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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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| 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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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Expresses legislative intent to provide emergency apportionment assistance to the Inglewood Unified School District. Requires the state superintendent to assume all the rights, duties, and powers of the governing board of the Inglewood Unified School District and to appoint, in consultation with the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools, a state administrator to act on behalf of the state superintendent in exercising the state superintendent's authority over the school district. Continues the authority of the state superintendent and the state administrator over the Inglewood Unified School District
until certain enumerated conditions are met, including the completion of assessment and improvement plans for the district.
Requires the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) to provide specified assistance relating to the development of a multi-year financial recovery plan, the preparation of budget reports, and the recommendation of activities that could enhance revenue or achieve cost savings.
Requires the Inglewood Unified School District to bear 100% of the costs associated with implementing the provisions relating to the administration of the emergency apportionment assistance and the activities of the FCMAT, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. Appropriates up to $29,000,000 from the General Fund to the state superintendent for apportionment as an emergency loan to the Inglewood Unified School District, and specifies procedures for repayment of the loan unless the loan has been refinanced. Authorizes the district to augment the emergency apportionment or loan with an additional $26,000,000 of bank financing. Authorizes the district to sell district-owned property from September 1, 2012, to June 30, 2015, and use the proceeds from the sale to reduce or retire the emergency loan. Prohibits the district from being eligible for financial hardship assistance under the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 from June 1, 2012, to June 30, 2015.
Makes legislative findings and declarations that the unique circumstances of the Inglewood Unified School District warrant the enactment of a special statute. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_533_bill_20120914_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 533
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Requires, until January 1, 2016, the department of education, and any other state agency that administers a grant or allocation of federal funds to a district, to allow an indirect cost rate that is not less than the indirect cost rate established by the department for each district, unless federal law requires a lower indirect cost rate for districts receiving federal funds. Imposes similar requirements on the department with respect to grants or allocations of state funds. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2401-2450/ab_2435_bill_20120926_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2435
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Amends conditions under which a trustee and necessary staff appointed to a district receiving an emergency apportionment must serve (a trustee must be appointed to a district by the superintendent of public instruction if the district board requests an emergency apportionment after determining during a fiscal year that its revenues are less than the amount needed to meet its current year expenditure obligations). New provisions require trustee to serve until the district has adequate fiscal systems and controls in place, the superintendent of public instruction determines that the district's future compliance with an approved fiscal plan is probable, and the superintendent of public instruction decides to terminate the trustee's appointment, but in no event, for less than 3 years.
Authorizes the county superintendent of schools who has jurisdiction over the district, after the trustee's period of service and until the loan is repaid, to stay or rescind an action of the district board that, in his/her judgment, may affect the district's financial condition. Requires the county superintendent of schools to notify the superintendent of public instruction within 5 business days of staying or rescinding an action of the district board. If the superintendent of public instruction receives this notice from the county superintendent of schools, requires the superintendent of public instruction to report to the legislature, on or before December 30 of every year, whether the district is complying with the fiscal plan approved for the district.
Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction, within 5 years after an appointed trustee is removed or the emergency apportionment is repaid, whichever occurs later, to reassume, either directly or through an
administrator, all of the legal rights, duties, and powers of the district board if the district violates any provision of specified recovery plans approved by the superintendent of public instruction. Authorizes a qualifying district's governing board, after one complete fiscal year has elapsed following the qualifying district's acceptance of an emergency apportionment, to conduct an annual advisory evaluation of the administrator appointed by the superintendent of public instruction. Requires the evaluation criteria to be agreed upon by the district board and the administrator. Requires the advisory evaluation of the administrator to be submitted to the governor, legislature,superintendent of public instruction, and the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team.
