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State |
Status/Date |
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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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| 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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| AR | Rule Adoption 11/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules for identifying private school children with disabilities that are consistent with federal regulations. http://www.sosweb.state.ar.us/elections/elections_pdfs/register/nov-03/005.19.03-006.pdf
Title: ADE 154
Source: Arkansas State Web site
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| AR | Rule Adoption 11/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding IDEA mediation and hearings; extends time period for filing grievance; complies with findings and decision of Birmingham v. Omaha School District, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. http://www.sosweb.state.ar.us/elections/elections_pdfs/register/nov-03/005.19.03-007.pdf
Title: ADE 155
Source: Arkansas State Web site
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| IL | Bill dead - amendatory veto 11/2003 | P-12 | Amends the School Code. Relates to provisions concerning the special educational services block grant for a school district having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants. Removes the extraordinary and private tuition components of the special education program that the educational services block grant includes. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1180&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=1762&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1180
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| IL | Total VEto stands 11/2003 | P-12 | Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides administrative expenses incurred by a responsible school district for children whose residence is other than a foster family home and who are educationally placed in a nonpublic school, nonpublic special education facility, public out-of-state school, or county special education facility are reimbursable. Provides these administrative expenses must be associated with supervisory and case coordination responsibilities specific to these eligible students. Provides for children from orphanages, children's homes, foster family homes, or state residential units. Effective immediately. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=192&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=1690&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 192
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| IL | Total Veto stands 11/2003 | P-12 | Provides that if a child who was eligible to receive special education services while in an orphanage, foster family home, children's child or in a state housing unit is adopted and that child continues to receive support services from the Department of Children and Family Services, the child continues to be eligible to receive special education services under this Section; effective July 1, 2003. Makes provisions regarding disabled students, students in need of medical or mental health care, or protection.
http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=0191&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=1689&SessionID=3&GA=93
Title: S.B. 191
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| ND | Rule Adoption 11/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding credential standards. Addresses an applicant for a special education strategist credential must meet the standards set out in this section. Regards the documentation on each standard must be verified by the department before a special education strategist credential is issued. NORTH DAKOTA REG 3688 (SN)
Title: NDAC 67-11-16-03
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2003 | P-12 | Requires the state department of education to establish and administer a statewide program of grant funding to support special education local plan areas in conducting alternative dispute resolution programs for resolving special education disputes. States legislative intent to make a certain amount of funding available for purposes of the program, on an annual basis. Prescribes the allocation of funds under the program. Require the legislative analyst to submit an evaluation related to the program to the state department of education, the legislature, and the governor by January 1, 2006. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_636_bill_20030904_enrolled.html
Title: S.B. 636
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Requires publishers to make basic instructional materials more accessible to pupils with disabilities. Requires publishers to facilitate access to Internet resources and digital programs intended for use by the general population of pupils by pupils with disabilities who are progressing in the general curriculum. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0801-0850/sb_842_bill_20031011_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 842
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Requires the superintendent of public instruction to develop a request for a proposal for an independent consultant to assess options and provide recommendations for alternatives to the high school exit examination for pupils with disabilities to be eligible for a high school diploma. Requires the establishment of an advisory panel for the purpose of advising the independent consultant. Provides for funding. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0951-1000/sb_964_bill_20031011_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 964
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Sets forth criteria for hiring an individual as a certificated employee to instruct deaf pupils at the California School for the Deaf. Establishes a hiring preference for individuals who achieve a minimum score on certain qualifying assessments. Provides for the retaking of the assessment for persons not attaining the minimum score. Requires an employer to reimburse persons if they attain a minimum score. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1001-1050/ab_1017_bill_20031012_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1017
