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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--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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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--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Business Involvement |
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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--Charter Districts |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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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--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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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--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Does Money Matter? |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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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--School Boards |
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| Governance--School Boards--Training |
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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--Mental Health |
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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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--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| High School--International Baccalaureate |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Official English |
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| Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| International Benchmarking |
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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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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
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| No Child Left Behind |
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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--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 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--Intellectual Property |
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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 Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Access |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Outreach |
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| Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
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| Postsecondary Students--Minority |
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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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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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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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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round |
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| School Safety |
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| School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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| School Safety--Code of Conduct |
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| School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
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| School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
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| School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
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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--Transportation |
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| Service-Learning |
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| Special Education |
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| Special Education--Finance |
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| Special Education--Placement |
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| Special Populations--Corrections Education |
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| Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
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| Special Populations--Homeless 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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| State Policymaking--Politics |
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| State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
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| Student Achievement |
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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--Employment |
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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--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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| CA | Signed into law 09/2002 | P-12 | Requires the State Personnel Administration to consider making salaries for teachers, specialists, and administrators of the State special schools and diagnostic centers competitive with the salaries of similarly qualified school teachers, specialists, and administrators who are employed by the encompassing school districts.
Title: A.B. 2444
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2002 | P-12 | Requires the school accountability report card to include the rate of pupils who earn Governor's scholarship awards. Deletes provisions which limit the amount of compensation of a school board member. Deletes the certification requirement regarding charter school revenue limits. Relates to the computation of average daily attendance. Permits a county superintendent of schools to grant an exemption from minimum expenditures for classroom teacher salaries.
Title: A.B. 1818
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2002 | P-12 | Clarifies the status of teachers participating in foreign exchange programs for purposes of retirement and tenure; includes any nonimmigrant alien employed in elementary or secondary public schools and participating in an exchange visitor program.
Title: H.B. 1724
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Relates to school district insurance; permits public agencies to jointly purchase workers' compensation, property and liability insurance or reinsurance; provides for formation of pools for health, accident, life and disability insurance; permits private, nonprofit educational institutions to participate in the pool if a bond or comparable financial security is posted; provides for contracting with a third party for coverage. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/45leg/2r/laws/0240.htm
Title: H.B. 2198
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| AZ | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 05/2002 | P-12 | Extends availability of public agency pooling of property, liability, workers' compensation and disability coverage to charter schools and private schools; requires posting of a bond. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/45leg/2r/laws/0134.htm
Title: S.B. 1377
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Creates new section on charter school capital outlay. According to legislative summary, bill "requires the full-credit for teaching service to apply to experience in charter schools, either in-state or out-of-state" and revises charter school purposes "to include both mandatory and permissive objectives." Gives charter schools exemption from fees for building permits and impact and service availability fees. Gives state commissioner authority to identify in writing a dedicated funding source for charter school capital outlay. States that charter schools are not exempt from law mandating provision of services to limited-English proficient students; removes Commissioner's waiver provisions; demands that nonrenewed charter schools be held in trust, pending appeal. Establishes a Charter School Appeal Commission composed of 1/2 representatives of school district and 1/2 representatives of charter operators to review and make recommendations to the state board regarding charter school appeals. Designates state board decision in charter school appeals as binding. Also section on charter technical career centers that deletes commissioner's waiver provisions. See bill section 98, page 207, line 28 ff and bill section 99, page 245, line 1: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0020Eer.pdf
