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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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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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| 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--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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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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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--Innovation Schools |
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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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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Alignment |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Multicultural |
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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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| Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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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--Federal |
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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--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--School Boards |
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| Governance--School Boards--Training |
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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--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--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| Leadership |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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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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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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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--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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| GA | Adopted 12/2008 | P-12 | Establishes rules implementing the pre-K Bright From The Start grant program.
Title: GAC 591-2-1-.01 to ,07
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Issued 12/2008 | P-12 | Establishes the state Commission on Philanthropy to explore new opportunities for creative solutions to the state's systemic challenges. Provides for an initial focus on early childhood education and child health.
Title: E.O. 2008-1273
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WI | Issued 10/2008 | P-12 | (Executive Order No. 269) Creates the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care to conduct a periodic statewide needs assessment concerning the quality and availability of early childhood education and development programs and services for children from birth to school entry.
http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journal_media_detail.asp?locid=19&prid=3799
Title: Executive Order 269
Source: http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2008 | P-12 | Recasts provisions of existing law as the State Preschool Program. Deletes campus child care and development programs and child abuse protection and prevention services from the definition of child care and development programs. Establishes minimum hours per day and days per year for part-day and full-day state preschool programs. Relates to fees for such services that are charged to families and fee schedules. Requires annual monitoring of funding utilized in child care and development programs. Chapter 308
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 2759
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2008 | P-12 | Revises various provisions of the Child Care and Development Services Act relating to the reimbursement and auditing of child care and development providers. Requires a child care contractor receiving additional funding to separately account for all sources and amounts of funds, and to report the fund amounts, to ensure a contractor is not reimbursed twice. Prohibits the Department of Education from including specified sources of funds in calculations of the funding available for contractors.
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 1028
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2008 | P-12 | Amends the Child Care and Development Services Act which establishes various full and part-time programs for a comprehensive, coordinated and cost- effective system of developmental services for children up to a certain age. Permits certain other information, including information that the Superintendent of Public Instruction deems appropriate and helpful to be included on the form. Authorizes the parent or guardian to provide additional information if the information is transferred to the elementary school.
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 2467
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2008 | P-12 | Establishes the Early Learning Quality Improvement System Advisory Committee which would be required to develop the policy and implementation plan for an Early Learning Quality Improvement System. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to apply to the State Children and Families Commission for funding to cover costs. Chapter 307
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: S.B. 1629
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| CO | Adopted 09/2008 | P-12 | Addresses early access to educational services for children with disabilities who are less than six years of age.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300%20Department%20of%20Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301%20Colorado%20State%20Board%20of%20Education&ccrDocID=2027&ccrDocName=1%20CCR%20301-8%20RULES%20(FOR%20THE)%20ADMINISTRATION%20OF%20THE%20EXCEPTIONAL%20CHILDREN'S%20EDUCATIONAL%20ACT
Title: 1 CCR 301-8
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us
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| MN | Issued 09/2008 | P-12 | Creates the Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care.
http://www.governor.state.mn.us/priorities/governorsorders/executiveorders/PROD009141.html
Title: Executive Order 08-14
Source: http://www.governor.state.mn.us/
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| PA | Issued 09/2008 | P-12 | Two executive orders established the Governor's Early Learning Council and the Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission.
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=2999&PageID=431162&mode=2&contentid=http://pubcontent.state.pa.us/publishedcontent/publish/global/news_releases/governor_s_office/news_releases/governor_rendell_improving_early_childhood_education_with_creation_of_new_panels.html
Title: Executive Orders 17 and 18
Source: http://www.governor.state.pa.us
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2008 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Creates the Commission on Children and Youth Act. Provides for membership, appointments, goals, recommendations, and reports. Provides that the Early Learning Council must have primary responsibility for development of a five-year strategic plan for children age birth to five, and that the commission on children and youth must develop a comprehensive 5-year strategic plan for providing services to children, youth and young adults ages birth to 24. Requires that the commission's plan include specific recommendations to achieve specified outcomes related to preventive health, education completion, workforce development, social and emotional development, and civic engagement. Requires the commission to provide an interim report to the governor and general assembly by December 31, 2009. Requires that draft strategic plan be submitted to the governor and general assembly by December 31, 2010, and that a final strategic plan be submitted to the same by June 1, 2011. Requires the Department of Human Services to provide administrative support.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4456lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4456
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2008 | P-12 | Creates the Commission on the Elimination of Poverty to develop a poverty elimination strategic plan to reduce extreme poverty in Illinois by 50% or more by 2015. In developing the overall strategic plan, and in working toward the goal of reducing extreme poverty in Illinois by at least 50% by 2015, requires the commission to address all of the following:
(1) Access to safe, decent and affordable housing
(2) Access to adequate food and nutrition
(3) Access to affordable and quality health care
(4) Equal access to quality education and training
(5) Dependable and affordable transportation
(6) Access to quality and affordable child care
(7) Opportunities to engage in meaningful and sustainable work that pays a living wage
(8) The availability of adequate income supports.
