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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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| DE | Adopted 12/2006 | P-12 | Requires each local school district and charter school to assess the physical fitness of all students at least once in elementary, in middle and in high school. DELAWARE 1930
http://www.state.de.us/research/AdminCode/title14/500/503.shtml#TopOfPage
Title: Title 14 Sec 503
Source: Delaware Regulations
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| OH | Signed into law 12/2006 | P-12 | Permits students of school districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic schools to carry epinephrine medication approved by the students' physicians and parents; grants immunity to school districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic schools and their employees for good faith actions in connection with this permission.
Title: S.B. 164
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2006 | P-12 | Requires each school district to provide a type 2 diabetes information sheet developed by the Department of Education to the parent or guardian of incoming 7th grade pupils.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2201-2250/ab_2226_bill_20060913_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2226
Source: California Legislature
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2006 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Health Services to establish a Public School Health Center Support Program to perform a specified functions relating to the establishment, retention or expansion of school health centers in the state, in collaboration with the State Department of Education. Requires data collection procedures and collect specified data from school health centers on an ongoing basis.
Title: A.B. 2560
Source: California Legislature
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| NY | Signed into law 09/2006 | P-12 | Establishes the children's mental health advisory board to promulgate and monitor the implementation of a children's mental health plan. Requires the incorporation of social and emotional development of children into elementary and secondary school educational standards and programs.
Title: S.B. 6672
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2006 | P-12 | Requires children born after January 1, 1990 to have booster vaccinations for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis upon entering the 6th grade.
Title: S.B. 7421
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Vetoed 08/2006 | P-12 | Directs the office of mental health to establish two centers of excellence in culturally competent mental health to investigate and disseminate the best practices for the delivery of culturally competent mental health services to underserved populations affected by cultural and linguistic barriers.
Title: A.B. 9593
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Approved by voters 07/2006 | P-12 | (PROPOSITION 203 I-16-2006) Increases funding for early childhood development and health programs. Purpose is to improve quality and increase access to early childhood development activities. Also will increase access to preventative health care programs and screenings. Provides that local councils would distribute the majority of the funding, with oversight by a statewide board; dedicates funding from an increase on the sales price of tobacco products.
http://www.azsos.gov/election/2006/General/BallotMeasureText/PROP203(I-16-2006).pdf
Title: V. 18 (Prop. 203)
Source: Arizona Secretary of State
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education to develop a regulation requiring each local school district and charter school to assess the physical fitness of each student at least once at the elementary, middle and high school level. The regulation would also outline the grades at which the assessment will be given. The assessment results are to be provided to the parent, guardian or relative caregiver.
http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/lis143.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+372/$file/3041430015.doc?open
Title: H.B. 372
Source: Delaware Legislature
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Provides for a physical education/physical activity pilot program in at least six of Delaware's elementary, middle or high schools; requires the department to provide technical assistance in the development and any training related to implementation; provides that the department could also work with an outside entity, such as the Nemours Health and Prevention Services, to conduct an evaluation.
http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS143.nsf/vwLegislation/
Title: H.B. 471
Source: Delaware Legislature
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Enacts the schoolchildren 's health act. Provisions relate to: (1) sealing arsenic-treated wood in playgrounds and testing the soil on school grounds for contamination; (2) reducing students' exposure to diesel emissions from school buses; (3) studying mold and mildew prevention; (4) establishing guidelines for Integrated Pest Management; (5) the use of pesticides; (6) parental and school staff notification of of pesticide use; and (7) encouraging local boards of education to remove mercury used as teaching aids.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H1502v0.html
Title: H.B. 1502
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Requires vision screening for children entering kindergarten.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H2699v5.html
Title: H.B. 2699
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/
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| NY | Vetoed 07/2006 | P-12 | Requires every child enrolling in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or first grade in a public elementary school to present a dental health certificate. Dental health certificates must contain a report of a comprehensive dental examination performed on such child.
