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State |
Status/Date |
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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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| 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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| MO | Adopted 10/2007 | Postsec. | Deletes the certification requirements for Postsecondary Career Educators as of June 2007.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/5csr/5c80-800.pdf
Title: 5 CSR 80-800.220
Source: http://www.sos.mo.gov
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| WI | Signed into law 10/2007 | Postsec. | Directs the department of administration to: (1) Serve as the state's liaison agency between the higher educational aids board, the department of public instruction, the University of Wisconsin System, the technical college system, and other public and private organizations that are interested in promoting postsecondary education in the state; (2) Contract with the Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., if the secretary determines it appropriate, to establish and implement a campaign to promote attendance at nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions in the state; (3) Coordinate the postsecondary education promotional
activities of the department, the entities specified in section (1) above, and the Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc., and prevent duplication of effort in conducting those activities; (4) On or before July 1, 2009, and every July 1 thereafter, submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees, a report on the postsecondary education promotional activities conducted by the Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc.. Pages 11-12 of 674: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/acts/07Act20.pdf
Title: S.B. 40
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2007 | Postsec. | Extends the provisions of the Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Reform Act of 1989. Provides for the extension of voluntary agreements with institutions regarding compliance with related state statutes. Authorizes accredited institutions to make specified modifications. Continues the Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Administration Fund and the Student Tuition Recovery Fund. Establishes the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education.
Chapter 635
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_45_bill_20071013_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 45
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov
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| MA | Issued 08/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Establishes the Readiness Project to develop a plan to implement fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth over the next ten years. The project will have three chairs appointed by the Governor.
The plan will include recommendations to:
(1) Deliver universal and high quality early education for three- and four-year-olds as well as Full-Day kindergarten;
(2) Expand time for teaching and learning in primary and secondary schools;
(3) Extend education an additional two years beyond secondary school to better prepare students for higher education, work and citizenship;
(4) Align curricula from pre-Kindergarten through high school, higher education and work force development, including with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math as well as other subjects and methods that enhance creativity and problem-solving skills;
(5) Structure and support a reasonable degree of school choice, including charter and pilot schools, so that all serve as complementary components of a comprehensive system; (6) Recruit, retain and develop strong educators and administrators at all levels;
(7) Streamline and strengthen teacher certification and licensing;
(8) Improve the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System and introduce additional appropriate standards and assessments to measure other aspects of students' academic development;
(9) Fund the education system adequately, equitably and reliably, including for students with special educational needs;
(10) Facilitate collaboration between and among the Commonwealth's public and private institutions of higher education;
(11) Strengthen the structure and clarify the mission of the institutions that comprise the University of Massachusetts system and all public higher education institutions in the Commonwealth;
(12) Implement an effective and efficient accountability system for students, instructors and administrators from pre-Kindergarten through higher education that enables authorities both to review performance and to target assistance where it is most needed; and
(13) Leverage information technology throughout the system to improve instruction, student acquisition of skills, administrative processes, and the quality of and access to data. implements fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth over the next 10 years.
http://www.mass.gov/Agov3/docs/Executive%20Orders/executive_order_489.pdf
Title: Executive Order No. 489
Source: http://www.mass.gov
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| MD | Adopted 08/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish minimum requirements for issuing certificates, diplomas, and degrees by public and nonpublic institutions of postsecondary education.
A. The requirements in this chapter apply to all degree-granting institutions, including colleges and universities, and separately incorporated graduate institutions or centers that require or seek a certificate of approval to operate, or continue to operate, and grant formal awards within the State.
B. The requirements in this chapter also apply to existing institutions that are seeking approval to offer a new degree level in Maryland.
C. The approval granted to an institution to operate and award degrees applies only to the formal awards, instructional programs, and locations designated in the certificate of approval and is not applicable to off-campus programs that are separately authorized by the Commission.
D. Programs to be reviewed under this authority include:
(1) New certificates or degree levels;
(2) Off-campus program offerings; and
(3) Program suspensions or discontinuances.
