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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 | Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--Legal Issues |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Cheating |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Geography Education |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Multicultural |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Litigation |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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| Governance |
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| Governance--Site-Based Management |
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| Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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| Health |
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| Health--Child Abuse |
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| Health--Suicide Prevention |
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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| Leadership |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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| No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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| No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
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| Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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| Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
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| P-16 or P-20 |
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| P-3 |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Family Involvement |
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| P-3 Finance |
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| P-3 Governance |
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| P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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| P-3 Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Preschool |
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| P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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 | Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2001 | Postsec. | This bill streamlines the process to help the Higher Education Commission effectively administer the states financial aid programs.
Title: H.B. 246
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2001 | Postsec. | Relates to Tuition Opportunity Program for Students; provides for a uniform information reporting system and for certain notifications to parents of public elementary and secondary school students.
Title: H.B. 2012
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2001 | Postsec. | Relates to the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students; provides eligibility for TOPS-Tech and Opportunity awards for certain students who graduate from high schools or complete home study programs outside the U.S. and its territories.
Title: H.B. 1800
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2001 | Postsec. | Permits certain high school students completing honors courses and having a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 to qualify for TOPS Performance Awards under specified circumstances.
Title: H.B. 1945
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AK | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Relates to the Commission on Postsecondary Education in the Alaska Student Loan Corporation; relates to student financial aid programs and the financing of those programs; establishes the Alaska Advantage Loan Program and the Alaska Supplemental Education Loan Program; increases bonding authorization; provides for liens resulting from default; relates to fees for the review of certain postsecondary institutions; makes conforming amendments; provides effective date.
Title: H.B. 204
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Public Act No. 92-45., Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act; increases the maximum Monetary Award Program grant for full time and part time undergraduate students.
Title: S.B. 406
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act; allows a deduction for individuals for moneys contributed in the taxable year to a college savings pool account; allows a deduction of an amount equal to the amount spent by an individual taxpayer during the taxable year to purchase an Illinois prepaid tuition contract; exempts the deductions from the sunset provisions of the Act; provides that contributions to a college savings pool account during the taxable year may be deducted.
Title: S.B. 902
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Amends the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act; removes a provision that provides that if a qualified beneficiary is awarded a grant or scholarship, then the amount of money returned to the purchaser shall equal the original purchase price plus %2 interest compounded annually if that amount is less than the current cost of tuition and mandatory fees at the MAP-eligible institution where the qualified beneficiary is enrolled.
Title: H.B. 841
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Prohibits a TOPS award recipient from being restricted or otherwise delayed in first using the award due to the student having graduated from high school in less than four years.
Title: H.B. 389
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Provides for administration of, participation in, and alternative investment options relative to the Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust.
Creates the Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Program which may hereafter be referred to as the "START" Program. The program shall consist of the establishment of education savings accounts by individuals, groups, or organizations and provisions for the routine deposit of funds to cover the future educational costs of a designated beneficiary.
Title: S.B. 690
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Lowers the required ACT score for a TOPS Tech award from 19 to 17, beginning with the 2000 - 2001 high school graduates.
Title: S.B. 438
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | , Extends through the 2002-2003 school year the time period for a TOPS waiver form meeting high school core curriculum requirements due to course unavailability.
Title: H.B. 818
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Public Law No. 459., (LD 1043) Establishes the Maine Scholarship Foundations and the Maine Education Scholarship Endowment Fund to provide eligible State residents with the financial resources to access postsecondary education opportunities and achieve higher levels od educational attainment; appropriates funds to the Senator George J. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute.
Title: H.B. 799
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Public Law No. 381., (LD 1757) Provides for the usage of funds in the State College Savings Program to include matching grants to encourage saving for higher education to any class of participants and to provide scholarship funds for individuals attending institutions of higher education in the State; clarifies the designation of successor participants and beneficiaries for such savings accounts.