Title: A.B. 6640
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Requires immunization against invasive pneumococcal disease of every child in this state born on and after January 1, 2005 beginning with enrollment in any public, private or parochial child caring center, day nursery, day care agency, nursery school, kindergarten, elementary, intermediate or secondary school. Authorizes the commissioner of health to develop and supervise the execution of a program of immunization, surveillance and testing against invasive pneumococcal disease.
Title: A.B. 8761
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Rule Adoption 07/2006 | P-12 | Amends regulations establishing standards for accrediting public schools in Virginia. The amendments include additional options for students to meet the requirements for graduation; change the methodology for calculating accreditation ratings; create greater flexibility for transfer students; add more rigorous benchmarks for accreditation; and better define sanctions for schools, superintendents, and school boards if a school loses its accreditation. Revisions also require all elementary and middle schools to require students to participate in a program of physical fitness during the regular school year in accordance with guidelines established by the Board of Education. Changes made to the proposed regulations (i) add defined terms and clarify existing terms; (ii) clarify that students who are limited English proficient (LEP) may be granted an exemption from Standards of Learning (SOL) testing in the areas of writing, science, and history and social science; (iii)add a provision encouraging elementary schools to provide instruction in foreign languages; (iv) allow advanced courses to include Cambridge courses, in addition to Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and college level courses for degree credit; (v) beginning with the academic year 2008-2009, limit middle school teachers to a teaching load of no more than 25 class periods a week; (vi) restore language removed in the proposed regulation regarding teachers of block programs that encompass more than one class period with no more than 120 student periods per day may teach 30 class periods per week; (vii) add a provision for one planning period per day or equivalent for middle and secondary teachers; (viii) cross reference the responsibility of the division superintendent in reporting compliance with preaccreditation eligibility requirements; and (ix) repeal Appendix I, which is expired. http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/register/vol22/iss24/f8v20131.doc
Title: 8 VAC 20-131-10 thru -320 non seq.
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/register/vol22/iss24/v22i24.pdf (pg. 137 of 336)
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| AK | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Prohibits public schools from denying students access to programs or services because a student's parent has refused to place the student on psychotropic medications, get a psychiatric evaluation or seek psychiatric or psychological treatment. Defines what communications are allowed, who can do evaluations and parental protections against being reported to office of child services because they disagree with psychotropic medications. Provisions allow behavioral, psychological or psychiatric screening by those qualified to do so, with parental consent.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0048Z&session=24
Title: S.B. 48
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Provides that the department of education shall establish a two-year physical education pilot program consisting of schools and high schools from counties with specified populations and poverty levels; includes charter schools; requires participating schools to include a curriculum with a structure for each physical education class that follows the centers for disease control guidelines that recommend moderate to vigorous physical activity for fifty per cent of classroom time; appropriates funds for grants.
Title: H.B. 2140
Source: Arizona Legislature
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Relates to the creation of a statewide Health Advisory Council, as recommended by the Physical Education Task Force, to provide advice and guidance to the Department of Education regarding current and future physical education and physical activity programs in state schools; provides for a report on childhood obesity.
http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS143.nsf/vwLegislation/
Title: S.B. 289
Source: Delaware Legislature
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Relates to a educational program on lead poisoning prevention and literature on childhood lead poisoning, lead screening of children, lead screening records maintenance, the reporting of cases of lead poisoning, policies and strategies to prevent and treat obesity, health care practitioner advice on morbidity, mortality, and costs regarding obesity, the best clinical practices for obesity prevention and treatment, counseling patients regarding healthy lifestyles, and the State Employee Wellness Council.
http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2006/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s1324er.pdf
Title: S.B. 1324
Source: Florida Legislature
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Requires all city, parish or other local public school boards to provide certain healthcare information on meningococcal disease to parents and guardians. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=399132
Title: S.B. 448
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires students admitted to a postsecondary education institution for the first time to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease as a condition of registration for courses at such institution. Requires every public and nonpublic postsecondary education institution to provide detailed information on the risks associated with meningococcal disease and the availability, effectiveness, and known contraindications of any required or recommended vaccine against meningococcal disease to each admitted student or to the student's parent or guardian if the student is a minor.
