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Summary |
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 | Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--Computer Based |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--Legal Issues |
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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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| 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--Condition of Children/Adults |
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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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| High School--International Baccalaureate |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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--Foster Youth |
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| Postsecondary Students--Military |
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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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| Promising Practices |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) |
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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--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
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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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| OH | Signed into law 12/2006 | P-12 | Sec. 3301.0716 allows the state department of education to have access to personally identifiable student information under certain circumstances, including to respond to an appeal from a school district or school for verification of the accuracy of the student's score on a test; to determine whether the student satisfies the alternative conditions for a high school diploma; or if a testing contractor has notified the department that the student's written response to a question on such a test included threats or descriptions of harm to another person or the student's self and the information is necessary to enable the department to identify the student for purposes of notifying the school district or school in which the student is enrolled of the potential for harm. Allows the independent contractor engaged by the department of education to create and maintain for school districts and community schools the student data verification codes required by division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code to upon request of the director of health, assign a data verification code to a child who is receiving services under division (A)(2) of section 3701.61 of the Revised Code. The contractor is to provide that code to the director, who will submit it to the public school in which the child will be enrolled for special education and related services.
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_HB_276
Title: H.B. 276 -- Section 3301.0716
Source: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| UT | Adopted 12/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides eligibility and award distribution requirements for the Public Education Job Enhancement Program (PEJEP), which offers funding to cover the tuition costs for a teaching endorsement, master's degree or graduate education to selected public school teachers in mathematics, physics, chemistry, physical science, learning technology, or information technology, and special education teachers; provides time lines for the submission and approval of applications; provides procedures for the distribution of awards and scholarships; provides procedures for monitoring PEJEP award participant compliance with the law and this rule. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r690/r690-100.htm; http://le.utah.gov/~code/TITLE53A/htm/53A02034.htm
Title: R690-100
Source: http://www.rules.utah.gov/main/
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| OR | Adopted 11/2006 | P-12 | Expands special education elementary authorization to allow special edteachers to be properly assigned in middle and junior high school. Clarifies experience and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements. Clarifies requirements for Standard Teaching License renewal. Clarifies requirements for renewal of Personnel Service Licenses-Special Provisions. Clarifies requirement for license holder to report changes of address within 90 days of such change. Revises and updates definitions and references. OREGON 27853
Title: OAR 584-017-0120 through 584-100-0006 non seq
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Adopted 11/2006 | P-12 | Requires public schools to develop policies and procedures on the useof physical restraint and seclusion in schools. Requires schools to developbehavior support plans with specific content requirements and with parentparticipation.
Title: OAR 581-021-0061, -0061
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AK | Rule Adoption 10/2006 | P-12 | Implements federal flexibility guidelines in the calculation of adequate yearly progress for the subgroup of students with disabilities.
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/filed/4AAC_06.830_and_4AAC_06.830(b).pdf
Title: 4 AAC 06.830(b)
Source: http://www.eed.state.ak.us/
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2006 | P-12 | Amends existing law that requires all procedural safeguards under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Act to be established by each non educational and educational agency that provides education, related services, or both, to children who are individuals with exceptional needs. Specifies that a parent has the right to examine their child's records and receive copies within 5 business days after the request and before any individualized education program meeting, hearing, or resolution session.
Title: A.B. 2871
Source: California Legislature
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2006 | P-12 | Declares that the recommendations of the Superintendent of Public Instruction's advisory committee concerning means that public and private schools, including charter schools, may serve children with autism, are not to be construed as binding on an individualized education program team, special education official or autistic child or to define an education program for the child. Provides that the recommendations do not govern services provided through the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act.
Title: A.B. 2513
Source: California Legislature
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2006 | P-12 | Provides that any individual with exceptional needs, any pupil with a disability and any other pupil who requires specialized physical health care services, during the regular schoolday, may be assisted by designated school personnel. Declares the intent of the Legislature that none of the provisions of the bill cause the placement of individuals with exceptional needs at schoolsites other than those they would attend but for their needs for specialized physical health care services.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1667_bill_20060816_enrolled.pdf
Title: A.B. 1667
Source: California Legislature
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| NH | Rule Adoption 08/2006 | P-12 | Relates to the education and experience requirements for certificationas a SAIF, as well as the skills, competencies, and knowledge requirements.Clarifies the various types of certification that can qualify a person for SAIFcertification. Requires the program to provide a SAIF candidate with the same skills, competencies and knowledge required for SAIF certification.
