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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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| 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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| High School--International Baccalaureate |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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| School Safety--Code of Conduct |
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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/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--School Size |
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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--Homeless Education |
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| Special Populations--Military |
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| Standards |
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| Standards--Implementation |
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| State Comparisons/Statistics |
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| State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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| State Policymaking |
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| State Policymaking--Ballot Questions |
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| State Policymaking--Constitutional Clauses |
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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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| NJ | Signed into law 12/2004 | P-12 | Concerns the retirement allowance of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund and the Public Employees' Retirement System veterans members who retire after attaining age 55 with at least 35 years of service credit; provides the allowance shall be based on the 12-month period of membership providing the largest possible benefit to the member of their beneficiary instead of the last year of employment upon which contributions are made.
Title: S.B. 839
Source: StateNet
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| AL | Signed into law 11/2004 | P-12 | Allows public education employees to participate in a flexible employees benefits program and creates the Public Education Flexible Employees Benefits Board for such program's administration.
Title: H.B. 5
Source: StateNet
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| DE | Rule Adoption 11/2004 | P-12 | Amends regulations relating to compensating of district personnel under specific project proposals by adding a reference to charter schools and changing the title to refer only to federal projects.
Title: 14 DAC, 742
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 11/2004 | P-12 | Permits the New York state teachers retirement system to re-establish a window period in order to pay an actuarially equivalent one time lump sum in lieu of all future benefits to any electing currently retired member or beneficiary whose retirement benefit including supplementation is twenty four hundred dollars per year or less; extends time to file for such election.
Title: S.B. 6387
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Vetoed 11/2004 | P-12 | Relates to the effective date of bills affecting benefits provided by the New York state teachers' retirement system; assures that any legislation affecting benefits provided by the New York state teachers' retirement system will take effect no later than June thirtieth of the year in which the legislation is enacted by the legislature.
Title: S.B. 7037
Source: StateNet
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| MA | *****Returned to HOUSE with GOVERNOR'S recommendation of amendments. For message see H 5111. 10/2004 | P-12 | Relates to creditable service for service rendered as a school nurse; provides that specified years of membership service as a school nurse shall be deemed to be years of teaching for the purpose of this section.
Title: H.B. 4677
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Relates to retired teachers' post-retirement earnings. Limits the period of an earnings exemption for service performed in a emergency situation in certain vacant administrative positions for up to 1/2 of full-time equivalent if certain conditions are met, to not more than 2 years after the date the retired member is appointed or assigned to that position. Extends other earnings exemptions for teaching special education or English language learners or supervising new and student teachers. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2551-2600/ab_2554_bill_20040930_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2554
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Allows a school employee, in a school district that is not subject to the disability compensation laws, to use up to 6 weeks of the 5-month period during which the employee receives differential pay to take time off work to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, domestic partner, or to bond with a new child. Allows the same benefit for a school employee that is not subject to the disability compensation laws and in which a school district receives compensation for the absence. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1901-1950/ab_1918_bill_20040819_enrolled.html
Title: A.B. 1918
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Specifies that provisions of the Teachers' Retirement Law applicable to a spouse, surviving spouse or former spouse also apply to a registered domestic partner, surviving domestic partner or former domestic partner. Makes technical changes to various provisions of the law, including the provision requiring the governing board of a school district to grant an employee a leave of absence to enable the employee to serve as an elected officer of an employee organization. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2201-2250/ab_2233_bill_20040930_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2233
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Authorizes any member of the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teacher's Retirement Plan granted additional credit for service or service and age would not forfeit that credit if he or she is reemployed at any time after retirement by any other district.
The Teachers' Retirement Law prescribes limits on the amount of postretirement income that may be earned in specified types of employment by a retired member of the Defined Benefit Program without a reduction in the member's retirement benefits. Specifically, that limit applies to a retired member who receives 2 additional years of service credit at retirement and performs creditable service within one year after retirement for the school district from which he or she retired. Under this bill, that limit applies to a retired member who receives those additional years of service credit at retirement and performs creditable service within one year after retirement for any school district, community college district, or county office of education in the state. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1851-1900/ab_1852_bill_20040930_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1852
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and, where appropriate, the State Department of Education, to incorporate into licensure requirements for teacher candidates, professional development requirements for renewal of licenses, and accreditation requirements for preparation programs components to ensure that teachers are capable of teaching children with diverse needs, ethnicities, nationalities, and
languages, of teaching children who bring particular challenges to the learning process, and of teaching in urban and rural settings.
