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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
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--Charter Districts |
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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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| 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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| High School--International Baccalaureate |
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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 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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| 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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| Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks |
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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 Faculty |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants |
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| Postsecondary Finance |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) |
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| Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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| Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence |
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| Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
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| Private Schools |
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| Privatization |
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| Promising Practices |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Public Involvement |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Religion--Prayer/Meditation |
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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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| CO | Adopted 12/2009 | P-12 | Outlines the procedures to be followed in the administration of restraint of students, staff training, documentation requirements, and the review of the use of restraint.
Restraints shall only be used in an emergency and with extreme caution and is limited to situations in which there is serious, probable and imminent threat of bodily harm by a student with the present ability to cause such harm. In all other situations less restrictive alternatives including, but not limited to, positive behavior supports, constructive, non-physical deescalation and re-structuring of the ehvironment shall be used. The rule also specifies the actions to be taken by school personnel.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300 Department of Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301 Colorado State Board of Education&ccrDocID=2052&ccrDocName=1 CCR 301-45 RULES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROTECTION OF PERSONS FROM RESTRAINT ACT
Title: 1 CCR 301-45
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us
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| OH | Signed into law 12/2009 | P-12 | Enacts the Tina Croucher Act to require school districts to adopt a dating violence prevention policy as part of its policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying, and to include age-appropriate dating violence prevention education in the health education curriculum in grades 7-12. Directs the state board to update its model policy to prohibit harassment, intimidation, or bullying to include violence within a dating relationship. Requires the department of education Web site to provide links to free curricula addressing dating violence prevention, to assist districts in developing a dating violence prevention education curriculum. Amends definition of "harassment, intimidation or bullying" to include violence within a dating relationship. Requires local boards to incorporate dating violence prevention training into certain in-service training already required for middle and high school employees. Pages 1-5, 7-8, 16 of 18: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_19_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 19 - Dating Violence Prevention
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| IL | Signed into law 11/2009 | P-12 | Expands the statute concerning interference with a public institution of higher education to also include interference with public elementary and secondary schools. Provides that if the interference with the public institution of education is accompanied by a threat of personal injury or property damage, the person commits a Class 3 felony, and may be prosecuted for intimidation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0807.pdf
Title: H.B. 557
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 11/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides that the exercise of free speech, free expression, free exercise of religion or expression of religiously based views by any individual or group of individuals that is protected under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and that occurs in a non-sectarian nursery, day care center, K-12 school or postsecondary institution, or other place of education is not a civil rights violation. Limits jurisdiction of department in such places of education to the failure to enroll an individual; (2) the denial of access to facilities, goods, or services; or (3) severe or pervasive harassment of an individual when the covered entity fails to take corrective action to stop the severe or pervasive harassment. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0814.pdf
Title: H.B. 2547
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12 | Makes it a misdemeanor or felony to bring or possess razors with unguarded blades or box cutters upon school grounds of any public or private school providing instruction in grades K-12. Provides an exception for those providing instruction in such schools. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0851-0900/ab_870_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 870
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2009 | Community College
Postsec. | Authorizes the governing board of a community college district to either deny enrollment, permit enrollment or permit conditional enrollment to any individual who has been expelled from a community college within the preceding 10 years for certain offenses, or who is undergoing expulsion procedures, if the person continues to pose a risk to others. Authorizes the board to hold a hearing before making the determination as to whether the person continues to pose a risk. Allows a district to request information from another district in determining whether the applicant continues to pose a danger to the physical safety of others. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1351-1400/ab_1400_bill_20090909_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1351-1400/ab_1400_vt_20091012.html
Title: A.B. 1400
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes the governing board of any school district to establish and maintain a walking schoolbus, defined as a group of pupils walking to and from school with one or more supervising adults, for the purpose of ensuring the safe passage of pupils to and from school. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0301-0350/sb_315_bill_20090904_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0301-0350/sb_315_vt_20091012.html
Title: S.B. 315
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2009 | P-12 | Prohibits, as an infraction, the possession of an alcoholic beverage container, or consumption of an alcoholic beverage, on a public street, alley or sidewalk within 600 feet of the property line of a public or private school. Provides exceptions. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0851-0900/ab_888_bill_20090909_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0851-0900/ab_888_vt_20091012.html
Title: A.B. 888
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12 | Requires a school principal or the principal's designee to report any act involving either the possession, sale, or furnishment of a firearm, or the possession of an explosive committed by a pupil or nonpupil on a schoolsite to the city police or county sheriff with jurisdiction over the school and the school security department or the school police department. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1351-1400/ab_1390_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1390
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Authorizes a chief administrative officer of a private postsecondary educational institution, or a person designated to maintain order on the school campus or facility, whose student has suffered a credible threat of violence made off the school campus or facility which can reasonably be construed to be carried out at a campus or facility, to seek a temporary restraining order and an injunction, on behalf of the student and other students. Provides a misdemeanor for violating an order. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0151-0200/sb_188_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 188
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12 | Relates to the crime of loitering, after being asked to leave, near any school or public place at which children attend or normally congregate. Provides enhanced penalties for this crime if the person is required to register with the chief of police of sheriff for committing any of specified criminal street gang offenses. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0451-0500/sb_492_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 492
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| UT | Adopted 09/2009 | P-12 | Requires each local school board and charter school governing board to provide written assurance assurances that the board has:
(1) Implemented an electronic device (cell phones and pagers) policy consistent with state board rule
(2) Posted collective bargaining agreement(s) on the school district or charter school Web site within 10 days of the ratification or modification of any collective bargaining agreement
(3) By May 15, 2010, posted certain public financial information on the school district or charter school Web site consistent with state statute. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bulletin/2009/20090701/32729.htm
Title: R277-108-5
Source: www.rules.utah.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Provides that any person who hangs a noose, knowing it to be a symbol representing a threat to life, on property of a K-12 educational facility or college campus must be punished by up to one year's imprisonment, a fine of up to $5,000, or both for the first conviction, or by a fine of up to $15,000, or by both the fine and imprisonment for any subsequent conviction..