Requires that the strategic plan include specific policy and fiscal recommendations and a timeline for each stage of implementation
for each recommendation. For each recommendation, requires the commission to identify in measurable terms the actual or potential impact. Authorizes the commission to review and make comments and recommendations on existing or proposed programs, policies, administrative rules and statutes that have an
impact on poverty in Illinois and, in particular, people living in extreme poverty.
Provides for appointments, co-chairs and terms of members. Requires the state superintendent of education to serve on the commission as an ex officio member. Provides for a steering committee. Requires the commission to meet at least annually and the steering committee to meet at least quarterly. Requires the commission to submit an initial report on its activities and recommendations to the constitutional officers and the general assembly by March 1, 2009, and to adopt a strategic plan by January 1, 2010. Provides for administrative support of the commission by the department of human services. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4369lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4369
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| HI | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 07/2008 | P-12 | Establishing an early learning system to be known as keiki first steps, to ensure a spectrum of high-quality early learning opportunities statewide for children birth-kindergarten entry, with priority given to underserved or at-risk children. Provides the early learning system will be developed and administered by the early learning council to the extent permissible by law. Establishes an early learning council to develop and administer the state's early learning system.
Establishes the keiki first steps grant program, to be developed by the council and administered by the department of human services. Provides that the program will increase high-quality early learning opportunities through the awarding of grants to publicly- or privately-run (1) center-based programs for three- and four-year-olds and (2) family child care programs, family-child interaction learning programs, and other early learning programs and services regardless of the age of children served. Establishes certain criteria for standards of quality that grantee programs must meet. Authorizes the department of human services to offer technical support to, and be responsible for monitoring to ensure the accountability of programs and services within the keiki first steps grant program, according to the standards developed by the council.
Establishes the keiki first steps trust fund to be administered by the early learning council, into which all moneys received by the council will be deposited.
Repeals Sections 302A-409 and -410 on the department plan for quality voluntary early education.
Establishes the pre-plus program to expand access to affordable and high-quality early childhood education for three- to four-year-olds from low-income families, by allowing preschool programs to be established on public school campuses through public-private partnerships. Directs the department of human services and the department of education to work together to develop pre-plus classrooms on department of education campuses statewide, including conversion charter school campuses. Directs the two departments to coordinate site selection for additional pre-plus programs at public school sites, with priority given to public school sites that serve at-risk children, including sites located in areas with limited access to early learning programs and services.
Directs the department of education to submit an annual report to the legislature and the early learning council prior to the convening of each regular session on the number of classrooms that would be suitable for programs and services in the early learning system, and the cost of renovating these classrooms to meet the standards of programs and services in the early learning system.
Bill text: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2008/Bills/SB2878_CD1_.htm
Governor's veto message: http://hawaii.gov/gov/leg/2008-session/veto-messages/SB2878%20SOBJ.pdf
Title: S.B. 2878
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Provides for phased in universal access to the Cecil J. Picard LA 4 Early Childhood Program and for participation by non-school system providers of early childhood education; relates to tuition and free or reduced-price meals for qualified children.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=505385
Title: S.B. 286
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/
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| MA | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Clarifies provisions relating to early education and care.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/185/ht04pdf/ht04706.pdf
Title: H.B. 4706
Source: http://www.mass.gov/
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| NH | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Establishes a commission to study the feasibility of creating a preschool incentive fund program; provides that the committee shall determine priorities for the dissemination of such resources, survey and confirm local school districts' interest in using funds to establish high quality preschool pilot programs, study and document the availability of federal funds, and research preschool curricula and an appropriate model for the evaluation of preschool programs.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2008/HB1299.html
Title: H.B. 1299
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| AK | Adopted 06/2008 | P-12 | Aligns the developmental profile indicators in state regulation with the Alaska Early Learning Guidelines for Kindergarten and grade one. ALASKA 3627
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/AAC/Title04.htm
Title: 4 AAC 06.712(b)
Source: http://touchngo.com
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Counts kindergarten students as full-time students for the purpose of determining minimum adequacy facility requirements that are used to determine new construction needs. Remove language requiring a school district to provide the necessary capital monies to implement voluntary full-day kindergarten instruction.