Title: Ed 507.19; Ed 614.08
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Adopted 08/2006 | P-12 | Provides new definitions and makes changes within the Parents/Guardian Responsibilities section of rule concerning funding and procedures for Special Needs Scholarships involving private schools serving students with disabilities; requires documentation that must be submitted with an application; provides new payment provisions language; removes Retroactive Scholarship Payments section. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bulletin/2006/20060601/28736.htm
Title: R277-602
Source: http://www.rules.utah.gov/
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Relates to a free appropriate public education to all children with disabilities, children with disabilities who have been suspended or expelled from school. Makes reporting requirement regarding a severance of attendance or denial of admission applicable to any child who is an individual with exceptional needs or a qualified handicapped person.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1301-1350/sb_1327_bill_20060707_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1327
Source: California Legislature
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| MA | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Allows students with disabilities to participate in graduation ceremonies. A school age child with a disability who is completing the twelfth grade year but who has not yet earned the competency determination will be allowed to participate fully in high school graduation ceremonies and activities conducted or sponsored by the school or school committee even though the student will not receive a diploma during the ceremony.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/ht04pdf/ht04710.pdf
Title: H.B. 4710
Source: Massachusetts Legislature
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Removes a section of law that allows for an optional resolution conference to occur as the first step of due process in special education disputes. Provides that evaluations of private school students suspected of having a disability will be conducted by the school district where the school is located.
http://www.senate.mo.gov/06info/pdf-bill/tat/SB834.pdf
Title: S.B. 834
Source: http://www.senate.mo.gov/
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Revises special education laws. Enables the state board of education and local educational agencies to implement the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Relates to early intervention, homeless children, public hearings, educational funding, the departments of health and human services, juvenile justice, and corrections, mediation, interpreters for hearing-impaired students, contracts with service providers, drug and alcohol addicted children, school buses, expulsion and textbooks.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H1908v0.html
Title: H.B. 1908
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions
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| NY | Vetoed 07/2006 | P-12 | States that the board of education or trustees of the school district or the state agency responsible for providing education to students with disabilities will have the burden of proof, including the burden of persuasion and burden of production, in any impartial hearing.
Title: S.B. 8354
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Enacts temporary transitional legislation to implement the federal individuals with disabilities education improvement act of 2004.
Title: S.B. 8355
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Requires that the state department of administration and the Rhode Island public transit authority develop a plan for the creation and implementation of a statewide system of transportation of students with special needs and for all students including those without special needs to and from school.
Title: H.B. 7841; S.B. 2489
Source: Rhode Island Legislature
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to plan, develop, create and implement a statewide system of transportation of students with special needs.
http://dirac.rilin.state.ri.us/BillStatus/WebClass1.ASP?WCI=Bills&WCE=BillEvent&WCU=S2489A
Title: S.B. 2489
Source: Rhode Island Legislature
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Establishes a funded state program of scholarships for pupils with disabilities; provides such students with the option of attending or receiving a scholarship to any qualified school of the pupil's choice; provides that notwithstanding prescribed enrollment policies or desegregation provisions, a school district or charter school shall enroll any child pursuant to this Article; amends provisions regarding student transportation; provides for parental involvement; provides for testing.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/47leg/2r/bills/hb2676h.pdf
Title: H.B. 2676
Source: Arizona Legislature
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| IA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Requires service activities to students enrolled in nonpublic schools to be similar to those undertaken for public school students. Allows health services, special education support, and related services provided by area education agencies for the purpose of identifying children with disabilities, assistance with physical and communications needs of students with physical disabilities, and services of an educational interpreter to be provided on nonpublic school premises with the permission of the lawful custodian of the property. Authorizes other special education services to be provided on nonpublic school premises at the discretion of the school district or area education agency provider of the service and with the permission of the lawful custodian of the property. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=SF2272
Title: S.B. 2272 - Section 19
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| MI | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Specifies that, beginning July 1, 2006, the board of a local school district or other public agency responsible for providing programs or services to a child with a disability would be responsible for 75% of the costs of providing a due process hearing.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/publicact/pdf/2006-PA-0186.pdf
Title: S.B. 1184
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/
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| MI | Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2006 | P-12 | Amends Department of Education rules by establishing emergency rules for conducting special education hearings. http://www.state.mi.us/orr/emi/admincode.asp?AdminCode=Single&Admin_Num=34001881&Dpt=&RngHigh=39900102
Title: R 340.1883 - 1885
Source: http://www.michigan.gov/cis/0,1607,7-154-10576_35738---,00.html
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| NJ | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education to include in its parental rights in special education booklet, information describing services available through, and contact information for, state agencies serving adults with disabilities and to require all school districts with grades 9 through 12 to designate at least one staff member to serve as a disability services resource for parents.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/S1500/1220_I1.PDF
Title: S.B. 1220
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
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| NY | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Requires special education teachers and special education administrators to be trained in the needs of autistic children. Authorizes the commissioner of education to create special certification for teachers and administrators in the area of children with autistic needs.
