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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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| 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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| NJ | Signed into law 12/2007 | P-12 | Requires school districts to notify Division of Youth and Family Services of certain pupil absences; relates to abused and neglected children.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/AL07/248_.PDF
Title: A.B. 868
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
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| OH | Signed into law 12/2007 | P-12 | Increases the penalty for inducing panic to a felony of the second degree when a school or an institution of higher education is involved; permits school districts to make up calamity days caused other than by a bomb threat in excess of the total number of days specified in their contingency plans and otherwise allowed by adding extra hours to the remaining days in the school year.
Title: H.B. 142
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| MI | Enacted 11/2007 | P-12 | Relates to application of mandatory expulsion provisions for special education students; clarifies the relationship with federal law; provides for an immediate evaluation by the intermediate school district of which the school district is constituent; provides for home instructional services under certain circumstances.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2007-PA-0138.pdf
Title: S.B. 571
Source: Michigan Legislature
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2007 | P-12 | Requires a proprietary private security officer to complete training in security officer skills within a specified period of time. Requires the Department of Consumer Affairs to develop a standard course and curriculum for such training to be administered by an employer, an organization, or a school approved by the department. Requires the convening of an advisory committee. Exempts certain peace officers from this requirement. Requires employers to provide annual review of training and to maintain records. Chapter 721
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_666_bill_20071014_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 666
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2007 | Community College | Makes legislative findings and declarations regarding emergency preparedness plans. Requires the Office of the Chancellor of the Community Colleges, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services and the Office of Homeland Security, to develop emergency preparedness standards and guidelines to assist community college districts and campuses in the event of a natural disaster, hazardous condition, or terrorist activity on or around any campus. Chapter 461.
Title: S.B. 166
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2007 | P-12 | Revises the list of prohibited bases of discrimination and the kinds of prohibited instructions and activities in public or private elementary and secondary schools and postsecondary education institutions in the state. Adds any characteristic contained in the definition of hate crimes contained in the Penal Code. Revises the definitions of persons with disabilities in existing education laws. Chapter 569
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0751-0800/sb_777_bill_20070917_enrolled.pdf
Title: S.B. 777
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov/
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2007 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education to monitor adherence to the antidiscrimination and antiharassment requirements as part of its regular monitoring and review of local educational agencies and to assess whether schools have done certain things, including, among others, adopted a policy that prohibits discrimination and harassment and adopted a process for receiving and investigating complaints of discrimination and harassment. Relates to the Safe Place to Learn Act. Requires a related Web site. Chapter 566
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_0351-0400/ab_394_bill_20070919_enrolled.pdf
Title: A.B. 394
Source: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/
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| IL | Signed into law 09/2007 | P-12 | Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person commits reckless homicide if he or she unintentionally kills an individual while driving in a posted school zone while children are present and was also either driving at a speed of more than 20 miles per hour in excess of the posted speed limit or driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0363lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 363
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| OK | Adopted 09/2007 | P-12 | Added provision requiring all public schools to have a minimum of one lockdown drill each school year. All students and employees are required to participate in the drills, with the extent of student involvement to be determined by the district. Each school district board of education and administration is to adopt policies and procedures for lockdown drills. Each public school district must document lockdown drills in writing by public school site. Compliance with this requirement and such records must be available to the Regional Accreditation Officer during the accreditation process.
http://www.oar.state.ok.us/register/Volume-25_Issue-03.htm#a27942
Title: OAC 210:35-3-186
Source: http://www.oar.state.ok.us/register
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Creates the Green Cleaning Schools Act. Requires the Green Government Coordinating Council, in consultation with other agencies and interested stakeholders, to establish and amend on an annual basis guidelines and specifications for environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products for use in school facilities. Requires the IGGCC guidelines and specifications to be disseminated to public schools and to non-public schools with 50 or more students
Requires elementary and secondary public and most nonpublic schools to develop a green cleaning policy, purchase, and use such cleaning products, but only when this would not result in an increase in the cleaning costs of the school. Requires a school determining it not economically feasible to use environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products to provide annual written notification to the Illinois Green Government Coordinating Council (IGGCC) until such time that it is economically feasible.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0895lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 895
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Requires the state board of education, subject to appropriation, to establish and administer a matching grant program to pay for half of the cost a school district incurs in training teachers and other school personnel who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation or in learning how to use an automated external defibrillator. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0258lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 258
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Provides safety education in public schools includes instruction on the consequences of alcohol consumption and the operation of a motor vehicle. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB3327lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3327
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Defines "gang resistance education and training" as instruction in conflict resolution, cultural sensitivity, personal goal setting and resisting peer pressure, when accompanied by a stated objective of reducing gang activity and educating K-12 students about the consequences of gang involvement.
