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State |
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Summary |
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 | Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--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--Computer Based |
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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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| Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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| Assessment--Value Added |
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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--Charter Districts |
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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--Excusal |
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| Curriculum--Family Living 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 |
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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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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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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--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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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--Nutrition |
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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--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--Problem Based Learning |
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| Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| International Baccalaureate |
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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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| Mentoring/Tutoring |
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| Middle School |
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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--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
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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 Brain Development |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
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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--Teaching Assistants |
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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 Institutions--Private/Independent |
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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 Participation--Affirmative Action |
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| Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
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| Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
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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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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Public Involvement |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Remediation (K-12) |
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| Rural |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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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--Year |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round |
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 | School Safety |
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| DE | Rule Adoption 12/2004 | P-12 | Treatment of Severe Discipline Problems
14 DAC 609, 610, 611
Repeals section dealing with the treatment of severe discipline problems component and replaces it with two separate regulation; District and School Based Intervention Services; and Consortium Discipline Alternative Programs for Treatment of Severe Discipline ...
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| PA | Signed into law 11/2004 | Postsec. | Uniform Crimes Reporting Program
S.B. 668
Amends the Uniform Crime Reporting Act. Establishes the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Requires institutions of higher education and community colleges to provide students and employees with information relating to crime statistics and security measures, and...
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| NY | Signed into law 10/2004 | Postsec. | Peace Officer Status for CUNY Campus Officers
S.B. 7380
Provides peace officer status for CUNY campus officers. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S07380&sh=t...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Education Finance: Average Daily Attendance
S.B. 76
Authorizes the governing board of a school district to request approval from the State Board of Education in order to claim apportionments for the attendance of pupils attending a suspension classroom staffed by a noncertified school employee provided that a p...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Charter Schools and Student Discipline/Attendance
A.B. 1860
Prohibits a school district governing board from denying a charter school petition, unless it makes findings that the petition lacks a description of the procedures by which a pupil may be subject to discipline and the procedure employed by the school to safeg...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Exclusion of Children of Filthy or Vicious Habits or Suffering from Contagious Diseases
A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Repeals law that authorizes a school district governing board to exclude children of filthy or vicious habits, or children suffering from contagious/infectious diseases and repeals law requiring periodic reviews of decisions to exclude such children. http://ww...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Earthquake Emergency Procedure and Disaster Policy
A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Requires a school district to include the earthquake emergency procedure and disaster policy in its comprehensive school safety plans. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2851-2900/ab_2855_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Signing message: http://www.governor....
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Attendance of Counselor at Pupil Suspension Conference
A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Section 10: Changes the law from requiring a school counselor or psychologist to attend a parent-teacher conference regarding a pupil suspension to authorizing the counselor or psychologist to attend attendance of a school counselor or psychologist at a parent...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Parent of Suspended Pupil Allowed to Attend Portion of School Day
A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Repeals mandate and replaces with policy authorizing school district governing boards to adopt a policy permitting a parent or guardian of a pupil who has been suspended by a teacher to attend a portion of the school day in the classroom from which the pupil w...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | School Safety Planning Requirements
A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions)
Authorizes the filing of a complaint, under the Uniform Complaint Procedures, of noncompliance with the school safety planning requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2501-2550/ab_2525_bill_200409...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Special Education in Private Schools
A.B. 1858 (multiple provisions)
Require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to conduct an investigation onsite at any time without prior notice when there is substantial reason to believe that there is an immediate danger to the health, safety, or welfare of a child, and to monitor the ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Nonpublic Schools Serving Special Education Students
A.B. 1858 (multiple provisions)
Requires a master contracts with nonpublic, nonsectarian schools for the provision of special education and related services to include that, with respect to a nonpublic, nonsectarian school that is associated with a licensed children's institution, there be a...