Title: S.B. 20E
Source: www.leg.state.fl.us
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Permits retired teachers to work as full-time teachers or improvement specialists in low-performing schools. Limits number of retired teachers district may hire, number of years a retired teacher may be re-employed. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/Legis/2001_02/fulltext/hb210.htm
Title: H.B. 210
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Relates to service creditable toward retirement benefits under the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; provides that any member of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia may obtain creditable service for years employed in certain early childhood development programs or certain private schools. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/Legis/2001_02/fulltext/hb765.htm
Title: H.B. 765
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Requires state board to establish standards for district and area education agency career development programs and for individual teacher career development plans. Requires state director to develop a transition plan for implementation of the career development standards established in statute relating to licensure renewal. Moves national board certification registration deadline for purposes of payment of one-half of national board certification fee from June 30, 2002 to June 30, 2005. Teachers must likewise register for national board certification by June 30, 2005 and be certified in three years to obtain 2,500 annual award. Eliminates age limitations of employees eligible for early retirement incentives, leaving these to local board discretion. Includes licensed preschool teachers in definition of "beginning teachers," "classroom teachers," and "teachers." Eliminates requirement that beginning teacher's mentor be classroom teacher. Creates new defintions for "intensive assistance" and "performance reviews" for non-beginning teachers. Revises section requiring boards to provide for evaluations of beginning teachers and performance reviews for non-beginning teachers. Requires state board to adopt state director-developed model criteria for teacher evaluation, advancement and career development. Encourages districts to evaluate their current career development alignment with their student achievement goals and research-based instructional strategies, and implement district career development plans. Reduces from 5 to 3 years the frequency with which teacher performance reviews must be conducted, and requires that these be based in part on individual career development plans. Makes additional changes to beginning teacher evaluation system and teacher career development programs. Establishes timeline for development of administrator preparation program. Establishes minimum teacher salary requirements. Requires department to undertake study of feasibility of change to student achievement and teacher quality program. Creates statewide career path pilot program: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/79GA/Legislation/HF/02500/HF02549/Current.html
Title: H.B. 2549
Source: www.legis.state.ia.us
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Requires that employees of school districts electing to join the retirement system after a certain date shall include certain paraprofessional and support positions; relates to special education, library, and health aides.
Title: H.B. 1373
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Relating to the salaries of public education employees, to provide for a revision of the State Minimum Salary Schedule and to reflect pay increases of three percent beginning with the fiscal year 2002-2003; to provide that each certificated employee of certain boards of education shall receive the pay increase according to placement on the appropriate salary step and in addition to the salary earned during the previous year; to require the appropriate increases on the State Minimum Salary Schedule; to provide support employees with a three percent cost-of-living adjustment; to provide the employees of other public educational institutions and schools with a three percent cost-of-living adjustment; to provide for an across-the-board salary increase of all two-year postsecondary salary schedules, and to establish other requirements on the two-year postsecondary salary schedules; to establish definitions; to establish miscellaneous pay provisions; to require appropriations in the annual budget act to meet the re
quirements of this act; and, in connection therewith, would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds.http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2002rs/bills/hb340.htm
Title: H.B. 340
Source: alisdb.legislature.state.al.us
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Provides for a cost-of-living adjustment for certain retirees and beneficiaries of the Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement System.http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2002rs/bills/hb227.htm
Title: H.B. 227
Source: alisdb.legislature.state.al.us
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Allows purchase of credit towards teacher's retirement system in the State for those persons who were full-time employees of the Southeastern Educational Laboratory Program between September 1, 1967, and March 31, 1969. Sets deadline for purchase of such credit. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2002rs/bills/hb12.htm
Title: H.B. 12
Source: alisdb.legislature.state.al.us
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| CA | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Relates to unemployment insurance. Relates to annual reports to the Governor and the Legislature by the strike force on the underground economy. Requires the annual reports to be made by June 30 of each year. Requires that the Director of Employment Development as chairperson of the strike force provide certain information to school employers by March 31st of each year. http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1701-1750/ab_1729_bill_20020423_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1729
Source: info.sen.ca.gov
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Allows local board that obtains insufficient number of applicants for teaching positions to adopt a resolution declaring a critical shortage of teachers, which is valid for one year. Establishes criteria that must be met before district may declare critical shortage. Allows teacher receiving retirement benefits to receive salary from such district without decrease in retirement benefits, and with eligibility to participate in district's health plan while working as a teacher. Specifies that service retiree working at school in district declaring critical shortage of teachers may receive a salary without a reduction in benefits regardless of the sum of days or hours worked in the calendar year, as long as the service retiree has not worked for any state employer during the month of the date of retirement, but is subject to a reduction in benefits if the service retiree did work for a state employer during the month of effective retirement. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/F5D1A560A07AE8FC87256B3D00000BB9?Open&file=145_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 145
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Exempts all records which identify individual participants in the Florida Retirement System and their account activities under the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program from the public records law to the extent such records need not be revealed in the administration of the Florida Retirement System or in connection with a legal or administrative proceeding.
