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State |
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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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| 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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| 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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| IL | Signed into law 11/2009 | P-12 | Requires the establishment of a Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force in order to ensure that school facility-related decisions are made with the input of the parents, teachers and community residents, and reflect educationally sound and fiscally responsible criteria. Establishes membership of the task force, including four members each from the house and senate. Requires the task force to analyze school openings, closings, consolidations, turnarounds, construction and other matters. Requires the task force to consult widely with stakeholders on these issues and examine best practices from other school systems for dealing with these issues systematically and equitably. Directs the task force to issue final recommendations by October 30, 2009 on how the enumerated issues can be addressed effectively based upon educationally sound and fiscally responsible practices. Directs the task force to prepare final proposed policy and legislative recommendations for the general assembly, the governor and the school district. Identifies numerous areas the recommendations may address, including teacher mobility and lack of inclusion of local councils in decisionmaking on school facilities. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0803.pdf
Title: H.B. 363
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2009 | P-12 | Expresses legislative findings and declarations regarding the state's school funding system. Requires a working group to be convened to make findings and recommendations to the legislature and the governor by December 2010 regarding restructuring the state's school finance system. Requires the findings to include alternative structures for funding public schools, the policy and fiscal implementations of such structure or structures, and an evaluation mechanism to facilitate continuous improvement, maximum transparency, and accountability. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_8_bill_20090916_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_8_vt_20091011.html
Title: A.B. 8
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2009 | P-12 | Adds Article 15.1., "Education Technology Task Force" to the education code. Defines "technology literacy". Establishes a task force for education technology to make preliminary recommendations on technology literacy model standards for grades 7-12. Specifies role groups that must be represented on the task force. Directs the task force to make preliminary recommendations to the superintendent of public instruction within a year of the task force's convening. Requires the superintendent to recommend technology literacy model standards to the state board within two months after receiving the task force's recommendations, and for the state board to adopt technology literacy model content standards pursuant to the superintendent's recommendations, within two months of receiving the superintendent's recommendations. Identifies specific areas on which the task force must make recommendations to the legislature and the state board within 18 months after the task force is convened, namely (1) Professional development, (2) Electronic learning resources and instructional materials, (3) Hardware, (4) Telecommunications infrastructure, and (5) Funding, based on an assessment of various funding models. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_836_bill_20090916_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_836_vt_20091012.html
Title: A.B. 836
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Requires the Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities and the Advisory Council on the Education of Gifted and Talented Children to research and discuss best practices for addressing the needs of children who are gifted and talented and have a disability. Directs the councils to jointly provide recommendations to the state board of education concerning state board provision of technical assistance to school districts on strategies to provide teacher education and training to assist such students, and on establishing guidelines for unique programming for such students. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0900lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 900
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Requires the Ensuring Success in School Task Force, created to address the educational and related needs of elementary and secondary education students who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of domestic or sexual violence to ensure their ability to stay in school, stay safe while in school, and successfully complete their education, to submit a report to the General Assembly by December 2009 (initial deadline for report was January 2009). http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0605lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 605
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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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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| IL | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Increases statewide charter school cap and charter school cap for Chicago. Above and beyond caps, permits five Chicago charters (and specified numbers of campuses and enrollment seats within those five charters) to be devoted to serving returning high school dropouts. Requires charter schools to submit to the state board of education a copy of their audit and Form 990. Increases time frame for state board to approve a charter school proposal. Adds procedures for a charter school to respond to a proposed revocation of its charter. Beginning with the 2012-13 school year, requires at least 75% of instructional staff in established charter schools to hold teacher certification; for charter schools established after these provisions are enacted, requires 75% of instructional staff to be certified by the beginning of the 4th school year in which students are enrolled in the school. Provides charter schools statewide are exempt from caps on the number of employees who may be enrolled in alternative certification programs. Requires state board to report findings of charter school evaluation every two years rather than annually. Establishes an Independent Charter School Authorizer Task Force to study the need for an independent charter school authorizer in the state. Directs the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the governor and legislature by January 2010.