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0401-0450/ab_412_bill_20090806_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 412
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Provides that a person who makes a false or terrorist threat that a bomb or explosive device has been placed in a school must be required by the court, in addition to any other sentence imposed, to reimburse the unit of government that employs the emergency response officer or officers that were dispatched to the school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4049lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4049
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Bars any day and temporary labor service agency in Chicago from operating or transacting business at a location within 1,000 feet of a school building, a building in which a Boys and Girls Club is located, or real property comprising a school or a Boys and Girls Club. Prohibits a home rule unit from regulating the location of a day and temporary labor agency in a manner inconsistent with such regulations. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0866lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 866
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | Community College
Postsec. | Repeals and rewrites provisions related to the appointment, duties and training of law enforcement officer and non-law enforcement officer members of the community college district police department or department of public safety. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2253lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2253
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | Postsec. | Amends the Campus Security Enhancement Act of 2008. Requires the inter-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional campus violence prevention plan to include coordination and communication with governmental agencies and school districts contiguous to the higher education institution's boundaries. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0336lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 336
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | Postsec. | Relates to the peace officer powers granted to members of a private college or university campus police department. Provides that such powers are extended to the protection of branches and interests of the college or university in the county where the college or university is located. Authorizes campus police officers to regulate and control traffic on the public way contiguous to college or university property. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2507lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2507
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Provides that a person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless telephone while operating a motor vehicle on a roadway in a school speed zone, except for a person engaged in a highway construction or maintenance project when the person is using a wireless telephone in furtherance of that project, specified emergencies, and when the phone is in voice-activated mode. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0072lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 72
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct when he or she knowingly transmits or causes to be transmitted a threat of destruction of a school building or school property, or a threat of violence, death or bodily harm directed against persons at a school, school function or school event, whether or not school is in session. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB1105lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1105
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Provides that $50 of the additional fine charged for (1) speeding in a school zone or (2) failure to yield to a pedestrian in a school zone must be disbursed for school safety purposes to the school district or districts in which the offense occurred. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2024lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2024
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Clarifies that Internet safety component must be taught at least once a school year to students in grades 3-12. Requires one class period a week in grades 1-8 to be devoted to safety education. Specifies content that must be included in driver education courses. Establishes minimum clock hours of classroom and individual behind-the-wheel instruction for driver education courses. Eliminates availability of driver education courses to district residents between the ages of 15-21 who are not enrolled in any other course offered in any district school. Eliminates provisions related to districts' offering of driver education courses to residents over age 55. Authorizes districts to charge a fee to students participating in driver education courses.
Pages 35-46 of 63: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1977lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1977 - Safety Education and Driver Education
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Ensures that acts of violence in schools are reported to the local superintendent or the superintendent's designee; requires local boards of education to adopt a policy on notification to the parents or legal guardians of students alleged to be victims of any act required to be reported to law enforcement and the superintendent. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1078v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 1078
Source: http://www.ncleg.net
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Adds the offense of taking indecent liberties with a student to the list of sex offenses that require registration under the Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Program, as recommended by the House Select Committee on Sex Offender Issues.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H209v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 209
Source: http://www.ncleg.net
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| ND | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Relates to school enrollment procedures to aid in the identification and location of missing children. When a child enrolls in a public or nonpublic school, licensed day care facility, home
education, licensed day care center, licensed child care facility, headstart program, or nursery school for the first time, the school, licensed day care facility, headstart program, or school superintendent of the jurisdiction shall: a. Require the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian to present to the school, licensed day care facility, or school superintendent of the jurisdiction, within forty days of enrollment, proof of identity of the child; and b. Request the appropriate school records for the child from the previous school attended by the child. The school enrolling the child shall make the request within thirty days of enrollment of the child. When a school, licensed day care facility, or school superintendent receives a notice from
a law enforcement authority, parent, guardian, or legal custodian that a child who is or has been enrolled in that school or facility has been reported as a lost, missing, or runaway child, the school, licensed day care facility, or school superintendent shall: a. Flag the records of the child; and b. Notify the bureau and a local law enforcement authority if a request for school records is received from any source.Establishes other details and related provisions.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JQVU0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2161
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| NH | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Establishes a commission to study school discipline. Defines membership and provides for duties of commission.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0332.html
Title: H.B. 332
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/
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| OR | Signed into law 08/2009 | Postsec. | Grants to the university police of the Health and Science University the powers and authority of peace officers and police officers; requires such police to be trained; specifies that such police are not authority to carry firearms; declares the university to be a law enforcement unit for purposes related to the provision of specified law enforcement services. Chapter 895
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0600.dir/sb0658.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 658
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us/
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| AZ | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Requires contractors, subcontractors, vendors, or any of their employees to have a valid fingerprint clearance card if they provide services on a regular basis on school property; exempts persons who are completing their student teaching in another state from the requirement to obtain a card; denies due process hearings to school personnel who are dismissed for failure to report when they are arrested for or charged with one of the nonappealable offenses that would preclude them from having a valid card. Chapter 75
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/1r/summary/s.2031pshs_caucus%20floor.doc.htm.