Repeals provisions authorizing the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue or renew emergency teaching or specialist permits in accordance with regulations adopted by the commission and provided that certain conditions are met.
Authorizes the commission to issue or renew acute and anticipated emergency credentials, as defined. Requires an applicant seeking an emergency permit to meet specified criteria, including possession of a baccalaureate degree and passage of the state basic skills proficiency test. Provides that both types of permits shall be valid for only one year, except that the anticipated emergency permit may be renewed for
an additional year if the permitholder meets specified requirements.
Existing law requires that a person employed in a position requiring certification qualifications be classified on a salary schedule on the basis or uniform allowance for years of training and years of experience, as specified. This bill imposes a state-mandated local program by requiring the governing board of a school district to review its compensation policies and revise them as needed to ensure that the continuing professional education for which it grants salary credit is targeted to courses likely to yield clear benefit in terms of the pedagogical instructional leadership, management skills, or academic subject matter knowledge of its employees.]
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to eliminate waivers authorizing the assignment of a credentialholder to a position not authorized by the credential of the holder and that they be authorized only in cases where there is no other alternative but to fill the position with a 30-day substitute teacher. The bill would further express the intent of the Legislature that each teacher serving in a school ranked in the bottom 3 deciles of the Academic Performance Index possess a valid teaching credential authorizing the holder to provide the service to which the holder is assigned.
This bill would also express the intent of the Legislature that this act accomplish specified objectives, including, but not limited to, establishing professional development activities that reward exceptional teachers for continuing to render services in a classroom, collaborations among school districts, professional associations, and postsecondary educational institutions to develop and offer preparation and degree or credential programs that will prepare educational leaders, and that the California State University and the University of California develop technologically delivered professional development and coursework for teachers in geographically isolated areas.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0201-0250/ab_242_bill_20040827_enrolled.pdf
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_242_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 242
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Under the School Employee Benefit Act, provides the prescription drug benefit program shall be maintained on an ongoing, affordable basis, and the cost to school districts shall not exceed the State's actual program costs.
Makes changes to the provisions concerning the State Board of Education and State Superintendent of Education. Terminates the terms of certain members of the State Board of Education on the effective date of the amendatory Act and provides for new members to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate (including a chairperson). Provides that the Governor who takes office on the second Monday of January after his or her election shall be the person who nominates members to fill vacancies whose terms begin after that date and before the term of the next Governor begins. Allows the Governor to remove a member for incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance.
Provides that upon expiration or buyout of the contract of the State Superintendent in office on the effective date of the amendatory Act, a State Superintendent shall be appointed by a State Board that includes the new members who were appointed to fill seats of members whose terms were terminated on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Thereafter, a State Superintendent must, at a minimum, be appointed at the beginning of each term of a Governor after that Governor has made appointments to the State Board. Provides that a contract issued for the employment of a State Superintendent entered into on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act must expire no later than February 1, 2007, and subsequent contracts must expire no later than February 1 each 4 years thereafter. Prohibits a contract from being extended or renewed beyond February 1, 2007 and February 1 each 4 years thereafter, but provides that the State Superintendent shall serve until his or her successor is appointed. Provides that each contract entered into on or before January 8, 2007, with a State Superintendent must provide that the State Board may terminate the contract for cause, and the State Board shall not thereafter be liable for further payments under the contract. Restores current law requiring the State Board to set the State Superintendent's compensation.
Restores current law requiring a majority vote of the members appointed, confirmed, and serving to approve any action, except that the new Board members may vote to approve actions when appointed and serving. Provides that upon appointment of the new Board members, the Board shall review all of its current rules in an effort to streamline procedures, improve efficiency, and eliminate unnecessary forms and paperwork.