Chapter 287
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/24/bills/hb2211o.asp
Title: H.B. 2211
Source: http://www.azleg.gov/
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Directs the Department of Education to develop and give oversight to Delaware Stars for Early Success a quality rating and improvement system to benefit young children and their families served by early care and education programs.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis144.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+222/$file/legis.html?open
Title: S.B. 222
Source: http://legis.delaware.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Relates to the Success in Early Learning Act; authorizes the use of telecommunication methods in conducting early learning coalition board meetings; transfers requirements for the establishment of a statewide child care resource and referral network by the Department of Children and Family Services to the Agency for Workforce Innovation; relates to the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program and accreditation standards for private prekindergarten providers.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0879er.xml&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0879&Session=2008
Title: H.B. 879
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Allows for the continuation of the distribution of funds by the state board of education to achieve a goal of Preschool for All Children by extending sunset date from June 2008 to June 2010. Moves current language with respect to a report concerning the distribution of new funding. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4705lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4705
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| AK | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Relates to the power and duties of the Department of Education and Early Development for improving instructional practices in school districts; requires the department to establish regulatory criteria under which the department may intervene in a district to improve such practices; relates to intervention and notice of deficiencies. Chapter 70
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/25/Bills/SB0285Z.PDF
Title: S.B. 285
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Recodifies existing statutory provisions related to early intervention services for infants and toddlers with significant developmental delays or disabilities; recodifies the coordination system of payment for early intervention services for infants and toddlers as it relates to part C child find activities of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/6D353392C9B4CE6E872573DE0079D8F5?open&file=1366_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1366
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Revises the definition of a day-care center to exclude certain private schools that provide K-12 education. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/hb1169.pdf
Title: H.B. 1169
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Selected provisions:
• Creates the Senior Year Plus Program to increase access of high school students to college credit and
advanced placement coursework. (Page 40, Line 23 through Page 64, Line 10)
• Requires postsecondary institutions providing Senior Year Plus programming to supply data concerning
the proportion of women and minorities enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM) programs. The Department of Education is to annually report its findings and recommendations
to the General Assembly by January 15. (Page 50, Line 7)
• Permits preschool programs to receive supplemental aid or modified allowable growth if approved by the
School Budget Review Committee. (Page 64, Line 23)
• Requires program approval by the Department of Education to receive preschool aid funding in a
program's second and subsequent years. (Page 64, Line 34)
• Requires nonreversion of Preschool Program funds appropriated to the Department of Education.
(Page 65, Line 30)
• Provides that it is the intent of the General Assembly that if funding is made available for implementing a
Statewide Early Childhood Professional Development System in FY 2008 or FY 2009, the System will
be implemented by the Department with the collaboration of Area Education Agencies.
(Page 66, Line 13)
• Requires the Iowa Empowerment Board to conduct a study of the role the Empowerment Program can
play in strengthening child care provided voluntarily and at no cost by family members, friends, and
neighbors. The Board must convene a working group to provide advice and must submit a report to the
From fiscal analysis: Significant changes to Iowa Code: • Prohibits local Community Empowerment boards from carrying forward more than 20.0% of their annual
allocation to the following fiscal year. (Page 26, Line 12)
• Requires local Community Empowerment boards to consider whether support services for children's
health needs are being provided to child care facilities in their communities. (Page 27, Line 17)
• Requires grant awards in the Before and After School Grant Program to be at least $30,000 and not more
than $50,000. Increases the required local match funding for Before and After School Grants from
20.0% to a dollar-for-dollar match. Requires the local match to be cash or in-kind contributions.
Eliminates an allocation of $100,000 from the Before and After School Grant Program for employment
of a contractor for long-term planning and development. Specifies that programs serving middle and
high school youth are eligible for the Program. Permits grants to be used for multiple fiscal years.
