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From the ECS State Policy Database
2011 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2011. 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."

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State Status/Date Level Summary
+ 21st Century Skills
+ Accountability
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+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
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+ Adult Basic Education
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
+ Assessment--College Entrance Exams
+ Assessment--Computer Based
+ Assessment--End-of-Course
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+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
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+ Attendance
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+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
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+ Choice of Schools--Tax Credits
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+ Leadership--District Superintendent
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+ School/District Structure/Operations--School Size
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Staffing Ratios
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation
+ Service-Learning
- Special Education
OHSigned into law 12/2011P-12Dyslexia Early Screening and Intervention Pilot
H.B. 96
Specifies dyslexia as a specific learning disability. Directs the superintendent of public instruction to establish a pilot project, to operate for three school years in three districts, to provide early screening and intervention services for children with ri...

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OHSigned into law 12/2011P-12Dyslexia Training for K-4 Teachers
H.B. 157 - Dyslexia Training for K-4 Teachers
Defines "dyslexia" and "dyslexia specialist". Permits the governing board of any educational service center to engage the services of a dyslexia specialist to provide training for teachers of grades K-4 on the indicators of dyslexia and the instruction that ch...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Curriculum Frameworks, Standards, Instructional Materials, Model Professional Development Modules
A.B. 250 - Curriculum Frameworks, Standards, Instructional Materials, Model Professional Development Modules
From bill summary: Deletes the schedule for submission of instructional materials for foreign languages and health for state board approval, and the exception to the requirement that criteria for the evaluation of instructional materials be approved when curri...

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NHNotices of Adopted Rules 10/2011P-12General Special Education and Early Childhood Special Education
NH ADC Ed 507.39, 391; NH ADC Ed 612.07, 071
Update the requirements for certification and teacher preparation program for general special education and early childhood special education. The early childhood special education category has been separated from the general special category in Ed 507.39 and ...

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NVAdopted 10/2011P-12Special Education Endorsements
NAC 391.054, 343, 347, 356, 360, 363, 376, 380, 381, 383
Revises provisions relating to special education endorsements.
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CASigned into law 09/2011P-12Intellectual Disability
S.B. 942 - Intellectual Disability
Replaces references to "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability" in provisions governing special education programs. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0901-0950/sb_942_bill_20110926_chaptered.pdf...

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NYSigned into law 09/2011P-12Special Education Schools, Early Intervention Agencies, Early Intervention Program Services, and Multi-Disciplinary Evaluations
S.B. 5524
Requires a provider of special education services or programs to obtain a waiver pursuant to 6503-B (see next paragraph) before providing evaluation services. Provides that to be eligible for approval as an evaluator, a group of appropriately licensed or certi...

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ORSigned into law 08/2011P-12Residential treatment programs
S.B. 170
Requires Department of Education to be responsible for payment of costs of education of students in eligible day treatment
program or eligible residential treatment program by contracting with school district in which program is located. Directs school
dist...

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CASigned into law 07/2011P-12Funds for Special Education Instruction
A.B. 108 - Special Education Funding
From bill summary: Amends the Budget Act of 2011 by reducing the amount of moneys appropriated from the general fund to the state department of education for special education instruction. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/ab_108_bill_2...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Study Cost of State-Mandated Special Education Requirements
H.B. 6103
Requires the Commissioner of Education to conduct a review of the cost of state-mandated special education requirements including, but not limited to, examining who is best suited to bear the burden of proof in determining whether a student is eligible for spe...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011P-12Special Education - Evaluation Process
H.B. 6501
Prevents delays in the evaluation process of children suspected of requiring special education and related services. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/Pa/pdf/2011PA-00235-R00HB-06501-PA.pdf...

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DESigned into law 07/2011P-12Eligibility for Supportive Instruction
S.B. 112
Empowers the Department of Education to adopt rules and regulations regarding eligibility for supportive instruction and which also provide for the identification of licensed professionals authorized to certify eligibility for supportive instruction.
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MNSigned into law 07/2011P-12Disability Terminology
H.F. 26
Updates statutory terms to conform with federal terminology and Minnesota rule. (Article 3, Sec 1)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf...

