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 | Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--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--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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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Cheating |
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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--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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| Counseling/Guidance |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Censorship |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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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--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--District |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Litigation |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--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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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--College Readiness |
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| High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| International Baccalaureate |
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| Leadership |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
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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--Tenure |
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| Mentoring/Tutoring |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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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 Child Care |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits |
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| P-3 Family Involvement |
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| P-3 Finance |
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| P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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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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| Partnerships--University/School |
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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 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 Participation--Outreach |
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| Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
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| Postsecondary Students--Minority |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion |
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| Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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| Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
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| Private Schools |
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| Privatization |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Religion--Prayer/Meditation |
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| Remediation (K-12) |
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| Rural |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year |
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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 Safety--Special Education |
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| School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes |
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 | School/District Structure/Operations |
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2005 | P-12 | Transportation Costs for Special Education Students and Rural Schools
H.B. 1110
An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 41580) to Chapter 3.2 of Part 24 of the Education Code, relating to school finance. - School Transportation Block Grant. This bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to apportion block grant funds...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2005 | P-12 | School District Reorganization and Consolidation Requirements
H.B. 1642
This bill specifies requirements and procedures that follow from school district reorganization and consolidation, including school board elections and tax revenue and state aid....
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Deactivation of an Elementary School Facility
H.B. 1324
Allows for the deactivation of an elementary school facility in the same manner as the deactivation of a high school facility, when it is determined such students would be best served by being sent to schools in other districts. Effective immediately. http://w...
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| PA | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Library Funding
H.B. 1304
Amends funding formula for allocating library funds in 2005-2006. Includes a district center restoration amount. http://www2.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/BT/2005/0/HB1304P2562.pdf...
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | County Committees on School District Organization
A.B. 835
Existing law authorizes a county committee on school district organization, except as specified, to establish, rearrange the boundaries of,
and abolish trustee areas, and to make specified changes to the governing boards of school districts. Existing law autho...
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Students with Life-Threatening Allergies
S.B. 1312
Requires the department to develop and make available guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Requires the guidelines to include: (1) Education and training for school personnel on the management of students with life-th...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Consolidation of Elementary and High School Districts
S.B. 1493
Establishes procedures for 2 elementary districts in a Class II county school unit to join with a high school district provided specified requirements are met.
Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0432...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Establishment of School Districts in Unorganized Territory
S.B. 1199
States that if more than 150 students from a single unorganized territory are attending an adjacent district through open enrollment, the residents of the unorganized territory must be notified that the residents' children no longer qualify for open enrollment...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Paper Reduction Task Force
H.B. 281
Establishes the Paper Reduction Task Force for the purpose of recommending strategies to reduce the paperwork required of school districts and school district personnel, with special emphasis given to the reduction of paperwork required of teachers. Provides m...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Summer Nutrition Programs
H.B. 227
Requires each district school board to develop a plan to sponsor a summer nutrition program beginning in the summer of 2006. Provides criteria for operating program sites. Authorizes exemption from sponsoring said program and provides procedures therefor. Auth...
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| HI | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | School Lunch Prices
H.B. 843
Authorizes the department of education to set school lunch prices of up to 1/2, rather than 1/3, of the cost of preparing the lunches, to allow for cost recovery from lunch sales. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb843_.htm...
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| MO | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR 05/2005 | P-12 | School district census requirements
H.B. 258
This bill removes the requirement that school districts take an annual census of children up to age 21 with disabilities, removes obsolete provisions concerning funding for the census, and removes references to the repealed sections...
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Allow off-site educational services
S.B. 224
AN ACT ALLOWING A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AT AN OFFSITE INSTRUCTIONAL SETTING TO CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOL IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT; REQUIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO ADOPT RULES; REVISING THE DEFINITION OF "AVERAGE NU...
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Posting of Open Positions
S.B. 387
From bill analysis: Requires school districts to allow employees an opportunity to apply for an open position by posting notice of job vacancies for at least 10 school days in the following places: on a bulletin board, at a place convenient to the public in th...
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Paperwork Reduction
S.B. 493
From bill analysis: SB 493 states that at least once each even-numbered year the commissioner of education is required to review and, to the extent possible, reduce written reports and other paperwork required of a school district by the agency. The commissio...
