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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 | Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--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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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
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| Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
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| Teaching Quality--Preparation |
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| Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
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| Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
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| Technology |
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| Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
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| Technology--Equitable Access |
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| Technology--Funding Issues |
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| Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training |
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 | Textbooks and Open Source |
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| AR | Rule Adoption 09/2004 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding Regulation 2004-5 titled 'Exemptions from Tax: Textbooks and Other Instructional Materials.' Establishes which textbooks and other instructional materials are exempt from tax.
Title: Uncodified
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Requires the Board of Education to annually solicit recommendations for instructional materials from school districts. Requires the board to adopt materials recommended by a school district or county office of education unless the state board makes written factual findings that the instructional materials lack certain specified criteria. Requires the followup adoption fee to be based on instructional materials reviewed pursuant to these provisions. Authorizes a school district to use allowances received from the funds to purchase instructional materials. Relates to funds appropriated to the State Department of Education. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1351-1400/sb_1380_bill_20040826_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/SB_1380_veto.pdf
Title: S.B. 1380
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Urges the Trustees of California State University, the governing body of each community college district in the state and the Regents of the University of California to set up a textbook rental service for the students at each of their campuses. Textbook rental service may be established only if: (1) the recognized student body organization of the campus has voted to request the establishment of a textbook rental service; (2) the president or chancellor of the campus approves of the establishment of a textbook rental service; (3) an appropriate mechanism for shared governance, such as an academic senate, approves of the establishment of a textbook rental service; (4) any existing contracts, or other established arrangements, with entities operating campus bookstores permit, or can be changed, canceled, or renewed to accommodate, the establishment of a textbook rental service; and, in the case of a community college campus, (5) the governing board of the community college district approves the establishment of a textbook rental service at that campus. Establishes cost limitations for textbook rental services.
Authorizes the trustees and the governing boards of each participating community college district to charge a campus-based textbook rental fee or a rental fee levied on a per-book basis, authorize financing mechanisms for the program, establish systemwide or districtwide policies aimed at providing the best possible price for textbook purchases and rental services, charge students fines for late, lost, or damaged books, and establishother regulations and guidelines as deemed necessary.
Urges the convening of a task force to determine recommended procedures and policies for the establishment and operation of the textbook rental system. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2651-2700/ab_2678_bill_20040824_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_2678_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 2678
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Expresses findings and declarations of the Legislature with respect to the cost of college textbooks. Urges textbook publishers to take specified actions aimed at reducing the amounts that students currently pay for textbooks. Requires the Trustees of the State University and Board of Governors of the Community Colleges and the University of California Regents to encourage faculty to give consideration to the least costly practices when assigning textbooks. Relates to private schools. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2451-2500/ab_2477_bill_20040824_enrolled.html
Title: A.B. 2477
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Requires the county superintendent, for purposes of enforcing the use of required textbooks and instructional materials, to specifically review at least annually schools that are ranked in any of deciles 1 to 3, inclusive, of the 2003 base Academic Performance Index and that are not currently under review through a state or federal intervention program. If the county superintendent determines that a school does not have sufficient textbooks or instructional materials, the bill would require the county superintendent to prepare a report that identifies and documents the areas or instances of noncompliance, provide a copy of the report to the school district, forward the report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and provide the school district with the opportunity to remedy the deficiency. If the deficiency is not remedied, the county superintendent is required to request the State Department of Education, with approval by the State Board of Education, to purchase textbooks or instructional materials for the school. Requires that the funds necessary for the purchase be considered a loan to the school district to be repaid based upon an agreed-upon schedule with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or by deducting an amount from the district's next principal apportionment or other apportionment of state funds. Authorizes the department to expend up to $5,000,000 from the State Instructional Materials Fund to acquire instructional materials for school districts for purposes of these provisions. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_550_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Prohibits the Board of Education from adopting basic instructional materials in language arts or math for the same grade in successive years. Requires the State Board of Education to allow the continued use of certain instructional materials for at least 2 years following the 6th year
