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State |
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Summary |
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 | 21st Century Skills |
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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 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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| 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--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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| 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--Innovation Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
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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--Drivers 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--Language Arts |
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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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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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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--Aid to Private Schools |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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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--Mandates |
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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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| 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--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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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--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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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--Consequences for Schools |
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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 Ensuring Quality |
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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 Health and Mental Health |
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| P-3 Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Preschool |
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| P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion |
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| P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning |
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| Postsecondary Affordability |
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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 Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
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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--Tenure |
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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 Finance--Revenue and Expenditures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies |
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| Postsecondary Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent |
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| Postsecondary Online Instruction |
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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--Enrollments (Statistics) |
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| Postsecondary Students |
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| Postsecondary Students--Adults |
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| Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
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| Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth |
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| Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
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| Postsecondary Students--International |
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| Postsecondary Students--Low-Income |
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| Postsecondary Students--Military |
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| Postsecondary Students--Minority |
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| Postsecondary Success |
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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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| 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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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round |
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| School Climate/Culture |
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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--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
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| School Safety--Special Education |
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| School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes |
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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--District Size |
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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--Staffing Ratios |
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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--Federal Law/Regulations |
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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--Migrant Education |
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| Special Populations--Military |
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| Standards |
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| Standards--Common Core State 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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| MI | Signed into law 12/2011 | P-12 | Requires a bipartisan workgroup to be convened and recommend measures to improve educational quality in all public schools. The group must focus on student growth and submit its
recommendations by March 30, 2012. Sec. 1277b
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2011-SFA-0618-N.pdf
Title: S.B. 618
Source: legislature.mi.gov
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| MN | Issued 11/2011 | P-12 | Establishes the Governor's Task Force on the Prevention of School Bullying to examine the state of bullying, harassment and intimidation in the state, including existing laws and regulations, and to advise the governor's office and the legislature on effective and comprehensive policies to ensure the safety of all students. Establishes task force membership. Establishes duties of task force, including providing recommendations for policy initiatives to the governor and legislature based on its findings. Directs the task force to provide its findings and recommendations in a report to the governor's office, legislature and public by August 1, 2012. http://mn.gov/governor/images/EO-11-33.pdf
Title: E.O. 11-33
Source: mn.gov/governor
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| NJ | Issued 10/2011 | P-12 | Creates a State Strategic Plan Steering Committee ("Steering Committee") to work closely with the SPC and OPA to ensure that relevant State departments and agencies incorporate the goals, objectives, and values of a new SPCadopted State Plan into Department Strategic Plans and relevant regulations, programs, policies, and operations. Identifies cabinet members, responsibilities and duties.
http://nj.gov/infobank/circular/eocc78.pdf
Title: E.O. 78
Source: http://nj.gov/
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| DE | Issued 09/2011 | P-12 | Establishes a School Libraries Council for the purpose of improving and extending school library services to all Delaware public and charter school students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, to support curriculum reform efforts related to school libraries, and to prepare students to succeed in college and career readiness through enhancement of library resources. Requires that the Council shall be composed of thirteen members, including one member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, one member appointed by the Speaker of the House and eleven members appointed by the Governor.
http://governor.delaware.gov/orders/exec_order_30.shtml
Title: Executive Order 30
Source: http://governor.delaware.gov
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Sec. 1 - Establishes a task force to address the academic achievement gaps in Connecticut by considering effective approaches to closing the achievement gaps in elementary, middle and high schools. Requires the task force to submit a master plan to the General Assembly by July 1, 2012. Provides that the task force must terminate on January 1, 2020.
Sec. 2 - Establishes an Interagency Council for Ending the Achievement Gap (the council) to assist the achievement gap task force, in the development of the master plan to eliminate the academic achievement gaps in Connecticut, implement the provisions of the master plan, and, if necessary, make recommendations for legislation relating to the master plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly. Directs the council to submit annual progress reports on the implementation of the master plan to the General Assembly.
Sec. 3 - Permits local or regional boards of education for schools designated as low-achieving under state law to increase the number of school sessions each year and the number of school hours each day in order to improve student performance and remove the school from the list of low-achieving schools.
Sec. 4 - Provides that the summer reading program required in priority school districts must be offered to children enrolled in kindergarten who are determined by their school to be substantially deficient in reading based on measures established by the State Board of Education. Directs each priority school district to require the schools under its jurisdiction to assess the reading level of students enrolled in kindergarten at the end of the school year and in grades 1-3 at the beginning, middles and end of the school year (assessment was previously only required in grades 1-3 at the middle and end of the school year). Required individual reading plans must be monitored by school literacy teams that will consist of, but not be limited to, teachers, school reading specialists, internal or external reading consultants, the school principal and the provider of the additional instruction. Adds kindergarten to the grade range for which priority school districts may require students found substantially deficient in reading to attend summer school.
