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State |
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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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| 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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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | Community College | From bill summary: Authorizes the governing board of a community college district to either deny enrollment, permit enrollment, or permit conditional enrollment to any individual who has been expelled from a
community college within the preceding 5 years, or who is, at the time of the application, undergoing expulsion procedures for certain offenses, if the board determines that the person continues to pose a risk to the safety of others. Requires the board or a delegate to hold a hearing, before taking action to deny enrollment or permit conditional enrollment, to determine whether the person continues to pose a risk. Authorizes a governing board of a community college district to delegate its authority under these provisions to the superintendent or president of the community college district, or to his/her designee.
Authorizes the community college district to request information, and respond to a request for information, from another community college district to determine whether an applicant continues to pose a danger to the physical safety of others. Authorizes a community college district to require these applicants to inform the district of his/her prior expulsion, and to consider failure to do so in determining whether to grant
admission. Expressly applies specified immunities to an exercise of discretion by a community college district, and its officers and employees, under these provisions. Does not apply these provisions to the admission of students for whom a community college district has discretion to admit pursuant to specified law. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2151-2200/ab_2171_bill_20120921_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2171
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Authorizes a superintendent or principal to use alternatives to suspension or expulsion that are age appropriate and designed to address and correct the pupil's specific misbehavior. Authorizes a district to document the other means of correction used before a student is suspended (existing law requires the imposition of suspension only when other means of correction fail to bring about proper conduct) and places that documentation in the pupil's record. Specifies that other means of correction include, but are not limited to, among other things, a positive behavior support approach with tiered interventions that
occur during the school day on campus, a conference between school personnel, the pupil's parent or guardian, and the pupil, participation in a restorative justice program, and after-school programs that address specific behavioral issues or expose pupils to positive activities and behaviors.
Incorporates additional changes to Section 48900 of the Education Code proposed by AB 2242 (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2201-2250/ab_2242_bill_20120911_enrolled.pdf) that would become
operative if this bill and AB 2242 are enacted, and this bill is enacted last. Also incorporates changes to that section proposed by AB 1732 (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1701-1750/ab_1732_bill_20120723_chaptered.pdf), relating to bullying of pupils, which has been chaptered. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1701-1750/ab_1729_bill_20120921_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1729
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Requires each local education agency (LEA)'s educational liaison for foster children, if so designated by the LEA superintendent, to notify the attorney and the appropriate representative of the county child welfare agency for a foster child who may be suspended or expelled of (1) pending expulsion proceedings if the decision to recommend expulsion is a discretionary act, (2) pending proceedings to extend a suspension until an expulsion decision is rendered if the decision to recommend expulsion is a discretionary act, and, (3) if the foster child is an individual with exceptional needs, pending manifestation determinations. Authorizes the foster child's caregiver or other person holding the right to make educational decisions for the child to provide the contact information of the child's attorney to the child's school district when the child has been placed outside of the county of jurisdiction for the child.
Requires a superintendent or his/her designee, before determining whether a suspended foster child's presence at the school or in an alternative school placement would cause a danger to persons or property or a threat of disrupting the instructional process, to invite the pupil's attorney and the appropriate representative of the county child welfare agency to a meeting with the pupil's parent or guardian (a meeting required of all students before granting an extension of a student's suspension).
If an LEA has proposed a foster child with exceptional needs's change of placement due to an act for which a decision to recommend expulsion is at the principal or superintendent's discretion, requires the child's attorney and the appropriate representative of the county child welfare agency to be invited to participate in the individualized education program team meeting that makes a manifestation determination. Authorizes that invitation to be made using the most cost-effective method possible.
Requires a district governing board, if a decision to recommend expulsion of a foster child is a discretionary act, to provide notice of the hearing prior to the expulsion to the pupil's attorney and an appropriate representative of the county child welfare agency at least 10 calendar days before the date of the hearing. Authorizes a district governing board, if a recommendation of expulsion of a foster child is required, to provide the notice of the hearing to the pupil's attorney and an appropriate representative of the county child welfare agency at least 10 calendar days before the date of the hearing. Authorizes these notices to be made using the most cost-effective method possible.
