State Policy Inventory Database Online (SPIDO) is a joint project between WICHE and the Pathways to College Network. SPIDO is designed to provide state and national policymakers, education leaders, practitioners and education consumers with an inventory of state-level policies and resources in key policy issue areas related to student achievement, access and success in higher education.

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State Policy Sources

Alabama

Alabama Commission on Higher Education
http://www.ache.state.al.us/

Alabama Statutes
http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/coatoc.htm

Alaska

Alaska Statutes
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/folio.asp

University of Alaska Board of Regents Rules and Regulations
http://www.alaska.edu/bor/

Arkansas

Arkansas Department of Higher Education Policies
http://www.arkansashighered.com/AcademicAffairs/academic.html

Arkansas Statutes
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SearchCenter/Pages/historicalbil.aspx

Arizona

Arizona Board of Regents Policy Manual
http://www.abor.asu.edu/1_the_regents/policymanual/index.html

Arizona Statutes
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp

California

California Postsecondary Education Commission
http://www.cpec.ca.gov/

California Statutes
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html

Colorado

Colorado Statutes
http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/colorado_revised_statutes.htm

Colorado Department of Higher Education Policies and Procedures
http://highered.colorado.gov/publications/policies/default.html

Connecticut

Connecticut Statutes
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/Statutes.asp

Connecticut Board of Governors for Higher Education Statutes and Regulations
http://www.ctdhe.org/Regs/default.htm

Delaware

Delaware Statutes
http://delcode.delaware.gov/

Delaware Higher Education Commission
http://www.doe.k12.de.us/programs/dhec/

District of Columbia (Washington D.C.)

Washington D.C. Statutes
http://government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=DCC-1000

State Superintendent of Education: Summary of Recommendations – Study
http://osse.dc.gov/seo/cwp/view,a,1221,q,534775.asp

Florida

Florida Statutes
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?Tab=statutes&submenu=1

Florida Administrative Code
https://www.flrules.org/default.asp

Georgia

Georgia Statutes
http://www.lexis-nexis.com/hottopics/gacode/default.asp

Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Policy Manual
http://www.usg.edu/policymanual/

Hawaii

University of Hawaii System Policies and Bylaws
http://www.hawaii.edu/svpa/borp.html

Hawaii Statutes
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/docs.asp#hrs

Idaho

Idaho Statutes
http://www3.state.id.us/idstat/TOC/idstTOC.html

Idaho State Board of Education Policies and Procedures
http://www.boardofed.idaho.gov/policies/policy_jump.asp

Illinois

Illinois Board of Higher Education
http://www.ibhe.org/

Illinois Statutes
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs.asp

Indiana

Indiana Commission for Higher Education Policies
http://www.in.gov/core/policies.html

Indiana Statutes
http://www.IN.gov/legislative/ic/code/

Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education Policies and Initiatives
http://cpe.ky.gov/policies/

Kentucky Statutes
http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/Statrev/frontpg.htm

Louisiana

Louisiana Statutes
http://www.legis.state.la.us/

Louisiana Board of Regents Policies and Procedures
http://regents.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&pid=1&pnid=0&nid=2

Maine

University of Maine System Policy Manual
http://www.maine.edu/system/policy_manual/policy_manual.php?section=3

Maine Statutes
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/

Massachussetts

Massachusetts Statutes
http://www.state.ma.us/legis/laws/mgl/index.htm

Massachusetts Board of Higher Education Policy and Planning
http://www.mass.edu/home.asp

Maryland

Maryland Higher Education Commission
http://www.mhec.state.md.us/

Maryland Statutes
http://www.michie.com/maryland/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&2.0

University System of Maryland Board of Regents Bylaws, Policies & Procedures
http://www.usmd.edu/regents/bylaws/

Michigan

Michigan State Board of Education Policies Policies
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-5373_5382---,00.html

Michigan Statutes
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/%28S%28vb4vw255acyq1255k3cjaq45%29%29/mileg.aspx?page=ChapterIndex

Minnesota

University of Minnesota Board of Regents Policies
http://www1.umn.edu/regents/policies.html

Minnesota Statutes
http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/statutes.htm

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Boards of Trustees Policies
http://www.mnscu.edu/board/policy/index.html

Mississippi

Mississippi Statutes
http://michie.com/mississippi/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp=