E. Out-of-State degree-granting institutions shall apply for approval to operate in Maryland
http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/13b/13b.02.02.02.htm
Title: COMAR 13B.02.02.02-.08, .10-.19, .21, .22
Source:
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Modifies the public records laws applicable to the University of North Carolina and the North Carolina community colleges. Protects the privacy of applicants who are not admitted or who do not enroll; provides that certain audit records are public documents.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1023v3.html
Title: S.B. 1023
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NY | Vetoed 08/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to the authority of the civil service commission to designate positions as unclassified; provides that the commission shall not consider a request by the chancellor of the state university and by the board of trustees of community colleges which seeks to designate as unclassified any position in the classified service which is the same or substantially similar in scope and duties as the specifications for a position. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S03054&sh=t
Title: S.B. 3054
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Issued 08/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Executive Order 07-13 establishes the Postsecondary Quality Education Commission, to be chaired by the president of Oregon State University and the president of Lane Community College. The commission is charged with developing a Postsecondary Quality Education Model, designed to create a complete picture of what is needed to offer a quality, affordable postsecondary education to Oregonians.
http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/pdf/eo0713.pdf
Title: Executive Order 07-13
Source: http://governor.oregon.gov
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires the president of the University of North Carolina (UNC) to appoint a task force to examine the application of the state personnel act to UNC with a goal of making recommendations that will improve the ability of the University to attract, reward, and retain high quality employees, enable the UNC to better meet the needs of its employees, and improve the efficiency of UNC personnel operations.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1353v2.html
Title: S.B. 1353
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes a research foundation, as a nonprofit corporation, at the University of Rhode Island to administer the development of scientific research, technology, the commercialization of intellectual property and such other work as necessary to develop, promote and enhance scientific research and technology at the University of Rhode Island and within the state of Rhode Island.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07232.htm
Title: H.B. 5455
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2007 | Postsec. | Prohibits the purchase and sale of academic degrees wherein the degree is obtained on the basis of a combination of a payment of a fee and the attainment of academic credit for so-called life experiences, without the applicant undertaking any coursework.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07405.htm
Title: S.B. 392
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec. | Concerns State matching funds for competitive Federally sponsored research projects at Colorado public universities; creates the Higher Education Competitive Research Authority and the Innovative Higher Education Research Fund.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/AE2BA436E6A7180E87257275007AA745?open&file=182_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 182
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Concerns enhanced enforcement authority by the Department of Higher Education; provides the Board of Governors of Higher Education and the Commissioner of Higher Education with enhanced enforcement authority regarding colleges and universities which are operating illegally in the state; provides for investigations.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/ACT/Pa/pdf/2007PA-00090-R00SB-01139-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 1139
Source: Connnecticut
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Makes various changes to the state College Tuition Savings Plan.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/SB0245.html
Title: S.B. 245
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Allows the Student Assistance Commission to terminate activities of diploma mills and operation of post-secondary accrediting bodies not recognized by United States Department of Education; defines diploma mill; removes the authority of the commission to substitute private accreditation standards for standards adopted by commission under certain circumstances; New provisions allow the Oregon Student Assistance Commission, through the Office of Degree Authorization, to terminate activities of diploma mills operating in or from Oregon; and to terminate the operation in or from Oregon of post-secondary accrediting bodies that are not recognized by the United States Department of Education or by the commission. Does not apply to a body the role of which is to accredit schools that offer only associate, bachelor's or master's degrees with titles in theology or religious occupations or, if the schools also offer doctoral degrees, offer doctoral degrees only in theology or religious occupations that have been approved by a federally recognized accrediting organization.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/sb0100.dir/sb0198.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 198
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop a work-study mentorship program under which eligible college students are authorized to mentor and counsel other students. The bill also provides for the funding of the program, authorizes students to serve as mentors in GO Centers and in high schools, and authorizes nonprofit organizations to partner with institutions of higher education to pursue the objectives of the program.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/SB01050F.pdf
Title: S.B. 1050
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Recodifies the law governing higher education. Changes references in provisions that cross reference to the law being recodified. Makes related changes. Repeals obsolete provisions. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.)