Title: H.B. 2031
Source: http://www.azleg.gov/
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Provides that aggravated battery with a firearm is also committed if the firearm is discharged on school grounds at a person known to be a student and causes injury to that student. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0867lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 867
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Creates the crime of unlawful disruption of the operation of a school; provides that the crime includes the commission of intimidation or harassment of any student or teacher by threat of force or force, placement of teachers or students in sustained fear for their health, safety, or welfare, or any other disruption or interference caused by a person who is not authorized to be on school premises.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=656069
Title: H.B. 688
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Relates to the crime of assault on a school teacher; provides that the definition of school means any public or nonpublic elementary, secondary, high school, vocational-technical school, college, special, or postsecondary school or institution, or university; specifies the penalty for assault committed by a student; specifies the penalty for circumstances wherein the assault is committed by someone who is not a student or the battery produces an injury that requires medical attention.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=667615
Title: H.B. 274
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Requires school district discipline policies to prohibit confining a student in an unattended, locked space except for an emergency situation while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement personnel. By July 1, 2011, each school district must adopt a written policy that addresses the use of restrictive behavioral interventions as a form of discipline or behavior management technique, as described in the act. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education must develop a model policy by July 1, 2010 in cooperation with associations, organizations, agencies and individuals with specialized expertise in behavior management.
Title: S.B. 291--Seclusion Rooms
Source: http://www.senate.mo.gov
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Requires school districts, community schools, STEM schools and chartered nonpublic schools to inform, prior to opening day each school year, each enrolled student and the student's parent of the parental notification procedures in the school's protocol for responding to threats and emergency events, which are established under existing law.
Pages 1155-1157 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.education.ohio.gov/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3313.536
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Partially from DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Extends to public middle and high schools a requirement that under existing law applies to public elementary schools, which requires a school nurse, teacher, counselor, school psychologist or administrator to complete four hours of in-service training in the prevention of child abuse, violence and substance abuse, and in the promotion of positive youth development. Establishes a deadline of two years after the effective date of this amendment for the specified middle and high school employees to take the required four hours of in-service training. Allows districts and schools to adapt or adopt the curriculum developed by state department of education for the in-service training, as an alternative to the existing law requirement that each district or school develop its own curriculum. Directs districts and schools to incorporate training in school safety and violence prevention into their in-service training in the prevention of child abuse, violence and substance abuse, and the promotion of positive youth development.
Pages 1354-1355 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3319.073
Source: www.ode.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | From DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Section 3313.86: Creates new Section 3313.86. Requires school districts, community schools, STEM schools and chartered nonpublic schools to periodically review their policies and procedures to ensure (1) the safety of persons using a school from known hazards that pose an immediate risk to health or safety, and (2) compliance with federal health and safety laws and regulations applicable to schools.
Repeals Section 3313.473, 3314.15 and sections 3701.93 through 3701.936.
Section 3313.473: Directed the principal or chief administrator of public and nonpublic school to provide access to school premises during school operational hours for boards of health to conduct school health and safety network inspections. Also directed local boards of districts and educational service centers, and the chief administrator of each nonpublic school, to develop and submit a plan for abatement of hazardous conditions at the school.
Section 3314.15: Same provision as 3313.473, but applicable to community schools.
Section 3701.93: School safety and health - definitions.
Section 3701.931: Establishes the school health and safety network, under which each board of health was required to inspect each public and nonpublic school building and associated grounds at least once each year during school hours to identify conditions dangerous to public health and safety present in or on the building or grounds.
Section 3701.932: Requires the board of health to report the findings from every school inspection to specified stakeholders.
Section 3701.933: Directs local boards to submit to the board of health a written plan for abatement of the conditions determined to be hazardous to occupants, as identified in the report under Section 3701.932.