Title: H.B. 935
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Relates to school employees sick leave benefits to include foster care in the definition of immediate family.
Title: H.B. 56
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Relates to teachers; grants a percentage increase in compensation at least equal to the cost-of-living adjustment that is provided state government workers; specifies that a local school district may develop differentiated compensation programs that provide additional compensation; establishes a professional compensation fund to provide grants to local districts.
Title: H.B. 402
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Preserves retirement benefits for teachers who serve in the Legislature; provides that any Legislator who is a public school teacher or an employee of the Vocational-Technical Institute System who takes a leave of absence in order to serve as a Legislator may make contributions to the State Retirement System on the amount that represents the difference between the salary earned as a Legislator and the salary of a teacher. http://janus.state.me.us/legis/bills/billdocs/LD200601.doc
Title: H.B. 1503
Source: janus.state.me.us
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Includes in state retirement system statutes an employee responsible for, in addition to duties for which certification is required, either the setup, maintenance or upgrading of a school computer system the use of which is to assist in the introduction of new learning to students or to provide orientation and training to school faculty on the use of the computer system for educational purposes.
Title: H.B. 1686
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Addresses the unfunded liability of the state retirement system and the equity of retirement benefits for state employees and teachers. http://janus.state.me.us/legis/bills/billdocs/LD219901.doc
Title: S.B. 819
Source: janus.state.me.us
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| IN | Vetoed 03/2002 | P-12 | Provides a cost of living adjustment in 2003 for pensions of members of the Public Employees' Retirement Fund or their survivors or beneficiaries; provides a cost of living adjustment in 2003 to members of the state Teachers' Retirement Fund or their survivors or beneficiaries, who retired or were disabled before 7/2/2000.
Title: H.B. 1065
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IN | Vetoed 03/2002 | P-12 | Assigns school employees to different service credit accounts based on employment pre- or post-1996.
Title: S.B. 233
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Eliminates specific dates for notification of reductions in teacher salaries or responsibilities in order to create uniform notice periods for school districts operating on year-round and traditional calendars.
Title: H.B. 332
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ME | Public Law No. 03/2002 | P-12 | Terminates the Educational Leave Advisory Board; declares the educational leave program for state employees to be in public interest.
Title: H.B. 1616
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Includes former military personnel's years of classroom instruction in the definition of the term year of teaching experience as used for determining teachers' salaries in public schools.
Title: S.B. 2168
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Gives the health care authority to publish and distribute to nonparticipating school districts and educational service districts by October 1st of each year a description of health care benefit plans available through the authority and the estimated cost if school districts and educational service district employees were enrolled. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2001-02/House/2525-2549/2536-s_sl_03282002.txt
Title: H.B. 2536
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Regards the salary formula for state-funded basic education certificated instructional staff; provides that the salary allocations shall be calculated by the superintendent of public instruction by using the statewide salary allocation schedule and related documents, conditions, andlimitations established by the omnibus appropriations act. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2001-02/Senate/6800-6824/6823-s_pl_03142002.txt
Title: S.B. 6823
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Increases salaries for teachers and service personnel; makes provisions for science grants, early childhood education, transportation for vocational education students, and a study of pupil-teacher ratios.
Title: S.B. 247
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AL | Signed into law 01/2002 | P-12 | Provides for a deferred retirement option plan for active and contributing members of the Teachers' Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System.
Title: S.B. 82
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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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--Paraprofessionals |
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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--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--Internet Safety |
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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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