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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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| NC | Signed into law 11/2001 | P-12 | Permits local flexibility with regards to the hiring of teachers who leave public schools to teach in charter schools; authorizes certain charter schools to elect to participate in the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement Systems. Session Law 462.
Title: S.B. 139
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Chaptered by Secretary of State 09/2001 | P-12 | Chapter No.344, Requires a charter school to transmit a copy of its annual, independent, financial audit report for the preceding fiscal year to its chartering entity and the State Department of Education by December 15 of each year. Provides that the charter school does not need to transmit the audit report if the school is encompassed in the audit of its chartering entity.
Title: S.B. 675
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes a charter school that has an approved charter to receive funding for nonclassroom-based instruction only if a determination for funding is made by the Board of Education. Establishes the Charter School Facility Grant Program for the purpose of providing assistance with facilities rent and lease costs for pupils in charter schools. Requires that eligible schools receive a certain amount based on average daily attendance to reimburse up to 75% of facility costs.
Title: S.B. 740
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2001 | P-12 | Requires charter schools that fail to open or that close for any reason to refund all cash on hand to the state or local school district.
Title: H.B. 1247
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2001 | P-12 | Prohibits charter school employees from serving on districts school board; directs the State Board of Education to grant waiver of public charter school laws upon joint application of school and district school board; prohibits public charter school employees for allowing infliction of corporal punishment; provides for addition of poverty weighting factor for purposes of public charter school funding; prohibits such schools from limiting admissions based on race or religion.
Title: H.B. 3395
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AK | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Increases the number of charter schools in the state from 30 to 60 and extends their contracts from 5 years to 10 years.
Title: H.B. 101
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | This Bill clarifies ambiguity in the original charter school legislation. It provides a more appropriate means by which charter approving authorities can manage the charter school programs and more clearly defines the roles and responsibilities of those parties involved, including disciplinary issues, the effect of expulsion and the role of the State Board in hearing disciplinary appeals. It also more clearly defines the criteria for charter approval.
Title: S.B. 168
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Relates to requirements for enrolling at-risk pupils in certain charter schools in certain parishes. For Type 2, Type 3, and Type 4 charter schools in any parish having a population of between 20,000 and 521,000 according to the most recent census, the percentage of the total number of pupils enrolled in the charter school based on the October 1st pupil membership who are at risk shall be, as near as practicable, not more than the percentage of the total number of pupils enrolled in the public elementary and secondary schools and in the state-approved nonpublic elementary and secondary schools located in the local public school district in which the charter school is located who are eligible to participate in the federal free and reduced lunch program. However, in no case shall the final initial enrollment nor the cohort of students enrolled for each new school year have, as near as practicable, fewer than 50% of students who are at risk.
Title: H.B. 794
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | , Relates to the chartering process for charter schools, procedures for application and budget submission to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, funding adjustments and allocations, litigation costs, pupil counts, and exemptions; provides that if litigation becomes necessary to recover public funds from a charter school, the school is responsible for all court costs and expenses; provides for the formation of nonprofit corporations to propose charter schools.
Title: H.B. 1282
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Prohibits an existing public school or home school from converting to a charter school; prohibits charter schools from operating for profit; creates the fund for charter schools; provides for the sponsorship of charter schools by the state board of education; revises the collective bargaining provisions applicable to charter school employees who are on a leave of absence from a school district; revises provisions governing the formation, operation and personnel of charter schools; authorizes the boards of trustees of school districts and the governing bodies of charter schools to provide programs of distance education for certain pupils; requires the state board to adopt regulations prescribing the requirements of programs of distance education; revises provisions governing the apportionments of money from the state distributive school account to provide for the payment of money for pupils who are enrolled in programs of distance education; provides that certain property of charter schools and certain property leased or rented to charter schools is exempt from taxation; extends the prospective removal of the limit on the number of charter schools that may be formed. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/71st/bills/sb/sb399%5Fen.html
Title: S.B. 399
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Changes criteria that State Board of Education may use to reject public charter school proposal during review process.
Title: S.B. 255
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | This bill revises the state charter school law, including the establishment of New Century Charter Schools. This legislation can be found below.
