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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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| Business Involvement |
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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--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--Alignment |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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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--Geography Education |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--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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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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| Governance |
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| Governance--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--Mental Health |
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| Health--Nutrition |
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| Health--Suicide Prevention |
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| Health--Teen Pregnancy |
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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--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 |
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| Instructional Approaches--Constructivism |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning |
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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--Recruitment and Retention |
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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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| Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
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| No Child Left Behind |
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| No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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| No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--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--Special Populations |
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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 Finance |
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| P-3 Governance |
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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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| Parent/Family--Research |
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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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| IN | Issued 12/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Scholarships
E.O. 06-18
Designates the Indiana Finance Authority as the entity to oversee and execute financial transactions in connection with the governor's 2007 higher education initiative.
http://www.in.gov/gov/press/media/eo/EO_06-18.pdf...
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| MI | Vetoed 12/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Tuition Grants and Legal Residency
H.B. 5307
Conditions eligibility for tuition grants to students enrolled in independent nonprofit institutions of higher learning on being a U.S. citizen or legal alien with permanent residency status.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/billenrolled/House...
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| MI | Vetoed 12/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Financial Aid for Legal Residents
H.B. 5303
Conditions eligibility for state competitive scholarships on being a U.S. citizen or legal alien with permanent residency status.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/billenrolled/House/pdf/2005-HNB-5303.pdf...
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| MI | Vetoed 12/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Tuition Differential Grants and Legal Residency
H.B. 5308
Conditions eligibility for tuition differential grants for students enrolled in independent nonprofit institutions of higher learning on being a U.S. citizen or legal alien with permanent residency status.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/bill...
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| MI | Vetoed 12/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Higher Education Grants and Legal Residents
H.B. 5302
Conditions part-time independent student higher education grant program eligibility on being a U.S. citizen or legal alien with permanent residency status.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/billenrolled/House/htm/2005-HNB-5302.htm
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| MI | Vetoed 12/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Graduate Student Work Study Eligibility and Legal Residents
H.B. 5304
Conditions eligibility for work-study programs for students attending graduate and professional graduate schools and employed by qualified employers, on being a U.S. citizen or legal alien with permanent residency status.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/document...
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| MI | Vetoed 12/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Merit Award Scholarships and Legal Residency
H.B. 5309
Conditions eligibility for the Legislative Merit Award Scholarships on being a U.S. citizen or legal alien with permanent residency status.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/billenrolled/House/pdf/2005-HNB-5309.pdf...
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| MI | Vetoed 12/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Work Study Eligibility and Legal Residents
H.B. 5305
Conditions eligibility for work-study programs on being a U.S. citizen or legal alien with permanent residency status.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/billenrolled/House/pdf/2005-HNB-5305.pdf...
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| MI | Vetoed 12/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Grant Program Eligibility and Legal Residents
H.B. 5306
Conditions eligibility for the state Educational Opportunity Grant program on being a U.S. citizen or legal alien with permanent residency status.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/billenrolled/House/pdf/2005-HNB-5306.pdf...
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Creation of New Merit Scholarship Program
H.B. 6302; S.B. 1335
Repeals Michigan merit award scholarship program; creates new Michigan merit award program. Public Act 478
The new act would provide grant awards to Michigan students beginning with the high school class of 2007,
replacing the awards currently made under the M...
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Michigan Promise Scholarship
S.B. 1335
Establishes the Michigan Promise Grant, which provides an eligible student, beginning with the Class of 2007, with a up to $4,000 scholarship to students completing two years of postsecondary education. Defines an eligible student as a high school graduate who...
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| UT | Adopted 12/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Robert C Byrd Scholarship Program
R277-701
Provides definitions, student eligibility requirements, application procedures, application and notification time lines, scholarship award and continuing eligibility procedures, and waivers or exceptions for student requirements for the Robert C. Byrd Honors S...
