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From the ECS State Policy Database
2009 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2009. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All."

Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date].

State Status/Date Level Summary
+ Accountability
+ Accountability--Accreditation
+ Accountability--Measures/Indicators
+ Accountability--Reporting Results
+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
+ Accountability--School Improvement
+ Adult Basic Education
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
+ Assessment--College Entrance Exams
+ Assessment--Computer Based
+ Assessment--End-of-Course
+ Assessment--Formative/Interim
+ Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization)
+ Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio
+ Assessment--Value Added
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
+ Attendance
+ Attendance--Compulsory
+ Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower)
+ Attendance--Truancy
+ Background Checks
+ Bilingual/ESL
+ Business Involvement
+ Career/Technical Education
+ Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship
+ Cheating
- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
OHSigned into law 12/2009P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 218 - Charter Schools
Authorizes specified community schools (charter schools) to operate as conversion schools. Authorizes the governing authority of specified c...

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UTAdopted 12/2009P-12Charter Schools
R277-470
Repeals language detailing the State Charter School Board's accountability review process. Requires that all charter schools be accredited b...

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WISigned into law 11/2009P-12Standards for Quality Charter Schools
S.B. 373
Extends the duty to consider the principles and standards for quality charter schools established by the National Association of Charter Sch...

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WYAdopted 11/2009P-12CHARTER SCHOOLS
Chapter 32
Establishes new rules relating to charter schools.
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/ARULES/ER09-21.htm...

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CASigned into law 10/2009P-12Charter School Facilities
S.B. 592
From Legislative Counsel's Digest:
Amends existing law which requires that, prior to receiving funding, title to property used for a charte...

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NVRule Adoption 10/2009P-12Gifted students
NAC 386, 387
Establishes provisions governing finances and budgets of charter schools and university schools for profoundly gifted pupils.
www.leg.state....

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 1977 - Charter Schools
Requires charter schools to run criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Yout...

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NHSigned into law 08/2009P-12Charter School Average Daily Membership
H.B. 169
Requires that pupils attending an approved chartered public school be counted in the average daily membership in residence.
http://www.genco...

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AZSigned into law 07/2009P-12Charter schools
S.B. 1386
Concerns charter schools; relates to charter renewal period and a review of academic performance data. Chapter 117
http://www.azleg.gov/Form...

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AZSigned into law 07/2009P-12Charter school zoning
H.B. 2099
Requires municipalities and counties to allow a charter school to be established at a location in which schools operated by a school distric...

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AZSigned into law 07/2009P-12Charter School Facilities
H.B. 2346
Provides for the property tax classification of property leased to a not-for-profit charter school; exempts property that is owned by an edu...

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AZSigned into law 07/2009P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 1303
Concerns the open meeting law and public meetings; relates to minutes; relates to posting on a website of notice; includes notice by the gov...

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DCEmergency Rule Re-Adoption 07/2009P-12Special Education Responsibilities
DCMR Title 5, Chapter 30, Section 3019
Reflects the status of current law with a clear enunciation of charter school special education responsibilities. http://www.osse.dc.gov/seo...

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ILSigned into law 07/2009P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 612
Increases statewide charter school cap and charter school cap for Chicago. Above and beyond caps, permits five Chicago charters (and specifi...

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ILSigned into law 07/2009P-12Educational Labor Relations Act
S.B. 1984
Requires that a charter school comply with all provisions of the Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that "educational employer" under...

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LASigned into law 07/2009P-12Charter School Caps and Funding
H.B. 519
Relates to charter schools; removes the cap on the number of charter schools that can be created; provides relative to the fee that a school...

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MOSigned into law 07/2009P-12Charter School
S.B. 291--Charter Schools
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is to commission a study comparing performance of charter school students with an equivalen...

