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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 | 21st Century Skills |
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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--No Pass No Play |
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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--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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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--Charter Districts |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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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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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Censorship |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Excusal |
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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--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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| Curriculum--Speech Education |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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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--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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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--Mandates |
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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--Constructivism |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Official English |
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| Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| International Benchmarking |
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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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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| No Child Left Behind |
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| No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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| No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--Finance |
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| No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement |
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| No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
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| No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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| No Child Left Behind--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 Content Standards and Assessment |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits |
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| P-3 Family Involvement |
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 | P-3 Finance |
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| IA | Signed into law 09/2007 | P-12 | Expands the scope of services under an existing appropriation for the Community Empowerment Initiative involving preschool tuition services. Allows local empowerment areas to use certain funds for three-year-olds as well as 4- and 5-year olds. Complementary bill to HF 877 -- the 4 year old preschool bill. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&ga=82&hbill=HF396
Title: H.F. 396
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| HI | Vetoed 07/2007 | P-12 | Directs the department to encourage inclusionary prekindergarten and kindergarten classes of both special education eligible and general education students, including consideration of the following options:
(1) Special education eligible preschool children may receive services in private preschool programs if required by their individual education program;
(2) Facilities for providing early education offer a variety of possibilities via partnerships between public and private offers;
(3) Special education staff may provide services at any site as provided in the individualized education plans process; and
(4) Departmental special education preschool staff may provide services to general education preschool students in their special education preschool classrooms.
Requires the department's kindergarten report card to assess an individual junior kindergarten or kindergarten student's readiness for first grade based on a range of characteristics.
Authorizes the department to give preference to teachers holding early childhood education credentials in placement in junior kindergarten and kindergarten programs.
Directs the department, prior to the 2008 legislative session, to
(1) Complete the planning and development of the appropriate curriculum for the junior kindergarten program; and
(2) Submit its findings and recommendations to the legislature on the planned junior kindergarten curricula, successful models, and assessments to be used in the placement and movement of students between junior kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade, as well as facilities to be used for junior kindergarten.
Establishes in statute the pre-plus program, which was created as a private-public initiative in 2002. Directs the department of education and the department of human services to develop suitable pre-plus classrooms on department campuses statewide for early childhood education programs serving children ages 3-5. Directs the department to coordinate site selection for public school sites, giving first priority to sites that serve predominantly students who are low-income or with special needs who require full-inclusion opportunities, or schools in restructuring under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Directs the department to submit an annual report to the legislature on the number of classrooms that would be suitable for early childhood education programs and the cost of renovating these classrooms to meet early childhood education standards. Bill: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/Bills/SB613_CD1_.htm
Governor's veto message: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/GM1037_.PDF
Title: S.B. 613
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Grants school readiness tax credits to individuals for child care expenses of children five and under, to child care providers, to child care directors and staff, and to businesses providing assistance for child care.
Provides the amount of the child care expense tax credit is based on the quality rating of the child care facility which the child attends, with a 200% reimbursement of the credit provided for such expenses in Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:297.4 http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/lss.asp?doc=101769 for a five-star rated child care facility, a 150% reimbursement for a four-star facility, etc. Directs parents with multiple children to calculate each child's credit separately.
Provides the child care provider tax credit is based on the average monthly number of children who either participate in the Child Care Assistance Program administered by the office of family support or who are foster children, and who are attending a child care facility or facilities operated by the child care provider, multiplied by an amount based on the quality rating of each child care facility operated by the child care provider, with a five-star rated facility earning a $1,500 credit per eligible child, a four-star rated facility earning $1,250 per eligible child, etc.
Provides the credit for child care directors and staff must be based on the staff qualifications as defined in the department of social services state practitioner registry in Title 48 of the Louisiana Administrative Code, with a "level four" director/staff earning a $3,000 tax credit, a "level three" director/staff earning a $2,500 tax credit, etc. Provides that, beginning calendar year 2009, the tax credit amounts be adjusted annually by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index.
Provides a refundable credit against any Louisiana individual or corporation income tax or corporation franchise tax for the eligible business child care expenses supported by a business. Provides the credit must be the percentage of such eligible business child care expenses depending on the quality rating of the child care facility to which the expenses are related or the quality rating of the child care facility the child attends, with a five-star rated facility earning 20% of eligible business
child care expenses, a four-star rated facility earning 15% of eligible business child care expenses, etc. Provides for a maximum additional annual refundable credit of $5,000 against any Louisiana individual or corporation income tax or corporation franchise tax for the payment by a business of fees and grants to child care resource and referral agencies.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=451044
Title: S.B. 361
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Authorizes the commissioner to award grants to districts that operated half-day kindergarten programs in the 2006-2007 school year, and that will continue to operate such half-day programs in the 2007-2008 school year, to plan for conversion to full-day kindergartens only in the school year next following the school year in which the planning grant is received, but no later than the 2010-2011 school year. Directs the commissioner to prescribe the procedures and criteria for the award of such grants, which are to be available to districts to defray the additional costs for planning time, the cost of classroom materials, equipment, furniture and supplies not eligible for aid in specified other sections of statute, where such additional costs are incurred in planning for the facilities and staffing that will be needed for such conversion. Provides no district may receive more than one such planning grant.
