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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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| School Safety--Special Education |
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 | School/District Structure/Operations |
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| NJ | Signed into law 12/2008 | P-12 | Permits board of trustees of school district pension fund in counties of the first class to invest 10 percent of funds in capital stocks or other securities issued by companies of foreign countries.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S2000/1605_R1.PDF
Title: S.B. 1605
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
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| NY | Adopted 12/2008 | P-12 | Amends rules to require holders of public librarian professional certificates issued after a certain date to complete professional development.
Title: Title 8 NYCRR 90.7
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| GA | Adopted 10/2008 | P-12 | Amends rule to address processing of plans and specifications for public school construction for the board. Specifies that rule must apply to all public school construction projects regardless of project funding source unless certain exemptions apply.
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-5-4-.15.pdf
Title: GAC 160-5-4-.15
Source: www.doe.k12.ga.us
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| IL | Signed into law 10/2008 | P-12 | Revises laws requiring contracts involving an expenditure in excess of a specified amount or lower to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Relates to repair, maintenance, remodeling, renovation, or construction of a single project. Removes an exception to the requirement that the Chicago School District let certain contracts by competitive bidding for the preparation and delivery of food and ancillary services. Includes community colleges and student transportation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2293lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2293
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 10/2008 | P-12 | Creates new part III (sections 2050 through 2054) of article 41 of the education code. Provides that a lawyer may not simultaneously be an independent contractor and an employee of a district or board of cooperative educational services (BOCES). Provides that a lawyer who is not an employee of a district or BOCES may not seek to be or be considered an employee for purposes of compensation, health insurance, pension and all other employment-related benefits. Provides that any lawyer who violates these provisions is liable for a civil penalty of up to three times the charges and fees for contracted services or salary the lawyer received from the district or BOCES for legal services, and may be enjoined from continuing such violation. Provides that any lawyer who knowingly (1) seeks to be or is considered an employee for purposes of compensation, health insurance, pension and all other employment-related benefits or (2) falsifies or permits to be falsified retirement system records to obtain retirement benefits, is guilty of a class E felony.
Requires every district and BOCES to annually file with the department, comptroller and attorney general a report specifying all lawyers providing legal services to the district or BOCES, whether the district or BOCES hired such lawyers as employees, and all compensation for legal services.
Amends subdivision 3 of section 2601-a of the education law to specify that the administrative component of every district's annual budget must include all compensation, salaries and benefits of all school administrators and supervisors, including business administrators, superintendents, and deputy, assistant, associate or other superintendents under all existing employment contracts or collective bargaining agreements. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S08699&sh=t
Title: S.B. 8699
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2008 | P-12 | Prohibits a statement or document that is false or unsubstantiated from being placed in the personnel records of a classified employee of a local educational agency. Allows such employee to challenge, and have removed such a statement or document. Requires that the process be governed by the grievance procedure of the agency as established by a collective bargaining agreement or the agency itself. Excludes records obtained prior to employment or in connection with an examination.
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 2167
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| CO | Rule Adoption 09/2008 | P-12 | Relates to the development, expansion, implementation, and management of regional service areas. On or before December 1, 2008, the State Board, in consultation with the Department, school districts, and boards of cooperative services, shall divide the state into twelve regional service areas throughout the state. Each regional service area shall consist of at least two school districts and one or more boards of cooperative services. Each plan for a regional service area shall be administered by a locally appointed regional service council.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300%20Department%20of%20Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301%20Colorado%20State%20Board%20of%20Education&ccrDocID=2999&ccrDocName=1%20CCR%20301-76%20RULES%20RELATED%20TO%20THE%20DEVELOPMENT%20EXPANSION%20IMPLEMENTATION%20AND%20MANAGEMENT%20OF%20THE%20REGIONAL%20SERVICE%20AREAS
Title: 1 CCR 301-76
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us/
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2008 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Provides that a county, municipality, school district, community college district or other unit of local government may either individually or jointly own and operate a wind generation turbine farm that reduces energy or other operating costs. Provides that such entity may ask for the assistance of any state agency, the department of commerce and economic opportunity, the state power agency or the environmental protection agency in obtaining financing for a wind generation turbine farm. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4646lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4646
Source:
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2008 | P-12 | Makes modifications to district consolidations and the establishment of collaborative high schools. Makes adjustments to how revenues are established. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2487lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2487
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| HI | Vetoed 07/2008 | P-12 | Creates the facilities alignment commission to establish criteria for the selection of public schools to be consolidated or closed, and to recommend to the board of education a list of schools for consolidation or closure. By June 30, 2009, requires the department of education to submit to the commission a school facilities plan based on the department's assessment of the projected student enrollment in specified areas. By December 31, 2009, requires the commission to establish the criteria for selecting schools that will be consolidated or closed. Requires the commission, prior to finalization of the school alignment selection criteria, to hold public hearings to receive public response to the commission's proposed criteria.