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NHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Open Enrollment and Charter Schools
H.B. 688
Separates the open enrollment provisions from the chartered public school statute and establishes a new chapter on open enrollment schools.
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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.16
Clarifies language to specify that charter schools must adminster state assessments provided for in section 3313.612. Provides that a high s...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Community Schools
H.B. 1 - Section 3314.012, 3314.015, 3314.016 and 3314.02
Partially from DOE summary of H.B. 1: Eliminates the two-year wait before the department of education begins issuing annual report cards for...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Early College High Schools
H.B. 1 - Section 265.50.90
Provides that any early college high school operated by a big eight school district in partnership with a private university may operate as ...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12No Home-Based Charter Schools
H.B. 1 - Section 265.50.80
Specifies that no community school (charter school) that began operation after May 1, 2005 may be operated from a home.
Page 2833 of 3120: h...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12School Funding Advisory Council
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.29, 3306.291 and 3306.292
Section 3306.29: Establishes the Ohio school funding advisory council. Directs the council, by December 1, 2010 and every other year thereaf...

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FLSigned into law 06/2009P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Relates to Retirement
H.B. 479
Relates to retirement; redefines certain terms termination; relates to reemployment of retirees; clarifyies when a State Community College S...

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FLSigned into law 06/2009P-12Damaged Textbook Fees/Service-Learning Programs/Charter School Grades/Regional Professional Development Academies
S.B. 1248
Damaged Textbooks:
- Deletes a provision that requires a public school principal to collect a percentage of a textbook's purchase price from...

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HISigned into law 06/2009P-12Charter School Administration
S.B. 496
Makes clarifying amendments to charter school administration. Clarifies that the charter school review panel is subject to the requirements ...

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LASigned into law 06/2009P-12Charter School Policies
S.B. 146
Relates to the review of proposed charters, conversion of local school facilities, and enrollment of students; allows a charter school to be...

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LASigned into law 06/2009P-12Charter School Policies
H.B. 187
Revises provisions related to two types of charter schools (primarily those converted from preexisting schools), including approval and stud...

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ORSigned into law 06/2009P-12Virtual Charter School
S.B. 767
Provides for the establishment of virtual public charter schools; specifies requirements for such schools relating to budgeting, performance...

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TNSigned into law 06/2009P-12Amends Charter School Law
S.B. 2133
From fiscal note: Authorizes the state board of education to be a charter school governing body. Removes cap on the number of charter school...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12
Community College
Postsec.
Charter Schools Run by Two-Years
H.B. 1423
Allows public junior colleges (two-year institutions) to be granted charters to operate open-enrollment charter schools, including on the ju...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Charter School Funding
H.B. 3646 - Section 5
Amends calculation for providing charter school funding. Pages 3-4 of 108: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03646F.pd...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Certain School Staff Salaries
H.B. 3646 - Sections 6-9
Sections 6 and 9: Beginning with the 2009-10 school year, requires each school district and each charter holder that operated an open-enroll...

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TXAdopted 06/2009P-12Definition of "Former Charter Holder"
19 TAC 2.100.100.1011
Modifies the definition of "former charter holder" by including those charter schools that have been ordered closed by any applicable sectio...

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WISigned into law 06/2009P-12Native American Charter School
A.B. 75
Provides that if a school board enters into an agreement with an American Indian tribe to establish a charter school, the board must, upon r...

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WISigned into law 06/2009P-12Principles and Standards for Quality Charter Schools
A.B. 75
Provides that when the city of Milwaukee, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Milwaukee area technical college dist...

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IDSigned into law 05/2009P-12Finance
H.B. 262
Amends and repeals existing law relating to education; revises provisions relating to severance payments; revises provisions relating to the...

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MNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Amendng Charter School Provisions
H.F. 2
Amends multiple provisions dealing with charter schools, including: Purposes; Authorizer; Conversion of existing schools; Contracting time l...

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NVSigned into law 05/2009P-12Charter School Enrollment
S.B. 391
Revises provisions relating to the enrollment of certain pupils in charter schools; authorizes a charter school to enroll a child who is in ...