Section 3701.934: Directs the director of health to develop information specifying dangerous conditions and dangerous products, including products recalled by the manufacturer, that may be present in school buildings and associated grounds, and to distribute this information every quarter to local boards of health.
Section 3701.935: Directs the director of health to adopt rules establishing minimum standards and procedures for school inspections.
Section 3701.936: Provides that these provisions do not diminish a local board of health's authority to issue orders or take actions under specified sections of code.
Page 1207 and 2725 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Title: H.B. 1 - Sections 3313.473, 3313.86, 3701.93 through 3701.936
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| TN | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Relates to sexual offenders; prohibits sexual offender from being upon the premises of or loitering within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center, park, playground, or recreation center when child under 18 likely to be present. Defines "loitering" as remaining for a period of time and under circumstances that a reasonable person would determine is for the primary purpose of observing or contacting a child under the age of 18.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HB1120.pdf
Title: H.B. 1120
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Requires board of education to convene a summit of various education stakeholders to discuss school safety issues. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HB0687.pdf
Title: H.B. 687
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Requires boards of education to readmit students to the district if such student has been in an out-of-district placement in lieu of expulsion for committing an expellable offense and to prohibit such boards from then expelling such students for such offenses.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2009/ACT/Pa/pdf/2009PA-00082-R00HB-06567-PA.pdf
Title: H.B. 6567
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Amends the zero tolerance provision in the Delaware Code to give discretion to school boards to modify the terms of expulsions when a school board determines that it is appropriate to do so.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+120/$file/legis.html?open
Title: H.B. 120
Source: http://legis.delaware.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Relates to the legal jurisdiction of campus police; redefines the term mutual aid agreement to authorize state university police officers to enforce laws within a specified jurisdictional area as agreed upon in a mutual aid agreement; authorizes university police officers to enforce traffic violations and to arrest persons for violations committed within a specified distance from property under the supervision or control of the university or a direct-support organization of the university. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb0554er.html&Directory=session/2009/Senate/bills/billtext/html/
Title: S.B. 554
Source: http://www.flsenate.gov
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Makes discretionary, rather than mandatory, fire inspections conducted by the county fire chiefs. Provides that frequency of inspections of buildings other than public schools will be at least once every 5 years rather than every 2 years. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/Bills/SB564_CD1_.HTM
Title: S.B. 564
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| LA | Adopted 06/2009 | P-12 | Specifies the offenses for which expelled students and their parents or guardians shall have enrolled in and participate in an appropriate rehabilitation counseling program.
http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/28v115/28v115.doc
Title: LAC 28:CXV.1309
Source: http://doa.louisiana.gov/
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Provides relative to the removal of students from the classroom for certain inappropriate behavior and for parental notification and involvement.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=665714
Title: S.B. 223
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Requires school administrative units, with the help of the Department of Education's model dating violence policy, to implement dating violence policies and provide dating violence training to school personnel and dating violence education to students from the 7th to the 12th grade.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_124th/billpdfs/HP076001.pdf
Title: H.B. 760
Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Provides that prior to July 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, each local board of education shall certify to the State Board of Education (SBE) that its high school and middle school science laboratories are equipped with appropriate personal protective equipment for students and teachers; requires the SBE, in consultation with local boards of education and the Board
of Governors of The University of North Carolina, to evaluate and modify the academic requirements for students preparing to teach science in middle and high schools to ensure that there is adequate preparation in issues related to science laboratory safety; provides that no board of education shall apply for a certificate of occupancy for any new middle or high school building until the plans for the science laboratory areas of the building have been reviewed and approved to meet accepted safety standards for school science laboratories and related preparation rooms and stockrooms. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H42v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 42
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes law enforcement agencies to disseminate an assessment of criminal intelligence information to a school principal when necessary to avoid imminent danger to the life of a student or employee of the school or to the public school property. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/HTML/H1327v5.html
Title: H.B. 1327
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Provides for the use of automated camera or video recording systems to detect and prosecute individuals who pass stopped school buses; increases the penalty for striking and causing the death of a person when passing a stopped school bus. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H440v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 440
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Removes the requirement that local school administrative units (LEAs) provide only abstinence until marriage education and requires LEAs to provide reproductive health and safety education in grades seven through nine; requires such education to include instruction on sexually transmitted diseases, contraceptive methods, and sexual assault and abuse; requires LEAs to provide a comprehensive school health education program that meets all the requirements of this subsection and all the objectives established by the State Board.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H88v8.pdf
Title: H.B. 88
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Prohibits person of any age from operating motor vehicle while using mobile communication device except under certain circumstances.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2300.dir/hb2377.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2377
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us/
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Requires notice to a school administrator when a youth is within jurisdiction of the juvenile court, is charged with or convicted of certain offenses, or is excused by reason of insanity; requires notice when a petition is set aside or dismissed or the youth is adjudged not to be with the jurisdiction of the court; requires removal and destruction of information in the youth's education records; specifies the information to be included in the notice. Chapter 447
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0500.dir/sb0512.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 512