Provides that each district may make suitable provisions for instruction in gang resistance education and training in all grades and include such instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein. Directs a district providing gang resistance education and training to collaborate with state and local law enforcement agencies. Authorizes the state board to assist in the development of instructional materials and teacher training on gang resistance education and training. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0438lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 438
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Creates the offense of failure to stop for or yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk in a school zone. Provides that a first violation is a petty offense with a minimum fine . Provides that a second or subsequent violation is a petty offense with a minimum fine. Provides for the assessment of additional fees. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0441lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 441
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Requires the curriculum for preservice teachers to include instruction in safety education. Provides that this instruction must be appropriate to the grade level of the teaching certificate. Provides this instruction may be by specific courses in safety education or may be incorporated in existing subjects taught in the university. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0395lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 395
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Provides that when a sex offender's precinct polling place is a school and the offender will be unable to enter the school to vote because the offender is a child sex offender, the offender may vote early or by absentee ballot. Requires that an election authority that designates permanent or temporary early voting polling places must designate at least one that a child sex offender may lawfully enter. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0263lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 263
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Creates the Internet Safety Education Act. Provides that each school may adopt an age-appropriate curriculum for Internet safety instruction of students in grades K-12. Recommends a minimum of two hours of instruction each school year on:
(1) Safe and responsible use of social networking Web sites, chat rooms, e-mail, bulletin boards, instant messaging, and other means of communication on the Internet.
(2) Recognizing, avoiding, and reporting online solicitations of students and their peers by sexual predators.
(3) Risks of transmitting personal information on the Internet.
(4) Recognizing and avoiding unsolicited or deceptive communications received online.
(5) Recognizing and reporting online harassment and cyber-bullying.
(6) Reporting illegal activities and communications on the Internet.
(7) Copyright laws on written materials, photographs, music and video.
Provides that a school may submit the curriculum for review to the office of the attorney general.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1472lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1472
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Amends the Vehicle Code. Provides that, if a defendant commits reckless driving on a public thoroughfare where children pass going to and from school when a school crossing guard is performing official duties, the person who commits the offense is guilty of a if the violation causes bodily harm, a disability or disfigurement to a child or a school crossing guard while the school crossing guard is performing his or her official duties. Relates to reckless homicide. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0508lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 508
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Increases the safe zones near child care centers and school grounds regarding illegal drug sales from 300 feet to 1,000 feet. Expands the safe zone for public parks to include all public parks, not just those with playgrounds. Increases the distance of those safe zones to 1,000 feet.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S8v3.html
Title: S.B. 8
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Provides that the term victim for purposes of falsely reporting an bomb or incident shall include a municipality, school, fire district, fire company, or legal or public entity engaged in providing emergency services, which has expended funds for the purposes of responding to such false report; provides that restitution may be required to be made to such entities. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S01869&sh=t
Title: S.B. 1869
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Establishes a school security competitive grant program to reimburse towns for certain expenses for schools under the school district for the development or improvement of the security infrastructure of the school, including the installation of surveillance cameras, entry door buzzer systems, scan cardsystems, panic alarms, and the training of school employees in the equipments operations; requires each institution of higher education and private occupational school to have an emergency response plan.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/ACT/Pa/pdf/2007PA-00208-R00SB-01110-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 1110
Source: Connecticut Legislature
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Changes mandatory expulsion periods for certain student offenses; provides for student participation in appropriate rehabilitation or counseling programs; provides for student admission to regular and alternative education programs; relates to compliance monitoring; relates to local school board applications for related waivers. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=451042
Title: S.B. 265
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MA | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Regulates housing for convicted sex offenders. Provides restrictions for offenders residing within a certain distance of school zones in the commonwealth.