Sec. 5 - Permits the Commissioner of Education to identify schools to participate in a pilot study for the purposes of promoting best practices in early literacy and closing the academic achievement gaps.
Sec. 6 - Provides that the required statement of educational goals (which identify specific expectations for students in terms of skills, knowledge and competence) prepared by the board of education be annually established.
Sec. 7 - Requires, on and after July 1, 2011, any person applying for a certification in the endorsement area of elementary education to achieve a satisfactory evaluation on the appropriate State Board of Education approved mathematics assessment in order to be eligible for such elementary education endorsement.
Sec. 8 - Requires, not later than July 1, 2012, the Department of Education to approve and make available model curricula and frameworks in reading and mathematics for grades prekindergarten to grade four, inclusive, for use by boards of education for school districts or individual schools identified by the department as having academic achievement gaps.
Sec. 9 - Requires the Connecticut School Reform Resource Center (the Center) to provide a program of professional development activities for teachers to educate such students that includes research-based child development and reading instruction tools and practices. Requires the Center to develop strategies for assisting such students who are in danger of failing and develop culturally-relevant methods for educating students whose primary language is not English. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/PA/2011PA-00085-R00SB-00929-PA.htm
Title: S.B. 929
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Secondary School Reform Act - Delays by two years the implementation of the secondary school reform requirements enacted in 2010 that: (1) Increase the minimum number of credits required to graduate from high school; (2) Require school districts to offer students support and alternative ways to meet the new graduation requirements; and (3) Require the State Department of Education (SDE) to develop end-of-course exams in various subjects. Eliminates a requirement that the state provide grants to help districts implement the new graduation requirements and instead requires SDE to offer technical assistance to districts wishing to start implementing them. Revises and delays by one year the start of biennial status reports on the implementation of the new graduation requirements. Establishes a task force to address implementation issues arising from enhanced high school graduation requirements.
Teacher Evaluations/Tenure - Moves up the deadline for the State Board of Education (SBE), in consultation with the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC), to adopt guidelines for teacher evaluations to July 1, 2012 from July 1, 2013. Requires, for tenure purposes, that teachers whose employing boards enter cooperative arrangements to provide educational services retain their credited service with those boards if their employment is transferred to a committee administering the cooperative arrangement.
Student Success Plan - Requires districts to establish a student success plan for each student starting in grade 6.
School Governance Councils - Exempts boards of education with low-achieving schools that have only a single grade or that already have substantially similar school governance councils from the existing requirement to establish school councils according to the existing law. Reorganizes and clarifies the sequence and contents of required SDE reports on the implementation and effectiveness of school governance councils. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/Pa/pdf/2011PA-00135-R00HB-06498-PA.pdf
Title: H.B. 6498
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| MI | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | From Legislative Staff Summary - Specifies provisions that must apply to personnel decisions concerning teachers when a school district or intermediate school district (ISD) conducts a staffing or program reduction or otherwise makes a personnel determination resulting in the elimination of a position, conducts a recall from a reduction, or hires after a reduction.
Teacher and Administrator Evaluation:
Establishes requirements for the teacher evaluation system, including an annual year-end evaluation and a mid-year progress report, beginning with the 2013-2014 school year. Requires a teacher to be dismissed if he or she is rated as ineffective on three consecutive year-end evaluations. Allows a nonprobationary teacher who is rated as ineffective on a year-end evaluation to request a review of the rating by the district superintendent. Specifies classroom observation requirements. Establishes requirements for the evaluation of school administrators. Requires the dismissal of an administrator who is rated as ineffective on three consecutive year-end evaluations, if the same evaluation tool and system are used in the three evaluations. Requires teachers' and administrators' year-end evaluations to be based at least 25% on student growth and assessment data in 2013-2014, 40% in 2014-2015, and 50% beginning in 2015-2016. Exempts a district from the teacher and administrator evaluation requirements for a public school if the district is already using a performance evaluation system that meets certain criteria, or if it adopts an evaluation system that is identical to that of an exempt school. Requires notification to parents if pupils are assigned to teachers whose last two year-end ratings were ineffective, beginning in 2015-2016.
