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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--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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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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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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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--Cyber Charters |
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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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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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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--Alignment |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental 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--International 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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| Demographics |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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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--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Litigation |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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| Governance |
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| Governance--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--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| Health--Suicide Prevention |
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| Health--Teen Pregnancy |
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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--College Readiness |
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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--Homework/Study Skills |
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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--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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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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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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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--Finance |
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| No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement |
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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 Accountability--Diploma Mills |
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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--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 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--Completion |
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| Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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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 Attitudes |
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| Public Involvement |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Religion |
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 | Scheduling/School Calendar |
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| GA | Adopted 11/2003 | P-12 | Clarifies rules regarding instructional extension, a state-funded instructional program beyond the regular school day to address the academic needs of low-performing students. Allows local school systems to spend up to 15 percent of the designated funds on transportation costs incurred for transporting students who are attending the additional classes. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-4-2-.14.pdf
Title: GAC 160-4-2-.14
Source: Georgia State Department of Education Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Conditions the authority to operate a school program of year-round scheduling on the governing board of the school district adopting a resolution at a regularly scheduled board meeting certifying that the number of annual instructional minutes is not less than that of schools of the same grade levels utilizing the traditional school calendar and that is not possible to maintain a multitrack schedule using a traditional school calendar. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0551-0600/ab_560_bill_20030925_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 560
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| MI | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Establishes minimum number of annual instructional time for full state funding as 1,098 hours. (Previous state law, statute 380.1284, established that the minimum instructional year in hours for 2003-04 school year was 1,122, with incremental increases in successive years, finally reaching 1,140 in the 2006-07 school year and every successive year).
Also allows a district to count up to 51 hours of professional development for teachers, including the 5 hours of online professional development provided by the Michigan virtual university under section 98, as hours of pupil instruction. A district that elects to use this exception shall notify the department of its election.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/billenrolled/house/pdf/2003-HNB-4401.pdf
See governor's comment on this section (page 9/36): http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/journal/house/pdf/2003-HJ-08-13-064.pdf
Title: H.B. 4401 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.michiganlegislature.org
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Existing law requires the minimum day in specified vocational education programs to consist of 4 periods totaling at least 180
minutes in duration. This bill would additionally provide that for a pupil who attends a school, as specified, in which the regularly scheduled period is greater than 60 minutes in length, the minimum day is one or more periods totaling at least 180 minutes in duration. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=ab_774&sess=CUR&house=B&author=wiggins
Title: A.B. 774
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Specifies that for the 2002-03 school year and thereafter, the requirements governing the minimum length of the school day and year do not apply to any district or school that was unable to meet minimum instructional time requirements due to school closure within the last thirty calendar days of the school year, when such closure was the result of natural disaster as defined by the state superintendent and state board. State board must adopt regulations requiring any school or district that was unable to meet the minimum instructional time requirements, due to circumstances specified above, to submit to the state superintendent information on why the school or district was unable to meet the requirements and any efforts made by the school or district to meet the requirements. Provisions apply to a district only if every school in the district was forced to close due to natural disaster. For the 2002-03 school year, these provisions do not apply to the New Orleans system and which in 2002-03 school year cannot meet the specified minimum instructional time requirements due to school board's action providing professional development activities during the school day in every school in the system and the reduced instructional time does not exceeed one hundred eighty minutes.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/bills/byinst.asp?sessionid=03RS&billid=HB457&doctype=BT
Title: H.B. 457
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| AL | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Foundation Program revised: minimum school days increased to 180 days by 2008, allocation for professional days and leave, additional instructional support allowance, average daily membership based on first 20 school days after Labor Day, pupil-teacher ratios for funding, assignment of teachers based on enrollment with waiver provisions; contingent on voter approval of constitutional amendment (HB1). http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACASLogin.asp?SESSION=1027
Title: S.B. 4
Source: Alabama Legislative Web site
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| AZ | Line item vetoed 06/2003 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Creates budget reconciliation for education and includes the following provisions: Prohibits the State Board of Education from sponsoring additional charter schools in FY 2003-04, and requires the State Board for Charter Schools to provide oversight for existing state board of education-sponsored charter schools during FY 2003-04;Repeals a FY 2002-03 transfer of monies to the Parental Choice for Reading Success Program and deposits the monies in the General Fund; Allows school districts and charter schools to complete the minimum number of instructional hours in less than 180 days; Repeals the State Board of Directors for Community Colleges (SBDCC), transfers any remaining SBDCC funds to the General Fund, applies this change retroactively to July 1, 2003, and requires the Legislative Council to prepare proposed legislation conforming the repeal of the SBDCC throughout statute.