Requires the State Board to create certain divisions within the State Board. Provides that rules of the State Board must be in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that the State Board may not adopt any rule or policy that alters the intent of the authorizing law or that supersedes federal or State law. Provides that the State Board may not make policies affecting school districts that have the effect of rules without following the procedures of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
Requires the State Board to develop and maintain a continuing 5-year strategic plan for elementary and secondary education, to be issued to the Governor and General Assembly. Lists topic areas that the plan must include.
Removes the provision allowing the State Board to create shared service centers. Provides instead that the State Board is granted the power to provide certain regional services, either through a regional administrative technology center or otherwise.
Requires a school district's calendar for the school term and any changes to be submitted to and approved by the regional superintendent of schools (the State Board of Education in Chicago) before the calendar or any changes may take effect.
Gives the regional superintendent of schools the duty to assist and support school districts with the preparation and submission of grant applications and the duty to accept and review all transcripts for new initial certificate applications and ensure that each applicant has met all of the criteria established by the State Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
Makes other changes. Effective immediately. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-1036
Title: S.B. 3000
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| AL | Issued 08/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | The governor issued Executive Order No. 02-2003 on January 30, 2003, creating the Governor's Commission of Education Spending. The Commission was to engage in a thorough examination of how education dollars have been spent in Alabama during the past ten years. http://www.governorpress.state.al.us/pr/ex-02-2003-01-30.asp
The Highlights of the Initial Report focused on: (1) Management and Accountability Reforms for K-12; (2) Student Assessment and Accountability for K-12; (3) Management and Accountability Reforms for the Alabama College System; (4) Management and Accountability Reforms for University Governance; (4) Reforms in Terms of Public Employment; and (5) Education Trust Fund Accountability.
The Working-Group Sessions (December 2003) made the following proposals: (1) Achieve the maximum savings possible from non-state and non-education agencies; (2) Freeze the state appropriations to PEEHIP at the Fiscal 2004 level; (3) Allocate higher education cutbacks to institutions; and (4) Allocation K-12 education cutbacks to school systems. http://www.alabama.gov/onlineservices/egov_pdfs/ESCReport11404.pdf
Title: Executive Order No. 02-2003
Source: Alabama State Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12 | Provides if a charter school chooses to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System, its qualified classified employees shall be covered under the system in the same manner as the employees of the school district that granted the charter. Provides that disability retirement benefits under the system are applicable to a member who retires for nonindustrial disability. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1601-1650/sb_1603_bill_20040816_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 1603
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| DE | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12 | Protects state employees and school district employees who take military leave pursuant to federal mobilizations, by ensuring that the state will continue to provide the employee with their chosen state provided health care insurance for a minimum period of two years at no additional expense to the employee regardless of additional health care coverage provided by the military or other sources. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS142.NSF/c6fe685e20e98b2b882569a60053971e/f480eebe4361795285256eb40076dcb5?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,296
Title: SS2 for S.B. 296
Source: Delaware Legislative Web site
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| MS | Rule Adoption 08/2004 | P-12 | Amends rules concerning employment contracts. Increases the number of days from 25 to 45 that a teacher may not be under contract of employment during a school year and still be considered full-time employed and credited with a year of teaching experience. MISSISSIPPI REG 9247 (SN)
Title: State Board Policy GBDA
Source: StateNet
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Clarifies the qualification requirements for school district donated sick leave programs; allows employees to receive donated leave for these additional days off without having to re-qualify; limits effect to an absence when it is related to an employee's own catastrophic illness and not a family member's catastrophic illness; allow an employee to donate sick leave within 6 months prior to their retirement. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS142.NSF/vwLegislation/SB+269/$file/2381420096.doc/?openelement
Title: S.B. 269
Source: Delaware Legislative Web site
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | 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) assault or battery by any student or person, or (2) physical contact with a student or others while providing physical assistance to a student to prevent danger or risk of injury to the student or others, may be granted for up to one calendar year. The governing authority of the special school may extend this period beyond one calendar year. If the governing authority of the special school questions the validity of the physician certification allowing for sick leave, the governing authority may require the employee to undergo examination by a physician of the authority's choosing. Should there be a disparity between the diagnoses of the two physicians, a third physician may be called upon to examine the employee; the opinion of the third physician must be determinative. and a six month reevaluation in order to continue to receive sick leave as a result of assault or battery or injury due to certain physical contact to prevent danger or risk of injury.