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us/
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Defines terms for the purpose of the prohibition on hazing; punishes student organizations and their members by a maximum fine. Chapter 493
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0400.dir/sb0444.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 444
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us/
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| SC | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides that the prohibition on the carrying of weapons on school property does not apply to a person who is authorized to carry a concealed weapon when the weapon is inside a motor vehicle and secured; extends this exemption to any premises or property owned, operated, or controlled by a private or public school, college, university, technical college, or other post-secondary institution. http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess118_2009-2010/prever/593_20090514.htm
Title: S.B. 593
Source: http://www.scstatehouse.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | As introduced, requires an LEA revising its policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying, which was filed with the commissioner of education, to transmit the revised policy to the commissioner. - Amends TCA Title 49.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB0681.pdf
Title: S.B. 681
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Prohibits the issuance of an arrest warrant or criminal summons without written approval of the appropriate district attorney general to the parents or legal guardians of a child who allege that an employee of a local education agency (LEA), who had supervisory or disciplinary power over the child, engaged in conduct that harmed the child.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HB1210.pdf
Title: H.B. 1210
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Provides that a student may not be expelled solely on the basis of the student's use, exhibition or possession of a firearm at an approved target range facility not on a school campus, or while participating in or preparing for a school-sponsored shooting sports competition or a Parks and Wildlife Department-sponsored shooting sports educational activity. Specifies that these provisions do not allow a student to bring a firearm onto school property to participate in or prepare for a school-sponsored shooting sports competition or other activity mentioned in the provision. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB01020F.pdf
Title: H.B. 1020
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Requires school districts to notify employees that they are entitled to leave time if physically assaulted during the performance of their regular duties.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB01470F.pdf
Title: H.B. 1470
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Bars criminal justice agencies from publicly disclosing criminal history information related to a child's conviction for a misdemeanor offense punishable by fine only. Provides an exception allowing such information to be disclosed to specified agencies and entities, including a school district, charter school, private school, regional education service center, commercial transportation company or education shared service arrangement. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB01056F.pdf
Title: S.B. 1056
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| WI | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Provides that if a school district is created or a public or private school opens after the effective date of this paragraph, the school board or governing body of the private school must have in effect a school safety plan for each public or private school within 3 years of its creation or opening. Requires school safety plans to be developed with the input of appropriate parties, as specified by the local board or governing board of the private school. Specifies minimum components of a school safety plan. Requries the school board or private school governing board to determine which persons must receive school safety plan training and the frequency of the training. Requires that the training be based on the school district's or private school's prioritized needs, risks and vulnerabilities. Requires that school safety plans be reviewed at least once every three years after the plan goes into effect. Page 468 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us
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| WI | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Repeals 120.12(26), which required the school board of a common or union high school district to have a school safety plan for each school in the district. Renumbers as 118.07 (4) (a) 1., and requires all local boards and the governing board of every private school to have a school safety plan in effect within 3 years of the effective date of this provision.
Page 477 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us
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| WI | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Adds 121.91 (4) (L). Defines "local law enforcement agency". Provides additional funding if a local board and local law enforcement agency (1) jointly develop a school safety plan that specifies the purposes
of the additional revenue, (2) the school safety plan is consistent with the school safety plan required under s. 118.07 (4), and the school board submits the school safety plan to the department. Provides the excess revenue may be used to purchase school safety equipment, fund the compensation costs of security officers, or for school safety expenditures consistent with the school safety plan.
Provides additional funding to cover the salaries and benefits of school nurses and transportation. Adds new provision to incentivize energy efficiency measures and renewable energy products that result in the avoidance of, or reduction in, energy costs.
Pages 481-482 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Effective October 1, 2009. Establishes the Student Harassment Prevention Act. Requires local boards to adopt policies by July 2010 to prevent student harassment and suicide. Includes written and electronic acts motivated by a student characteristic in the definition of harassing behavior. Limits harassment to behavior that takes place on school property or school buses, or at school-sponsored events. Provides no student should be subject to harassment or intimidation. Allows any student who is the object of harassment (or student's parent) to file a written complaint. Requires all schools to develop plans or programs, including peer mediation teams, to encourage students to report and address incidents of harassment, violence or threats of violence. Directs the department to develop a model policy prohibiting harassment, violence and threats of violence that contains specified components, including procedures to report acts of intimidation or harassment, suicide threats, violence and threats of violence.
Requires schools to:
--Implement proven practices to promote safe and harassment-free school environments
--Implement proven practices to prevent harassment, intimidation, violence and threats of violence, and to intervene when such incidents occur
--Incorporate awareness of harassment and intimidation prohibitions into character education curricula
--Report statistics on harassment, violence and threats of violence to the local board, which must provide statistics by school and for the district as a whole to the department of education for posting on the department Web site.
Provides that, to the extent that legislative or local funds are available, all school systems must implement 12 specified suicide prevention standards and policies, including educating students in recognizing signs of suicidal tendencies, informing students of available community suicide prevention services, and promoting cooperation between school staff and community suicide prevention program staff. Effective October 1, 2009.
