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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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| Teaching Quality |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
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 | Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Relates to school districts other than the Chicago school district. Allows sick leave for birth, adoption, or placement for adoption. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1877lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1877
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Requires the State Board of Education to establish a pilot program authorizing the implementation of alternative teacher salary plans to enable local school administrative units to develop and implement plans that will improve student performance by financially rewarding teachers through performance pay plans, recruiting teachers to the school unit, and recruiting teachers to hard-to-fill positions in specific subject areas.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H966v5.html
Title: H.B. 966
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Gives teachers credit for the excess personal leave time that they earn. Ensures that teachers can take personal leave with five days' notice. Authorizes the conversion of personal leave time to sick leave for retirement purposes.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S914v2.html
Title: S.B. 914
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NY | Vetoed 08/2007 | P-12 | Allows former members of the New York city teachers' retirement system who were suspended because of fiscal measures taken by New York city to obtain service credit. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08445&sh=t
Title: A.B. 8445
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Became law without governor's signature 07/2007 | P-12 | Directs the department of education to submit a report to the legislature before the regular 2008 session on a career ladder program for educational assistants that includes:
(1) Repricing class levels and a career ladder program, and other career ladder enhancements
(2) The number of employees affected by repricing and a career ladder program
(3) The cost of implementing repricing and a career ladder program for educational assistants.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/Bills/SB686_CD1_.htm
Title: S.B. 686
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | The purpose of the ROPE Scholars Pilot Program is to strengthen middle grades education in order to provide students with the opportunity to graduate from high school with the core academic skills needed for postsecondary education and high-skilled employment, and thereby to reduce the high school dropout rate, increase high school and college graduation rates and decrease the need for remediation in institutions of higher education.
It is the intent of the ROPE Scholars Program to:
-Reduce class size to one teacher to every 17 students
-Provide annual salary increments of up to $5,000 per year to teachers certified in the fields of mathematics, science, or special education
-Provide a coordinator position at each participating school to assist in community and parental support
-Encourage students participating in the program, through agreements executed between the local school administrative unit and students and their parents or guardians, to:
(1) Maintain a 95% attendance rate each year; (2) Achieve a minimum of a "B" average; (3) Take the PSAT and the SAT or the ACT and achieve an adequate score, as determined by the state board; (4) Meet the standards for admission established by the board of governors of the University of North Carolina (5) Engage in community service work each month during the school year for the number of hours determined by the state board; and (6) Evidence good character by not engaging in unlawful conduct.
-Provide students who successfully participate in the program with college scholarships.
Directs the state board to develop a competitive process through which units may apply to participate in the pilot program. The number of participating units will be limited to three units in the 2008-09 fiscal year. The units will be selected from different geographical areas of the state and shall include at least one urban and one rural unit. The state board will develop a process to evaluate the effectiveness of the program, and is required to prepare a report for the legislative oversight committee that includes the cost of implementing the pilot program and indicates state laws, rules and policies that would preclude the implementation of the pilot.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1030v0.html
Title: S.B. 1030
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Revises the law providing for creditable service in the teachers' retirement system for members who served in the uniformed services.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1414v4.html
Title: H.B. 1414
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Allows National Board Certified Teachers who serve as mentors, literacy coaches, or in other instructional leadership positions at high needs schools to retain the salary increment for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification. Allows National Board Certified Teachers, teachers of the year, and other accomplished teachers to use research-based practices in the classroom.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1479v0.html
Title: S.B. 1479
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Provides that a member of the teachers' and state employees' retirement system may not be denied short-term disability benefits due to an absence for military service. Relates to long-term disability benefits for members of the teachers' and state employees' retirement system.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1415v6.html
Title: H.B. 1415
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Appropriates money to provide for pilot programs of performance pay and enhanced compensation for the recruitment and retention of licensed teachers.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/23rdSpecial/Bills/AB/AB3_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 3A; (NEW BILL)
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | During the first year a system or school is on probation, the commissioner of education shall: (A) Have the authority to approve a school system's allocation of financial resources to a system or school on probation; (B) Have the authority to appoint a local community review committee to approve and monitor the school improvement plan; and (C) Implement at least one (1) or more of the following corrective actions: (i) Replace or reassign staff; (ii) Mandate a new, research based curriculum; (iii) Significantly decrease management authority at the school;
(iv) Appoint instructional consultants; and (v) Reorganize the internal management structure.