Any teacher in a public school who is injured or disabled while acting in his official capacity as a result of physical contact with a student or others while providing physical assistance to a student to prevent danger or risk of injury to the student or others, may be granted sick leave for up to one calendar year. The same requirements as above apply if the local board questions the validity of the physician certification of such injury or disability.
Full text: http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT10/OUT/0000LVJ7.PDF
Title: S.B. 51
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Amends an earlier law that captures the savings from the abolition of extended sick leave for teachers. Uses the savings to increase teacher compensation.
Bill digest: http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT3/OUT/0000LUDL.PDF
Full text: http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT1/OUT/0000LWFW.PDF
Title: H.B. 763
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Amends provisions relating to the Kansas City public school retirement system; allows the board of trustees of the retirement system to use one or more banks for conducting business; provides for certification of a disability for eligible members.
http://www.house.state.mo.us/bills041/bills/sb1242.htm
Title: S.B. 1242
Source: StateNet
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Revises the provisions of existing law relating to the Kansas City Public School Retirement System. Revises the definition of "break in service" to:
(7) "Break in service", an occurrence when a regular employee ceases to be a regular employee for any reason other than retirement (including termination of employment, resignation, [retirement] or furlough but not including vacation, sick leave, excused absence or leave of absence granted by an employer) and such person does not again become a regular employee until after sixty consecutive calendar days have elapsed, or after fifteen consecutive school or work days have elapsed, whichever occurs later. A break in service also occurs when a regular employee retires under the retirement system established by section 169.280 and does not again become a regular employee until after fifteen consecutive school or work days have elapsed. A "school or work day" is a day on which the employee's employer requires (or if the position no longer exists, would require, based on past practice) employees having the former employee's last job description to report to their place of employment for any reason;
http://www.house.state.mo.us/bills041/bills/hb1502.htm
Title: H.B. 1502
Source: StateNet
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| DE | Rule Adoption 06/2004 | P-12 | Amends regulation by adding requirements for reauthorization, replication, and re-qualification of clusters and sets forth procedures for payment of salary increments to educators. http://www.state.de.us/research/AdminCode/title14/1500/1501%20Knowledge,%20Skills,%20and%20Responsibility%20Based%20Salary%20Supplements%20for%20Educators.shtml#TopOfPage
Title: 14 DAC 1501
Source: Delaware State Web site
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Defines "actuarial science". Provides for educational training for members of the boards of trustees of the state and statewide retirement systems. Adds the laws, rules, and regulations of the system as an area of required education. Refers to 2 hours of required training in actuarial science information instead of actuarial information. Also requires training in fiduciary duty to be included in existing one-hour ethics instruction requirement. Requires trustees to have completed fiduciary and actuarial science, and legal education training on annual basis as condition for receiving per diem. Digest: http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT2/OUT/0000LCJG.PDF
Bill text: http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT1/OUT/0000LRT4.PDF
Title: H.B. 373
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Requires each state and statewide public retirement system to submit its proposed annual operating budget to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget for review and approval. Bars any state public retirement system make any expenditures or obligate itself for items which deviate from its approved operating budget. Establishes a procedure for a state public retirement system to submit a proposed modification to an annual operating budget. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT7/OUT/0000LO5I.PDF
Title: H.B. 1200
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Includes guidance counselors holding appropriate ancillary certificates issued by the state department of education in definitions of persons eligible for certain sabbatical and sick leave benefits provided by law. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT4/OUT/0000LUZS.PDF
Title: H.B. 493
Source: StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Relates to schools; relates to minimum salary schedule for teachers; increases minimum salaries; adds additional year steps to the minimum salary schedule; provides for military service credit for certain purposes; requires certain experience for employment with the Department of Corrections, the Department of Human Services and certain other state agencies; provides for vocational rehabilitation counselors. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04SB/sb1272_enr.rtf
Title: S.B. 1272
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Concerns limitation on reduction of salaries or personnel in schools; requires notice of general salary reduction prior to the fiscal year it takes place; makes technical correction; specifies exception for reductions in salary from monies from the Classroom Site Fund. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws/0243.htm
