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From the ECS State Policy Database
2003 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2003. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All."

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State Status/Date Level Summary
+ Accountability
+ Accountability--Accreditation
+ Accountability--Measures/Indicators
+ Accountability--Reporting Results
+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
+ Accountability--School Improvement
+ Adult Basic Education
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
+ Assessment--End-of-Course
+ Assessment--Formative/Interim
+ Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
+ Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization)
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
+ Attendance
+ Attendance--Compulsory
+ Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower)
+ Attendance--Truancy
+ Background Checks
+ Bilingual/ESL
+ Business Involvement
+ Career/Technical Education
+ Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research
+ Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
+ Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Vouchers
+ Civic Education
+ Civic Education--Character Education
+ Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
+ Class Size
+ Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Alignment
+ Curriculum--Arts Education
+ Curriculum--Drivers Education
+ Curriculum--Environmental Education
+ Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
+ Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
+ Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
+ Curriculum--International Education
+ Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling
+ Curriculum--Mathematics
+ Curriculum--Multicultural
+ Curriculum--Physical Education
+ Curriculum--Science
+ Curriculum--Sex Education
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+ Desegregation
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+ Equity
+ Federal
+ Finance
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+ Finance--Bonds
+ Finance--District
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+ Finance--Facilities
+ Finance--Federal
+ Finance--Funding Formulas
+ Finance--Litigation
+ Finance--Local Foundations/Funds
+ Finance--Lotteries
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+ Finance--Private Giving
+ Finance--Resource Efficiency
+ Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
+ Finance--Student Fees
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues
+ Governance
+ Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
+ Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest
+ Governance--School Boards
+ Governance--School Boards--Training
+ Governance--Site-Based Management
+ Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
- Health
NJSigned into law 12/2003P-12Smoking on School Buses
A.B. 3168
Prohibits smoking on school buses, even if students are not present; clarifies that the prohibition on smoking or carrying lighted tobacco o...

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CASigned into law 10/2003P-12Pupil Screening: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
A.B. 766
Establishes a 3-year pilot program whereby any school district may participate in the program of pupil screening for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitu...

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CAVetoed 10/2003P-12Pupil Health: Vision Appraisal
S.B. 606
Requires if a student vision appraisal is conducted in a public school, each pupil is to receive a notice and questionnaire regarding pupil ...

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CASigned into law 10/2003P-12Emergency Medical Services: Diabetes
A.B. 942
Authorizes a school district, in the absence of a credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse, to provide voluntary emergency medical ...

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CASigned into law 10/2003P-12Fee Assessment on Instructional Materials
S.B. 1058
Requires the department of education, prior to conducting a follow-up adoption of basic educational materials for use in kindergarten and gr...

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DERule Adoption 10/2003P-12Certification School Nurse
14 DAC 1580
Amends regulation 380 and moves it to regulation 1580, Certification School Nurse. Complies with changes in statute regarding licensure and ...

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WISigned into law 10/2003Postsec.Meningococcal Disease Vaccinations
A.B. 344
Requires college students to be informed about meningococcal disease and hepatitis B; requires colleges to maintain certain records about th...

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CASigned into law 09/2003P-12California Childhood Obesity Prevention Act
S.B. 677
Makes certain restrictions of the sale of food items in school operative if funding is appropriated for certain nutritional purposes. Prohib...

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CASigned into law 09/2003P-12
Postsec.
School Facilities: Maintenance and Repair
A.B. 1124
Requires a priority for the use of maintenance funding under the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 be to ensure that facilities,...

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CASigned into law 09/2003P-12School District Governing Boards: Contracts
S.B. 65
Prohibits the governing board of a school district from entering into or renewing any contract for the sale of carbonated beverages or non-n...

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NYVetoed 09/2003P-12School Cafeteria Cooling Requirements
S.B. 3445
Authorizes Commissioner of Labor to promulgate rules and regulations establishing air temperature, ventilation and filtration standards and ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2003P-12Health Screening
S.B. 1081
Provides that a diabetes screening be included in the health examination of each school child, but that diabetes testing is not required. ht...

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ILSigned into law 08/2003P-12Community Service
S.B. 372
Provides that community service may include participation in a high school or community blood drive or other blood recruitment campaign. Pro...

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ILSigned into law 08/2003P-12Vision Examinations
S.B. 805
Provides that parents are encouraged to have their children undergo vision examinations at the same points in time required for health exami...

