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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--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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| 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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| Curriculum--Speech Education |
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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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| 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--Single-Sex Education |
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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--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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| 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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| 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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| School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
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 | School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2005 | P-12 | An act to amend Section 20112 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. Requires notice for bids for district projects to be
mailed to all construction trade journals specified in Section 22036 for the county or counties in the attendance area of the district, provided the district will incur no publishing costs.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0451-0500/ab_490_bill_20050908_enrolled.pdf
Title: A.B. 490
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2005 | P-12 | Requires the procurement and use of environmentally sensitive cleaning and maintenance products in elementary and secondary schools; defines terms;authorizes the commissioners of general services and education to promulgate necessary rules and regulations. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S05435&sh=t
Title: S.B. 5435
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | An act to amend Section 47610 of , and to add Section 47610.5 to, the Education Code, relating to charter schools. Expressly includes the California Building Standards Code amongst those state laws from which a charter school is not exempt. Requires charter schools to be in compliance with those provisions by January 1, 2007. Also provides that a charter school is exempt from this requirement if it complies with the requirements of the Field Act, or if the school is exclusively owned or controlled by the federal government or other entity that is not subject to the California Building Standards Code.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1054_bill_20050719_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1054
Source: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Transfers the management of the state educational facilities improvement special fund and capital improvement and repair and maintenance programs of school facilities to the department of education. Establishes the educational design and construction project assessment fund for the purpose of defraying the costs of carrying out construction projects managed by the department; equitably collecting and distributing moneys for other current expenses associated with capital improvement, repairs and maintenance, and repairs and alterations projects; and specified personnel benefits and reimbursement needs.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb1660_cd1_.htm
Title: S.B. 1660
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to conduct asbestos tests prior to renovations or painting of school facilities at all DOE schools. Directs DOE to maintain a record of all students at King intermediate who may have been exposed to asbestos
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb1295_sd2_.htm
Title: H.B. 1295
Source: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Requires the state board of education to adopt rules for the documentation of school plan reviews and inspections of school facilities and to convene a task force for the purpose of reviewing these documents and making recommendations regarding training and accreditation of individuals performing reviews or inspections. In a Section requiring school building plans and specifications to be approved by the regional superintendent of schools, removes the provision allowing the local fire department or fire protection district to request a review of the plans and specifications. Provides for review of the plans and specifications by a municipality, fire protection district, or county. Requires the office of the state fire marshal or a qualified fire official conduct an annual fire safety inspection of each school building in the state. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0225
Title: S.B. 383
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Allows use of construction management services which are provided for a fee and which involve preconstruction and construction administration and management services; deems these services to be professional services and may be performed by a
qualified licensed person. Allows a school systems, at its own discretion, to perform work on the project with its own employees and include the coordination and oversight of this work as part of the services of the construction manager. http://tennessee.gov/sos/acts/104/pub/pc0462.pdf
Title: S.B. 1343
Source: http://tennessee.gov
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| TN | SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 06/2005 | P-12 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to indoor air quality and mold in schools Encourages each district to conduct an inspection and evaluation program, such as the Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Program, for its facilities. Such program may include, but need not be limited to, the following measures: (1) Ensuring that an adequate amount of outdoor air is being supplied; (2) Testing for radon; (3) Separating students and staff from construction and renovation areas; (4) Reducing use of products, such as adhesives, floor-care products, and pesticides, that require ventilation during use; and (5) Maintaining relative humidity to an appropriate level during hot and humid summers. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0291.pdf
Title: S.B. 641
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Replaces the statutory limits for procurement of construction, construction services, materials or services that the state board must adopt within rules. The state board must adopt rules, and the Auditor General must review the rules, specifying the total cost of a procurement subject to invitations for bids, requests for proposals and requests for clarifications that does not exceed current statutory limits under procurement. Additionally, the limits for job-order-contracting are replaced. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=2349
Title: H.B. 2349 (section 2)
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Authorizes the State Fire Marshal and the State Building Inspector to jointly grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with the requirement that any building to be built as an educational occupancy and eligible for a school building project grant must have an automatic fire extinguishing system approved by the State Fire Marshal on each floor. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/act/Pa/2005PA-00031-R00SB-01032-PA.htm
Title: S.B. 1032
Source: www.cga.ct.gov
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | The Legislature encourages the board of trustees of each school district in this State to adopt policies, or, if
applicable, to revise existing policies and regulations, governing the use of school buildings and facilities by groups and organizations
that are not part of the school district in a manner that will minimize costs to the school district as well as minimize costs to those groups
and organizations that are dedicated to the furtherance and benefit of the mission of the school district.