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| LA | Issued 11/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Bond Allocation and Student Loans
E.O. 46
Provides an allocation from the 2006 ceiling to be used to finance student loans which, if the student meets certain timely payment requirements, will have interest rates below the interest rates established by the U.S. Department of Education. http://gov.loui...
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| OH | Rejected by Voters. 11/2006 | Postsec. | Revenues to partially fund college scholarships
V. 3
(STATE ISSUE 3; Initiative Petition) Proposes a Constitutional amendment to permit up to 31,500 slot machines at seven horse racing tracks and at two Cleveland non-track locations; permits expanded gaming in Cuyahoga County if approved by the county's voters; ...
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| WY | Approved by voters 11/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Higher Education Scholarship & Improvement Funds
V. 3
Proposes an amendment (amendment C) to the Constitution to authorize the creation of permanent funds for two purposes: First, higher education scholarships, which include the current Hathaway scholarship program; and second, improving the quality of higher edu...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | State Financial Aid Eligibility
S.B. 1383
Specifies that a student who does not meet the requirements of the Cal Grant Program that specify the need for a high school diploma or its equivalent in the academic year after the award year, but who meets the requirements for the diploma or its equivalent b...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | State Financial Aid Limits
A.B. 358
Expresses legislative intent that the maximum grant for Cal Grant recipients in 4-year programs at independent institutions be set and adjusted annually to equal the estimated General Fund cost of educating a student at the public 4-year institutions. Provides...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Financial Aid Age Requirements
A.B. 2813
Relates to the State Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Program eligibility requirements that includes a requirement that the student not meet the federal definition of independent student, with the exception of students who are 24 years old or o...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Oversight of Private College Financial Aid
A.B. 751
Authorizes the Student Aid Commission to regulate all matters and functions related to the state operations of purveyors of private college financial aid services for the purposes of preventing financial aid and scholarship fraud. Requires a purveyor of privat...
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| MI | Signed into law 09/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | State Scholarship Programs Funding
H.B. 6249
Authorizes the Higher Education Assistance Authority to use money from the Michigan guaranty agency's operating fund for the state competitive scholarship program or for the tuition incentive program provided certain conditions are met. Public Act 425
http://...
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| NJ | Adopted 08/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship II Program
NJAC 9A:9-11
Establishes the New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship II Program and provides that the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of the act....
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Illinois GEAR UP
S.B. 2328
Establishes the Steps for Attaining Higher Education through Academic Development (Illinois Steps AHEAD) program as the state's GEAR UP program, housed in the Department of Human Services to provide educational services and post-secondary educational scholarsh...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Nurse Educator Assistance Act
S.B. 931
Establishes the Nurse Educator Assistance Act to attract capable and promising students to the nursing educator profession, increase employment and retention of individuals who are working towards or who have received a master's or doctoral degree in nursing, ...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Monetary Award Program Grants
S.B. 2225
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Student Assistance Commission to receive and consider applications for monetary grant assistance to benefit students who will not receive Monetary Award Program grants. Provides that an applicant...
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| IL | Adopted 07/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Teach Illinois Scholarship Program
23 IAC 2768.10, 15, 20, 30, 40
Clarifies rules to reflect the statutory changes contained in public law, which created this new program to encourage students to become teachers in schools with staff shortages. Sets forth the applicant eligibility requirements, program procedures and institu...
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| NY | Vetoed 07/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | September 11th, 2001 Scholarship Fund
S.B. 8035
Establishes the September 11th, 2001 scholarship fund. Authorizes distinctive license plate program to fund scholarships. Monies of the fund may be expended only for higher education of victims who lost an immediate family member as a result of the September 1...
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| WY | Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Hathaway Scholarship Program Requirements
Chapter 38
Defines the scholarships made available by the Hathaway Scholarship Program, which is a scholarship program that begins with the graduating class of 2006, and sets forth the requirements students must meet and maintain to be eligible for these scholarships. h...
