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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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| CA | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Extends educational opportunities that may be offered through independent study to include leadership opportunities that support and strengthen student achievement. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1951-2000/ab_1987_bill_20120817_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1987
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| LA | Adopted 07/2012 | P-12 | From July 2012 Louisiana Register: Revises LAC 28:CXV §2318, "The College and Career Diploma" and §2325, "Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate." These revisions add some Advanced Placement (AP) courses to the list of courses that can be taken for the 4th science and 4th social studies requirements for the LA Core 4 curriculum (required for students who will be attending a four-year university in Louisiana). The revisions will allow these more rigorous courses to count for graduation requirements. Pages 116-117 of 411: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/1207/1207.pdf
Title: LAC 28:CXV.2318 and 2325
Source: www.doa.louisiana.gov
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Makes the successful completion of instruction in CPR a high school graduation requirement by the 2014-2015 school year. Requires schools to maintain documentation in an electronic database that students have successfully completed CPR instruction to meet Healthful Living Essential Standards. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H837v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 837
Source: ncleg.net
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Establishes purposes of the state seal of biliteracy. Confers a state seal of biliteracy (district participation is voluntary) to high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in one or more languages other than English. Directs the board of regents to promulgate rules to establish criteria that students must achieve to earn a state seal of biliteracy. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=A10292&term=&Summary=Y&Text=Y
Title: A.B. 10292
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Effective 6/30/2015, repeals provision to award a high school diploma to veterans who did not receive a diploma after being conscripted into active service in the U.S. armed services. Page 53 of 83 (section 302A-431.9) http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/bills/SB2540_CD1_.pdf
Title: S.B. 2540 - Veterans High School Diploma
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| LA | To governor 06/2012 | P-12 | Urges and requests the state board of elementary and secondary education to review its policies relative to graduation requirements, particularly as they pertain to core curricula and diploma paths, and to submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to the house and senate education committees not later than 60 days prior to the beginning of the 2013 regular session. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=810016
Title: H.C.R. 201
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| PA | Passed 06/2012 | P-12 | Encourages the Governor to request that the Independent Regulatory Review Commission and all Commonwealth agencies with guidelines, regulations, licenses, certifications or criteria that require a high school diploma deem a postsecondary degree from an accredited institution of higher education as satisfying the requirement.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=R&billNbr=0660&pn=3340
Title: H.R. 660
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Section 5: Delays until 2013-14 school year deadline by which the state board, in consultation with the board of regents of the University System of Georgia and the state board of the Technical College System of Georgia, must adopt policies and guidelines for the awarding of high school credit based on demonstration of student proficiency. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/127601.pdf
Title: H.B. 713 - Demonstration of Subject Area Competency
Source: www.legis.ga.gov
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Directs the state board to establish rules and regulations to maximize the number of students, beginning with students entering ninth grade in the 2014-2015 school year (Class of 2018), who complete at least one course containing online learning through (1) an online course offered by the Georgia Virtual School, (2) an online dual enrollment course offered by a postsecondary institution, or (3) an approved provider. Directs the state board to make all end-of-course tests available online, and to establish rules and regulations to maximize the number of students and school systems using such online assessments. Repeals provision that gave public school students priority for enrollment in the Georgia Virtual School. Bars a local school system from prohibiting a student from taking a Georgia Virtual School course, regardless of whether the student's school offers the same course. Permits students enrolled in the Georgia Virtual School to be counted by a district for state funding purposes. Repeals certain provision relating to fund requests by the state board for the Georgia Virtual School grant account. Provides that funds from the account are to be used to cover department costs associated with the maintenance of the Georgia Virtual School, such as new course development, credit recovery, blended learning training, and operating a clearinghouse. Removes provision requiring state board to adopt provisions allowing students to participate in Georgia Virtual School courses in excess of any annual maximum number of courses at a tuition rate to be established by the state board. Requires local school systems to pay tuition, materials, and fees for student participation in Georgia Virtual School
Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, requires each local school system to provide opportunities for all public school students in grades 3-12 to participate in part-time and full-time virtual instruction program options. Requires local school systems to notify parents of such opportunities, and identifies mechanisms by which local school systems may facilitate virtual instruction program participation. Requires a local school system's virtual instruction program to provide for at least two full-time options and one part-time option for students enrolled in dropout prevention and academic intervention programs or Department of Juvenile Justice education programs. Directs the department to annually provide local school systems with a list of providers approved to offer virtual instruction programs, and establishes quality and accountability indicators providers must meet to be approved by the department. Requires each contract with an approved provider to set forth a detailed curriculum plan that illustrates how students will be provided services for, and be measured for attainment of, proficiency in state curriculum requirements for each grade level and subject. Directs the department, by December 2012, to submit a report to the governor and legislative leadership that (1) includes a plan under which local boards may voluntarily pool their bids for acquiring digital learning, and (2) identifies criteria to enable local boards to differentiate between the level of service as well as pricing based on specified criteria. Also requires that the report examine ways to increase student access to digital learning. Pages 1-6 of 7: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/127888.pdf
Title: S.B. 289 - Online Learning
Source:
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Permits high school credit to be awarded to students that demonstrate competency in the subject areas required to be offered by accredited schools and allows students to receive credit on a performance basis through the administration of an assessment. Creates a competency-based instruction task force and requires the task force to submit reports with findings and recommendations by January 13, 2013, and November 15, 2013. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/linc/84/external/govbills/SF2284.pdf
Title: S.F. 2284 - Division I
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Authorizes the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a diploma endorsement program for the performance of community service by high school students. Endorsement would apply to high school students who perform a certain number of hours of documented community service, which will be determined by the board.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=802812
Title: H.B. 1194
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Passed 05/2012 | P-12 | Urges and requests the board of supervisors of community and technical colleges and the state board of elementary and secondary education jointly to study the feasibility of granting a Louisiana high school diploma to successful completers of adult education programs that meet state standards and to report their findings and recommendations at least 60 days prior to the 2013 regular session. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=804499
Title: H.C.R. 95
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Amends §907, "Secondary Class Times and Carnegie Credit," and §1103, "Compulsory Attendance" to accommodate the newly developed Louisiana Seat Time Waiver (LSTW). §907 permits districts to submit applications to the department of education for a waiver of the instructional time requirement for Carnegie credit. Requires the waiver application to contain a brief description of the program and an assurance that all other requirements for Carnegie credit and graduation requirements will be met. Pages 80-81 of 199: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/1205/1205.pdf
Title: LAC 28:CXV.907 and 1103
Source: www.doa.louisiana.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Requires virtual schools to maintain teacher-pupil ratios set by the state board of education and to provide the same length of time for learning opportunities as required for other schools, but allow a student to move at the student's own pace. Provides students shall demonstrate mastery, competency, and completion of a course or subject area to be given course credit. Allows technology access to be provided through computer labs. Makes an online course a requirement for graduation from high school beginning with the students entering ninth grade in the 2013-2014 school year.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB3062.pdf
Title: H.B. 3062
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TX | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Updates the graduation requirements to align with recently passed legislation, allows additional courses to satisfy certain graduation requirements, and provides additional clarification regarding requirements.
Sections 74.1 and 74.71 adopted as published in the December 16, 2011 Texas Register (pages 13 and 15-16 of 30): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1216/1216prop.pdf
Sections 74.3, 74.71, 74.72, 74.73, 74.74 adoped as published in the May 25, 2012 Texas Register (pages 14-28 of 85): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0525/0525adop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 74.1, 3, 71, 72, 73, 74
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| VA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Directs the Board of Education to modify the credits necessary for a student to earn a standard or an advanced studies diploma. The advanced studies diploma shall be the recommended diploma for students pursuing baccalaureate study. The standard diploma shall include a concentration in career and technical education and a requirement to earn a career and technical education credential. Standard or advanced studies diploma will require the successful completion of one virtual course. The modified standard diploma is eliminated, but the Board shall make provisions in regulation for students with disabilities to earn a standard diploma. This bill is identical to SB 489.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB1061ER+pdf
Title: H.B. 1061
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Defines "early graduation." Establishes provisions to allow a student to graduate high school in fewer than 8 semesters while completing 24 credits. Requires local boards to adopt a policy that allows a high school student to graduate early. Requires student and parental notification of options for early or accelerated high school graduation, and notification when a student is eligible to graduate early. Also requires each district's comprehensive plan for student progression to advise parents and students of the early and accelerated graduation options. Permits a student who graduates early to participate in school events and participate in graduation events with the student's cohort. Provides a student who graduates midyear is eligible for a Bright Futures Scholarship in the spring term following graduation. Provides requirements for funding high school credits. Requires a student who graduates mid-year to apply by August 31 of the student's graduation year to be eligible for a Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program award for the current academic year. Provides a calculation of additional full-time equivalent membership based on early high school graduation.
