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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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| School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--School Size |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
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| Service-Learning |
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 | Special Education |
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| LA | Adopted 12/2005 | P-12 | Special 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 units and it will allow districts to track the courses in which the students are enrolled.
AGENCY CONTACT: Nina A Ford,...
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| LA | Adopted 12/2005 | P-12 | Monitoring 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 targeted monitoring. It also clarifies that agencies must begin correcting non-compliance upon receipt of the monitorin...
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| LA | Adopted 12/2005 | P-12 | Out-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 in special education areas.
AGENCY CONTACT: Nina A Ford, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Box 94064, Capitol...
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| LA | Adopted 11/2005 | P-12 | NCLB 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 situations that were not considered when the accountability policy was initially written.
§305. Calculating the CRT Index
§509....
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| WV | Adopted 11/2005 | P-12 | Alternate 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: 12/14/2005...
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2005 | P-12 | Exit 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 with a disability, if he or she is scheduled to graduate from high school in 2006 or 2007, does not qualify for that
hig...
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2005 | P-12 | Special 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 special instruction and related services needed to meet their unique needs, in conformity with federal law. This bill w...
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| MI | Signed into law 09/2005 | P-12 | Special Education Advisory Committee
S.B. 83
A special education advisory committee is created in the department of education....
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| NM | Rule Adoption 09/2005 | P-12 | Special 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 responsibilities of the Public Schools and of the students. NEW MEXICO REG 4351 (SN)...
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| NY | Emergency Rule Adoption 09/2005 | P-12 | Special 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 the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Ensures the rights of students with disabilities and the...
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| OR | Signed into law 08/2005 | P-12 | High 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 moneys from the account to school districts as high cost disabilities grants. A school district may receive moneys from th...
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| SD | Adopted 08/2005 | P-12 | Federal 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. Allows educators additional means of adding endorsements and authorizations to their certificates. Increases certification ...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Giant 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 of autism and to provide related training for teachers, paraprofessionals, and respite workers, therapist training, and...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Tuition 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 paid tuition of a child attending a non-public school or special education facility, public out-of-State school, or county ...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Transition 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 the General Assembly, provides that in the 2007 report, the Council shall include recommendations for expanding the recr...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Special 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 the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired, requires the school district to further notify parents and guardians of eli...
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| MN | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Special 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) the additional cost of transporting a homeless student from a temporary nonshelter home in another district to the school...
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Special 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 appropriate public education as described in the individualized education program of the child. Clarifies that "Related s...
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| CO | Vetoed 06/2005 | P-12 | Supplemental Online Education Courses
S.B. 139
Recognizes the importance of supplemental online education courses, especially to smaller districts and rural schools. States that such courses are eligible to receive funding from the state education fund created in article IX of the state constitution. Requi...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Assistive 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 be appointed by the commissioner of education. Requires the council to appoint a public policy and advocacy committee to...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Personal 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 applicant eligible for training services. Eliminates requirement that the association, in cooperation with the Division ...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 |
S.B. 1643
Clarifies definitions of "new century charter schools" and "public schools". Requires charter school plans to include a plan for identifying, recruiting, and retaining highly-qualified instructional faculty. Requires a charter school's governance structure to ...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Deadlines 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 department, on matters relating to the identification, evaluation, program or placement of a child with a disability. Provides ex...
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| SC | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Generic 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 of Generic Teacher Certification, that will allow persons holding a generic teaching certificate issued by the state depa...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Dispute Resolution
H.B. 2534
Amends the definition of parent and defines due process hearing, impartial administrative law judge, public education agency and state educational agency.
· Removes the definition of the term exceptional child.
· Removes the requirement for t...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Inclusion 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 school where the student is enrolled, the district in which a student is enrolled may designate either the school of re...
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| DE | Rule Adoption 05/2005 | P-12 | Instructional Program Requirements
14 DAC 503
Amends regulation concerning Instructional Program Requirements by removing the Functional Life Skills Curriculum to conform to Federal Regulations. Letter from State Council for Persons with Disabilities: http://www2.state.de.us/scpd/datafiles/regltr/8-1405-1...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Assistive Technology Devices and Services
S.B. 2550
States the importance of accessibility, utilization, and coordination of appropriate assistive technology devices and services for children and youth with disabilities. To ensure the transaction of assistive technology devices, requires interagency agreements ...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Medicaid
S.B. 404
Deletes provisions authorizing AHCA to adopt emergency rules governing home & community-based services delivery system; provides Medicaid rate-setting process; revises Medicaid prescribed drug spending control program; directs AHCA to implement, & authorizes i...
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| FL | Vetoed 05/2005 | P-12 | Psychotropic Medication
H.B. 209
Defines term "psychotropic medication." Prohibits a recipient of state funds from requiring student to be prescribed or administered psychotropic medication as condition of receipt of educational services. Requires that, before a student is evaluated for the p...
