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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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| TX | Approved by voters 11/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | PROPOSITION 11 (HJR85-2001)Proposes a Constitutional amendment to allow current and retired public school teachers and college professors, and retired public school administrators to receive compensation for serving on the governing bodies of school districts, cities, towns, or other local government districts.
Title: V. 11
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Vetoed 06/2001 | P-12 | Establishes the state student council, with student representatives from each departmental school district; requires the council to conduct an annual conference of secondary students; requires the council to determine whether to select the student member of the Board of Education or to run an election to select the individual.
Title: S.B. 670
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Provides for an exception from the Ethics Code to allow former city/parish school board members to contract with, be employed by, or be appointed by such board to any position with such board which requires a teacher's certificate.
Title: S.B. 221
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Public Act 27., Provides that a school board vote is not valid unless it is conducted at a meeting deemed an open meeting under the Open Meetings Act.
Title: H.B. 4429
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Session Law Number 260., Clarifies the right to appeal to a local board of education and to require notice of the dismissal, demotion or suspension without pay of noncertified employees.
Title: S.B. 532
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NJ | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Expands indemnification for school board members and employees in civil, administrative or criminal proceedings; establishes a code of ethics for school board members.
Title: A.B. 1755
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Vetoed 05/2001 | P-12 | Requires the Board of Education to invite the military representative to participate in discussing about board matters except those matters discussed in executive meeting.
Title: H.B. 868
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Public Law No. 127., (LD 1647)Permits school boards to carry forward general operating fund balances at the end of a school administrative unit's fiscal year to meet the needs of the school administrative unit for up to 3 years to reduce the State and local allocations for the purpose of computing State subsidy.
Title: S.B. 524
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes trustees of a school district to establish and temporarily transfer district funds into independent investment accounts to increase school board control over investments; establishes guidelines for district expenditures for investment accounts; authorizes a district to invest money in investments authorized by the Board of Investments.
Title: S.B. 260
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Requires the Board of Trustees of a school district, upon receipt of a petition signed by 15% or more of the qualified electors of a district requesting the creation of a single-member trustee district, to submit the proposal to the qualified electors of the district; provides criteria for submission of a petition to the board.
Title: S.B. 423
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Increases, from two to four, the number of years that a person can serve as chairperson of a
school district board. Applies to any person serving as chairperson of a school board on or after the effective date of the measure. Takes effect on passage.
Title: H.B. 3193
Source: Oregon Legislative Web Site
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| VA | Vetoed 05/2001 | P-12 | School board salaries. Provides that any elected school board may pay each of its members an annual salary that is consistent with the salary procedures and no more than the salary limits provided for local governments in Article 1.1 (§ 15.2-1414.1 et seq.) of Chapter 14 of Title 15.2 or as provided by charter. The specific salary limits that are currently provided for most school boards in Virginia are eliminated for elected school boards; however, for appointed school boards the specific salary limits are retained. Title 15.2 sets specific salary caps for city councils and boards of supervisors by population brackets; town councils may set their own salary levels. This bill also provides that the annual amount a school board, whether elected or appointed, may pay its chairman will be increased from $1,100 to $2,000 and retains the restriction that no school board can be awarded a salary increase, unless a specific salary increase is approved by affirmative vote of that school board.
Title: H.B. 637
Source: http://hod.state.va.us/welcome.htm
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Ensures that every union school board follows the proportional representation principle.
Title: H.B. 314
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Relating to the City of Birmingham, Jefferson County; establishing the Lewis Spratt Act; providing for the election and operation of the board of education for the City of Birmingham; providing that the members of the board shall be elected from defined districts; providing for the selection of a chair and vice chair; providing for the terms of office, qualifications, and compensation of the members; prescribing procedures for electing the members and for filling vacancies on the board; and providing certain transitional provisions.
Title: S.B. 3
Source: From the Legislation
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | , Prohibits school boards and their representatives from actively discouraging efforts of teachers to secure negotiation rights.
Title: S.B. 979
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| DE | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | This legislation requires local school board members to now face the same State Code of Conduct that all state employees must live up to.
Title: H.B. 54
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Includes Board of Educational in definition of "members" for purposes of providing immunity from or indemnification for civil liability.
Title: H.B. 1016
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Relates to the duties of the Board of Directors of a school district; includes those related to the suspension of a practitioner by the board of directors of a school district.
Title: H.B. 389
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Provides that members to the Worchester County Board of Education shall be elected; establishes procedure for election of members to the Worcester County Board of Education; provides for the termination of incumbent appointed members holding office on a specified date under specified circumstances; establishes a term of office for elected members; provides for public high school student nonvoting members; provides for the compensation of members and other related matters.
Title: H.B. 1347
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes voting student member to be appointed to serve on the Baltimore Board. Prohibits student member from voting on issues relating to personnel; capital and operating budgets; school closings, repopenings, and boundaries; collective bargaining decisions; student disciplinary matters; and certain appeals to the board. Prohibits student member from attending executive or special sessions of the board. http://mlis.state.md.us/2001rs/bills/hb/hb0899t.rtf
Title: H.B. 899
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes the Board of Trustees of a school district to hold its final budget meeting on or before 8/15; extends the time for providing notification of the final budget meeting.
Title: H.B. 249
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Requires continuing education hours for school board members to be completed before filing for reelection; provides and emergency effective date.
Title: H.B. 1044
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Modifies the definition of school board, for purposes of Title 22.1, to mean the governing body of a school division. "Governing body" or "local governing body" means the governing body board of supervisors of the a county, council of a city, or council of a town, responsible for appropriating funds for such locality, as the context may require.
Title: H.B. 2786
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Adjusts the definition of school board to note that such body governs a school division and revises the definition of governing body or local governing body in the education title to be like the definition in the local government title.
Title: H.B. 2786
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Requires members of the board of directors to annually visit classrooms in the district in which they serve.
Title: H.B. 1501
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Clarifies the rights and duties of the county boards of education, the county school supervisors, and the county board of education designees.
Title: S.B. 192
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Relates to public officers and employees; limits school candidates to one school district governing board.
Title: S.B. 1451
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Concerns the performance evaluation of the superintendent of a school district by a school district board of education.
Title: H.B. 1146
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Provides a second alternative method of electing members to a high school district board of trustees when more than half of the electors of the high school district reside outside of the territory of the elementary school district in which the high school district buildings are located. The second alternative allows the county superintendent to establish four trustee nominating districts within the high school district but outside the elementary school district in which the high school buildings are located. One trustee is elected from each nominating district and three trustees are elected from the elementary district, for a total of seven trustees on the high school board of trustees. Trustees from the elementary district serve on both the high school board of trustees and the elementary board of trustees.
Title: H.B. 321
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NM | Vetoed 03/2001 | Postsec. | Amends Section 21-1-26 NMSA 1978 to make the existing orientation and in-service training for members of the Boards of Regents mandatory.
Title: H.B. 137
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site
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| MT | Signed into law 02/2001 | Postsec. | Coordinates school election dates; requires a person seeking to become a write in candidate for a trustee position on a school board to file a declaration of intent at least 25 days before the election.
Title: H.B. 91
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2001 | P-12 | Prohibits school boards from employing any person whose certificate has been revoked or suspended.
Title: H.B. 1067
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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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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