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NVSigned into law 05/2009P-12Charter School Enrollment
A.B. 393
Authorizes a charter school which is dedicated to providing certain services to pupils who are at risk to enroll a child who was enrolled in...

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OKVetoed 05/2009P-12Sponsorship by Federally Recognized Indian Tribe
S.B. 586
Authorizes sponsorship of charter schools by a federally recognized Indian tribe. Also adds authorization for a statewide organization that ...

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ORSigned into law 05/2009P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 2111
Abolishes Public Charter School Development Fund; transfers remaining moneys in fund to Department of Education Account to be used for publi...

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UTAdopted 05/2009P-12International Baccalaureate Programs
R277-710
Amends rule on administration and funding of International Baccalaureate (IB) programs. Adds eligibility of charter schools to operate IB pr...

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COSigned into law 04/2009P-12School Food Service Programs
S.B. 230
Allows a school food authority to establish, maintain, equip, and operate a food-service facility; requires a board of education of a school...

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IDSigned into law 04/2009P-12Virtual Charter School
S.B. 1121
Relates to public charter schools; amends existing law that provides for a notice and a public hearing in the case of a petition for a publi...

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IDSigned into law 04/2009P-12Rural Schools
S.B. 1165
Relates to public schools; provides that certain school districts shall be considered rural school districts; provides that certain public c...

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IDSigned into law 04/2009P-12Public Charter School
H.B. 212
Amends existing law relating to public charter schools; provides for notice relating to a petition for a non-virtual public charter school, ...

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IDSigned into law 03/2009P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 79
Amends existing law relating to charter school admissions to provide charter schools with the option of awarding an enhanced enrollment oppo...

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NMSigned into law 03/2009P-12Charter School Board Training
S.B. 148
Requires mandatory training for charter school governing body members; provides for development of a mandatory training course for all gover...

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NMSigned into law 03/2009P-12Charter School Applications
S.B. 27
Relates to public schools; limits the period in which charter school applications may be submitted in a year.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09...

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OHAdopted 03/2009P-12Innovative Education Pilot Programs
OAC 3301-46-01
Authorizes the governing board of any educational service center or the administrative authority of any chartered nonpublic school to submit...

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UTSigned into law 03/2009P-12State Retirement System Participation for Charter Schools
H.B. 96
Allows a charter school that made an election of nonparticipation in the state retirement systems for its employees to make a one-time, irre...

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NVAdopted 02/2009P-12CHARTER SCHOOLS
NAC 386
Revises various provisions governing charter schools including applications, reporting of data, preparation of budgets, and definitions.
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VASigned into law 02/2009P-12Sunset of Certain Charter School Statutes
H.B. 1844
Allows certain amendments to the charter school statutes to sunset as provided in Chapter 530 of the Acts of Assembly of 2004 and retains ot...