Title: S.B. 8340
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | All students with disabilities in grades 2-12 will ge included in all state and district assessments, with appropriate accommodations and alternate assessments when necessary, as designated by IEP. Also addresses evaluation of students with disabilities and parental notice policies. Relates to special education; relates to standardized testing for monitoring education progress; provides that all students with disabilities shall be included in all general state and district assessments, with appropriate accommodations and alternate assessments where necessary and as indicated in their respective individual education program.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/47leg/2r/bills/sb1380s.pdf
Title: S.B. 1380
Source: Arizona Legislature
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Creates the educational materials for the blind and dyslexic grant program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations that provide school districts with accessible educational materials for students who, because of a learning disability, visual impairment, or other physical disability, have difficulty reading the printed word; makes an appropriation.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A092B4FEC9E9B14487257068005300D1?Open&file=1004_rer.pdf
Title: H.B. 1004
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Concerns special education; makes the state statutes concerning the provision of special education, special education due process hearings and evaluations, the State Special Education Advisory Council, and surrogates in schools comply with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; provides that no child will be required to obtain a prescription for a controlled substance as a condition of attending school, receiving an evaluation or receiving services. Public Act No. 18
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2006/ACT/Pa/pdf/2006PA-00018-R00SB-00380-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 380
Source: Connecticut Legislature
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Requires local boards to modify basic courses, as necessary, to to assure exceptional students the opportunity to meet the graduation requirements for a standard diploma, using one of the following strategies:
1. Assignment of the exceptional student to an exceptional education class for instruction in a basic course with the same student performance standards as those required of nonexceptional students in the district student progression plan; or
2. Assignment of the exceptional student to a basic education class for instruction modified to accommodate the student's exceptionality.
Requires local boards to determine which strategies to use based on an assessment of the student's needs and requires this decision to be reflected in the student's individual education plan.
Directs the state board to adopt rules on test accommodations and modifications of procedures for students with disabilities that demonstrate the student's abilities rather than reflect the student's impaired sensory, manual, speaking, or psychological process skills.
Requires a student with disabilities who meets all state and local course, grade point average and testing requirements to be awarded a standard diploma. Provides that a student who completes the course requirements but is unable to meet the testing requirements, additional local requirements or minimum grade point average to be awarded a certificate of completion. Allows a student entitled to a certificate of completion to remain in school as a full- or part-time student for up to 1 additional year and receive special instruction designed to remedy his/her identified deficiencies.
Requires each district to provide instruction to prepare students with disabilities to demonstrate proficiency in the skills and competencies necessary for successful grade-to-grade progression and high school graduation. Allows a student with a disability whose IEP team determines the FCAT cannot accurately measure the student's abilities to have the FCAT diploma requirement waived to receive a standard diploma, provided the student completes the course requirements and does not earn a passing score on the FCAT after one opportunity each in grades 10 and 11.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7087er.doc&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7087&Session=2006
Title: H.B. 7087 - Section 23 (3) - (8)
Source: www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Individual education plans for exceptional students.--The Department of Education must develop and have an operating electronic IEP system in place for potential statewide use no later than July 1, 2007. The statewide system shall be developed collaboratively with school districts and must include input from school districts currently developing or operating electronic IEP systems.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7087er.doc&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7087&Session=2006
Title: H.B. 7087 (Section 31)
Source: Florida Legislature
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Establishes the special education teacher service scholarship to award up to 50 scholarships a year of $3,000 a semester to Kansas residents with teacher certification who are accepted for admission to or enrolled in a program leading to licensure/endorsement to teach special education, and are in good standing at their postsecondary institution. Scholarship recipients must begin teaching special education within 6 months after licensure and agree to teach special education at an accredited public or private school in the state for at least 3 years. Establishes procedures for scholarship recipients to pay back monies with interest upon failure to satisfy any obligations of the agreement. Establishes in the state treasury the special education teacher service scholarship program fund and the special education teacher service scholarship repayment fund..
http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/2578.pdf
Title: H.B. 2578 Section 1-8
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Relates to children with disabilities; consolidates and reorganizes the delivery of early childhood special education services; includes the child development services system to achieve efficiencies of cost and effectiveness of childhood special education programs; relates to a physical disability, mental condition or developmental delay; includes vision and hearing impairments. PL 662
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billtexts/ld177201-1.asp
Title: S.B. 689; LD 1772
Source: Maine Legislature
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| NY | Vetoed 05/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Creates a New York state interagency council for services to persons who are deaf, deaf-blind or hard of hearing to promote a comprehensive service system for the deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing; directs council to submit a report to the governor, legislature and board of regents on the status of services for such persons.