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NCSigned into law 08/2003P-12Tobacco Free Schools
S.B. 583
Protects children in the public schools from exposure to tobacco by requiring local boards of education to adopt written policies prohibitin...

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NCSigned into law 08/2003P-12Administering Medication
S.B. 226
Prohibits the administration of medication to a child in a licensed or unlicensed child care facility without proper authorization from the ...

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WIEmergency Rule Adoption 08/2003P-12
Postsec.
Immunization of Students
HFS 144
Establishes emergency rules relating to immunization of students. WISCONSIN REG 20282 (SN)...

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CTSigned into law 07/2003P-12Medical Care for Students
H.B. 5931
Allows certain school staff members to use an automatic prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable equipment used to deliv...

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ILSigned into law 07/2003P-12Autism 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 autis...

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ILSigned into law 07/2003P-12Lead Poisoning Screening
H.B. 207
Amends the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. Provides that physicians, health care providers, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants...

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ALSigned into law 06/2003P-12Asthma Medications in Schools
H.B. 56
Provides for the self-administration of asthma medication by students attending public or nonpublic schools upon written parental and medica...

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COSigned into law 06/2003P-12Health Care Treatment for Students
H.B. 1172
Requires school boards to adopt a policy prohibiting school personnel from recommending or requiring the use of a psychotropic drug by any s...

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DERule Adoption 06/2003P-12School Health Record Keeping Requirements/Screening
14 DAC 811, 815, 817
Establishes rules regarding school health record keeping requirements, physical examinations and screening, and administration of medication...

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DESigned into law 06/2003P-12Lead Poisoning
S.B. 74
Permits a student to enroll in kindergarten without the student first being screened for lead poisoning; requires that the student be screen...

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MESigned into law 06/2003P-12Health Records
S.P. 96 (LD 262)
Requires that disciplinary, attendance and health records be included in the records that follow a student who transfers to another school e...

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MISigned into law 06/2003P-12Teacher Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
H.B. 4038
Requires course completion and certification in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and foreign body airway obstruction management for ...

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MOSigned into law 06/2003Postsec.Meningitis
S.B. 686 (New Section)
Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year and for each school year thereafter, requires every public institution of higher education in the s...

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NCSigned into law 06/2003Postsec.Meningitis and Hepatitis B Immunization
H.B. 825
Requires any private or public institution that offers a postsecondary degree to provide meningococcal disease immunization information to s...

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ORSigned into law 06/2003P-12Recommending Medication
S.B. 456
Prohibits public school personnel from recommending to a parent or guardian that a student seek a prescription for certain types of medicati...

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TNSigned into law 06/2003P-12Maximum Weight Standards For School Textbooks
S.B. 1664
Requires the state board o study and make recommendations concerning weight of textbooks used by pupils in elementary and secondary schools....

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TNSigned into law 06/2003P-12Mold Abatement
H.B. 891
Creates task force to establish guidelines for mold abatement in public schools....

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TXSigned into law 06/2003P-12Psychotropic Drugs
H.B. 1406
Prohibits a school district employee from recommending psychiatric evaluation or the use of a psychotropic drug or suggesting a particular d...

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TXSigned into law 06/2003P-12Obesity and Health Needs of Children
S.B. 474
Establishes a joint interim committee composed of the following members: (1) the commissioner of education; (2) the commissioner of public...

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TXSigned into law 06/2003P-12Psychotropic Drugs
H.B. 320
An employee of a school district may not use or threaten to use the refusal of a parent, guardian, or managing or possessory
conservator of...

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TXSigned into law 06/2003P-12School Nutrition
S.C.R. 49
Requests the lieutenant governor and the speaker to create a joint interim committee to study issues related to nutrition among state public...

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ARBecame law without governor's signature 05/2003P-12A Health Advisory Committee
H.B. 2893
Creates a Health Advisory Committee; coordinates efforts to combat inadequate health care on the educational performance of children. http:/...

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IASigned into law 05/2003P-12Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund
H.F. 685
Makes appropriation from the healthy Iowans tobacco trust and the tobacco settlement trust fund for various initiatives, including for a $40...

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INSigned into law 05/2003P-12Immunization for Chicken Pox
H.B. 1702
Requires a child who enters kindergarten or grade 1 to be immunized against chicken pox after a June 30, 2004. http://www.in.gov/serv/lsa_bi...