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NCSigned into law 07/2011P-12Tax Credits for Children with Disabilities
H.B. 344
Provides a taxpayer a credit against the tax imposed for each of the taxpayer's eligible dependent children who is a resident of the state and who for one or two semesters during the taxable year is enrolled in grades kindergarten through 12 in a nonpublic sch...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Expands Eligibility for the John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program
H.B. 1329
Expands eligibility for the John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program to students with disabilities who have 504 accommodation plan issued under federal law (previously the only students eligible were those with an individual educationa...

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HISigned into law 06/2011P-12Special Education Students in Private Schools or Placements
S.B. 1284
Authorizes the Department of Education (DOE) to monitor students with disabilities who are placed, at DOE's expense, at private schools or placements. Require private schools or placements to allow the department of education access to exercise its authority t...

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HISigned into law 06/2011P-12Private Schools Serving Special Education Students
S.B. 1503
Requires certain private special education schools and programs that provide services to students with disabilities who receive state funding, to comply with federal and state laws, rules, and regulations. Requires accreditation within a certain time for certa...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12Attorney Presence at Individualized Education Program Meeting
H.P. 822
Provides that the school administrative unit may not have an attorney present at an individualized education program team meeting unless the school administrative unit has provided the parents of a child with a disability at least seven days' written notice pr...

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MESigned into law 06/2011P-12Aligns Maine Special Education Statutes with Federal Requirements
H.P. 986
Repeals provisions providing for planning the transition of students with disabilities to adult services and for transitional services coordination projects for students with disabilities by the Interdepartmental Committee on Transition in order to make state ...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Background Checks at Certain Schools
H.B. 153 - Background Checks at Certain Schools
Requires that staff at a nonpublic school participating in the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program or at a college-preparatory boarding school undergo criminal background checks. Permits the chief administrator of a registered private provider parti...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Autism Scholarship Program
H.B. 153 - Autism Scholarship Program
Specifies that the services provided under the scholarship must include an educational component. Pages 74-77 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program
H.B. 153 - Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program
Establishes the Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program, effective with the 2012-13 school year, for K-12 students with disabilities to attend either (1) a registered private provider (i.e., a nonpublic school or other nonpublic entity that has been reg...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Interagency Workgroup on Autism
H.B. 153 - Interagency Workgroup on Autism
Authorizes the director of developmental disabilities to establish an interagency workgroup on autism to improve the coordination of the state's efforts to address the service needs of individuals with autism spectrum disorders and those individuals' families....

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ORSigned into law 06/2011P-12Instructional Hours
H.B. 2283
Specifies that students receiving a modified diploma, extended diploma or alternative certificate have access to instructional hours and transitional hours equal to at least the total provided students attending public high school. Authorizes student's individ...

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ORTo governor 06/2011P-12Special Education
H.B. 2299
Requires school district in which public charter school is located to be responsible for identifying, locating and evaluating students to determine which students may be in need of special education and related services. Provides for distribution of state fund...