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Indiana 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 "chief executive officer" at both the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Indiana School for the Dea...
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-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 administration, the information technology oversight commission, and the enhanced data access review committee. Provides that the ...
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| MO | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR 05/2005 | P-12 | Special 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 services...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Medicaid 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 these districts to work with an education service cooperative for the provision of direct-service Medicaid billing services...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Education 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 costs or other related costs associated with the placement of a juvenile in an in-state or out-of-state residential or i...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-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.
Establishes that school day must consist of at least rather than fewer than six hours of instructional time.
Allows a...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Special 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 parents of persons from birth to age 26 with disabilities. Includes officials who carry out activities under subtitle B of t...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Pupils With Disabilities
H.B. 2432
Changes statutory reference from "extended school year program" to "extended school year services" for students with disabilities. Rewrites language pertaining to circumstances under which extended school year services must be provided to such students. Specif...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Special 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 due to an environmental background in which a language other than English is primarily or exclusively used. Deletes lan...
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| AZ | Vetoed 04/2005 | P-12 | Privacy 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 written consent to the disclosure of the information requested, from:
(1) Undertaking or contracting to undertake any behav...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Special 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 for high school graduation unless the student is learning at a level appropriate for the student's grade level in a speci...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Schools 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 commission for the deaf and the hard of hearing and one member from the governor's council on blindness and visual impairment. In...
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| CO | Vetoed 04/2005 | P-12 | Special Education Tuition
H.B. 1255
Adopts a comprehensive method of allocating the excess costs incurred in educating students with disabilities. Defines "selected special education option" as district other than the child's resident school district that special education student enrolls in, ch...
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| CT | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Board 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 Services for the Blind monitoring council to complete its mandated report.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillsta...
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| HI | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Children 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 identified as having Autism Spectrum Disorder and for increased cost for school-based behavioral health services. http:...
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | School 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 changes include the following: Allows school districts to spend up to 15 percent of the federal funding they receive on...
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| KS | Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 | P-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, 2005. Requires every accredited high school to also teach the subjects and areas of instruction necessary to meet the gradu...
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| KS | Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 | P-12 | Special 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 education and related services is insufficient to pay in full the amount of state aid each school district is entitled to receiv...
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| MD | (S) THIRD READING PASSED WITH AMENDMENTS (44-2) 04/2005 | P-12 | Department 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 educational program to be approved by the State Department of Education before the program is implemented; providing for t...
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| MD | (S) THIRD READING PASSED (46-0) 04/2005 | Postsec. | Higher Education - Scholarships - Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists
H.B. 1235
Authorizing an area of critical shortage to include speech language pathology or audiology services under the Sharon Christa McAuliffe Memorial Teacher Education Award program in the Maryland Higher Education Commission; defining terms; etc
http://mlis.state....
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| MD | (H) THIRD READING PASSED (137-0) 04/2005 | P-12 | Pilot 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; requiring the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to select and establis...
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| MD | Vetoed 04/2005 | P-12 | Department 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 educational program to be approved by the State Department of Education before the program is implemented; providing for t...
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Special 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 education program for each child with a disability who is 6 years of age or older and under 19 years of age.
(3) The bo...
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Eligibility 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 modify certain eligibility definitions as required to receive certain federal assistance. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2...
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Habitual 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 valid excuse for three or more days, or tardy without valid excuse on three or more days, is a truant. Reduces from thre...
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Special 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 superintendent of public instruction is to forward any per student payments, payable on behalf of that student, directly to the...
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Homeschooling 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 education for students with developmental disabilities -- except for those with autism.)
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assemb...
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Legal 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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| UT | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Carson 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 scholarship; specifies criteria for private schools to enroll scholarship students; specifies the amount, timing, and for...
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| DE | Rule Adoption 02/2005 | P-12 | Certification - 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 incorporated into the Director of Special Education regulation as part of the Professional Standards Board's continuing ef...
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| DE | Rule Adoption 02/2005 | P-12 | Certification - 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 requires that a candidate complete an NCATE or NASDTEC approved educator preparation program or an approved alternative...
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| WV | Rule Adoption 02/2005 | P-12 | Education of Exceptional Students
Title 126, Series 16
Amends rules regarding the education of exceptional students. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4562 (SN)...
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| IL | Signed into law 01/2005 | P-12 | School 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 school to participate in the graduation ceremony and receive a certificate of completion under specified circumstances. Fur...
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| LA | Emergency Rule Adoption 01/2005 | P-12 | Early 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, Diagnosis and Treatment Program (EPSDT) school-based services. Amends reimbursement methodology for services rendered by lo...
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