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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 Drive |
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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--High Stakes/Competency |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Cheating |
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| Choice of Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards |
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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--Excusal |
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Multicultural |
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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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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Equity |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--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--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--Regional Entities |
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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--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--Credit Recovery |
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| High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| High School--International Baccalaureate |
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| Instructional Approaches |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| Leadership |
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 | Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Authorizes the governing board of a qualifying district, after one complete fiscal year has elapsed following the district's acceptance of an emergency apportionment, to conduct an annual advisory evaluation of the administrator appointed by the superintendent. Requires (A) an advisory evaluation to focus on the administrator's effectiveness in leading the district toward fiscal recovery and improved academic achievement, (B) advisory evaluation criteria to be agreed upon by the district governing board of the and the administrator before the advisory evaluation, and (C) the advisory evaluation to include, among other things, commendations in the areas of the administrator's strengths and achievements. Also requires that the advisory evaluation of the administrator be submitted to the governor, the legislature, the state superintendent, and the county office fiscal crisis and management assistance team. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2251-2300/ab_2278_bill_20120723_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2278
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| PA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Requires written contracts of employment for district superintendents and assistant superintendents and details mandatory requirements of those contracts. Places a cap on the amount of any severance agreement for a superintendent. Allows contracts to include written performance measures, mutually agreed upon by the school board and the superintendent. Makes contracts subject to the Commonwealth's Right-to-Know Law. Requires school boards to disclose at their next public meeting their reasons for termination if they have removed a superintendent or assistant superintendent from office.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1307&pn=3771
Title: H.B. 1307 - Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Extends the moratorium on National Board certification bonuses for newly certified teachers another year. The state board will not provide a $5,000 bonus through June 30, 2013, to any teacher who obtains National Board certification between June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2013, unless the teacher started the process before June 30, 2010. No new applicants will be accepted into the associated scholarship program or have their application fee paid through June 30, 2013. Also allows a person to be certified as a superintendent if he or she has an Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation approved master's degree in education administration or has completed a program in education administration that included competencies that are substantially equal to additional requirements already in law. The degree must have been earned or the program completed between July 1, 2005, and the effective date of the act.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB2790%20ENR.DOC
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
Title: H.B. 2790
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Sec. 1003 requires the Department of Education, upon request, to confirm an individual satisfies the eligibility requirements for election or appointment as a superintendent. Extends eligibility to an individual who holds a juris doctorate degree from an accredited law schools with 4 years relevant experience. Other sections impact superintendent and assistant superintendent contracts. Makes contracts subject to the Right-to-Know Law and limits contracts for an individual with no prior experience to three years. Establishes minimum requirements for the content of contracts. Severance agreements taking effect two years or more prior to the end of the contract term cannot exceed the value of one year's compensation and benefits. If severance agreement takes effect less than two years prior to end of contract, agreement cannot exceed the value of one-half the total compensation for the remainder of the contract. Section 1073.1 requires that contracts include objective performance standards and requires the school board to annual conduct a written performance assessment.The board must also post the standards in the contract, the date of the performance assessment and whether or not the superintendent has met the standards on its website. Provides for termination of contracts and requires boards to publically disclose, at the next regularly scheduled meeting, the cause or reason for termination of a superintendent contract.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1901&pn=3885
Title: H.B. 1901 - Sections 1003, 1073, 1076-1078, 1080 & 2104
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | (Sec. 58) Extends the maximum duration of an acting superintendent's appointment from a specified period of up to 90 days, with commissioner-approved good cause extensions, to up to one school year. Makes the acting superintendent's term a probationary period; requires the acting superintendent, during the probationary period, to successfully complete an SBE-approved educational leadership program offered by a Connecticut higher education institution; and eliminates any option to extend an acting superintendent's employment beyond the probationary period. Allows an employing school board, at the end of a probationary period, to ask the commissioner to waive certification for specified reasons, thus allowing the board to appoint the acting superintendent as the district's permanent superintendent. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/ACT/PA/2012PA-00116-R00SB-00458-PA.htm
Title: S.B. 458
Source: cga.ct.gov
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Replaces reference to "principal" with reference to "administrator" in certain provisions pertaining to actions to terminate or suspend a school employee's contract. Provides that actions to terminate or suspend contracts due to staff reductions incurred by loss of students or cancellation of programs must be due to no fault or performance issue of the teacher, administrator, or other employee, and that written specification of such must be provided to the teacher, administrator, or other employee. Adds provision that if a school system implements a furlough program, a furlough day must be a Monday or Friday or in conjunction with a holiday, unless the local board of education provides otherwise. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/126990.pdf
Title: S.B. 153
Source: www.legis.ga.gov
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Section 1: Directs the department of education to establish the Professional Learning Rules Task Force to review state board professional learning rules, review current research regarding professional learning and provide suggestions for revisions, and provide suggestions for implementation. Establishes task force membership. By July 1, 2013, directs the task force to provide the state board with recommendations for professional learning rules. Requires recommendations to be included in revisions to state board rules by June 30, 2015. Repeals these provisions effective July 1, 2015. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/118157.pdf
Title: S.B. 184 - Professional Learning Rules Task Force
Source: www.legis.ga.gov
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Prior language required each county school superintendent to take an oath of office. New language replaces reference to "county school superintendent" with "local school superintendent" and specifies the language of the oath superintendents must take. Pages 2-3 of 11: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/127649.pdf
Title: H.B. 706 - Oath of Office for Local Superintendent
Source: www.legis.ga.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Requires performance contracts for local superintendents in districts that receive a C, D or F grade. The contracts must establish performance targets at the school and district level to include: student achievement and graduation rates. Local superintendents will be removed from office for not meeting targets in performance contracts or for other reasons, such as incompetency. Specifies that local school board policies should prioritize student achievement, financial efficiency, and workforce development on a local, regional and statewide basis. Shifts authority for certain responsibilities from school boards to local superintendents, including the hiring and placement of all school personnel. Indicates that school board policies must require superintendents to: delegate to principals all decisions regarding the hiring of their teachers and personnel, subject to approval of superitendents; and consult with teachers prior to making decisions regarding the hiring of principals at their school. The superintendent and principals will make all employment-related decisions based upon performance, effectiveness and qualifications to each specific position. In no case, shall seniority or tenure be used as the primary criterion for hiring, assignment or dismissal of teachers or other employees.
