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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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| 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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| LA | Adopted 12/2007 | P-12 | Amends sections of Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators concerning school health forms. Establishes standardized health forms to eliminate the duplication of information submitted to schools and school nurses on health information and screenings, allergies, illnesses, sports physicals, medication administration, and prescribed procedures. The Rule should have an overall positive impact on the health of school aged children in that it will ensure uniformity in the documentation of medical information submitted to schools and school nurses. Pages 2606-2607: http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0712/0712.doc#_Toc185922094
Title: LAC 28:CXV.1145
Source: doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2007 | Postsec. | Allows students to submit completed voter registration forms to the Secretary of State in addition to returning the forms in person or by mail to the elections official of the county where the student lives. Requires every community college and California State University campus that operates an automated class registration system to permit students, through an automated program, during the registration process, to elect to receive a preprinted voter registration form. Requires a related contact person. Chapter 481
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0851-0900/sb_854_bill_20071011_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 854
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2007 | P-12 | Requires the Office of Privacy Protection in the Department of Consumer Affairs to establish a task force to conduct a review of the use by all public and private colleges and universities in this state of social security numbers in order to recommend practices to minimize the collection, use, storage, and retention of social security numbers. Provides no person, entity or government agency shall record or file a document displaying more than the last 4 digits of a social security number. Relates to fees. Chapter 627
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1151-1200/ab_1168_bill_20071013_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1168
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov/
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Exempts from an eavesdropping violation an electronic recording, motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or audio recording, made of the interior of a school bus while the school bus is being used in the transportation of students to and from school and school-sponsored activities. Provides that such recordings may only be used by school officials and law enforcement personnel for investigations, school disciplinary actions and hearings, proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and criminal prosecutions, related to incidents occurring in or around the school bus. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0665lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 665
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Provides that when a student eligible for special education reaches the age of 18, rights accorded to the student's parents transfer to the student. Provides that rights shall not transfer from the parents to the student if the student has been adjudged to be incompetent under state law or the student has not been adjudged.
Provides that this may not be construed to deny a student with a disability who has reached majority age the right to have an adult of his or her choice,
including the student's parent, assist the student in making decisions regarding the student's individualized education program. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0396lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 396
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Amends the Missing Children Records Act. Requires a preschool educational program, child care facility, or day care home or group day care home in which a missing person was enrolled to flag the person's record such that whenever a copy of or information regarding the record is requested, the entity is alerted to the fact that the record is that of a missing person. Directs the entity to immediately report to the department any request concerning flagged records or knowledge as to the whereabouts of any missing person. Upon notification by the department that the missing person has been recovered, directs the school or other entity to remove the flag from the person's record.
Provides that upon a child's enrollment for the first time in public or private preschool educational program, public or private child care facility, the entity must provide written notification within 30 days to the person enrolling the child that either a copy of the child's birth certificate or other reliable proof of the child's identity must be provided. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0250lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 250
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Provides that a Health Data Task Force be convened to create a system for public access to integrated health data. Requires the state superintendent of education or his/her designee to serve on the task force. Directs the task force to produce a plan focusing on assuring access to improving the quality of data necessary to understand health disparities. Directs the task force to submit an initial report to the general assembly by July 1, 2008, and to make annual reports to by July 1 of each year through 2011 of the progress toward implementing the plan. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0547lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 547
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Defines ""biometric information" as any information collected through an identification process based on individuals' unique behavioral or physiological characteristics, including fingerprint, hand geometry, voice, or facial recognition or iris or retinal scans. Provides that if a district collects biometric information from students, it may do so only with written permission from the student's parent or guardian, and only for purposes of identification or fraud prevention. Provides that failure to provide written consent must not be the basis for refusal of any services otherwise available to the student. Requires districts to discontinue use of and destroy biometric information within 30 days following student graduation, withdrawal from school, or receipt of a written request for discontinuation from the student's parent or guardian. Prohibits disclosure of information. Provides that failure to provide written consent shall not be the basis for refusal of services otherwise available to the student.
Prohibits districts from the sale, lease, or other disclosure of biometric information to another person or entity, unless the student's parent or guardian consents to the disclosure, or the disclosure is required by court order. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1702lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1702
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Amends the Social Security Number Protection Task Force Act. Places the task force within the office of the attorney general, and makes the attorney general responsible for administering the activities of the task force.
Requires the task force to explore the technical and procedural changes needed to implement a unique identification number system to replace the use of social security numbers. Directs the task force to identify other states and local governments that have implemented a unique identification number system, and to make recommendations and devise procedures for creating a statewide unique identification number program. Directs the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, and the general assembly by December 31, 2007.
Increases membership of the task force to include, among others, a member appointed by the executive director of the board of higher education, and a member representing school administrators, appointed by the state superintendent of education.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0574lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 574
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Creates the College Campus Press Act. Provides that all campus media produced primarily by students at a state-sponsored institution of higher learning is a public forum for expression by the student journalists and editors at the particular institution, and that campus media, whether campus-sponsored or noncampus-sponsored, is not subject to prior review by public officials of a state-sponsored institution of higher learning.
Provides that collegiate student editors of campus media are responsible for determining the news, opinions, feature content, and advertising content of
campus media. Bars a collegiate media adviser's termination, transfer, removal, or other forms of discipline or retaliation for the advisor's refusal to
suppress protected free expression rights of collegiate student journalists and of collegiate student editors.