Offers waiver to any student who signs a waiver stating that he/she has received and reviewed the information on meningococcal disease and its vaccine and has chosen not to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease for religious or other personal reasons, or who meets specified other conditions. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=399305
Title: H.B. 154
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Requires inclusion of adoption awareness in health course or another course required for high school graduation. Provides that adoption awareness is required instruction in nonpublic secondary schools in a manner that is the sole discretion of the nonpublic secondary school. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=402928
Title: S.B. 111
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2006 | Postsec. | Directs the secretary of the department of health and hospitals to establish a priority of cohorts of students to be vaccinated in order to minimize the possibility of an outbreak of meningococcal disease. Provides that the first priority cohorts are first-time freshmen and students living in on-campus residential facilities. Requires such students to present satisfactory evidence of current vaccination beginning with registration for the Fall 2006 semester, unless the secretary determines that an insufficient supply of vaccine is available. Requires schedule to provide for the time by which immunization must be required for these students in the event of an insufficient supply and for other cohorts of students to present such evidence to register for classes. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=406234
Title: H.B. 768
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| MA | Adopted 06/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Implements the statutory requirement that students enrolled inMassachusetts institutions of higher education participate in a qualifyingstudent health insurance program. Sets forth the minimum benefit levels andrequired services for student health insurance plans and the criteria by which aschool may waive a student's participation upon demonstration of comparableinsurance coverage. Updates the required benefits section by removing outdatedbenefit schedules and replacing them with basic requirements for student healthplans. Clarifies that student health insurance carriers must comply withrelevant Insurance Department statutes and regulations. MASSACHUSETTS 8726
http://www.doe.mass.edu/lawsregs/stateregs.html
Title: 114.6 CMR 3.00
Source: Massachusetts Regulations
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| NJ | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Requires department of health and senior services to develop an educational fact sheet concerning meningococcal meningitis; directs the commissioner of education to distribute the fact sheet to parents and guardians of students in grade 6 through 12 at the start of the 2006 school year; provides that beginning in the 2007 school year, a district will be required to distribute the fact sheet to parents and guardians of students in the sixth grade only; encourages private schools to distribute the fact sheet.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/S1500/1461_I1.PDF
Title: S.B. 1461
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
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| NY | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Enacts the Children's Environmental Health and Safety Bill of Rights Act. Directs the Commissioners of Health, Education and Environmental Conservation and an advisory committee established by the Commissioner of Health to develop programs and regulations to promote the protection of children from environmental hazards and to report to the governor and legislature.
Title: A.B. 6905
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Died 06/2006 | P-12 | Requires the education department to establish a comprehensive program on the prevention of skin cancer to be incorporated into the curricula of each school grade.
Title: S.B. 4090
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Creates a grant program in the prevention services division of the department of public health and environment for the purpose of providing grants to school-based health centers; directs the division to develop criteria for the grants in consultation with school-based health centers; creates the school- based health center grant program fund; authorizes the annual transfer of moneys out of the tobacco litigation settlement cash fund to fund the grant program; makes an appropriation.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/6199F0EF630E65F687257140005E782D?Open&file=1396_rer.pdf
Title: H.B. 1396
Source: Colorado Legislaure
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Establishes a demonstration project to authorize qualified public school personnel to make determinations of eligibility for medicaid and the children's basic health plan; directs the executive director of the department of health care policy and financing to select school districts to participate in the demonstration project; establishes an advisory committee to make recommendations to the executive director on the demonstration project.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/897BB7820C50DDA9872570CE00794804?Open&file=1270_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1270
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Promotes the physical health needs of students; allows local and regional boards of education to adopt guidelines to coordinate services and programs in order to address the physical health needs of students; provides that school boards may implement them by the 2007-08 school year and have a plan in place for each successive school year. Public Act No. 44
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2006/ACT/Pa/pdf/2006PA-00044-R00SB-00204-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 204
Source: Connecticut Legislature
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| IL | Signed into law 05/2006 | Postsec. | Provides that smoking is prohibited in any portion of a building used in whole or in part as a student dormitory that is owned, operated or otherwise utilized by a public or private institution of higher education. Provides the the prohibition does not apply to any commercial area within the building. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/94/PDF/094-0770.pdf
Title: S.B. 2465
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Adds the requirement that a school permit a pupil to use an epinephrine auto-injector in provisions that require a public or nonpublic school to permit the self-administration of medication by a pupil with asthma. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Defines an epinephrine auto-injector as a medical device for immediate self-administration by a person at risk of anaphylaxis. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=50&GA=94&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=2898&GAID=8&LegID=24007&SpecSess=&Session=
Title: S.B. 2898
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Public Health to develop educational materials on meningitis for distribution in elementary and secondary schools. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2728lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2728
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MO | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Includes auto-injectible epinephrine for anaphylactic shock as a permissible self-administered medication. Specifies necessary conditions for self-administration including a written treatment plan, proof that a student has demonstrated the skill required, and a signed liability release for the school.