Incorporates additional changes in Section 41326 of the Education Code, proposed by AB 2662 (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2651-2700/ab_2662_bill_20120926_chaptered.pdf), to be operative only if AB 2662 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_2251-2300/ab_2279_bill_20120921_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2279
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to reassume the rights, duties, and powers of a district receiving an emergency apportionment during the period of the trustee's appointment and when specified improvement plans are violated (existing law allowed for superintendent to reassume rights, duties, and powers if the district violates a provision of the recovery plans within 5 years after the trustee is removed.) http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2651-2700/ab_2662_bill_20120926_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2662 - State Superintendent Reassuming Rights, Duties, Powers of Insolvent District
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Permits a county superintendent of schools to change a district's certification (that it can meet its financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year and for the subsequent fiscal year) from qualified to negative if it is determined that district should have filed a negative certification (previously county superintendent authorized to change only a positive certification to negative or qualified). http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2651-2700/ab_2662_bill_20120926_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2662 - Authority of a County Superintendent to Change a District's Fiscal Certification
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Allows greater flexibility for recently consolidated districts when setting their local tax rate in the four years after consolidation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1022.pdf
Title: S.B. 3252
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| NJ | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Provides supplemental appropriation of $4.141 million from Property Tax Relief Fund to the Department of Education for aid to school districts with significant enrollment growth.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/AL12/37_.PDF
Title: S 1792
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/
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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 | This section adds new article VI-A converning school district financial recovery in all school districts other than Philadelphia. Requires the state department to develop and implement an early warning system plus guidelines to compile and analyze information on the financial condition of district to determine whether a district should be place in financial watch status. Sets parameters for when the Secretary of Education must issue a declaration of school district financial recovery status. No more than 9 districts may be under a declaration of financial recovery or in receivership at any time. Establishes other expectations and processes. Establishes a Financial Recovery Transitional Loan Program in the Department of Education and sets processes, procedures. Also requires the Department to annually prepare a report on the finances of Intermediate Units (IUs), including funds received and contracts and agreements executed.
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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| NH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district to retain funds for emergency expenditures or to reduce the tax rate. Makes changes to the definition and enrollment requirements for regional vocational education centers in the Manchester school district and provides that the Manchester school district shall bear the costs associated with such changes.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/SB0373.html
Title: S.B. 373
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Amends provisions related to department development of standards for determining each district, community school, and STEM school's annual operating expenditures for classroom instructional purposes and for nonclassroom purposes. Requires the department to align the expenditure categories required for reporting under the standards with the categories required for reporting to the U.S. Department of Education under federal law. Directs the state board to adopt a final set of such standards. Requires districts, community schools, and STEM schools to begin reporting data in accordance with these standards by July 2013.
Amends public reporting requirements based on these expenditure standards. New provision requires the department to report each district in the 20% of all joint vocational school districts (JVSD) statewide with the highest report card scores under new section 3302.033 (pages 53-54 of S.B. 316) (former provision required reporting of top 20% of all JVSD with the highest performance measures required for career-technical education under federal law). Repeals provision requiring the department to rank all districts, community schools, and STEM schools according to federally-required performance measures required for career-technical education. Adds provision requiring the department to rank all districts, community schools, and STEM schools according to current operating expenditures per pupil as determined under the aforementioned state board-approved standards. Pages 59-65 of 592: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_316_EN_Y.pdf
Title: S.B. 316 - District Expenditure Reporting
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Gives districts the authority to reopen their budget due to changes in federal or state allocations. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=DOC&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1901&pn=3885
Title: H.B. 1901 - Section 616
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Section 1704-B continues provisions of the Empowerment Act that were scheduled to expire June 30, 2012. A Commonwealth Partnership School District is authorized to: 1) cancel or renegotiate any contract, other than collective bargaining agreements, for the purpose of making necessary economies in the operation of schools; 2) reassign, transfer, or suspend administrators, mainly principals, based on an unsatisfactory review and evaluation without considering seniority or providing for a hearing; and 3) dispose of unused and unnecessary lands and buildings in excess of 25 years in age by negotiated sale, provided experts verify the value is equal to or greater than what could be received by sealed bid or by entering into agreements with an urban redevelopment authority. A Commonwealth Partnership School District is defined as a district that the Secretary of Education determined on or after July 22, 2006, and not later than September 9, 2006 to have met the following criteria: (1) a decline of 15% or more in enrollment during the preceding five years; (2) a loss in revenue during the immediately preceding three years due to the statutory removal of one or more sources of revenue; and (3) a 2004-2005 equalized millage rate greater than 27. The School District of Pittsburgh is the only district designated as such.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=DOC&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1901&pn=3885