Title: H.B. 1441
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Requires passenger safety restraint systems be installed and used on new school buses operated by public or private schools.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S812v0.html
Title: S.B. 812
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Modifies the law pertaining to the confidentiality of school personnel files. Provides that information contained in a personnel file that is relevant to possible criminal misconduct may be made available to law enforcement and the district attorney to assist in the investigation of arson, theft or embezzlement of board of education property, or required reporting by a school principal of certain crimes occurring on school premises.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H550v0.html
Title: H.B. 550
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Makes it a criminal offense to make a false report by any means of communication to any person or groups of persons, knowing or having reason to know the report is false, that an act of mass violence is going to occur on educational property or at a curricular or extracurricular activity sponsored by a school. Provides for penalties and restitution.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1347v0.html
Title: H.B. 1347
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Makes it unlawful to use additional technology or a mobile telephone to engage in a call while operating a public or private school bus, a school activity bus, or providing contracted transportation services for a public or private school in any vehicle.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H183v0.html
Title: H.B. 183
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Authorizes homebound instruction for discipline purposes when it is the least restrictive alternative for students with disabilities. Requires a regular evaluation of the appropriateness of the homebound instruction.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H14v0.html
Title: H.B. 14
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Ensures that parents receive actual notice of a student's expulsion or suspension from school.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1739v0.pdf
Title: H.B. 1739
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NH | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Requires the court to notify a school district anytime the court is considering an out-of-district placement to give the school district an opportunity to send a representative to the placement hearing.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/HB0205.html
Title: H.B. 205
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| NJ | Adopted 07/2007 | P-12 | Amends rules regarding programs to support student development. Relates to voluntary policies for the random testing of student alcohol or other drug use, which is limited to students participating in extracurricular activities. Establishes requirements for voluntary programs of drug testing for these categories of students. Supports school district's comprehensive alcohol and other drug abuse programs by providing them with additional means for the early detection, evaluation and treatment of students with alcohol or other drug problems.
NEW JERSEY 17999
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/
Title: NJAC 6A:16-1.3 and 4.1; NJAC 6A:16-4.4
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Defines cyberbullying as any electronic communication device to harass, intimidate or bully and requires school districts to adopt policy prohibiting cyberbullying as part of their harassment, intimidation and bullying policies.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/hb2600.dir/hb2637.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2637
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Provides that the discipline for any public school student who is in possession or use of alcohol, drugs or weapons, would be imposed on a case-by-case basis pursuant to guidelines promulgated by the school committee for that district; specifies that the guidelines and any discipline imposed shall take into account the nature and circumstances of the violation and the applicability of any federal laws governing students with disabilities.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07339.htm
Title: H.B. 5352
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Requires 2 evacuation drills and 2 lockdown drills to be included among the 15 mandatory drills which schools must conduct each year.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07234.htm
Title: S.B. 1053
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Requires school districts to implement dating violence procedures; requires school districts to incorporate an age-appropriate dating violence education program for grades 7 through 12 into the district's health education curriculum.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07287.htm
Title: H.B. 6166
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| TN | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Concerns Sexual Offenders; requires contracts for labor or services on school grounds or child care center grounds to require clause in contract that the contractor will not permit a sex offender to go on premises when children present and violation is breach of contract.
Title: S.B. 2048
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Concerns education; enacts the Schools Against Violence in Education Act, also known as the S.A.V.E Act; provides for emergency response and emergency management.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0548.pdf
Title: S.B. 1910
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TX | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | From fiscal note: [Part of} this bill would also define policies and procedures for notfication and placement of students required to register as sex offenders in either Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs or Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Programs. The bill provides that a JJAEP receiving students placed under the provisions of the bill is entitled to the same funding it would receive on behalf of a student placed in a JJAEP for conduct for which expulsion is permitted, but not required.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/SB00006F.pdf
Title: S.B. 6
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Concerns suspensions and expulsions by local and regional boards of education; provides that pupils who are facing their first suspension or expulsion and who complete a program and other conditions shall have an opportunity to have the term of the suspension or expulsion shortened or waived and to have the notice of the suspension or expulsion expunged from the pupil's record prior to graduation.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/ACT/Pa/pdf/2007PA-00122-R00HB-07273-PA.pdf
Title: H.B. 7273
Source: Connecticut Legislature
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Requires every school administrative unit to place an automated external defibrillator in each of the unit's school buildings and make it available for secondary school athletic events inside and outside the building. The bill requires the school administrative unit to place the defibrillator in an easily accessible location, notify employees, students and local emergency response agencies of its location and develop procedures for the possession, storage and use of the defibrillator and for perceived sudden cardiac arrest emergencies. This bill also provides immunity for people who possess, store and use an automated external defibrillator under the provisions of the bill.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billpdfs/LD178501.pdf
Title: H.B. 1247
Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Requires public and nonpublic schools to develop and implement a site-specific emergency response plan which is based on and conforms to the Incident Command System and the National Incident Management System.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/HB0556.html
Title: H.B. 556
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Adds criminal threatening to the definition of an act of theft, destruction, or violence within the safe school zones statute.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/HB0446.html
Title: H.B. 446
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| NJ | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Includes electronic communication in definition of public school harassment, intimidation or bullying; defines electronic communication to mean a communication transmitted by means of an electronic device, including, but not limited to, a telephone, cellular phone, computer or pager; relates to the addition to a school district's policy on prohibiting harassment, intimidation or bullying to include such communication.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/S1000/993_R1.PDF
Title: S.B. 993
Source: New Jersey Legislature
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Requires children who are taken into custody for possession of a firearm while on school property to submit to an evaluation by a qualified professional and a drug test.
