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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 | Accountability |
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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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| P-3 |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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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 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 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 Participation--Affirmative Action |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Outreach |
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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--Transfer/Articulation |
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| Private Schools |
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| Privatization |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Public Involvement |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) |
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| Rural |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length |
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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--Week |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year |
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 | School Safety |
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| IL | Signed into law 12/2008 | P-12 | Amends Chicago School District Article of School Code. Provides if the child of a parent school council member dies during term in office, the member may continue to serve for the balance of term. Amends School Safety Drill Act. Requires schools to conduct a law enforcement drill every school year to address incidents, according to school district's or private school's emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures, with the participation of the appropriate law enforcement agency. Allows law enforcement drills to be conducted on days and times when students are not present in the school building. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2688lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2688
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| MA | Signed into law 12/2008 | P-12 | Improves school campus air quality; restricts idling of school buses and personal motor vehicles on school grounds.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/185/st02/st02628.htm
Title: S.B. 2628
Source: http://www.mass.go
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| MA | Signed into law 12/2008 | P-12 | Relates to the licensing of school bus drivers; requires such drivers to be trained in a basic course in first aid including the administration of an epinephrine auto injector; adds the term sex offender to sections governing in licensure of such drivers.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/185/ht04pdf/ht04396.pdf
Title: H.B. 4396
Source: http://www.mass.gov/
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| UT | Adopted 11/2008 | P-12 | Provides maximum funding for gang prevention programs that serve students.
Title: R277-436
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 10/2008 | Community College | Authorizes the board of trustees of a community college district to make the buildings of a community college available for emergency purposes, and to cooperate with the state emergency management agency, local emergency management agencies, state-certified, local public health departments, the American Red Cross and federal agencies concerned with emergency preparedness and response. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2690lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2690
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2008 | Postsec. | Relates to existing law which makes it a crime for persons to possess specified weapons on the grounds of any University. Expands that prohibition on weapons to make it a misdemeanor to bring or possess a less lethal weapon or stun gun upon the grounds of or within a public or private college or university. Expands the definition of a public place where it is a crime to openly display or expose any imitation firearm to include a public or private college or university. Chapter 676
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 2470
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2008 | P-12 | Requires the training for group home administrators, licensed foster parents and relative caretakers to also include basic instruction of the existing laws and procedures regarding the safety on foster youth at school and the ensuring of a harassment and violence free school environment contained in separate provisions of existing law known as the State Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act. Chapter 557
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 3015
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2008 | Postsec. | Requires that reports submitted to the Legislature by the State Postsecondary Education Commission be submitted to specified committees and subcommittees, and other entities. Requires the commission to make reports regarding postsecondary institution regarding safety plans and campus security available to the Legislature and the public on the commission's Internet Web site. Repeals provisions of existing law regarding specified commission requirements. Chapter 514
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: S.B. 361
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2008 | P-12 | Amends existing law that makes it an offense to openly display or expose a imitation firearm in a public place. Includes public schools within the definition of a public place for purposes of these provisions. Chapter 422
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 352
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2008 | P-12 | Defines and expands the distance of Safe School Zones. Specifies the term school includes any public or private school. Amends existing law the prohibits certain suspended or dismissed students or employees and certain persons who have been directed to leave a school campus or facility, to apply these provisions to public and private schools. Specifies certain provisions regarding drug offenders who come into areas of a school campus being guilty of a public offense relate to public and private schools. Chapter 726
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: S.B. 1666
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 09/2008 | P-12 | Requires the commissioner of education to develop resources and technical assistance for schools to provide to students in grades 3-12 and their parents concerning safe and responsible use of the Internet. Requires the resources to include information regarding child predators, protecting personal information, Internet scams, and cyber-bullying. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S07051&sh=t
Title: S.B. 7051
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 09/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Expands the powers granted to appointed campus security officers; provides that such officers may issue appearance tickets and a navigation summons or complaint; provides that such officers may seize an alcoholic beverage in the possession of an individual under the age of 21. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S06949&sh=t
Title: S.B. 6949
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2008 | P-12 | Relates to Internet safety education curriculum. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, requires districts to incorporate an age-appropriate component on Internet safety into the school curriculum, to be taught at least once each school year to students in grades 3 or above. Requires the local school board to determine the scope and duration of such instruction. Allows the age-appropriate unit of instruction to be incorporated into the current courses of study regularly taught in the district's schools, as determined by the school board.
