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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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| Counseling/Guidance |
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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--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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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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| Mentoring/Tutoring |
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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 Involvement |
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| Purposes of Public Education |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Remediation (K-12) |
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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 | Identifying special education children
ADE 154
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...
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| AR | Rule Adoption 11/2003 | P-12 | IDEA Mediation/Hearings
ADE 155
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/electi...
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| IL | Bill dead - amendatory veto 11/2003 | P-12 | Special Educational Funding
H.B. 1180
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 pro...
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| IL | Total VEto stands 11/2003 | P-12 | Children with Disabilities Reimbursement
S.B. 192
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,...
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| IL | Total Veto stands 11/2003 | P-12 | Special Education
S.B. 191
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 Childr...
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| ND | Rule Adoption 11/2003 | P-12 | Credential Standards
NDAC 67-11-16-03
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 speci...
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2003 | P-12 | Special Education: Alternative Dispute Resolution
S.B. 636
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 leg...
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Special Education Instructional Materials
S.B. 842
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 disab...
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Special Education High School Exit Examination
S.B. 964
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 f...
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Hiring Preference for Teachers of Deaf Pupils
A.B. 1017
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 t...
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Special Education
A.B. 1337
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 se...
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| LA | Emergency Rule Adoption 10/2003 | P-12 | Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
LAC 50:XV.Chapter 81
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)...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Special Education Due Process Rights
S.B. 145
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 as...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Special Education: Individualized Education
S.B. 464
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 plac...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Special Education: Skilled Nursing Facilities
A.B. 1649
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 spe...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Expulsions; Graduation Requirements; Special Education
A.B. 300
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 oth...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Advisory Commission on Special Education
A.B. 615
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 ...
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| CT | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Special Education Funding and Evaluation or Consent; Regional Education Center Funding
H.B. 6806
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 educati...
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| DE | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Students with Traumatic Brain Injury
S.B. 105
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/Le...
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| OH | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Promotion Provisions
H.B. 3 -- Third Grade Reading Guarantee
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 grad...
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| OR | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | High Cost Disabilities Account
S.B. 550
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 reimbu...
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| AL | Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2003 | P-12 | Public Education for Children with Disabilities
AAC 290-8-9-.10 (8) (9) ER 74
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...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Autism Diagnosis Education Program
H.B. 1809
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 se...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Children With Disabilities
S.B. 566
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 determin...
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| ME | Rule Adoption 07/2003 | P-12 | Parental Consent
05-071-101
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 Ab...
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| NH | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Special Education Payments and Ages
S.B. 85
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 educ...
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Community District Education Council
S.B. 5688
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 commun...
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | School Bus Attendants Training
S.B. 5620
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....
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| RI | To governor 07/2003 | P-12 | Visually Impaired Children
H.B. 5056
Creates a special House commission to promote and develop a comprehensive system of education for visually impaired children....
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Special Education Services
H.B. 6391
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...
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | No Child Left Behind Act
S.B. 1155
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 stat...
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| GA | Adopted 06/2003 | P-12 | Personnel, Facilities, Equipment and Class Size
GAC 160-4-7-.11
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 c...
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| GA | Adopted 06/2003 | P-12 | IDEA Procedural Safeguards/Parents' Rights
GAC 160-4-7-.05
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 ch...
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
S.P. 193 (LD 553)
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...
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Student with Emotional Disability Eligible for Special Education Services
S.P. 538 (LD 1577) (omnibus bill)
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...
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Education Definitions and Programs
S.P. 538
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 a...
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| MO | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Special Education Services
H.B. 655
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 ...
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Legislative Committee on Persons with Disabilities
S.B. 137
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...
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| NY | Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2003 | P-12 | Parental Consent for Special Education Services
NYCRR 8 200.5
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)...
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| NY | Adopted 06/2003 | P-12 | Special Education Space Requirements Plans
NYCRR Title 8 155.1, 155.2, 155.12, 155.15, 200.2
Amends rules concerning appropriate long-term education space for students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment. NEW YORK REG 15777 (SN)...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Special Education Services
H.B. 1339
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 p...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Students with Dyslexia or a Related Disorder
H.B. 1691
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 compensator...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Special Education Students
H.B. 1441
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 successi...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | School for the Deaf and Blind
S.B. 53
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...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Juvenile Adjudication Proceedings
H.B. 1025
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 wit...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Assessment, Maximum Class size, Instruction, Revenue
S.B. 249
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 pr...
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Maryland School for the Blind
H.B. 948
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 Ma...
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| MD | Rule Adoption 05/2003 | P-12 | Provision of a Free Appropriate Public Education
COMAR 13A.05.01.13 thru .16; 13A.05.02.04, .05, .13; 13A.08.04.01 thru .06
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 ...
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Baxter Compensation Program
S.P. 263 (LP 768)
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; ...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Special Education Caseload and Class Size Standards
S.J.R. 238
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 th...
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| TX | Rule Adoption 05/2003 | P-12 | Basic Education
37 TAC 91.43
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)...
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Students Receiving Special Education Services
H.B. 2823
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 individualize...
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Education Law
H.B. 477
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...
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| WA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Quality And Availability Of Education
S.B. 5105
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 stude...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Filing Grievances
H.B. 2712
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...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Special Education Students
H.B. 1739
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 wit...
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Special Education Definitions
S.B. 76
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...
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Accessible Electronic Formats
H.B. 708
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/hou...
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Braille Access Act
S.B. 301
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 ...
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2003 | Postsec. | Postsecondary Education Materials for Disabled
S.B. 85
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 disabi...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Appeal of Hearing Officer's Decision
H.B. 662
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...
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Board to Pay If Student with IEP Enrolls at Private, Nonsectarian Day-Treatment Program
H.B. 135
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 resi...
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Deaf and Blind Schools Spending Reductions Barred
H.B. 60
Exempts the Montana school for the deaf and blind from spending reductions. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/HB0060.htm...
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Tracking Sensory Impaired Children
S.B. 42
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 ...
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | School for Deaf and Blind Fees
S.B. 43
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...
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Montana School for the Deaf and Blind
S.B. 41
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...
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Incarcerated Students with Disabilities
H.B. 1080
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...
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| TX | Rule Adoption 03/2003 | P-12 | Multi-problem Children & Youth
37 TAC 349.69 thru 349.72
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)...
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| TX | Adopted 03/2003 | P-12 | Educational Requirements for Persons Under 22 Years
40 TAC 19.1934
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...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Assessing Special Education Programs
H.B. 78
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...
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| MT | Signed into law 02/2003 | P-12 | State or Local Education Employee May Be Surrogate Parent to Disabled Child
H.B. 153
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 ...
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| NY | Emergency Rule Adoption 02/2003 | P-12 | Individualized Education Programs
8 NYCRR 200.2, 200.4, 200.16
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 pr...
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2003 | P-12 | Education of Children with Disabilities
S.B. 91
Relates to education of children with disabilities; authorizes program attendance beyond school age as specified. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2003/enroll/sf0091.pdf...
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| KY | Emergency Rule Adoption 01/2003 | P-12 | Kentucky Early Intervention Program Coverage and Payment
911 KAR 2:200E
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...
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| KY | Adopted 01/2003 | P-12 | Coverage/Payment/Kentucky Early Intervention Program
911 KAR 2:200
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...
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