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+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research
+ Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
+ Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Vouchers
+ Civic Education
+ Civic Education--Character Education
+ Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
+ Class Size
+ Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Arts Education
+ Curriculum--Core Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Drivers Education
+ Curriculum--Environmental Education
+ Curriculum--Family Living Education
+ Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
+ Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
+ Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
+ Curriculum--Home Economics
+ Curriculum--International Education
+ Curriculum--Language Arts
+ Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling
+ Curriculum--Mathematics
+ Curriculum--Physical Education
+ Curriculum--Science
+ Curriculum--Sex Education
+ Curriculum--Social Studies/History
+ Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults
+ Desegregation
+ Economic/Workforce Development
+ Education Research
+ Equity
+ Federal
+ Finance
+ Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
+ Finance--Bonds
+ Finance--District
+ Finance--Equity
+ Finance--Facilities
+ Finance--Federal
+ Finance--Funding Formulas
+ Finance--Litigation
+ Finance--Local Foundations/Funds
+ Finance--Lotteries
+ Finance--Resource Efficiency
+ Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
+ Finance--Student Fees
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues
+ Governance
+ Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
+ Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest
+ Governance--School Boards
+ Governance--School Boards--Training
+ Governance--Site-Based Management
+ Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
+ Health
+ Health--Child Abuse
+ Health--Mental Health
+ Health--Nutrition
+ Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
+ Health--Suicide Prevention
+ Health--Teen Pregnancy
+ High School
+ High School--Advanced Placement
+ High School--College Readiness
+ High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates
+ High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
+ High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges
+ High School--Exit Exams
+ High School--GED (General Education Development)
+ High School--Graduation Requirements
+ High School--International Baccalaureate
+ Instructional Approaches
+ Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices
+ Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
+ Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning
+ Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education
+ Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
+ International Benchmarking
+ Leadership
+ Leadership--District Superintendent
+ Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation
+ Middle School
+ Minority/Diversity Issues
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic
+ No Child Left Behind
+ No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress
+ No Child Left Behind--Assessment
+ No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer
+ No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools
+ No Child Left Behind--Finance
+ No Child Left Behind--Report Cards
+ No Child Left Behind--School Support
+ No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services
+ Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning
+ Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses
+ P-16 or P-20
+ P-3
+ P-3 Child Care
+ P-3 Content Standards and Assessment
+ P-3 Early Intervention (0-3)
+ P-3 Ensuring Quality
+ P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits
+ P-3 Finance
+ P-3 Governance
+ P-3 Grades 1-3
+ P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten
+ P-3 Preschool
+ P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development
+ Parent/Family
+ Parent/Family--Parent Rights
+ Partnerships--University/School
+ Postsecondary
+ Postsecondary Accountability
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans
+ Postsecondary Faculty
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants
+ Postsecondary Finance
+ Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding
+ Postsecondary Finance--Facilities
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges
+ Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent
+ Postsecondary Online Instruction
+ Postsecondary Participation
+ Postsecondary Participation--Access
+ Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements
+ Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action
+ Postsecondary Participation--Outreach
+ Postsecondary Students
+ Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth
+ Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional
+ Postsecondary Students--Military
+ Postsecondary Students--Minority
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics)
+ Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation
+ Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence
+ Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation
+ Private Schools
+ Privatization
+ Promising Practices
+ Promotion/Retention
+ Public Involvement
+ Reading/Literacy
+ Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy
+ Religion
+ Religion--Prayer/Meditation
+ Rural
+ Scheduling/School Calendar
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Week
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Year
+ School Safety
+ School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution
+ School Safety--Code of Conduct
+ School Safety--Corporal Punishment
+ School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness
+ School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension
+ School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools
+ School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault
+ School Safety--Special Education
+ School/District Structure/Operations
+ School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching)
+ School/District Structure/Operations--School Size
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation
+ Service-Learning
+ Special Education
+ Special Education--Finance
+ Special Education--Placement
+ Special Education--Transition
+ Special Populations--Corrections Education
+ Special Populations--Foster Care
+ Special Populations--Gifted and Talented
+ Special Populations--Homeless Education
+ Special Populations--Immigrant Education
+ Special Populations--Military
+ Standards
+ State Longitudinal Data Systems
+ State Policymaking
+ State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions
+ STEM
+ Student Achievement
+ Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap
+ Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance
+ Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring
+ Student Supports--Remediation
+ Students
+ Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities
+ Students--Employment
+ Students--Mobility
+ Students--Records/Rights
+ Teaching Quality
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits
+ Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring
+ Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals
+ Teaching Quality--Preparation
+ Teaching Quality--Professional Development
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects
+ Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force
+ Teaching Quality--Teacher Attitudes
+ Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights
+ Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract
+ Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining
+ Teaching Quality--Working Conditions
+ Technology
+ Technology--Computer Skills
+ Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware
+ Technology--Equitable Access
+ Technology--Funding Issues
+ Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training
+ Textbooks and Open Source
+ Urban
+ Urban--Governance