This is a copy of Connecticut's Public Act 12-40, which mandates the way that remedial education is delivered to students, focusing on a tiered approach that prioritizes embedded (supplemental instruction) coursework followed by accelerated, intensive coursework before the start of the school year. These changes are to go into effect Fall 2014.
This article discusses Colorado state public education changes slated to go into effect Fall 2014 after legislation passed concerning developmental education. Some of the changes include accepting multiple forms of testing for dev ed placement and allowing supplemental instruction in place of traditional developmental coursework.
This article discusses Florida bill SB 1720 which passed last year and grants all students graduating from an accredited high school the right to refuse developmental classes and enter directly into credit-bearing courses regardless of test scores.
This is another link from the Citrus Bb site.
This is most helpful in that it discusses the way that raised standards help students succeed and that research suggests many students are not succeeding because they aren't being asked to reach high enough expectations.