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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 | Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Alignment |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Multicultural |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Demographics |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Litigation |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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| Governance |
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| Governance--School Boards--Training |
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| Governance--Site-Based Management |
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| Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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| Health |
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| Health--Child Abuse |
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| Health--Suicide Prevention |
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| Health--Teen Pregnancy |
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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--College Readiness |
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| Leadership |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
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| No Child Left Behind |
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| No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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| No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--Finance |
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| No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement |
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| No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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| No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
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| Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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| Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
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| P-16 or P-20 |
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| P-3 |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Family Involvement |
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| P-3 Finance |
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| P-3 Governance |
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| P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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| P-3 Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Preschool |
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| P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure |
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| Postsecondary Finance |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
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| Postsecondary Online Instruction |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Access |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
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| Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion |
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| Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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| Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
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| Private Schools |
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| Privatization |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Public Attitudes |
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| Public Involvement |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Week |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year |
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| School Safety |
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| School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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| School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
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| School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
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| School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
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| School Safety--Special Education |
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| School/District Structure/Operations |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
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| Service-Learning |
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| Special Education |
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| Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations |
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| Special Education--Finance |
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| Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) |
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| Special Education--Placement |
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| Special Education--Transition |
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| Special Populations--Corrections Education |
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| Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
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| Special Populations--Homeless Education |
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| Special Populations--Immigrant Education |
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| Standards |
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| Standards--Implementation |
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| State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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 | State Policymaking |
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| AR | Signed into law 12/2003 | P-12 | Requires financial impact statements for bills relating to education that have a fiscal impact on school district expenditures. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB8.pdf
Title: S.B. 8
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 12/2003 | P-12 | Repeals the fiscal year allocation provision for expenses of the joint committee on K-12 educational facilities. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB10.pdf
Title: S.B. 10
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AL | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Instructs the code commissioner to prepare legislation recompiling Title 16 (Education) of the Code of Alabama 1975. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACASLogin.asp?SESSION=1026
Title: H.J.R. 37
Source: Alabama Legislative Web site
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Increases membership on the state advisory commission on teacher education and certification from 11 to 13 members. Decreases from ten to nine the members who are employed by a city or parish, adds that one of these nine may be employed by some "other local public school system." Adds requirement that tenth member represent the board of regents; adds requirement that 11th and 12th members represent the Blue Ribbon Commission on Teacher Quality or its successor. (Amendments retain standing requirement that 13th member be appointed from a list of teachers nominated by the J.K. Haynes Foundation). Specifies that from the nine members who are school system employees, six must be certified, employed, and actively engaged as full-time practicing classroom teachers, and that one of these six must be the teacher appointed from the list nominated by the J.K. Haynes Foundation. Requires member who is an education faculty member be nominated by the Louisiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, rather than the Louisiana Council of Education Deans, as previously required. Adds requirement that member representing the board of regents be appointed by the commissioner of higher education. Requires the two members representing the Blue Ribbon Commission on Teacher Quality be appointed by the commission's chairperson.
In section regarding the initial meeting of the state advisory commission on teacher education and certification, states that the commission must transact such other business as the state department of education considers advisable. (Former language required the commission to transact such other business as the commission considers advisable).
Deletes language requiring the commission to recommend state or national standards for preservice and advanced certification programs to the board of regents, the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (retains language that the commission recommend on these areas to the state board).
http://www.legis.state.la.us/bills/byinst.asp?sessionid=03RS&billid=SB126&doctype=BT
Title: S.B. 126
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Establishes a K-12 public school renewal commission to propose amendments and new provisions to components of K-12 education, including governance and finance structures and the state and federal roles in public education. The commission must include at a minimum the governor, the superintendent of public instruction and specified members of the state legislature. In addition, the governor must identify between 10 and 25 entitites to send a representative to serve on the commission and name a representative from the juvenile corrections division. The commission must present its findings and recommendations to the education and local government interim committee by September 15, 2004, and may recommend legislation. Provides an appropriation.
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/HB0736.htm
Web site for the Montana K-12 Public School Renewal Commission: http://www.state.mt.us/gov2/css/boards/renewal/default.asp
Title: H.B. 736
Source: data.opi.state.mt.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Creates The Quality Education Act of 2003; makes provisions regarding the No Child Left Behind Act. Repeals Arkansas Code, Title 6, Chapter 20, Subsection 16, the previous Arkansas system as education assessment and accountability. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2697.pdf
Title: H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Requires the Commissioner of Education to distribute in electronic format to the local boards of education, at the
conclusion of each regular session of the General Assembly, copies of newly enacted public chapters pertaining to public education.