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| WA | to governor 05/2005 | P-12 | School Breakfast Programs
H.B. 1771
Subject to funding, requires school districts, by the 2005-06 school year, to begin school breakfast programs in schools in which more
than 40 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced price lunches. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction ...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | School Districts' Employment of Board Members' Relatives
H.B. 1867
An act to restrict school districts from employing relatives of board members.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB1867.pdf...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Academic Oversight Committee
S.B. 591
Creates the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee and the advisory committee on public school academic facilities. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/SB591.pdf...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Closure of Isolated Schools
H.B. 1289
Allows a school district to close an isolated school or part thereof following an annexation or consolidation. Specifies that the state board may approve a motion to close such a school if the closure is in the best interest of the students in the school distr...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Public School Facilities Program Act
S.B. 593
Establishes the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act. Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and
Transportation to develop a comprehensive Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program that includes an academic facili...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Historical Artifact Preservation
H.B. 2732
Ensures the preservation of historical artifacts of school districts subject to consolidation, deconsolidation or reclassification as a conversion charter. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb2732.pdf...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | School Districts
S.B. 1028
Ensures the continuation of efforts to close the achievement gaps in school districts subject to reorganization or reclassification. Requires a receiving or resulting school district in a school consolidation to obtain and retain all student and historical rec...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | School District Debt Relief
H.B. 2734
Assists resulting school districts with debt relief resulting from a consolidation required by law. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB2734.pdf...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Study of Education Service Cooperatives
H.B. 2645
Requires the house interim committee on education and the senate interim committee to jointly conduct a study of education service cooperatives relative to instructional improvements and support services to the department of education and local school district...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Education
S.B. 1044 (sections 1-10)
Incorporates references to the state's Automated Fingerprint Identification System. Expands the definition of "cause" for purposes of waiving or suspending a teacher's license. Among changes to definition, includes knowingly falsifying or directing another to ...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | School Buildings and Facilities
H.B. 1448
Amends Arkansas code 6-20-402. Allows a district to terminate a long-term lease agreement at the end of any fiscal year for the district. Requires all school buildings or related facilities to comply with the requirements of the Arkansas School Facility Manual...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Consolidation Provisions
S.B. 1044 (sections 21-27)
Deletes definitions of "consolidated average daily membership," "consolidated national school lunch student total" and "national school lunch students" from consolidation/reorganization provisions. Deletes provision that no school facility in a school district...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | School Districts Activity
S.B. 1006
Requires notification of affected school districts of all planning, development, or redevelopment activity within a municipality or county. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1006.pdf...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Public School Academic Facilities Funding
H.B. 2508
This subchapter is known as and may be cited as the "Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act." Determines the value of total assesed valuation of taxable real, personal and utility property in the school district.
Establishes the the Academic F...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Local Education Agency Numbers
S.B. 1044 (section 20)
States that the department of education is the sole and official issuer of local education agency numbers to educational entities in the state. Requires these numbers to be issued, activated, deactivated, or changed according to the department's annual schedul...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Social Workers in Public Schools
S.B. 1187
Increases the number and availability of social workers in the public schools. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1187.pdf...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Arkansas Supreme Court Decision
H.B. 2646
Conforms the Arkansas Code to comply with the Arkansas Supreme Court decision in the Lake View case. Requires any school district that was administratively consolidated or administratively annexed under §§6-13-1601 32 through 6-13-1605 to file a written report...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | School Buildings in Consolidated School Districts
H.B. 2936
Establishes procedures for the preservation, sale and/or disposal of school buildings in school districts that have been consolidated. Allows a district that determines any real estate it owns or controlls is not required for the district's present or anticipa...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Incentives for Teacher Recruitment and Retention in High-Priority Districts
S.B. 1044 (section 31)
Includes guidance counselors and librarians in definition of "teacher" or "teachers" in provisions relating to incentives for teacher recruitment and retention in high-priority districts. Clarifies that all teachers not newly signed to work in a high-priority ...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Charter Schools
S.B. 1223
Permits a school district to sell used equipment to a charter school before the school district attempts to sell or dispose of the equipment by other means.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1223...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Governing Boards
H.B. 2368
Repeals provision granting a school district and its employees immunity from civil liability for the consequences of the good faith adoption and implementation of policies and procedures relating to the health and safety of all pupils participating in district...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | School Siting
S.B. 1009
Requires the school facilities board to provide school districts with information every two years on improving and maintaining the environmental quality in school buildings. Requires an environmental site assessment before approval of construction or renovatio...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | School Districts
S.B. 1122
Requires school employees' administration of prescription or other medicine to a minor student to occur only on the parent's written request or authorization. States that a district, a charter school or employees thereof are immune from civil liability for th...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | School Districts
S.B. 1068
Establishes the 13-member School District Redistricting Commission to design a proposal to unify school districts in Arizona based on certain criteria. Requires the commission to submit a preliminary report on the proposed school district unification plan to ...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | School Nutritional Standards
H.B. 2544
By July 1, 2006, requires the department to develop minimum nutrition standards that at least meet federal guidelines for food and beverages sold or served at elementary and middle/junior high schools during the school day. Requires all elementary and middle/...
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12
Community College | School District Contracts
S.B. 48 (section 1-9)
Sets forth parameters for contracts by local districts, board of trustees of a community college or the governing body of a technical college.
http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/48.pdf
Fiscal note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=...
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Education in the Unorganized Territory
H.P. 427
Requires the Department of Education to adopt major substantive rules to establish standards and practices to follow when proposing to close a school in the unorganized territory....
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | School districts
H.B. 1302
School districts; authorize to joint venture with private developers to maximize returns on school assets....
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION;
MT H.B. 681
AN ACT REVISING THE LAWS ON SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION; ESTABLISHING A SINGLE PROCEDURE FOR THE ANNEXATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS; PROVIDING FOR AN INTERIM BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF A CONSOLIDATION ELECTION; CLARIF...