Title: H.B. 2102
Source: Arizona Legislative Web site
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Amends retirement allowances, disability benefits, and spouses' benefits under the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia to allow a teacher who retired on a service retirement may be employed as a classroom teacher, principal, superintendent, counselor, or librarian without having his or her benefits affected. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/fulltext/hb366.htm
Title: H.B. 366
Source: Georgia Legislative Web site
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Allows former members who meet specified criteria to receive service credit in the Teachers' Pension System for military service; requires those former members to complete a claim for service credit and submit proper military forms to the Board of Trustees.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2004rs/bills/sb/sb0397t.rtf
Title: S.B. 397
Source: StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Revises definition of "dependent" for public school employee retirement.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/2004-PA-0117.pdf
Title: H.B. 4244
Source: StateNet
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Relates to retirement; modifies provisions in the teachers retirement association and first class city teacher plans; provides for compliance with certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code related to all retirement plans; includes the correctional employees retirement plan, judges retirement plan, police and fire plan and actuarial audits.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/slaws/2004/c223.html
Title: S.F. 806
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Provides that a licensed nurse who has met the requirements and acquired a certificate form the National Board of Certification of School Nurses, Inc., and who is employed by a local school board or the state Board of Education as a school nurse shall receive an annual salary supplement; deletes the provision of law requiring school counselors to complete a certain certification process for a master teacher certificate in order to continued to receive a supplement.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2302SG.htm
Title: S.B. 2302
Source: StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Establishes a method for equalizing the salaries of public school teachers in the state. Under present law, the state commissioner, with the approval of the state board of education, annually formulates a mandated salary schedule applicable to all public school teachers, taking into account training and experience. Local school systems may supplement teachers' salaries with funds from their own local resources based on the local government's ability to raise funds. Further the state board is required to develop a Basic Education Plan (BEP) to allocate funds to local school systems on a fair and equitable basis by recognizing the differences in the ability of local jurisdictions to raise local revenues. In developing the BEP, costs of certain components, including costs of operation and maintenance, textbooks , school food services, pupil transportation, vocational and technical education and other cost items, are taken into consideration. The cost of teachers' salaries is not a component in the formulation of the BEP. The BEP formula is subject to an annual review by the review committee of the actual cost of each component and adjustments are made to the BEP based on the review.
Under present law, the BEP has two components, the classroom component and the non-classroom component. The state provides 75percent of funding for the classroom component and 50 percent for the non-classroom component. If state funds available for distribution are insufficient to meet the local public school system entitlements, the commissioner may apply a pro rata reduction to the amount for which each system is eligible. Each local education agency (LEA) must establish a local salary schedule for teachers in the LEA and such schedule must include the same minimum salary level established by the state board. Under present law allocations of state and local funds are made to each LEA whose instructional salaries and employer-paid insurance premiums average less than $28,094 per instructional position. The state supreme court, in Tennessee Small School Systems v. McWherter, 91 S.W.3d 232 (Tenn. 2002), declared that the method of funding public teachers' salaries according to the current BEP is unconstitutional because it does not equalize teachers' salaries and contains no mechanism for cost determination or annual cost review by the BEP review committee of teachers' salaries as is performed with all other cost components of the BEP. The court found that teachers are the most important component of an effective educational plan and that their salaries, a major item in every education budget, are a significant factor in determining where teachers choose to work. The court further noted the large disparity in public school teachers salaries across the state and concluded that a constitutional plan must include equalization of teachers' salaries according to the BEP formula. This bill revises present law in response to the supreme court's ruling. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Summary.asp?BillNumber=HB3510
Title: H.B. 3510
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Public school teachers authorized to contract with local boards of education to work less than full time under certain conditions, provisions for retired teachers. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACASLogin.asp
Title: H.B. 544