Present law requires the Commission of Education to print and distribute to the local boards of education and all state, county and city school officers copies of the school law. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Fiscal/HB2014.pdf
Title: H.B. 2014
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| KS | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Deletes language requiring the state board of education to publish a notice in the KS register at least 30 days in advance and hold a public hearing before adopting a rule. Deletes language referring to voting and filing procedures. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2004/118.pdf
Title: S.B. 118
Source: StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Clarifies the specific qualifications for members of the State Board of Education regarding age, education, business or political ties, relation to any education department employee, etc. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/03RS/SB152.htm
Title: S.B. 152
Source: www.lrc.state.ky.us
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Specifies that the Kentucky representatives of the Southern Regional Education Board's Legislative Advisory Council must include three members each from the KY senate and KY house, at least one of whom from each chamber must belong to the minority party, appointed by the leader of each respective chamber. Requires the Senate President and the Speaker of the House to each select five delegates to the Legislative Work Conference. The delegates must include the Legislative Advisory Council members from each chamber. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/03RS/HB252/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 252
Source: http://www.lrc.state.ky.us
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes full-time program of internal auditing at specific state postsecondary institutions, including various community/junior colleges, the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University, and the department of education. Requires each specified postsecondary institution and the department to employ an agency internal audit director and professional and support staff to conduct internal auditing. Sets forth internal audit directors' qualifications and duties. Establishes manner in which audits should be conducted as well as availability, procedures and frequency of audit reports. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0650SG.htm
Title: H.B. 650
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Adds Section 69 to create the "office of education accountability" in the legislative council service. The office is to provide an independent evaluation of the Assessment and Accountability Act and the School Personnel Act by: monitoring implementation of both acts; periodically reviewing district and school-based decision-making policies relating to the recruitment and retention of school employees; verifying the accuracy of reports of school, district and state performance; and conducting studies of other states' efforts at assessment and accountability and other educational reforms and report its findings to the New Mexico legislative council, legislative education study committee and legislative finance committee. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Section 21 (53A-13-108) was added to law. The Legislature finds that a free public education should:
(1)(a) prepare each student for the student's choice of higher education or gainful employment, focusing on the core academic skills of reading, writing, science, and mathematics, balanced with exposure to the arts and applied technology which will enable students to: (i) communicate effectively, both verbally and through written communication; (ii) apply mathematics; and (iii) access, analyze, and apply information; and (b) train students in the key attributes required for successful living.
(2) In accordance with the findings described under Subsection (1), the State Board of Education shall study and make recommendations for: (a) aligning responsibility, authority, accountability, and funding for the State Board of Education, state superintendent, and local school districts; (b) an improved environment of academic achievement; (c) implementing competency-based progress and measurement systems that allow each student to continually progress within and between course levels at an individual optimal rate; (d) assuring that each high school senior is progressing in challenging courses; (e) developing, with employers, trades, professions, and the State Board of Regents competency standards for progress or graduation; (f) improving methods of motivating school districts to increase academic discipline, including reduced cutting of classes by students and utilizing means such as closed campuses; (g) implementing a progress-based assessment system that continually tracks individual student progress each year in each of the core academic areas by: (i) tracking student progress from year to year on a longitudinal basis, rather than aggregate levels of performance; (ii) utilizing national norm-referenced tests as benchmarks, so that the progress of Utah students can be compared to the progress of students in other states and the nation; (iii) providing progress assessment data that follow each student wherever that student attends schools in the state; and (iv) making the assessment data available to parents to permit them to make fully informed decisions regarding the districts, schools, and teachers they wish to involve in the educational process for their children; (h) developing methods to increase school choice among public schools, including intradistrict and interdistrict transfers, and expansion of alternative schools such as charter schools and New Century schools; (i) aligning the current funding mechanisms with the priorities of the strategy focusing on core academics, to include financial incentives and consequences; (j) developing a new incremental state funding mechanism for public education that: (i) motivates school districts to focus on achieving value-added progress in core academics; (ii) is tied to the progress-based assessment system described under Subsection (2)(g); (iii) provides funding details, including adjustments for mobility; and (iv) provides school districts, parents, students, and educators an economic incentive for developing economic efficiencies in the delivery of instruction; (k) remediating schools and districts that do not meet appropriate standards based on the progress-based assessment described above, including possible transfer of control to the State Board of Education; (l) developing ways to meet a variety of learning styles; (m) developing savings through building utilization and per square foot cost limitation in building construction programs; and (n) implementing other best demonstrated practices of other states and their school districts that are achieving significant improvement in core academic progress.
(3) (a) By August 15, 2003, the state board must submit an initial report to the governor's office for use at the State Education Summit Meeting. (b) The State Board of Education shall make at least three annual reports on the issues
described under Subsection (2) to the Education Interim Committee. (c) A final report, including any proposed legislation, shall be presented to the Education Interim Committee prior to November 30, 2003, 2004, and 2005.
http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2003/bills/sbillenr/sb0154.pdf
Title: S.B. 154 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/
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| AZ | Issued 01/2003 | P-12 | Establishes a Children's Cabinet to focus attention and resources on problems facing the state's children by collaborating and promoting coordinated policies and service delivery systems that support children, families and communities. Establishes an Advisory Commission on Child Protective Services (CPS) Reform to make recommendations to the governor and the Children's Cabinet on how the state can carry out its mission of serving the best interests of children, particularly those in greatest need of protection. Requires the children's cabinet to (1) Advise and make recommendations to the governor on the most effective policies and programs that promote the best interests of Arizona children. (2) Develop a coordinated inter-agency strategy for serving abused and neglected children with more effective and efficient service delivery, including coordination of behavioral health services, education services, health care services, substance abuse services and child welfare. (3) Develop a plan for maximizing Arizona's share of federal funds for programs that support Arizona children. Establishes membership of the children's cabinet and the Advisory Commission on CPS Reform; states the Advisory Commission on CPS Reform will conclude its work by June 30, 2003.
http://www.governor.state.az.us/eo/2003_4.pdf
Title: Executive Order 2003-04
Source: www.governor.state.az.us
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| State Policymaking--Ballot Questions |
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| State Policymaking--Politics |
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| State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
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| Student Achievement |
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| Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap |
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| Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
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| Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
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| Student Supports--Remediation |
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| Students |
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| Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
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| Students--Employment |
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| Students--Mobility |
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| Students--Records/Rights |
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| Teaching Quality |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
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| Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
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| Teaching Quality--Preparation |
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| Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
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| Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
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| Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
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| Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining--Strikes |
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| Technology |
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| Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
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| Technology--Equitable Access |
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| Technology--Funding Issues |
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| Technology--Internet Safety |
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| Textbooks and Open Source |
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| Urban--Governance |
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