2. The Legislature recognizes that the boards of trustees of the school districts in this State have a vested interest in ensuring
that the operations of the school district are consistent with the policies and regulations adopted by the board of trustees. Therefore,
the Legislature hereby encourages the board of trustees of each school district to exercise such authority as is necessary to ensure that a policy or regulation adopted by the board of trustees concerning the use of school buildings and facilities by groups and organizations that are not part of the school district be applied as consistently as possible by all schools located in that school district.
http://leg.state.nv.us/73rd/bills/AB/AB70_EN.pdf
Title: H.B. 70
Source: StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Allows the establishment of a dual usage educational complex by a junior college district and other political subdivisions or institutions of higher education. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01737&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.B. 1737
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | 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
Title: S.B. 591
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | 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 facilities master plan program; an academic facilities custodial, maintenance, repair, and renovation manual; a public school academic facility manual; a public school academic equipment manual; and an academic facilities distress program. Defines each of the components of the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program and the areas each component must address.
Establishes the provisions of the academic facilites master plan program, which requires every local board to approve a ten-year districtwide facilities master plan for submission to and approval by the division of public school academic facilities and transportation. Specifies the required content of every district's facilities master plan.
Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation to identify a public school or school district as being in academic facilities distress if the division determines that the public school or school district has engaged in actions or inactions that result in any act or violation determined by the division to jeopardize any academic facility used by a public school or school district, or any other condition of an academic facility or facilities in a public school or school district that is determined by the division to have a detrimental impact on educational services provided by that public school or school district. Requires the division to provide the district with written notification of its being in academic facilities distress. Requires a public school or school district identified as being in facilities distress to develop a facilities improvement plan within 30 days from the date of receipt of the notice and promptly submit the facilities improvement plan to the division for review and approval, and revise the plan on a periodic basis.
Authorizes the division to:
--Provide on-site technical evaluation and assistance to any school district identified to be in facilities distress, and to make recommendations to the district superintendent regarding the care and maintenance of any academic facility in the district. Requires the district in facilities distress to accept such on-site technical evaluation and assistance.
--Require the superintendent to relinquish all administrative authority with respect to the school district and appoint an individual in place of the superintendent to administratively operate the school district under the supervision and approval of the Director of the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation.
--Suspend or remove all of the current board members and call for the election of a new school board for the district, in which case the school district must reimburse the county board of election commissioners for election costs as otherwise required by law;
--Require the school district to operate without a local board under the supervision of the local superintendent or an individual or panel appointed by the director of the division;
--Return the administration of the school district to the former board or place the administration of the school district in a newly elected school board;
--Require school district staff and employees to attend training in areas of concern for the public school or school district;
--Require a school district to cease immediately all expenditures related to activities not described as part of an adequate education in § 6-20-2302 and place money that would have been spent on the activities into an academic facilities escrow account to be released only upon approval by the division for use in conjunction with a local academic facilities project.
--Notify the public school or school district in writing that the deficiencies regarding academic facilities must be corrected within a
time period designated by the division;
--Petition the state board at any time for the consolidation, annexation, or reconstitution of a school district in facilities distress or take other appropriate action as specified in statute in order to secure and protect the best interest of the educational resources of the state or to provide for the best interests of students in the school district. Allows the state board to consolidate, annex, reconstitute any school district that fails to remove itself from the classification of a school district in facilities distress within two consecutive school years of receipt of notice of identification of facilities distress status by the division; and
--Take any other action allowed by law that is deemed necessary to assist a public school or school district in removing criteria of facilities distress.
Allows a district to appeal the state board's consolidation, annexation, or reconstitution decision to the Commission for Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation. Authorizes the commission to reverse the action of the state board if the commission finds that the school district could not remove itself from facilities distress due to external forces beyond the school district's control.
Allows any student attending a public school district classified as being in facilities distress to be automatically eligible to transfer to another geographically contiguous school district not in facilities distress during the time period that a district is classified as being in facilities distress. Requires transportation costs to be paid by the resident district and the nonresident district to count the student for average daily membership purposes.
Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation to conduct random unannounced on-site inspections of all academic facilities that have been funded wholly or in part by moneys from the state to ensure compliance with the school district's facilities master plan and, if applicable, the school district's facilities improvement plan. Requires the division to report to the Commission for Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation within 30 days of completion of the on-site inspections.
Establishes a process for a school district to appeal any determination of the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation to the Commission for Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation.
Repeals Arkansas Code § 6-20-1402 on school districts' authority to borrow money for building or repairing school facilities and Arkansas Code § 6-11-130 on custodial and maintenance care for school facilities.
Full text of bill as enacted: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/SB593.pdf
Title: S.B. 593
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Defines "design-build," "design-builder" and "design-build contract." Permits any school district to use design-build construction as a project delivery method for the building, altering, repairing, improving, maintaining, or demolishing of any structure, or any improvement to real property owned by a school district. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1093.pdf
Title: S.B. 1093
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | 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 in effect at the time the lease became effective. Permits a district to sublease a school building or facility whenever that building or facility is not being used for educational purposes. Requires rent from a sublease to be placed in the district's general fund; allows rent to be used for any operational or capital purpose. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1448.pdf
Title: H.B. 1448
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | 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 Facilities Immediate Repair Program to provide school districts with state financial participation for eligible repair projects based on the school district's academic facilities wealth index.
Establishes the Academic Equipment Program to support the purchase of eligible academic equipment based on the school district's academic facilities wealth index.
