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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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| NJ | Signed into law 12/2002 | P-12 | Notification of Enrollment Eligibility
A.B. 2698
Requires state commissioner, upon application for a charter school, to notify the members of the legislature, school superintendents, mayors and governing bodies of all legislative districts, school districts or municipalities in which there are students who w...
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| NY | Vetoed 12/2002 | P-12 | Public Hearings on Charters
S.B. 5616
Requires that public hearings be held to solicit comments from the community concerning the issuance or renewal of a charter; changes such meetings from being permissive to mandatory....
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| UT | Adopted 12/2002 | P-12 | Charter Schools
R277-470
Amends rules to provide for a timeline for charter schools to apply for sponsorship to local boards and the state board, to provide a formula for funding charter schools as required by law. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r277/r277-470.htm UTAH REG 25...
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| NJ | Adopted 10/2002 | P-12 | Charter Schools STATE ID: 34 NJR 2920
NJAC 6A:11, 6A:11-1.1 thru 6A:11-7.1 (non seq)
Establishes rules pertaining to charter schools. Provides definition of terms. Specifies: application and approval, reporting, renewal, probation and revocation, appeal and amendment process, School Ethics Act, certification requirements for staff and streamli...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2002 | P-12 | Charter District Finance Rules
A.B. 2912
Makes provisions relating to the calculation of average daily attendance inapplicable for purposes of determining the base revenue limit or block grant average daily attendance for charter school pupils who reside in a school district in which all schools have...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2002 | P-12 | Charter School Finance
A.B. 1100
Requires a local educational agency that sponsors a charter school annually to transfer to each of its charter schools a prescribed amount of funding in lieu of funding available through property taxes. Exempts from this requirement funding for pupils who resi...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2002 | P-12 | Revenue Limits
S.B. 1397
Authorizes the revenue limit of an elementary school district to be determined using either the current or prior year second principal apportionment average daily attendance, whichever is greater, if all the schools in the district were converted to charter sc...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2002 | P-12 | New Charter School Requirement
A.B. 1994
Requires the petition for the establishment of a charter school to describe how a charter school that will serve high school pupils will inform parents about the transferability and eligibility of courses to other public high schools and to meet college entran...
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| UT | Adopted 09/2002 | P-12 | Charter School Accountability and Assistance
R277-481
Establishes procedures for annual accountability of all charter schools and for on-site reviews of charter schools. UTAH REG 25225 (SN)...
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| AZ | Signed into law 08/2002 | P-12 | Background Checks and Fingerprinting of Charter School Staff
S.B. 1008E
Requires that upon the conviction of a person of an offense in this title or of any felony, if the person is teaching in a charter school, a copy of the judgment and sentence, and of the opinion of the court or magistrate, if any opinion is filed, shall be sen...
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| CA | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 08/2002 | P-12 | Charter School Financial Reporting
S.B. 1709
Requires a charter school to transmit a copy of its annual, independent, financial audit report for the preceding fiscal year to the Controller and the county superintendent of schools of the county in which the charter school is sited....
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| GA | Adopted 08/2002 | P-12 | Charter Schools
GAC 160-4-9-.04
Clarifies rules regarding charter schools. Specifies the following: definitions; role of the local board; role of the state board for locally approved charters; role of the state board for state chartered special schools; charter school petition requirements; ...
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2002 | P-12 | Teachers in Charter Schools
H.B. 190
Permits local flexibility with regards to the hiring of teachers who leave public schools to teach in charter schools....
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| ID | Signed into law 07/2002 | P-12 |
S.B. 1383
Provides that charter school boards of directors are subject to the open meeting law requirements. Amends existing law to clarify application of laws concerning contracts, public documents and other miscellaneous provisions to charter schools and the board of ...
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| TN | Signed into law 07/2002 | P-12 | Charter Schools Act
H.B. 1131
Enacts the Tennessee Charter Schools Act of 2001. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0850.pdf...
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| CA | To governor 06/2002 | P-12 | Rules for Special Ed. Students at Charter Schools
S.B. 1708
Clarifies that a charter school is allowed to report average daily attendance to accommodate eligible pupils who require extended year services as part of an individualized education plan under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act....
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Major Finance Bill - Charter Facilities Component
H.B. 1349
Creates the "Charter School Facilities Financing Act" to increase charter school access to the school district capital funding and planning process. Requires each school district that is considering submitting a bond question at an upcoming election to invite ...
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Major Bill -- Online Funding Component
H.B. 1349
Defines "on-line pupil enrollment" as the number of pupils enrolled, on October 1 in a budget year, in an on-line program, minus any such pupils who were enrolled in any such on-line program for the 2001-02 school year. Modifies the definition of "pupil enroll...