Title: S.B. 526 (omnibus) - Recodification of Higher Education Code
Source: http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/SE/SE0526.1.html
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| MO | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Multiple provisions relating to higher education. Stipulates that in order to receive increases in state appropriations, two- and four-year institutions must work with the commissioner of higher education to establish agreed-upon competencies for certain entry-level courses. The coordinating board for higher education will establish policies to ensure that such courses are accepted in transfer among public institutions. Authorizes the commissioner to order an institution willfully disregarding a coordinating board policy to remit a fine. Requires the coordinating board to hold out-of-state public higher education institutions to criteria similar to those required of public in-state higher education institutions in order for such institutions to operate within the state. Requires binding resolution for certain disputes among institutions of higher education. Prohibits higher education institutions from rejecting applicants for faculty positions based solely on lack of graduate degree if candidate has an undergraduate degree and has served at least eight years in the general assembly.
http://www.senate.mo.gov/07info/pdf-bill/tat/SB389.pdf
Title: S.B. 389 [Postsecondary Institutions]
Source: http://www.senate.mo.gov
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| MO | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Increases the amount of the Bright Flight scholarships from $2,000 to $3,000 beginning with fiscal year 2011. Beginning with fiscal year 2011, students with test scores between the top five percent and the top three percent qualify for a scholarship of $1,000. Creates the Access Missouri Financial Assistance program, defines eligibility criteria and maximum and minimum financial awards. Repeals Gallagher student financial assistance and college guarantee programs and directs that certain gambling boat boarding fee revenue that currently goes to the Missouri College Guarantee Fund be instead deposited into the Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program.
Enacts the Higher Education Student Funding Act, limiting tuition increases that institutions may charge. Grants Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MoHELA) authority to transfer assets of the authority to the newly created Lewis and Clark Discovery Fund. Requires MoHELA to distribute $350 million of assets of the authority to the fund not later than September 30, 2013. Moneys in the fund may be appropriated by the general assembly only for funding for capital projects at public colleges and universities and funding for the Missouri Technology Corporation's ability to work with colleges and universities in identifying opportunities for commercializing technologies. Directs the department of economic development to allocate a percentage of the state ceiling for private activity bonds to MoHELA.
http://www.senate.mo.gov/07info/pdf-bill/tat/SB389.pdf
Title: S.B. 389 [Postsecondary Finance]
Source: http://www.senate.mo.gov
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| NY | Issued 05/2007 | Postsec. | (Executive Order No. 14) Establishes the New York State Commission on Higher Education. The Commission's inquiry shall include analysis of:
(a) academic standards and performance in New York's colleges and universities, with particular emphasis on SUNY and CUNY;
(b) access to higher education in New York State and particularly to the SUNY and CUNY systems;
(c) the degree to which public primary and secondary education adequately prepare New York students to enter and succeed in college;
(d) the mission of the State's community colleges, and the proper balance between preparing students to enter four-year institutions upon graduation and to obtain high-value jobs upon graduation;
(e) the extent to which SUNY and CUNY research and degree programs are aligned with economic development objectives of the State and the region of the State where each campus is situated;
(f) the financing of public colleges and universities, including State support, federal support, tuition, alumni support and other sources of income;
(g) the reasonable costs of an education for students in various SUNY and CUNY degree programs, and the available sources and amounts of financial aid for students who need assistance to meet such costs;
(h) the types and amounts of financial support provided by the State to private colleges and universities and their students, and the rationale for such programs;
(i) the degree to which different types of SUNY institutions (i.e. two-year colleges, four-year colleges, technical colleges, university centers and the SUNY schools within Cornell University) are treated and governed similarly or differently within SUNY and by the State;
(j) the degree to which different SUNY campuses are permitted to tailor their offerings, practices and policies to the specific needs of their students, faculties and the surrounding communities; and
(k) the nature of public and community service opportunities and degree requirements afforded and enforced at SUNY, CUNY and more generally in New York's colleges and universities.
http://www.ny.gov/governor/executive_orders/exeorders/14.html
Title: Executive Order No. 14
Source: http://www.ny.gov/governor
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Expands the jurisdiction of law enforcement officers employed by Jackson State University, University of Southern Mississippi and state junior and community colleges to an area within 500 feet of university or college property.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/SB/3000-3099/SB3015SG.htm
Title: S.B. 3015
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| WV | Vetoed 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the state's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to create and implement a program to refurbish and donate state surplus computers which are no more than four years old from state agencies to public schools and low-income school children; encourages the CTO to collaborate with other agencies including, but not limited to, the State Board of Education; the Department of Education's Division of Technical and Adult Services; Regional Education Service Agencies; the Division of Corrections; Prison Industries; and private technology industries in creating and establishing the program; requires the CTO to consult with and provide any necessary assistance to any governing board of an institution of higher education in creating a computer and computer equipment donation program.
