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From the ECS State Policy Database
2005 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2005. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All."

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+ Accountability
+ Accountability--Accreditation
+ Accountability--Measures/Indicators
+ Accountability--Reporting Results
+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
+ Accountability--School Improvement
+ Adult Basic Education
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
+ Assessment--Computer Based
+ Assessment--End-of-Course
+ Assessment--Formative/Interim
+ Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
+ Assessment--Value Added
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
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+ Attendance
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+ Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower)
+ Attendance--Truancy
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+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings
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+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research
+ Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
+ Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Tax Credits
+ Choice of Schools--Vouchers
+ Civic Education
+ Civic Education--Character Education
+ Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
+ Class Size
+ Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Arts Education
+ Curriculum--Censorship
+ Curriculum--Core Curriculum
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+ Curriculum--Environmental Education
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+ Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
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+ Curriculum--International Education
+ Curriculum--Language Arts
+ Curriculum--Mathematics
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+ Curriculum--Sex Education
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+ Curriculum--Speech Education
+ Data-Driven Improvement
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+ Equity
+ Finance
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+ Finance--District
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+ Finance--Federal
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+ Finance--Litigation
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+ Finance--Lotteries
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+ Finance--Student Fees
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+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues
+ Governance
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+ Governance--School Boards
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+ Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices
+ Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
+ Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
+ Leadership
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+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership
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+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure
+ Middle School
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+ No Child Left Behind
+ No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress
+ No Child Left Behind--Assessment
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+ No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools
+ No Child Left Behind--Finance
+ No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement
+ No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers
+ No Child Left Behind--Report Cards
+ No Child Left Behind--School Support
+ No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services
+ Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning
+ Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses
+ P-16 or P-20
+ P-3
+ P-3 Child Care
+ P-3 Early Intervention (0-3)
+ P-3 Ensuring Quality
+ P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits
+ P-3 Family Involvement
+ P-3 Finance
+ P-3 Grades 1-3
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+ P-3 Preschool
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+ Postsecondary
+ Postsecondary Accountability
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+ Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid
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+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants
+ Postsecondary Faculty
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+ Private Schools
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+ Reading/Literacy
+ Religion
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+ Rural
+ Scheduling/School Calendar
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+ School Safety
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+ School/District Structure/Operations--School Size
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation
+ Service-Learning
- Special Education
LAAdopted 12/2005P-12Special Education Course Codes
LAC 28:CXV.2333, 2355, 2364 and 2369
Establishes new special education course codes that will allow students with disabilities and gifted and talented students to earn Carnegie ...

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LAAdopted 12/2005P-12Monitoring Special Education Programs
LAC 28:XCI.101, 105-111, 301, 303-317, 507, and 509
These changes clarify that all local education agencies must be monitored, eliminates the exemplary category, and adds a new category called...

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LAAdopted 12/2005P-12Out-of-Field Authorities to Teach
LAC 28:I.903
Grants a school district the option of a two-year renewal of Out-of-Field Authorities to Teach (OFAT) for individual pursuing certification ...

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LAAdopted 11/2005P-12NCLB Assessment and AYP
LAC 28:LXXXIII.305, 509, 703, 3901-3905
Amends the accountability system calculations to take advantage of new flexibility in guidance for No Child Left Behind and address situatio...

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WVAdopted 11/2005P-12Alternate Academic Achievement Standards
Title 126, Series 44P
WEST VIRGINIA 4765, SUMMARY:  Amends rules relating to alternate academic achievement standards for West Virginia schools.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 1...

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CAVetoed 10/2005P-12Exit Exams Waivers for Students with Disabilities
S.B. 586
High school exit examination: pupils with disabilities. This bill would require a school district to grant a high school
diploma to a pupil ...

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CASigned into law 10/2005P-12Special Education Services and Requirements
H.B. 1662
Existing law establishes a right of individuals with exceptional needs to receive free appropriate public education and ensures the right to...