Title: H.B. 1901 - Sec. 1704-B
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Budget Bill. Includes amendments that require districts to use a uniform system of accounting that includes a standardized budget process to ensure districts can annually assess investment priorities and incorporate long range planning. Require that, upon completion of the implementation of the uniform chart of accounts, all the school districts, regional school districts, state schools, and/or charter schools, shall implement a regents-approved budget model, and use best practices established by the department of education for long range planning, budget development, and budget administration and reporting. Requires the department of elementary and secondary education in consultation with the division of municipal finance, to conduct periodic reviews and analysis of school revenues and expenses. The department is to also review and monitor compliance with the approved budget model and best practices -- identifying those local education agencies considered to be at risk of a year-end deficit or a structural deficit that could impact future years. Such potential deficits are to be identified based on the periodic reviews, which may also include on-site visits and reporting. Requires potential deficits to be reported to the office of municipal finance, office of auditor general, superintendent, chairman of the school committee, mayor or town manager, and the president of the town council, of the applicable school district, regional school district, or state school, and/or for a charter school, to the board of trustees or directors, as applicable.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext12/housetext12/h7323a01.htm
Title: H.B. 7323A
Source:
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Provides each K-12 public classroom teacher $300 annually from the Education Trust Fund. Defines "classroom supplies." Authorizes the state superintendent of education to promulgate rules regarding implementation of these provisions, including a simple and minimal paperwork method for teachers to account for expenditure of such funds.
Title: S.B. 257
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Expands exemptions from competitive bidding requirements by local boards of education to include exemptions from additional cooperative purchasing programs.
Title: H.B. 504
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| NE | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Allows for refunding bonds at the district level and sets parameters. Adjusts dates by which districts must certify budgets and the state legislature must certify state aid (to May 1 for FY 2012-13, then to March 1 of subsequent years.
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB633.pdf
Title: L.B. 633
Source: http://nebraskalegislature.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Provides school districts may pursue and receive federal or private grants for educational purposes. Finds that local school boards must approve the expenditure if the grant requires matching funds.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB3044.pdf
Title: S.B. 3044
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TX | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Defines "financial exigency." As required by 2011 S.B. 8, establishes minimum standards concerning school district financial conditions that must exist for declaration of a financial exigency by the district board of trustees. Requires the board to notify the commissioner of adoption of resolution or extension declaring financial exigency within 20 calendar days of adoption.
Pages 2-6 of 32: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0511/0511adop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 109.2001
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Provides fiscal incentives for supervisory unions that decide to merge and for regional districts and district mergers.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/Acts/ACT156.pdf
Title: S.B. 113 - Mergers Section
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Requires the Auditor General to notify each member of the governing body of a district board, charter school, or charter technical career center of certain fund balance deficits. Removes a condition under which local governmental entities, charter schools, charter technical career centers, and district boards are subject to certain review and oversight by the governor, the charter school sponsor, the charter technical career center sponsor, or the commissioner of education. Requires a district board to provide requested information within a specified period of time. Authorizes a financial emergency board for a district board to consult with other governmental entities for the consolidation of administrative direction and support services. Authorizes the governor or commissioner of education to require a district board to include provisions implementing the consolidation, sourcing or discontinuance of all administrative direction and support services in certain plans. Provides that the members of a district board who fail to resolve a state of financial emergency are subject to suspension or removal from office. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_s0368er.DOCX&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0368&Session=2012
Title: S.B. 368
Source: www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Directs the Auditor General to notify the legislative auditing committee of any financial or operational audit report that indicates that a state university or Florida College System institution has failed to take full corrective action in response to a recommendation included in the two preceding financial or operational audit reports. Provides that if an audit (including of a school district) contains a significant finding, the district school board, Florida College System institution board of trustees, or the university board of trustees must conduct an audit overview during a public meeting.