Requires the state board of education to make available on its Web site resource materials for teaching children about online safety. Provides that such materials may include information on safe online communications, privacy protection, cyber-bullying, viewing inappropriate material, file sharing, and the importance of open communication with responsible adults.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2512lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2512
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Amends the Campus Security Enhancement Act. Requires each institution of higher education in the state to develop an emergency response plan and a campus violence prevention plan, and to conduct training and exercises for the plans at least annually. Requires county and major municipal emergency managers and Emergency Management Agency regional coordinators to assist in the planning and training process and provide standards and guidelines. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2691lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2691
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Establishes a presumption that students 16 years of age and younger who are expelled or suspended pending expulsion by a local school district or charter school are appropriate for placement in an alternative education program.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis144.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+326/$file/legis.html?open
Title: H.B. 326
Source: http://legis.delaware.gov
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Relates to possession of a weapon in a safe school and recreation zone; clarifies that the affirmative defense only applies to weapons which are possessed as part of an authorized course of school instruction or for the purpose of participating in a sporting or recreational activity authorized by the school.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis144.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+277/$file/legis.html?open
Title: H.B. 277
Source: http://legis.delaware.gov/
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides that a comprehensive health education program must include sexual assault awareness in secondary schools. Requires universities and community colleges to provide some form of sexual assault awareness education to all incoming students, whether through through a seminar, online training, or some other way of informing students. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB3677lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3677
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Prohibits a student or nonstudent from wearing or possessing body armor on school property. Defines "school" as any elementary, secondary, high school, vocational-technical school, college, or university. Specifies that these provisions do not apply to a federal, state, or local law enforcement officer in the performance of his official duties or specified other individuals. Provides fines and penalties. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=499528
Title: H.B. 1153
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Expands the definition of harassment, intimidation or bullying within the student discipline codes to include harassment, intimidation or bullying through electronic communications, including any verbal, textual or graphic communication of any kind effected, created or transmitted by the use of any electronic device, including, but not limited to, a computer, telephone, cellular telephone, text- messaging device and/or personal data assistance device.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext08/housetext08/h7213b.pdf
Title: H.B. 7213
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Allows training programs in school districts or public schools to teach pupils to resolve conflict without violence, training school staff to promote conflict resolution, use mediation techniques and early detection to reduce incidents of violence and lastly to empower students upon graduation to be positive, productive members of society.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law08/law08220.htm
Title: H.B. 7569
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Makes it a felony for any registered sex offender to be within five hundred feet of any public or private school; provides penalties.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law08/law08189.htm
Title: S.B. 2328
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Relates to a school learning environment; provides for in-school suspensions; requires a policy to address bullying in schools; provides that no disciplinary action shall be taken solely on the basis of an anonymous report; requires each school to notify patents and guardians of bullying students and to invite them to attend at least one meeting; requires notification to the Department of Education; provides for training; encourages teacher candidates to complete a suicide prevention component.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2008/ACT/Pa/pdf/2008PA-00160-R00HB-05826-PA.pdf
Title: H.B. 5826
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov/
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires each constituent unit of the state system of higher education and each independent college or university to submit a plan to the Department of Higher Education to identify procedures specifically designed to heighten awareness by all faculty and staff regarding potentially at-risk students and other persons on campus through effective educational strategies; provides for procedures to recognize and respond to students and other persons who may be at risk of harm to themselves or others.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/
Title: S.B. 467
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov/
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Relates to school safety; prohibits bullying and harassment; creates the Jeffrey Johnson Stand Up for All Students Act which prohibits bullying or harassment during education programs or activities, on school buses, or through use of data or computer software accessed through school computer systems; defines bullying as systematically and chronically inflicting physical hurt or psychological distress on one or more students; requires procedures as a prerequisite to receipt of school funds.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0669er.xml&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0669&Session=2008
Title: H.B. 669
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, requires the governing authority of an elementary or secondary school to provide every student an orientation during the first five days of the school year regarding school disciplinary rules and student conduct. Provides that such orientation must also clearly communicate to students the rights afforded to teachers. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=495912
Title: H.B. 754
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Provides that no student who has been expelled from any school for possessing weapons or drugs shall be admitted or readmitted to any public school until the student provides written documentation that he and his parent or legal guardian have participated in rehabilitation or counseling programs. (Existing policy only required the student to produce written documentation of participation in a counseling or rehabilitation program prior to re-enrollment in a public school.)