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| AZ | Approved by voters 06/2006 | Postsec. | Prohibition of In-state Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
V. 7 (Prop. 300)
(PROPOSITION SCR 1031-2006) Submits to the people of the State a measure relating to family literacy public program eligibility; prohibits eligibility to persons not legally in the United States or not citizens; requires reporting of the number of students cla...
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2006 | Community College
Postsec. | Financial Aid Eligibility for Students with Parents in Military
A.B. 840
Relates to the eligibility requirement under the Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Program that a participant graduate for a state high school or its equivalent during or after the 2000-01 academic year. Exempts from that requirement, a student ...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2006 | Postsec. | Educational Opportunities for Spouses of Disabled Veterans
S.B. 2034
Relates to education of spouses of disabled veterans; provides that it is declared policy of state to provide educational opportunity at state expense for spouses of deceased or disabled servicemembers; provides criteria for qualification for such benefits for...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Scholarship Assistance
S.B. 3120
Encourages state residents to pursue postsecondary education by clarifying the financial eligibility guidelines, establishing a workforce development scholarship program at the community colleges based on need, establishing a state scholars program, and placin...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Tuition and Fee Waivers
S.B. 1648
Authorizes the board of regents to waive the nonresident tuition and fee differential for members in good standing of the following military units, regardless of their actual state of residence:
(A) The Hawaii national guard; and
(B) The federal reserve compon...
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| IA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Tuition Grants
H.B. 2792 - Section 43
Makes an appropriation to cover tuition grants for students attending for-profit accredited private institutions in Iowa. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=HF2792...
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| IA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Financial Aid
H.B. 2792 Section 36 - 37
Provides educational assistance to the child of a person who died on or after September 11, 2001, during active federal military service while serving in the armed forces, the Iowa national guard or another military component of the United States. Provides up ...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Financial Aid for Certain Low-Income Students
H.B. 4406
Provides that grant assistance is available to an individual who:
(1) has been in the legal custody of his or her grandparent and received public aid assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code for at least 12 months before first applying for assistance;
(2)...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Teachers Education Trust Fund Incentive Program
S.B. 737
Establishes the Teachers Education Trust Fund Incentive Program to provide additional financial incentives for qualified classroom teachers to locate and teach in low-performing schools in disadvantaged and under-served geographical areas of the state.
Define...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2006 | Postsec. | Tuition Waivers for Former Foster Children
H.B. 1287
Provides tuition and fee exemptions at public postsecondary education institutions for persons previously in the state's foster care program. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=406264...
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| MI | Signed into law 06/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Out of State Merit Scholarship Award
S.B. 861
Eliminates the $1,000 awards currently available to merit scholarship award qualifiers enrolling in postsecondary institutions outside the state. Effective with the high school graduating class of 2007.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/publica...
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | HOPE Scholarship for GED Students
S.B. 2981
Relates to lottery scholarships and grants; provides that a student that is eligible for a HOPE scholarship upon graduation from high school, completion of high school in a home school or obtaining a GED but instead enrolls in a technology center and receives ...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2006 | Postsec. | Technology and Research Scholarship Program
H.B. 1237
Creates 21st Century Technology, Research, and Scholarship Enhancement Act; creates Florida Technology, Research, and Scholarship Board within Board of Governors of State University System; requires that board provide recommendations for 21st Century World Cla...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | HOPE Scholarships
S.B. 561
Relates to HOPE scholarships and grants. Clarifies language related to program eligibility of students in a first professional degree program, defined as a nonundergraduate degree program which accepts students after the completion of the sophomore or junior y...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2006 | Postsec. | Tuition Grants for Foster Children
H.B. 2809; S.B. 2587
Concerns Lottery, Scholarships and Programs; permits students receiving Tennessee HOPE foster child tuition grants to attend eligible private, as well as public, postsecondary institutions.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB2809.pdf...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | HOPE Scholarship Awards
S.B. 2683
Concerns lottery, scholarships and programs; increases HOPE scholarship awards from $ 3,300 to $ 4,000 for full-time students at four-year institutions and $ 1,650 to $ 2,000 for full-time students at two-year institutions.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/b...