Directs that $8,500,000 must be paid to the Yonkers City School District on an annual basis to provide additional funding for the costs of educational improvement plans required as a result of a court-ordered settlement in a school desegregation case to which the state was a party. Provides grant funds must be used exclusively for services and expenses incurred by the district to implement such educational improvement plans.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=s2107
Title: S.B. 2107 - Part B, Section 38
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Eliminates references to district-level prekindergarten policy advisory boards and their authority to adopt prekindergarten programs.
Provides that two or more districts may submit a joint application to operate a joint universal prekindergarten program.
In New York City, transfers authority for decisionmaking on prekindergarten programs from community school boards and the city board to community school superintendents and the chancellor.
Specifies that, to be eligible for approval by the commissioner, proposed programs must provide for:
(1) Assessment of the development of language, cognitive and social skills
(2) Staff development and teacher training must be provided to staff and teachers in all settings in which prekindergarten services are provided
(3) Random selection must be used to select children when there are more eligible children than can be served in a given school year
(4) Provides that a district that operated a targeted prekindergarten program in the base year may use the selection process established for such program.
Deletes earlier references to prekindergarten aid and supplemental prekindergarten aid funding levels and formulas. Provides that each district is eligible to receive a grant amount equal to the lesser of:
(1) The sum of its prekindergarten aid base plus the product of its selected aid per kindergarten pupil multiplied by the number of additional aidable prekindergarten pupils served in the current year, or
(2) The maximum allocation computed using the methodology defined in statute.
Defines "selected aid per kindergarten pupil," "base aidable prekindergarten pupils," "unserved prekindergarten pupils," "additional aidable prekindergarten pupils" and the "prekindergarten aid base." Provides that the total grant payable through the universal prekindergarten program must equal the lesser of:
(1) The total grant amounts computed for the current year, based on data on file with the commissioner as of September 1, 2007, or
(2) The total actual grant expenditures incurred by the school district as approved by the commissioner.
Authorizes the board of regents and the commissioner to prescribe uniform quality standards for universal prekindergarten programs. Directs the regents when developing regulations to consider and recognize the diversity of settings and models available for the delivery of prekindergarten programs operated by eligible agencies in alternative settings, including libraries and community-based organizations, that comply with statute related to universal prekindergarten. Provides that the uniform quality standards must include minimum qualifications for personnel providing instructional and other services for prekindergarten programs. Directs the commissioner and board of regents to take into account, in promulgating these regulations, the availability of certified prekindergarten teachers and teaching assistants, and consider ways to increase the pool of qualified personnel. Also directs the commissioner and board of regents to include in regulations:
(1) Minimum curriculum standards that ensure such programs have strong instructional content that is integrated with the district's K-12 instructional program
(2) Performance standards for prekindergarten programs, which must include procedures for assessing the performance of such programs and establishing mechanisms for tracking progress of such programs and reporting such progress to the parents of prekindergarten students and the public
(3) Transitional guidelines and rules that allow a program to meet the required staff qualifications and any other requirements set forth in this statute or regulations
(4) A provision for a waiver of any inconsistent provisions so as to allow districts that operated a targeted prekindergarten program in the 2006-2007 school year to continue to operate such program pursuant to the regulations that applied to the program in such school year; provided that the amounts allocated to such targeted prekindergarten program must not exceed the amount of targeted prekindergarten grant funds received by the district for the 2006-2007 school year.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=s2107
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=s2107
Title: S.B. 2107 - Part B, Section 19
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| CO | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district, upon voter approval, to impose an additional mill levy for purposes of funding the school district's excess full-day kindergarten costs. Allows the question submitted to the voters to also include a question of whether to impose an additional mill levy of a stated amount and limited duration to fund the capital construction needs associated with the school district's full-day kindergarten program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/17AF271E6545AD6087257251007B9651?Open&file=026_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 26
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Requires 3% local matching funds for contracts with developmental preschool service providers. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/HB0177.pdf
Title: H.B. 177
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Increases the state's per child reimbursement amount for developmental preschool service providers. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/HB0042.pdf
Title: H.B. 42
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm
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| P-3 Governance |
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| P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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| P-3 Health and Mental Health |
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| P-3 Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Preschool |
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| P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
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| Partnerships--University/School |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property |
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| Postsecondary 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 Students--Disabled |
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| Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth |
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| Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
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| Postsecondary Students--Military |
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| Postsecondary Students--Minority |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) |
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| Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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| Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence |
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| Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
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| Private Schools |
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| Privatization |
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| Public Involvement |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Religion--Prayer/Meditation |
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| Rural |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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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--District Size |
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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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| Special Populations--Migrant Education |
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| Special Populations--Military |
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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--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 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--Incentives |
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| Students--Mobility |
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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--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects |
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| Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
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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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| Teaching Quality--Working Conditions |
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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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| Urban |
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| Whole Child |
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