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=497668
Title: H.B. 361
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | For purposes of R.S. 14:34.3 and R.S. 38.2 relating to battery of a school teacher, extends definition of "school teacher" to include any teacher aide and paraprofessional, school bus driver, food service worker, and other clerical, custodial, or maintenance personnel employed by a public school board. Increases maximum fine for conviction on charges of battery of a school teacher from $1,000 to $5,000 and increases minimum and maximum prison sentences. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=495609
Title: H.B. 757
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Requires the state board or state superintendent to automatically revoke or deny an educator license, without an administrative hearing, for anyone convicted of, if found guilty of or has plead guilt to certain offenses. Requires prosecutors to notify the state board if a licensee or non-licensed employee is eleigible for intervention in lieu of convication or has agreed to a pre-trial diversion program. Requires school authorities to report in similar fashion. Provides if a person who is employed by a community school is arrested, summoned or indicted for certain offenses, the employee must be suspended from all duties that require the care, custody or control of a child during the criminal action. against the person; relates to background checks.
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=127_HB_428
Title: H.B. 428
Source: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Requires public and nonpublic schools to mark the records of students identified as missing children and to notify law enforcement of requests for those records; provides the law enforcement agency involved shall integrate into the national crime information center computer when a child is no longer missing.
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=127_HB_181
Title: H.B. 181
Source: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Expands the definition of student discipline codes relating to harassment or bullying to include electronic communications. Defines as "Electronic" communications to include any verbal, textual or graphic communication of any kind effected, created or transmitted by the use of any electronic device, including, but not limited to, a computer, telephone, cellular telephone, text-messaging device and/or personal data assistance device. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law08/law08102.htm
Title: S.B. 2012
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| SC | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Provides that any high school student who is the victim of physical abuse, harassment, or stalking by a classmate during school hours or otherwise resulting in a restraining order being granted against the classmate by a court of competent jurisdiction, may transfer with the consent of the student's school district to another high school within or out of the district without any loss of eligibility to participate in interscholastic activities at the school to which the student transfers. http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/4758.htm
Title: H.B. 4758
Source: http://www.scstatehouse.net
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Provides that if a student is a victim of child abuse or sexual abuse that occurred on school grounds or under the schools care, then the principal must verbally notify the parents and provide all school information and records relevant to the alleged abuse. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC1011.pdf
Title: H.B. 3162
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Enacts the Special Education Isolation and Restraint Modernization and Positive Behavioral Supports Act; ensures that every student receiving special education services is free from unreasonable, unsafe and unwarranted uses of isolation and restraint; promotes, through staff training, positive behavioral supports that reduce dependence on those practices; ensures that teachers are properly trained to protect the student, teacher and others from physical harm, if isolation or restraint is necessary.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC1195.pdf
Title: S.B. 2609
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | Creates a Class B misdemeanor for communicating a death threat concerning a school employee if:
(1) The person communicates to another a threat to cause the death of or serious bodily injury to a school employee and the threat is directly related to the employee's scope of employment;
(2) The threat involves the use of a firearm or other deadly weapon;
(3) The person to whom the threat is made reasonably believes that the person making the threat intends to carry out the threat;
(4) The person making the threat intentionally engages in conduct that constitutes a substantial step in the commission of the threatened act and the threatened act and the substantial step when taken together: (A) Are corroborative of the person's intent to commit the threatened act; and (B) Occur close enough in time to evidence an intent and ability to commit the threatened act.
Applies to K-12 and postsecondary level schools. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC1141.pdf
Title: H.B. 583
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Authorizes districts to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations to prohibit gang activities on school property; requires each local education agency to annually evaluate the threat to and influence on school children by gangs in the community. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC1195.pdf
Title: S.B. 2554
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2008 | Postsec. | Requires a public institution of higher education to notify a parent or legal guardian of a student under 21 years of age who has committed a disciplinary violation with respect to the use or possession of alcohol or a controlled substance that is in violation of any federal, state, or local law, or of any rule or policy of the institution, except as prohibited by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC1189.pdf
Title: S.B. 4108
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Creates the School Safety Resource Center to assist schools in preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies and crisis situations; sets forth the duties of the center and authorizes the center to employ staff and contract for services; creates the School Safety Resource Center Advisory Board; provides for funding.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/95F67A329B47E88687257392007241E4?open&file=001_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 1
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Directs the department of education to develop a model program for educating students about safety while using the Internet, taking into consideration educational
materials developed by other states and any other materials suggested by experts that promote child online safety issues. Authorizes local boards to incorporate components on Internet safety into instructional programs.
Adds a section providing that if an Internet access provider knows from registration data that a subscriber currently resides within the state, the provider must make
available to the subscriber a device enabling the subscriber to control a minor´s use of the Internet.