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Commission to Develop the Next Generation Initiative
S.B. 312
Relates to higher education. Creates a commission to develop the next generation initiative to encourage Vermonters to live and work in Vermont. Proposes the commission consider a broad range of ideas to meet this goal, including:
(1) Strategies to ensure t...
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| WA | Emergency Rule Adoption 05/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Tuition Waivers
WAC 478-160-163
Authorizes a new permissive waiver for veterans who are Washington domiciles and who were called to active federal duty in a conflict or war on foreign soil or in international waters....
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2006 | Postsec. | HOPE Scholarships
S.B. 506
Relates to HOPE scholarships and HOPE grants, so as to provide for a set amount for mandatory fees for HOPE scholarships and HOPE grants for eligible public postsecondary institutions created after January 1, 2004. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/pd...
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Kansas National Guard Scholarships
S.B. 305
Removes residency requirement from eligibility requirements for Kansas National Guard scholarships. Increases maximum years of national guard service (for scholarship eligibility) from 15 to 20.
http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/305.pdf...
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Tuition Waivers for Foster Children
S.B. 85 Section 1-10
Establishes the Kansas Foster Child Educational Assistance Act. Provides that the purpose of the act is to establish an educational assistance program under which eligible foster children receive tuition waivers to any area vocational school, area vocational-...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2006 | Community College
Postsec. | Community College Grants for English Language Learners
S.B. 575
Increases the total amount of grants that may be distributed to specified community colleges in order to provide instruction and services to specified students enrolled in English for Speakers of Other Languages programs from $ 2,500,000 per fiscal year to $ 6...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2006 | Community College
Postsec. | Grant Program for Students with Disabilities
H.B. 1681
Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish and administer a grant program for supplemental services and supports for students with disabilities in community colleges; provides for the purpose of the grant program; requires the Commission, i...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2006 | Postsec. | Scholarship for Veterans and Dependents
H.B. 3; S.B. 305
Establishes the Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship; alters eligibility requirements for the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program; establishes a specified death benefit for State residents serving in the Afghanistan and Iraq con...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2006 | Postsec. | Workforce and Economic Development Scholarships
H.B. 988; S.B. 552
Consolidates specified workforce shortage and economic development student scholarship and grant programs in the Maryland Higher Education Commission into the new Workforce Shortage Student Assistance Grant program; requires the Commission and the Office of St...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Merit-Based Tuition Assistance
H.B. 214
Creates a commission to study the effectiveness and efficiency of the administration of college tuition assistance programs administered by the Institutions of Higher Learning. In addition, the commission shall evaluate merit based college tuition assistance p...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program and Fund
S.B. 443
This bill attempts to modify and strengthen the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program and Fund to accomplish the purposes of the program more effectively and efficiently. This bill enhances and increases educational opportunities for eligible persons...
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| WI | Signed into law 04/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Scholarship Eligibility for Vocational Students
S.B. 370
Relates to eligibility of a student enrolled in a 2- year full-time vocational diploma program at a technical college for an academic excellence higher education scholarship; relates to tuition and fees.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act267.pdf...
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| WV | Signed into law 04/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Financial Aid
S.B. 32
Relates to state-funded student financial aid services; modifies the eligibility criteria for certain programs; modifies the types of institutions at which certain benefits may be used; expands certain eligibility to children of certain military personnel; inc...
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| WV | Signed into law 04/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Tuition Waivers
S.B. 18
Grants tuition waivers to children and spouses of parole and probation officers killed in the line of duty or children and spouses of firefighters. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB18%20SUB1%20enr.htm...
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec. | Student Loan Policies
H.B. 1260
Concerns student loan programs in the Department of Higher Education; specifies that the Director of CollegeInvest shall be the Director of the Student Loan Division in the Department of Higher Education; repeals the Advisory Committee on Student Loans; increa...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec. | Need-Based and Merit-Based Financial Aid
H.B. 1347 Section 5
Requires all 4-year public postsecondary institutions to annually submit a report to the legislative council and the commission for higher education that includes the amount of need based financial aid and merit based financial aid available to students from a...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Double Up for College
H.B. 1347 Section 10
Establishes Chapter 11.5, the Double Up For College Program
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "postsecondary credit" means credit toward an associate degree, a baccalaureate degree, or a vocational certification granted by a state educational institution (as de...