Defines "contract school" as a Chicago attendance center run by a for- or not-for-profit private entity on contract to provide instructional and other services to a majority of the students enrolled in the attendance center. Defines "contract turnaround school" as an experimental Chicago contract school created to implement alternative governance in an attendance center subject to restructuring or similar intervention under NCLB that has not made adequate yearly progress (AYP) for 5 consecutive years. Provides that a Chicago school placed on probation that fails to make adequate progress in correcting deficiencies after one year may be converted to a contract turnaround school. Specifies the Chicago school board may operate no more than 30 contract schools, plus up to 5 contract turnaround schools. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0612lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 612
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Creates, in accordance with the goals outlined in the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Innovation, Intervention, and Restructuring Task Force to develop recommendations for the innovation, intervention, and restructuring of schools, including those that need comprehensive or focused intervention as defined by the state's proposal for participation in the No Child Left Behind differentiated accountability pilot project. Directs the task force to compile data, study and report on the following:
(1) Ways in which the state can identify schools requiring more intensive intervention
(2) Strategies for strengthening leadership at struggling schools and otherwise strengthening school district capacity to effectively implement reforms and ensure continuous improvement
(3) Strategies that have been involved in successful turnaround efforts and a template for evaluating turnaround efforts
(4) The autonomies, resources, and support that need to be available to achieve and maintain over time a successful turnaround
(5) Mechanisms for model innovations to be captured and shared across the state
(6) The amount of funding necessary to accomplish any and all strategies included in the task force's recommendation
(7) The identification of any statutory or regulatory changes that would be necessary or helpful to promote successful innovation, intervention and restructuring.
Requires the task force to compile relevant data in developing its recommendations, and to seek input from various specified stakeholders. Directs the task force to submit a comprehensive report to the governor, the general assembly and the state superintendent of education by December 31, 2009. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2119lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2119
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Establishes a Financial Literacy Council to coordinate and expand the statewide delivery of financial education for all North Carolinians; the council will consider and make recommendations to address (among other things) the current personal financial literacy programs in the public schools and how to integrate financial education in K-12; the council will consult with the public schools, community colleges, and public and private university systems to further its mission. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1019v5.pdf
Title: S.B. 1019
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes the joint legislative Joining Our Businesses and Schools (JOBS) Study Commission to study issues related to economic development through instructional program frameworks that aid in the transition to postsecondary education and future careers, including technical and vocational needs of each economic development region, employment and workforce preparation needs of the State as a whole, and the shortage of highly skilled employees such as technicians, teachers, and allied health practitioners.
The Commission shall also study issues related to economic growth by the creation of measures and metrics which define the readiness of a community to deliver to all stakeholders the services that equip the workforce to be competitive in a STEM-intensive economy, including ensuring that students throughout the education pipeline gain the skills learned from science, technology, engineering, math, and other rigorous subjects. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1069v4.pdf
Title: S.B. 1069
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Section 3301.90:Creates the Early Childhood Advisory Council to serve as the federally mandated state advisory council for early childhood education and care, and to advise the state regarding the creation and duties of the Center for Early Childhood Development in the state department of education. Directs the council to promote family-centered programs and services that acknowledge and support the social, emotional, cognitive, intellectual and physical development of children and the vital role of families in ensuring the well-being and success of children.
Section 265.70.20: Directs the Early Childhood Advisory Council (as created by H.B. 1) to establish an Early Childhood Financing Workgroup, to be chaired by the chair of the Early Childhood Advisory Council. Directs the workgroup to develop recommendations exploring the implementation of a single finance system for early care and education programs that includes aligned payment mechanisms and consistent eligibility and co-payment policies. Directs the workgroup to submit its recommendations to the governor by December 31, 2009, upon which time the workgroup shall cease to exist.
DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.education.ohio.gov/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Pages 1045-1046 and 2839 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3301.90 and 265.70.20
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Directs the governor to appoint to the early childhood cabinet a representative of a board of health of a city or general health district or an authority having the duties of a board of health
Pages 2801-2802 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 265.10.23
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Creates a committee to study publicly funded child care services, including the Early Learning Initiative as re-established by H.B. 1. Requires that the study include the following:
(1) The effects of changing the definitions of full-time and part-time care on:
(a) Children, families and providers of care, including the effects on the quality of care
(b) Number of children served and the availability/accessibility of subsidized care to caregivers with full- and part-time jobs
(c) Availability of full- and part-time care in areas with a high incidence of poverty
(d) Private pay rates
(e) Closure of centeres and center programs
(f) Loss of jobs in the child care industry.