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/sb474.pdf
Title: S.B. 474
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Requires the State Department of Education to require local school systems to utilize passive parental consent before administering the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey designed to identify and document certain behaviors and conditions including use of helmets and seat belts, depression and mental health, use of tobacco, alcohol, or other drugs, nutrition, physical activity and sexual behavior; requires local school systems to provide parents with specified statements and forms.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/bills/sb/sb0473t.pdf
Title: S.B. 473
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| MD | Adopted 05/2008 | P-12 | Provides for transfers to public kindergarten of age- eligible kindergarten students attending nonpublic kindergarten programs.
Unsafe School Transfer Policy.
A. Each local school system shall allow a student attending a public elementary or secondary school to attend a safe public elementary or secondary school within the school system if the student:
(1) Attends a persistently dangerous public elementary or secondary school; or
(2) Is a victim of a violent criminal offense
(a) During the regular school day; or
(b) While attending a school sponsored event in or on the grounds of a public elementary or secondary school that the student attends.
http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/13a/13a.08.01.01.htm
Title: COMAR 13A.08.01.01
Source: http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Adds provision for annual review of school district and higher education institution emergency plans; revises requirements for school district lockdown drills (from one per year to two per year). Prohibits any lockdown drill from being conducted at the same time of day as a previous lockdown drill conducted in the same school year, and no more than two lockdown drills shall be conducted in one semester. Includes harmful electronic communication in the definition of bullying. Defines "Electronic communication" as the communication of any written, verbal, or pictorial information by means of an electronic device, including, but not limited to, a telephone, a cellular telephone or other wireless telecommunication device, or a computer; and "Threatening behavior" as any pattern of behavior or isolated action, whether or not it is directed at another person, that a reasonable person would believe indicates potential for future harm to students, school personnel, or school property.Requires school district boards of education to investigate allegations of bullying and intimidation; authorizes a board to recommend mental health services; authorizes the issuance of grants to schools and higher education institutions to encourage emergency preparedness.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/SB/SB1941_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 1941
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Gives Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) investigators the authority, at the request of local law enforcement, to conduct surveillance operations to detect criminal activity on the ground of a public K-12 school or within five miles of the school and then turn the results of the investigation over to the local law enforcement agency.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB3408.pdf
Title: S.B. 3408
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Urges all public schools to provide instruction on nonviolence as means to conflict resolution as part of character education curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB2790.pdf
Title: H.B. 2790
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Requires the commissioner of education to report on a semi-annual basis to the select oversight committee on education and the education committees of each house of the general assembly regarding disciplinary actions in Tennessee schools. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB3321.pdf
Title: H.B. 3321
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Expands the requirement that parents notify schools when a student is found delinquent involving certain crimes and details the procedure school officials must follow in response. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3051.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB2720.pdf
Title: H.B. 2720
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Adds aggravated sexual battery and aggravated sexual battery of a child to the crimes of which a child's school must be notified when the child has been adjudicated delinquent involving such offenses. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-131.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB2719.pdf
Title: H.B. 2719
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Concerns school safety program; relates to reserve officers; provides the Department of Education shall cooperate with the county school superintendent, the county sheriff and the local chief of police to permit a law enforcement agency, with the consent of the school, to assign a peace officer or a full authority State peace officer standards and training board certified reserve peace officer to participate in the safe schools program in each school in the county. Chapter 74
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/2r/bills/sb1401s.pdf
Title: S.B. 1401
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Relates to motor vehicle violations at school crossings; provides for civil penalties for such violations. Chapter No. 143.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/2r/bills/hb2093h.pdf
Title: H.B. 2093
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Concerns school safety; provides a public school district may apply to participate in the school safety program by submitting to the school safety program oversight committee which will contain a detailed description of the school safety needs, a plan for implementing a law related education program as a school safety prevention strategy, a plan to use trained school resource officers or juvenile probation officers in the schools; provides for related matters. Chapter No. 127
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/2r/bills/sb1230s.pdf
Title: S.B. 1230
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Adds to existing law relating to rules of the road to provide for reduced speed limits in school zones; requires certain information on a school zone sign; specifies a fixed penalty for exceeding the posted speed limit in a school zone. Chapter 372
http://www3.idaho.gov/oasis/S1361.html.
Title: S.B. 1361
Source: http://www3.idaho.gov
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Defines cyber-bullying. Requires cyberbullying to be addressed in district policies related to bullying. Specifies that district policies must prohibit bullying while using school property (even if a student is off school grounds).
http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2008/2758.pdf
Title: H.B. 2758
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Requires any school or local board employee who knows or has cause to believe that a student has been the victim of a violation of any felony offense committed by another student on school premises, on school-sponsored transportation, or at a school-sponsored event to immediately cause an oral or written report to be made to the principal of the victim's school. Requires the principal to notify the parents when the student is involved in a reported incident. Specifies information the principal must file with the local school board and the local law enforcement agency or the Department of Kentucky State Police or the county attorney within 48 hours of the original report, and requires the agency receiving the report to investigate the matter referred to it. Provides immunity for reports made in good faith.