Revises the jurisdiction of school police officers under certain circumstances.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/SB/SB354_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 354
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | States the right of student victims to be separated from student offenders at school and during school transportation; requires the Office of Juvenile Affairs to notify school districts when a student is adjudicated for certain sex offenses; requires school districts to notify the victims; allows victims to elect to be separated from the offender; prohibits an offender from attending school or riding a school bus with a victim or a sibling of a victim upon request of the victim; allows offender to transfer to another school within the district or another school district; makes an offender responsible for certain costs in certain circumstances.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/HB/HB1051_ENGR.RTF
Title: H.B. 1051
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| SC | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec. | Enacts the Jessica Horton Campus Crime Act; provides that campus police officers shall notify and work with local law enforcement agencies on investigations of a death or rape resulting from an incident occurring on the campus of an institution of higher learning; relates to buildings and property.
http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/459.htm
Title: S.B. 459
Source: http://www.scstatehouse.net
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Adds a new section of law that requires school resource officers to be sworn police officers; provides that training courses for school resource officers shall be designed specifically for school policing.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0341.pdf
Title: S.B. 938
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Adds as a good reason for suspension, two or more students initiating a physical attack on an individual student on school property or at a school activity, including travel to and from school.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0402.pdf
Title: S.B. 247
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Provides that when notification of the transfer of a student who is on probation or parole is required, a parole or probation office must notify the superintendent or a person designated by the superintendent of the school district to which the student is returned or transfers.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/SB00230F.pdf
Title: S.B. 230
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Relates to the expulsion and placement in alternative settings of public school students who engage in conduct constituting certain felonies.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB02532F.pdf
Title: H.B. 2532
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| VA | Issued 06/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Executive Order 2007-53 creates a review panel to study the massacre at Virginia Tech University and to make recommendations for improving laws procedures and operations and agency response.
http://www.governor.virginia.gov/Initiatives/ExecutiveOrders/pdf/EO_53.pdf
Title: E.O. 56
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Concerns the Safe-2-Tell program for persons in schools. Sets forth the duties and functions of the safe-2-tell program and
telephone hotline ("program") to allow persons in schools a means to anonymously report dangerous, violent, or criminal activities. Requires
the program to establish methods to ensure the anonymity of a person who calls the safe-2-tell hotline. Requires the program to keep safe-2-tell records confidential and to produce them only upon court order.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/D17688F4A23EFD6C872572730064EA7C?open&file=197_ren.pdf
Title: S.B. 197
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Expands and clarifies the immunity for persons acting in good faith under a safe school plan, with regard to civil prosecution and civil liability.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/C665CD5CBD7FC082872572910060901F?open&file=227_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 227
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Concerns the School Security Infrastructure Grant Program; provides that the program may be used to remodel or renovate the infrastructure of schools to prevent intruders from entering schools and endangering children.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/472D5F3233F0A58287257251007B4394?open&file=1059_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1059
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Requires every school corporation police officer to complete training to enable the officer to appropriately deal with individuals with autism and Asperger's syndrome. Allows a governing body to adjourn its schools to allow teachers, school administrators, and paraprofessionals to participate in an inservice course on autism. Sunsets January 1, 2011.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/PDF/HE/HE1428.1.pdf
Title: H.B. 1428
Source: www.in.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Directs each school's safe school committee to submit a copy of the floor plans for each building located on the school's property to the law enforcement agency and the fire department that have jurisdiction over the school.Provides that the floor plans must clearly indicate each exit, the interior rooms and hallways, and the location of any hazardous materials. Authorizes the governing body of a school corporation (district) to establish a school corporation police department, but requires such officers to have law enforcement academy education and pre-basic and basic training and to participate in continuing education programs. Establishes training requirements, powers and duties of a school corporation police officer, including the power to arrest, without process, all persons who within their view commit any offense. Requires at least one tornado preparedness drill and one manmade occurrence disaster drill during each semester.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/PDF/SE/SE0192.1.pdf