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MISigned into law 09/2005P-12Special Education Advisory Committee
S.B. 83
A special education advisory committee is created in the department of education....

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NMRule Adoption 09/2005P-12Special Education Rules
NMAC 6.31.2, 6.11.2
Amends rules relating to special education and children with disabilities as well as gifted children. Relates to the rights and responsibili...

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NYEmergency Rule Adoption 09/2005P-12Special Education Programs and Services
Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.2, 200.1 - .7, 200.14, 200.16, 201.2 - .5, 201.7 - .11
Establishes emergency rules to immediately conform these rules regarding the provision of special education services to the requirements of ...

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ORSigned into law 08/2005P-12High Cost Disabilities Account
H.B. 2450
Establishes within the State School Fund a High Cost Disabilities Account. Each fiscal year, the department of education is to distribute mo...

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SDAdopted 08/2005P-12Federal Requirements for Teachers
SDCR 24:05:25:06, 27:01.01 thru 01.06, 04.01, .02, 08.01 thru .04, 27:09, 12, 13.02, 15 thru .03, 16, 18, 19.01, 30:06.01, 15:02:08, 03:01, 03, .01, 06, 08 thru 10, 06:02
Aligns rules with the federal 2004 IDEA legislation. Enables districts to inform in-service teachers about the federal new requirements. All...

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ILSigned into law 07/2005P-12Giant Steps Autism Center for Excellence
S.B. 3
Requires that the state board implement and administer a Giant Steps Autism Center for Excellence pilot program for the study and evaluation...

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ILSigned into law 07/2005P-12Tuition Paid for Special Education
H.B. 728
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that the reimbursement of a school district for the amount of pai...

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ILSigned into law 07/2005P-12Transition Specialists
S.B. 768
Amends the Interagency Coordinating Council Act. With respect to the annual report that the Council is required to make to the Governor and ...

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ILSigned into law 07/2005P-12Special Education Services
S.B. 87
In a provision concerning the notification of a child's possible eligibility to receive services from the Illinois School for the Deaf or th...

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MNSigned into law 07/2005P-12Special education transportation
H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
For purposes of computing special education base revenue, the cost of providing transportation for children with disabilities includes (A) t...

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ORSigned into law 07/2005P-12Special Education Provisions
H.B. 3168
Adds interpreting services, social work services, and school nurse services designed to enable a child with a disability to receive a
free a...

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COVetoed 06/2005P-12Supplemental Online Education Courses
S.B. 139
Recognizes the importance of supplemental online education courses, especially to smaller districts and rural schools. States that such cour...

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FLSigned into law 06/2005P-12Assistive Technology Advisory Council
H.B. 1099
Requires a representative of the department of education to serve on the Assistive Technology Advisory Council. Requires council members to ...

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FLSigned into law 06/2005P-12Personal Care Attendant Program
S.B. 720
Eliminates requirement that for purposes of participating in the personal care attendant program, the department of education determine the ...

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HISigned into law 06/2005P-12
S.B. 1643
Clarifies definitions of "new century charter schools" and "public schools". Requires charter school plans to include a plan for identifying...

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HISigned into law 06/2005P-12Deadlines for Hearing for Student with a Disability
S.B. 1661
Specifies the time period within which a hearing must be requested by a parent or guardian of a child with a disability, or by the departmen...

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SCSigned into law 06/2005P-12Generic Teacher Certification
H.J.R. 3892
Joint resolution to approve regulations of the state board of education; The state board promulgated amendments to R 43-243.4, Utilization o...

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AZSigned into law 05/2005P-12Dispute Resolution
H.B. 2534
Amends the definition of parent and defines due process hearing, impartial administrative law judge, public education agency and state educa...

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COSigned into law 05/2005P-12Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in State Assessment
H.B. 1246
Provides that if, as part of a student's individual educational program (IEP), a student attends part-time a school or program away from the...