Title: A.B. 9234
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Modifies student transfer application limitation for students who are deaf or hard of hearing who wish to transfer to a school district with a specialized deaf education program. Deaf or hearing impaired students who wish to transfer to a school district with a specialized deaf education program may file applications at any time during the school year. Upon approval of the receiving school district, the student may transfer to the receiving school district at any time during the school year.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2005-06bills/HB/HB1646_ENR.RTF
Title: H.B. 1646
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Directs the commissioner of education, with the commissioner of health to annually inform superintendents and principals of appropriate practices regarding students with life-threatening allergies and chronic illnesses; and prepare and distribute policies, training materials, and school guidelines for managing students with life-threatening allergies and chronic illnesses, including family responsibilities, school responsibilities, and student responsibilities. Directs districts to annually:
(A) inform parents of students with life-threatening allergies and life-threatening chronic illnesses of applicable provisions of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and other applicable federal statutes, state statutes, federal regulations, and state rules;
(B) inform appropriate school staff of their responsibilities; and
(C) provide necessary training to carry out these responsibilities. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2006/acts/ACT158.HTM
Title: H.B. 611
Source: www.leg.state.vt.us
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Concerns amendments to the exceptional children's educational act to conform with the federal individuals with disabilities education improvement act of 2004; revises the list of recommendations by the state department of education to the state board of education concerning necessary rules for the implementation of the Exceptional Children's Act; repeals a section concerning depository and retrieval network for visually impaired and hearing- impaired children. Session Law Chaptered. Chapter No. 102
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/53B0A140D695B9EA872570D8007ECCE0?open&file=118_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 118
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Amends existing law relating to the School for the Deaf and the Blind to allow for education services to be delivered to students residing outside the campus area in Gooding; revises the definition of eligible students. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1427.html
Title: S.B. 1427
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Adopted 04/2006 | P-12 | Clarifies rules to acknowledge that facilities may be established not only by nonpublic entities but also public out-of-state schools and public authorities such as regional superintendents of schools. Clarifies rules to express the approach to be used in approving out-of-state programs. Institutes a two-year approval cycle for purposes of efficiency. Pages 123-149 of 524: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue19.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 401.5, 10, 20, 30, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 210, 220, 230,240, 250, 260, 270, 280
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com
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| LA | Adopted 04/2006 | P-12 | Establishes procedures for hospital/homebound instruction for a student who is enrolled in regular or special education and who, as a result of health care treatment, physical illness, accident, or the treatment thereof, is temporarily unable to attend school. http://www.doa.state.la.us/osr/reg/0604/0604RUL.pdf
Title: LAC 28:CXV.1103
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet, www.doa.state.la.us
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Relates to blind and visually impaired students. Requires the State Department of Education to establish a specified instructional resources center to develop procedures to coordinate the statewide availability of textbooks and supplementary instructional materials that may be accessed using a nonvisual means; requires the Department to adopt the federal National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/bills/hb/hb0710e.pdf
Title: H.B. 710; S.B. 392
Source: Maryland Legislature
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| PA | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Amends the Public School Code of 1949. Provides for participation by students with disabilities in high school graduation ceremonies. Allows a student with a disability who satisfactorily completes an individualized education program, but whose program prescribes continued education after the fourth year of high school to participate in commencement ceremonies of the student's graduating class and receive a certificate of attendance.
