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State |
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Summary |
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 | Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
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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--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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| Assessment--Value Added |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Cheating |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--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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| Counseling/Guidance |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--Home Economics |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
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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--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--Litigation |
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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--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| Instructional Approaches |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning |
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| Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education |
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| Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| International Baccalaureate |
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| International Benchmarking |
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| Leadership |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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| Mentoring/Tutoring |
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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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| Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
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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--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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| No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
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| Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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| Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
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| P-16 or P-20 |
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| P-3 |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits |
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| P-3 Finance |
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| P-3 Governance |
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| P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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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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| AR | Adopted 12/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Arkansas Academic Challenges Scholarship Program
H.B. 1163/S.B. 126
Defines terms used in the Arkansas Academic Challengs Scholarship Program and requirements for student participation. Requires Director of Department of higher education to report annually on implementation of lottery scholarships. Defines award for two- and f...
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| IL | Adopted 12/2009 | Postsec. | Tuition Waivers
23 IAC 1075.700
Existing rule provides that the amount of undergraduate tuition revenue a public university may waive is limited to 3% of total available undergraduate tuition revenue, subject to exceptions. Creates an exception to the 3% limit for financial aid waivers for I...
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| CA | Signed into law 11/2009 | Postsec. | Alternative Cal Grant Delivery System
A.B. 187
Under existing law, Cal Grants are need-based awards granted by the Student Aid Commission. New provision requires the Student Aid Commission to adopt regulations establishing a pilot program for an alternative Cal Grant delivery system under which a qualifyin...
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| OR | Temporary Rule Adoption 11/2009 | Postsec. | Grants to Students
OAR 575-031-0025
Amends rules to authorize the Commission to reduce grants to students during the school year, if required by the budget. Page 331 of 387: http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/rules/Jan_2010_Bltn.pdf...
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Postsecondary Finance, Governance and Reporting
A.B. 1182
Expresses legislative intent to refine higher education reporting requirements to provide for more effective, manageable and transparent reporting by the higher education segments.
Requests that the University of California notify each high school's governing...
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| TX | Issued 09/2009 | Postsec. | Higher Education Cost Efficiencies
E.O. RP73
Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in cooperation with Texas public institutions of higher education, to undertake a comprehensive review of opportunities for achieving cost efficiencies, including:
--State funding based on student course c...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Consolidation of Teacher Recruitment Programs
H.B. 3999
Consolidates the "Future Teacher Corps Program" and the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching's "Golden Apple Scholars Program". Provides that the consolidated program will be known as the Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois Program, and will be man...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | State Scholars
H.B. 4039
Provides that an applicant for the State Scholar program is eligible to be designated a State Scholar if he or she is a resident attending a Department of Defense school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4039lv.pdf...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | Postsec. | EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund
H.B. 2433
Provides for the award of scholarships to children and spouses of emergency medical services personnel killed in the course of their employment and grants for the training of EMS personnel. Provides for the issuance of special license plates. Provides for the ...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Robert C. Byrd Federal Scholarship Program
S.B. 1977 - Robert C. Byrd Federal Scholarship Program
Establishes the state board as the administrator of the Robert C. Byrd federal scholarship program. Provides that this does not preclude the state board from
establishing an agreement with the Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any other state agency or...
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| ND | Signed into law 08/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Financial Assistance - Eligible Institutions
S.B. 2166
Relates to financial assistance for students. Defines "Eligible institution" as an accredited public or private (deleted nonprofit) postsecondary institution located (added the term located) in this state and (added) offering a program of instruction at least ...
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| AK | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec. | Student Loans
H.B. 172
Relates to an investment in the education loan fund; relates to authority for the commissioner of revenue to enter into a bond purchase agreement and letter of credit with the Alaska Student Loan Corporation; relates to a proposal for a program under which the...
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec. | National Guard Education Assistance Award Program
A.B. 12D - Section 4
From legislative analysis: Establishes the California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program on behalf of qualifying members of the California National Guard, the State Military Reserve, and the Naval Militia under the administration of the commissi...
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | National Guard Educational Benefits Program
H.B. 73
Makes several changes to the Delaware National Guard Educational Benefits program; requires State- supported institutions to charge members the in- state rate for tuition and fees regardless of the members' state of residence; makes changes to allow members to...
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| IL | Adopted 07/2009 | Postsec. | Federal Family Education Loan Program
23 IAC 2720.20, .40, .50
Amends rule to respond to market changes and client suggestions, to implement state and federal statutory amendments, to clarify issues that have arisen during the previous year, and to reflect changes in the requirements for participation in the Lender of Las...
