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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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| 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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| CA | Signed into law 10/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Authorizes a school district or community college district to issue notes that mature within a period not to exceed a specified number of years. Reinstates the prohibition on the fiscal officer of such districts issuing a renewal note that would have a maturity date later than a specified number of years from the date of the original issuance of the note. Chapter 334
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1351-1400/ab_1368_bill_20071008_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1368
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Enacts the Community College Student Federal and State Financial Aid Opportunity Act. Expresses various findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the use of the Pell Grant program by students of Community Colleges. Requires the Community Colleges Chancellor's Office to take various actions to inform students of opportunities to participate in the Pell Grant Program, to analyze the participation rate of community college students in the program, and to have high school counselor workshops. Chapter 607
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_668_bill_20071013_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 668
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that for all meetings of a board of trustees, a quorum of members must be physically present at the location of the meeting. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0402lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 402
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Vetoed 08/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Classifies community college districts as units of local government that must adopt resolutions regulating the political activities and the solicitation and acceptance of gifts by officials and employees. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB3504lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3504
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that public notice of the schedule of regular meetings of a board of trustees for the next calendar year, as set at the organizational meeting of the board of trustees, must be given at the beginning of that calendar year. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0401lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 401
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Issued 08/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Establishes a new process for calculating the Essential Budget Level for the community college support fund. The process will provide a more accurate picture of resources necessary to fully support community colleges in Oregon.
http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/pdf/eo0712.pdf
Title: Executive Order 07-12
Source: http://governor.oregon.gov
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Amends the law relating to community college performance standards. Provides that the state board may withhold funds from a college that may qualify as an exceptional institution while the college is under investigation by a state or federal agency or if its performance does not meet the standards. Provides that the board release the funds when the investigations are complete and the issues are resolved.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H642v0.html
Title: H.B. 642
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Authorizes community colleges to implement a tuition surcharge surcharge of up to 33 1/3% of the statewide tuition rate to fund a new instructional program that is necessary to attract industry to the area, and to use the proceeds of an endowed scholarship, consistent with the terms of the endowment, to offset the cost of the tuition charge.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1065v2.html
Title: S.B. 1065
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Authorizes community college boards to secure loans under the Energy Improvement Loan Program for projects that include energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems including improvements to HVAC systems, energy management controls, high efficiency lighting and building envelope improvements.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H177v4.html
Title: H.B. 177
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NH | Signed into law 07/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Eliminates the department of regional community- technical colleges and establishes the Community College System of New Hampshire.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/SB0082.html
Title: S.B. 82
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| OR | Adopted 07/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Defines "Career Pathways Certificate" as a form of certificate awarded by a community college for meeting specific technical skill proficiency requirements that meet an employment need. Career Pathways Certificates pertain to a grouping of 12 to 44 credits that are wholly contained in an approved Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Degree/Option or an Independent Certificate of Completion (will a minimum size of 45 credits), have a defined job entry point, represent collegiate-level work, and meet State Board of Education's standards and criteria.
Title: OAR 589-006-0050
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| PA | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | This section of H.B. 842 establishes the Pennsylvania Technical College Program as a competititve grant program (to the extent that funds appropriated can support) to prepare students in educationally underserved areas for high-demand occupations that requrie a postsecondary certificate or associate degree.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2007&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0842&pn=2347
Title: H.B. 842 -- Article XIX-F
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/
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| NE | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Adopts the community college foundation and equalization aid act to be used to provide state aid to community college areas. Amends provisions governing the six areas' property tax levying authority, specifies data elements to be utilized in the computation of annual community college aid distribution as well as derivation of property tax levying authority each year. Directs the coordinating commission for postsecondary education to annually collect data necessary for computation of community
college state aid distribution and property tax levying authority.
http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB342.pdf
Title: L.B. 342
Source: http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Removes the pilot status of several community colleges that offer limited baccalaureate degrees in applied science and technology and makes granting of baccalaureate
degrees in applied science and technology at these schools permanent. This bill also authorizes THECB to authorize additional public junior colleges, if they meet all the stated prerequisites, to participate in the baccalaureate degree program.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB02198F.pdf
Title: H.B. 2198
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Concerns provisional community college districts and aid; provides for continuation. (Chapter No. 13)
Removes wording eliminating the districts as of July 1, 2009
Title: H.B. 2193
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Provides that effective with elections held in 2008, the terms of office of trustees of community college districts must be decreased from six to four years, unless extraordinary circumstances exist.
Creates a new section providing procedures for the dissolution of a community college district. Session Law Chapter 92
http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1089.html
Title: S.B. 1089
Source: www3.state.id.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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| SD | Signed into law 03/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Creates the Technical Institute task force to study permanent funding options for the state technical institutes; provides for its composition; makes an appropriation; declares an emergency.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2007/bills/HB1279enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1279
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| SD | Vetoed 03/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Establishes a State Board of Technical Institutes, to provide for its powers, duties, and responsibilities, and to provide for the transfer of authority over public postsecondary technical education from the Department of Education to the State Board of Technical Institutes.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2007/bills/SB95enr.pdf
Veto message: http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2007/journal/jrnS03261000.htm#23409
Title: S.B. 95
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
| |
| 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/
| |
| VA | Signed into law 02/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires the state Council of Higher Education to submit an annual report to the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education specifying the total number of transfer students each institution of higher education admitted, enrolled, and graduated from institutions within the community college system. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2408ER
Title: H.B. 2408
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
| |
| VA | Signed into law 02/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Requires the governing board of the Virginia Community College System to grant in-state tuition to any person enrolled in one of the System's institutions who lives out of state, but within a 30-mile radius of a Virginia community college, provided that person's state of residence has a reciprocal arrangement for Virginia residents. This bill is identical to HB 2114, which also passed and was sent to the governor. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+SB755ER; http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2114ER
Title: S.B. 755, H.B. 2114
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
| |
| WY | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Allows additional mills or taxes approved on or after April 1, 2007 to be used for the regular support and operation and for
the capital outlay needs of a community college, including facility repair, maintenance, construction and renovation needs. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/SF0058.pdf
Title: S.B. 58
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm
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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 |
| |
| 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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