compulsory Attendance
3/12/2004

House Bill 247: Sex Offender Registry
1/23/2004

Louisiana

House Bill 1503: Student Loans/Scholarships
9/9/2004

Maine

Legislative Document 1082: An Act Regarding Habitual Truants
2/27/2004

Legislative Document 1669: An Act To Abrogate the Hearsay Rule in Cases Involving Custody or Protection of Children
2/19/2004

Legislative Document 177: An Act to Ensure that Emergency Medical Help is Available to All School Children and Personnel
3/4/2004

Maryland

Senate Bill 618: Education - Compulsory Attendance and Parental Responsibility - Age Limits
3/18/2004

Senate Bill 345: An Act Concerning Child in Need of Assistance - Habitual Truancy
3/8/2004

Senate Bill 899: An Act Concerning Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations - Parental Rights
4/21/2004

Senate Bill 602: An Act Concerning Family Law - Children - De Facto Custody
4/21/2004

House Bill 1092: An Act Concerning Family Law - Children - De Facto Custody
4/21/2004

House Bill 761: An Act Concerning Education: Reform and State Accountability Act of 2004
4/21/2004

House Bill 325: An Act Concerning: Child Abuse - Definition - Exemption for Reasonable Punishment by Parent or Stepparent
4/21/2004

House Bill 1085: An Act Concerning Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations - Parental Rights
3/24/2004

Massachusetts

House Docket 4568: Raising Compulsory Attendance Age to 18
10/26/2004

Michigan

House Bill 5589: Child Welfare Investigation Reform
10/22/2004

Minnesota

House File 1986: Requiring School Attendance in Order to Obtain a Driver's License
3/12/2004

Senate File 2036: Drivers License Issuance or Possession School Enrollment Requirement
3/26/2004

House File 1869: Protections for Children Taken into Law Enforcement Custody
2/23/2004

House File 2772: Expands Minnesota Tax Credit for Homeschoolers
3/23/2004

Mississippi

House Bill 663: Re-enactment of School Attendance Enforcement Office
6/16/2004

House Bill 1112: Lowering Compulsory Attendance Age
3/11/2004

Senate Bill 2620: Lowering Compulsory Attendance Age
3/11/2004

Senate Bill 2516: Change in Compulsory Attendance Requirement
3/11/2004

House Bill 596: Change in Compulsory Attendance Requirement
3/11/2004

House Bill 482: Change in Compulsory Attendance Requirement
2/4/2004

House Bill 892: Public School Textbooks for Homeschoolers
3/11/2004

Senate Bill 2348: Testing for Students Transferring into Public School
3/11/2004

Senate Bill 2056: Dual Enrollment in Public School
3/11/2004

Senate Bill 2595: Raising Compulsory Attendance Age
3/11/2004

Senate Bill 2382: Change in College Scholarship Eligibility
3/11/2004

House Bill 647: College Scholarships for Homeschoolers
3/11/2004

Missouri

House Bill 1216: Raises Compulsory Attendance
6/22/2004

Senate Bill 1382: Raises Compulsory Attendance Age
6/22/2004

Senate Bill 968: An Act to establish certain provisions relating to school personnel
10/4/2004

Senate Bill 865: Raises Compulsory Attendance Age
6/22/2004

Senate Bill 826: Proof of Enrollment in School for Driving Privileges
6/22/2004

House Bill 982: Option for Compulsory Attendance and Work Certificate
6/22/2004

Nebraska

Legislative Bill 868: Truancy Provisions
4/27/2004

Legislative Bill 896: Exempt Student Activities
1/22/2004

New Mexico

House Bill 553: School dropout drivers license suspensions
2/10/2004

Senate Bill 203: Central Registry for Vaccinations
3/12/2004

House Bill 254: Central Registry for Vaccinations
3/9/2004

New York

Assembly Bill 3859: Allows Visitation Rights to be Obtained Without Consent of Parent
8/15/2003

Assembly Bill 2288: Establishes Guidelines for Child Protective Investigations
8/15/2003

Assembly Bill 2289: Would Authorize a Social Worker to Remove Child Without Court Order
8/15/2003

Senate Bill 1487: Would Allow All Districts to Raise the Compulsory Attendance Age
8/15/2003

Senate Bill 1376: Restrictive Drivers License Requirements
8/15/2003

Assembly Bill 1675: Step-Grandparent Visitation
8/15/2003

Senate Bill 285: Requiring Students to Take State Assessment Examinations
8/15/2003

Senate Bill 1011: Participation in Extracurricular Activities
8/15/2003

Assembly Bill 4598: Favorable Revisions to Homeschool Law
10/20/2004

Senate Bill 2060: Favorable Revisions to Homeschool Law
10/20/2004

Senate Bill 3355: Tax Credit for Educational Expenses
8/15/2003

Assembly Bill 5253: Tax Credit for Education Expenses of Homeschoolers
8/15/2003

Senate Bill 1750: Protecting the Free Exercise of Religion as a Fundamental Right
8/15/2003

