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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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| CA | Signed into law 10/2001 | Postsec. | Relates to existing law, the Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Reform Act, that establishes the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education and sets standards applicable to every audit, review, statement, or financial report required by the act to be filed. Requires that any audit or financial report required contain a certain statement signed by the individual who prepared the report. Provides procedures for complaint processing and civil actions.
Title: A.B. 201
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2001 | P-12 | Establishes the California Information Technology Career Academy Grant Initiative to establish a partnership between the State and the National Academy Foundation. Provides grants to create up to 100 information technology career academies in public high schools.
Title: A.B. 717
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2001 | P-12 | Requires the State Department of Education to collect specified information from all public high schools on existing academic and career-related curriculum for the purposes of establishing a clearinghouse of information on academic and career-related curriculum. Requires the department to send an announcement to all school districts that the information is available upon request and to make the information available on the department's Internet website.
Title: A.B. 1341
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2001 | P-12 | Amends powers of School To Work Executive Council; administratively places council within the Department of Education; reinstates the Director of Human Services on the Council and removes the Director of Human Resources Development; appropriates unspecified funds for the Council.
Title: S.B. 865
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | Specifies that adult basic education and literacy training are within the definition of vocational education training for purposes of Temporary Assistance of Needy Families (TANF) programs.
Title: H.B. 1759
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Establishes a High Technology School-to-Work Program in the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs to increase the number of students who opt to enter occupations requiring advanced skills in the areas of science, mathematics, and advanced technology; requires the Department to coordinate the program with its other technology-related planning and economic development initiatives.
Title: S.B. 845
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Changes references in the high school career options program from a vocational major to a career major and provides for program reporting requirements.
Title: S.B. 113
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | Creates the Utah College of Applied Technology and other regional applied technology colleges in Utah; establishes their governance structure; defines their powers and duties. Each regional applied technology college shall:
(a) offer a post-secondary and extra-secondary applied technology education curriculum;
(b) offer that curriculum at low cost to adult students and at no cost to secondary students
within the college's jurisdiction;
(c) provide applied technology education that will result in:
(i) appropriate licensing, certification, or other evidence of completion of training; and
(ii) qualification for specific employment in business and industry;
(d) offer competency-based associate of applied technology degrees approved by the State
Board of Regents;
(e) develop cooperative agreements with local school districts, other higher education
institutions, businesses, industries, and community and private agencies to maximize the availability
of instructional facilities; and (f) after consulting with local school districts within the geographic area served by the regional applied technology college:
(i) ensure that secondary students in the public education system have access to applied
technology education in the regional applied technology college; and
(ii) prepare and submit an annual report to the Utah College of Applied Technology detailing:
(A) how the applied technology education needs of secondary students within the region are
being met; and
(B) what access secondary students within the region have to programs offered at applied
technology colleges.
(2) A regional applied technology college may offer a competency-based high school diploma
equivalent approved by the State Board of Education in accordance with Section 53A-1-402.
(3) A regional applied technology college may not:
(a) offer courses other than applied technology education;
(b) offer a degree other than a competency-based associate of applied technology degree
approved by the State Board of Regents in accordance with Section 53B-1-103;
(c) provide tenure or academic rank for its instructors; and
(d) participate in intercollegiate athletics.
(4) The mission of a regional applied technology college is limited to applied technology
education and may not expand to include credit-based academic programs typically offered by community colleges or other institutions of higher education.
Title: H.B. 1003A
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2001S1/bills/hbillenr/HB1003.htm
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Relates to school to work Programs; makes appropriations to the Department of Commerce for school to work programs.
Title: S.B. 1472
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | , Appropriates funds for activities and personnel related to the Career Development System; provides for the operational transition from the School to Work System to the Career Development System Plan; provides such Career Development System will enable all students to earn transferable and portable credentials, prepare for jobs in highly skilled careers and increase educational opportunities in higher education.
Title: H.B. 1561
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Concerns vocational education; relates to supervision of the administration of programs by local education agencies. From the legislation:
THROUGH JUNE 30, 2004. ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2004, THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS SHALL BE AND HEREBY IS DESIGNATED AS THE SOLE AGENCY FOR SUPERVISION OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES
Title: S.B. 11
Source: State Legislation
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes eligible parties to establish specified approved paid work-based learning programs under which arrangements are made between schools and employers to provide youths with specified structured employer-supervised learning; allows a credit against the State income tax for wages paid to each youth under an approved program.
Title: S.B. 613
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | (LC 0135) Revises certain provisions; relates to K-12 vocational education; substitutes "K-12 career and vocational/technical education" for references to K-12 vocational education; revises the K-12 career and vocational/technical education funding formula; eliminates the propriety postsecondary educational advisory council.