(Page 27, Line 26 through Page 28, Line 16)
• Requires Area Education Agencies (AEAs) to transfer 84.0% of Medicaid payments received to the
Department of Education, with the exception of reimbursements for services provided under Part C of the
federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). (Page 28, Line 17)
• Shifts funding for the Reading Recovery Program to the University of Northern Iowa, where the Program
is now centered. (Page 29, Line 7)
For other details, see full text section of this database record.
Title: H.F. 2679
Source: http://www3.legis.state.ia.us
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Modifies teaching employment for early childhood education programs. Provides a school board must employ necessary licensed teachers for its early childhood family education programs. Provides the Board of Teaching, at its discretion, may grant an applicant a variance under the Board of Teaching Rules.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2796.1.html&session=ls85
Title: S.B. 2796
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| MN | Vetoed 05/2008 | P-12 | Relates to school district development screening aide, teacher and administrator licensure, district teacher compensation aide, district debt service equalization aid, non-resident student enrollment, an advisory council on early childhood education and care, adult basic education aid, general education revenue, district land or building leasing, safe schools levies, district borrowing, district repayment defaults, district tax abatement adjustments, testing and reports, and school breakfast programs.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0006.5.html&session=ls85
Title: H.B. 6
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Defines membership, duties and administration of the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care. [Sec. 13]
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/getbill.php?number=HF1812&session=ls85&version=list&session_number=0&session_year=2007
Title: H.B. 1812
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Provides that family resource and youth services centers must provide services to enhance a student's ability to succeed in school. Provides that the most economically disadvantaged students and families must receive priority status for receiving services. Provides that family resource centers must be located in or near every elementary school in the state in which at least 20% of the student body are eligible for free/reduced lunch. Provides family resource centers must promote identification and coordination of existing resources, and must include the following core components for each site:
(a) Full-time preschool child care for 2- and 3-year-old children
(b) After-school child care for children ages 4-12, with full-time child care during the summer and on other days when school is not in session
(c) Families in training, which shall consist of an integrated approach to home visits, group meetings, and monitoring child development for new and expectant parents
(d) Family literacy services or a similar program designed to provide opportunities for parents and children to learn together and promote lifelong learning
(e) Health services or referrals to health services, or both.
Provides that youth services centers must be located in or near each school in the state, except elementary schools, in which at least 20% of the student body are eligible for free/reduced lunch. Provides youth services centers must promote identification and coordination of existing resources, and must include the following core components for each site:
(a) Referrals to health and social services
(b) Career exploration and development
(c) Summer and part-time job development for high school students
(d) Substance abuse education and counseling
(e) Family crisis and mental health counseling.
Establishes a grant program for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to award grants to eligible school districts to establish or maintain family resource or youth services centers. Provides that a family resource or youth services center that receives funding for one year or more is not ineligible for funding based solely on the percent of the student body eligible for free/reduced lunch unless the percent of the student body eligible for free/reduced lunch is below 20% for 5 consecutive years. Specifies that a school district may not operate a family resource center or a youth services center that provides abortion counseling or makes referrals to a health care facility for the purpose of seeking an abortion.
Directs the division of family resource and youth services centers to promulgate administrative regulations to implement requirements for applications for continuation funding of a family resource or youth services center and establish a continuing education program for coordinators and staff. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/08RS/SB192/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 192
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Directs the Office of Education Research and Accountability (OEA) to survey each LEA that conducts a pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) program to determine if employment rights and benefits available to K- 12 teachers also accrue to Pre-K teachers. The report will be completed prior to January 15, 2009 and submitted to the House and Senate Education Committees.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HJR0811.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 811
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Appropriates $100,000 to the state board of education for fiscal year 2008-2009 to provide grants to local public and private non-profit and for-profit agencies to provide school readiness services to economically disadvantaged children and families in accordance with federal Head Start program performance standards, and to provide supplemental funding to Head Start programs in Utah that are currently funded by the federal government. http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillenr/hb0330.pdf
Title: H.B. 330
Source: le.utah.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Establishes UPSTART, a pilot project that uses a home-based educational technology program to develop the school readiness skills of children age 4-5 who have not entered kindergarten. Provides that UPSTART is created to evaluate the effectiveness of giving preschool children access, at home, to online interactive individualized instruction to prepare them academically for success in school, and to test the feasibility of scaling an online home-based curriculum in reading, math and science to all preschool children in Utah.