Existing law requires a juvenile court to hold a detention hearing to determine whether a minor should be further detained when a minor has been taken into custody pursuant to specified provisions. This bill, at least once every year and if the list of educational liaisons is available on the state department of education website, (A) requires counsel appointed for a child who has been taken into custody and who is not represented by counsel, to provide his/her contact information to the educational liaison of each LEA serving counsel's foster child clients in the county of jurisdiction, and (B) if counsel is part of a firm or organization, authorizes the firm or organization to provide its contact information in lieu of contact information for the individual counsel. Authorizes the child's caregiver or other person holding the right to make educational decisions for the child to provide the contact information of the child's attorney to the child's LEA.
Authorizes a foster child's health and education records summary (which is required to be included in every foster child's case plan) to include the name and contact information for the educational liaison at the child's LEA.
Incorporates additional changes in Section 48853.5 of the Education Code, proposed by SB 1568 (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1551-1600/sb_1568_bill_20120926_chaptered.pdf_, to be operative only if SB 1568 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective January 1, 2013, and this bill is chaptered last. Also incorporates changes in Sections 317 and 16010 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, proposed by AB 1712 (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1701-1750/ab_1712_bill_20120911_enrolled.pdf), to be operative only if AB 1712 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective January 1, 2013, and this bill is chaptered last. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1901-1950/ab_1909_bill_20120930_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1909
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Provides that, if the district superintendent or principal determines that a pupil has disrupted school activities or otherwise willfully defied the valid authority of supervisors, teachers, administrators, school officials, or other school personnel engaged in the performance of their duties, the pupil may be subject to other means of correction, community service during nonschool hours,
or in-school suspension in a supervised suspension classroom, but not to an extended suspension, recommendation for expulsion, or expulsion.
Moves the language relating to a pupil enrolled in grades 4-12 intentionally engaging in harassment, threats, or intimidation, directed against district personnel or pupils, to another code section in place of the language relating to a pupil disrupting school activities or otherwise willfully defying valid authority.
Incorporates additional changes to Section 48900 of the Education Code proposed by AB 1729 (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1701-1750/ab_1729_bill_20120921_chaptered.pdf) that would become
operative if this bill and AB 1729 are enacted, and this bill is enacted last. Also incorporates changes to that section proposed by AB 1732 (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1701-1750/ab_1732_bill_20120723_chaptered.pdf), which has been chaptered.
Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2201-2250/ab_2242_bill_20120911_enrolled.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://gov.ca.gov/docs/AB_2242_Veto_Message.pdf
Title: A.B. 2242
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Deletes provision that made it an infraction for a principal or superintendent to willfully not notify appropriate city or county law enforcement agencies of certain unlawful acts committed by a pupil that may result in the pupil's suspension, expulsion, or criminal liability. Requires the principal or local superintendent to make a recommendation that a pupil be expelled for certain acts unless he/she determines that expulsion should not be recommended under the circumstances or that an alternative means of correction would address the conduct (previously administrator could only avoid expelling student due to particular circumstances of infraction). Encourages the principal or local superintendent to make that determination as quickly as possible to ensure that the pupil does not lose instructional time. Includes the act of possessing an over-the-counter medication or medication prescribed for the pupil by a physician as an additional exception to the act of possessing a controlled substance for purposes of the expulsion provisions described above.
Specifies that the act of possessing an imitation firearm is not an offense for which suspension or expulsion is mandatory, but is an offense for which suspension or expulsion may be imposed. Declares legislative intent that the acts enumerated in specified provisions form the exclusive bases for the imposition of suspension or expulsion. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2501-2550/ab_2537_bill_20120921_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2537
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Existing law states that a school should consider implementing a supervised suspension program or an alternative to the school's off-campus suspension program that involves a progressive discipline approach using specified activities if during the prior school year the number of pupils suspended from school exceeded 30% of the school's enrollment.
