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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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| 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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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | Postsec. | From bill summary: Prohibits a private postsecondary institution from offering an associate, baccalaureate, or master's degree program without disclosing that the institution, or specified degree program, is unaccredited, and lists specified limitations of the degree program whose disclosure the bill requires (currently this disclosure is required only for institutions offering an unaccredited doctoral degree program). Requires a private postsecondary institution's school catalog to include a statement specifying whether the institution, or any of its programs, are accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, and, if the institution is unaccredited, or offers an unaccredited associate, baccalaureate, master's, or doctoral degree program, requires the statement to disclose the known and specified limitations of the degree program.
Removes the limitation requiring a private postsecondary institution to provide prospective students with a fact sheet on salary or wage information only if the institution or a representative of the institution makes any express or implied claim about the salary that may be earned after completing the educational program. (Requires *all* private postsecondary institutions to include salary or wage information in the fact sheet.) Requires the fact sheet to include the most recent 3-year cohort default rate for federal student loans reported by the U.S. Department of Education and the percentage of students receiving federal student loans if the institution participates in federal financial aid programs.
Revises definition of "graduates employed in the field" for purposes of the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, to include graduates who are gainfully employed within 6 months of a specified date in a single position for which the institution represents the program prepares its graduates.
Requires a private postsecondary institution to annually report, and publish in its School Performance Fact Sheet, the most recent official 3-year cohort default rate for federal student loans for the institution and the
percentage of enrolled students receiving federal student loans. Requires the information used to substantiate the annually reported rates and information to include specified information, and requires an institution to retain the information in an electronic format and make it available upon request to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (in the Department of Consumer Affairs).
Requires an institution that maintains website to provide, on that website, the school catalog, a School Performance Fact Sheet for each educational program offered by the institution, student brochures offered by the institution, a link to the bureau's website, and the institution's most recent annual report submitted to the bureau. Requires the institution to include information concerning where students may access the bureau's website anywhere the institution identifies itself as being approved by the bureau. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2251-2300/ab_2296_bill_20120926_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2296
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | Postsec. | Details authority, responsibility of Commission on Higher Education to authorize, revoke right of private nonprofit or for-profit institutions for operating in Colorado. Requires institutions to have regional or national accreditation, release financial data to prove solvency. Directs Commission to adopt new procedures for renewal of institutional authorization by January 2013.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/64C3361BBB1CA6C187257981007DBE2F?Open&file=1155_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1155 (sections 12 to 20)
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | This bill amends state law to allow private educational institutions to charge a convenience fee for use of a debit or charge card. Such a fee is limited to bank processing fees and financial transaction fees, the cost of providing for secure transaction, portal fees, and fees necessary to compensate for increased bandwidth incurred as a result of providing for an online transaction.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2011-12bills/SB/SB1774_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 1774
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | Repeals and reenacts KRS 165A.340 to abolish the Kentucky Board for Proprietary Education and create the Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education. Establishes commission membership and prescribes powers and duties. Directs the commission to hire an executive director with a background in the regulation of commerce, business or education. Designates the responsibilities of the executive director. Requires the commission to promulgate administrative regulations to establish specified policy components, including among others (1) commission operating and accountability procedures, and (2) requirements for each licensed institution to publicly disclose information about (a) the job placement rate of program graduates in the field of study and the types of jobs for which graduates are eligible and (b) articulation agreements with other postsecondary educational institutions and the rights and responsibilities of students regarding transfer of credits. Requires that the student protection fund provide refunds to students enrolled or on leave of absence by not being enrolled for 1 academic year or less from the school at the time of the closing, or incurred due to discontinuance of a program, loss of license, or loss of accreditation by a school or program. Directs the commission to promulgate administrative regulations to, among other provisions, set minimum fund balance at $500,000, levy a scaled structure of fees on each school when fund drops below minimum balance, and require institutions to make all students aware of the student protection fund and establish the process for filing claims. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB308/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 308
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. |
Abolishes the state student assistance commission (SSAC). Abolishes the commission on proprietary education (COPE). Requires the commission for higher education (CHE) to administer the functions formerly administered by SSAC. Establishes the board for proprietary education (BPE). Permits the BPE to adopt reasonable rules. Specifies that the BPE must meet at least four times each year. Provides that the BPE is responsible for accrediting a postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational institution. Provides that the CHE is responsible for providing staff and office space for the BPE. Specifies that the CHE is to determine the maximum higher education award and freedom of choice award, subject to approval by the budget agency with review of the budget committee. Requires the CHE to submit annual higher education award reports to the budget committee. Provides that the state workforce innovation council is responsible for accrediting postsecondary proprietary educational institutions that are non credit bearing. Establishes the office for career and technical schools within the state workforce innovation council. Provides that the market research of a postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational institution may not be considered or required by the BPE as a condition for accrediting or renewing the accreditation of or for approval of the programs of a postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational institution. Transfers proceedings pending before the Indiana commission on proprietary education on July 1, 2012, to the BPE for a proceeding pertaining to a postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational institution or to the state workforce innovation council if the proceeding pertains to a postsecondary proprietary educational institution. Requires the auditor of state to transfer $300,000 of the balance of the career college student assurance fund to the career college student assurance fund administered by the BPE. Requires the state auditor to transfer the balance of the current career college student assurance fund to the student assurance fund administered by the state workforce innovation council. Requests the legislative council to assign issues relating to the accreditation of proprietary institutions to an appropriate study committee. Repeals: (1) provisions relating to establishment and administration of SSAC; (2) provisions relating to establishment and administration of COPE; (3) certain provisions requiring the CHE to provide SSAC information to implement the minority teacher or nursing scholarship program; and (4) definitions relating to SSAC or COPE. Adds transitional provisions. Makes conforming and technical amendments. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/HE/HE1270.1.html
Title: H.B. 1270
Source: www.in.gov/legislative
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | Expands duties of Higher Education Coordinating Commission to include the development and recommendation of policies to ensure or improve access to higher education
by underserved populations, recommend and encourage student success and completion initiatives, develop and recommend policies to improve the coordination of the provision of educational
services, oversee the licensing of career schools, review research efforts among the public universities of this state to improve economic development in this state, and coordinate education initiatives with the State Workforce Investment Board, the Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development, local workforce investment boards, the Oregon Health and Science University and independent institutions of postsecondary education. Provides that the duties, functions and powers of the State Board of Education, Department of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction relating to career schools are imposed upon, transferred to and vested in the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/12reg/measures/sb1500.dir/sb1538.en.html
Title: S.B. 1538
Source: leg.state.or.us
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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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