http://legis.la.gov/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=789546
Title: H.B. 974
Source: http://legis.la.gov
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Amend Mississippi code to delete the right of a terminated or nonrenewed school superintendent to request a hearing before the school board or hearing officer.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/pdf/SB/2100-2199/SB2176SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2176
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Requires a school corporation to give public notice and hold a public meeting pertaining to a proposed superintendent employment contract. Provides that the public meeting must occur at least seven days before a contract for employment is entered. Provides that the governing body is not required to disclose the identity of the candidate for superintendent at the public meeting. Requires that the governing body shall post the provisions of a superintendent's employment contract on the school corporation's Internet web site. Requires a school corporation to post the provisions of an employment contract with a certificated employee that is not represented by an exclusive representative on the school corporation's Internet web site. Provides that after a governing body and the certified employees' exclusive representative have reached an agreement on a contract, the governing body shall post the contract on the school corporation's Internet web site. Requires the organizer of a charter school to publish the names of the members of the charter school's governing body on the school's Internet web site. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/HE/HE1205.1.html
Title: H.B. 1205
Source: www.in.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Requires each district employee to be evaluated annually in accordance with state board rules. Requires provisional or probationary educators to be evaluated at least twice each school year. Establishes parameters for state board rules, including requiring a teacher's summative evaluation to be based in part on student learning growth or achievement, and directs the state board to report to education interim committee, as requested, on progress in implementing employee evaluations. Permits a local board's joint committee to adopt or adapt an evaluation program for teachers based on a state board-developed model, or create its own evaluation program for teachers. Requires a local evaluation program to differentiate among four levels of performance, and requires districts to fully implement an educator evaluation system in accordance with the state board framework by the 2014-15 school year. Requires local procedures for employee dismissal to include procedures and standards for developing and implementing an assistance plan for a career employee with unsatisfactory performance, and establishes parameters for such procedures and standards. Amends district employee dismissal procedures. Adds procedures for nonrenewal or termination of a career employee's contract for unsatisfactory performance, which must include development of an assistance plan to improve performance and subsequent re-evaluation of an employee's performance. Prohibits an employee with unsatisfactory performance from being transferred to another school unless the local board approves the transfer. Directs the state board to prescribe standards for an independent review of an educator's summative evaluation. Establishes requirements for districts to report educator evaluation results to the state board, and requires such data to be included in the state superintendent's annual report. Pages 1-30 of 35: http://le.utah.gov/~2012/bills/sbillenr/sb0064.pdf
Title: S.B. 64 - Educator Evaluation
Source: le.utah.gov
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| AR | Adopted 02/2012 | P-12 | Requires, beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, that any first-year superintendent complete the superintendent mentoring program within twelve months of obtaining or maintaining employment as a superintendent to maintain his or her superintendent's license. Outlines the program requirements, sanctions, and mentor qualifications.
http://170.94.37.152/REGS/005.16.12-001F-12836.pdf
Title: AR ADC 005.16.17-1.00 to AR ADC005.16.17-7.00
Source: http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/rules_and_regs/
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| Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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| 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--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| No Child Left Behind |
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| No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
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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 Data Systems |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Family Involvement |
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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 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
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| Partnerships--University/School |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval |
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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--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--Private/Independent |
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| Postsecondary Online Instruction |
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| Postsecondary Participation |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Access |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Outreach |
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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--Military |
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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--Education Management Agencies (EMOs) |
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| Proficiency-Based Approaches |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Purposes of Public Education |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Religion--Prayer/Meditation |
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| Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) |
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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--Year |
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| School Safety |
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| School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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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--Facilities |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Org. (K-3/K-8 etc.) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
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| Service-Learning |
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| Special Education |
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| Special Education--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--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--Ballot Questions |
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| State Policymaking--Constitutional Clauses |
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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 Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap |
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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--K-12 Exchange Students |
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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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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Contracts (Not Tenure) |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
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| Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
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| Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
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| Technology |
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| Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
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| Technology--Equitable Access |
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| Technology--Funding Issues |
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| Technology--Internet Safety |
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| Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training |
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| Textbooks and Open Source |
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| Urban |
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