Requires districts to report and the statewide data collection system to include all incidents in which a student has been disciplined by the school for a serious incident, including the nature of the discipline, or charged criminally for specified offenses on school premises, on school-sponsored transportation or at school functions. Requires all data to be subject to the confidentiality provisions of the the state and federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Provides that parents must have the right to inspect or challenge personally identifiable student records as permitted under FERPA. Requires all data collected per these requirements on an individual student committing a reportable incident to be placed in the student's disciplinary record.
Requires the department of education to provide the office of education accountability and the education assessment and accountability review subcommittee with an annual statistical report of the number and types of incidents of: (1) Violence and assault against school employees and students; (2) Possession of guns or other deadly weapons on school property or at school functions; (3) Possession or use of alcohol, prescription drugs, or controlled substances on school property or at school functions; and (4) All incidents in which a student has been disciplined by the school for a serious incident, including the nature of the discipline, or charged criminally for specified violations on school grounds, on school-sponsored transportation, or at school functions. Requires that the report include all monthly data and cumulative data for each reporting year. Prohibits the report from containing information personally identifying any student.
Requires the department of education to distribute to all districts in every even-numbered year, beginning in 2008: (1) Statewide student discipline guidelines to ensure safe schools, including the definition of a serious incident for reporting purposes; (2) Recommendations designed to improve the learning environment and school climate, parental and community involvement in the schools, and student achievement; and (3) A model policy to implement reporting of student incidents, data collection, and harassment and intimidation provisions as required in this legislation. Requires each local board's code of acceptable student behavior and discipline to be updated at least every two years, with the first update being completed by November 30, 2008. Provides that each code must include:
1. Procedures for identifying, documenting, and reporting incidents of violations of the code and felony violations by any student against another student while on school premises, on school-sponsored transportation, or at a school-sponsored event
2. Procedures for investigating and responding to a complaint or a report of a violation of the code or of a felony incident on school grounds or at a school-sponsored event, including reporting incidents to the parents of the students involved
3. A strategy or method of protecting from retaliation a complainant or person reporting a violation of the code or a felony incident on school grounds or at a school-sponsored event
4. A process for informing students, parents, and school employees of the requirements of the code and enumerated other provisions, including training for school employees
5. Information regarding the consequences of violating the code specified reportable violations.
Provides that a student is guilty of harassment when the student, with intent to intimidate, harass, annoy or alarm another person, and while on school premises, on school-sponsored transportation, or at a school-sponsored event:
1. Damages or commits a theft of the property of another student
2. Substantially disrupts the operation of the school
3. Creates a hostile environment by means of any gestures, written communications, oral statements, or physical acts that a reasonable person under the circumstances should know would cause another student to suffer fear of physical harm, intimidation, humiliation or embarrassment.
Also provides that a student is guilty of "harassing communications" when, with intent to intimidate, harass, annoy, or alarm another person he or she communicates with or about another school student, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, the Internet, telegraph, mail, or any other form of electronic or written communication in a manner which a reasonable person under the circumstances should know would cause the other student to suffer fear of physical harm, intimidation, humiliation or embarrassment, and which serves no purpose of legitimate communication.
http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/08RS/HB91/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 91
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Requires the State Board of Education to develop a certain model policy prohibiting bullying, harassment and intimidation in schools; requires that the model policy include certain information; requires certain county boards of education to establish certain policies prohibiting bullying, harassment, and intimidation in schools based on the model policy.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/bills/hb/hb0199e.pdf
Title: H.B. 199
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires private institutions of higher education eligible for state aid to submit a report on programs to promote and enhance cultural diversity on campus; requires public institutions of higher education to develop and implement a plan for a program of cultural diversity; requires the plan to include a process for reporting campus-based hate crimes and a summary of any resources, including state grants, needed by the institution to effectively recruit and retain a culturally diverse student body.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/bills/hb/hb0905e.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/bills/sb/sb0438t.pdf
Title: H.B. 905; S.B. 438
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Provides a task force to study issues related to students with multiple suspensions; requires principals to report suspensions in writing to county superintendents within specified periods of time; requires principals to refer specified students to pupil services teams and give notice to specified students and specified parents or guardians that pupil services teams must meet within a specified period of time; requires notice to be provided in specified languages or specified modes of communication.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/bills/hb/hb0139e.pdf
Title: H.B. 139; S.B. 582
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Authorizes a school crossing guard who meets specified qualifications to stop or otherwise direct vehicles and pedestrians on a highway or on school grounds under specified circumstances; requires drivers to obey the directions of a school crossing guard exercising authority under the Act.