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Relates to special education. Prohibits a hearing officer from rendering a decision resulting in the placement or reimbursement for the placement of an individual with exceptional needs in a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or a service or reimbursement for a service for such individual provided by a nonpublic, nonsectarian agency, unless a hearing officer issues a finding with respect to the school district's program or program offer compliance with the law. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1301-1350/ab_1337_bill_20031012_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1337
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| LA | Emergency Rule Adoption 10/2003 | P-12 | Establishes emergency rules concerning early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment program early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities. LOUISIANA REG 9136 (SN)
Title: LAC 50:XV.Chapter 81
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Requires if a public education agency observed the pupil in conducting a special education assessment, or if its assessment procedures make it permissible to have in-class observation of a pupil, an equivalent opportunity applies to an independent education assessment of the pupil in the pupil's current education placement and to observation of an educational placement and setting, proposed by the education agency, regardless of when assessment initiated. Requires the written notice to include that, if a parent or guardian proposes a publicly financed placement of the pupil in a nonpublic school, the public education agency shall have an opportunity to observe the proposed placement and the pupil in the proposed placement. Prohibit the observation or assessment of any other pupil who is not the subject of the observation without the consent of his or her parent or guardian. Requires the superintendent of public instruction to establish standards for the
training and degree of specialization of hearing officers and for quality control mechanisms to ensure fair hearings and accurate decisions. Authorizes the hearing officer to set a reasonable time limit for the hearing. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/sb_145_bill_20030912_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 145
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Requires a school district, special education local plan area, or county office of education to invite to the individualized education program team meetings a representative of the group home in those cases in which a pupil with exceptional needs has been placed in a group home by a juvenile court. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0451-0500/sb_464_bill_20030917_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 464
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Extends the requirement that the superintendent of public instruction appropriate moneys to a school district and county superintendent to fund costs associated with placing a pupil in a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency for the purpose of providing special education instruction to include funding costs for services to a pupil in a skilled nursing facility when the pupil is served by school districts with a daily average attendance of less than 3,000 students. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1601-1650/ab_1649_bill_20030929_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1649
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Revises the review day for expulsions; Provides that if a pupil completes algebra coursework in grades 7 or 8, the pupil is not exempt for the high school graduation requirement for algebra; Revises deadlines for individualized education programs; Includes other miscellaneous changes. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_300_bill_20030929_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 300
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Existing law requires the state board of education, upon recommendation of the superintendent of public instruction or the members of the state board of education, to appoint five public members to the Advisory Commission on Special Education. This bill would require the board to select one of those members from the charter school community.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0601-0650/ab_615_bill_20030811_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 615
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CT | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Concerns the general budget and revenue implementation; makes provisions regarding funding for children requiring special education; amends provisions regarding re-evaluation or withdrawal of consent in special education cases; makes grants to regional educational service centers. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2003/act/Pa/2003PA-00006-R00HB-06806SS2-PA.htm
Title: H.B. 6806
Source: Connecticut Legislative Web site
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| DE | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Relates to students with traumatic brain injury (TBI); creates a distinct student disability classification of traumatic brain injury for statistical recording of special education students with TBI to conform with federal law.
http://www.legis.state.de.us/Legislature.nsf/fsLIS?openframeset&Frame=Main&Src=/LIS/LIS142.NSF/Home!Openform
Title: S.B. 105
Source: StateNet
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| OH | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | This section specififes that the following options available to districts under the third grad reading guarantee for students who receive a limited score on the third grade reading achievement test apply to special education students: (1) promotion to 4th grade if the principal and reading teacher agree that other evaluations of the stuent's work indicate that the student is academically prepared for 4th grade;. (2) promotion to 4th grade with "intensive intervention" in that grade, or (3) retention in 3rd grade.
Title: H.B. 3 -- Third Grade Reading Guarantee
Source: Digest of Enactments 2003
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| OR | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Creates High Cost Disabilities Account within State School Fund; directs Department of Education to distribute moneys in account to school districts as reimbursement for cost of providing special education and related services to resident pupils; limits reimbursement to actual cost above specified amount; modifies portion of local option property tax revenues not considered local revenues; allows fund diversion for schools on Indian tribal reservations.