Title: S.B. 579
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Requires the Student Assistance Commission to develop and adopt rules that provide the minimum criteria that an employer must meet in order for the employer's scholarship program for employees and dependents to be certified as eligible for the Employee and Dependent Scholarship Program Tax Credit; provides tax credit application procedures for employers; provides the credit will be 50% of the qualifying scholarship funds paid by the employer.
Title: H.B. 2521
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Revises admissions standards for graduate and professional programs. One portion states that an applicant's performance on a standardized test may not be used in the admissions or competitive scholarship process for a graduate or professional program as the sole criterion for consideration. If an applicant's performance on a standardized test is used in the admissions or competitive scholarship process, the applicant's performance also must be used to compare the applicant's test score with those of other applicants from similar socioeconomic backgrounds to the extent that those backgrounds can be properly determined and identified by the general academic teaching institution or medical and dental unit based on information provided in the institution's or unit's admissions or competitive scholarship process. Does not apply to a standardized test used to measure the English language proficiency of a student who is a graduate of a foreign institution of higher education. A general academic teaching institution or medical and dental unit may not assign a specific weight to any one factor being considered in the admissions or competitive scholarship process for a graduate or professional program.
Title: H.B. 1641
Source: http://www.house.state.tx.us/
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Relates to the establishment and operation of the Toward Excellence, Access, & Success (TEXAS) Grant II program; provides a grant of money to enable eligible students to attend public two-year institutions of higher learning in this state.
Title: S.B. 1596
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec.
Community College | Chapter No.8, Adds to the eligibility requirements for the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Programs a provision specifying that a qualifying student must graduate from high school or its equivalent during or after the 2000-01 school year. Amends the eligibility requirements for the California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Program and the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards. Makes an appropriation.
Title: S.B. 176
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | 2001-82., Creates the John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; provides for eligibility; establishes obligations of school districts and the Department of Education; establishes criteria for private school eligibility; establishes obligations of program participants; provides for funding and payment; limits liability of the state; authorizes the State Board of Education to adopt rules.
Title: S.B. 1180
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec.
Community College | Increasing to $95,000 the maximum annual total family income for a recipient of a Maryland HOPE Scholarship or a HOPE Community College Transfer Scholarship. A similar bill in the Senate (S.B. 213) was vetoed by the governor.
Title: H.B. 329,
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Requires Higher Education Commission and Department of Human Resources to coordinate efforts to encourage college student volunteers to mentor to Family Investment Program recipients; specifies when temporary cash assistance may not be paid; requires Secretary of Human Resources to create a seperate program for those on cash assistance; repeals a requirement for Secretary to establish a representative payee or voucher program for minors; provides for job skills enhancements.
Title: S.B. 541
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Revises the laws governing family education savings accounts; excludes from income those earnings on accounts that are withdrawn for qualified expenses; imposes a tax on certain withdrawals from accounts instead of recapturing the withdrawals as income; clarifies access to certain records concerning accounts; clarifies the income tax deduction for contributions to an account.
Title: S.B. 258
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Makes compliance with the federal military selective service act a prerequisite for State agency or Montana University system employment, payment of State student financial assistance, and enrollment in a postsecondary educational institution of a student receiving financial assistance provided by State funds; requires the adoption of rules by the Department of Administration and the Board of Regents.
Title: S.B. 256
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Provides higher education adult part-time student grants to students enrolled in post-secondary certificate, industry recognized credential and other skill development programs of study in demand occupations.
Title: H.B. 2897
Source: West Virginia Department of Education - Legislative Update
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2001 | Postsec. | Authorizes the higher education coordination board to continue the administration of various minority scholarship programs.
Title: H.B. 2554
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires a report from the Department of Education and the Department of Higher Education on the impact of Scholarship Programs.
Title: H.B. 2477
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Became law without governor's signature 04/2001 | Postsec. | Amends the Arkansas Academic Challenge Program to change the eligibility requirements; changes the financial need criteria; changes the continuing eligibility requirements; changes the definition of tuition.
Title: S.B. 595
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2001 | Postsec. | Amends the Arkansas Governor's Scholars Program; changes the eligibility requirements; reduces the number of applicants; lowers the amount of the award.