Title: H.B. 230
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Provides that every adult who is convicted of a sexually violent offense is prohibited from entering and being present upon any property he knows or has reason to know is a public or private elementary or secondary school or child day center property during school-related and school-sponsored activities. Currently, the prohibition only applies during school hours.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+CHAP0781
Title: H.B. 567
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires the state patrol and state association of sheriffs and police chiefs, in consultation with the state board for community and technical colleges, the council of presidents, state independent colleges and the department of information services to conduct a needs assessment and fiscal impact study of campus security enhancements. The study must evaluate if the current campus security plans are up-to-date and comprehensive, if there are potential risks associated with individual buildings, financial analyses and timelines, and assessments of emergency notification systems.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/2507-S2.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2507
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Concerns peace officers employed by institutions of higher education; provides that state institutions of higher education are authorized to employ police officers to provide law enforcement and property protection; provides that the officers shall be under the supervision and control of the state higher education institution; provides that the officers shall have all the powers of police officers when operating on state institution of higher education property.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F77C07E784CAD511872573A6005A4568?open&file=1106_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1106
Source:
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Amends existing law relating to adult criminal sex offenders and access to children in schools to clarify restrictions on adult criminal sex offenders' access to children in school buildings, on school grounds and properties used by a school; to clarify exceptions to prohibited access; and to provide additional exceptions.
http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/ Chapter 250.
Title: H.B. 382
Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov
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| IL | Adopted 03/2008 | P-12 | Emergency rule (expires 8-18-08) includes a new provision expressly prohibiting the "use of a behavioral intervention strategy relying upon pain as an intentional
method of control" by any program operated at a facility serving students with disabilities. Requires every contract provider of special education services to maintain a written policy indicating that the use of behavioral intervention strategies that rely upon pain as an intentional method of control will not be applied to any student
Pages 443 and 445 of 454: http://www.ilsos.net/departments/index/register/register_volume32_issue14.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 401.10, .30, .210
Source:
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Requires district attorney or other person filing juvenile delinquency petition to notify school when student of school is subject of petition alleging certain criminal acts; requires principal to notify necessary school personnel of petition; permits expungement of information relating to notice maintained by school; mandates standards for maintenance and destruction of juvenile court information held by school; limits liability for failure to comply with notification and confidentiality provisions. Requires school administrators who receive such information to -- within 48 hours -- 2008 Act, to notify school employees and school subcontractors who the school administrator determines need the information.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/08ss1/measpdf/sb1000.dir/sb1092.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 1092A
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| UT | Adopted 03/2008 | P-12 | Provides that all charter schools (and schools if district does not have districtwide plan) must develop a school-wide written model for prevention and intervention for student behavior management and discipline procedures for students who habitually disrupt school environments and processes (the "plan"). Requires plan to include:
(1) written standards for student behavior expectations, including school and classroom management
(2) effective instructional practices for teaching student expectations, including self-discipline, citizenship, civic skills and social skills
(3) systematic methods for reinforcement of expected behaviors and uniform methods for correction of student behavior
(4) uniform methods for at least annual school level data-based evaluations of efficiency and effectiveness.
(5) an ongoing staff development program related to of student behavior expectations, effective instructional practices for teaching and reinforcing behavior expectations, effective intervention strategies, and effective strategies for evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of interventions.
Adds parents to role groups for whom training in anti-bullying awareness and intervention strategies must be offered.
Requires student assessments of the prevalence of bullying in schools to be conducted not just at the district level but also at the school and charter school level. Extends school staff who must receive anti-bullying awareness and intervention skills to include custodians, kitchen and lunchroom workers, and secretaries.
Requires each plan to also provide direction to school districts for dealing with disruptive students. This part of the plan must:
(1) direct schools to determine the range of behaviors and establish the continuum of administrative procedures that may be used by school personnel to address the behavior of habitually disruptive students
(2) provide for identification, by position(s), of individual(s) designated to issue notices of disruptive student behavior
(3) provide for documentation of disruptive student behavior prior to referral of disruptive students to juvenile court.
Directs districts, schools and charter schools to implement strategies and policies consistent with their plans, and to develop, use and monitor a continuum of intervention strategies--including teaching student behavior expectations, reinforcing student behavior expectations, re-teaching behavior expectations, followed by effective, evidence-based interventions matched to student needs prior to administrative referral--to assist students whose behavior repeatedly falls short of expectations.