Establishes the Transitional Academic Facilities Program to provide state financial participation based on a school district's academic facilities wealth index in the form of reimbursement to a school district for eligible new construction projects for which debt is incurred or funds are spent after January 1, 2005, and on or before June 30, 2006. Under the transitional academic facilities program, a school district may proceed with new construction of an academic facility through the expenditure of local resources prior to the school district's eligibility for state financial participation and may apply the expenditure of local resources after January 1, 2005, and on or before June 30, 2006, toward meeting the school district's share of financial participation in the cost of the new construction project when, and if, the school district becomes eligible for state financial participation.
Establishes the Academic Facilities Partnership Program to provide state financial participation based on a school district's academic facilities wealth index in the form of cash payments to a school district for eligible new construction projects.
Establishes the Academic Facilities Catastrophic Program to award state financial participation to a school district based on a school district's academic facilities wealth index for eligible catastrophic repair and new construction projects for the purpose of supplementing insurance or other public or private emergency assistance received by or payable to the school district.
Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation to establish formulas, to be updated annually, for determining the basic project cost per student for various types of new construction projects, including new academic facilities; additions to existing academic facilities; and major improvements to academic facilities that bring the state of condition or efficiency of the academic facility to a state of condition or efficiency better than the facility's original condition of completeness or efficiency.
Establishes legislative intent that school districts explore collaboration with other districts in pooling equipment, facilities and transportation.
Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation to develop a program to provide emergency loans to eligible high-growth school districts for assistance with excess debt service requirements.
Allows a school district to appeal any determination of the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation under the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act to the Commission on Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation.
Effective July 1, 2005, Arkansas Code Title 6, Chapter 20, Subchapter 24 is repealed.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb2508.pdf
Title: H.B. 2508
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Concerns energy savings contracts for school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1095.pdf
Title: S.B. 1095
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | 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 anticipated future needs to donate the property to a non-profit organization if donation thereof would serve a beneficial educational service for the students of the district. Adds providing community programs, social enrichment programs, or after-school programs for students who are from the district or to educate pupils from within the donating school district even if other persons in the community or students from outside the district might also benefit to the purposes that such donated property may fill.
States that if the school district donates real property to an entity, the district has right of first refusal to reacquire the real property if the entity decides to sell or otherwise dispose of the real property. States that the school district is not required to compensate the entity for any improvements to real property reacquired in this manner.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb2936.pdf
Title: H.B. 2936
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | 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 renovation of a school building. Requries school facilities board to not approve a school building project if specified conditions are found in the assessment or building plans. Requires a school district that installed or renovated its HVAC system on or after the effective date of this act to ensure that the system meets specified requirements, and that an HVAC system installed or renovated before the effective date of this act to ensure that the HVAC system is maintained and operated in accordance with the prevailing maintenance and standards at the time of its installation or renovation.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1009
Title: S.B. 1009
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Repeals a provision of law requiring the transfer of public school facilities and property from the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; repeals a requirement that prohibits the State from funding capital improvements to public school buildings in Baltimore City after 2009 under specified circumstances.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/billfile/sb0766.htm
Title: S.B. 766
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | 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/HB1357.pdf
Title: H.B. 1357
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | 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 School Academic Facilities and Transportation are to: ... "(5) Develop and implement an ongoing uniform process for collecting, inventorying, and updating information on the state of condition of all public school academic facilities in the state; (6) Develop a facility cost index that provides a methodology for comparing the cost of repairing the condition of a public school academic facility to the cost of replacing the public school academic facility with a facility containing the same amount of square footage; (7) Conduct unannounced random on-site inspections of public school academic facilities; (8) Develop minimum standards for accessibility to public school academic facilities and programs for individuals with disabilities; (9) Develop guidelines for competitive bidding, competitive negotiation, and other methods of procurement for public school academic facilities projects; (10) Develop incentive programs to reward school districts for innovative, effective, and efficient use of local and state resources with regard to public school academic facilities;" and "(13) Report by October 1 of each year to the Governor, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Education, and the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee on the state of condition of education facilities statewide" addressing specified features of school facilities; "(14) Report by October 1 of each even-numbered year to the Governor, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Education, and the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee on the state academic facilities master plan; and (15) Maintain a public access website dedicated to public school academic facilities."
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/SB590.pdf
Title: S.B. 590
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | 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 services. Authorizes any school district to use public-public partnerships as a project delivery method for the building, altering, repairing, improving, maintaining, or demolishing of any structure, or any improvement to real property owned by the school district.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/SB858.pdf
Title: S.B. 858
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec. | Authorizes the Development Authority Finance Authority to issue higher education general authority bonds for technology and facility improvements; provides for a statewide election on the issuance of bonds.
Title: S.B. 1137
Source: StateNet
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| AZ | Vetoed 03/2005 | P-12 | 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
Title: S.B. 1394
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Directs the Office of Education Accountability to conduct a review of the SFCC's ability to provide local school districts with necessary debt service assistance to maintain a facility program that will be conducive to a positive learning environment.
Title: H.B. 267 (Facility Component)
Source: Kentucky 2005 Legislative Summary
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