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| SC | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Municipal and County Governing Bodies
H.B. 4740
Provides that municipal and county governing bodies shall work with school districts located in their jurisdictions to identify barriers and hazards to children walking or bicycling to and from school; provides that the municipalities, counties and districts m...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12 | School Safety Plans
A.B. 2885
Authorizes the filing, under existing law which makes each school district and county office of education responsible for the overall development of comprehensive school plans for their school operating kindergarten and any of grades 1 through 12, inclusive, o...
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| GA | Adopted 08/2004 | P-12 | Student Discipline
GAC 160-4-8-.15
Clarifies rules regarding student discipline. Removes the requirement that the local board of education policies regarding the student learning environment, student behavior and discipline address all issues related to State Board of Education rules regarding ...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act
H.B. 4361
Creates the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act. The installation of fire sprinklers is required in all dormitories by 2013, unless excepted. Provides for the Finance Authority and the State Fire Marshall to administer a revolving loan program. Creates the Fire Sprin...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12 | Gang Recruitment on School Grounds
H.B. 4788
Creates the offense of criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds when a person on school grounds threatens the use of physical force to coerce, solicit, recruit, or induce another person to join or remain a member of a criminal street gang. Provides t...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Sex Offender Registration Act
S.B. 2607
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections and the Sex Offender Registration Act, including amending the definition of school to include public or private, trade or professional institution. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093...
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| CA | Vetoed 07/2004 | P-12 | School Safety Plans
S.B. 1177
Encourages a school site council to consider, when it next reviews and updates its school safety plan, gun violence prevention in health education programs in high schools. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1151-1200/sb_1177_bill_20040702_enrolled.html...
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | School Employees: Sex Offenses
A.B. 891
Relates to existing law which sets forth the duties of various private and public entities, including, but not limited to, county boards of education and school districts, with regard to the employment and certification of persons who have been convicted of sp...
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Behavioral Interventions
A.B. 2845
Provides that a person recognized by the national Behavior Analyst Certification Board as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst qualifies as a behavioral intervention case manager of a school district, special education local plan area, or county office of educat...
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| DE | Rule Adoption 07/2004 | P-12 | Safe Management and Disposal of Chemicals
14 DAC 885
Amends the Safe Management and Disposal of Surplus Chemicals in the Delaware Public School System by adding a statement that no mercury or mercury compounds may be used in Delaware public schools. Addresses disposal of chemicals. Also amends definitions. http:...
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| DE | Rule Adoption 07/2004 | P-12 | School Crisis Response Plans
14 DAC 620
Amends the School Crisis Response Plan by requiring a meeting following practice drills to assess the readiness and effectiveness of the plan. Reassigns section numbers from 880 to 620. DELAWARE REG 1532 (SN) http://www.state.de.us/research/AdminCode/title14/6...
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| DE | Rule Adoption 07/2004 | P-12 | School Safety Audit
14 DAC 618
Amends rule by requiring that a corrective plan of action be developed within sixty days of conducting the School Safety Audit and that the plan be made available to the Department's Quality Review Team at the time of their visit. Reassigns section number from...
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| GA | Adopted 07/2004 | P-12 | Student Discipline
GAC 460-4-8-.15
Amends student discipline by adding a definition of disciplinary order and requiring local boards of education to adopt policies that provide for the development of age-appropriate student codes of conduct, including student behavior on school buses and at sch...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Public Hate Crimes
H.B. 4506
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is a Class 3 felony for a first offense to commit a hate crime in an administrative facility or public or private dormitory facility of or associated with a school or other educational facility. http://www.leg...
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Student Hazing
S.B. 16
Defines "hazing". Requires local school boards to adopt, enforce, and post policies prohibiting the hazing of students in public elementary and secondary schools. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT6/OUT/0000LVJ3.PDF...
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Arrest of Teachers
H.B. 445
Limits the authority of a justice of the peace to arrest a teacher in any public or private elementary, secondary, high school, vocational-technical school, college or university who is acting in the scope of his or her professional duties, with certain except...
