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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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 | School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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 | School Safety--Code of Conduct |
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 | School Safety--Corporal Punishment |
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 | School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
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 | School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
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 | School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
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 | School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
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| 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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| NY | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Provides for the automatic revocation of a teaching certificate held by a teacher convicted of a sex offense; provides for the termination of education personnel without a hearing upon such conviction. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A11500&sh=t
Title: A.B. 11500
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Allows the state teacher standards board to suspend a teacher's license without a hearing and initiate proceedings to permanently revoke the teacher's license when the teacher has been convicted of certain sexual offenses against minors. Requires the department of education to notify the board of the name of any teacher convicted of a sexual offense against a minor. Authorizes a person whose license to teach has been suspended because he/she was convicted of certain sexual offenses against minors to petition the board to reconsider the suspension and pending revocation, including on grounds of reversal of the conviction by a final decision of the appellate court or supreme court.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2008/Bills/SB2080_CD1_.htm
Title: S.B. 2080
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| OR | Adopted 06/2008 | P-12 | Prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and color in schools, programs, services and activities. OREGON 29387
Title: OAR 581-021-0045, -0046, -024-0205, -0245, -045-001, -049-0020
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Concerns penalty classifications for sexual conduct with a minor when the perpetrator is the minor's school teacher, clergyman, or priest.
Chapter 210
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/48leg/2r/summary/h.sb1336_05-13-08_astransmittedtogovernor.doc.htm
Title: S.B. 1336
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Provides that falsifying, misrepresenting, omitting, or erroneously reporting reports of instances of inappropriate behavior by a teacher, administrator or other school employee toward a student must be addressed in the student code of conduct. Directs the Professional Standards Commission to establish a process for students to follow in reporting instances of such behavior. Provides for notice of the process in student handbooks and in employee handbooks or policies.
Provides that if through the state mandated process it is determined that a complaint against a teacher, administrator or other school employee is unsubstantiated, the local school system must, at the request of the aggrieved party, submit a written statement to that effect to all local print and television media outlets that published any articles or reported any news relating to such complaint against the teacher, administrator, or employee.
Directs the Professional Standards Commission to coordinate a training program on educator sexual misconduct, and requires every local superintendent to ensure that all certified staff receive such training.
Authorizes the staff of the Professional Standards Commission, without notification to the Professional Standards Commission, to immediately open an investigation submitted to the commission by a local school superintendent, with approval of the local board of education, of a complaint by a student against an educator alleging a sexual offense. Directs the Professional Standards Commission to have on staff a minimum of one investigator specifically trained in investigating educator sexual misconduct. Requires that the investigation of any complaint of sexual misconduct be completed in a maximum of 60 days.
Provides that if the Professional Standards Commission´s review of the investigative report results in a sanction against the educator, the educator must have the right to appeal the commission decision to a hearing before an administrative law judge within 90 days of the sanction.
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/hb1321.pdf
Title: H.B. 1321
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Repeals definition of "school safety violation." Rewrites provision relating to a student found in possession of a weapon or illegal drug at school or on school
property, or who has engaged in an act or behavior at school or on school property that resulted in, or was substantially likely to have resulted in, serious bodily injury to others. Allows a student whose driver's license was suspended or revoked due to the student's suspension or expulsion to request a hearing to determine whether there are reasonable grounds to believe the student was in possession of a weapon or illegal drug at school or on school property, or was engaged in behavior at school or on school property that resulted in, or was substantially likely to have resulted in, serious bodily injury to others.
Prohibits issuance or renewal of a teacher's license to a person convicted of rape, indecent liberties with a child, sodomy, indecent solicitation of a child, sexual exploitation of a child, incest, endangering a child, child abuse, murder, manslaughter, sexual battery, promoting obscenity or any felony. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2008/470.pdf
Title: S.B. 470
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Requires the State Board of Education to permanently revoke an educator's license if the educator commits a sexual offense against a minor or engages in sexually explicit conduct with a student. http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillenr/hb0286.pdf
Title: H.B. 286
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Requires the state board of education to revoke an educator's license if the educator commits a sexual offense against a minor or engages in sexually explicit conduct with a student. http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillenr/hb0287.pdf
Title: H.B. 287
Source: le.utah.gov
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| UT | Adopted 01/2008 | P-12 | Provides definitions, standards for educators as role models, standards for educators to maintain a safe learning environment, standards for professional educator, responsibility for compliance with school district policies and standards for professional educator conduct.
Title: R277-515
Source: www.rules.utah.gov
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 | School Safety--Special Education |
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 | School/District Structure/Operations |
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 | School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
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 | School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
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 | School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
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 | School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
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 | School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
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 | School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
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 | School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
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 | Service-Learning |
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 | Special Education |
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 | Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations |
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 | Special Education--Finance |
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 | Special Education--Placement |
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 | Special Education--Transition |
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 | Special Populations--Corrections Education |
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 | Special Populations--Foster Care |
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 | Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
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 | Special Populations--Homeless Education |
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 | Special Populations--Military |
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 | Standards |
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 | State Comparisons/Statistics |
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 | State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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 | State Policymaking |
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 | State Policymaking--Ballot Questions |
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 | State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
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 | STEM |
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 | Student Achievement |
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 | Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap |
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 | Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
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 | Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
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 | Student Supports--Remediation |
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 | Students |
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 | Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
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 | Students--Incentives |
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 | Students--Mobility |
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 | Students--Records/Rights |
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 | Teaching Quality |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
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 | Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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 | Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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 | Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
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 | Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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 | Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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 | Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
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 | Teaching Quality--Preparation |
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 | Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
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 | Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
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 | Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
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 | Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects |
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 | Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
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 | Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
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 | Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
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 | Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
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 | Technology |
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 | Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
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 | Technology--Funding Issues |
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 | Technology--Internet Safety |
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 | Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training |
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 | Textbooks and Open Source |
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 | Urban |
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 | Urban--Governance |
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 | Whole Child |
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