Source: Alabama LEgislative Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Prohibits the payment of a teacher following the initiation of a prosecution for an offense that would result in the loss of licensure. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/
Title: S.B. 152
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Requires school districts that missed school days due to emergencies, including weather-related emergencies, to consider certified and classified personnel to have met the 185-day minimum contract with the district, for purposes of service credit for retirement, when specified criteria are met. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/04RS/SB28/bill.doc and http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/04RS/SB28/AA.doc
Title: S.B. 28
Source: www.lrc.state.ky.us
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to identify benefits for certified staff called to active duty, permit a board of education to provide the employer's contribution for health insurance as long as the certified employee or spouse provides the difference in cost for a family plan; permit military service to count toward continuing service contracts; provide that a certified staff person shall receive credit on the single salary schedule for time spent. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/04RS/HB551/bill.doc
Actuarial impact: http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/04RS/HB551/AA.doc
Title: H.B. 551
Source: StateNet
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| ME | Rule Adoption 04/2004 | P-12 | Clarifies rules regarding retirees returning to employment after retirement with the same employer. Establishes a waiver that must be executed by each reitiree to acknowledge that no future accruals of service credit or increase in earnable compensation will result if the retiree returns to employment. Outlines requirements that must be met in order for a bona fide termination from employment to have occurred such that a retirement benefit can be paid to a below- normal-retirement age retiree. MAINE REG 7805 (SN)
Title: 94-411-410
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Relates to teachers; revises contract day requirements for salary experience increments.
Increases the number of days from 25 to 45 that a teacher may not be under contract of employment during a school year and still be considered full time employed and credited with a year of teaching experience. This provision is effective with the 2003-2004 school year.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/pdf/HB/0600-0699/HB0635SG.pdf
Title: H.B. 635
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Relates to benefit payments to retirants under the former Teachers' Retirement System.
Title: H.B. 1727
Source: StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Requires the state to pay 100% of teacher health benefits. Requires districts to use the total dollar amount the district was required to pay during school year 2003-04 over and above the flexible benefit allowance for certified personnel -- for instruction costs, including but not limited to new or existing personnel; and to pay the dollar amount that was paid to certified personnel during school year 2003-04 as additional contributions toward employee health insurance, not including the flexible benefit allowance and not including the amount described above -- as taxable compensation or fringe benefits in addition to any other taxable compensation. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04HB/hb2662_enr.rtf
Title: H.B. 2662
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Teachers who have served in an administrative capacities may be assigned to another available position for which they are qualified at the salary corresponding to the position. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/32C9B0113B69294B87256D7C0072DA92?Open&file=1092_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1092
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Allows licensed teachers employed in a full-time teaching capacity in public schools or in state educational facilities to purchase personal computers and related devices for use outside the classroom on state contract.
Title: H.B. 508
Source: StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Establishes a one thousand dollar minimum monthly benefit for public employees retirement system plan 1 members and teachers retirement system plan 1 members who have at least twenty five years of service and who have been retired at least twenty years.
Title: H.B. 2538
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2004 | P-12 | Amends the minimum teacher salaries. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1047.pdf
Title: H.B. 1047
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Relates to the Public School Funding Act of 2003; provides equitable funding to public schools; provides a system for monitoring public school expenditures; increases minimum teacher salaries; establishes a knowledge and skills-based pay system for teachers; provides for school-based performance awards. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB42.pdf
Title: S.B. 42
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| DE | Rule Adoption 01/2004 | P-12 | Provides procedures for implementation of movement by educators on the salary schedule set forth in 14 Del.C., Section 1305. Addresses movement from one column to another based on the satisfactory completion of graduate level course work toward a master's degree or graduate level course work completed toward a second master's degree, a doctorate, or as part of a course of study directly related to an educator's job assignment. http://www.state.de.us/research/AdminCode/Education/Education%20Administrative%20Code%20-%201500%20Professional%20Standards%20Board.htm#P126_16752
Title: 14 DAC 1507
Source: Delaware State Web site
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