Bill text (pages 7-8 and 66): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h5201er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=5201&Session=2012
Final bill analysis (page 2): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=h5201z.HEAS.DOCX&DocumentType=Analysis&BillNumber=5201&Session=2012
Title: H.B. 5201 - Audits (Including of School Districts and Postsecondary Institutions)
Source: myfloridahouse.gov
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Requires local boards, local or regional superintendents, directors of accredited nonpublic schools, etc. to report any disciplinary action for school employee misconduct to the board of educational examiners. Conduct to be reported includes the following: (a) Soliciting, encouraging, or consummating a romantic or otherwise inappropriate relationship with a student. (b) Falsifying student grades, test scores, or other official information or material. (c) Converting public property or funds to the personal use of the school employee.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&ga=84&hbill=HF2383
Title: H.F. 2383
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Requires a county to apply to the board for a waiver from the Maintenance of Effort requirement if it cannot be funded and establishes penalties if a waiver is not applied for. http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/chapters_noln/Ch_6_sb0848T.pdf
Title: S.B. 848
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Provides that the resident district of a a shared time pupil taking classes in a charter school must grant the charter school permission to claim the pupil for state aid purposes.Requires state aid be paid to the charter school, and if the resident district agrees, the charter may bill the resident district for unreimbursed education costs. Provides that an agreement between the resident district and charter may be created to have the resident district pay particular transportation costs. [Article 1, Sec. 26, Subd. 2]
Provides that the provision which requires charter schools not be used as a method for providing education or generating revenue for home-schooled students not apply to shared time aid. [Article 1, Sec. 20, Subd. 8] https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/
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| MN | Vetoed 04/2012 | P-12 | Increases the school district aid payment shift percentage from 64.3 to 70.2 in fiscal year 2012 and adjusts appropriation accordingly.
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/HF2083.3.pdf
Title: H.F. 2083
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Extends the repealer from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2015, on the provision requiring school districts with a low ending balance of school maintenance funds to submit plans of cost reductions to the state department of education.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/pdf/HB/0900-0999/HB0909SG.pdf
Title: H.B. 909
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Provides that an LEA may, at its discretion, choose to hire a building manager in lieu of an assistant principal.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB2982.pdf
Title: S.B. 2982
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Allows State Board of Education (SBE) to appoint a fiscal crisis team, in addition to a receiver, for a school district that the SBE determines is insolvent or has grossly mismanaged its finances. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/2r/bills/hb2270h.pdf
Title: H.B. 2270
Source: azleg.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Permits two or more school corporations to publish notices, hold public hearings, and take final action for the adoption of property tax levies, property tax rates, and a budget for the reorganized school corporation after the voters approve a plan of reorganization in a general election. Provides that a conversion charter school must publish its estimated annual budget for the ensuing year. http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1058
Title: H.B. 1058
Source: www.in.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Part A, Section 1: Requires a school district, to be eligible for an apportionment of general support for public schools from the funds appropriated for the 2012-13 school year in excess of the amount apportioned to the district in the base year, to submit documentation, approved by the commissioner of education, demonstrating a plan adopted by the local governing board, and full implementation of new standards and procedures, for conducting annual performance reviews of classroom teachers and principals, including (1) state assessments and other comparable measures comprise 20% or 25% of the evaluation; (2) locally selected measures of student achievement comprise 20% or 15% of the evaluation; (3) subjective measures that meet certain criteria comprise 60% of the evaluation; and (4) a four-tiered scoring rubric. Provides that if such deduction for the 2012-13 school year is greater than the sum of the amounts available for such deductions, the remainder of the deduction must be withheld from payments scheduled to be made to the district for the 2013-14 school year. For New York City, additionally makes receipt of 2012-13 funds in excess of base amount contingent upon submission of documentation, approved by the commissioner of education by January 17, 2013, demonstrating adoption of an expeditious appeals process for teacher and principal annual performance reviews that is consistent with the 2012 amendments to the education law.