after those instructional materials are adopted if specified conditions are met. Requires the board to consider whether instructional materials for use in grades K through 8 are offered at a price that does not exceed maximum cost limits. Requires a publisher to provide a school district a second set of materials at a reduced price if the local board certifies the intent to purchase a second set of textbooks for each pupil. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2451-2500/ab_2455_bill_20040826_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_2455_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 2455
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Creates the Advisory Task Force for Education of Blind and Visually Impaired Pupils to provide input to formulate the most effective policy for the education of such pupils. Requires the Department of Education to provide outreach and technical assistance to parents, teachers, and administrators concerning issues relating to the instruction of visually impaired, blind, and deaf-blind pupils. Requires the department of education to establish a data system for submission and collection of data regarding services provided by local education agencies to such pupils. Requires contracts with test publishers for statewide tests to stipulate that the publishers will provide the test materials in formats accessible to pupils with visual disabilities.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_662_bill_20040825_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_662_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 662
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Deletes the requirement, under the Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act, that the School Accountability Report Card include information on the degree to which pupils are prepared to enter the workforce and whether the school qualifies for the Governor's Performance Award Program. Requires each school district to include within the report card information regarding career technical education, the availability of sufficient textbooks and materials, any needed maintenance of school facilities to ensure good repair, the misassignments of teachers, including misassignments of English learner teachers, and the number of vacant teacher positions for the most recent 3-year period. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2551-2600/ab_2596_bill_20040827_enrolled.pdf
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_2596_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 2596
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Requires, with exceptions, a publisher that makes basic instructional materials available to a school district in a hard copy format to also make materials available in an electronic multimedia format upon adoption of such materials after a certain date. Requires publishers and manufacturers of such materials adopted for certain grades to make an electronic file format of the materials available for use by a pupil who is blind or has a print disability. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1001-1050/ab_1010_bill_20040827_enrolled.pdf
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_1010_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 1010
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | SEC. 13: Requires the county superintendent of schools to include in the review of audit exceptions those audit exceptions related to use of instructional materials program funds, teacher misassignments, and information reported on the school accountability report card and to
determine whether the exceptions are either corrected or an acceptable plan of correction developed. Prohibits a local educational agency from being required to repay an apportionment based on a significant audit exception related to the verification of the sufficiency of textbooks and instructional materials, teacher misassignments, and the accuracy of the information reported on the school accountability report card if the county superintendent of schools certifies to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Controller that the audit exception was corrected or that an acceptable plan of correction was submitted to the county superintendent of schools. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_550_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Requires the county superintendent to annually present a report to the governing board of each school district under his or her jurisdiction and to the board of supervisors of the county describing the state of the schools in the county and of his or her office that are ranked in deciles 1 to 3, inclusive, of the 2003 base Academic Performance Index. Requires the county superintendent for the Counties of Alpine, Amador, Del Norte, Mariposa, Plumas, Sierra, and the City and County of San Francisco to contract with a neighboring county office of education or an independent auditor to conduct the required visits and make all required reports. Makes the priority objective of the visits to determine if there are sufficient textbooks, conditions of facilities that pose an emergency or urgent threat to the health or safety of pupils or staff, and accurate data reported on the school accountability report card with respect to the availability of sufficient textbooks and instructional materials, the safety, cleanliness, adequacy, and good repair of school facilities. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_550_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Requires schools initially applying to participate in the High Priority Schools Grant Program on or after the 2004–05 fiscal year to include highly qualified teachers and appropriately credentialed teachers for English learners in the component on quality of staff in