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| KY | Adopted 07/2009 | Postsec. | Go Higher Grant Program
11 KAR 5:200
Requires that a recipient of the Go Higher Grant must not be in default on a federally-guaranteed student loan nor be liable for any overaward on any grant or loan under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/011/005/200.htm...
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| KY | Adopted 07/2009 | Postsec. | Scholarship Eligibility for Homeschooled Students
11 KAR 18:010
Provides a definition of "home school" and prescribes initial application procedures for home school students to participate in the Robert C Byrd Honors Scholarship Program. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/011/018/010.htm...
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| NH | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Sign Language Interpreter Tuition Repayment
H.B. 441
Establishes the CART provider and sign language interpreter tuition repayment program and fund for the promotion, acquisition, and retention of CART providers and sign language interpreters in New Hampshire.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB...
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| NY | Vetoed 07/2009 | Postsec. | Income Status Affecting Financial Aid Status
A.B. 8864
Allows a change in the income status of an applicant or the income of the persons responsible for the applicant's support after the beginning of a semester to result in a change in the applicant's tuition assistance program award for that semester, provided th...
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | In-State Tuition for Ohio National Guard Members
H.B. 1 - Section 3333.42
Existing legislation allows a nonresident student who is a member of the U.S. armed forces stationed in Ohio to pay in-state tuition. New provision extends in-state tuition to members of the Ohio national guard. Page 1456 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state....
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Need-Based Financial Aid
H.B. 1 - Section 3333.122
Amends Section 3333.122, regarding a need-based financial aid program for Ohio residents. Pages 1440-1449 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf...
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec. | Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program
H.B. 1 - Section 3333.62, 3333.66
Section 3333.62: Amends selection criteria for postsecondary institutions' funding proposals for the choose Ohio first scholarship program, which supports undergraduate and/or graduate education for Ohio residents in STEM fields, medicine and STEM education (f...
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec. | Student Choice Grant Program
H.B. 1 - Sections 3333.27
Repeals 3333.27, which directed the chancellor to establish and administer the student choice grant program. The student choice grant program made available grants to residents who were enrolled as full-time students at nonprofit institutions of higher educati...
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec. | Ohio College Opportunity Grant Program
H.B. 1 - Section 371.50.50
Provides that if the amounts appropriated for the need-based Ohio College Opportunity Grant Program are inadequate to provide grants to all eligible students, the chancellor must create a formula for the distribution of available funds. Specifies this formula ...
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Tuition Waivers for Children of Firefighters and Police Officers
H.B. 225
Revises the statute on tuition waivers for children of firefighters and police officers who attend an approved postsecondary educational institution. The bill also permits such children to apply for a room and board scholarship to cover room and board costs, t...
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Promise Zone Act
H.B. 885
Authorizes local governments or local education agencies to create a promise zone under the direction and approval of the Department of Revenue (DOR). Entities creating these zones shall create a promise zone authority to manage the program. Creating entities ...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Financial Aid Guidance for Veterans
H.B. 3951
Requires public institutions of higher education to ensure that one or more employees is trained in understanding state and federal student financial assistance programs for military veterans and their families, and in assisting veterans and family members in ...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Increasing Workforce in High-Demand and "Green" Occupations
H.B. 1935 and H.B. 3, Section 64
Establishes the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grant program and fund to award grants to public junior colleges and public technical institutes, and to eligible nonprofit organizations to:
(1) Develop or support nonprofit organizations' programs that pre...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Tuition Set-Asides for Financial Aid
S.B. 1304
Creates new Section 56.014. Directs institutions of higher education that are required to set aside a portion of student tuition payments to provide financial aid to notify each student from which a portion of tuition payments is set aside of the amount requir...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Resident Tuition for Competitive Scholarship Recipients
H.B. 4244
Amends provision of resident tuition for competitive scholarship recipients. Authorizes institutions to determine whether to charge resident tuition to nonresidents who hold a competitive scholarship of at least $1,000 (previously such students were automatica...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Armed Services Scholarship Program
H.B. 3452
Creates the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. Provides eligible students must be a member in good standing of an ROTC program while enrolled in a public or private institution of higher education in the state, be appointed by the governor, lieutenant g...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Information on College Costs and Financial Aid
H.B. 2504 - Section 3 and S.B. 1764
Directs the higher education coordinating board to prescribe uniform standards to ensure that information on the cost of attending Texas public higher education institutions is available in a manner that is readily accessible and easily understandable to prosp...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Tuition/Fee Waivers for Firefighters, Peace Officers
H.B. 2347
Amends existing language on tuition and fee exemptions for firefighters. Adds new subsection providing tuition/fee exemptions to peace officers who enroll in undergraduate criminal justice or law enforcement courses. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/bi...