Title: H.B. 216
Source: www.lexis.com
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Becomes effective July 1, 2010. Requires local boards of education to adopt school safety plans and protocols. Requires principals to instruct students on procedures to be used for drills and evacuations, and precautions to be taken case of a severe weather watch, alert or warning. Requires schools to conduct a safety drill at least once every school year to instruct students in procedures to follow in the event of terrorism, a person possessing a firearm or a deadly weapon, or any other act of violence. Requires schools to hold annual training sessions for employees on the school safety drills and procedures to be conducted during a school year.
Title: H.B. 199
Source: www.lexis.com
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Creates a system for increasing the age at which a person is eligible to apply for a learner's permit or driver's license if the person, over the age of 12 years and a student in a public or private school, was subject to habitual school punishment for an infraction committed on school property. Provides increasing numbers of points to be imposed for in-school suspensions, out-of-school suspensions, an alternative school placement and expulsion. Provides the points accumulate on a yearly basis, and that each point adds a week to the age at which the student is eligible to be issued a learner's permit or driver's license.
Title: H.B. 464
Source: www.lexis.com
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| MN | Vetoed 05/2009 | P-12 | Relates to education; provides for harassment, bullying, intimidation, and violence policies by school boards; revises provisions requiring the establishment of a model policy for use by such boards; provides that the policy shall address all forms of harassment, bullying, intimidation, hazing or violence including electronic forms and forms requiring Internet use.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0971.2.html&session=ls86
Title: S.B. 971
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Establishes a process for the commissioner and qualified experts and other stakeholders including parents and teachers to (1) identify highly reliable variables of student engagement and connection and (2) determine how to report student safety to comply with federal law. Directs the commissioner to submit one report to the legislature in 2010 on the two topics and a second, related report in 2013 on the content and analysis of and format for reporting collected data.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Consistent with federal law and state suspension procedures, allows school personnel to suspend children with disabilities. Establishes parameters and procedures for suspensions of children with disabilities who have been suspended for more than five consecutive school days or ten cumulative schools days. Counts a dismissal of up to one school day as a day of suspension of children with disabilities do not receive regular or special education instruction during that time. Does not require notice for a one-day dismissal. Requires children with disabilities to be provided alternative education services when a suspension exceeds five consecutive school days. Establishes procedures a school district must follow before initiating an expulsion or exclusion of children with disabilities. Requires school districts to continue to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities who are excluded or expelled for misbehavior that is not a manifestation of their disability.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | This concurrent resolution urges the development of teen dating violence education policies in all schools in the state.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HCR0007.html
Title: H.C.R. 7
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Amends existing law which authorizes the boards of trustees of school districts to establish policies prohibiting the activities of criminal gangs on school property; makes the establishment of such policy mandatory. Chapter 282
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/AB/AB154_en.pdf
Title: A.B. 154
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| NY | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Enacts the public schools emergency alert act. Requires the New York City Schools chancellor to implement an emergency alert notification system to convey to parents timely information concerning emergency incidents or occurrences, as defined by such chancellor, that pose an imminent threat to the health or safety of students, faculty and staff; provides that the system may include automated delivery of text messages, phone calls and e-mail. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A01245&sh=t
Title: A.B. 1245
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Allows public educational institutions may keep confidential campus security plans. An institution or agency may in its discretion release information contained in or related to the campus security plan in order to design or implement the plan. Defined "campus security plan" as one that must include, but is not limited to, prevention and response procedures to and notification procedures for perceived or actual security threats and incidents on or impacting the campus.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB585_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 585
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Expands the offenses for which notice must be given to schools when an adjudicated delinquent juvenile offender is sent back into a regular school setting (to include an offense involving the use or attempted use of force, violence, or a deadly weapon).
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB0680.pdf
Title: S.B. 680
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Removes the authorization for an LEA to transport up to 15 students to and from an interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic or school sponsored activity in a van. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB2327.pdf
Title: S.B. 2327
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Requires, rather than encourages, school districts to include certain criteria in policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB0283.pdf
Title: S.B. 283
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Requires written referrals for student's behavior to be returned to faculty or staff member issuing the referral. The referral would be kept in a student discipline file and would not become a part of the student's permanent record. If a school district or school has adopted an electronic system of making disciplinary referrals instead of using written referrals, then the member of the faculty or staff making the referral must be notified of the action taken, but the notification may be made either electronically or in writing.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HB0374.pdf
Title: H.B. 374
Source: http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Prohibits the carrying onto, or possession on, public or private elementary and secondary school premises, school-provided transportation, or areas of facilities while being used by such schools, any portable device commonly known as a stun gun; makes an exception; prohibits a person who provides school security services from possessing such device unless he or she has successfully completed training in the use of such device that is equivalent to law enforcement training.