Requires the state board of education to use an RFP process to select an education technology provider to deliver the home-based technology program. Provides standards that the home-based educational technology program must meet. Among these:
The contractor must:
--Provide technical support to families for the installation and operation of the instructional software
--Provide for the installation of computer and Internet access in the homes of low-income families that cannot afford the equipment and service
--Work in cooperation with school district personnel who will provide administrative and technical support for the program
--Solicit families to participate in the program
--In implementing the home-based educational technology program, seek the advice and expertise of early childhood education professionals in the Utah System of Higher Education on issues such as:
(i) soliciting families to participate in the program
(ii) providing training to families
(iii) motivating families to regularly use the instructional software.
In addition, the contractor must have the capability to perform specified tasks through the Internet. These include:
--Communicating with parents
--Storing research data
--Producing reports for parents, schools and the legislature
--The capability to quickly and efficiently modify, improve and support the product.
Provides the program must include:
--Computer-assisted, individualized instruction in reading, mathematics, and science
--A multisensory reading tutoring program
--A validated computer adaptive reading test that does not require the presence of trained adults to administer and is an accurate indicator of reading readiness of children who cannot read.
Provides that the contract must provide funding for a home-based educational technology program for preschool children for one year with an option to extend the contract for additional years or to expand the program to a greater number of preschool children, subject to legislative appropriation.
Provides a school district may participate in UPSTART if the local school board agrees to work in cooperation with the contractor to provide administrative and technical support for the pilot project. Provides a school district that participates in UPSTART will receive funding for paraprofessional and technical support staff, and must agree to adopt standardized policies and procedures in implementing the pilot project.
Requires the contractor to solicit families to participate in UPSTART through a public information campaign and referrals from participating school districts. Provides that at least 30% of participating children must be from low-income families, and that participating children must be from families with diverse ethnic backgrounds and reside in both urban and rural areas in different regions of the state. Requires the contractor to make the home-based educational technology program available to families at an agreed-upon cost if the number of families who would like to participate in UPSTART exceeds the number of participants funded by the legislative appropriation.
Directs the state auditor to either conduct an annual audit of the contractor's use of funds for UPSTART or contract with an independent certified public accountant to conduct an annual audit. Directs the state board of education to:
--Require by contract that the contractor will open its books and records relating to its expenditure of funds pursuant to the contract to the state auditor or the state auditor's designee
--Reimburse the state auditor for the actual and necessary costs of the audit
--Contract with an independent, qualified evaluator, selected through an RFP process, to evaluate the home-based educational technology program for preschool children.
Also directs the state board to make an annual report on UPSTART to the Education Interim Committee. Provides that the report must address the extent to which UPSTART is accomplishing the purposes for which it was established as set forth in statute, and must include:
--The number of families:
(i) volunteering to participate in the program
(ii) selected to participate in the program
(iii) requesting computers
(iv) furnished computers
--The frequency of use of the instructional software
--Obstacles encountered with software usage, hardware or providing technical assistance to families
--Student performance on pre-kindergarten and post-kindergarten assessments conducted by school districts and charter schools for participating and non-participating students
--As available, the evaluation of the program conducted pursuant to statute.
Section 26 of S.B. 2 establishes a repeal date of July 1, 2014.
Pages 10-15: http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/sbillenr/sb0002.pdf
Title: S.B. 2 - Sections 3-9
Source: le.utah.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | The department of early learning (DEL) is directed to develop a proposal for the implementation of a statewide Washington head start program. The proposal should align the the state early childhood education and assistance program with federal head start program eligibility criteria, guidelines, performance standards, and methods/processes for ensuring continuous improvement in program quality. The proposal must also address necessary changes to existing laws and transitions from existing programs to the new statewide head start program. The department must consult with early childhood education and assistance providers on Native American reservations across the state, tribal governments operating head start programs and providers operating migrant and seasonal head start programs in the state.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/3168-S2.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 3168
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | The Higher Education Coordinating Board (HEBC) and the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) must award Institutional Child Care grants (to postsecondary institutions for child care services) on a competitive or matchiing basis. The HEBC administers the program for four-year institutions and the SBCTC administers the program for two-year institutions. Both boards must submit annual reports on the program to the legislature.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/2582-S.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2582
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | The bill amends the payback requirements for educational development scholarships given to assist the owners or staff of child caring facilities to attain certificates or degrees in early childhood development or a related field.
Title: H.B. 102
Source: legisweb.state.wy.us
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