Title: S.B. 192
Source: www.in.gov/legislative
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Requires that the information contained in a specified form relating to harassment or intimidation in schools be kept confidential with specified exceptions; provides that specified information is not a part of a student's permanent educational record.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/hb/hb0383t.pdf
Title: H.B. 383
Source: Maryland Legislature
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Requires the State Board of Education to adopt guidelines governing student discipline; requires local school systems to adopt rules and regulations and implement programs and activities governing student discipline that are consistent with the guidelines established by the State Board; makes stylistic changes.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0132t.pdf
Title: S.B. 132
Source: Maryland Legislature
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Requires locally adopted anti-bullying policies to address bullying in all forms, including electronic forms and forms involving Internet use.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0646.0.html&session=ls85
Title: S.B. 646
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Amends laws concerning safe schools levy.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Safe Schools]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Requires the parent of a child who is the victim of a sexual offense to give written consent before the name of the child may provided to a school.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/SB/SB57_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 57
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Authorizes the superintendent of schools of a school district to extend the jurisdiction of school police officers to streets adjacent to school property, buildings and facilities for the purpose of issuing traffic citations during the times that school is in session or school-related activities are in progress.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/SB/SB534_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 534
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Requires a minimum of three lockdown drills at public schools; states purpose; requires conformance to certain plans and procedures; requires all students and employees to participate; directs state board to adopt rules to implement the provision.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/SB/SB103_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 103
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/
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| OR | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Requires school districts to consider including safety improvements that create safer routes to schools as part of large construction projects.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/sb0200.dir/sb0242.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 242
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Concerns students; exempts from Open Meetings Act student disciplinary hearings conducted by school board after appeal by student, principal, principal teacher, or assistant principal of decision of disciplinary hearing authority unless student, parent or guardian requests in writing an open hearing.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB0026.pdf
Title: S.B. 26
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Requires the department of education to study allowing districts to create school district police departments.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB1765.pdf
Title: H.B. 1765, S.B. 1451
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec. | Adds campus police officers to present law enforcement officers authorized to conduct certain seizures of property and related forfeiture sales of such property.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB0276.pdf
Title: S.B. 276, H.B. 309
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Expands the requirements for notification of school officials of the attendance of certain delinquent juveniles by expanding the offenses for which notice must be provided, adding additional persons to be provided notice, making failure to provide the notice punishable as contempt of court, and removing certain confidentiality constraints on the school personnel receiving the notice. Amends TCA Section 37-1-131.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB0594.pdf
Title: H.B. 594, S.B. 579
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Revises the offenses for which notice is required to be those described under present law and voluntary manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, sexual battery by an authority figure, statutory rape by an authority figure, a prohibited weapon offense, unlawful carrying or possession of a firearm, carrying a weapon on school property, carrying a weapon in a public park, playground, civil center or other public recreational building or grounds, handgun possession, providing handguns to juvenile, or a Class A or Class B felony drug offense.
clarifies that when applicable, the court will make a finding that the school be notified and will order the youth service officer, probation officer, or the state agency if the child has been committed to the custody of an agency to notify the school principal of the nature of the offense and probation requirements, if any, related to school attendance. the court will order that the county and municipal law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over the school be notified if the court deems it appropriate, as determined on a case-by-case basis.
