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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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| 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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| IL | Signed into law 11/2009 | P-12 | Establishes a Streamlining Illinois' Educational Delivery Systems Task Force. Directs the task force to explore and examine the duties of the state board of education and all regional support systems for school districts (including regional offices of education, intermediate service centers, special education cooperatives, education for employments systems and learning technology centers), to determine which duties and responsibilities should be provided regionally to more appropriately and efficiently deliver services. Directs the task force to review how the regional support systems can centrally coordinate communication with private school systems. Establishes membership. Directs the task force to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the governor and the general assembly by August 1, 2010. Repeals section and abolishes task force on August 2, 2010. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0798.pdf
Title: S.B. 1882
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12 | Revises and clarifies the definition of an action to reorganize a school district. Authorizes a county committee to approve a petition to form school districts if specified conditions are met, including the granting of approval authority by each county superintendent of schools with jurisdiction over an affected district that elects to grant approval authority. Relates to the annexation of a lapsing district into one or more other districts. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0151-0200/ab_174_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 174
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 08/2009 | P-12 | Existing law requires the state board of education to direct the allocation and apportionment of federal funds to school districts. Proposed provision includes county offices of education and other agencies within the definition of school district for purposes of these provisions. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0301-0350/ab_339_bill_20090713_enrolled.pdf
Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0301-0350/ab_339_vt_20090805.html
Title: A.B. 339
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Makes changes concerning the the breakfast incentive program. Adds subsection making grants available to school boards and welfare centers to offer the school breakfast program in non-traditional settings or using non-traditional methods. Specifies that priority will be given to applications from schools on the Early Academic Warning List. Amends elements on which the state board must report to the governor and the general assembly concerning free meals in schools. Specifies information required in the report. Eliminates provision allowing local boards to determine which schools will be required to operate a school breakfast program. Eliminates provision allowing districts to opt out of the school breakfast program; replaces with provision allowing districts to opt out individual schools. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1957lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1957
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Requires school districts to adopt a procedure to comply with the Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act and the Structural Pest Control Act. Requires licensed day care centers to ensure that products will not be applied to day care center grounds when children are present. Requires applicators to provide a copy of the approved pesticide registration label as well as the material safety data sheet. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1769lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1769
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Amends the Asbestos Abatement Act. Deletes a provision requiring the department of public health to require local educational agencies to submit to the department certain asbestos related response action contracts for which the agency seeks indemnification and collect from the agency 5% of each response action contract for deposit into the Response Contractors Indemnification Fund. Amends the Response Action Contractor Indemnification Act. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2145lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2145
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Adds contracts providing for the transportation of pupils with special needs or disabilities to the list of exceptions to the requirement that certain contracts be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Provides that these contracts must be advertised in the same manner as competitive bids and awarded by first considering the bidder or bidders most able to provide safety and comfort for the pupils with special needs. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2362lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2362
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Makes changes with respect to the establishment and purpose of a regional office of education advisory board by providing that, beginning October 1, 2009, a board shall be established within each region serving Class I counties or within each group of regions participating in an intergovernmental agreement for the provision of professional development to advise the regional superintendent of schools on the planning and delivery of professional development programs. Reduces regional office of education advisory boards from 13 to 9 members. Specifies that all members must be certified and be employed in positions requiring certification by a school district, special education cooperative, joint agreement or regional office of education program. Amends means of selecting teacher and administrator members. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB1108lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1108
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12
Community College | Creates the School Wind and Solar Generation Program to fund wind and solar generation projects for school and community college districts. Provides for the award of full or partial low-interest loans for engineering studies, feasibility studies, research studies and construction costs for wind and solar generation projects. Creates the School Wind and Solar Generation Revolving Loan Fund as a special fund in the state treasury. Revises provisions concerning the renewable energy grant program. Expands the allowable use of such grants for school and community college districts. Allows districts to own solar generation turbine farms. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1570lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1570
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Amends the Local Government Property Transfer Act to include in the definition of "transferee municipality" two or more districts operating a cooperative or joint educational program for purposes of providing special education services. Replaces references to "school psychologist" employed under such joint agreements with references to "professional worker" and eliminates provision that director of such program may be employed under a multi-year contract. Provides that joint agreements among school boards must include the method(s) to be employed for disposing of property upon the withdrawal of a school district or dissolution of the joint agreement. Clarifies that joint agreements must employ a full-time director of special education (prior legislation did not specify "full time" or director "of special education"). Repeals provision prohibiting any director's contract for extending longer than three years, as well as provision specifying that a contract renewal must be for a three-year period.