Provides that, as part of any suspension or expulsion process that results in court involvement, once a school district, school or charter school receives information from the courts that disruptive student behavior will result in court action, the school district, school or charter school must provide a formal written assessment of habitually disruptive students. Requires that assessment information be used to connect parents and students with supportive school and community resources.
Requires districts, schools and charter schools to provide procedures for qualifying minors and their parents to participate in decisions regarding consequences for disruptive student behavior. Requires policies to provide for notice to parents and information about resources available to assist parents in resolving school-age minors' disruptive behavior. Requires policies to provide for notices of disruptive behavior to be issued by schools to qualifying minor(s) and parent(s) consistent with:
(1) numbers of disruptions and timelines set in statute
(2) school resources available
(3) cooperation from the appropriate juvenile court in accessing student school records, including attendance, grades, behavioral reports and other available student school data.
Requires policies to provide due process procedures for minors and parents to contest allegations and citations of disruptive student behavior.
Directs the state office of education to develop, review regularly and provide to local school boards and charter school governing boards model policies to address disruptive student behavior and appropriate consequences.
Title: R277-609
Source: www.rules.utah.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2008 | Postsec. | Requires each public college or university to have in place policies and procedures for the prevention of violence on campus, including assessment and intervention with individuals
whose behavior poses a threat to the safety of the campus community. The board of visitors or other governing body of each public institution of higher education shall determine a
committee structure on campus of individuals charged with education and prevention of violence on campus. Each committee shall include representatives from student affairs, law enforcement, human resources, counseling services, residence life, and other constituencies as needed. Such committee shall also consult with legal counsel as needed. Once formed, each committee shall develop a clear statement of: (i) mission, (ii) membership, and (iii) leadership. Such statement shall be published and available to the campus community.
Each committee shall be charged with: (i) providing guidance to students, faculty, and staff regarding recognition of threatening or aberrant behavior that may represent a threat to the community; (ii) identification of members of the university community to whom threatening behavior should be reported; and (iii) policies and procedures for the assessment of individuals whose behavior may present a threat, appropriate means of intervention with such individuals, and sufficient means of action, including interim suspension or medical separation to resolve potential threats to the campus community. The board of visitors or other governing body of each public institution of higher education also shall establish a specific threat assessment team that shall include members from law enforcement, mental health professionals, representatives of student affairs and human resources, and, if available, college or university counsel. Each threat assessment team shall establish relationships or utilize existing relationships with local and state law enforcement agencies as well as mental health agencies to expedite assessment and intervention with individuals whose behavior may present a threat to safety.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+SB539ER
Title: S.B. 539
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2008 | Postsec. | Amends and reenacts § 23-9.2:3, relating to providing notice to parents of dependent student's receipt of mental health treatment on the campus of a public institution of higher education. Requires the Board of Visitors or other governing board of any public institution of higher education to establish policies and procedures requiring the notification of a parent of a dependent student when such student receives mental health treatment at the institution's student health or counseling center and it has been determined that the student may cause serious bodily harm to himself or others.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+HB1005ER
Title: H.B. 1005
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2008 | Postsec. | This bill requires that the following three actions be taken by each of the Commonwealth's public higher education institutions:
• The board of visitors or other governing body will develop, adopt, and keep current a written crisis and emergency management plan; with a comprehensive review conducted and necessary revisions made every four years. The plan will be approved by the board or governing body and certified in writing to the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM). The VDEM will provide assistance to the institution, as necessary, in the development of its plans. Integration of the plan will be made into the locality's emergency operations plan.
• The board of visitors or other governing body will establish a threat assessment team, which will be expected to adopt a campus-wide threat assessment policy and regularly seek cooperation from the various areas of campus life including residential life, academic affairs, law enforcement, mental health / counseling, and student judicial affairs. The team will also be expected to establish or utilize existing relationships with local and state law enforcement agencies, as well as mental health agencies, to expedite assessment and intervention with individuals who are deemed to be potentially dangerous.