Title: S.B. 550
Source: StateNet
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| AL | Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding the development and implementation of procedures to ensure children with disabilities are provided with a free appropriate public education. ftp://ftp.alsde.edu/documents/65/AOD_NCLB_July_2003.rtf
Title: AAC 290-8-9-.10 (8) (9) ER 74
Source: Alabama State Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administration Act to require the Department of Human Services to contract for autism diagnosis education programs for medical practitioners, school personnel, day care providers, parents and community service providers. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1809&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=2622&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1809
Source: Illinois
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Amends the School Code. Makes provisions regarding the State Board of Education's rules to determine the eligibility of children to receive special education. Requires non-discriminatory tests to limited English proficiency students. Defines rules for determining eligibility. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0282
Title: S.B. 566
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| ME | Rule Adoption 07/2003 | P-12 | Amends conditions for funding approval for Special Education Programs. Provides a school district will no longer be able to override a parent not giving consent for the initial provision of special education and related services. Deletes rules regarding the Absence of Consent. MAINE REG 7558 (SN)
Title: 05-071-101
Source: StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Makes certain revisions to the special education laws; revises procedures for disbursement of catastrophic aid payments to school districts; revises definition of educationally disabled child for those 18 to 21 years old, if the child was identified as an educationally disabled child and received services in accordance with an individualized education plan but who left school prior to his or her incarceration, or was identified as an educationally disabled child but did not have an individualized education plan in his or her last educational institution. http://gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2003/SB0085.html
Title: S.B. 85
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Establishes the community district education council within the New York city community school district system; establishes a community council for each community district; establishes a city board on special education. Defines community council as the community district education council of a community district (school board). Community councils are to consist of eleven voting members and one non-voting member, including nine parents. Sets the selection, makeup and functions of each. Adds new powers and duties;
Title: S.B. 5688
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Requires school bus attendants to receive training relating to the special needs of pupils with a handicapping condition; provides that in addition, school bus attendants shall be required to pass a physical performance test.
Title: S.B. 5620
Source: StateNet
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| RI | To governor 07/2003 | P-12 | Creates a special House commission to promote and develop a comprehensive system of education for visually impaired children.
Title: H.B. 5056
Source: StateNet
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Acknowledges and address special education needs of children in the juvenile justice system. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6391&which_year=2003&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=13
Title: H.B. 6391
Source: Connecticut Legislative Web site
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Requires testing in compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act; states an elementary teaching endorsement is valid for kindergarten to grade 6 and a comprehensive special education teaching endorsement is valid for kindergarten to grade 12; requires the state board of education to establish requirements for subject area endorsements; requires teacher certification to include teaching experience in birth-to three programs approved by the Department of Mental Retardation. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2003/act/Pa/2003PA-00168-R00SB-01155-PA.htm
Title: S.B. 1155
Source: Connecticut Legislative Web site
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| GA | Adopted 06/2003 | P-12 | Defined guidelines related to the required standard credential for all related service personnel providing educational interpreting for students who are deaf or hard of hearing in local school systems (LSSs) or state-operated school programs (SOPs). Outlines class size, equipment and facility requirements. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-4-7-.11.pdf
Title: GAC 160-4-7-.11
Source: Georgia State Web site
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| GA | Adopted 06/2003 | P-12 | Establishes IDEA procedural safeguards and parents' rights. Removes language that allows local school systems to initiate a due process hearing to override a parent's refusal to consent to the initial provision of special education and related services to a child with a disability. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-4-7-.05.pdf
Title: GAC 160-4-7-.05
Source: Georgia State Web site
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Establishes a task force to study the needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adolescents. Establishes membership of task force, appointments to which must be made within 30 days of effective date of this resolve. Requires the task force to examine the behavioral, developmental, social, emotional and educational needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adolescents not receiving adequate services due to a lack of appropriate resources. Specifically, the task force must examine: 1. Services that are currently available to serve the needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adolescents and the ability of those providers to provide culturally competent, linguistically accessible services; 2. Demographic data of the numbers of deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adolescents in need of such specialized services and projections regarding the number of deaf and hard-of-hearing younger children who may require such services in the future; and 3. Proposals designed to improve the delivery of services to meet the needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adolescents, including, but not limited to, the development of in-state specialty services, collaborative agreements with bordering states and states with specialized facilities and training initiatives. Requires the task force to submit a report, including findings and recommendations, to the legislature by December 10, 2003.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billtexts/LD055301-1.asp