Title: S.B. 762
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | Act No. 29., Relates to elementary and secondary education; creates early intervention programs for kindergarten, primary grades, and upper elementary grades, in place of the special instructional assistance program to assist students with certain identified developmental deficiencies; relates to postsecondary education; changes the eligibility requirements for HOPE scholarships for seniors attending private postsecondary institutions.
Title: H.B. 656
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Signed into law 04/2001 | Postsec. | Relates to Secondary Market Services Corp.--Hawaii, the state designated student loan secondary market, to purchase student loan notes held by mainland financial institutions.
Title: H.B. 1411
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2001 | Postsec.
Community College | Concerns community colleges; relates to expenditures for scholarships; authorizes the charging of fees. The board of trustees of any community college shall not authorize or permit the expenditure of any public funds, either directly or indirectly, for scholarships for students who reside outside of the community college district. No public funds shall be expended for athletic scholarships (either within or without any community college district).
Title: H.B. 2188
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2001 | Postsec. | Expands the Maryland Teacher Scholarship program to include full-time or part-time graduate students in programs leading to Maryland professional teachers' certificates.
Title: H.B. 299, S.B. 206
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2001 | Postsec. | Requires the State Scholarship Administration to offer yearly Maryland Science and Technology Scholarships to students who have been accepted into academic programs under certain circumstances; requires the Administration to offer scholarships to certain students currently enrolled in specified undergraduate programs in certain cases; alters eligibility for the scholarship by requiring a recipient to have completed secondary school within the last 5 years.
Title: S.B. 357
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2001 | Postsec. | Establishes that money appropriated by the State for student financial assistance that is not used in that fiscal year may not revert to the State Treasury and may be used only for specified purposes; prohibits the use of certain money for administrative expenses; clarifies language.
Title: H.B. 1004
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2001 | Postsec. | Provides authority to the Adjutant General to provide incentive payments for registration fees and tuition for Idaho National Guard members attending private institutions of higher education in Idaho.
Title: H.B. 53
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2001 | Postsec. | Relates to the inclusion of students enrolled in a Congressional Page School or in a foreign exchange high school program under the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship Program; permits a student who maintains Kentucky residency to earn credit toward a base Kentucky educational excellence scholarship program award for the academic grade point average earned while participating in an approved foreign exchange program or in the Congressional Page School.
Title: S.B. 71
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| SD | Vetoed 03/2001 | Postsec. | Would have established the regents scholarship program and provides for its funding. Would have allowed students to attend one of the public or nonpublic accredited universities, colleges, or technical institutes located in South Dakota.
Title: S.B. 239
Source: http://www.state.sd.us/state/legis/lrc.htm
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2001 | Postsec. | Revises the rehabilitation services provided at public cost to disabled and visually impaired persons based on economic need to include postsecondary tuition and fees.
Title: H.B. 1030
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure |
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| Postsecondary Finance |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
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| Postsecondary Online Instruction |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Access |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
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| Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
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| Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
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| Private Schools |
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| Privatization |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Public Involvement |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Religion--Prayer/Meditation |
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| Rural |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year |
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| School Safety |
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| School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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| School Safety--Corporal Punishment |
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| School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
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| School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
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| School Safety--Special Education |
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| School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes |
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| School/District Structure/Operations |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--School Size |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
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| Special Education |
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| Special Education--Finance |
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| Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) |
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| Special Education--Placement |
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| Special Education--Transition |
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| Special Populations--Corrections Education |
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| Standards |
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| Standards--Implementation |
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| State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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| State Policymaking |
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| Student Achievement |
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| Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap |
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| Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
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| Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
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| Student Supports--Remediation |
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| Students |
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| Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
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| Students--Records/Rights |
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| Teaching Quality |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
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| Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Teaching Quality--Preparation |
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| Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
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| Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
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| Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
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| Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
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| Technology |
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| Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
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| Technology--Equitable Access |
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| Technology--Funding Issues |
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| Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training |
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| Textbooks and Open Source |
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| Urban |
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