requires the principal to convene a meeting to develop a plan after receiving the notification. The child, child's parent or guardian or other relevant service providers, and other appropriate parties identified by the child and the parent or guardian will be invited to the meeting. The plan will set out a list of goals to provide the child an opportunity to succeed in school and provide for school safety. retains the present law provision whereby a violation of the prohibition on including the notification in the child's student record is a Class C misdemeanor. Retains the present law prohibition on information being shared with persons other than employees of the school having responsibility for classroom instruction of the child, but allows disclosure to school counselors, social workers, and psychologists involved in developing a plan for the child.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB0594.pdf
Title: H.B. 594
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-2-203(a)(7) by deleting the subdivision in its entirety and by substituting instead the following:
(7) Suspend, dismiss or alternatively place pupils when the progress, safety, or efficiency of the school makes it necessary or when disruptive, threatening or violent students endanger the safety of other students or school system employees.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0315.pdf
Title: H.B. 928
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Provides that if a child convicted of a felony or undergoing inpatient mental health treatment must attend school pursuant to a court order, the principal is to be notified; provides that the principal of the school must develop a plan to allow the student to succeed and provide for school safety and notify certain personnel of the plan; provides that if a hospital or treatment resource believes that the child poses a threat, it is their duty to warn the principal of their belief. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0314.pdf
Title: H.B. 665
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Requires the department of education to consider, in reviewing the lifetime wellness curriculum, instruction in school safety issues. Encourages the department to collaborate with the University of Tennessee in developing school safety instructional materials and requires the department to review the department of homeland security guidelines for inclusion in school safety programs. Encourages the LEAs to post signs on school grounds and school parking lots prohibiting persons from driving a motor vehicle in excess of 10 mph.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0238.pdf
Title: H.B. 337
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Prohibits the possession of a firearm if a person intentionally exhibits, uses, or threatens to exhibit or use a firearm in a manner intended to cause alarm or personal injury to
another person or to damage school property in or on any property, including a parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area, that is owned by a private or public school, or on a school
bus being used to transport children to or from school-sponsored activities of a private or public school.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB02112F.pdf
Title: H.B. 2112
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires that at least one automated external defibrillator (AED) be made available at every public school campus, and school athletic competitions and practices, and that someone who knows how to use the AED be present at each location where the device is available. Also, the bill requires training of certain school personnel and certain students in the proper use of an AED and in using CPR. In addition, the bill requires the State Board of Education to include instruction in CPR and AED as part of the essential knowledge and skills of the health
curriculum.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/SB00007F.pdf
Title: S.B. 7
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| WI | Issued 05/2007 | Postsec. | Relates to the creation to the Governor's Task Force on Campus Safety which will address coordination between campus officials and local law enforcement, availability of innovative communications systems, assessment of appropriate campus security and threat assessment systems, assessment of emergency response systems, timely and effective identification of high-risk students and prevention strategies and availability of services for high-risk students.
http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journal_media_detail.asp?locid=19&prid=2644
Title: Executive Order No. 196
Source: http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Relates to the continuation of the School Safety Oversight Committee. (Chapter 62)
Title: H.B. 2045
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| DE | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Creates the School Bullying Prevention Act. The goals of this Act is to provide a safer learning environment for students attending public schools, including charter schools, in the State of Delaware and for the staff members of those institutions. This Bill requires each school district and charter school to establish a policy on bullying prevention with certain minimal requirements including, but not limited to developing a bullying prevention program and reporting bullying.
http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/lis144.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/HB+7/$file/0661440019.doc?open
Title: H.B. 7
Source: Delaware Legislature
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Defines "age-appropriate" and "research-based." Directs the department of education to develop age-appropriate and research-based materials for districts about the dangers of sexual exploitation by means of the Internet, including specific strategies to help students protect themselves and their personally identifiable information from such exploitation. Requires the state department to compile age- appropriate and research-based materials related to sexual health literacy and human growth and development. School districts and accredited nonpublic schools must use these resources to upgrade local human growth and development curricula and programming. Districts must inform parents and the community of content provided within this local programming.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?category=billinfo&service=billbook&GA=82&hbill=HF611
Title: H.F. 611
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Authorizes up to $150,000 to be expended by the superintendent of public instruction to conduct a study and develop plans that address the issue of school safety and security. Such plans must include compiling an inventory of security features currently in place in Idaho public schools, the development of security standards for future school buildings built in Idaho, and the development of cost-effective measures for improving school security in existing buildings. Session Law Chapter 352
http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1238.html
Title: S.B. 1238 (Section 4)
Source: www3.state.id.us
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Requires a parent to be notified if a student is being interrogated by the police on school property regarding an investigation in which the student may be a
suspect. Requires a law enforcement agency to notify the chief administrative officer of the school or the superintendent of the school district in which a child is enrolled if the child is taken into custody. Provides that certain agencies and entities may exchange certain information about a juvenile. Provides that a judge shall give written notice of a conviction. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/PDF/HE/HE1382.1.pdf
Title: H.B. 1382
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Doubles speeding fines in school zones. Page 11 of 12: http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2008/8.pdf
Title: S.B. 8
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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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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| MT | Issued 04/2007 | P-12 | Urges the office of hat the office of public instruction to encourage all public and private schools in the state to deliver the "Be Safe" Firearms Safety program to all students in grades 1 through 3 each school year.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/SJ0016.htm
Title: S.J.R. 16
Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Prohibits sexual offenders from being near public and nonpublic schools and establishes penalties.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBIU0500.pdf
Title: H.B. 1472
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Relates to sex offenders; removes exception for certain person to be on school property. The deleted provision made an exception for a person who is a custodial parent or legal guardian of a child that is participating in a school-sanctioned or child-care-facility-sanctioned activity and is accompanied by a person who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older that has no previous felony conviction for a crime that would require the person to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/SB/SB109_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 109
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OK | Issued 04/2007 | Postsec. | Establishes the Governor's CLASS Task Force otherwise known as the Campus Life and Safety and Security Task Force.