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SCSigned into law 06/2011P-12South Carolina Dyslexia Task Force
S.J.R. 241
Creates the South Carolina Dyslexia Task Force to study and evaluate practices for diagnosing, treating, and educating children with dyslexia and to examine how current statutes and regulations affect these students. Provides for the compostition of the tast f...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011P-12Isolation and Restraint
H.B. 1336
Requires isolation and restraint to be imposed by school personnel who have been certified for completing a behavior intervention training program or other school personnel when trained personnel are not immediately available. Deletes the definition of state-a...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Reporting on Self-Contained vs. Mainstream Placement Ratios
H.B. 1130
Repeals provision directing the Texas Education Agency to annually disseminate to each district a list of districts that for two consecutive years maintain a ratio of full-time equivalent students placed in partially or totally self-contained classrooms to the...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12IEP Information to Regular Classroom Teachers
H.B. 1335
Directs the Texas Education Agency to develop and implement a statewide plan to ensure that each district develops a process for regular classroom teachers teaching a student with a disability to request a review of the student's individualized education progr...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Certification Requirements to Teach Students with Visual Impairments
S.B. 54
Requires that to be eligible to be issued a certificate to teach students with visual impairments, a person must (1) complete all coursework required by an approved educator preparation program or complete approved alternative certification program, (2) perfo...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12District- and Campus-Level Planning and Decision-Making Committees
S.B. 778
Includes professional staff who educate students with disabilities on district-level and campus-level planning and decision-making committees. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00778F.pdf#navpanes=0...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12
Postsec.
Dyslexia
S.B. 866
Requires that minimum academic qualifications for an educator certificate that requires a bachelor degree to require instruction in detection and education of students with dyslexia. Provides this does not apply to an individual obtaining a certificate through...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Model IEP Form and Transition Planning
S.B. 1788
Directs the Texas Education Agency to develop a model form for districts to elect to use in developing an individualized education program (IEP). Provides the form may include only specified information. Requires that the form be posted to the agency Web site....

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COSigned into law 05/2011P-12Special Education Definitions, Placement and Funding
H.B. 1277
Revises special education statutes. Expands definition of children with disabilities to include conditions such as autism and serious emotional disability, and ages birth through two years. Clarifies that "educational placement" means providing services along ...

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MESigned into law 05/2011P-12Requires a Study to Ensure That Teachers & Paraprofessionals Working with Children with Autism Are Appropriately & Adequately Prepared
H.R. 546
Directs the state Board of Education and the Department of Education (DOE) to conduct a study to ensure that teachers and paraprofessionals who work with children with autism spectrum disorders are appropriately and adequately prepared. Requires the DOE to con...

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MESigned into law 05/2011P-12Amends Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty Law Regardig Child Observations
H.R. 708
Requires the Department of Education to amend state statute Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty to permit a qualified examiner to observe a child at school or at a potential educational placement when the qualified examiner is not em...

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NDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Reimbursement for Special Education Student Boarding Costs
H.B. 1074
Requires school districts to receive state reimbursement for 80% of the room and board costs paid by the district for a student with disabilities who is placed in a facility regardless of whether that facility is located within or outside the student's school ...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Special Education
A.B. 318
This bill provides that in all due process hearings held pursuant to the feder Individuals with Disabilities Education Act where the school district is a party, the school district bear the burden of proof and the burden of production.
http://www.leg.state.nv....

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OKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Amends Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for Students with Disabilities
H.B. 1744
Parents requesting a Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for Students with Disabilities must make their request no later than December 1 of the school year during which the scholarship is requested. Removes the date of April 1 by which the school district must no...

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ORSigned into law 05/2011P-12Choice
H.B. 2282
Allows student to attend school in school district where student does not have legal residence if student receives written consent from district where school is located. Requires school district to implement existing individualized education program for child ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2011P-12State Continuing Advisory Committee for Special Education Services
H.B. 861
Relating to membership of the state continuing advisory committee for special education services. Requires that at least one member be a director of special education programs for a school district or for a shared
services arrangement of multiple school distri...

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TXBecame law without governor's signature 05/2011P-12Interagency Council for Addressing Disproportionality
S.B. 501
Establishes the Interagency Council for Addressing Disproportionality to: (1) Examine the level of disproportionate involvement of children who are racial/ethnic minorities at each stage in the juvenile justice, child welfare and mental health systems; (2) Exa...

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VTSigned into law 05/2011P-12
Postsec.
Special Needs
S.B. 100 - Disabilities Sections
Requires schools and local districts coordinate educational services to children and adolescents with a severe emotional disturbance with the department of mental health, the department for children and families, the department of disabilities, aging, and inde...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Empowerment Scholarship
S.B. 1553
Amends Title 15, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding chapter 19 creating a "scholarship account" program providing options for K-12 students with disabilities to attend private schools. Designates the expenses which can be applied to the account and rules appl...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Disabled Students
S.B. 1256--Disabled Students
Arizona Revised Statutes 15-761 is amended to reflect previous statutory changes in the definition of speech/language impairment. Chapter 306. http://www.azleg.gov/legtest/50leg/1r/bills/sb1256s.pdf...