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Resolution of Charter School Contract Disputes
S.B. 124
Concerns the resolution of disputes between charter schools and chartering school districts and concerning governing policy provisions; requires parties to use any of specified forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), as long as any form chosen by the pa...
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Teacher Leave to Teach at Charter School
S.B. 298
Reduces the leave of absence to one year for any teacher leaving a public school to teach at a charter school. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS141.NSF/vwLegislation/...
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Coordination Between Charters and Local Districts
S.B. 291
Improves coordination between local public districts and the entering charter school. It requires that: (1) a certificate of occupancy must be in place by July 1 prior to the opening of the school; (2) charter schools must keep their students for at least one ...
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| KS | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Charter Approvals/ Revocations
S.B. 402
Defines "charter school;" establishes requirements of charter schools. Requires that charter schools be nonsectarian and established as means of providing new opportunities for attaining specified educational goals. Makes state board approval of charter applic...
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| SC | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Charter Schools Law Changes
S.B. 12
Amends the charter school law. In either a new or converted charter school, a teacher teaching in the core academic areas of English/language arts, mathematics, science, or social studies must be certified in those areas or possess a baccalaureate or graduate...
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| CA | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Charter School Funding
A.B. 168
Specifies that until July 1, 2004, a charter school shall be treated as a school district for purposes of the State School Fund. http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0151-0200/ab_168_bill_20020510_chaptered.html...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Alternative Education Campuses
S.B. 94
Requires state board to establish criteria and application process for a school to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates that criteria and application process include specified components. Permits charter school meeting criteria to be designa...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Education Code Re-Write: Charter Schools, ESL Services, Charter Technical Career Centers
S.B. 20E
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 incl...
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| HI | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Charter School Funding and Teacher Status
S.B. 2512
States that teachers at charter schools are to receive probationary and tenure status and seniority provided that they fill the requirements for regular school teachers.; changes per-pupil funding allocation for charter schools. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/s...
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| NH | Vetoed 05/2002 | P-12 | Charter Schools
H.B. 298
Establishes a 10-year pilot program for the approval of up to 2 charter schools per year by the state board of education and creates certain exemptions from existing law relative to the approval process, while subjecting charter schools approved by the state b...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Charter School Trustees
H.B. 4419
Provides that the Department of Education must keep a record of the trustees who successfully complete an orientation program within 1 year of taking office; makes provisions regarding charter schools. Provides that a trustee or county board member who fails ...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Charter School Application Deadlines
S.B. 51
Allows local boards to determine deadlines for submission of charter school application; deadline must fall between August 15 and October 1. Requires local board, prior to any change in the application deadline, to send a certified letter to each charter schoo...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Revisions to Georgia Charter Schools Act of 1998
H.B. 1200
Amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Charter Schools Act of 1998," so as to revise extensively and comprehensively; to delete the legislative intent; to change and add definitions; to clarify differences bet...
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| HI | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | New Century Conversion Charter Schools
S.B. 2662
Allows a nonprofit organization to manage and operate a new century conversion charter school as a division of the nonprofit organization, in which the charter school's local school board would consist of the board of directors of the nonprofit organization. h...
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Pilot Charter School Program
S.B. 348
Establishes pilot charter school program in Iowa; establishes procedures for approval/denial of charter school applications; establishes requirements of charter schools; establishes conditions and procedures for nonrenewal or revocation of contract; and charte...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Charter Schools
S.B. 625
Clarifies that institutions of higher education may submit applications to form charter schools, requires all school boards to accept and review public charter school applications, to report the acceptance or denial of applications to the state board, and requ...
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 |
H.B. 535
Relates to dually enrolled students to clarify what constitutes demonstration of academic proficiency to establish eligibility for a non-public school student or public charter school student to participate in public school non-academic activities....
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 |
H.B. 546
Clarifies that charter schools are required to comply with the general education laws of the state unless specifically directed otherwise in public charter school law....
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Charter School Proposals and Finance
S.B. 216
Makes specifications as regards charter school finance and required minimum contents of charter school proposals. Requires charter school sponsor to notify charter school organizer of acceptance or rejection of school proposal within 60 days of organizer's sub...
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| NJ | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Charter School Construction
A.B. 1691
Permits charter schools to construct facilities with federal funds....
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Charter School Provisions
S.B. 138
Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education; increases the number of charter schools that may be sponsored by the State Board of Education; modifies requirements pertaining to the enrollment of students in charter schools; requires the ...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Modifies Charter Schools Law
H.B. 734
Modifies the charter schools statutes by requiring the Board of Education to add the number of charters denied to its annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly and by clarifying that institutions of higher education may submit charter applications...
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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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| Counseling/Guidance |
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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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| 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 Baccalaureate |
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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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| Mentoring/Tutoring |
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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 Accountability |
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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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| Remediation (K-12) |
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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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| 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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| 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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