(2) The effects of changes to the Early Learning Initiative on families and children, including:
(a) Distribution and use of program slots across the state
(b) Effect of mandatory participation in the voluntary child day-care center quality-rating program as described in Section 5104.30 on program quality
(c) Outcomes in terms of school readiness and other related factors for participating children.
Directs the committee to prepare a report of its findings by June 30, 2010 and to provide a copy of the report to the governor, speaker of the house and president of the senate, at which time the committee will cease to exist. Pages 2898-2899 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 309.40.70
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Creates a special Joint Commission to make a comprehensive study of the education of children with autism and to report back to the General Assembly. (Resolution No. 2009-334)
Title: H.B. 5691
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Requires the executive summary of a written report to the Legislative Assembly to include explanation of how to obtain copy of report, including, if the report is available on Internet, the online location of report; requires distribution of a physical copy of executive summary to each legislator, offices of presiding officers and Legislative Administrator. Chapter 416
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0300.dir/sb0323.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 323
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to close the State School for the Blind by a specified date; abolishes the school's Board of Directors; requires the development of individual comprehensive transition plans for students attending the school; requires proceeds from the sale of the school's property to be deposited in the Education Stability Fund; establishes the Blind and Visually Impaired Student Fund; limits the expenditure of revenues collected pursuant to the sale of the school. Chapter 562
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2800.dir/hb2834.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2834
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Requires districts to adopt policies regarding sexual abuse of children. Specifies that policies must address methods of increasing parent, student and teacher awareness of sexual abuse of children, including warning signs that a child may be a victim of sexual abuse; actions that a child victim of sexual abuse should take to obtain assistance; and available counseling options for students affected by sexual abuse.
Establishes task force to develop a strategy for reducing child abuse and improving child welfare. Directs the task force to develop goals for state policy to prevent child abuse, and submit a strategic plan by November 2010 to accomplish those goals.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB01041F.pdf
Title: H.B. 1041
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Requires districts to consider offering a driver's education course each school year. Authorizes districts to charge fees for courses or contract with a driver education school. Establishes requirements for minimum hours of behind-the-wheel and observation instruction in driver's education courses. Bars the issue or renewal of an individual's driver's education instructor license if the individual has 6 or more points assigned to his/her license. Requires the state to collect data on collisions of students taught by public schools, licensed driver education schools, and other entities that offer driver education courses, and on the collision rate of students taught by certain course instructors. Requires the state to issue an annual report listing the collision rate for students taught by each driver education entity and the collision rate for students taught by specified course instructors, noting the severity of collisions involving students of each entity and each type of course.
Directs the department of public safety to appoint a task force to review and make recommendations on the effectiveness of materials provided by the state education agency for use in driver training schools. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02730F.pdf
Title: H.B. 2730 - Sections 12.02 through -.04, 12.08, 12.13
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Adds new Subchapter I in Chapter 42 of Education Code. Establishes the Select Committee on Public School Finance Weights, Allotments, and Adjustments to conduct a comprehensive review of weights, allotments and adjustments under the public school finance system. Establishes membership. Requires committee to hold first meeting by October 2009. Directs the committee to hold public hearings throughout the state and solicit testimony about the weights, allotments and adjustments under the finance system from parents of public school students and other interested persons. Requires at least one hearing to be held at a public school during a time that students are able to attend the hearing. Additionally directs the committee to identify specific short term goals that will assist
the state in meeting the objectives and goals of public education, and specifies the review must include recommendations on:
(1) Methods to close the achievement gap and define and measure readiness for college and the workforce
(2) Revisions to the public accountability system
(3) Methods for promoting efficient and effective support structures for public schools.
By December 2010, requires the committee to provide a report, approved by a majority of committee members, with the findings of its review and the committee's recommendations for statutory changes. Provides subchapter expires January 11, 2011.
Pages 63-67 of 108: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03646F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3646 - Section 65
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Directs the commissioner of education, in collaboration with the commissioner of higher education, to conduct a study of dual credit programs and courses. Provides the study must focus on the costs to the state, school district, community college and student. Requires the commissioner, based on the results of the study, to make recommendations to the 82nd Legislature (to convene in 2011) on how to provide all students with the opportunity to earn 12 semester credit hours of college credit before graduating from high school, how to ensure efficient use of state resources regarding dual credit programs and courses, and how to promote the ability of students to access quality dual credit courses. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03646F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3646 - Section 91
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Section 92: Directs the state education agency to evaluate whether providers of different types of electronic courses offered through the state virtual school network should receive varying amounts of state funding based on the type of course provided. Requires the agency to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the legislature by January 2011.