Continues the board of governors at specified public institutions of higher education and specifies the appointment of members to each board.
Continues the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education and places the community college employee salary schedule and classification system under its authority.
Establishes the Health Education Loan Program for students enrolled in a school of medicine; allows any individual who has received a loan through the program and who has provided services as a medical doctor or a doctor of osteopathy in a medically underserved area or in a medical specialty in which there is a shortage of physicians in the state to be eligible for cancellation of ten thousand dollars of the outstanding loan or loans for every full twelve consecutive calendar months of such service.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2558%20EnrSUB.htm
Title: H.B. 2558
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| AL | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec. | Sustains the disapproval by the Joint Committee on Administrative Regulation Review of the Commission on Higher Education proposed amendment to Rule 300- 2-1-.02, entitled Review and Approval or Disapproval of Proposed Postsecondary Course Offerings in Alabama by Non-Alabama Institutions.
Act No. 2007-067
Title: S.J.R. 8
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec. | Relates to an act to repeal the requirement that college juniors take the Rising Junior Exam.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/SB203.pdf
Title: S.B. 203
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Authorizes the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning to authorize universities to lease land at the univeersity for the construction of facilities by private financing for a term of 31 years. Contains requirements for building code compliance, percentage of maximum land to be leased on any campus, number of annual projects and compliance with state bid law requirements.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1208PS.htm
Title: H.B. 1208
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Makes changes to the calculation of state-aid for public junior and community colleges.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2364PS.htm
Title: S.B. 2364
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Creates the higher education department in the executive branch. Department is a cabinet department including the followiong divisions: (1) administrative services, (2) planning and research, (3) financial aid, (4) public information, (5) adult basic education, (6) information technology, (7) private and proprietary schools and (8) public schools liaison.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0248.pdf
Title: S.B. 248
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Ensures that the military is treated as equal to any other recruiter permitted to recruit on-campus in New Mexico public post-secondary educational institutions.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0566.pdf
Title: S.B. 566
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec. | Authorizes higher education institutions in the state to make a rule that allows a dormitory resident to request only roommates who are not licensed to carry a concealed firearm under law. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/sbillint/sb0251s02.htm
Title: S.B. 251
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec. | Appropriates monies to institutions of higher education in the state to provide increased degree opportunities in high-demand academic areas through partnerships and regional programs. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillenr/hb0185.htm
Title: H.B. 185
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Directs the state Board of Regents to adopt a policy requiring an applicant for a position in a higher education institution that involves
significant contact with a minor or a position that is security sensitive to submit to a criminal background check as a condition of employment; requires an existing employee of a higher education institution to submit to a criminal background check, where reasonable cause exists; authorizes higher education institutions to request the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification to conduct criminal background checks; addresses the payment of the costs of criminal background checks, and; requires notice of criminal background checks to prospective and existing employees and an opportunity for review of information obtained through a criminal background check. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillenr/hb0196.htm
Title: H.B. 196
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Creates the Higher Education Task Force, which is charged with studying issues concerning the state system of higher
education, including institutional missions, tuition, and other issues. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillenr/hb0396.htm
Title: H.B. 396
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Directs the governing boards of each public institution of higher education to develop and implement policies that advise students, faculty, and staff, including residence hall staff, of the proper procedures for identifying and addressing the needs of students that exhibit suicidal tendencies or behavior. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB3064ER
Title: H.B. 3064
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/
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| AL | Adopted 02/2007 | Postsec. | Clarifies the Commission's definition of "non-resident institution." ALABAMA 7823
Rule Adoption 02/06/07
http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/docs/hged/index.html
Title: AAC 300-2-1-.02
Source: http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.usl
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| VA | Passed 02/2007 | Postsec. | This joint resolution of the legislature requests the State Council of Higher Education to conduct as a follow up to the development of its new strategic plan, an assessment of Virginia's competitiveness in attracting and retaining faculty at Virginia's public institutions of higher education. http://198.246.135.1/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HJ642H1
Title: H.J. 642
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/lis.htm
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