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ILAdopted 04/2011P-12Peer Buddies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
H.R. 43
Urges the state board of education to encourage the establishment of a peer buddy program in each school district for children with autism spectrum disorder enrolled in elementary, middle and high school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HR/PDF/09700HR0043lv...

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INSigned into law 04/2011P-12Special Education
H.B. 1341
Requires a school corporation, including a charter school, to expend a proportionate share of its state special education grant on providing special education services to parentally placed nonpublic school students with disabilities.
http://www.in.gov/legislat...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12Licensed Speech Pathologists Bonus
H.B. 1819
Specifies the date for the department of education to pay the licensed pathologist bonus. Details repayment terms for teachers who receive bonus and leave the teaching field.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/HB1819.pdf...

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COSigned into law 03/2011P-12Special Education Appeals Process
S.B. 61
Revises process for parents or guardians to appeal decisions related to special education students.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/AA346691179A6B4E872578080080E898?Open&file=061_enr.pdf...

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COSigned into law 03/2011P-12Gifted and Exceptional Students
H.B. 1077
Revises policies and practices for identifying and serving gifted students and students with disabilities.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/1A5CF1E8E715B76F8725780800801246?Open&file=1077_enr.pdf...

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KYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Salaries for Administrators at Special Schools
H.B. 425 - Salaries for Administrators at Special Schools
Directs the Kentucky Department of Education, with the assistance of the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet, to adopt a salary schedule for administrators for the Kentucky School for the Deaf and the Kentucky School for the Blind. Requires salary schedules to be compa...

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MSSigned into law 03/2011P-12Autism Advisory Committee
H.B. 1125
Creates the Mississippi Autism Advisory Council. Provides for membership terms of the committee and sets for the duties of the committee.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/pdf/HB/1100-1199/HB1125SG.pdf...

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NDSigned into law 03/2011P-12Modifies Special Education Provisions
H.B. 1073, S.B. 2142
Changes terminology from "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability." Removes the requirement that multidisciplinary team include medical professionals and requires school districts to obtain parental consent before accessing any family insurance options...

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NYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Schools for the Deaf and Blind
S.B. 2808 - Part A, Sec. 51, 53, 54
Sec. 51: Provides that effective with the 2011-12 school year, the district of residence must pay the tuition expenses of a child attending any of the state's schools for the deaf. Provides that the amount of tuition paid by the district is eligible for reimbu...

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NYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Reimbursement for Students in Certain Special Education Placements
S.B. 2808 - Part O
Increases percent reimbursement rate for school districts with a student with a disability placed in a state school or special act school district. Chapter 58 http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S02808&Summary=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind May Establish Foundation
H.B. 415
Modifies the Public-Private Partnership for Education Excellence Act by authorizing the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind to establish a non-profit foundation. http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/hbillenr/hb0415.pdf...

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DESigned into law 02/2011P-12Needs-Based Funding
H.B. 1
Allows services for children with disabilities to be funded based on identified individual needs rather than on their classification or placement. The "needs-based" funding system provides more flexibility to districts and charter schools in the provision of s...

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TXAdopted 01/2011P-12Graduation Requirements
19 TAC 89.1070
Specifies graduation requirements for students receiving special education services. Reflects changes to assessment and curriculum requirements for graduation for students receiving special education services as required by House Bill (HB) 3, 81st Texas Legisl...

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+ 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--Unions/Collective Bargaining--Strikes
+ Technology
+ Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware
+ Technology--Equitable Access
+ Technology--Funding Issues
+ Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training
+ Textbooks and Open Source
+ Urban--Change/Improvements