Title: H.B. 2534
Source: Arizona Legislation Web site
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| MI | Vetoed 06/2003 | P-12 | For purposes of eligibility to receive state aid, changes minimum day requirements to minimum hour requirements, thus requiring each district to provide at least 1,098 hours of pupil instruction per school year. Specifies that before a district changes its schedule to a 4-day school week, the local board must hold at least two public hearings on the issue of a 4-day school week. If the board decides to make the change, it must adopt a resolution that includes all of the following: (a) A statement in writing pledging that the costs savings from the change will be allocated to classroom instruction and will not be used for pay increases. (b) A statement in writing indicating that the change is being made because the board has determined that it will result in budget savings and stabilize or enhance pupil performance in the district.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/billenrolled/senate/pdf/2003-SNB-0364.pdf
Title: S.B. 364
Source: www.michiganlegislature.org
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| MO | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Eliminates provision requiring first day of school to be on September 1 or later. http://www.senate.mo.gov/03INFO/bills/SB686.htm
Title: S.B. 686 (§ 171.031)
Source: www.senate.mo.gov
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Revises provisions relating to payment of fees for advanced placement tests; revises provision relating to the release of certain test questions; deletes provision that students with alternate assessments shall not count for accountability purposes; changes provisions regarding expenditure controls for the 2003-2004 school year; changes provisions regarding maximum class size for the 2003-2004 school year and provides for automatic repeal; changes provisions regarding funding for additional days of instruction; provides that when certain sales taxes for educational purposes are imposed, each board of education expending proceeds of the tax undergo a performance audit or performance review of the expenditures and provides for performance audit or review contracts. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/sum/sb249.htm
Title: S.B. 249
Source: Georgia Legislative Web site
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| NC | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Makes veterans day a holiday for school personnel.
Title: H.B. 421
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Provides teachers with additional time for instructional purposes. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2655.pdf
Title: H.B. 2655
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2003 | P-12 | Amends required time for instruction and school calendar; establishes emergency rules regarding the amendment to Standards of Accreditation. ARKANSAS REG 3455 (SN)
Title: Uncodified
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2003 | P-12 | Allow the Arkansas State Board of Education to waive the minimum of 178 days required in the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools for the purposes of professional development or natural necessity due to inclement weather, fire, natural disaster or
other catastrophic event which makes conducting required student-teacher interaction time impossible or would create imminent
danger to the health or safety of students or school personnel. Regulation is effective April 14, 2003 and expires August 10, 2003. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/waivers%20school%20days.pdf
Title: ADE 153
Source: Arkansas State Web site
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| MO | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Allows a district to be exempt in the 2002-03 school year from the requirement to make up school days canceled due to inclement weather after November 20, 2002, in the school district. Waives the requirement to make up two-thirds of the missed days in the 2003-04 school year. http://www.house.state.mo.us/bills03/biltxt/truly/HB0554T.HTM
Title: H.B. 554
Source: www.house.state.mo.us
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Exempts schools from the required 180-day minimum school calendar for time missed due to emergencies; continues to pay school districts full allotments.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2404SG.htm
Title: S.B. 2404
Source: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Applies the 6-hour school day requirement to first grade. (Section 1-111. A. A school day shall consist of not less than six (6) hours devoted to school activities, except that a school day for nursery, early childhood education, kindergarten, extended day program, and alternative education programs shall be as otherwise defined by law or as defined by the State Board of Education.) Exemptions formerly applied to first grade. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04SB/sb289_enr.rtf
Title: S.B. 289
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Allows the state commissioner of education to approve five disaster days for a school district that was closed at least ten days due to disastrous weather conditions during the 2002-03 academic year. Certified staff are required to report to work and engage in instructional activities or professional development during the five disaster days. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/03RS/SB132/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 132
Source: http://www.lrc.state.ky.us
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Provides time for home visits and parent-teacher conferences in kindergarten through grade five.
Title: H.B. 68
Source: StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes a school board to approve a four-day school week under certain conditions, so long as a minimum of 990 hours of instructional time is provided for grades one through 12 and 540 hours for kindergarten. No alternative plan that reduces the instructional time in the core academics shall be approved. The Standards of Accreditation (SOA) (8 VAC 20-131-150) set the standard school year at 180 days, with the standard school day for students in grades one through 12 to "average at least 5-1/2 hours, excluding breaks for meals, and a minimum of three hours for kindergarten." The SOA permit school divisions to develop alternative schedules for meeting these requirements as long as a minimum of 990 hours of instructional time is provided for grades one through 12 and 540 hours for kindergarten. Such alternative plans must be approved by the local school board and by the Board of Education under guidelines established by it. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?031+ful+CHAP0724
Title: H.B. 2806
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/
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| MT | Signed into law 02/2003 | P-12 | Transfers the authority for approving the conduct of school on Saturday in the case of an emergency from the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the school district trustees. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/HB0078.htm
Title: H.B. 78
Source: StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 02/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to change any date in the school budget and election calendar due to a conflict with a day of religious observance.
Title: S.B. 861
Source: StateNet
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| NE | Signed into law 01/2003 | P-12 | One provision allows the state board to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to define school day and other appropriate units of the school calendar (previously was "shall adopt").
Title: L.B. 67
Source: StateNet
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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--Week |
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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--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--Special Education |
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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--Shared Services |
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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--Federal Law/Regulations |
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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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| Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
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| Special Populations--Homeless Education |
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| Special Populations--Immigrant 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--Ballot Questions |
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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 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--Employment |
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| Students--Mobility |
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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--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--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
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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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| Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining--Strikes |
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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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| Textbooks and Open Source |
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| Urban--Governance |
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