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MESigned into law 05/2003P-12Cancer Causing Chemicals
H.P. 158, 199
Prohibits the presence, use and storage on school and child care center property of chemicals known to cause cancer; requires the adoption o...

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NESigned into law 05/2003Postsec.Vaccinations
L.B. 513
Beginning with school year 2003-04, each postsecondary educational institution must provide to each newly enrolled student who will reside i...

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NHSigned into law 05/2003P-12Use of Asthma Inhalers
H.B. 57
Relates to the use of inhalers by pupils and campers with asthma; permits students and campers with asthma to possess and self-administer as...

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NHSigned into law 05/2003P-12Epinephrine Auto Injectors
H.B. 92
Relates to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by pupils and campers with severe allergies; permits students and campers with severe, pote...

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NVSigned into law 05/2003P-12Tobacco Use in Schools
S.B. 50
Relates to tobacco; authorizes school districts to adopt more stringent restrictions governing tobacco and products made from tobacco than r...

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NYSigned into law 05/2003P-12Duration of School Health Services
S.B. 2662
Extends to 27 years the maximum duration of certain projects providing school health services for pre- school and school-age children....

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OKSigned into law 05/2003Postsec.Higher Education
S.B. 787
Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, public or private postsecondary educational institutions shall provide detailed information on t...

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TNSigned into law 05/2003Postsec.Vaccinations
S.B. 185
Requires vaccinations for Meningococcal disease for post-secondary students who live in on-campus housing....

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TNSigned into law 05/2003Postsec.Vaccinations for Students
S.B. 1733
Requires new incoming students at any public or private institution of higher learning to return a completed waiver form
that indicates that...

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TXSigned into law 05/2003P-12School Health Advisory Councils
S.B. 1357
S.B. 1357 Requires the board of trustees of each school district to establish a local school health advisory council, rather than local scho...

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WAVetoed 05/2003Postsec.Immunizations
H.B. 1827
Relates to provisions of meningococcal immunization information to first-time students by degree- granting postsecondary educational institu...

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WASigned into law 05/2003P-12Children's Mental Health
H.B. 1784
Improves coordination of services for children's mental health; improves field-level cross-program collaboration and efficiency, the early p...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Religious Exemption to the School Immunization
S.B. 434
Revises the Religious Exemption to the school immunization requirements; tracks children with exemptions.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftpr...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Oral Health Instruction into Public School
S.B. 811
Implements oral health instruction into public school curricula. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB811.pdf...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Child Health Advisory Committee
H.B. 1583
Creates a Child Health Advisory Committee; coordinates statewide efforts to combat childhood obesity; provides for standards and policy reco...

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CTSigned into law 04/2003P-12
Postsec.
Immunization
H.B. 6373
Allows institutions of higher education to save resources currently used to collect information that has already been collected by Connectic...

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MSSigned into law 04/2003Postsec.Meningitis and Hepatitis Risk and Vaccinations
H.B. 1087
Requires the state department of health to organize educational material on the risks of meningitis and hepatitis A and B and the availabili...

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MTSigned into law 04/2003P-12Diabetes Medication DispensationSAME AS: LC1066
H.B. 573
Allows a parent or guardian of a diabetic student to designate an adult to administer glucagon to the student, upon prior written approval s...

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NMSigned into law 04/2003P-12Emergency Pilot Program to Assist Public School
H.B. 528
Authorizes implementation of a pilot program to train and certify school medication aides to assist public school students with medication; ...

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OKSigned into law 04/2003P-12Self Medication
S.B. 343
Relates to schools; authorizes self-medication by a student of inhaled asthma medication; requires school districts to adopt policy for cert...

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ARSigned into law 03/2003P-12Adequate Student Eye Health and Vision Care
H.B. 1553
Establishes an Arkansas Commission for adequate eye health and vision care needs for school children. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/...

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ARSigned into law 03/2003P-12Organ Donor Education
S.B. 167
Provides for organ donor education in driver education courses and high school health classes; provides for leave for bone marrow or organ d...

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KYSigned into law 03/2003P-12Primary Care Centers In Schools
H.B. 328
Authorizes a not-for-profit primary care center which is a participant in the State Patient Access and Care System of the Department for Med...

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MSSigned into law 03/2003P-12Student Self-Administration of Asthma Medications
H.B. 1072
Permits public and private school students to self-administer asthma medications if certain requirements are met. http://billstatus.ls.state...