By February 28, 2010, based on the department's school facilities plan and the commission's final school alignment selection criteria, requires the commission to develop a preliminary list of schools to be consolidated or closed. Requires the commission to hold public hearings on the proposed closures by August 31, 2010, and to submit to the legislature prior to the convening of the 2011 regular session a report of its findings and conclusions, including a final list of recommendations for schools to be consolidated or closed.
Allows the legislature to disapprove these recommendations only in their entirety. If no legislative disapproval occurs, requires the board of education to comply with these recommendations during the 2012-2013 school year.
Bill text: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2008/Bills/HB2972_CD1_.htm
Governor's veto message: http://hawaii.gov/gov/leg/2008-session/veto-messages/HB2972%20SOBJ.pdf
Title: H.B. 2972
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Requires each school district to periodically review its procurement procedures on the purchase of products and supplies. Requires the school district to seek out products and supplies containing recycled materials and to ensure that purchased products and supplies are reusable, durable, or made from recycled materials, if economically and practically feasible. Makes changes concerning the requirements for recycled high grade printing and writing paper.
Requires each school district to periodically review its procedures on solid waste management. Provides that those waste reduction procedures must be designed to, when economically and practically feasible, recycle the school district's waste stream, including landscape waste, computer paper, and white office paper. Provides that the waste reduction procedures must be designed to achieve, before July 1, 2020, at least a 50% reduction in the amount of solid waste that is generated by the school district. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4159lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4159
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Removes exception for Orleans Parish relative to requirements that a local public school superintendent serve as the treasurer of certain school funds and perform specified duties. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=495037
Title: H.B. 305
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Provides that no school employee can be required by any local public school board, the state board of elementary and secondary education, or the state department of education to complete paperwork if the information provided for in such paperwork is reasonably and readily available from another source. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=495900
Title: H.B. 657
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Permits a parent of more than one child born at the same birth event to request that such children initially be placed in the same classroom or in separate classrooms. Specifies that such request must be granted. Requires a review of the placement decision after the end of the first grading period. Permits modification of the placement under certain circumstances. Limits applicability to children enrolled in a public elementary school through the second grade. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=503379
Title: H.B. 1247
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Authorizes school bus warranty repair work to be performed by repair facilities, authorized by the manufacturer or distributor, that are not school bus dealers. Clarifies that manufacturers may authorize that warranty and other repair or maintenance services be performed at any location of a motor vehicle dealer that holds a franchise from any affiliate or subsidiary of the manufacturer. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=503348
Title: H.B. 197
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Allows local boards of education and county colleges to enter into contracts for a specified number of years for energy conservation or provision of renewable energy production at buildings owned by such entities.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A1000/844_S1.PDF
Title: A.B. 844
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Allows school districts to provide space in a school district building or on school district property to school foundations for office or business purposes in exchange for the financial benefits provided to the district by the foundation.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/HB/hb2935_enr.rtf
Title: H.B. 2935
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Requires each local education agencies' director of schools to submit an annual personnel report to the department.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC1102.pdf
Title: S.B. 3409
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Relates to competitive bidding on contracts of certain state and local agencies. Increases the minimum amount of contracts subject to competitive bid. Includes city and county boards of education in the list of awarding authorities that may establish local preference zones. Changes from mandatory to permissive the furnishing of a bid bond by a bidder. Provides the authority may make purchases or contracts through a reverse auction procedure.
Title: H.B. 442
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Concerns the creation of a system of Regional Service Cooperatives throughout the state to support economic efficiencies in the delivery of effective public education services. Expands existing regional services areas from 8 to 12, including representation by community colleges, teachnical colleges, higher education institutions, early childhood councils, and businesses. Also expands the types of services provided by cooperatives.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/35AFBA7E1B24C325872573680052EEB6?open&file=038_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 38
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Provides that a student enrolled in a district and attending both a non-virtual school and a virtual school must be counted as that proportion of one pupil (to the nearest one-tenth) that the student's attendance at the non-virtual school bears to full-time attendance. Provides that a student enrolled in a district and attending special education and related services and also attending a virtual school must be counted as that proportion of one pupil (to the nearest one-tenth) that the student's attendance at the non-virtual school bears to full-time attendance.
Repeals and replaces definition of virtual school.
Repeals and replaces K.S.A. 72-6455 regarding each district's high density at-risk pupil weighting. Creates new section for districts with enrollments of at least 40% but less than 50% at-risk students. Provides that each eligible district's medium density at-risk pupil weighting must be determined by the state board by multiplying the number of at-risk pupils by .06. Provides that if a school district becomes ineligible for medium density at-risk pupil weighting because enrollment of at-risk pupils in the district falls below the minimum threshold, the medium density at-risk pupil weighting of the district must be the greater of: (1) The medium density at-risk pupil weighting in the current school year; (2) the medium density at-risk pupil weighting in the prior school year; or (3) the average of the
medium density at-risk pupil weighting in the current school year and the preceding two school years. Provides that the medium density at-risk pupil weighting provisions expire on June 30, 2011.