Repeals provision that a district may withdraw from a joint agreement for provision of special education services by by petition to the regional board of school trustees. Provides procedure for a withdrawing district to remove itself from a joint agreement.
Requires existing agreements to come into compliance with this Act. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=096-0783&GA=96
Title: S.B. 611 - Joint Agreements to Provide Special Education Services
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Creates the City-Wide Council on High Schools for New York City. Provides the council has the power to:
(1) Advise and comment on any educational or instructional policy involving high schools
(2) Issue an annual report on the effectiveness of the city district in providing services to high school students and making recommendations on how to improve the efficiency and delivery of such services
(3) Hold at least one meeting per month during which the public may discuss issues facing high schools.
Establishes means by which council members must be selected and method for filling vacancies. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08903&sh=t
Title: A.B. 8903 - City-Wide Council on High Schools
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Makes technical changes to eligibility requirements of parent and high school senior members of the city-wide council on special education in New York City. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08903&sh=t
Title: A.B. 8903 - City-Wide Council on Special Education
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Creates a [New York City] City-Wide Council on English Language Learners. Provides the council has the power to:
(1) Advise and comment on any educational or instructional policy involving bilinguor or English as a second language (ESL) programs.
(2) Issue an annual report on the effectiveness of the city district in providing services to English language learners and making recommendations on improving the efficiency and delivery of such services
(3) Hold at least one meeting per month to provide a forum for members of the public to discuss issues facing English language learners.
Establishes makeup of council and method for filling vacancies. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08903&sh=t
Title: A.B. 8903 - City-Wide Council on English Language Learners
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| HI | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 07/2009 | P-12 | Requires public school facilities to give first preference to the purchase of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products. Directs the department of health to maintain a list of products that have been approved by the Green Seal program.
Bill: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/Bills/HB1538_SD1_.HTM
Governor's veto message: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/bills/GM845_.PDF
Title: H.B. 1538
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Allows for a chief school business official endorsement to an administrative certificate if, among other conditions, the certificate holder has 2 years of university-approved practical experience. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0187lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 187
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | 3319.611: Establishes the subcommittee on standards for superintendents of the education standards board (ESB). Establishes subcommittee membership. Provides that the subcommittee must assist the ESB in developing the standards for superintendents and with any additional matters the ESB directs the subcommittee to examine.
3319.612: Establishes the subcommittee on standards for school treasurers and business managers of the ESB. Provides that the subcommittee must assist the educator standards board in developing the standards for school treasurers and business managers and with any additional matters the ESB directs the subcommittee to examine.
3319.63: Requires a local boards employing an individual chosen to participate on either of these ESB subcommittees to grant the individual paid professional leave for the purpose of attending meetings and conducting official subcommittee business.
Pages 1400-1401 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3319.611, 3319.612, and 3319.63
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Amends the membership of the educator standards board (ESB). Specifies that board membership must reflect the diversity of the state in terms of gender, race, ethnic background and geographic distribution. Among other changes, adds to the board an individual employed as a district treasurer or business manager, and a parent of a student currently enrolled in a school run by a school district. Requires that standards board-developed standards for what teachers and principals should know and be able to do must be aligned with the operating standards adopted under division (D)(3) of section 3301.07. Requires that the standards for teachers reflect the standards under section 3301.079 (including standards on collaborative learning environments and interdisciplinary, project-based, real-world learning and differentiated instruction) and the Ohio leadership framework. Requires such standards to ensure that teachers have sufficient knowledge to enable them to provide learning opportunities for all children to succeed. Requires recommended teacher standards to be submitted to the state board by September 2010.
Requires the ESB to develop standards for school district superintendents that reflect what superintendents are expected to know and be able to do at all stages of their careers. Requires that the standards reflect knowledge of systems theory and effective management principles and be aligned with the buckeye association of school administrators standards and the operating standards developed under division (D)(3) of section 3301.07. Similarly requires the ESB to develop standards for school district treasurers and business managers that reflect what these professionals should know and be able to do at all stages of their careers. Requires that these standards reflect knowledge of systems theory and effective management principles and be aligned with the association of school business officials international standards and the operating standards developed under division (D)(3) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code. Requires standards to ensure that principals, superintendents, school treasurers and school business managers have sufficient knowledge to provide principled, collaborative, foresighted and data-based leadership that will provide learning opportunities for all children to succeed.