Effective with school year 2007-2008, each school and LEA shall include in their annual school improvement plans specific goals for improvement, including, but not limited to, school
performance on value added assessment and other benchmarks for student proficiency, graduation rates and ACT scores where applicable, and student attendance. School improvement plans shall also identify areas of strengths and weakness as well as strategies to improve areas of weakness, how additional funds provided through the BEP as the result of changes made in the BEP formula for school year 2007-2008 will be used to address these areas and how the LEA will measure the improvements supported by these funds. Such strategies may include, but are not limited to: (1) Developing school or content-based professional development; (2) Developing teacher induction programs; (3) Increasing the number of reading and math specialists; (4) Increasing classroom equipment and supplies; (5) Reducing class size; (6) Using targeted tutoring and remediation; (7) Increasing numbers of school counselors and
social workers; (8) Providing principal professional development; (9) Using enhanced technology for remediation and re-testing; (10) Employing school attendance officers; (11) reorganizing the school day instructional time; and (12) Implementing a standards based curriculum and associated instructional strategies.
Requires the office of education accountability to review a sample of system and school improvement plans, determine what actions were taken in response to the annual plans, and report the results of its review to the select oversight committee on education and the house and senate education committees.
(1) Makes it discretionary, rather than mandatory, that principals' performance contracts provide for bonuses beyond base salary if performance standards are exceeded; (2) Removes the requirement that when a principal exercises the authority to make staff decisions regarding administrative personnel for the principal must do so "pursuant to local school board policy"; (3) Removes authorization for a principal's designee to provide assessments to teachers. The principals will be required to provide the written assessments and meet with teachers to discuss the assessments; and (4) Removes the requirement that the contract entered into between a school board and a director of schools specify duties other than those prescribed by statute and that it contain performance standards including, but not limited to, school system performance on value added assessment and other benchmarks for student proficiency, graduation rates and ACT scores where applicable, and student attendance. Also removes the requirement that the contract provide for consequences when such standards are unmet and provide for bonuses if performance standards are exceeded.
Requires the state board to develop the guidelines for differentiated pay plans by December 31, 2007, and requires each LEA to implement a differentiated pay plan before the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year. Requires the report card or assessments of the effectiveness of teacher training programs to be issued by November 1 of each year. Requires the first report cards or assessments to be issued no later than November 1, 2008.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0376.pdf
Title: H.B. 472
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TX | Vetoed 06/2007 | P-12 | Amends the Educator Excellence Awards program to allow districts to spend certain funds awarded through the program on stipends for classroom teachers who have obtained national board certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS).
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB02646F.pdf
Title: H.B. 2646
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Relates to the salaries of public education employees; provides for a revision of the State Minimum Salary Schedule to reflect pay increases of at least seven percent beginning with the fiscal year 2007-08; provides that each employee of certain boards of education shall receive the pay increase according to placement on the appropriate salary step; requires the appropriate increases on the State Minimum Salary Schedule. Act 2007-296.
http://www.rsa.state.al.us/Legislation/pdf/HB385-enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 385
Source: http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Allocates $173,943,894 -- $69,600,000 above FY07. Includes $20 million for professional development; $250,000 for new administrator mentoring and induction; $1.8 Million for Teacher Development Academy expansion; $4.4 million for teacher mentoring and induction programs; $1 million for Career Ladder/Pay for Performance Pilot Planning Grants; $3.3 million for market pay factor. Ends the National Board Teacher stipend program effective December 31, 2007. Those awardees in the program prior to that time will continue to receive their stipend until complete. Imcreases minimum salary thresholds by $1,000. http://www.iowa.gov/educate/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,3561/
Title: S.F. 277 - funding provisions
Source: Iowa State Department of Education
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| NE | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Changes provisions of the school employees retirement act. Relates to retirement and payment of death benefits. Allows for a disability retirement application any time prior to the date of normal retirement eligibility.Gives a surviving spouse 12 months to elect to receive annuity benefits as they existed on the date of death of the member or at age 65, whichever is later.