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MSSigned into law 03/2003P-12Local School Health/Physical Education Advisory Councils
S.B. 2339
Allows local boards to create a local school health/physical education advisory council to help the district implement health and physical e...

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MSSigned into law 03/2003P-12Pregnancy Incentive Grant Fund
H.B. 774
Extends repealer to December 31, 2005 on Mississippi Reducing Out of Wedlock Pregnancies Incentive Grant Fund that provides funds to countie...

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NDSigned into law 03/2003P-12Childrens Inoculations
S.B. 2289
Adds chickenpox to the list of required inoculations for home- schooled children, private schools, day care, child care facilities, head sta...

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NJSigned into law 03/2003P-12Ergonomics in Education Study
S.B. 1495
Establishes the Ergonomics in Education Study Commission to study all issues associated with ergonomics in K-12 schools including instructio...

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NYSigned into law 03/2003P-12Restrictions on Smoking on School Grounds
S.B. 3292
Part of this bill prohibits all uses of tobacco products on school grounds....

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VASigned into law 03/2003P-12Scoliosis Screening for Public School Students
H.B. 1834
Directs school principals to implement a program of regular screening for scoliosis for pupils. Provides for parental notification....

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NJSigned into law 01/2003P-12Mandatory District School Breakfast Program Participation
S.B. 1498
Provides for mandatory participation in a school breakfast program for schools in a local or regional school district with a certain percent...

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+ Health--Child Abuse
+ Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
+ Health--Suicide Prevention
+ Health--Teen Pregnancy
+ High School
+ High School--Advanced Placement
+ High School--College Readiness
+ High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
+ High School--Exit Exams
+ High School--GED (General Education Development)
+ High School--Graduation Requirements
+ Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices
+ Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
+ Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
+ Leadership
+ Leadership--District Superintendent
+ Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure
+ Minority/Diversity Issues
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--African American
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic
+ No Child Left Behind
+ No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress
+ No Child Left Behind--Assessment
+ No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer
+ No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools
+ No Child Left Behind--Finance
+ No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement
+ No Child Left Behind--Report Cards
+ No Child Left Behind--School Support
+ No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services
+ Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning
+ Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses
+ P-16 or P-20
+ P-3
+ P-3 Child Care
+ P-3 Early Intervention (0-3)
+ P-3 Ensuring Quality
+ P-3 Family Involvement
+ P-3 Finance
+ P-3 Governance
+ P-3 Grades 1-3
+ P-3 Kindergarten
+ P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten
+ P-3 Preschool
+ P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development
+ Parent/Family
+ Parent/Family--Parent Rights
+ Postsecondary
+ Postsecondary Accountability
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants
+ Postsecondary Faculty
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure
+ Postsecondary Finance
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges
+ Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary
+ Postsecondary Online Instruction
+ Postsecondary Participation--Access
+ Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements
+ Postsecondary Students--Disabled
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion
+ Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation
+ Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation
+ Private Schools
+ Privatization
+ Promotion/Retention
+ Public Involvement
+ Purposes of Public Education
+ Reading/Literacy
+ Religion
+ Scheduling/School Calendar
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Week
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Year
+ School Safety
+ School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution
+ School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension
+ School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools
+ School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault
+ School Safety--Special Education
+ School/District Structure/Operations
+ School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching)
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation
+ Service-Learning
+ Special Education
+ Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations
+ Special Education--Finance
+ Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming)
+ Special Education--Placement
+ Special Education--Transition
+ Special Populations--Corrections Education
+ Special Populations--Gifted and Talented
+ Special Populations--Homeless Education
+ Special Populations--Immigrant Education
+ Standards
+ Standards--Implementation
+ State Longitudinal Data Systems
+ State Policymaking
+ State Policymaking--Ballot Questions
+ State Policymaking--Politics
+ State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions
+ Student Achievement
+ Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap
+ Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance
+ Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring
+ Student Supports--Remediation
+ Students
+ Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities
+ Students--Employment
+ Students--Mobility
+ Students--Records/Rights
+ Teaching Quality
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits
+ Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring
+ Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals
+ Teaching Quality--Preparation
+ Teaching Quality--Professional Development
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools
+ Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights
+ Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract
+ Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining
+ Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining--Strikes
+ Technology
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+ Technology--Equitable Access
+ Technology--Funding Issues
+ Technology--Internet Safety
+ Textbooks and Open Source
+ Urban--Governance