Provides that expression made by a collegiate student journalist, collegiate student editor, or other contributor in campus media is not speech attributable to a state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Provides for lawsuit immunity. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0729lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 729
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Modifies the public records laws applicable to the University of North Carolina and the North Carolina community colleges. Protects the privacy of applicants who are not admitted or who do not enroll; provides that certain audit records are public documents.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1023v3.html
Title: S.B. 1023
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | The stated legislative intent for this bill is to ensure free speech and free press protections for both high school students and students at institutions of higher education in this state in order to encourage students to become educated, informed and responsible members of society.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/hb3200.dir/hb3279.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 3279
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Relates to restraints and seclusion in public shools; concerns restriction on unreasonable restraints and seclusions of students; avoids the harmful effects of unreasonable restraints and seclusions on students; relates to special education students and students being evaluated; requires parental notification for each instance.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/ACT/Pa/pdf/2007PA-00147-R00SB-00977-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 977
Source: Connecticut Legislature
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Relates to public records of drug test findings in high school athletics; exempts from public records requirements findings of drug test administered to a student by a testing agency with which the state High School Athletics Association has contracted; exempts from public meetings requirements meeting at which a challenge or appeal is made; provides for future review and repeal; provides statement of public necessity.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0463er.doc&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0463&Session=2007
Title: H.B. 463
Source: Florida Legislature
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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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| OR | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Allows person claiming to be aggrieved by unlawful discrimination to file civil action in circuit court. No action shall be filed unless, within 180 days of the alleged discrimination, a grievance has been filed with the school district board, public charter school governing body, community college board of education or State Board of Higher Education (this provision formerly applied only to higher education).
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/hb2900.dir/hb2906.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2906
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Amends Section 21.12, Penal Code, by adding Subsection (d), to prohibit the name of a person who is enrolled in a public or private primary or secondary school and involved in an
improper relationship with an educator from being released to the public and provides that such information is not public information.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB03659F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3659
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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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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| MN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Amends laws concerning student education records.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Education Records]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Requires that closed charter school must transfer the student's educational records within 10 business days of closure to the student's school district of residence where the records must be retained or transferred.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Charter School Records]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec. | States that no institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or technology center school within the state system of career and technology education shall enter into any agreement on or after the effective date of this act to sell student data to any creditor for purposes of marketing consumer credit to students.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/SB/SB496_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 496
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.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 | 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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| AR | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Section 41 provides for the electronic transmission of public school transcripts to correctly enroll and place students transferrred between high schools. The act also requires the Department of Educaiton to develop a uniform method of formatting and electronically transmitting transcripts to be used by public K-8 for enrolling and transferring students. (Act No. 1573)
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/SB274.pdf
Title: S.B. 274 (Student Records)
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.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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| KY | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Provides that for purposes of establishing a student's status as a truant, the student's attendance record is cumulative for an entire school year. Directs the state department of education to assure that the student information system facilitates the collection of student data and the transfer of education records among schools and districts. Directs a district to notify the Kentucky Department of Education when a new student enrolls in a school in the district. Directs the department, upon notification of a student's enrollment in a school, to forward all records for the student to the receiving district within 10 business days. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/07RS/HB145/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 145
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education to provide the Bureau of Legislative Research with direct access to certain electronic databases; requires the department provide the bureau with direct read and report only access to the data warehouse concerning school districts and related records; requires the department to take reasonable precautions to prevent disclosure of personally identifiable information of a student unless it is released by a parent or guardian or a student that is no longer a minor. (Act No. 624)
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/HB2268.pdf
Title: H.B. 2268
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Requires a school that has been requested to forward a copy of a transferring student's record to the new school to comply within 30 school days of the request. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillenr/hb0310.htm
Title: H.B. 310
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/
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| LA | Adopted 02/2007 | P-12 | Makes various changes to state assessment system. Creates end-of-course tests, to be phased in over a period of six years starting in fall 2007, in the following:
1. Algebra I;
2. Geometry;
3. English I;
4. English II;
5. Biology;
6. American History;
7. Civics; and
8. Free Enterprise.
Sets limitations on the public release of assessment data when such a release might compromise student confidentiality. Amends test security policies. Amends policies related to erasure analysis on state assessments. Also amends policies to address suspected violations of test security and troubling content in written assessment responses. Adds provision regarding administrative errors by school personnel that result in a question regarding the security of the test or the accuracy of the test data.
Amends provisions related to English language development assessments for English language learners (ELLs) and assessment of students with disabilities, including assessment accommodations for ELLs and students with disabilities.
Provides that if a student is expelled from school and is not enrolled in any type of alternative program or receiving any services from the district, the parent may make a timely request that the student be tested and the district must make arrangements to test the student.
Pages 7- of 50: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0702/0702rul.pdf
Title: LAC 28:CXI.Chapters 1, 3, 5, 18, 23, 27, 33, and 35
Source: www.doa.louisiana.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Relates to the Serious or Habitual Offenders Comprehensive Action Program; provides that a principal or designee may 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 Virginia, 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. This bill is identical to SB 915, which was passed and sent to the governor. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2631ER; http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+SB915ER
Title: H.B. 2631, S.B. 915
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Authorizes public schools and public institutions of higher education in Virginia to retain copies of enrolled students' birth certificates as part of the students' records. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2893ER
Title: H.B. 2893
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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