• The institution will establish a comprehensive, prompt, and reliable first warning and emergency notification system for students, staff, and faculty by January 1, 2009.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+HB1449ER
Title: H.B. 1449
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Requires the board of visitors or other governing body of each public higher education institution to develop, adopt, and keep current a written crisis and emergency management plan; with a comprehensive review conducted and necessary revisions made every four years. The plan will be approved by the board or governing body and certified in writing to the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM). The VDEM will provide assistance to the institution, as necessary, in the development of its plans. Integration of the plan will be made into the locality's emergency operations plan.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+CHAP0526
Title: S.B. 256
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2008 | Postsec. | Mandates that by January 1, 2009, each public institution of higher education establish a comprehensive, prompt, and reliable first warning and emergency notification system for students, staff, and faculty.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+CHAP0413
Title: S.B. 538
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2008 | Postsec. | Allows each public and private institution of higher education to request from its students complete student records, including any mental health records held by the originating school. These records shall be kept confidential as required by state and federal law, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+CHAP0571
Title: S.B. 636
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2008 | Postsec. | Each postsecondary institution must make available to all students, faculty and staff the campus safety plan. For the most recent academic year, the plan must include a description of services and programs offered by the institution and student organizaitons providing crime prevention and counseling and security policies and programs at student housing facilities. Each institution must enter into a memorandum of understanding covering the jurisdictional responsibilities of the institution and the local authorities. Institutions must also enter into mutual aid agreements with local jurisdictions with regard to equipment and technology sharing during emergencies. Campus safety task forces must annually review campus security plans and make suggestions for improvement.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/6328-S.SL.pdf
Title: S.B. 6328
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | The superintendent of public instruction is directed to develop anaphylactic policy guidelines for schools to prevent anaphylaxis and deal with medical emergencies. This must be done with input for various stakeholder groups. By September 2009, every school district must use the guidelines to develop and adopt a school policy to deal with anaphylaxis.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/6556-S.SL.pdf
Title: S.B. 6556
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Gives authority to certain aides to exercise control over students; expands the classifications of service personnel to include paraprofessionals, interpreters and aides providing one-on-one services to students with exceptionalities as required by the students' individualized education programs for which transfers during the instructional term are limited.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4478%20ENR.htm
Title: H.B. 4478
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Provides that if the council believes that student discipline at the school is not enforced fairly or consistently, it shall transmit that determination in writing to the county superintendent. Finds that isolating students or placing them in alternative learning centers may be the best setting for chronically disruptive students and creates a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Students and School Personnel.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4368%20ENR%20SUB.htm
Title: H.B. 4368
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us
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| CA | Signed into law 02/2008 | P-12 | Delays the encumbrance of funds appropriated for the After School Education and Safety Program. Defers the entire amount of the July warrant for the County School Service Fund and a specified percentage of the amount of the July warrant for school district apportionments, County School Service Fund apportionments for classes maintained under the county Superintendent of Schools. Reappropriates specified funds to the Department of Education for the Instructional Improvement Block Grant. Chapter No. 2
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 4C
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| NE | Signed into law 02/2008 | P-12 | Requires schools to adopt a bullying policy by July 1, 2009; amends provisions regarding student discipline.Defines bullying as any ongoing pattern of physical, verbal, or electronic abuse on school grounds, in a vehicle owned, leased, or contracted by a school being used for a school purpose by a school employee or his or her designee, or at school-sponsored activities or school-sponsored athletic events.
http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Final/LB205.pdf
Title: L.B. 205
Source: http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/
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| SC | Signed into law 02/2008 | P-12 | Creates a new gang prevention study committee to continue the work of the initial gang prevention study committee to assess and combat the state's ongoing gang problem by bringing together state agencies to coordinate gang reduction plans and make further recommendations addressing gang-related activity in the state; relates to recommendations of school support programs, faith-based programs and gang court. Act 401
http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/4630.doc
Title: H.B. 4630
Source: http://www.scstatehouse.net
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| MI | Signed into law 01/2008 | P-12 | Clarifies policies for student expulsion/suspensions with respect to infractions, students with disabilities, responsibilities of various parties, student records, etc.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2008-PA-0001.pdf
Title: S.B. 703 (sec. 1311)
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2008 | P-12 | Requires the Violence Institute of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey to undertake a comprehensive study of Megan's Law; relates to registration by sex offenders and community notification.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/PL07/227_.PDF
Title: S.B. 2516
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2008 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Revises laws concerning hate crimes and bullying; relates to civil actions for for bias crime victims; adds bias crimes to the list with which a victim may receive compensation; requires police training in bias intimidation crimes; provides for additional penalties for the crime of bias intimidation; establishes the Commission on Bullying in Schools to study and make recommendations regarding the implementation and effectiveness of school bullying laws and regulations and student legal remedies.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/S3000/2975_R1.PDF
Title: S.B. 2975
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
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| School Safety--Code of Conduct |
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| School Safety--Corporal Punishment |
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| School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
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| Special Education |
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| Special Education--Placement |
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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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