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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
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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| STEM |
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| Student Achievement |
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| Student Supports |
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| Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
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| Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
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| Student Supports--Remediation |
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| Student Surveys |
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| Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
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| Students--Employment |
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| Students--Incentives |
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| Students--Records/Rights |
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| Teaching Quality |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
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| Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
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| Teaching Quality--Preparation |
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| Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects |
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 | Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Amends provisions related to rehiring of laid-off teachers. Deletes provisions requiring that reemployment be in the reverse order of layoff, and instead requires that reemployment be in order of seniority. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1251-1300/ab_1269_bill_20110725_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1269
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: Requires reduction in force to be based on performance. Requires that teachers subject to dismissal because of reduction in force be notified between May 1-July 1. Authorizes all teachers who are to be dismissed to request a conference with the superintendent. After meeting with the superintendent, permits the teacher to also request a conference with the governing body. Bill summary: http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/FISCAL/SB0001.007.pdf
Bill full text: http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/SE/SE0001.1.html
Title: S.B. 1 - Reduction in Force
Source: www.in.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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| NH | Became law without governor's signature 07/2011 | P-12 | Amends the length of time required for a teacher to be entitled to the rights of notification and hearing for failure to be renominated or reelected. Declares that in cases of nonrenomination or nonreelection because of reduction in force, the reduction in force shall not be based solely on seniority. Also limits a petition for review as the exclusive remedy available to a teacher on the issue of the nonrenewal of such teacher.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/SB0196.html
Title: S.B. 196
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/
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| TX | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Repeals provision requiring reduction in force to be made in the reverse order of seniority. Replaces with provision that reductions in force must be made primarily based on teacher appraisals and other criteria as determined by the board. Pages 5-6 of 19: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/821/billtext/pdf/SB00008F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 8 - Reduction in Force
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: Changes the deadline by which a district board of trustees is required to notify a teacher employed under a probationary contract and a teacher whose contract is about to expire of its decision to terminate the teacher's employment at the end of the contract period or of its intent to renew or not renew the expiring contract, and sets out requirements for delivery of such notice. Entitles a teacher employed under a probationary contract or a continuing contract to a hearing before a hearing examiner if the teacher is protesting a proposed discharge or suspension without pay and to a hearing either before the board of trustees in the manner provided for a hearing on the nonrenewal of a term contract or before a hearing examiner, as determined by the board, if the teacher is protesting proposed action to terminate the contract before the end of the contract period on the basis of a financial exigency declared by the board that requires a reduction in personnel.
Bill summary: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/BillSummary.aspx?LegSess=821&Bill=SB8
Bill text: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/821/billtext/pdf/SB00008F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 8 - Termination/Nonrenewal of Teacher Contracts
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | (Does not apply to Chicago Public Schools (CPS), as CPS already requires hiring for new and vacant positions to be based on seniority.) Specifies that selection of a candidate for a new or vacant teaching position must be based on consideration of factors including certifications, qualifications, merit and ability (including performance evaluations, if available), and relevant experience, and not length of continuing service with the district, unless all other factors are determined to be equal. Provides a school district's decision to select a particular candidate to fill a new or vacant position is not subject to review under grievance resolution procedures provided that the district does not fail to adhere to procedural requirements in a collective bargaining agreement relating to the filling of new or vacant teaching positions. Provides that existing provisions in collective bargaining agreements on filling new and vacant positions must remain in full force and effect for the term of the agreement, unless terminated by mutual agreement. Pages 13-14: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0008.pdf
Title: S.B. 7 - Seniority Should Not Be Used in Hiring Decisions
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | (Does not apply to Chicago Public Schools (CPS), as CPS is already required to base layoffs on performance rather than seniority.) Makes changes to reduction in force procedures effective with the 2011-12 school term. Amends teacher notification processes. Former lawmaking required that the teacher(s) with the shorter length of continuing service with the district be dismissed first, unless another approach had been approved in a collective bargaining agreement. New provisions establish 4 groupings: (1) Teachers not in contractual continued sevice who have not received a performance evaluation rating; (2) Teachers with a "Needs Improvement" or "Unsatisfactory" performance evaluation rating on either of the teachers' last 2 performance evaluation ratings; (3) Teachers with a performance evaluation rating of at least "Satisfactory" or "Proficient" on both of the teachers' last 2 performance evaluation ratings, if 2 ratings are available, or on the teachers' last performance evaluation rating, if only one rating is available, unless a teacher qualifies for placement into grouping 4; (4) Teachers whose last 2 performance evaluation ratings are "Excellent", or with 2 "Excellent" performance evaluation ratings out of the last 3 with a third rating of "Satisfactory" or "Proficient". Specifies that teachers in Grouping 1 must be dismissed first, and teachers in Grouping 4 dismissed last. Identifies sequence in which teachers are to be dismissed within each grouping. Establishes that the order of recall of dismissed teachers must be in inverse order of dismissal, unless an alternative order of recall is established in a collective bargaining agreement or contract between the board and a professional faculty members' organization. Provides that whenever the number of honorable dismissal notices based upon economic necessity exceeds 5 notices or 150% of the average number of teachers honorably dismissed in the preceding 3 years, the local board must hold a public hearing on the question of the dismissals. Following the hearing and board review, the action to approve any such reduction requires a majority vote of the board members. Provides that any provisions on the sequence of honorable dismissals and recall of honorably dismissed teachers in a collective bargaining agreement entered into on or before January 1, 2011 and in effect on the effective date of this act must remain in effect through the expiration of such agreement or June 30, 2013, whichever is earlier. Requires every school district and special education joint agreement to use a joint committee with equal representation of board members and either teachers or the teachers' exclusive bargaining representative to determine specified matters with implications for teacher groupings and dismissals. Pages 26-38 of 111: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0008.pdf