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| TX | Vetoed 06/2009 | Postsec. | Texas Save and Match Program
S.B. 1760
Re-establishes the Texas Save and Match Program (currently under 54.7521). Under new program, the prepaid higher education tuition board opens a matching account for each eligible beneficiary and matches contributions to that account. Defines eligible benefici...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | In-State Tuition for Employees of Certain Businesses
S.B. 2244
Existing policy provides in-state tuition and fees to employees who took up residence in Texas as a result of employment by a business or organization established in the state as part of the program of state economic development and diversification. New provis...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Tuition Waivers for Firefighters
H.B. 2013
Amends provisions related to to tuition and laboratory fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for qualified volunteer firefighters enrolled in fire science courses. Clarifies that tuition and fee exemptions are only for courses offered as pa...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Tuition Exemptions for Veterans
S.B. 93
Existing law provides an exemption from student fees for military personnel. Amended provision also provides military personnel with tuition exemption; adds that for any such exemption, the person must have entered into service at a location in the state, have...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Scholarships for Students Graduating in Top 10% of High School Class
S.B. 175 - Section 5
Establishes scholarship program for students graduating in the top 10% of their high school class, to encourage them to public institutions of higher education in the state. Establishes additional scholarship eligibility criteria, ineligibility criteria, schol...
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| WI | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program
A.B. 75
Provides that the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration is to assist the board in administering the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program. Transfers certain administrative duties from the board to the office of the...
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| WI | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Military Family Financial Aid
A.B. 75
Requires that financial aid be provided to eligible members of the immediate family of service members.
Page 544 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Police Officer's and Firefighter's Survivors Educational Assistance
S.B. 379
Relates to Police Officer's and Firefighter's Survivors Educational Assistance. Defines volunteer firefighter; Adds dependents and spouses of volunteer firefighters killed or totally disabled in the line of duty to those eligible for free tuition through the a...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Financial Aid for Spouses and Children of Veterans
H.B. 177
Extends educational benefits for a spouse and dependents of deceased or totally disabled veterans or prisoners of war. Extends term of tuition/fee waiver from four to five years, and from 36 to 45 months. Adds references to husbands and widowers to section on ...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Tuition Waiver for Purple Heart Recipients
H.B. 578
Authorizes public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education to waive undergraduate tuition and fees for Purple Heart recipients....
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Tax Credit Scholarships
H.B. 453
Relates to tax credits for contributions to nonprofit scholarship-finding organizations; specifies that upon the request of any eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization, a school district shall inform all households within the district receiving fre...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Education Estimating Conference/University Tuition and Fees
S.B. 762
Requires the Education Estimating Conference to develop information relating to the national average of state university tuition and fees; revises provisions relating to the use of the student financial aid fee and the establishment of a tuition differential (...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Educational Dollars for Duty Program
H.B. 685
Relates to educational dollars for duty program; removes duties of Board of the Governors of the State University System and State Board of Education with respect to program; authorizes the payment of tuition and fees for current guard members; provides that a...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Tuition and Fee Deferal for Certain Veterans
H.B. 509
Authorizes an eligible student who receives benefits as a veteran who served on active duty in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, to defer college tuition and fees under certain circumstances.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.as...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | HOPE Eligibility for Military Children
H.B. 484
Provides that dependent children of military personnel stationed in the state on active duty meet the residency requirements for purposes of HOPE scholarships. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb484.pdf...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Tuition Assistance for Veterans
S.F. 451 and S.F. 470
SF 451 makes active-duty soldiers, veterans and their families eligible for in-state tuition at Regents universities and community colleges if they served after 9/11 and live in Iowa. S.F. 470 increases funding for the National Guard Tuition Aid Program to $4 ...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Notice to Students Regarding Possible Impact of Criminal Records
S.B. 2083
Requires all postsecondary institutions in Minnesota to notify students that criminal arrests, charges or convictions may limit their educational choices and access to financial aid. The notice must be given at the time the student is accepted and when the st...
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| ND | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Career & Technical Education Scholarship, Academic Scholarship
H.B. 1400 - Scholarships
Any resident student who graduates from a high school during or after the 2010-11 school year is eligible to receive a North Dakota career and technical education scholarship provided the student completes all requirements for a high school diploma and:
1. a. ...