http://www.house.mo.gov/bills061/biltxt/truly/HB1732T.HTM
Title: H.B. 1732
Source: http://www.house.mo.gov/
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Prohibits school districts from denying admission to homeless children for lack of proof of immunization.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB3918.pdf
Title: S.B. 3918
Source: Tennessee Legislature
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Requires the department of education in conjunction with the department of health to develop and make available to each LEA guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening allergies; requires the LEAs to implement plans based on the guidelines by July 1, 2007.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB2442.pdf
Title: H.B. 2442; SB 2883
Source: Tennessee Legislature
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Requires LEAs to incorporate at least 30 minutes of physical activity three times a week into the instructional school day for elementary and secondary school students.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB3750.pdf
Title: H.B. 3750
Source: Tennessee Legislature
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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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| WI | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Provides that no private school or private school employee is civilly liable for injury to a pupil caused by a private school employee who prohibits a pupil from using an inhaler because of the employee's good faith belief that the student was not allowed to possess and use an inhaler or who allows a pupil to use an inhaler because of the employee's good faith belief that student was allowed to possess and use an inhaler. (Extends laws governing inhaler use by asthmatic pupils in public schools to private schools.)
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act398.pdf
Title: A.B. 1132
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Directs the department of education and the department of public health to convene a healthy children task force to:
a. Assess current policies and statutes affecting the health of children, specifically physical activity, physical education, food and nutrition, and nutrition education for children ages 3-18.
b. Develop recommendations for policy and statutory changes to enhance the health and well-being of children, including, but not limited to, physical activity, food and nutrition, and education related to these topics.
c. Submit its findings and recommendations to the governor and the general assembly by January 1, 2007. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=SF2251
Title: S.B. 2251
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Requires a school district to provide information on meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine to parents and guardians of students in grades 6 through 12 if other health information is also provided, and lists information to be included; requires the Department of Education, in cooperation with the Department for Public Health, to develop and make the information available to local school districts. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/HB475/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 475
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Encourages public schools to include age-appropriate education on the risks associated with exposure to ultraviolet rays within the existing health curriculum. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/HB589/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 589
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Requires the Department of Public Health to develop a statewide education, awareness and information program on hepatitis C, which may be incorporated into other existing health education programs. Provides that the program may include material to specifically address individuals who may be at high-risk of infection, including students. Requires the Department for Public Health to report on the hepatitis C education, awareness, and information program to the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare by December 1, 2006, and every 6 months thereafter, or upon request of the committee. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/HB540/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 540
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Requires each county board of education to designate a school health services program coordinator; permitting a county board to authorize the county health department to designate the coordinator; requires the coordinator to carry out specified duties; requires the county board to grant the coordinator specified authority.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/bills/hb/hb0613t.pdf
Title: H.B. 613
Source: Maryland Legislature
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires individual and group health insurance policies to continue coverage for dependent children up to 24 years of age who are unable to maintain enrollment in college due to mental or physical illness if they would otherwise terminate coverage due to a requirement that dependent children of a specified age be enrolled in college to maintain eligibility; provides that an insurer may require written documentation from a health care provider and the student's school. Public Law No. 532
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/chapdocs/PUBLIC532.doc
Title: S.B. 777; LD 2014
Source: Maine Legislature
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Sets out the minimum requirements for the immunization of children for the state board to include in their regulations. The requirements bring the Commonwealth in line with the Immunization Schedule developed and published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. The bill also requires the State Board of Health to review the section annually and make recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Joint Commission on Health Care. The bill is contingent on funding. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0716
Title: S.B. 116
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| WV | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Changes the requirement that body mass index measures be taken of all students in grades four through eight and high school students enrolled in physical education courses to a requirement that body mass index data be collected and reported on a sample number of students.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/sb785%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 785
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| IA | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Establishes a nutrition and physical activity community obesity prevention grant program. Provides that the purpose of the program is to increase the physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption of targeted elementary school students, with a long-term goal of developing a model program to support and sustain such healthy behavior and incorporate 60 minutes of physical activity per day, which can be replicated in other communities. Requires the deparment to award competitive grants to six communities in each of the six public health regions in the state and provide technical assistance on program administration. Lists qualifications of eligible candidates. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=SF2124
Title: S.B. 2124