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| KS | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec. | Kansas Comprehensive Grant Program Awards
H.B. 2695
Authorizes Kansas Comprehensive Grant Program awards to Kansas residents enrolled at Kansas institutions accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education if students at those institutions received the award in FY 2006 and if the institutions are act...
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| SC | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec. | LIFE Scholarship Program
H.B. 4541
Amends and replaces in its entirety R.62-900 of the LIFE Scholarship Program. Three of the amendments make the scholarship regulation consistent with Act 162 which was approved during the 2005 legislative session: 1) students must use grades and credit hours f...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Modifications to Qualifications for New Century Scholarships
H.B. 326
Modifies the requirements to qualify for a New Century scholarship; allows a student to qualify for such scholarship who completes and approved math and science curriculum; requires scholarship requirements to be completed with at least a B average; requires t...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec. | Repeal of Virginia Scholars Program
H.B. 49
Repeals sections relating to the Virginia Scholars Program by recommendation of the State Council of Higher Education; provides that the Virginia Scholars Program is no longer functional and does not receive appropriations.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Math, Science, Engineering and Technology Grant Program
H.B. 1244
Creates the Mathematics, Science, Engineering and Technology Career Grant Program to provide higher education grants to domiciles who are enrolled in an undergraduate program preparing students for careers in professions in the areas of mathematics, science, e...
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec. | Higher Education Student Financial Aid Advisory Board
H.B. 4049
Relates to state funded student financial aid.Establishes the Higher Education Student Financial Aid Advisory Board. The purpose of the board is to provide financial aid expertise and policy guidance to the commission, the council, the PROMISE Scholarship Boar...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Scholarships
S.B. 85
Relates to education; provides for scholarships for attendance at community colleges and the University of Wyoming as specified; specifies eligibility criteria, conditions and limitations; imposes duties on the Department of Education, the University of Wyomin...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Tuition Waivers for Certain Children/Dependents
S.B. 101
Provides tuition waivers at the University of Wyoming and community colleges for specified dependents of peace officers and emergency medical technicians who die in the line of duty. Applicants must have been under age 22 at the time of the parent or provider...
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| IL | Adopted 02/2006 | Postsec. | Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Act
23 IAC 1080.100, 110, 200, 210, 220, 230, 300, 310, 320, 330
Establishes the Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Program (DFI), which combines two former programs, the Illinois Consortium for Educational Opportunity Program (ICEOP) and the Illinois Minority Graduate Incentive Program (IMGIP). The purpose o...
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| NJ | Adopted 02/2006 | Community College
Postsec. | Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship Program
NJAC 9A:9-10.6, 10.10
Provides scholarships for the full cost of tuition and approved fees to eligible students enrolled in a full-time course to study at the county college serving their county of residence. Allows students to attend a county college outside their county of reside...
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Eligibility for Opportunity Scholarship
H.B. 1157
Extends opportunity scholarship eligibility to resident students who attend college or technical school out-of-state and then return to attend school. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2006/bills/HB1157enr.pdf...
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2006 | Postsec. | Repeals Work Study Program
H.B. 50
Repeals provisions relating to the Virginia Work Study Program by recommendation of the State Council of Higher Education; provides that the Virginia Work Study Program is no longer functional and does not receive appropriations.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-b...
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| IL | Adopted 01/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | The "Grow Your Own" Teacher Education Initiative
23 IAC 60.10 thru 100
Establishes rules to implement the Grow Our Own Teacher Education Act. Allows consortia of at least one postsecondary institution, at least one school district or group of schools and at least one community organization to apply for a grant provided the appli...
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