Additionally directs the ESB to investigate and make recommendations for the creation, expansion and implementation of building and district leadership academies. Provides that the state superintendent, the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents, or the education standards board itself may request that the educator standards board update, review or reconsider any standards it has developed.
Requires that standards for educator professional development developed by the ESB include standards for the inclusion of local professional development committees established under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code in the planning and design of professional development. Requires the ESB to develop criteria to allow a candidate for a lead professional educator license who is not national board-certified must meet to be considered a lead teacher under Section 3319.22(B)(4)(d). Requires the ESB to develop model teacher and principal evaluation instruments and processes, and for such models to incorporate the ESB-developed standards for teachers. Directs the ESB to develop a method of measuring the academic improvement of individual students over a one-year period and to make recommendations for incorporating the measurement as one of multiple evaluation criteria into (1) Eligibility for a professional educator license, senior professional educator license, lead professional educator license, or principal license; (2) The Ohio teacher residency program; (3) The aforementioned ESB-developed model teacher and principal evaluation instruments and processes.
Pages 1393-1400 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3319.60, 3319.61
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Makes school district election law amendments; relates to write-in candidates for a community college board office, a permanent early voter list, nomination petitions to fill a vacant position, signatures, post office box addresses, live video requirements and early ballot distribution. Chapter 149
http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=SB1074
Title: S.B. 1074
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| HI | Adopted 06/2009 | P-12 | Amends rules on consolidation of two or more public schools. Repeals provision requiring establishment of a task force to study whether a school should be consolidated; transfers responsibility for consolidation studies to the department. Amends procedures and guidelines.
Title: HAR 8-38
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Allows a school district, entity such as a special education cooperative or other joint agreement, or regional superintendent to establish a line of credit with a bank or other financial institution. Provides that the line of credit must not exceed a specified percent of the amount of property taxes most recently levied for specified purposes. Specifies that borrowed moneys may be used for educational, operations and maintenance, transportation, or other tax levy purposes or any combination thereof. Allows a school board to anticipate revenues due in the current or next fiscal year, to issue bonds, and to establish a line of credit in a specified amount under certain conditions. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0999lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 999
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Amends auditing procedures for and authority of county education departments in counties with a population of 3 million or more. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02549F.pdf
Title: H.B. 2549
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Directs the state education agency to develop and maintain a comprehensive schedule that addresses all district reporting requirements (including those imposed by entities other than the state education agency), and that specifies the date by which a school district must comply with each requirement. Directs the state education agency to determine the manner in which the schedule is made readily accessible to school districts. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03041F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3041
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Modifies content of improvement plans regional education service centers must annually develop to describe services to be provided schools in need. Former legislation required services to be geared to campuses identified as academically unacceptable. New legislation requires services to be targeted at campuses assigned an unacceptable performance rating under new Section 39.054.
New Section 39.054: Pages 77-82 of 180: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf
Section 4: Pages 5-6 of 180: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3 - Section 4
Source: www.legis.state.tx.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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| ID | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Appropriates funds to the Educational Support Program, Division of Administrators; provides legislative intent that public school employee benefits be paid for all eligible employees that a school district actually employs with its salary- based apportionment allotment, regardless of whether such employees are categorized as administrative, instructional or classified staff; decreases base salaries for administrative staff. Chapter 270
http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/H0323.htm
Title: H.B. 323
Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Provides for the formation of regional education cooperatives. School administrative units in existence as of July 1, 2009 may join a regional education cooperative of their choice, and each participating school administrative unit has a single representative to the cooperative board. Participation in regional education cooperatives is voluntary.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_124th/billpdfs/HP072401.pdf
Title: H.B. 724
Source: http://www.mainelegislature.