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DERule Adoption 05/2005P-12Instructional Program Requirements
14 DAC 503
Amends regulation concerning Instructional Program Requirements by removing the Functional Life Skills Curriculum to conform to Federal Regu...

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FLSigned into law 05/2005P-12Assistive Technology Devices and Services
S.B. 2550
States the importance of accessibility, utilization, and coordination of appropriate assistive technology devices and services for children ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2005P-12Medicaid
S.B. 404
Deletes provisions authorizing AHCA to adopt emergency rules governing home & community-based services delivery system; provides Medicaid ra...

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FLVetoed 05/2005P-12Psychotropic Medication
H.B. 209
Defines term "psychotropic medication." Prohibits a recipient of state funds from requiring student to be prescribed or administered psychot...

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INSigned into law 05/2005P-12Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
H.B. 1314 (Section 1-13, 22 ff)
Changes the name of the School for the Blind to the School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Changes the title of "superintendent" to "ch...

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INSigned into law 05/2005P-12
Postsec.
Office of Technology Established
H.B. 1137
Creates the office of technology by combining the duties performed by the division of information technology of the department of administra...

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MODELIVERED TO GOVERNOR 05/2005P-12Special education procedures
H.B. 276
To repeal sections 162.955, 162.959, and 162.961, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to special educational serv...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Medicaid Billing Improvement Act
H.B. 1259
Directs department of education to identify school districts underperforming in the area of direct-service Medicaid billing and requires the...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Education of Juveniles in Treatment Facilities
H.B. 2558
Provides that the department of education, a public school district, or an open-enrollment charter school is not liable for any educational ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12
S.B. 1044 (sections 14-15)
Repeals provision that notation must be made on a student's transcript to indicate each special education class included on the transcript. ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Special Education Provisions
S.B. 1044 (sections 28-30)
Modifies membership of Advisory Council for the Education of Children with Disabilities from "parents of children with disabilities" to pare...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12Pupils With Disabilities
H.B. 2432
Changes statutory reference from "extended school year program" to "extended school year services" for students with disabilities. Rewrites ...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12Special Education
S.B. 1072
Specifies that "child with a disability" does not mean a child who has difficulty in writing, speaking or understanding the English language...

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AZVetoed 04/2005P-12Privacy in Schools
S.B. 1270
Bars a teacher, principal, counselor or other district or charter school employee, unless the parent is notified in writing and provides wri...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12Special Education and the AIMS
S.B. 1352
States that a student with an individualized education program (IEP) is not required to earn a passing score on a competency test required f...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12Schools for the Deaf and Blind
S.B. 1075
Concerns board of directors for the state school for the deaf and the blind. Requires the governor to appoint one member from the commissio...

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COVetoed 04/2005P-12Special Education Tuition
H.B. 1255
Adopts a comprehensive method of allocating the excess costs incurred in educating students with disabilities. Defines "selected special edu...

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CTSigned into law 04/2005P-12Board of Education and Services for the Blind
S.B. 23
Concerns the Board of Education and Services for the Blind monitoring council. Provides additional time for the Board of Education and Servi...

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HISigned into law 04/2005P-12Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
S.B. 778
Authorizes an emergency appropriation ($11, 672, 564) for fiscal year 2004-2005 to pay for increases in costs due to an increase in students...

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KSSigned into law 04/2005P-12School Districts
H.B. 2331 (multiple provisions)
Incorporates the changes made by the U.S. Congress to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act into state statutes. The major...

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KSBecame law without governor's signature 04/2005P-12
H.B. 2247 (section 6)
Requires every accredited school to teach the subjects and areas of instruction adopted by the state board of education as of January 1, 200...

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KSBecame law without governor's signature 04/2005P-12Special Education Funding
H.B. 2247 (section 10-11)
Creates a new formula for determining each district's special education allocation. Specifies that if the appropriation for special educatio...