Title: S.P. 193 (LD 553)
Source: StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Includes "emotional disability" as disability rendering a student an exceptional student eligible for special education services.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billtexts/LD157701-1.asp
Title: S.P. 538 (LD 1577) (omnibus bill)
Source: www.mainelegislature.org
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | This bill does the following:
1. It adds "emotional disability" to the definition of "exceptional student" in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A,
section 7001;
2. It adds "undue burden" as a requirement concerning requests for extension of leased space agreements relating to local school administrative units;
3. It amends the definition of "homeless student" in compliance with the provisions of federal law;
4. It amends the homeless student provisions to be addressed by Department of Education rules to implement federal law;
5. It amends and clarifies the section of the statute defining the tuition rate that may be charged by schools receiving tuition students who are enrolled in regular school day applied technology educational programs at applied technology centers. It adds language establishing the tuition rate that may be charged by the applied technology center, satellite or region; and
6. It amends the statutes regarding local funding requirements for gifted and talented programs and the reporting dates and implementation dates for those programs. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billtexts/LD157701-1.asp
Title: S.P. 538
Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org
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| MO | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Provides that special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment shall occur only when the nature or severity of the disability of a child is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily. Also changes provisions relating to special education appeals hearings procedures. http://www.house.state.mo.us/bills03/biltxt/truly/HB0655T.HTM
Title: H.B. 655
Source: StateNet
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes the Legislative Committee on Persons with Disabilities; requiring the Department of Human Resources to submit certain reports to the Committee; requires the committee to conduct a study for the purpose of establishing an Interagency Transition Plan concerning the transition from school to work for pupils with disabilities, and to facilitate the use of service animals; studies nursing care and intermediate care facilities.
Title: S.B. 137
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2003 | P-12 | Implements regulations by repealing the requirement that a school district initiate an impartial hearing when a parent does not provide consent for the initial provision of special education services. NEW YORK REG 15942 (SN)
Title: NYCRR 8 200.5
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Adopted 06/2003 | P-12 | Amends rules concerning appropriate long-term education space for students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment. NEW YORK REG 15777 (SN)
Title: NYCRR Title 8 155.1, 155.2, 155.12, 155.15, 200.2
Source: StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Currently, Texas law requires a full individual and initial evaluation of a student for purposes of special education services to be completed no later than the 60th calendar day following the date on which the referral for evaluation was initiated by school personnel, the student's parent or legal guardian or another appropriate person. This triggering date is not consistent with other state and federal requirements. Federal law requires that any initial evaluation be conducted only upon receipt of parental consent obtained following a full explanation of procedural safeguards and no evaluation can take place until such consent is obtained. The school district may be left with a very short period of time between the date consent is obtained and the date the evaluation is actually completed, given the 60-day time period requirement. The time lag in awaiting parental consent has resulted in school districts being found in violation of the 60-day requirement. H.B. 1339 clarifies the administrative process regarding special education evaluations for school districts by coordinating the evaluation date with federal guidelines. (Bill Analysis, Senate Research Center) http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01339&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.B. 1339
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Under current law, a school district is entitled to compensatory education funding to provide services to students who are educationally disadvantaged or who are at risk of dropping out of school. However, a school district is prohibited from using compensatory education funds for a program provided for dyslexic students under Section 38.003 (Screening and Treatment for Dyslexia and Related Disorders), Education Code. H.B. 1691 allows compensatory education funds to be used for accelerated reading programs for students at risk of dyslexia and for treatment programs for students who have been determined to have dyslexia or a related disorder. (From Bill Analysis, Senate Research) http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01691&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.B. 1691
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 |