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| NE | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Amends Criteria for Receiving Scholarship
L.B. 440
Changes diversity criteria (deletes terms racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds but leaves term "diverse") under the Student Diversity Scholarship Program Act.
http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Final/LB440.pdf...
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Scholarships
S.B. 209
Revises provisions governing the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program; requires the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to establish criteria with respect to students who actively served or participated in a charitable, religious or public se...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Study of Tuition Relief for Veterans
S.B. 1693
Requires the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) with the assistance of the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR), the University of Tennessee (UT), and the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC), to study tuition relief programs for veterans that...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | HOPE Scholarship Requirements
S.B. 771
Requires HOPE Scholarship students who currently retain the scholarship as a result of maintaining at least a 2.75 cumulative grade point average, and a 3.0 grade point average in the last
semester in which the student attended full-time, to maintain full-time...
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| TX | Adopted 05/2009 | Postsec. | Student Financial Need
19 TAC 1.21.A.21.8
Establishes rule concerning the definition of student's financial need. Defines need as the difference between the student's cost of attendance as determined by the institution and the student's expected family contribution as calculated using the U.S. Departm...
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Texas Career Opportunity Grant Program
H.B. 3519
Requires the Texas Workforce Commission and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to enter into a memorandum of understanding for the coordination and administration of the Texas Career Opportunity Grant Program, which reduces the financial barriers to...
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Tuition Equalization Grant Program
H.B. 4476
Amends eligibility requirements for the Tuition Equalization Grant Program, which allows financially needy students to attend private, non-profit postsecondary institutions in the state. Allows eligible students to be enrolled in at least three-fourths of a fu...
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Yellow Ribbon G. I. Education Enhancement Program
H.B. 2335
Provides for the federal Yellow Ribbon G. I. Education Enhancement Program and requires state institutions of higher education to participate in the program. Requires state institutions of higher education to enter into agreements with the United States Secret...
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Student Financial Aid
S.B. 373
Reconstitutes the Higher Education Student Financial Aid Advisory Board and requires training and development for members of the Higher Education Policy Commission, the Council for Community and Technical College Education. Dissolves the PROMISE Scholarship Bo...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Opportunities Grant Program
S.B. 850
Broadens the Higher Education Opportunities Grant Program; provides need-based financial aid for all college-going individuals from low income families to be used at institutions of higher education.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1213.p...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Scholarships for Dependents of EMTs, Firefighters and Police
S.B. 855
Provides continuing eligibility for a scholarship benefit for the children and spouses of emergency medical technicians, firefighters and law enforcement officers and personnel killed or permanently and totally disabled while in the course of their duties.
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Governor's Scholars Program Awards
S.B. 856
Provides flexibility for the State Department of Higher Education in awarding Governor's Scholars Program Awards by providing that if there are more eligible applicants than available scholarships, the Department may determine a procedure for awarding addition...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | GPAs for Hope Scholarship Eligibility
H.B. 313
Specifies a revised method of calculating grade point average for purposes of HOPE scholarship eligibility, effective with students entering grade 9 in the 2008-09 school year. Specifies that the Georgia Student Finance Commission must uniformly apply weights ...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Lottery Shortfall Reserve Subaccounts
H.B. 157
Defines "highest year-end balance" as the highest total amount of unexpended and uncommitted funds in the Lottery for Education Account, as determined by the state auditor, at the end of any fiscal year. Replaces certain references to "year-end balance" with "...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Part-Time Grant Program
H.B. 948
Changes the number of semester hours of courses in which a student must be enrolled in order to qualify as a part-time student for the Part-Time Grant Program from at least 6 to at least 3 semester hours, but no more than 11 semester hours. Limits the percenta...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Grant Program for Dual-enrollment Students
H.B. 1396
Expands eligibility in the Part-Time Grant Program to include specified students who are dually enrolled in specified secondary schools in the State and specified institutions of higher education; provides that a recipient of a specified part-time grant is not...
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | In-state Tuition for Veterans
S.B. 136
Provides resident tuition eligibility at state institutions of higher education for honorably discharged veterans.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0136.pdf...
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Flight 3407 Memorial Scholarships
A.B. 157 - Part EE
Adds new section 668-g. Establishes scholarship program for 4-5 years of undergraduate study in the state for the children, spouses and financial dependents of those who died as a result of the Continential Airlines Flight 3407 crash February 12, 2009. http://...