Chapter 453
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202009/5263-S.SL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5263
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Allows a school district board of directors to meet in executive session on an appeal of the suspension or expulsion of a public school student.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1445.pdf
Title: H.B. 1091
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Enacts the Campus Security Enhancement Act to create a multidisciplinary advisory task force composed of leaders in education, mental health, and law enforcement which shall provide support for designing effective campus security policies and proactive measures that prevent further acts of violence on campuses of institutions of higher education in the State and help ensure an effective response and recovery system when those acts of violence occur.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1400.pdf
Title: H.B. 2135
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Permits, rather than requires, a school district to suspend or expel a student for brandishing an artificial firearm; permits a school district to suspend a student while determining whether the student's conduct could be grounds for suspension or expulsion.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/01DF9C20498006C68725755A0063A2B6?open&file=237_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 237
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Requires the governing body of a school corporation to develop an evidence-based plan for improving behavior and discipline in the school corporation, and a school within the school corporation to comply with the plan in developing the school's plan; requires school corporation discipline rules to incorporate a graduated system of discipline, which includes actions that may be taken in lieu of suspension or expulsion. Requires the Department of Education to develop a master evidence-based plan for improving student behavior and discipline upon which school corporations may base plans. Public Law 66.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2009/HE/HE1419.1.html
Title: H.B. 1419
Source: http://www.in.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | Exempts a postsecondary educational institution from paying a fee for a limited pre-employment criminal history record; requires school corporations, charter schools and accredited nonpublic schools to conduct an expanded criminal history background check for a new or renewed teaching license or certificate within five years; adds possession of child pornography to the list of felonies for which a teacher may lose the teacher's license; establishes an administrative procedure for a student who has been removed from a classroom. Requires the attorney general and the Indiana Department of Education to annually notify teachers that the attorney general may defend suits against teachers and that teachers have qualified imunity for reasonable acts of discipline. Public Law 121
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2009/pdf/he/he1462.1.pdf
Title: H.B. 1462
Source: http://www.in.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes a city, county, or town to establish speed limits for schools located on streets or highways under the jurisdiction of the city, town, or county; requires that, after June 30, 2011, there must be a sign at or as near as practical to the point where a school zone begins, indicating the reduced speed limit for the school zone, a sign at the end of the school zone indicating: the speed limit for the section of highway that follows the school zone. Public Law 138
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2009/pdf/he/he1123.1.pdf
Title: H.B. 1123
Source: http://www.in.gov
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Prohibits a principal from suspending or expelling a student from school solely for attendance-related offenses.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/bills/hb/hb0660t.pdf
Title: H.B. 660; S.B. 241
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Requires the State Board of Education to develop and implement in the public schools a program to educate students about dating violence; requires the program to include education on services provided to victims of dating violence; alters the definition of victim of domestic violence for purposes of specified provisions of law; requires the Governor annually to proclaim the second week in October Statewide Tween/Teen Dating Violence Education and Awareness Week.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/bills/sb/sb1049e.pdf
Title: S.B. 1049
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Allows school board trustees to meet outside district boundaries for purpose of collaboration with other boards, agencies or collaboratives; expands the disciplinary powers of school administrators; clarifies the laws governing student suspensions. Because state law prohibits business being transacted by the trustees of a district unless it is transacted at a regular
meeting or a properly called special meeting, expands the definition of ."unforeseen emergency" from a storm, fire, explosion, community disaster, insurrection, act of God, or other unforeseen destruction or impairment of school district property that affects the health and safety of the trustees, students, or district employees to include "or the educational functions of the district or violation of the student code of conduct, as defined in accordance with district policy, within a week of graduation."
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billpdf/HB0332.pdf
Title: H.B. 332
Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Provides for consistent policies regarding corporal punishment. Prohibits a school board from expanding through policy the definition of corporal punishment beyond that provided by this subsection. (The subsection allows for reasonable force but prohibits corporal punishment). Requires local boards to develop guidelines for how all incidents are to be investigated. Requires boards to ensure that the policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable to all elementary schools in the district are identical, that the policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable to all middle schools in the district are identical, and that the policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable to all high schools in the district are identical..
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBCF0400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2289
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | Requires college campuses to provide incoming students with information about domestic violence and stalking prevention. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A02714&sh=t
Title: A.B. 2714
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Provides for verbal notification of changes to a juvenile safety plan to school principals and assistant school principals. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act334.pdf
Title: H.B. 1057
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Creates school- based automated external defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation programs.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/SB312.pdf
Title: S.B. 312
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Provides for consistent policies regarding corporal punishment. Prohibits a school board from expanding through policy the definition of
corporal punishment beyond that provided by this subsection. (The subsection allows for reasonable force but prohibits corporal punishment). Requires local boards to develop guidelines for how all incidents are to be investigated. Requires boards to ensure that the policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable to all elementary schools in the district are identical, that the policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable to all middle schools in the district are identical, and that the policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable to all high schools in the district are identical..