Bill text (pages 11, 15-16, 63-64, 71 of 71): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7059er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7059&Session=2012
FInal bill analysis: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=h7059z.KINS.DOCX&DocumentType=Analysis&BillNumber=7059&Session=2012
Title: H.B. 7059 - Early Graduation
Source: myfloridahouse.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Prohibits a school from requiring a student to complete the online course requirement for high school graduation outside the school day or in addition to a student's courses for a given semester. Specifies that this requirement does not apply to a student with an individual education plan that indicates that an online course would be inappropriate or a student who enrolls in a Florida high school and has less than 1 academic year remaining in high school. Bill text (page 11 of 21): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7063er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7063&Session=2012
Final bill analysis (page 5 of 11): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=h7063z.KINS.DOCX&DocumentType=Analysis&BillNumber=7063&Session=2012
Title: H.B. 7063 - Online Course for High School Graduation
Source: myfloridahouse.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Directs the state board to promulgate administrative regulations for an alternative high school diploma for students with disabilities completing a modified curriculum and an individualized course of study. Amends KRS 158.140 to require local boards to award the diploma to eligible students. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB43/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 43
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Permits a course for chemistry, physics or CTE (career technical education) course to integrate chemistry, physics, biology standards, or a combination of such standards.
Article 1, Sec. 5, Subd. 2 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 | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Defines "eligible student" for purposes the early graduation scholarship program. Clarifies the definition of "quarter" for purposes of computing early graduation scholarship amounts. Requires the early graduation scholarship application to be received at the Department of Education within two calendar years of student's graduation. Limits eligibility to within six years of the student's high school graduation for student to use of full scholarship amount. Amends scholarship issuance procedures. Article 1, Sec. 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 | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Clarifies eligibility for the early graduation military service award program. Establishes a deadline for submission of application and request for payment for early graduation military service award. Clarifies that once the original amount of the award has been paid, it cannot be renewed.
Article 1, Sec. 9, Subd. 1,3 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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| MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Authorizes school boards to allow course credit to high school students who are also members of the national guard, and who complete basic training camp at the end of their junior year and before the start of their senior year. Authorizes the school district to award the student one Carnegie unit of elective credit upon receipt of evidence of the student's completion of basic training.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/pdf/HB/0700-0799/HB0784SG.pdf
Title: H.B. 784
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Adds provisions requiring the state board to adopt rules establishing an appeal process for students who have been denied a standard diploma by the school district in which the student is or was enrolled for failing to meet the requirements for graduation established in this section. A student has 30 days after denial of the standard diploma in which to file a petition for an appeal to the Board. The Board is required to take action on a petition for an appeal no later than forty-five (45) days after receiving the petition. Requires the Board to collect data by school site and district on the number of students petitioning for an appeal and the number of appeals approved. Beginning October 1, 2012, the Board is required to provide an annual report of this data to the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the State Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB2970%20ENR.DOC
Title: H.B. 2970
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Requires a special education diploma be awarded to students who have satisfactorily completed an IEP, but who have not passed the proficiency tests required for graduation with a regular diploma.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB2900.pdf
Title: S.B. 2900
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Adds an additional pathway for students eligible for a Grand Canyon Diploma (allows students who perform at a higher academic level than currently required to graduate to pursue one of several options, including early graduation), whereby the student, if accepted, can enroll in a university after the completion of additional high school coursework designed to prepare students for admission to selective postsecondary institutions that offer baccalaureate degrees. Provides that the school district or charter school where the student earned the diploma continue to receive per pupil funding until that student would otherwise have graduated at the end of grade twelve, for as long as that student is enrolled in the university. Designates one-third of the per pupil funding to be retained by the school district or charter school operator, one-third to be retained for the school site, and one-third to be split between a scholarship fund for a student who qualifies for a Grand Canyon Diploma and the University where the student is enrolled. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/2r/bills/sb1254s.pdf
Title: S.B. 1254
Source: azleg.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Directs the State Board of Education to adopt rules to define competency-based educatational pathways for college and career readiness. Establishes competency-based college-ready educational pathways for students eligible for a high school diploma through their fulfillment of a competency-based program. Pathways include 1) enroll in a community college; 2) remain in high school and enroll in AP programs available through the school district or charter school; 3) enroll in a full-time career and technical education program; or 4) if accepted for admission, enroll in a postsecondary institution that offers baccalaureate degrees. Each option includes a provision that directs per-pupil funding to continue to be provided to the school district or charter school from which the students earned the high school diploma until that student would otherwise have graduated at the end of grade 12 or as long as that student is enrolled in a full-time alternative program and designates where those funds should be distributed. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/2r/laws/0149.pdf
Title: S.B. 1255
Source: azleg.gov
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| OH | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Directs the state board to incorporate into the grades 4-12 social studies standards content regarding the Declaration of Independence, the Northwest Ordinance, the U.S. Constitution and its amendments, with emphasis on the Bill of Rights, and the Ohio Constitution, and to revise the model curricula and assessments to reflect the additional American history and American government content. Directs the state board to make available a list of suggested grade-appropriate supplemental readings that teachers may use as a resource to assist students. Replaces references to social studies end-of-course (EOCs) exams with references to EOCs in American history and American government. By July 2013, requires each local board to adopt interim EOCs to assess mastery of American history and American government standards. Requires all high schools to use such EOCs until the state superintendent and chancellor of the board of regents select EOCs in American history and American government. By July 2014, requires the state superintendent and chancellor to select EOCs in American history and American government.