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MD(S) THIRD READING PASSED WITH AMENDMENTS (44-2) 04/2005P-12Department of Juvenile Services Educational Programs - Private Residential Rehabilitative Institutions
H.B. 1148
Requiring private residential rehabilitative institutions to develop and implement a specified educational program; requiring a specified ed...

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MD(H) THIRD READING PASSED (137-0) 04/2005P-12Pilot Program to Study and Improve Screening Practices for Autism Spectrum Disorders
S.B. 834
Establishing a Pilot Program to Study and Improve Screening Practices for Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Department of Education; requirin...

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MDVetoed 04/2005P-12Department of Juvenile Services Educational Programs - Private Residential Rehabilitative Institutions
S.B. 503
Requiring private residential rehabilitative institutions to develop and implement a specified educational program; requiring a specified ed...

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MTSigned into law 04/2005P-12Special Education Laws
S.B. 363
Revises special education laws. (2) The board of trustees of every school district shall provide or establish and maintain a special educa...

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OKSigned into law 04/2005P-12Eligibility for Early Intervention
S.B. 390
Relates to the Oklahoma Early Intervention Act; modifies eligibility for early intervention services; authorizes State Board of Education to...

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KYSigned into law 03/2005P-12Habitual Truancy
H.B. 72
Establishes that any student enrolled in a public school who is over 18 but not 21 years of age and who has been absent from school without ...

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NDSigned into law 03/2005P-12Special Education Per Student Payments
H.B. 1237
Provides for forwarding of special education per student payments to whichever program is providing the services to the student. The superin...

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NDSigned into law 03/2005P-12Homeschooling of Students with Developmental Disabilities
H.B. 1265
Allows a parent of a child with a developmental disability to continue to supervise home education (deleted provision that prohibited home e...

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SDSigned into law 03/2005P-12Legal Costs as Allowable Special Education Funds
S.B. 72
Includes legal costs as allowable expenditures from the special education fund. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2005/bills/SB72enr.pdf...

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UTSigned into law 03/2005P-12Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarships
H.B. 249
Creates a program to award scholarships to students with disabilities who attend a private school. Specifies criteria for qualifying for a s...

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DERule Adoption 02/2005P-12Certification - Supervisor of Special Education
14 DAC 309
Repeals regulation relating to the Certification for an Administrative Supervisor of Special Education, which is necessary as it is being in...

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DERule Adoption 02/2005P-12Certification - Director of Special Education
14 DAC 307 and 1523, 1.0 - 3.0
Amends regulation applying to the certification of educators as Directors of Special Education. Aligns regulation with statutory changes and...

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WVRule Adoption 02/2005P-12Education of Exceptional Students
Title 126, Series 16
Amends rules regarding the education of exceptional students. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4562 (SN)...

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ILSigned into law 01/2005P-12School Code
H.B. 757
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code to allow a child with a disability who has completed four years of high sch...

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LAEmergency Rule Adoption 01/2005P-12Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
LAC 50:XV.Chapter 71
Establishes emergency rules to promote Health and welfare of Medicaid recipients and to maintain access to Early and Periodic Screening, Dia...

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+ Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations
+ Special Education--Finance
+ Special Education--Placement
+ Special Education--Transition
+ Special Populations--Corrections Education
+ Special Populations--Gifted and Talented
+ Special Populations--Homeless Education
+ Standards
+ State Longitudinal Data Systems
+ State Policymaking
+ State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions
+ STEM
+ Student Achievement
+ Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap
+ Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance
+ Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring
+ Student Supports--Remediation
+ Students
+ Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities
+ Students--Mobility
+ Students--Records/Rights
+ Teaching Quality
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits
+ Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring
+ Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals
+ Teaching Quality--Preparation
+ Teaching Quality--Professional Development
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools
+ Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force
+ Teaching Quality--Teacher Attitudes
+ Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights
+ Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract
+ Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining
+ Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining--Strikes
+ Technology
+ Technology--Computer Skills
+ Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware
+ Technology--Equitable Access
+ Technology--Funding Issues
+ Technology--Internet Safety
+ Textbooks and Open Source