http://www.sos.state.ok.us/documents/Executive/565.pdf
Title: Executive Order 2007-17
Source: http://www.sos.state.ok.us
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Requires each local education agency (LEA) to annually report to the Commissioner of Education within 30 days of the beginning of the school term, the employment standards the LEA has adopted for school resource officers and the methods of enforcing such standards.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB1942.pdf
Title: H.B. 1942
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| VA | Vetoed, but veto overridden 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Prohibits the State Fire Marshal from charging a fee for permits issued for the inspection of schools operated or conducted under the auspices of a religious institution. The bill has a two year sunset provision. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2048ER
Governor's veto explanation: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+amd+HB2048AG
Title: H.B. 2048
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Provides that, by August 1, 2008, each school district shall amend its harassment, intimidation, and bullying prevention policy to include a section addressing acts of bullying, harassment, or intimidation that are conducted via electronic means by a student while on school grounds and during the school day. The policy shall include a requirement that materials meant to educate parents and students about the seriousness of cyberbullying be disseminated to parents or made available on the school district's web site. Provides that the material shall include information on responsible and safe internet use as well as what options are available if a student is being bullied via electronic means, including but not limited to, reporting threats to local police and when to involve school officials, the internet service provider, or phone service provider.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5288-S.PL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5288
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Schools and school districts are required to adopt, by September 1, 2008, and implement a safe school plan, consistent with the school mapping information system. Each
plan must include required school safety policies and procedures; address emergency mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery; include provisions for assisting and
communicating with students and staff; comply with training guidance provided by EMD; require the building principal to be ICS certified; consider how schools can be used in the event of a community-wide emergency; and set guidelines for requesting local emergency management agencies to meet with school districts annually.
School districts are required to annually update their safe school plans; inventory hazardous materials; update the school mapping information system, which includes identifying staff
members trained on NIMS or ICS and identifying school transportation emergency procedures; and provide information to all staff on the use of emergency supplies and alert procedures. This information must be reported to WASPC. School districts are encouraged to work with emergency management agencies to conduct one tabletop exercise, one functional exercise, and two full-scale exercises within a four-year period.
Schools are required to conduct no less than one safety-related drill each month, which includes a drill using the school mapping information system, a drill for lockdowns, a drill for
shelter-in-place, and six fire drills. Schools should also consider drills for earthquakes, tsunamis, or other high-risk local events. Such drills should be documented. The required safety-related drills are intended to satisfy all federal requirements for comprehensive school emergency drills and evacuations. Educational service districts (ESDs) are encouraged to apply to federal emergency response and crisis management grants with the assistance of SPI and EMD. A task force on gangs in schools is created to examine adult and youth gang activities that are affecting school safety. The task force will annually report its findings and recommendations to the education committees of the Legislature starting December 1, 2007.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5097-S.PL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5097
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Restricts the presence of sex offenders in school zones.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2825SG.htm
Title: S.B. 2825
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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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 | P-12 | Clarifies that school discipline and conduct provisions relate to all public schools, including charter schools; provides that it is unlawful to engage in disruptive student behavior; provides for standards, procedures, and administrative penalties to address disruptive student behavior;
provides for the issuance of a notice of disruptive student behavior, or a habitual disruptive student behavior citation; provides that a school-age minor who receives a habitual disruptive behavior citation is subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillamd/hb0286s02.htm
Title: H.B. 286
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Prohibits sex offenders from being in specified protected areas, which include a public or private primary or secondary school that is not on the grounds of a correctional facility and any licensed day care or preschool facility; provides limited exceptions for presence of sex offenders on such protected areas. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillenr/hb0375.htm
Title: H.B. 375
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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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Provides that as a condition of awarding a contract for the provision of services that require the contractor or his employees to have direct contact with students on school property during regular school hours, the school board must require the contractor to provide certification that all employees who will have direct contact with students have not been convicted of a felony or any offense involving the sexual molestation or physical or sexual abuse or rape of a child. The bill also provides that the requirement be waived in emergency situations when it is reasonably anticipated that the contractor or his employees will have no direct contact with students. This bill is identical to SB 1346, which also passed and was sent to the governor. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB1707ER; http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+SB1346ER
Title: H.B. 1707, S.B. 1346
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Provides that local school boards may display decals relating to local school division bus safety hotlines on school buses; local school divisions must bear the cost of such decals. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB1920ER
Title: H.B. 1920
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Increases the maximum speed limit to 60 miles per hour for school buses traveling on interstates and highways where the speed limit is greater than 55 miles per hour. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB1729ER
Title: H.B. 1729
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Provides that an adult who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense is guilty of a Class 6 felony if he enters or is present on, during school hours, any property he knows or has reason to know is a public or private elementary or secondary school or child day center property, unless he (i) is lawfully voting; (ii) is a student enrolled at the school; or (iii) has received a court order allowing him to enter upon such property. The bill provides that such an adult may petition the juvenile and domestic relations district court or circuit court in the county or city where the school or child day center is located for permission to enter such property. For good cause shown, the court may issue an order permitting the petitioner to enter and be present on such property, subject to restrictions the court deems appropriate.