New provisions encourage a district, commencing with the 2014–15 school year, to implement, for a minimum of 3 years, at a school where in the prior school year the number of pupils receiving off-campus suspensions exceeded 25% of its total enrollment, or exceeded 25% of a numerically significant pupil subgroup of that enrollment, either:
(1) an evidence-based system of schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports that employs school-level information about the behavioral and academic history of pupils to define and implement systems of support and interventions at the school, classroom, and individual levels that is aimed at improving the social, emotional, and academic success for all pupils, or
(2) other schoolwide strategies that are evidence-based and designed to address school climate in order to create learning environments where teachers can teach and pupils can learn and to reduce suspensions from classrooms and the school. Requires the superintendent of public instruction to invite a school that meets or exceeds this threshold percentage of suspensions to attend a regional forum organized by the superintendent of public instruction to provide assistance and training regarding the strategies described above, among other things. Commencing with the 2015–16 school year, decreases the percentage of enrollment or numerically significant pupil subgroup of enrollment that triggers an invitation to attend a regional forum each school year until that percentage is 15% for the 2018–19 school year, in accordance with a prescribed schedule.
Requires the superintendent of public instruction annually from the 2014–15 to the 2018–19 school year to notify each local educational agency that contains at least one school that exceeds the specified thresholds and provide technical assistance as requested; to invite the schools that meet or exceed the specified thresholds applicable to suspensions to send a school leadership team to a regional forum, with a goal of serving no fewer than 100 schools per school year; prioritize invitations to schools with the highest rates of off-campus suspensions; and to provide the state board with the names of the schools invited to attend a regional forum and the annual rate of reduction or increase in each school's off-campus suspensions. Provides these requirements are contingent upon the availability of funds. Authorizes the department of education to provide districts with information regarding schoolwide evidence-based strategies that could be implemented.
Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1201-1250/sb_1235_bill_20120905_enrolled.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://gov.ca.gov/docs/SB_1235_Veto_Message.pdf
Title: S.B. 1235
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| LA | Adopted 09/2012 | P-12 | From Louisiana Register: Currently, the Recovery School District (RSD) Student Hearing Office conducts all student expulsion hearings for RSD New Orleans direct-run schools, and on an as-requested basis, conducts expulsion hearings for RSD charter schools and Orleans Parish schools. Beginning in the 2012-2013 school year, the RSD Student Hearing Office will conduct student expulsion hearings for all RSD schools in New Orleans, including RSD Type 5 charter schools. The RSD Student Hearing Office will work in consultation with the RSD's Special Education Services Office to ensure that students with special needs are being served appropriately.
Use of a single hearing office will serve to ease administrative burdens on charter schools, increase student expulsion data reliability and availability, and ensure that proper due process procedures are applied uniformly for all students in RSD schools. Page 61 of 153: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/1209/1209.pdf
Title: LAC 28:CXLV.703
Source: www.doa.louisiana.gov
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| MA | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Requires districts to continue to provide educational services to students who have been suspended or expelled. Requires principals to ensure that students who are suspended from school for 10 or fewer consecutive days, whether in or out of school, shall have an opportunity to make academic progress during the period of their suspension, to make up assignments and earn credits missed. A principal must develop a school-wide education service plan for all students who are expelled or suspended from school for more than 10 consecutive school days, whether in or out of school. Provides that instructional costs associated with providing alternative educational services for suspended or expelled students are eligible for reimbursement.
Requires districts to report to the state department of education the specific reasons for all suspensions and expulsions. The department is required to annually make available to the public district-level de-identified data and analysis.
Requires the commissioner to investigate any school that expels a significant number of students for more than ten days cumulatively in a school year.
Requires school administrators to notify a student's parent or guardian of the charges and the reason for the suspension or expulsion in English and in the primary language of the home.The student will also receive written notification, and have the opportunity to meet with school leadership to discuss the infraction. If a student has been suspended or expelled for more than 10 school days for a single infraction or for more than 10 school days cumulatively for multiple infractions, the parent or guardian will receive written notice of the right to appeal and the process for appealing. The superintendent or his or her designee shall hold a hearing with the student and his or her parent or guardian within 3 school days of the student's request for an appeal. At the hearing, the student shall have the right to present oral and written testimony, cross-examine witnesses, and shall have the right to counsel.
School administrators must notify the superintendent of any out-of-school suspension imposed on a student enrolled in kindergarten through grade 3 prior to such suspension taking effect.
Provides that no student may be suspended or expelled from a school or district for a time period that exceeds 90 school days.