Title: H.B. 134
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit entities to offer technical-prep high school curriculum under the following conditions: the local board of education must approve all agreements; agreements must be in writing and include course name, minimum number of student contact hours, whether the course is an elective or as part of the technical prep high school curriculum, instructor's qualifications, and any funding the local board of education provides to the non-profit organization; courses approved for credit are limited to those for which the state board offers no teaching endorsements; the nonprofit is located in the LEAs' service area and has a primary purpose of promoting educational programs with an emphasis on state of the art technology; any course offered must have prior approval of the state department acting in accordance with the state board on special courses; and any funding provided to the nonprofit by the board shall not exceed, on a per-pupil basis, regular tuition charged other attendees for the same or similar classes. The bill prohibits LEAs from entering into agreements if such agreements directly result in the elimination of an existing course offering of the local board of education.
Title: S.B. 1743
Source: Tennessee Legislative Web Site:
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Establishes a community healthcare awareness and mentoring program for students. Intent is to introduce interested high school students to the spectrum of professional health care careers through activities such as health care camps and shadowing of health care professionals; encourage a continued interest in service as health care professionals in rural and underserved urban areas by providing mentors and community resources for students participating in training or educational programs to become health care professionals
Title: H.B. 1124
Source: http://www.house.state.tx.us/
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| TX | Vetoed 05/2001 | P-12 | Adds a state objective that school districts will offer programs of study for broad career concentrations in areas of agriculture science technology, arts and communication, business education, family and consumer science, health occupations technology, trade and industry, and technology education that will prepare students for continued learning and postsecondary education in employment settings. Establishes the Career and Technology Education Advisory Board.
Title: H.B. 660
Source: http://www.house.state.tx.us/
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | The purpose of this act to enable technical center regions to establish alternative governance structures which meet regional technical education needs, ensure equal educational opportunities to technical education students throughout Vermont, and prepare Vermont technical education students to enter high skill jobs which pay a high salary.
Title: H.B. 495
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us
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| WA | Vetoed 05/2001 | P-12 | States the importance of career and technical education as it supports applied learning, increases the number of students completing high school, assists with transitions from secondary schools to postsecondary education, training and employment. Adds section that requires state superintendent to set standards for high quality career and technical programs and to review and approve the plans of local districts for the delivery of career and technical education. Also allows state superintendent to provide technical assistance and develop guidelines for the delivery of career guidance in secondary schools. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2001-02/Senate/5925-5949/5940-s_sl.pdf
Title: S.B. 5940
Source: Washington Legislative Web Site
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| AZ | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 04/2001 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Provides a school district may join a Joint Technological Education District (JTED) by holding an election on any prescribed date prior to a certain date; provides that the JTED shall submit a report containing information on enrollments and on the courses that qualify for community college credit or funding.
Title: H.B. 2560
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Defines the purposes of career and technical education; relates to school district funding for area centers and departments; requires a report on the academic achievement of technical education students with at least 3 high school credits, further assessments and assistance for educational improvement where needed; clarifies that there shall be no funding deduction for students attending state-operated vocational institutions.
Title: H.B. 185
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes local school districts to establish a vocational study program through which students may receive credits toward graduation for vocational experience; provides that students in the vocational study program shall be required to complete the core curriculum defined by the State Board of Education and may earn additional credits for participation in the vocational study.
Title: H.B. 52
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | Makes permanent the designation of the Board of Regents as the eligible agency for administering the Carl D. Perkins vocational and applied technology education act programs in Montana; revises the provisions of the Development of the state plan to require creation of a state plan committee.
Title: S.B. 425
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2001 | P-12 | Repeals provisions pertaining to the Model Vocational-Technical Education Resource Center.
From the legislation:
> EMERGENCY CLAUSE. IT IS FOUND AND DETERMINED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT QUESTIONS HAVE ARISEN REGARDING THE USE OF FUNDS BY THE MODEL VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER; THAT IT IS CURRENTLY OPERATING WITHOUT AN APPROVED BUDGET, AND ITS EXISTENCE IS PREVENTING THE PROPER USE OF RESOURCES WHICH ARE NEEDED TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CHILDREN OF THIS STATE. THEREFORE, AN EMERGENCY IS DECLARED TO EXIST AND THIS ACT BEING IMMEDIATELY NECESSARY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH AND SAFETY SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON JUNE 30, 2001.
Title: H.B. 1282
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2001 | P-12 | Changes the name of vocational technical education to refer to career and technical education.
Title: S.B. 1055
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2001 | P-12 | Clarifies that funds provided for educational technology may be used for career and technical education and vocational programs as well as academic programs.
Title: S.B. 1057
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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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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| 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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