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Early Intervention Program for At Risk Children
H.B. 956
Authorizes the creation of an early intervention pilot program in certain parishes, to address the underlying causes of behavioral problems and school performance problems related to behavior. Authorizes local boards, law enforcement agencies, courts with jur...
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | School Employee Injuries
S.B. 51
Relates to school employee injuries. Specifies that sick leave with pay for any secretary, paraprofessional employee, school aide, teacher or superintendent of a special school who is injured or disabled while acting in his official capacity as a result of (1...
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Controlled Substances Laboratory Near Schools
H.B. 1437
Prohibits the operation of a clandestine controlled substance laboratory on or within 1,000 feet of school property; provides penalties. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT7/OUT/0000LWNH.PDF...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Alternative Learning Program Funding
H.B. 1455 and 1456
Implements the recommendation of the house interim committee on providing an appropriate education for students on long-term suspension to direct the state board of education to develop and recommend a funding formula for alternative learning programs and alte...
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| CO | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 06/2004 | P-12 | Safe Routes To School
H.B. 1309
Concerns the creation of A Safe Routes to School Program; directs the Department of Transportation to distribute federal funds to local governments to include projects that improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists in school areas.
http://www.leg.state.co...
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | School Bus Drivers: Communication Devices
H.B. 379
Clarifies that school bus drivers can use a radio or telephonic communication device to make or receive calls for assistance. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS142.NSF/vwLegislation/...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Wireless Communication Devices on School Grounds
S.B. 184
Amends provisions relating to district school board duties relating to student discipline and school safety to amend requirements relating to codes of student conduct; provides penalties for possession, of electronic telephone pagers on school property or at s...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Assault on Sports Official
S.B. 678
Relates to assault on a sports official; provides enhanced penalties for offense of assault, battery, aggravated assault, or aggravated battery if offense is committed upon certain persons officiating at a interscholastic activity; defines "sports official"; p...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Sexually Violent Predators
S.B. 164
Existing law barred a sexually violent predator from living within 1000 feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school. Amendment adds that sexually violent predator may also not reside within 1000 feet of a day care facility, playground, public o...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | School Employees
H.B. 1163
Permits city, parish, or other local public or nonpublic school systems to contract with local law enforcement agencies to provide for school resource officers. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT3/OUT/0000LV4G.PDF...
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| MO | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Crime and Restitution
H.B. 1055
Amends laws regarding sexual offense, assault on a law enforcement officer and payment of restitution for criminal offenses; provides penalties for possession of child pornography; requires registration of sexual offender; prohibits certain sexual offenders fr...
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Bullying Policies
H.B. 1162
Relates to school district policies on bullying; requires school districts to notify the parents or legal guardians of the district's policies on bullying; requires that a report of any bullying incidents be made by telephone and by a written report sent by ma...
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| PA | Vetoed 06/2004 | P-12 | Public School Code
H.B. 2128
Amends the Public School Code of 1949. Further provides for regulation of expelled students. Establishes the Emergency Basic Education Subsidy Fund. Provides for basic education subsidy continuation funding. http://www2.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/BT/2003/0/H...
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| RI | Became law without governor's signature 06/2004 | P-12 | Health and Safety
H.B. 7305, S.B. 2498
Would require that school safety plans include policies and procedures for: (1) providing notice of threats of violence or harm to the subject of the threat; (2) disclosing certain information regarding a student's conduct; and (3) determining whether a given ...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Sexual Offenders
S.B. 120
Prohibits certain sexual offenders subject to conditional release supervision from living within specified distance of certain places where children congregate; prohibits district school boards from establishing school bus stops within 1,000 feet of residence ...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Safety on School Buses
H.B. 1179
Relates to elementary and secondary schools, so as to provide that the offense of disrupting the operation of a public school applies to disruption of public school buses and established public school bus stops. Requires school buses to meet safety specificati...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Education Provisions
H.B. 1190
Provides for the revision of certain provisions regarding education flexibility and accountability; requires the State Board of Education to create a single state-wide accountability system by December 31, 2004; amends provisions regarding school councils; am...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Enrollment Of Students Required to Register as Sex Offenders
H.F. 2460
Requires district, prior to enrolling student required to register as a sex offender, to determine the educational placement of the student. Requires the district of residence, if enrollment is denied, to provide the student with educational services in an al...