This bill is similar to SB 927, which also passed the legislature and was sent to the governor.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2344ER; http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?ses=071&typ=bil&val=sb927
Title: H.B. 2344, S.B. 927
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Requires that any new bus placed into service on or after July 1, 2007, shall be equipped with warning devices that, at a minimum, include a nonsequential system of red traffic warning lights, a warning sign with flashing lights, and a crossing control arm such that when the bus door is opened, the red warning lights, warning sign with flashing lights, and crossing control arm are automatically activated. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB3084ER
Title: H.B. 3084
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Chapter No. 284: Prohibits entry of offenders onto school property or day care centers but allows for exemption by petition.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+CHAP0284
Title: H.B. 2344
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Provides that as a condition of awarding a contract for the provision of services that require the contractor or his employees to have direct contact with students on school property during regular school hours, the school board must require the contractor to provide certification that all employees who will have direct contact with students have not been convicted of a felony or any offense involving the sexual molestation or physical or sexual abuse or rape of a child. The bill also provides that the requirement be waived in emergency situations when it is reasonably anticipated that the contractor or his employees will have no direct contact with students.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+CHAP0245
Title: S.B. 1346, H.B. 1707
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Authorizes the School Building Authority to facilitate and provide funding for enhancement of school access safety; requires county school boards to develop and submit to the authority school access safety plans; establishes certain guidelines and procedures for the plans, and plan modifications and evaluation of projects developed pursuant to the plans; establishes funding for the plans through creation of the School Access Safety Fund; establishes school access safety requirements for certain new school buildings. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB67%20SUB2%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 67
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Improves safety in Arkansas schools; provides schools with information regarding the arrest, detention, and punishment of students; requires that when a court orders that a juvenile have a safety plan that restricts or requires supervised contact with another juvenile or juveniles, the court shall direct that a copy of the plan and a copy of the court order regarding the plan be forwarded to the school superintendent and school counselor where the juvenile is enrolled.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/HB1041.pdf
Title: H.B. 1041
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Relates to Webb's law; provides that upon the suspension of a student, the school shall immediately contact the student's parent or legal guardian to notify that person of the suspension; provides that each parent or legal guardian shall provide the school a primary call number, an e-mail address, if the parent or guardian does not have a telephone, or a current mailing address if no telephone or e-mail address.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/HB1145.pdf
Title: H.B. 1145
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2007 | Postsec. | Requires the state Higher Education Coordinating Board to promulgate guidelines for the disclosure to students of information regarding a sex offenders when information regarding such offenders is released to an institution of higher education by a local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction; requires the board of directors of an institution of higher education to adopt a written policy regarding such disclosure to students. Act No. 147
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/HB1274.pdf
Title: H.B. 1274
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Requires that each local school board annually review the written school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans of all schools under its supervisory control, and that the local division certify that review in writing to the Virginia Center on School Safety no later than August 31 of each year. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2271ER
Title: H.B. 2271
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Provides that school personnel are authorized to disclose identifying information from a student's education records for the purpose of furthering the ability of the juvenile justice system to effectively serve the student prior to adjudication. Identifying information may be disclosed to attorneys for the Commonwealth, court services units, juvenile detention centers or group homes, mental and medical health agencies, state and local children and family service agencies, and the Department of Juvenile Justice and to the staff of such agencies.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+CHAP0048
Title: H.B. 2631
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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