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| NM | Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 | P-12 | School District
S.B. 308
Relates to School District additions to other Districts.
http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/_session.asp?chamber=S&type=++&number=308&year=05...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting
H.B. 1568
Expands upon the Arkansas Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004. Requires charter schools to follow the financial reporting procedures required of public school districts. Expands upon and clarifies initial and ongoing training requirement...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Audit Requirements
H.B. 1185
Clarifies audit requirements for schools, municipalities and counties. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1185.pdf...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Academic Progress of Students
H.B. 1888
Provides for monitoring of the academic progress of specified subgroups of students from schools that were consolidated or annexed under act 60 of the second extraordinary session of the eighty-fourth general assembly. Also requires the receiving or resulting ...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Education Service Cooperatives
H.B. 1357
An act to allow education service cooperatives to purchase or construct buildings as may be required to provide authorized programs and services and to provide for distribution of assets upon dissolution. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Personnel Policy Law
H.B. 2000
Amends the personnel policy law for classified school employees to make it more consistent with the personnel policy law for certified school employees. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB2000.pdf...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | School Election Code
H.B. 2468
Amends sections of the Arkansas code pertaining to school elections. Specifies that the annual school election may concern only issues
authorized to be on the ballot by the Arkansas Constitution or by statute and no other issues shall appear on the ballot. Per...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | School District Coordinator and Executive Council
S.B. 490
Permits any county that contains all or part of six or more districts to create an executive council and a school district coordinator. Establishes membership of executive council and duties and powers of school district coordinator. http://www.arkleg.state.ar...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | School District Auditors
H.B. 2700
Requires school district auditors to comply with the requirements and prohibitions of the federal Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB2700.pdf...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Public School Facilities and Transportation
S.B. 590
Revises the duties and responsibilities of the division of public school academic facilities and transportation and creates the commission on public school academic facilities and transportation.
Provides that the enumerated duties of the Division of Public ...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | School Employee Rights
H.B. 2482
Clarifies a school employee's right to have a witness or representative present in a disciplinary or grievance matter. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB2482.pdf...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Public-Public Partnerships
S.B. 858
Defines "public-public partnership" as a contractual agreement between a school district and another governmental agency, political subdivision, or institution of higher education to meet a clearly defined need for facilities, infrastructure, or goods and serv...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Comprehensive Financial Review of School Districts Prior to Annexation or Consolidation
H.B. 2560
Requires a comprehensive financial review of school districts prior to consolidation, annexation, or otherwise reorganization. Requires any district involved in consolidation or annexation to have an audit begun within 30 days of the closing of the district's ...
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| AZ | Vetoed 03/2005 | P-12 | School Facilities Board
S.B. 1394
Amends provisions relating to the school facilities board. Bars the school facilities board from entering into lease-to-own transactions as of June 30, 2005; provides exception. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1394...
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| KS | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | School Enrollment in Districts with Armed Forces Bases
H.B. 2059
Relates to enrollment. For this purpose, defines "pupils" as students who are dependents of a fulltime active duty member of the military service or miliary reserve who are engaged in mobilizing for war, international peacekeeping missions, national emergency,...
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Health and Nutrition in Schools
S.B. 172
Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, requires each school to limit access to no more than one day each week to retail fast foods in the cafeteria, whether sold by contract, commercial vendor, or otherwise.
Requires every district to appoint a food servic...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | School District Accounts
H.B. 758
School district accounts; superintendent may pay claims to be ratified by local school board.
The local school board shall be authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations that specify the types of claims and sets limits of the dollar amount fo...
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Governance for Certain School Districts
H.B. 397
Clarifies governance for certain school districts.
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/HB0397.htm...
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | School District Enrollment
S.B. 359
Revise statutes related to school district enrollment and calculation; provides for tuition to be paid for a nonresident public school student who reaches the age of 18 during the school year.
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/SB0359.htm...
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| NE | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | School State Aid Payment Adjustments
L.B. 198
Relates to schools. Provides for payment adjustments to reflect transfers of property as prescribed.
(1) State aid payments shall be adjusted to reflect transfers of property due to annexation, to any dissolution of a Class I school district, and to any reorg...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec. | School Districts
H.B. 693
Relates to higher education; provides procedures for adding portions of school districts to existing technical and vocational institute districts.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/HB0693.pdf...
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | School Boards Reorganization
S.B. 66
Provides certain options to school boards in reorganization. Boards may decide by resolution to reorganize or may accept or decide based on petitions. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2005/bills/SB66enr.pdf...
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | Continuity of School Boards Protection Act
H.B. 1266
An act to protect the continuity of school boards by amending the procedure for election of school boards following annexation; allows certain districts to return to at-large elections. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1266.pdf...
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| IL | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | Childhood Hunger Relief Act
H.B. 756
Relates to the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Provides that every public school must have a free breakfast program. Strongly encourages all districts with at least 50% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch to sponsor a summer food service program by sum...
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