Relating to school districts that place an excessive number of students in certain special education instructional arrangements. Requires the state agency to make and disseminate to each school district a list of those districts that maintain for two successive years a ratio of full-time equivalent students placed in partially or totally self-contained classrooms to the number of full-time equivalent students placed in resource room or mainstream instructional arrangements that is 25% higher than the statewide average ratio. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01441&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.B. 1441
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Concerns operations of the Colorado school for the deaf and blind; provides for a school governing board consisting of seven members appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2003a/sl_235.htm
Title: S.B. 53
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Allows the court to order a student with an individual education program to comply with this program as a condition of probation. The court must take into account the juvenile's intellectual functioning, adaptive behavior and emotional behaviors associated with his/her disability. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/6FEE0BD67084DDEE87256C9200612869?Open&file=1025_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1025
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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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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| MD | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Requires each county board of education to annually pay to the Maryland School for the Blind an amount equal to the local share of the basic cost to support the cost of instructional programming. Requires every county board to include a student sent to the Maryland School for the Blind in the full-time equivalent enrollment used for calculating the required local funds appropriated. Requires the board of directors of the Maryland School for the Blind to report twice annually to every local board the number of blind children attending from the district and the name of every blind child charged to the county. Requires Baltimore to pay $100 twice a year for every child sent from the county to the school, and to levy on the county's assessable property $200 for every blind child sent to the Maryland School for the Blind from the county, with any year-end balance from the levy reverting to the county treasury, to be included in the next levy or paid immediately to the Maryland School for the Blind.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2003rs/bills/hb/hb0948e.rtf
Title: H.B. 948
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| MD | Rule Adoption 05/2003 | P-12 | Ensures State Regulations are in conformance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Implements standards for student behavior intervention practices requiring local school systems and certain other institutions that receive certain State funding to comply with certain requirements and practices. Requires certain policies and procedures be set for compliance with standards for student behavior intervention practices. Makes technical amendments. MARYLAND REG 9412 (SN)
Title: COMAR 13A.05.01.13 thru .16; 13A.05.02.04, .05, .13; 13A.08.04.01 thru .06
Source: StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Concerns the Baxter Compensation Program; addresses confidentiality of claimants and families of victims of abuse at Baxter School for the Deaf; specifies information to be contained in public record; concerns appeal process and new information consideration; concerns administrative budget oversight of the program; prohibits reduction of award by appeal board. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billtexts/LD076801-1.asp
Title: S.P. 263 (LP 768)
Source: StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Requires the State Board of Education to submit a preliminary report prior to February 1, 2004, to apprise the Select Oversight
Committee on Education of progress made in implementing the special education caseload and class size standards policy adopted by the state board on April 26, 2002. The state board is also required to submit an end-of-year report prior to June 30, 2004. Copies of both the
preliminary and final report shall be provided to the Senate and House Education Committees, in addition to members of the Select Oversight
Committee on Education.Requires State Board of Education to submit to select oversight committee on education preliminary and end-of-school-year reports relative to implementation of special education case load and class size standards. (Summary from fiscal note.) http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SJR0238.pdf
Title: S.J.R. 238
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TX | Rule Adoption 05/2003 | P-12 | Amends rules concerning basic education. Establishes that the individual case plan developed for each youth address special education or English as a second language as needed. TEXAS REG 85577 (SN)
Title: 37 TAC 91.43
Source: StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | H.B. 2823 delegates the responsibility of ensuring compliance with federal transition-related requirements to the commissioner of education. The bill sets out the transition issues that must be considered in the transition portion of a student's individualized education program. (Bill Analysis, Senate Research) http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=02823&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.B. 2823