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | New York Higher Education Loan Program
A.B. 157 - Part V
Establishes the New York Higher Education Loan Program. Makes available loans for students enrolled at least half-time in 2- or 4-year, graduate or professional degree programs, or certificate programs at Title IV-eligible institutions in the state. Provides l...
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| WA | Partial veto 04/2009 | Postsec. | Student Financial Aid
H.B. 2021
Relates to student financial aid; provides for the labeling of each financial aid program as an opportunity pathway; provides for consideration of students who have completed an associate of arts or associate of science degree when awarding a needs grant; perm...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | Scholarship Programs
H.B. 1389
Requires school corporations to provide each student who applies for free or reduced lunches under the national school lunch program with an application for the twenty-first century scholars program; requires each school to give assistance in reading the instr...
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| NE | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Access College Early Scholarship Program
L.B. 20
Changes provisions of the Access College Early Scholarship Program Act for low-income dually enrolled students to authorize the coordinating commission for postsecondary education to limit the number of scholarships awarded in each term or to an individual stu...
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| NE | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Definition of High School Graduate
L.B. 102
Provides a definition of high school graduate for purposes of postsecondary financial aid and admission to postsecondary institutions. Provides a student is a high school graduate if he or she has obtained an associate of arts degree or an associate of science...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | Higher Ed Scholarships
S.B. 28
Requires a certain portion of the president's gratis scholarships at public post-secondary educational institutions to be granted based on financial need.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0028.pdf...
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | Financial aid
S.B. 164
Revises the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009 to fund the state Opportunity Scholarship.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/SB164ENR.pdf...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | Engineering, Computer Science and Related Technology Scholarship
S.B. 105
Changes the engineering, computer science and related technology student loan program to a scholarship program. Eliminates requirement that scholarship monies be used only at state system of higher education institutions that offer a four-year degree. Eliminat...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Scholarship Policies
S.B. 104
Makes the state board of regents the sole agency authorized to award New Century scholarships. Provides that for students graduating in 2011 and thereafter, the total scholarship is equal to $5,000 and adjusts the time period in which a student may use the sch...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Department of Agriculture and Food Loans and Grants
H.B. 105
Expands the powers of the department of agriculture and food in administering the Rural Rehabilitation Program. Authorizes the department of agriculture and food to approve and to make education loans or grants to individuals for the purpose of attending a voc...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | Tuition and Nonresident Scholarships
H.B. 364
Amends the definition of a resident student for tuition purposes within the state system of higher education. Authorizes Dixie State College to offer a good neighbor waiver of the nonresident differential in tuition rates charged to undergraduate students. Est...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Grants for Tuition and Fees for Certain Individuals
S.B. 1049
Modifies the eligibility of the current program to allow a student enrolled in a minimum of six credit hours per semester at a two-year institution of higher education to receive a grant for tuition and fees; provides that a student who has a prior bachelor's ...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | financial aid
S.B. 89
Relates to higher education; provides for a matching program for fallen heroes endowments. Chapter 209
http://legisweb.state.wy.us...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | student scholarships
H.B. 174
Relates to the Hathaway student scholarship program; provides for a provisional opportunity scholarship in lieu of the career scholarship; extends scholarship use; specifies application of scholarship modification. Chapter 204...
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| LA | Adopted 02/2009 | Postsec. | College Scholarships for Private and Homeschooled Students
LAC 28:IV.103, 301, 504, 701, 703, 803, 1001, 1401- 1409, 1413-1417, 1705, 1901
Amends rules relating to scholarship and grant programs. Allows eligible nonpublic high school and home school students to participate in the Early Start program.
http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/28v4-7/28v4-7.doc...
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| TX | Adopted 02/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Tuition Exemption for Veterans and Their Dependents
19 TAC 1.21.NN.21.2100, .2101, .2103, .2106 -.2108
Amends rules concerning the higher education program for veterans and their dependent. Deletes provision defining a child as a dependent if he or she was claimed as a dependent for tax purposes the year of the veteran's death or disabling injury. Deletes defin...
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| TX | Adopted 02/2009 | Postsec. | Scholarships for Students Graduating in Top 10% of Their Class
19 TAC 1.22.K.22.196 -.202
Establishes new rules concerning provisions for Scholarships for Students Graduating in the Top 10 Percent of Their High School Class....
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Virginia College Savings Plan
H.B. 2549
Provides for the exclusion of certain financial records of the Virginia College Savings Plan from the Freedom of Information Act, the authorization for closed meetings of the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan in certain circumstances, the expansion of...
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