Mississippi Board of Trustees Institutions of Higher Learning Policies and Bylaws
http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/board/downloads/policiesandbylaws.pdf

Missouri

Missouri Department of Higher Education
http://www.dhe.mo.gov/index.shtml

Missouri Statutes
http://www.moga.mo.gov/STATUTES/STATUTES.HTM

Montana

Montana Statutes
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/mca_toc/index.htm

Montana University System Board of Regents Policy and Procedures Manual
http://mus.edu/borpol/default.asp

Nebraska

Nebraska Statutes
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/laws.php

Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education Rules and Regulations
http://www.ccpe.state.ne.us/PublicDoc/CCPE/Rules/

Nevada

Nevada System of Higher Education Procedures and Guidelines
http://system.nevada.edu/Board-of-R/Procedures/index.htm

Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents Handbook
http://system.nevada.edu/Board-of-R/Handbook/

Nevada Statutes
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/Index.cfm

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Statutes
http://gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/indexes/default.html

University System of New Hampshire Policy Manual
http://usnholpm.unh.edu/BOT/Default.html

New Jersey

New Jersey Statutes
http://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=27748443&depth=2&expandheadings=off&headingswithhits=on&infobase=statutes.nfo&softpage=TOC_Frame_Pg42

New Jersey Commission on Higher Education
http://www.state.nj.us/highereducation/index.html

New Mexico

New Mexico Higher Education Department Legislation and Policy
http://www.hed.state.nm.us/

New Mexico Statutes
http://www.conwaygreene.com/nmsu/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&2.0

New York

University of the State of New York State Education Department, Office of Higher Education
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/

New York Statutes
http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS

North Carolina

North Carolina Statutes
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/statutes/Statutes.asp

University of North Carolina Policy Manual
http://www.northcarolina.edu/policy

North Dakota

North Dakota State Board of Higher Education Policies and Procedures
http://www.ndus.edu/makers/procedures/

North Dakota Statutes
http://www.legis.nd.gov/information/statutes/cent-code.html

Ohio

Ohio Statutes
http://codes.ohio.gov/orc

Ohio Board of Regents
http://regents.ohio.gov/index.php

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Statutes
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
http://www.okhighered.org/

Oregon

Oregon Statutes
http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/home.htm

Oregon State Board of Higher Education Policies and Procedures
http://www.ous.edu/state_board/polipro

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Statutes
http://www.pacode.com/secure/search.asp

Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors Policies
http://www.passhe.edu/inside/bog/pol/Pages/default.aspx

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education Policy Manual
http://www.ribghe.org/polman.htm

Rhode Island Statutes
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/Statutes.html

South Carolina

South Carolina Commission on Higher Education Policies
http://www.che.sc.gov/New_Web/ForInst.htm

South Carolina Statutes
http://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/query.exe?first=FIRST&querytext=&category=Code

South Dakota

South Dakota Board of Regents Policy Manual
http://www.sdbor.edu/policy/policymanual.htm

South Dakota Statutes
http://legis.state.sd.us/statutes/index.aspx

Tennessee

Tennessee Statutes
http://www.michie.com/tennessee/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp=tncode

Tennessee Board of Regents Policies and Guidelines
http://www.tbr.edu/policies/

Texas

Texas Statutes
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Laws and Rules
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/Rules/

Utah

Utah System of Higher Education Board of Regents Policies and Procedures
http://www.utahsbr.edu/bor01g.html

Utah Statutes
http://le.utah.gov/~code/code.htm

Vermont

Vermont Statutes
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutesMain.cfm

University of Vermont Policies
http://www.uvm.edu/policies/?Page=alphalist.php

Virginia

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
http://www.schev.edu/

Virginia Statutes
http://lis.virginia.gov/000/src.htm

Washington

Washington Statutes
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/

Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board
http://www.hecb.wa.gov/

West Virginia

West Virginia Statutes
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/WVCODE/Code.cfm

West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission Rules and Policies
http://wvhepcnew.wvnet.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=0/index.html?../menu.html&title.html&rulesandpolicies.html

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Statutes
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/prefaces/toc

University of Wisconsin System Policy Documents
http://www.uwsa.edu/bor/policies/rpd/

Wyoming

Wyoming Statutes
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/titles/statutes.htm

University of Wyoming Trustee Regulations
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/legal/trustee_regulations.htm

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