Governor's Council on Educator Effectiveness:
Creates the Governor's Council on Educator Effectiveness. Requires the Council, by April 30, 2012, to submit a report that recommends a student growth and assessment tool, State evaluation tools for teachers and administrators, and parameters for effectiveness rating categories. Specifies a legislative intent to enact legislation to put in place a statewide performance evaluation system taking into account the Council's recommendations. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/publicact/htm/2011-PA-0102.htm
Title: H.B. 4627
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | WHEREAS, Section 105.454(5), RSMO, reqires the Governor to designate those members of hisstaff who have supervisory authority over each department, division or agency of the state government.
NEW, THEREFORE, I, JEREMIAH W. NIXON, governor of the state of Missioui by virtue of the aufhority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of Missouri, do hereby designate the following members of my staff as having supervisory authority over the follwoing departments, divisions or agencies:
Department of Economic Development Doug Nelson
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Mike Nietzel
Department of Higher Education Mike Nietzel
Title: E.O. 11-22
Source: http://governor.mo.gov.orders/2011/11-22
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| TX | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Requires the establishment of a joint legislative interim committee to conduct a comprehensive study of the public school finance system. Directs the committee to make recommendations to the legislature no later than January 15, 2013, regarding changes to the public school finance system. Dissolves the committee September 1, 2013.
Page 166 of 263: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/821/billtext/pdf/SB00001F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 1 - School Finance System Study
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| IL | Adopted 06/2011 | P-12 | Extends the date by which the Recess in Schools Task Force must submit its final report to December 31, 2011. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HJR/PDF/09700HJ0004lv.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 4
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| MI | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | From Legislative Staff Summary: Creates a committee to develop a common set of scores using the ACT assessment to determine placement in developmental courses. Requires the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on community colleges to review the estimated costs and benefits of each statutory mandate imposed on community colleges and report their findings. Provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that the Performance Indicators Task Force review and implement one or more measurable data items. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/publicact/htm/2011-PA-0062.htm
Title: H.B. 4325 - Postsecondary Provisions
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Establishes The Arts Education Commission in the General Assembly to: (1) Review, prioritize, and recommend implementation strategies for the recommendations of the Comprehensive Arts Education Plan for K-12; (2) Recommend the content and process to establish an arts education report card; (3) Recommend ways to assess and promote opportunities for students to learn the skills of creativity and innovation; (4) Work with state department of education on the creation of arts education assessment models based on existing assessments and tests; (5) Recommend the establishment of arts education accountability incentives for schools under the accountability component of the Accountability and Curriculum Reform Effort for specified areas; and (6) Study and recommend a permanent financing strategy for K-12 arts education. Requires the Commission to report to the General Assembly by May 1, 2012, at which time the Commission terminates.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H758v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 758
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Establishes a Blue Ribbon Task Force to study the length of the school year, cost of implementation, current cost of remediation, effects current calendar has of math and science scores. Provides that a report is due to the General Assembly by December 31, 2012. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H765v4.pdf
Title: H.B. 765
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Eliminates the Legislative Study Commission on Children and Youth and transfers all duties to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee. Modifies Education Oversight Committee study duties from "shall" to "may" and broadens the scope of the Committees' duties to include studying the needs of children and youth. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H595v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 595
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Reduces the number of boards and commissions. Repeals: The Taskforce of School Based Management; The Taskforce on the Coordination of Children's Services; The Blue Ribbon Taskforce on State Health Plan for Teachers; The N.C. Teacher Academy Board of Trustees; The N.C. Teaching Fellows Commision (effective July 15, 2015); The N.C. Professional Teaching Standards Commission; The Governor's Commission on Early Childhood Vision Care; The Joint Legislative Commission on Dropout Prevention and High School Graduation; The N.C. Education Standards and Accountability Commission; and The State Board of Education Selection Committee for Superintendent. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S593v6.pdf
Title: S.B. 593
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NC | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 | P-12 | Articulates legislative priority that high school graduates enter the workforce or higher education fully prepared. To implement this priority, directs the joint education oversight committee to study and report to the 2012 regular session with a comprehensive plan that addresses, among other issues, implementation of a 3rd grade literacy policy, including the advisability of a program for 3rd grade reading specialists modeled on Florida's reading specialist program. Provides that any program implemented needs to be structured so that ongoing, evaluable performance and outcome data is available.