the school action plan. Specifies that the mandatory school action plan components on facilities, curriculum, instructional materials, and support services for those schools be on facilities in good repair, curriculum, sufficient instructional materials, and support services. Requires schools initially applying to participate in the High Priority Schools Grant Program on or after the 2004–05 fiscal year to measure the availability of instructional materials against a specified definition of ''sufficient instructional materials.'' http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_550_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | SEC. 12: Requires a school district to use its uniform complaint process to help identify and resolve any deficiencies related to
instructional materials, conditions of facilities that are not maintained in a clean and safe manner or in good repair, and teacher vacancy or
misassignment. Requires a notice to be posted in each classroom in each school in the school district notifying parents and
guardians that there should be sufficient textbooks or instructional materials, school facilities must be clean, safe, and in good repair, and
the location to obtain a form to file a complaint in case of a shortage. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_550_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov/
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | SEC. 2: Requires a district compliance audit to include verification of the reporting requirements for the sufficiency of textbooks and instructional materials, teacher misassignments, and the accuracy of information reported on the school accountability report card. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_550_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | SEC. 18: Requires the governing board of every district to hold a public hearing and make a determination as to whether each pupil in each school in the district has sufficient textbooks or instructional materials in each subject that are consistent with the content and cycles of the curriculum frameworks. Requires the hearing to be held at a time that will encourage the attendance of teachers and parents and guardians of pupils who attend the schools in the district and prohibits the hearing from taking place during or immediately following school hours. Defines ''sufficient textbooks or instructional materials'' to mean that each pupil, including English learners, has a textbook or instructional materials, or both, to use in class and to take home to complete required homework assignments but specifies that 2 sets of textbooks or instructional materials for each pupil are not required. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_550_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | SEC. 10: Requires the school accountability report card to include information regarding the availability of sufficient textbooks and other instructional materials for each pupil, any needed maintenance of school facilities to ensure good repair, the misassignments of teachers, including misassignments of English learner teachers, and the number of vacant teacher positions for the most recent 3-year period. Defines ''misassignment'' and ''vacant position'' for this purpose.
Requires the template for the school accountability report card to include a field to report the determination of the sufficiency of textbooks and instructional materials and a summary statement of the condition of school facilities. Requires the department to provide examples of summary statements of the condition of school facilities that are acceptable and those that are unacceptable. Declares that these provisions further the purposes of the Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_550_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Deletes the date of repeal on the Instructional Materials Program and the contingency of program implementation funding on funding from the Annual Budget Act. Also makes technical changes to the appropriation to the Instructional Materials Fund. Appropriates $20,200,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Education and, of that amount $5,000,000 is appropriated for transfer to the State Instructional Materials Fund for purposes of acquiring instructional materials, $15,000,000 is appropriated for allocation to county offices of education for review and monitoring of schools, and $200,000 is appropriated for purposes of implementing this act. The funds appropriated by the bill for purposes of acquiring instrucional materials and for review and monitoring activities are applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_550_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Requires schools to make available copies of current lists of textbooks and instructional materials. Prohibits schools from selling textbooks, equipment, and necessary school supplies and equipment unless written permission is obtained from the department. Establishes the textbook and instructional materials fee special account. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb2063_cd1_.htm
Title: S.B. 2063
Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | The education reform in this Act shall be known as the "Reinventing Education Act of 2004." The provisions include (1) establishing a weighted student formula; (2) providing additional information technology; (3) empowering principals through a Hawaii principals academy and other means; (4) strengthening community involvement through school community councils and parent-community networking centers; (5) providing more mathematics textbooks; (6) lowering class size in kindergarten, grade one, and grade two; (7) providing full-time, year-round, high school student activity coordinators; (8) providing support for students who need additional help to succeed in school; (9) establishing a national board certification incentive program for teachers; (10) enhancing teacher education; (11) reducing the bureaucracy that hampers the effectiveness of the department of education; (12) improving the educational accountability system; and (13) requiring board of education members to hold community meetings in their districts. Establishes the after-school plus program revolving fund.Creates a working group to create a plan for principal performance contracts. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus.asp?qu=HB2002&showstatus=on&showtext=on&press1=docs
Title: H.B. 2002
Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site
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| MS | Rule Adoption 07/2004 | P-12 | Amends the Textbook Handbook, Part B. Relates to the complaint process. MISSISSIPPI REG 9243 (SN)
Title: Part B