http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB508.pdf
Title: L.B. 508
Source: http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov
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| OR | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Allows employees of Department of Education, school districts and education service districts to transfer unused sick leave between department and districts.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/hb2200.dir/hb2265.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2265
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Allows two or more member employers of the same trade or professional organization with at least five hundred (500) covered lives may enter into an agreement to pool their liabilities under this chapter for the purpose of qualifying as self-insurers.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB0343.pdf
Title: S.B. 343
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | From bill analysis: Under current law, public school employees who resign at the end of a school year are not entitled to remain on the school district's insurance policy during the summer months. This causes public school employees to lose health insurance coverage during the summer months when they move to a position with a new school district. H.B. 973 entitles employees of school districts to remain on the district's group health insurance coverage through the summer months if their resignation was effective after the last day of an instructional year. This bill also prohibits the school district and the Teacher Retirement System from diminishing or eliminating the amount of a contribution or salary supplementation available to an employee as long as the employee is eligible to participate or enroll in the group health insurance plan.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB00973F.pdf
Title: H.B. 973
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| WA | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Changes rules pertaining to gain-sharing of retirement benefits for teachers hired after July 1, 2007 and changes rules regarding early retirement reduction factors.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202007/2391.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2391
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Establishes the Arkansas Alternative Pay Programs Act which relates to a salary amount that is part of a certified or classified school employees total compensation for additional responsibilities, mastery of new knowledge and skills, advanced career opportunities, increased student achievement, attracting highly qualified teachers, or professional development exceeding state minimums. (Act No. 847)
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/SB54.pdf
Title: S.B. 54
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Creates a pilot program to restructure the teacher professional pay system to be known as the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program (REAP).
(Act No. 1029)
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/HB2515.pdf
Title: H.B. 2614
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Establishes the Merit Award program for instructional personnel and school-based administrators; requires a school district board to adopt the plan in order to receive funding; authorizes charter schools to participate; relates to collective bargaining; provides for reversion of undistributed funds; provides for a distribution formula; relates to a performance-pay policy for school administrators and instructional personnel.
http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2007/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s1226er.pdf
Title: S.B. 1226
Source: Florida Legislature
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Strikes Section 284.7, subsection 4, which provided that if a performance review for a teacher is conducted in the 5th year of the teacher's status of the career level, and indicates the teacher's practice no longer meets standards, a performance review must be conducted in the following school year; provided the teacher would be ineligible for any pay increase other than a cost-of-living increase if the performance review establishes the teacher's practice does not meet standards for that level.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&ga=82&hbill=SF277
Title: S.F. 277 (Section 28)
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Provides a quality educator payment to certified teachers employed by the Youth Challenge Program which assists at-risk youth in developing skills and abilities necessary to become productive citizens through focusing on the physical, emotional and educational needs of the youth.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/SB0335.htm
Title: S.B. 335
Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Increases the monthly health insurance credit for retired teachers from $2.50 to $4.00 for each full year of the retired member's creditable service; eliminates an overall cap to the credit, and adds retired full-time, salaried employees of local school boards as recipients of the credit; establishes a formula for determining the monthly health insurance credit for teachers whose retirement was for disability; makes bill's provisions applicable for current and future retirees from positions as teachers or full-time, salaried employees of local school boards.
Pursuant to this bill, a locality would no longer have the option of providing an additional $1 health insurance credit to retired teachers, and the maximum credit that a teacher could receive is $4.
This bill is identical to SB 1218, which was also passed.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2370ER (HB 2370); http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+SB1218ER (SB 1218)
Reenrolled and passed with the governor's recommendation: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+amd+HB2370AG
Title: H.B. 2370, S.B. 1218
Source: http://legis.state.va.us
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Provides that certificated instructional staff who have attained certification from the national board for professional teaching standards shall receive a bonus each year in which they maintain the certification. The bonus shall be calculated as follows: The annual bonus shall be five thousand dollars in the 2007-08 school year. Thereafter, the annual bonus shall increase by inflation. Declares that the bonuses provided under this act are in addition to compensation received under a district's salary schedule and shall not be included in calculations of a district's average salary and associated salary limitations. Provides that the bonuses provided under this act shall be paid in a lump sum amount and shall not be included in the definition of "earnable compensation"
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2262-S2.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2262
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| AL | Act No. 2007-007 03/2007 | P-12 | Proposes a Constitutional Amendment; requires the assets, proceeds, and income of the Retired State Employees' Health Care Trust and the Retired Education Employees' Health Care Trust be used exclusively for the purpose of providing health care benefits to retired state employees and retired education employees.