Page 37 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Committee report (recommendations on page 24 of 27): http://www.ncleg.net/documentsites/committees/JLEOC/Report%20to%20the%20General%20Assembly%20Session/2012%20Ed%20Oversight%20Final%20Report.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Third Grade Literacy Recommendations
Source: www.ncleg.net
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Establishes a committee to study the implementation of an education tax credit plan in New Hampshire. Three members each from the senate and house of representatives will study authorizing business tax credits, authorizing the establishment of tax-exempt scholarship granting organizations, and education tax credits and voucher programs implemented in other states. Requires the committee to issue an interim report with its findings and recommendations for proposed legislation by November 2011, and a final report by November 2012.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/SB0067.html
Title: S.B. 67
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | This bill creates the Committee to Study the Funding of Higher Education. Establishes the composition of the committee. Directs the committee to study specified issues, including: (1) Compare the method of funding higher education in Nevada with the methods used in other states, and determine whether other states' funding systems would be appropriate in Nevada; (2) Review the funding of remediation in the context of instructional delivery methods; (3) Consider funding institutions based on course completion rather than enrollment; and (4) Consider rewarding institutions for achieving defined graduation goals.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/SB/SB374_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 374
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| SC | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | 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 force. Requires the task force to report its findings to the General Assembly. http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/bills/241.htm
Title: S.J.R. 241
Source: http://www.scstatehouse.gov
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Creates the Task Force on Student Academic Success. The overall charge of the task force is to identify the junctures at which grade-level performance are critical to student progress and to ensuring they are college and career ready upon graduation. More specifically, the task force will examine best practices and strategies for providing intervention services in K-12 and postsecondary remedial education; review the use of individual student career and academic plans; and review social promotion practices and recommend alternative strategies to ensure students are making sufficient progress. The task force also will examine and recommend potential policy changes to ensure high school graduates can demonstrate postsecondary and workforce readiness, and to assist postsecondary institutions in providing remedial education.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/0216DB5B1A8D04D9872578250057DEF1?Open&file=111_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 111
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Creates a task force to study school discipline practices and zero tolerance policies and the use of law enforcement and other juvenile justice sanctions for school behavior.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/4573402A707373F18725781800719E8A?Open&file=133_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 133
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Establishes the State Education Finance Study Commission to evaluate the Quality Basic Education (QBE) Formula and education funding for public schools in Georgia. Provides for composition, compensation, duties and powers, and support staff of the commission. Directs the commission to review specified issues related to the QBE formula, state and local funding partnership, equalization, student transportation, state schools funding, capital outlay. Encourages the commission to study and evaluate issues related to charter schools; Career, Technical, and Agriculture Education, dual enrollment, virtual schools; teacher pay; non-QBE grants, and other changes to the education code. Provides a timeline for the commission's work, including that the proposed legislation for final recommendations be completed by end of 2012. Abolishes commission and supporting statutory language on March 31, 2013. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/116810.pdf
Title: H.B. 192 - State Education Finance Study Commission
Source: www.legis.ga.gov
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| IL | Adopted 05/2011 | P-12 | Extends the School Success Task Force established during the 96th General Assembly. Directs the task force to submit a report by December 31, 2011. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HJR/PDF/09700HJ0007lv.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 7
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Establishes a task force to study the creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety. Provides for the membership, chair, and staffing of the task force. Requires the task force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters, including the following: (1) Establishing a clearinghouse for information and materials concerning school safety, including preparing and disseminating information regarding best practices; (2) Developing a school safety training program; (3) Collaborating with the state Department of Education to establish, maintain, and analyze a statewide data collection system regarding specified indicators of school safety; (4) Developing security criteria that local school systems may consider in the design of new school construction; (5) Developing model interagency agreements to address discipline and safety issues; and (6) Developing a model safety and security audit procedure. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb0079e.pdf
Title: H.B. 79
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | Establishes a task force to study the creation of a Regional Higher Education Center in Northeastern Maryland; Provides for the membership, chair, and staffing of the task force. Requires the task force to study and make recommendations regarding the higher education needs of the Northeastern Maryland region. Requires the task force to meet at least monthly and report its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2011. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb1156t.pdf
Title: H.B. 1156
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | Establishes a Southern Maryland Higher Education Council to develop a strategy for improving access to higher education for the residents of southern Maryland. Provides that an interim report with a short-term strategy is due by December 1, 2011, and a final report with a long-term strategy is due by December 1, 2012. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb1347t.pdf
Title: H.B. 1347