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBCF0400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2289
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes a school crossing guard who observes a person speeding in a reduced speed school zone to report the incident to a law enforcement agency. Authorizes the law enforcement agency to send a notification letter to the last-known registered owner of the offending vehicle that the vehicle was observed violating the speed limit in a reduced speed school zone. Provides that a law enforcement agency that receives a report may initiate an investigation of the alleged violation. http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillenr/hb0202.pdf
Title: H.B. 202
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Provides a definition of school property to include areas where programs or activities are being conducted. Provides that it is a class A misdemeanor to enter onto school property in order to evade law enforcement. Provides that not knowing the property is school property is not a defense. Requires that the defendant reimburse the school for costs incurred by the school in responding to the defendant's presence on school property. Provides this offense is a separate offense from other offenses that involve failure to stop. http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillenr/hb0244.pdf
Title: H.B. 244
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Provides that pending the decision by the division superintendent as to whether to require that a student charged with an offense involving intentional injury to another student of the school division attend an alternative education program, a local school board may impose a short-term suspension upon such student; provides that a school board may require a student charged with certain juvenile offenses to attend an alternative education program.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB2341ER
Title: H.B. 2341
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Requires all school emergency plans to include a provision that the Department of Criminal Justice Services and the State Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund shall be contacted immediately to deploy assistance in the event of an emergency as defined in the emergency response plan when there are victims.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+CHAP0269
Title: S.B. 1150
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/
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| VT | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Intended to implement the November 2008 Report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary's 34-Point Comprehensive Plan for Vermont's Sexual Abuse Response System. Puts an emphasis on prevention by implementing a comprehensive statewide approach to the prevention of child sexual abuse; includes a sexual abuse prevention component in all school health curricula; conducts outreach efforts to raise awareness of families and communities about child sexual abuse; requires school districts to check the child abuse and neglect registry and vulnerable adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation registry prior to hiring staff or volunteers, and to conduct periodic rechecks of the registries.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2010/bills/Passed/S-013.pdf
Title: S.B. 13
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us
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| UT | Adopted 02/2009 | P-12 | Directs all districts and charter schools, by April 2009, to adopt policies governing the possession and use of electronic devices while on public school premises. Sets forth multiple components that must be addressed in local policies, inlcuding prohibitions on the use of electronic devices in a way that threatens, humiliates, harasses, or intimidates school-related individuals, including students, employees and invitees, or violates local, state or federal laws. Policies may also include
strategies for use of technology that enhance instruction.
Provides the state office of education must:
--Provide resources, upon request, for school districts and schools as they develop electronic device policies, including sources for successful policies, assistance with reviewing draft policies, and information about bullying, harassing, and discrimination via electronic devices.
--Develop a model policy or a policy framework to assist school districts and individual schools in developing and implementing their policies
--Promote the use of effective strategies to enhance instruction and professional development through technology
--Ensure that parents and school employees are involved in the development and implementation of policies
--Work and cooperate with other education entities, such as the PTA, the Utah School Boards Association, the Utah Education Association, the State Charter School Board and the Utah High School Activities Association to provide consistent information to parents and community members about electronic device policies and to provide for appropriate and consistent penalties for violation of policies, including violations that take place at public school extracurricular and athletic events. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bulletin/2008/20081201/32141.htm
Title: R277-495
Source: www.rules.utah.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2009 | P-12 | Provides that the sufficient cause necessary to suspend a student cannot rest solely on instances of tardiness or truancy.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB1794ER
Title: H.B. 1794
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Eliminates the requirement that the State Council of Higher Education must develop and revise, as it deems necessary, a model institutional crisis and emergency management plan for the purpose of assisting public and private two- and four-year institutions of higher education in establishing, operating, and maintaining emergency services and disaster preparedness activities.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB1664ER
Title: H.B. 1664
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2009 | P-12 | Adds act of violence by a mob to the listing of offenses that are reported by a juvenile intake officer to a school division superintendent when committed by a student; removes two redundancies created when similar House and Senate bills passed and were merged in 2004.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB2513ER
Title: H.B. 2513
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2009 | P-12 | Relates to Board of Education model policies for codes of student conduct; provides for the inclusion of electronic bullying, harassment, and intimidation in such policies; provides for the dissemination of information to students, parents and school personnel.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB1624ER
Title: H.B. 1624
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2009 | P-12 | Provides for the suspension of the driver's license or learner's permit of any minor who has 10 or more unexcused absences from public school on consecutive school days.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB1826ER
Title: H.B. 1826
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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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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| School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--School Size |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
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| Service-Learning |
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| Special Education |
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| Special Education--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--Immigrant Education |
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| Special Populations--Military |
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| Standards |
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| State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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| State Policymaking |
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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--Employment |
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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--Assignment |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
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| Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
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| Teaching Quality--Preparation |
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| Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects |
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| Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Attitudes |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
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| Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
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| Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
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| Teaching Quality--Working Conditions |
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| Technology |
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| Technology--Computer Skills |
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| Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
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| Technology--Equitable Access |
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| Technology--Funding Issues |
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| Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training |
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| Textbooks and Open Source |
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| Urban |
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| Urban--Governance |
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