Revises high school graduation requirements to require one-half unit each of American history and government (legislation previously required one unit of "American history and government". Revises prerequisite provisions on certain social studies courses to allow demonstrated mastery to substitute for basic instruction. Effective with entering 9th graders in the 2012-13 school year, requires American history and American government to include the aforementioned documents to be incorporated in state standards (Declaration of Independence and ff.). Specifies that a valid educator license for teaching social studies in the
applicable grade must be considered sufficient to teach the additional American history and American government content. Directs the state board, by July 2012, to review the revised code and recommend legislation to make changes necessary to fully implement additional American history and American government content. Specifies that nothing limits the ability of a district or public or nonpublic school to offer specified academic content through summer school, online, or any other method offered by the district or school.
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_165_EN_N.pdf
Title: S.B. 165
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Provides that schools teaching courses in grades seven or eight that are also taught in any grade nine through twelve and which count toward high school graduation shall be classifed as secondary schools. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB2653.pdf
Title: H.B. 2653
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Directs the state board to develop a test-out option from the general financial literacy component of the grades 9-12 curriculum [students must complete .5 unit General Financial Literacy to graduate from high school]. Page 6 of 9: http://le.utah.gov/~2012/bills/hbillenr/hb0156.pdf
Title: H.B. 156 - Financial Literacy Test-Out Option
Source: le.utah.gov
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| WI | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Act 156 (amends 115.787) Requires that an individualized education program that indicates a goal of a technical education high school diploma should specify the course of study that the pupil must take to attain that goal. Adds a new section:
118.33 (1) (g) 1. A school board may grant a technical education high school diploma to a pupil who does all of the following:
a. Satisfies the established subject/course credit requirements
b. Earns in the high school grades the same total number of credits that the school board requires of other pupils for high school graduation.
c. Successfully completes a technical education program, established by the school board, in a subject or subjects.
2. In establishing a technical education program under subd. 1. c., the school board may incorporate standards for industry-recognized certifications. Annually, the department shall provide to each school board operating high school grades a list of such certifications. The school board shall indicate on a pupil's technical education high school diploma the certifications attained by the pupil.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/156
Title: S.B. 335
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov
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| IN | Adopted 01/2012 | P-12 | Defines "college and career pathway", "quantitative reasoning" course, "priority course list" (for purposes of dual credit), and "dual credit courses". Requires students completing the minimum high school program to earn two credits (1 Carnegie unit) in either mathematics or mathematical reasoning courses during their junior or senior year. Amends requirements for Core 40, Core 40 Diploma with Academic Honors, and Core 40 Diploma with Technical Honors to require students to take mathematics or mathematical reasoning courses each year of high school. Amends the Core 40 diploma requirements to require 6 mathematics credits (3 Carnegie units) to be earned after a student begins high school. Amends requirements for the Core 40 Diploma with Academic Honors to require 6 of the 8 requisite mathematics credits (3 of the 4 Carnegie units) to be earned after a student begins high school. Amends the "other" options from which a student must choose to earn the Core 40 Diploma with Academic Honors to: (1) raise minimum composite SAT score to 1750 and requires a minimum of 530 on each section; and (2) require completion of the written section of the ACT. Replaces completion of IB diploma as "other" requirement option with option to complete 4 credits in IB courses and corresponding IB exams. Amends requirements for the Core 40 Diploma with Technical Honors to require 6 mathematics credits to be earned after a student begins high school. Amends "other" requirements for students to earn Core 40 Diploma with Technical Honors. http://www.in.gov/legislative/iac/20120201-IR-511110327FRA.xml.pdf
Title: 511 IAC 6-7.1-1, 4, 5, 6, 7
Source: www.in.gov
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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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