Source: StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Concerns accessibility to textbooks and instructional materials; requires the adoption of rules to require all school districts and other public schools to purchase adopted printed and nonprinted instructional materials for which accessible electronic files are available and nonprinted materials that meet or exceed standards for Internet accessibility. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/bills/hb2352s%2Ehtm&DocType=B
Title: H.B. 2352
Source: Arizona Legislative Web site
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires the Commissioner of Higher Education to examine ways to maximize the combined purchasing power of the constituent units of the state system of higher education and independent institutions of higher education in order to ensure that textbooks are priced and sold at a reasonable cost to students enrolled at those institutions. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2004/act/sa/2004SA-00003-R00SB-00461-SA.htm
Title: S.B. 461
Source: Connecticut Legislative Web site
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Authorizes the Department of Education to conduct pilot program; authorizes the pilot program within specified counties to enable selected school districts to realize cost savings in the purchase of used instructional materials; imposes requirements on vendors of such materials; requires the Council for Education Policy Research and Improvement to report to the Legislature; provides for future repeal. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb0122er.html&Directory=session/2004/Senate/bills/billtext/html/
Title: S.B. 122
Source: Florida Legislative Web site
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| HI | Veto override 05/2004 | P-12 | Establishes a weighted student formula; provides additional information technology; empowers principals through a Hawaii principals academy and other means; strengthens community involvement through school community councils and parent-community networking centers; provides more mathematics textbooks; lowers class size in kindergarten, grade one, and grade two; provides full-time, year-round student activity coordinators; provides support for students who need additional help to succeed in school; establishes a national board certification incentive program for teachers; enhances teacher education; reduces the bureaucracy that hampers the effectiveness of the department of education; improves the educational accountability system; requires the board of education members to hold community meetings in their districts.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb3238_sd2_.htm
Title: S.B. 3238
Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site
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| DE | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Appropriates $9,000,000 from the Federal Fiscal Relief Fund to the State's school districts and charter schools for the purchase of instructional technology, textbooks, and library books and materials. http://www.legis.state.de.us/Legislature.nsf/fsLIS?openframeset&Frame=Main&Src=/LIS/LIS142.NSF/Home?Openform
Title: S.B. 231
Source: Delaware Legislative Web site
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| LA | Adopted 04/2004 | P-12 | Adopts rules to allow local education agencies (LEAs) to secure a deposit, equal to the replacement costs, for textbooks provided to students in approved home study programs. http://www.doa.state.la.us/osr/reg/0404/0404RUL.pdf (see page 39 of 71)
Title: LAC 28:XXXIII.517
Source: StateNet
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| MI | Vetoed 04/2004 | P-12 | Provides a school district, intermediate school district or public school academy is not required to obtain competitive bids for items purchased through the cooperative bulk purchasing program operated by the Department of Management and Budget.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/billenrolled/house/pdf/2003-HNB-4722.pdf
Title: H.B. 4722
Source: StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Amends 70 O.S. 2001, Section 16- 106, which relates to textbook adoption; Contractors must provide electronic files for textbooks. The file format in which electronic instructional materials files are provided must be in a format prescribed by federal law or regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of Education which requires national standards for electronic files to be used for production of accessible instructional materials. In the absence of a federal law or regulation establishing a national standard, a file format standard must be prescribed by the State Department of Rehabilitation Services. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04HB/hb2194_enr.rtf
Title: H.B. 2194
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Relates to sales tax; provides exemption for textbooks and other educational materials for free distribution.
Title: S.B. 347
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Requires publishers and manufacturers of instructional materials for students to provide electronic copies of such material for use by disabled persons.
Title: A.B. 9837
Source: StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Repeals the State Board of Education's responsibility to design and implement a state textbook plan; repeals certain school building utilization requirements.
Title: H.B. 14
Source: StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Extends the sunset date from July 1, 2004, to July 1, 2008, for textbooks and other educational materials withdrawn from inventory at book-publishing distribution facilities for free distribution to professors. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?041+ful+CHAP0590
Title: H.B. 1084, S.B. 347
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2004 | Postsec. | Regards instructional materials for students with disabilities at public and private institutions of higher education; requires publishers and manufacturers of instructional materials to provide such in electronic format agreed upon by the publisher or manufacturer and the institution of higher education.
Title: S.B. 6501
Source: StateNet
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2004 | P-12 | Requires certain school book publishers to provide electronic versions of textbooks suitable for conversion into Braille.
Title: H.B. 1221
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Clarifies the exemption of sales tax to the sale of textbooks and instructional materials to state school districts and state public schools that receive state funding or state purchases for free distribution. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1028.pdf
Title: H.B. 1028
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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