Title: S.B. 7 - Reductions in Force and Teacher Recalls
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Expands the requirements of the annual reports of accountability to include a reporting of the number and percentages of administrators, teachers, and other staff for each elementary school, middle school or junior high school and high school and for each school district in the state. Requires the board of trustees of each school district to: (1) establish a program of performance pay and enhanced compensation for the recruitment and retention of licenses teachers and administrators; and (2) implement the program commencing with the 2014-15 school year. Section 9 provides that if a written evaluation of a probationary teacher or administrator states that overall performance is "unsatisfactory": (1) evaluation must include a written statement that the contract of the person so evaluated may not be renewed for the next school year and that the employee may request reasonable assistance in correcting the deficiencies identified in the evaluation; and (2) the person must acknowledge in writing that he or she has received and understands the written statement. Section 12 revises the grounds for which a teacher may be suspended, dismissed or not reemployed to include gross misconduct. Section 13 provide that a postprobationary teachers receiving an unsatisfactory evaluation or a minimally effective evaluation must be evaluated three times in the immediately succeeding school year. Effective July 1, 2013, Sections 14 and 16 of this bill revise the policies for evaluations of teachers and administrators to require the designation of an individual teacher or administrators as "highly effective,", "effective," "minimally effective", or "ineffective" and provide that the policies must require that certain information on pupil achievement which is maintained by the automated system of accountability information for Nevada account for at least 50% of the evaluations. Section 19.6 provides that a board of trustees of a school district that determines a reduction in the existing workforce of the licensed educational personnel in the school district is necessary must not base the decision to lay off a teacher or an administrator solely on the seniority of the teacher or administrator and my consider other factors.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/AB/AB229_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 229
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Specifies that seniority may not be the basis to retain a teacher, except when making a decision between teachers with comparable evaluations. Removes language that in any reduction in force, a service center must suspend contracts in accordance with the recommendation of the superintendent, who must give preference first to teachers on continuing contract and then to teachers with greater seniority. Provides that seniority may not be the basis for rehiring a teacher, except in a decision between teachers with comparable evaluations. Removes provision that in reductions in force brought about by district transfers or consolidations, years of teaching service must be included as a part of the seniority on which the recommendation of the superintendent of schools must be based.
Pages 376 and 380-382 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Seniority Removed as Decisionmaking Factor
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| FL | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Repeals existing provisions requiring that workforce reductions be made pursuant to collective bargaining agreements, where such exist. Provides that if workforce reduction is needed, local boards must retain employees based on educational program needs and performance evaluations of employees in the affected program areas. Provides that within the program areas requiring reduction, the employee with the lowest performance evaluations must be the first to be released. Prohibits a local board board from prioritizing retention of employees based on seniority. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-001.pdf
Title: S.B. 736 - Workforce Reductions
Source: laws.flrules.org
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Section 33-515 states that it is the intent of the legislature that after January 31, 2011, no new employment contract between a school district and a certificated employee shall result in the vesting of tenure, continued expectations of employment or property rights in an employment relationship. Therefore, no board of trustees has the authority to enter into any renewable contract with any certificated or other employee hired by such district, except as specifically addressed by section 33-515 and 33-514 (3), Idaho Code. For any certificated employees already holding renewable contract status with a district as of January 31, 2011, the employees have the right to the continued automatic renewal of that employee's employment contract. For those employees not grandfathered in, there are two categories of annual contracts. A category A contract is a limited -year contract for certificated personnel in the first or greater years of continuous employment with the same district. A category B contract is a limited 2-year contract that may be offered at the sole discretion of the board of trustees who may choose to add an additional year to such a contract upon the expiration of the first year, resulting in a new 2-year contract. For employees whose contracts will not -- at the board's discretion -- be renewed, notice must be provided to the employee in writing by July 1. Employees must be given, upon request, the opportunity for an informal review of such a decision by the board of trustees. Provides other provisions relating to reductions in force; and to provisions relating to contract negotiations and establishing contracts. Part 2 of 3 part Children Come First legislation.
http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/S1108.pdf
Title: S.B. 1108
Source: http://legislature.idaho.gov/
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| OH | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Allows a public employer to determine the basis for selection, retention and promotion of employees, unless the public employer specifically agrees otherwise in an express written provision of a collective bargaining agreement. http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_5_EN_N.pdf
Title: S.B. 5 - Reductions in Force
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Prohibits districts from using a last-hired-first-fired layoff policy when terminating school district employees. Permits a district to consider the results of an employee's performance evaluation and a school's personnel needs when terminating an employee. During the 2011 interim, directs the education interim committee, in consultation with the state board of education, to study how teacher performance may be evaluated for purposes of awarding or eliminating teacher career employee status. http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/sbillenr/sb0073.pdf
Title: S.B. 73
Source: le.utah.gov
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