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | This act assigns duties appropriately carried out by staff and which are currently assigned to a supervisory union board to the superintendent; repeals law relating to calculation of the equalized yield amount which is no longer necessary; updates law relating to possession of a firearm at school to synchronize with changes in federal law; clarifies that all school districts must follow accounting procedures adopted by the state board of education; clarifies that a school district must report the balance of reserve funds in its annual report to the electorate; clarifies the process for voting for an at-large school board member for a union school district; clarifies which school board determines the district of residence for a pupil whose legal residence is unclear; establishes that school registers must be filed within the supervisory union; clarifies that when a school district has an alternate method of paying a deficit, it is not required to add the amount to its budget; authorizes school boards to purchase liability insurance through participation in an intermunicipal agreement; authorizes payment of state aid to gores and unorganized towns and establishes a tax for spending in excess of state aid; reorganizes the state advisory council on special education to comply with changes in federal law; establishes that data changes used to calculate state aid which are made due to an error or due to an actual change in information are treated the same way; stipulates that a school district which eliminates the office of auditor must have a Certified Public Accountant conduct an annual audit; establishes that a student, if necessary, may count credits earned at technical education centers toward graduation; stipulates that credits earned at a technical center shall be applied toward school graduation requirements; and provides that state aid paid for adult diploma students shall be based on a two-year average. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2004/acts/ACT036.HTM
Title: H.B. 477
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us
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| WA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Ensures the quality and availability of educational interpreters for deaf and hearing impaired students; requires the state board of education to consider options including requiring that all educational interpreters for deaf students and hard of hearing students meet national registry standards and studying the feasibility of using distance learning options as a way to both maintain the quality and increase the availability of educational interpreters. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2003-04/Senate/5100-5124/5105-s_pl_04222003.txt
Title: S.B. 5105
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Extends the period of time for filing grievances under the individuals with disabilities education act from 30 days to 3 years. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2712.pdf
Title: H.B. 2712
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Deletes requirement that the high school life management skills course be taken at specific grade levels; requires certain test accommodations and modifications of procedures for students with disabilities; requires award of a standard diploma to a student with a disability who meets certain criteria; revises provisions relating to admission of students to community colleges.
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/house/Session/index.cfm?Mode=Bills&BI_Mode=ViewBillInfo&BillNum=1739&Year=2003&Chamber=House#BillText
Title: H.B. 1739
Source: Florida Legislative Web site
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Eliminates certain special education definitions to conform to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/SB0076.htm
Title: S.B. 76
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to education; provides for accessible electronic formats for individuals with disabilities enrolled in distance learning courses of study and using computer-based instructional materials. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0708.html
Title: H.B. 708
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Enacts the Braille Act. Requires publishers that print instructional materials for students attending educational institutions to provide, upon request of the educational institution, any printed instructional materials in an electronic format mutually agreed upon by the publisher and the educational institution. These formats shall allow the printed material to be converted to braille. Provides a private right of action for violations of the Braille Access Act. Repeals the Braille Literacy Act. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0301.html
Title: S.B. 301
Source: StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2003 | Postsec. | Requires publishers to provide printed and nonprinted postsecondary instructional materials in an electronic format at no cost to a postsecondary institution or the state repository for alternative format instructional materials for use by students with disabilities. Requires that the electronic version meet various criteria, including that it maintain the structural integrity of the instructional material. Sets forth procedures for requesting and sending electronic or alternative format instructional materials including braille and audio recordings. Allows the council on postsecondary education to create a consortium, the State Repository for Alternative Format Instructional Materials, to function as a state repository for electronic files and alternative format materials. Requires the council to collaborate with representatives of every postsecondary institution to ensure that students with disabilities have instructional materials in appropriate alternative formats within the first week of class. Requires the council to collaborate with appropriate entities to include in its annual status report on postsecondary education in Kentucky an evaluation of the need for statewide technical assistance, training and other support to make alternative format instructional materials more available and useable. Includes further provisions relating to repository and postsecondary instructional materials in electronic format. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/03RS/SB85.htm
Title: S.B. 85
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Relates to special education students. When any public agency directly responsible for the education of children with disabilities initiates or refuses to initiate or change the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of the child or the provision of a free appropriate public education to the child, the parent of a child with a disability or the agency shall have the opportunity to request a state-level impartial due process hearing. This bill allows any party aggrieved by the findings and decision made by the hearing officer to appeal the hearing officer's decision within 45 days of the decision. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0662SG.htm