Establishes the special education funding task force, and requires the first meeting of the task force to be held on or before August 1, 2008. Directs the special education funding task force to:
(1) Study and make recommendations for changes in the existing formula for funding of special education and related services including medicaid replacement state aid
(2) Conduct hearings and receive and consider suggestions from teachers, parents, the department of education, the state board of education, other governmental officers and agencies and the general public concerning funding for special education and related services
(3) Make and submit reports to the legislature on the work of the task force concerning recommendations of the task force. Provides that such reports must also include recommendations for legislative changes and must be submitted to the legislature before the start of each year's legislative session.
Provides that the task force shall cease to exist on June 30, 2011.
Establishes new section regarding medicaid replacement state aid. Directs the state board to designate a portion of the special education services state aid appropriation as medicaid replacement state aid. Provides that the amount so designated may not exceed $9,000,000 in any school year. Provides that each school district is entitled to medicaid replacement state aid. Provides a formula for calculating each district's medicaid replacement state aid.
Repeals and replaces K.S.A. 72-6445a regarding state financial aid for any district formed by consolidation
http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2008/531.pdf
Title: S.B. 531
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Concerns voting by residents of unorganized territories in school district elections; provides procedures for cases in which the adjacent school district is a common school district that is within the boundaries of a union high school district, and for cases in which it is outside those boundaries. Chapter 27
http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=SB1172
Title: S.B. 1172
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Removes language from the regional school unit authorization laws requiring the merger of bargaining units on a regional school unit-wide basis and enacts new provisions preserving existing bargaining units, existing collective bargaining agents and existing collective bargaining obligations; extends the deadline for the merger of bargaining units represented by different collective bargaining agents.
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/externalsiteframe.asp?ID=280026143&LD=1931&Type=1&SessionID=7
Title: S.B. 738
Source: http://janus.state.me.us/legis/
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Corrects the laws governing the reorganization of school administrative units; corrects the laws pertaining to the authority of school administrative units to raise and appropriate funds for adult education programs; replaces provisions that were repealed pursuant to Public Law that are related to the closure of an elementary school within a school administrative district or a community school district.
Title: H.B. 1658A
Source: http://janus.state.me.us/house/
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Relates to school administrative unit reorganization; relates to school budgets, the election and terms of unit board members, the apportionment process, local school committees, regional planning committees, tuition where there is no elementary or secondary school, special education subsidies, smaller school units, and plans for alternative organizational structures under the school reorganization law.
http://www.state.me.us/legis/senate/
Title: S.B. 931A
Source: http://www.state.me.us/legis/senate/
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | Increases and authorizes annual experience salary increments for teachers fore up to 35 years of experience for all certificate levels, to be phased-in over a two-year period. Commits state funding for mentor teachers that provide services to beginning teachers in all grades. Authorizes school districts affected by Hurricane Katrina to borrow funds and issue promissory notes to the Federal Government under the community disaster loan program.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2008/pdf/SB/2100-2199/SB2176SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2176
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Requires all public school buildings and grounds to be made available as civic centers to district residents for supervised recreational activities and meetings. Requires local boards to adopt policies for the use of these civic centers. Requires a local board to allow use of a civic center unless it determines such use interferes with a school function or purpose. Requires local boards to ensure that school administrators are trained about and properly implement provisions on the use of school buildings as civic centers. http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillenr/hb0332.pdf
Title: H.B. 332
Source: le.utah.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Adds first-class school districts to the provisions of existing law that allow the dissolution of a directors' school district, which requires a signed petition of 20% of eligible voters to pose the question of dissolution to the voters. If approved, first-class districts must have a maximum of two at-large positions and a minimum of three director districts.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/6183.SL.pdf
Title: S.B. 6183
Source: www.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Requires that, instead of being elected, members of regional committees (responsible for approving and disapproving proposals to change school district organization) are to be appointed by the educaitonal service districts (ESD). In cases where school districts are affected by a change in organization in two ESDs, jurisdiction is given to the ESD and regional committee of the district with the largest amount of students. Also, regional committees are required to consider the impact of the Growth Management Act and urban growth areas, city boundaries, and master planned communities when deliberating about school district boundaries and reorganization.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/2635-S2.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2635
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature
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| NM | Signed into law 02/2008 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | Relates to elections; allows community college elections to be held in conjunction with school district elections.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/08%20Regular/final/HB0249.pdf
Title: H.B. 249
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/LCS/default.asp
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| MI | Signed into law 01/2008 | P-12 | Specifies requirements and procedures for district consolidation with respect to types of schools, finances, special education students, approval, etc.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2008-PA-0001.pdf
Title: S.B. 703 (sec. 605)
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/
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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--Transportation |
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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--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
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| Urban |
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| Whole Child |
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