Assembly Bill 3000: Provides a Constitutional Right of Parents to Direct the Upbringing and Education of Their Children
8/15/2003

Assembly Bill 1601: Evidence Required for Removal of Children by Social Services
8/15/2003

Assembly Bill 1892-A: Attempt to Raise the Compulsory Attendance Age
8/13/2004

Senate Bill 6849/Assembly Bill 11538: Ends State College Discrimination of Homeschoolers
9/27/2004

Senate Bill 6094: Ends State College Discrimination of Homeschoolers
9/27/2004

Board of Regents Draft Regulation: Help Stop Homeschool Discrimination in State Colleges / Universities
9/27/2004

North Carolina

House Bill 379: Raising Compulsory Attendance Age in Limited Circumstances
3/24/2004

Ohio

Senate Bill 185: Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
12/3/2004

Oklahoma

House Bill 2147: Restrictions for Teenagers Applying for Driver's License
4/27/2004

Senate Bill 895: Restrictions for Teenagers Applying for Driver's License
2/23/2004

Pennsylvania

House Bill 2737: Potential Parents Rights Amendment in the Pennsylvania Constitution
12/20/2004

House Bill 2918: An Act Amending Pennsylvania’s Homeschool Law
12/20/2004

Rhode Island

House Bill 8344: An Act Relating to Education - Health and Safety of Pupils
4/5/2004

House Bill 7367: An Act Relating to Education - Attendence - Residency
2/13/2004

Senate Bill 2032: An Act Relating to Human Services - Abused and Neglected Children
1/20/2004

South Carolina

Senate Bill 796: GED Required for Driver's License
1/22/2004

Senate Bill 988: New Academic Requirements for Obtaining a Driver’s License
6/16/2004

House Bill 4564: GED Required for Driver's License
6/16/2004

House Bill 4908: Tax Credits for Homeschooling
6/16/2004

South Dakota

House Bill 1230: An Act to Require Children to Attend School Until the Age of Eighteen or Until Graduation From High School
2/5/2004

Senate Bill 156: An Act to provide for the monitoring of achievement tests given to students receiving alternative instruction.
2/5/2004

Tennessee

Senate Bill 2631: Removal of Homeschool Discrimination from HOPE Scholarship
1/30/2004

Senate Bill 2932: New Requirement for Driver’s Education
3/24/2004

House Bill 2321: Removal of Homeschool Discrimination from HOPE Scholarship
2/24/2004

Senate Bill 2120: Removal of Homeschool Discrimination from HOPE Scholarship
1/30/2004

Senate Bill 2114: Removal of Homeschool Discrimination from HOPE Scholarship
1/30/2004

Senate Bill 2101: Removal of Homeschool Discrimination from HOPE Scholarship
1/30/2004

House Bill 2899: New Requirements for Social Workers
5/7/2004

House Bill 2134: Elimination of Homeschool Discrimination in Lottery Scholarship
6/1/2004

House Bill 2163: Mandatory State Testing of all High School Students
3/3/2004

Senate Bill 2157: Mandatory State Testing of all High School Students
3/3/2004

Senate Bill 2667: New Requirements for Social Workers
5/19/2004

Utah

House Bill 54: Videotape of Minors
1/8/2004

House Bill 22: Civic and Character Education in Schools
12/29/2003

Senate Bill 103: Child Removal Amendments
2/24/2004

House Bill 90: Access to Child Welfare Hearings
3/26/2004

House Bill 197: Limit on Child Welfare Recommendations and Rulings
3/26/2004

Senate Bill 90: Medical Neglect--Exclusion
3/12/2004

House Bill 266: Revisions to Child Welfare
3/11/2004

Vermont

Senate Bill 203: Education and Taxation
1/5/2004

Senate Bill 166: Improve Early Learning Opportunities For Vermont's Children
4/13/2004

Senate Bill 281: A Civics Education Program
1/5/2004

House Bill 756: Miscellaneous Changes to Education Law
4/27/2004

House Bill 679: Child Protective Services Training and Requirements
2/10/2004

House Bill 560: An Act Relating to Driver Training Education for Home-Schooled Students
1/14/2004

Senate Bill 246: Special Education and Homeschool
1/5/2004

Virginia

House Bill 675: Eliminates Baccalaureate Degree Requirement for Homeschooling Parents
5/27/2004

Senate Bill 584: A Bill to Impose Fourth Amendment Limitations on Social Worker Investigations
3/16/2004

House Bill 1135: A Bill to Impose Fourth Amendment Limitations on Social Worker Investigations
3/16/2004

Washington

Senate Bill 6450: Linking Homeschoolers to Certificate of Mastery Homeschools
2/10/2004

West Virginia

Senate Bill 439: Relating to Compulsory Immunization of School Children
3/11/2004

Wyoming

House Bill 88: Changing the abuse and neglect law
3/12/2004

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