Title: H.B. 662
Source: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district to use its tuition fund to pay the costs for a resident student who enrolls in a day-treatment program under an approved individualized education program at a private, nonsectarian school located in or outside of the student's resident district. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/HB0135.htm
Title: H.B. 135
Source: StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Exempts the Montana school for the deaf and blind from spending reductions. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/HB0060.htm
Title: H.B. 60
Source: StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Requires the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind to establish a system for tracking intervention services received by hearing and visually impaired children from the time of impairment identification through the child's exit from intervention or educational services. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/SB0042.htm
Title: S.B. 42
Source: http://data.opi.state.mt.us
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Changes the fee for services collected from a public school or other responsible agency by the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind from a mandatory fee to an optional fee. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/SB0043.htm
Title: S.B. 43
Source: StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Changes the designation of the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind from an independent institution to a state-sponsored special school. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/SB0041.htm
Title: S.B. 41
Source: StateNet
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Definition of a student with disabilities includes a student aged 18 through 21 who is incarcerated in an adult correctional facility and who, in the last educational placement prior to incarceration, was identified as being a student with a disability and did not have an
individualized education program or was identified as being a student with a disability and had an individualized education program. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DQVO0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1080
Source: StateNet
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| TX | Rule Adoption 03/2003 | P-12 | Proposes rules concerning Memoranda of Understanding, with regard to coordinated services for multi-problem children and youth and transition planning for students receiving special education services. TEXAS REG 85090 (SN)
Title: 37 TAC 349.69 thru 349.72
Source: StateNet
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| TX | Adopted 03/2003 | P-12 | Amends rules relating to the educational requirements for persons under 22 years of age. Relates to the Memorandum of Understanding concerning interagency coordination of special education services to students with disabilities in residential facilities. TEXAS REG 84930 (SN)
Title: 40 TAC 19.1934
Source: StateNet
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Part of this Act (21-2-202) establishes statewide guidelines for education staffing levels, to be used in assessing special education programs and services provided by school districts; requires state superintendent to monitor school district special education service delivery practices, assess the appropriateness of district variations in services provided or the delivery of services and assist districts in developing alternatives to service delivery as necessary; measure and track district special education programs based upon student performance and develop procedures to monitor student progress over time. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2003/enroll/hb0078.pdf
Title: H.B. 78
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| MT | Signed into law 02/2003 | P-12 | Allows an employee of a State or local education agency that is not providing educational services to a child with a disability, to serve as a surrogate parent for that child, but only whenever the parents or guardian cannot be identified or, after reasonable efforts, the location of the parents cannot be discovered or if the child is a ward of the state. Determination must take place within 30 days of discovery of need to make determination. Establishes prerequisites for surrogate parent and procedures for nomination, appointment and termination of surrogate parent. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/HB0153.htm
Title: H.B. 153
Source: data.opi.state.mt.us
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| NY | Emergency Rule Adoption 02/2003 | P-12 | Establishes emergency rules to ensure the continued compliance of the State and local educational agencies. Requires school districts to establish a policy to provide copies of student's individualized education program (IEP) to teachers and related service providers and ensures that any individual with responsibility to implement the IEP of a student with a disability is informed of his or her specific responsibilities. Clarifies who must receive a copy of the student's IEP and who must be informed about his or her IEP implementation responsibilities. NEW YORK REG 15703 (SN)
Title: 8 NYCRR 200.2, 200.4, 200.16
Source: StateNet
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2003 | P-12 | Relates to education of children with disabilities; authorizes program attendance beyond school age as specified. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2003/enroll/sf0091.pdf
Title: S.B. 91
Source: StateNet
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| KY | Emergency Rule Adoption 01/2003 | P-12 | Establishes emergency rules pertaining to coverage and payment for Kentucky Early Intervention Program services. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/kar/911/002/200E.htm
Title: 911 KAR 2:200E
Source: StateNet
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| KY | Adopted 01/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding the provisions relating to early intervention services for which payment shall be made on behalf of eligible recipients. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/kar/911/002/200.htm
Title: 911 KAR 2:200
Source: StateNet
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