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| IA | Vetoed 05/2004 | P-12 | Healthy Iowans Tobacco Trust Fund
H.F. 2577
Relates to and making appropriations from the healthy Iowans tobacco trust and the tobacco settlement trust fund and providing an effective date; provides for high school mentors to teach life skills, violence prevention and character education in an effort to...
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Searches of Students
H.B. 130
Authorizes a county board of education to authorize a teacher to make a reasonable search of specified students on a school-sponsored trip under specified circumstances....
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| MD | Vetoed 05/2004 | P-12 | Safe Schools Reporting Act
H.B. 740
Requires county boards of education to create a program for reporting incidents of harassment or intimidation against students attending public schools under the jurisdiction of the board; authorizes specified persons to file a report regarding incidents of ha...
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| MI | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Antihazing Act
S.B. 783
Establishes the Antihazing Act; provides that a person who attends, is employed by, or is a volunteer of educational institution shall not engage in or participate in the hazing of an individual.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicac...
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| MI | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Hazing Crimes Sentencing
S.B. 784
Enacts sentencing guidelines for hazing crimes.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/2004-PA-0112.pdf...
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| OH | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Children Endangerment
S.B. 58
Increases penalties for certain drug offenses if the offense is committed in the vicinity of a school or in the vicinity of a juvenile; expands the offense of endangering children to prohibit allowing children to be within the vicinity of certain drug offenses...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2004 | Postsec. | Sexual Offenses
S.B. 2097
Concerns sexual offenses; makes the name and address of any college in this state at which a sexual offender is employed or attends public information and available by October 1, 2004, on the Tennessee Internet home page for convictions occurring on or after J...
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | School District Student Misbehavior
H.B. 629
Defines bullying: Bullying" means any overt act or combination of acts directed against a student by another student or group of students and which: (A) is repeated over time; (B) is intended to ridicule, humiliate, or intimidate the student; and (C) occurs...
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | University and Community College/School District Campus Police Officers
S.B. 136
Specifies that university or community college or school district campus police officers fall under state definition of "law enforcement officer"; accordingly amends definition of assault, aggravated assault, battery and aggravated battery of a law enforcement...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Traffic Offense Fines Doubled in School Zone
S.B. 85
Amend KRS 189.394, regarding fines for speeding, to double fines for speeding in a school zone where the speed limit has been lowered and flashing lights have been installed and are flashing pursuant to KRS 189.336. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/04RS/SB85/...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Notification of Principals
S.B. 52
Eliminates the requirement that the principal of a public school be notified when a child is found guilty of an offense that classifies the child as a youthful offender (maintains existing notification requirement for private school principals). Adds that loca...
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| MI | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | School Bomb Threats
H.B. 5280
Prohibits school districts from requiring school employees to remain in or search a building where a bomb threat has been made without providing training on dealing with bomb threats.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/2004-P...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2004 | Postsec. | Law Enforcement
S.B. 2797
Concerns Law Enforcement; enacts the Robert 'Robbie' Nottingham Campus Crime Scene Investigation Act of 2004; provides procedures for the investigation of crimes on campuses of institutions of higher education....