Section 93: Directs the state education agency to investigate the feasibility of making language acquisition courses available through the state virtual school network by obtaining state subscriptions or pursuing other possible means of access. Requires the agency to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the legislature by January 2011. If the agency determines that it is feasible to make language acquisition courses available through the network, requires the report to include recommended mechanisms for ensuring progress towards language proficiency of students enrolled in those courses.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03646F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3646 - Sections 92 and 98
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Establishes an interagency farm-to-school coordination task force to promote a healthy diet for schoolchildren and the business of small to mid-sized local farms and ranches. Directs the task force to develop and implement a plan to facilitate the availability of locally grown food products in public schools. Directs the task force to design new education resources, or review or update existing resources, on nutrition and food education that may be used by schools and districts; expand food-focused experiential education programs; help identify funding sources for schools and districts to recover the costs associated with purchasing locally grown food products; and offer advanced skills development training to school food service employees regarding the proper methods of handling, preparing and serving locally grown foods, among other duties. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB01027F.pdf
Title: S.B. 1027
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Defines "children with special needs" as children younger than 22 diagnosed with a chronic illness, intellectual or other developmental disability, or serious mental illness. Creates the Interagency Task Force for Children with Special Needs to improve the coordination, quality and efficiency of services for children and youth with special needs. Directs the task force, among other duties, to:
(1) Develop a coordinated strategic plan for improving service delivery for such children
(2) Coordinate with federal agencies to compile a list of opportunities to increase flexible funding for services for special needs children, including alternative funding sources and service delivery options
(3) Perform a needs assessment, including public hearings to identify service delivery gaps, system entry points and service obstacles.
Specifies actions the task force must take in the development of the strategic plan. Requires task force's strategic plan to provide recommendations to achieve specified goals, including improving families' ability to navigate the system through improved coordination between service providers and increased outreach. Directs the task force to submit a biennial report to the governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the house, documenting each participating agency's progress in accomplishing the goals set forth in the legislation. Specifies additional content the report must include. Establishes September 2015 sunset provision. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB01824F.pdf
Title: S.B. 1824
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| AL | Pocket veto by governor 05/2009 | Community College
Postsec. | Creates the Joint Interim Legislative Study Committee to Assess the Two-year College System. Directs the committee to make an assessment of the two-year college system and all entities within the purview of the department of postsecondary education, its governance, organization, accountability, instructional needs, and the adequacy and efficiency of the programs and services delivered by these entities. Directs the committee to report its findings and recommendations to the legislature by the fifth working day of the 2010 legislative session, upon which time the committee is dissolved.
Title: H.J.R. 878
Source: www.lexis.com
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Creates the early childhood and school readiness legislative oversight commission. Sets forth membership requirements and administrative functions for the commission. Outlines the scope of issues the commission is charged with studying. Grants the commission permission to request legislative changes in a manner similar to that of a legislative interim committee. Creates a cash fund.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/86FB14AA4CA4443387257591004F8937?open&file=1343_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1343
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Establishes a college and career-readiness workgroup headed jointly by MDE and the U of M to evaluate and make recommendations to the commissioner and the legislature on the design of the state high school assessment system, levels of and mechanisms for accountability, postsecondary uses of the assessments and an implementation timeline.