Title: S.B. 4A
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides for the promotion of economic development by creating a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Fund to increases the state's ability to compete for jobs in the twenty-first century; provides the fund is created for the purpose of retaining, recruiting and attracting competent teachers is those fields by providing industry- competitive incomes to certified, qualified teachers who teach in those subject areas. (Act No. 564)
ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/bills/2007/public/HB2414.pdf
Title: H.B. 2414
Source: ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Increases teacher salaries under the state's teacher salary scale.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2323PS.htm
Title: S.B. 2323
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12
Community College | Establishes Educators Benefit Board; requires Governor to appoint members of board for four-year terms; authorizes board to contract for health and dental benefit plans and other benefits for employees of certain school districts, education service districts and community college districts; requires board to adopt rules; permits payroll officers to deduct amounts for benefit plans from employee wages; creates Educators Benefit Account and Educators Revolving Fund and a task force.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/sb0400.dir/sb0426.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 426
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Provides salary increases and bonuses for educators and bonuses for classified personnel employed by school districts, charter schools, and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind; provides that only educators who have had a satisfactory or better evaluation are eligible for such salary adjustments; requires each school district, charter school and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind to submit a report to the State Board of Education, which is then submitted to the state legislature, on how the money for salary adjustments was spent, including the amount of the salary adjustment and the number of full and partial salary adjustments awarded; defines "educator" as a licensed classroom teacher; speech pathologist; librarian or media specialist; preschool teacher; school administrator; mentor teacher; teacher specialist or teacher leader; guidance counselor; audiologist; psychologist; or social worker. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillint/hb0382s03.htm
Title: H.B. 382
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Provides that counties, cities, towns, school divisions, and certain political subdivisions may establish local trusts or equivalent arrangements to fund postemployment benefits other than pensions. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+SB789ER
Title: S.B. 789
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Amends Education Code in the following ways:
1) Prescribes authorities of county school boards.
2) Expands purposes for which schools may expend funds.
3) Establishes certain vehicle and driver safety requirements for transporting students to a school-sponsored activity.
4) Expands the purposes for which county boards may lease school buses.
5) Requires county school boards to provide suitable educational facilities, equipment and services for special education students.
6) Requires county school boards to give preference to professional educators currently employed by the board for summer school employment.
7) Establishes service personnel classification title for licensed practical nurse.
8) Adds posting and notice requirements for filling service personnel positions.
9) Prohibits displacement of aides to create vacancy for licensed practical nurse.
10) Establishes parameters for the workday and beginning work station for certain service personnel.
11) Modifies process for determining certain service personnel hiring priority in cases of school merger or consolidation.
12) Modifies personal leave procedures and authorizes transfer of personal leave in certain circumstances for all full-time employees of a county school board .
13) Modifies employment benefits accrued by substitute service personnel employed by a county school board.
14) Requires county school boards to make certain training available to all regularly employed teachers' aides.
15) Prohibits an autism mentor or aide who works with autistic students from transferring to another position after the fifth day prior to the beginning of the instructional term under certain conditions.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb2189%20EnrSUB.htm
Title: H.B. 2189
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Increases annual salaries of public school teachers; increases the annual salary bonus for teachers with National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification; allows for reimbursement of fees and expenses incurred while obtaining the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification for a limited number of teachers; provides for school service personnel employment terms and titles. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2777%20ENR.htm
Title: H.B. 2777
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Eliminates the early notification payment for a teacher who gives notice of resignation; authorizes a payment for early notification of retirement to employees other than classroom teachers under certain circumstances. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB599%20SUB1%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 599
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| WV | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Extends the expiration date of provisions permitting retired teachers to accept employment as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage for an unlimited number of days without affecting retirement benefits. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb2105%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2105
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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