Requires the school committee for each city, town or district to establish a pupil absence notification program in each of its schools that notifies a parent or guardian of his child's absence if the school has not received notification. A parent or guardian must be notified if his student has at least 5 days in which he or she has missed 2 or more periods unexcused in a school year or has missed 5 or more school days unexcused in a school year.
Provides that no student who has not graduated from high school can be considered to have permanently left public school unless an administrator of the school which such student last attended has sent notice within a period of 5 days from the student's tenth consecutive absence to the student and his or her parent or guardian. The district must offer at least two dates and times for an exit interview between the superintendent or his designee and the student and his parent or guardian to occur prior to the student permanently leaving school. The purpose for the exit interview is discussing the reasons for the student permanently leaving school and considering alternative education or other placements. The department is required to publish a model protocol for conducting exit interviews with students; and maintaining a list of research and information relative to the consequences of dropping out, the benefits of earning a high school diploma and a list of alternative education resources and programs available to the student.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/journal/desktop/Current%20Agenda%202011/H4332.pdf
Title: H.B. 4332
Source: http://www.malegislature.gov/
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Includes, among other provisions, safe school components. Requires local boards to adopt a mission statement that includes making safety for all students and staff a priority in each school. Requires each district to take reasonable measures to ensure that each student is familiar with the district's conduct and discipline code. Allows a teacher to remove a disruptive student from his or her classroom but provides that it cannot be for the remainder of the term unless the principal or designee has developed and implemented a behavior plan for the student. Such a plan must be developed after the second removal. In creating and enforcing a school conduct and discipline code, each board is required to imposed proportionate disciplinary interventions and consequences, including but not limited to in-school suspensions, in response to student misconduct, which interventions and consequences are designed to reduce the number of expulsions, out-of-school suspensions, and referrals to law enforcement (except for such referrals to law enforcement as are required by state or federal law). School conduct and discipline code is to include plans for the appropriate use of prevention, intervention, restorative justice, peer mediation, counseling, or other approaches which are designed to minimize student exposure to the criminal and juvenile justice system. School administration cannot order a victim's participation in restorative justice or peer mediation if the alleged misconduct constitutes unlawful sexual behavior, domestic violence or stalking. A student being denied admission or expelled for one year (after a hearing) has 10 days to appeal the decision if the board authorizes the appeal.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont/CD3C8673214EEF8C872579CD00625FE2?Open&file=1345_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1345 (sec. 22+)
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Amends reasons for expelling an habitually disruptive student to include committing one of the following offenses on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event: possession of a dangerous weapon without the authorization of the school/district; use, possession, or sale of a drug or controlled substance; commission of an act, that if committed by an adult, would be robbery or assault that would be 3rd degree assault if committed by an adult; making a false accusation of criminal activity. Encourages each district -- prior to expelling a student -- to consider the student's age, disciplinary history, presence of a disability, seriousness of the violation committed, whether the violation threatened the safety of any student or staff member, or whether a lesser intervention would properly address the violation committed. For a firearm, however, expulsion is automatic unless the superintendent modifies the requirement on a case-by-case basis.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont/CD3C8673214EEF8C872579CD00625FE2?Open&file=1345_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1345 - Suspension/Expulsion Details
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| IL | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Extends the School Success Task Force established during the 96th General Assembly and adds a member to the Task Force representing City of Chicago School District 299. Directs the School Success Task Force to submit a report before December 31, 2012. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HJR/PDF/09700HJ0067lv.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 67
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Charges each local board of education with adopting a policy regarding a teacher's ability to relocate a student for that student's safety or the safety of others. Defines use of reasonable or justifiable force. Requires teacher to file a brief report. Stipulates law shall be in effect on school property and at school-sanctioned events.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB3116.pdf
Title: S.B. 3116
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Regulates student conduct on school buses. Permits school personnel, including school bus drivers, to use reasonable force, subject to certain restrictions, in maintaining discipline.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB2789.pdf
Title: H.B. 2789
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| WI | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Prohibits use of law enforcement or juvenile court records to expel or suspend a pupil or as the sole basis for taking any other disciplinary action. Allows, however, law enforcement officers' records obtained under s. 938.396 (1) (c) 3. to be the sole basis for taking action against a pupil under the school district's athletic code.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/enrolled/sb315
Title: S.B. 315
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov
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