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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| OK | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Creates the Task Force on Internet-Based Instruction to conduct a comprehensive review of Internet-based instruction in this state and make recommendations regarding necessary changes to ensure accountability for such programs in public schools.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB604_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 604
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Creates until November 30, 2009, the Legislative Task Force on Achieving Classroom Excellence. Requires the task force to conduct a comprehensive review of the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005 and subsequent amendments. Requires the task force to study topics including, but not limited to, the following: 1. The requirements of the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005, as amended; 2. Possible alternative assessments and alternative methods for meeting the requirements of the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005, as amended; 3. Policies to reduce the high school drop-out rate; 4. Policies to enhance completion of the requirements for high school graduation and increase postsecondary program enrollment and completion; and 5. The potential of blending services offered by common education, career and technology education, and higher education.Sets membership.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB1168_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 1168
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Establishes the Alabama Select Commission on High School Graduation and Student Dropouts. Directs the commission to study the problems and patterns of high school dropouts in the state and their educational and economic impact on the state and local communities. Permits the commission to examine a range of issues and factors in connection with this study, including:
(1) The graduation and dropout rates in Alabama
(2) The educational and economic impact of students failing to graduate from high school on time and dropping out of school
(3) The importance to the entire state of every student leaving high school prepared to enter the workforce or to succeed in higher education
(4) Research on best practices and factors related to students' success in school
(5) How well high school students understand the social and economic consequences of dropping out of school
(6) Strategies, programs, and support services that help to enable students to graduate from high school
(7) Related laws and policies that must be addressed to ensure the availability of effective strategies, programs, and support services for students
(8) The educational and fiscal impact of raising the compulsory attendance age
(9) Possible exemptions from the law for certain students, including those students who fulfill their graduation requirements early and receive a diploma
(10) The fiscal impact of reduced dropouts on the state government and the Alabama economy
(11) The laws and programs of other states in increasing graduation rates and raising the compulsory school attendance age
(12) Input on the issue from a wide range of sources across Alabama, including school personnel, student dropouts, students at risk of dropping out, community, civic, philanthropic, legal, and education leaders who have studied or addressed this problem.
Directs the commission to provide a final report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house and chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court on or before December 31, 2009, at which point the commission is dissolved.
Title: S.J.R. 24
Source: www.lexis.com
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Creates the Legislative Task Force on Autism to examine how the State responds to autism and autism spectrum disorders, determine and recommend the best practices and methods for treatment of those disorders, recommend how to obtain more federal funds for such treatment and to provide special education to children with those disorders and recommend to the General Assembly specific changes to the law.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1272.pdf
Title: S.B. 938
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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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Creates the Legislative Task Force on Athletic Training in Public Schools to study health care issues concerning secondary school student athletes, evaluate the current athletic training curriculum and recommend changes to the athletic training curriculum, monitor the standards of care for student athletes and explore funding opportunities for potential pilot programs.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1453.pdf
Title: H.B. 2129
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Creates the State Legislative Task Force on the assessment and improvement of state history education in public schools.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1462.pdf
Title: S.B. 452
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Continues the task force to study and report on the status of failing schools and school districts, effectiveness measures for improvement of those schools and school districts, and enhancement of accountability and sanctions; creates the teen pregnancy task force to study and make recommendation to the legislature on the coordination of services to reduce teen pregnancy and provide prenatal and postnatal training to expectant teen parents; establishes the sesquicentennial of the civil war commission.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/SB/2200-2299/SB2288SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2288
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | Encourages all institutions of higher education to use common online learning technologies including existing learning management and web conferencing systems currently managed and governed by the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and to share professional development materials and activites related to the effective use of these tools; authorized the board to adjust vendor licenses to accommodate and provide enterprise services for any such institution; requires a related task force. Chapter 407
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1946-S2.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1946
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| WV | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | Creates the Science and Research Council to increase the capacity of the state and higher education institutions to attract, implement and use cutting- edge, competitive research funds and infrastructure through the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, the Research Trust Fund and the Research Challenge Fund, encourage collaboration among public and private higher education institutions and the private sector and promote education in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3229%20ENR.htm&yr=2009&sesstype=RS&i=3229
Title: H.B. 3229
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Creates the After-School Initiative Task Force to develop a plan to ensure quality after-school programs for every school-age child in the state; establishes a task force to study and report on the graduation rates in the state institutions of higher learning and junior and community colleges; provides for the membership of the task force.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0488SG.htm
Title: H.B. 488
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| MO | Issued 01/2009 | Community College | (Executive Order 2009-01) Creates and establishes the Automotive Jobs Task Force; identifies state economic polices and legislative enactments that help or hinder the development of high tech automobile production facilities within the state; evaluates the effectiveness of job training programs, both inside and outside state government, in preparing workers for the future of the automotive industry.
http://governor.mo.gov/orders/2009/09-01.htm
Title: E.O. 3
Source: http://governor.mo.gov
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