State Legislation Information
2022 State Legislative Session Calendar — National Conference of State Legislators
Legislation Process Overview by State — BillTrack50
SEL Policy Frameworks and Guidelines
SEL Policy Matrix — Committee for Children (January 2019)
A Policy Agenda in Support of How Learning Happens — National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (2018)
Emerging Insights from States’ Efforts to Strengthen SEL — CASEL (June 2018)
Key Features of High-Quality Policies and Guidelines to Support SEL — AIR and CASEL (January 2017)
Recommended Process for Developing State Policies and Guidelines to Support SEL — AIR and CASEL (January 2017)
SEL Policy and Regulation Examples
An Examination of Frameworks for SEL Reflected in State K-12 Learning Standards — CASEL (February 2019)
Using State Policy to Create Healthy Schools — Child Trends, Institute for Health Research and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and EMT Associates (January 2019)
How States and School Districts are Collaborating to Promote Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning — CASEL (September 2018)
How Six States Are Collaborating with Local and Regional Educators to Implement Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning — CASEL (September 2018)
SEL Assessment
Student Social and Emotional Competence Assessment: The Current State of the Field and a Vision for Its Future — CASEL (October 2019)
Encouraging SEL: Next Steps for States — LPI (June 2018)
A Data-Informed Approach to SEL: Policy Recommendations for State and Local Leaders — Transforming Education (May 2018)
SEL and Equity
Applying an Equity Lens to Social, Emotional, and Academic Development — Penn State and Robert Wood Johnson (June 2018)
Pursuing Social and Emotional Development Through a Racial Equity Lens: A Call to Action ─ Aspen Institute (May 2018)
Leveraging SEL to Promote Equity: What Educators Need to Know and Do — CASEL (February 2018)
SEL and Teacher Education
How SEL Can Improve Teacher Education — Committee for Children and CASEL (March 2019) 17
SEL and ESSA Planning
Encouraging SEL in the Context of ESSA ─ Learning Policy Institute (April 2017)
How State Planning For ESSA Can Promote SEL — CASEL (April 2017)
SEL Pending Bills, Legislation and Regulations Lists
SEL Bills — Committee for Children
State Education Policy Tracking — Education Commission of the States
Compendium of School Discipline Laws and Regulations — National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (January 2018)
Education Legislation Bill Tracking — National Conference on State Legislatures
Social Emotional Learning — National Conference of State Legislators
Bills We Track — SEL4US
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