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Reporting of Certain Acts by School Authorities
H.B. 869
Reporting of certain acts by school authorities to law enforcement. Expands the enumerated activities that school principals must report to local law enforcement by providing that reportable offenses involving "firearms" on school property address any weapon p...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Criminal Street Gang Activity
H.B. 1080
Requires an intake officer to notify the school division superintendent of the filing of a petition against a juvenile in cases involving criminal street gang activity. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?041+ful+HB1080ER...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Notification of Student Participation in Gangs
S.B. 593, Similar to S.B. 633
Adds criminal act committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang to those enumerated crimes triggering a requirement that the intake officer provide notice to a school superintendent that a petition has been ...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Student Conduct
H.B. 513
Directs the Board of Education, in developing model student conduct policies; includes standards for school board policies to ensure recognition of the fundamental right of every student to take reasonable actions as may prove necessary to defend himself from ...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Hazing and Codes of Conduct
H.B. 1331
Requires the Board of Education to include hazing in its guidelines and model policies for codes of student conduct; provides school boards to prohibit hazing in their codes of student conduct; school boards must cite in their standards for student conduct, th...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2004 | Postsec. | Reciprocal Agreements
H.B. 1392
Allows private institutions of higher learning to enter into certain reciprocal agreements to the same extent as state supported institutions of higher learning as these agreements relate to furnishing of police and other employees and agents. http://leg1.stat...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | School Board Policies Prohibiting Firearms
H.B. 1117
Authorizes school boards to establish policies prohibiting the possession of firearms on school property, school buses, and at school- sponsored activities, and stipulates that school boards may develop and implement procedures addressing the discipline of stu...
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| VT | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Harassment in Schools
H.B. 113
Requires boards to adopt policies prohibiting harassment and hazing, including sexual harassment. The stated intent is to: the intent of the General Assembly to:
(1) clarify the definition of harassment;
(2) encourage education and training of teachers and s...
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| ME | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Emergency Medical Help
H.P. 136
Ensures that emergency medical help is available to all school children and personnel; relates to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billtexts/LD017701-1.asp...
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| MN | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Civil Actions
H.F. 480
Relates to civil actions; provides protection for disclosure of job reference information; requires disclosure of data between school districts and charter schools relating to acts of violence or inappropriate sexual contact with students.
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| NM | Vetoed 03/2004 | P-12 | Emergency Drills in Schools
S.B. 27
Relates to public schools; requires emergency drills in public and private schools; includes fire drills....
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2004 | Postsec. | Public Records
S.B. 2098
Concerns public records; requires rather than authorizes institution of higher education to disclose final results of student disciplinary proceeding involving crime of violence, sex offense, alcohol or drug possession unless prohibited by federal law....
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | School District Notification of Student Violence
H.B. 135
Requires law enforcement officers to notify school district superintendents when a minor is taken into custody or detention for a violent crime, a weapons violation or a no-contact order; allows a school district to establish a process for providing notice reg...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Disruption of Activities Near Schools
H.B. 199
Creates the offense of interfering with the peaceful activities of a school for kindergarten through 12th grade; provides for a class B misdemeanor penalty for the first and second offense, and a class A misdemeanor penalty for any subsequent offenses....
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | School Safety
H.B. 286
Relates to crimes; possession of weapon on school property; eliminates the requirement that any law- enforcement officer be engaged in official duties for authorization to possess a weapon on school property. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?041+ful...
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| WI | Signed into law 03/2004 | Postsec. | Student Orientation Information
S.B. 247
Provides certain orientation information regarding sexual assault or sexual harassment, including information on sexual assault by acquaintances of the victim, to University of Wisconsin System students electronically....
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| WV | to governor 03/2004 | P-12 | Discipline in the Public Schools
H.B. 4001 -- Multiple Sections
Makes each county board soley responsible for the administration of proper discipline in the public schools of the county. Each board is required to adopt policies consistent with Section 18A-5-1to govern disciplinary actions....
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Providing For Safe Schools
H.B. 4037
Provides for safe schools through alternative education programs; provides certain juvenile justice records to public school officials....
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| OR | Temporary Rule Adoption 01/2004 | P-12 | School Safety Hotline
OAR 137-085-0001, -0010, -0020, -0030, -0040, -0050
Establishes temporary rules to establish and operate the School Safety Hotline. Provides the critical framework for the operation of a toll free telephone line that will be available to school age children and other members of he public for the purpose of repo...
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