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Relates to automatic external defibrillators; allows persons who provide emergency medical services to use an automated external defibrillator without requiring a certificate; removes the use of an automatic or semiautomatic defibrillator from the definition of basic life support and removes the requirement that an entity that acquires a defibrillator ensure that the users have completed certain courses and have enlisted a physician for medical direction. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2006/HE/HE1106.1.html
Title: H.B. 1106
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Directs local school districts to establish local school health councils to provide guidance on the development and implementation of a local school wellness plan.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0319SG.htm
Title: H.B. 319
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Strongly urges education in the public education system to utilize Prevention Dimensions, the state's Safe and Drug Free School curriculum to education students regarding substance abuse; strongly urges the citizens of the state to increase their awareness of the destructive effects of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs on youth; recognizes local youth councils and other youth groups for helping keep their peers from getting caught up in the trap of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use.
http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2006/bills/hbillenr/hcr003.pdf
Title: H.C.R. 3
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us
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| WI | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Expands the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program to include provision of services to students from 4- year-old kindergarten to grade 6 in public elementary schools, charter schools and private schools that participate in the Parental Choice Program. Expands the definition of volunteer health care provider to include a nurse practitioner.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act188.pdf
Title: A.B. 829
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| WI | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | 2005 Wisconsin Act 221 requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to make available to school districts, private schools, and charter schools information about meningococcal disease, including the causes and symptoms of the disease, how it is spread, how to obtain additional information, and the availability, effectiveness, and risks of vaccinations. DPI may do so by posting the information on its Internet site. At the beginning of every school year from 2006-07 to 2011-12, schools are required to provide parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 12 with the information. At the beginning of the 2012-13 school year, and every school year thereafter, schools are required to
provide the information only to parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in grade 6.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act221.pdf
Title: A.B. 589
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Relates to establishment of individual diabetes care plans for students with diabetes by county boards of education; requires the state board to adopt guidelines for the development and implementation of individual diabetes care plans on or before January 1, 2007; requires each county board of education to adopt a diabetes care plan meeting the guidelines for diabetes care plans adopted by the state board.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2548%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2548
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Changes ratio of school nurses to students in enrollment.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB53%20SUB2%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 53
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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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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| Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations |
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| Special Education--Finance |
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| Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) |
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| Special Education--Placement |
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| Special Education--Transition |
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| Special Populations--Corrections Education |
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| Special Populations--Foster Care |
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| Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
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| Special Populations--Homeless Education |
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| Standards |
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| State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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| State Policymaking |
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| State Policymaking--Ballot Questions |
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| State Policymaking--Politics |
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| State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
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| STEM |
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| Student Achievement |
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| Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap |
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| Student Achievement--State Trends |
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| Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
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| Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
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| Student Supports--Remediation |
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| Students |
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| Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
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| Students--Records/Rights |
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| Teaching Quality |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
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| Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
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| Teaching Quality--Preparation |
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| Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
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| Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
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| Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
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| Technology |
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| Technology--Computer Skills |
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| Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
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| Technology--Equitable Access |
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| Technology--Funding Issues |
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| Technology--Internet Safety |
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| Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training |
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| Textbooks and Open Source |
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