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| NE | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Statement of intent: Legislative Bill 549 is the K-12 education technical bill for 2009. Substantive changes would include reducing the time a district would be allowed to contract for the instruction of all students from 3 years to 2 years, adding a requirement for districts to provide transportation allowances to parents of students who live more than 3 miles from the pick up point for transportation provided by the school, authorizing statewide regional networks for the provision of services to children with disabilities, and revising procedures for appointing surrogate parents for children with disabilities. A public hearing requirement would also be eliminated for itemized estimates for environmental hazards, accessibility barrier elimination, or modifications for life safety code violations, indoor air quality, or mold abatement and prevention. The measure would clarify or make minor revisions to provisions for exempt schools, student transportation, option enrollment, student records, school district reporting requirements, school board meetings, school finance, reorganization of educational service units, and veteran education. The sections regarding the Nebraska Equal Opportunity for Displaced Homemakers Act, the Diagnostic Resource Center in Cozad, and the obsolete distribution formula for core service funding would be outright repealed.
http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Final/LB549.pdf
Title: L.B. 549
Source: http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Authorizing the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue an additional license to teach elementary education, middle school or junior high school education or secondary education to certain licensed teachers; revises provisions governing the reciprocal licensure of teachers and other educational personnel; requires the Commission on Professional Standards in Education to conduct a review of the regulations of the Commission governing the licensure and endorsement of special education teachers. Chapter 166.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/AB/AB425_en.pdf
Title: A.B. 425
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Establishes a formula for awarding educational building grants to school districts that have struggled to maintain quality educational facilities. Allows building grants to be awarded to schools where local per pupil property values are less than the state average and the school district has taken on its allowable bonded indebtedness. The grants would be awarded through the State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund. Establishes and sets parameters for using the State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund, to aid school districts in acquiring buildings. Removed term "voluntary" from Oklahoma School Consolidation and Annexation Act. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB1169_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 1169
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Bars district policies from the order in which an employee may use certain types of personal and sick leave. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB00522F.pdf
Title: S.B. 522
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Requires districts to allow an employee reporting a grievance to make an audio recording of any meeting in which the grievance is investigated or discussed. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02512F.pdf
Title: H.B. 2512
Source:
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Includes in the information which a school district must make available on its website, or the website of the school district's education service cooperative, minutes of regular and special meetings of the school board, the school district budget, a breakdown of monthly expenses, and certain information regarding school district employee contracts; relates to the powers and duties of the board of directors of each school district; relates to school district personnel policies and contracts.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1180.pdf
Title: H.B. 1940
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| HI | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Repeals the district business and fiscal officer positions within the department of education. In lieu of these positions, the legislature has provided for one business manager position in each of the complex areas to support the schools and officers within each complex. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/Bills/SB163_.HTM
Title: S.B. 163
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Amends existing law relating to school districts to remove a mandatory duty of the State Board of Education and to provide certain discretionary authority to the state board regarding lapsed school districts. Chapter 88
http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/H0193PrinterFriendly.htm
Title: H.B. 193
Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Clarifies the ability of school districts to share superintendents and principals.
Title: S.B. 173
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Permits a school board to vote to add one or more high school students as members of the board and, when there is more than one high school in the school district, allows the school board to determine a procedure for rotating student representation on the board.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0074.html
Title: H.B. 74
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Allows regional education cooperatives to provide education-related services to nonmembers; allows cooperatives to apply for and receive government and private funding for educational programs; changes accountability procedures.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/HB0197.pdf
Title: H.B. 197
Source: http://nmlegis.gov
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| NV | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Amends existing law which requires the board of trustees of each school district to notify the postprobationary and probationary employees who are employed by the board of trustees to notify those employees, on or before a specified date of each year, of the reemployment status of those employees for the next school year; temporarily delays the statutory deadline for notifying school employees of their reemployment status. Chapter 18
http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/AB/AB542_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 542
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Relates to school district accreditation levels; revises accreditation terminology.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/SB/2300-2399/SB2308SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2308
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Relates to school boards; requires elected members to be elected by majority vote and hold runoffs three weeks later.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/HB/0800-0899/HB0877SG.pdf
Title: H.B. 877
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Requires school districts to keep contiguous boundaries when reorganizing; permits exceptions.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/SB38ENR.pdf
Title: S.B. 38
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us/
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| MI | Signed into law 01/2009 | P-12 | Provides for Michigan-based business preference in bid process for school contracting except for food purchasing; provides that the policy may provide for a preference based on the status of the primary contractor or subcontractors or both; relates purchasing by school districts, intermediate school districts and public school academies.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2008-PA-0540.pdf
Title: H.B. 5639
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov
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