http://www2.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/BT/2005/0/HB1618P3724.pdf
Title: H.B. 1618
Source: Pennsylvania Legislature
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| WI | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Clarifies that an assistive technology device does not include a medical device that is surgically implanted or the replacement of such a device; adds interpreting services to services provided; includes a child who is homeless, a ward of the state, county or child welfare agency and a child who is attending a private school; provides for examination of data disaggregated by race and ethnicity to determine the rate of longterm suspensions and expulsions of children with disabilities. Includes children with disabilities in assessments, with appropriate accomodations and alternative assessments.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act258.pdf
Title: Act No. 258
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/
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| WV | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes the third week of October as Disability History Week. Directs public schools to provide instruction on disability history, people with disabilities and the disability rights movement. Provides that the instruction must be integrated into the existing school curriculum in a manner such as, but not limited to, supplementing existing lesson plans, holding school assemblies or providing other school activities. Encourages state institutions of higher education to conduct and promote activities that provide education, awareness and understanding of disability history, people with disabilities and the disability rights movement.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb4491%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 4491
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Creates minimum standards for K-12 educational interpreters serving deaf or hard-of-hearing students.
http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1316.html
Title: S.B. 1316
Source: www3.state.id.us
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Relates to telecommunications equipment for the deaf; relates to telecommunications devices for the deaf; changes the term telecommunications device for the deaf, or TDD, to specialized telecommunications equipment and defines the term; changes the term TDD distribution program to Telecommunications Access program. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/SB88/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 88
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MA | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Relates to the special education needs of children with autism spectrum disorder.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/ht01pdf/ht01123.pdf
Title: H.B. 1123
Source: Massachusetts Legislture
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Modifies the State System of Public Education Code by amending provisions of the Carson Smith Scholarship Program; modifies scholarship qualification provisions; requires notification to parents or guardians of the availability of scholarships; modifies eligible private school audit provisions. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2006/bills/hbillenr/hb0351.pdf
Title: H.B. 351
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Finds an urgent and substantial need to enhance the development of all infants and toddlers with disabilities in Washington in order to minimize developmental delays and to maximize individual potential for learning and functioning. Requires that, by September 1, 2009, each school district shall provide or contract for early intervention services to all eligible children with disabilities from birth to three years of age. Eligibility shall be determined according to Part C of the federal individuals with disabilities education act and as specified in the Washington Administrative Code. Provides that school districts shall provide or contract for early intervention services in partnership with local birth-to-three lead agencies and birth-to-three providers. Services provided under this act shall not supplant services or funding currently provided in the state for early intervention services to eligible children with disabilities from birth to three years of age. The state-designated birthto- three lead agency shall be payor of last resort for birthto- three early intervention services provided under this act. Declares that the services in this act are not part of the state's program of basic education pursuant to Article IX of the state Constitution.Requires each school district to provide or contract for early intervention services to all eligible children with disabilities from birth to 3 years of age; requires that special education and training programs provided by the state and the school districts thereof shall be extended to include children of preschool age.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202006/1107-S.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1107
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Requires standards for educational interpreters for students who are deaf or hard of hearing be developed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202006/6606.SL.pdf
Title: S.B. 6606
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| WI | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Establishes a clearinghouse for information about special education transition services and vocational opportunities that are available in each county; provides that the information shall be posted on the appropriate Web site. (Act 218)
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act218.pdf
Title: A.B. 308
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| KY | Adopted 02/2006 | P-12 | Clarifies provisions relating to awarding of high school diplomas to students with disabilities. States that if the severity of an exceptional student's disability precludes the student from completing the standard high school graduation requirements, the student must be offered an alternative course of study based upon student needs and the provisions specified in 704 KAR 3:303, Program of studies. Mandates that a student who completes an alternative course of study must receive a certificate of work readiness and employability, consistent with the graduation practices for all students.
http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/704/003/305reg.htm
Title: 704 KAR 3:305 (section 7)
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/
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| MO | Issued 02/2006 | P-12 | Transfers the Assistive Technology Advisory Council to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education from the state Office of Administration.
http://www.gov.mo.gov/eo/2006/eo06_006.htm
Title: Executive Order 06-06
Source: http://www.gov.mo.gov
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2006 | P-12 | Revises state aid to special education; provides for a special education levy percentage per dollars of valuation.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2006/bills/HB1025enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1025
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| CA | Signed into law 01/2006 | P-12 | Requires school districts or state special schools to grant a high school diploma to a pupil with a disability who is scheduled to graduate from high school in 2006, has not passed the high school exit examination, has not received a high school exit examination waiver, and meets other specified criteria. The bill requires districts or state special schools that fails to grant a high school diploma to such a pupil to submit
certain documentation to the State Board of Education within 15 days of its determination that the pupil does not meet the specified criteria, and requires the board to review that failure to grant a high school diploma.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_517_bill_20060130_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 517
Source: California Legislative Site
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2006 | P-12 | Establishes the Special Education Review Commission. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2004/Bills/AL05/339_.PDF
Title: S.B. 2417
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
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