Chapter 57: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A09057&term=&Summary=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y#jump_to_Text
Title: A.B. 9057 - Portion of State Funding Contingent on Adoption of Teacher and Principal Evaluation Process
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Section 4: Directs the state board to provide teachers in districts, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, and charter schools with a one-time appropriation for classroom supplies. Varies the amount teachers must receive, depending on grade level taught and where teacher is on salary schedule, with largest payments to teachers of grades K-6 or preschool handicapped who are on salary schedule steps 1-3, smaller appropriations to teachers of grades 7-12 and/or teaching early grades on salary schedule steps 4 and higher. Provides that if the appropriation is not sufficient to provide to each teacher the full amount specified in legislation, teachers on salary schedule steps 1-3 must receive the full amount allowed, with the remaining money apportioned to all other teachers. Defines "classroom teacher" for purposes of this legislation. http://le.utah.gov/~2012/bills/sbillenr/sb0002.pdf
Title: S.B. 2
Source: le.utah.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Requires each local school board to report annually to the Board of Education the percentage of its annual operating budget allocated to instructional costs. The Board of Education shall include this information in the annual School Performance Report Card for each school division, as well as annually report the same to the House Committees on Appropriations and Education and to the Senate Committees on Finance and Health and Education. This bill incorporates HB 78.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?121+ful+HB250ER+pdf
Title: H.B. 250
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Requires the superintendent of public instruction to convene a financial oversight committee to review the financial condition of a financially insolvent school district.http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202012/2617-S.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2617
Source: apps.leg.wa.gov
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| MI | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | Amends code to provide that the pledge of state aid by a school district or ISD for the payment of notes is valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. Further provides that a school district or ISD operating under an emergency financial manager pursuant to the Local Government and School District Fiscal Responsibility Act may enter into an agreement with the Michigan Finance Authority (MFA) providing for the direct payment (or, intercept) of the pledged school aid payments to be used solely for the purpose of paying debt service requirements of any notes issued under Section 1225. PA 1-112 http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billanalysis/House/pdf/2011-HLA-5194-1.pdf
Title: H.B. 5194
Source: www.legislature.mi.gov
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| NM | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | The legislature finds that districts need flexibility to meet state fiscal solvency requirements. For the 2012-2013 school year, the secretary may waive requirements of the Public School Code and rules promulgated in accordance with that code pertaining to individual class load, teaching load, length of school day, staffing patterns, subject areas and purchases of instructional materials.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0209.pdf
Title: S.B. 209
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/
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| AR | Adopted 01/2012 | P-12 | Repeals rules and regulations governing expenditure requirements by Arkansas school districts for teacher salaries, special education, vocational education, alternative education, and gifted and talented programs.
http://170.94.37.152/REGS/005.04.11-004F-12809.pdf
Title: AR ADC 005.04.6-1.00 to AR ADC 005.04.6-8.00
Source: http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/rules_and_regs/
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| RI | Signed into law 01/2012 | P-12 | Authorizes Budget Commission established under Title 45 of the Rhode Island General Laws to certify to the Rhode Island Department of Revenue the need to advance payments of the state's basic education program.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext12/housetext12/h7052.htm
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext12/senatetext12/s2016.pdf
Title: H.B. 7052 and S.B. 2016
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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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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| 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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