Title: H.B. 946
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Creates new section establishing charter schools in the state. Permits mayor of Indianapolis to serve as a sponsor of a charter school within the city. However, before issuance of charter, mayor must receive Indianapolis City Council approval for establishment of said charter school. Specifies that "governing body" as used in education code applies to body administering charter school, "school employer" applies to governing body of charter school, "superintendent" applies to chief administrative officer of charter school, and "certificated employee" refers to person employed as a teacher at a charter school.
Title: S.B. 165
Source: www.state.in.us/legislative
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Amends and reenacts R. S. 17:3997(A)(1), relative to charter school employees; to provide for the authority of a charter school to employ faculty and staff; to permit certain contracts between a nonprofit organization and a for-profit organization to manage a charter school; to provide for the delegation by a nonprofit organization of authority over employment decisions at the charter school; and to provide for related matters.
Title: H.B. 1401
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Revises provisions governing the reemployment of employees of a charter school by a school district; provides that a certain percentage of the apportionment from the state distributive school account must be set aside and paid to the school district that sponsors the charter school for certain administrative costs.
Title: S.B. 243
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| PA | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | A school district may designate any school of the district as an independent school operating under an agreement with the board that grants operational control to the governing body of the independent school. The composition of the governing body is established by the district board. The independent school governing body has the authority to decide all matters related to the operation of the school pursuant to the contract agreement between it and the district board.
Title: H.B. 996
Source: Pennsylvania Legislative Web Site
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| TX | Became law without governor's signature 05/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes establishment of open enrollment charter schools. Includes a provision that the state board may grant a charter on the application of a public senior college or university for an open-enrollment charter school to operate on the campus of the public senior college or university or in the same county in which the campus of the public senior college or university is located.
Title: H.B. 6
Source: Texas Legislative Web Site
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | This legislation creates "Limited Charter Schools" in the state. The relevant legislation can be found at the bottom.
Title: S.B. 478
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Reenacts sections 37-28-1 through 37-28-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, which establishes the procedure for public schools to apply for and be granted charter school status by authorizing the State Board of Education to establish a pilot program of six local charter schools in the state; amends the repeal date on the charter school statutes from July 1, 2001, to July 1, 2004.
Title: H.B. 545
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Provides that a new or conversion charter school shall specify an attendance area for admission preference to students within that area.
Title: H.B. 294
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes advance payment of a portion of a charter school's estimated annual apportionment under specified conditions.
Title: H.B. 278
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Requires public charter schools to prepare and submit audit reports and to annually file financial and statistical reports with the State Department of Education according to the same accounting standards, categories and procedures used for other public schools.
Title: S.B. 1060
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Provides for appeal to the State Board of Education of a decision not to approve the revision of a charter school's charter.
Title: S.B. 1132
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | A charter school must negotiate with a local school district to provide transportation to students eligible for transportation under the provisions of the Public School Code. The local school district, in conjunction with the charter school, must establish a limit for student transportation to and from the charter school site not to exceed a ten-mile radius, provided that the limit shall not extend beyond the local school district boundary.
Title: H.B. 753
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Removes the pilot program status of charter schools.
Title: S.B. 169
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Eliminates the now outdated requirement that a local school board must provide public notice by December 31, 2000, of its intent to accept or not to accept applications for public charter schools. The bill provides the school boards must, prior to receiving applications for any public charter school, provide public notice of its intent to accept or not to accept applications for public charter schools and may, upon providing such public notice, alter its decision to accept or not to accept such applications. This measure is identical to HB 2439.
Title: S.B. 1393, H.B. 2439
Source: http://senate.state.va.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Relates to charter schools; clarifies that, prior to receiving applications for any public charter school, a local school board must provide public notice of its intent to accept or not to accept applications for public school charters and may, upon providing such notice, alter its decision to accept or not accept such applications; strikes the current and obsolete date for boards to indicate their intent to accept or reject charter school applications.
Title: H.B. 2439
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Relates to charter schools; modifies provisions for establishment and operation of charter schools; specifies funding provisions; repeals existing charter school provisions.
Title: S.B. 96
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2001 | P-12 | Amends the selection process for admission to a Charter school in a school district under court ordered desegregation.
Title: S.B. 322
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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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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