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | Establishes the Task Force on Funding a Green Technology, Life Science, and Health Information Technology Loan Assistance Repayment Program. Requires the Task Force to conduct a study and make recommendations on or before December 31, 2011, for a program that assists graduates who earned a degree in a field relating to green technology or specified related fields to repay a federal or state higher education loan. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/chapters_noln/Ch_360_hb0758T.pdf
Title: H.B. 758
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | Creates the Task Force to Study the Impact of Adjunct Faculty on Graduation Rates at Historically Black Institutions in the State. Requires the task force to make specified findings and recommendations, and report to the governor and specified committees by January 1, 2013. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/chapters_noln/Ch_223_sb0347T.pdf
Title: S.B. 347
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Establishes the Task Force to Study High School Dropout Rates of Persons in the Criminal Justice System. Requires the task force to study high school dropout statistics of specified persons in the criminal justice system, obtain specified data, and make recommendations in a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2012. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/chapters_noln/Ch_286_sb0755T.pdf
Title: S.B. 755
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Establishes a Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government within the General Assembly to provide continuing legislative oversight regarding transparency and open government, and to recommend initiatives that increase citizen access to government resources, publications, and actions. Specifies that a public body subject to the Open Meetings Act does not need to prepare written minutes of an open session if (1) live and archived video or audio streaming of the open session is available; or (2) if individual public votes on legislation taken by members of the public body are posted promptly on the Internet. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/chapters_noln/Ch_508_sb0644E.pdf
Title: S.B. 644
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| NJ | Issued 04/2011 | P-12 | Establishes the New Jersey Education Transformation Task Force. Charges the task force with reviewing all current administrative regulations that affect public education, and evaluating them to determine the degree to which they increase the quality of instruction for students, improve student academic achievement, improve teaching effectiveness, or improve the safety and well-being of students. Directs the task force to also review the statutes supporting these administrative regulations. Requires the task force to prepare recommendations for the governor and commissioner of education regarding all statutes and regulations that are overly prescriptive. Additionally directs the task force to review existing accountability systems and resulting incentive structures for public schools and districts, including the Quality Single Accountability Continuum ("Q SAC"). Directs the task force to provide recommendations to the governor on an accountability system that would give schools and districts greater autonomy while maintaining strict accountability measures in the areas of student performance, safety and fiscal responsibility.
Permits the task force to elicit public input from specified stakeholders. Directs the task force to issue an initial report to the governor by August 15, 2011, and to revise the recommendations as necessary based on comments from the public, stakeholders and the state board of education. Provides the task force will expire upon the governor's receipt of a report containing its final recommendations. Directs the task force to issue its final recommendations by December 31, 2011, to provide the final report to the legislature and state board, and make the report available to the general public.
http://nj.gov/infobank/circular/eocc58.pdf
Title: E.O. 58
Source: nj.gov/infobank
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Adds a fifth citizen member to the Virginia Council on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and specifies that such member must be a representative from a military installation in Virginia. Such representative is to be appointed by the Governor.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0106+pdf
Title: H.B. 1976
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/
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| IL | Signed into law 02/2011 | P-12 | Creates the Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children in the department of Children and Family Services. Includes the state superintendent or his/her designee, representatives of two statewide professional teachers' organizations, and a representative of an organization representing school management among the task force membership. Directs the task force to develop recommendations for reducing child sexual abuse in the state, and to submit a final report with its recommendations to the governor and general assembly by January 1, 2012. Provides the recommendations may include proposals for specific statutory changes and methods to foster cooperation among state agencies and between the state and local government. Provides that the task force is dissolved upon submission of the final report.
Permits local boards to adopt and implement a policy addressing sexual abuse of children that may include:
--age-appropriate curriculum for students in pre-K through 5th grade
--training for school personnel on child sexual abuse
--information to parents in the school handbook on the warning signs of a child being abused, along with any needed assistance, referral or resource information
--available counseling and resources for students affected by sexual abuse
--emotional and educational support for a child of abuse to continue to be successful in school.
Identifies other areas that local policies may address. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1524.pdf
Title: S.B. 2843
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 01/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | 2010 legislation has created the Task Force on Private Student Loans (see http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0880.pdf). This provision establishes the legislative expectation that institutions of higher learning comply with reasonable requests from the task force or it support staff for aggregated data relevant to the purposes of the task force. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0647lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 647
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| NJ | Issued 01/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Establishes the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Advisory Committee. The Committee shall consist of up to five (5) members to be appointed by the Governor. These members shall include individuals from both inside and outside government who have knowledge or expertise in the areas of (a) administration, (b) public health, (c) medical, dental, nursing, or biomedical science education, and/or (d) related areas or subject matters. The Committee is charged with examining the delivery of graduate medical education in the state and developing recommendations for the Governor concerning this issue.
http://nj.gov/infobank/circular/eocc51.pdf
Title: E.O. 51
Source: http://nj.gov/
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