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 | 21st Century Skills |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Background Checks |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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 | Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| AK | Signed into law 12/27/2012 | Postsec. | Renames the Alaska merit scholarship to the Alaska performance scholarship and makes changes relating to the scholarship and tax credits. Establishes accounts and a fund for those purposes. Increases student eligibility rates over time from 28% to 44% of high school graduates. For institutions to qualify, adds additional requirements: That each such institution has an advisory program established for incoming students that provides counseling related to course selection, career choice, and personal challenges; and provides courses and credits that can result in the issuance of a degree or certificate available at the institution within a time frame expected for that degree or certificate.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0104Z&session=27
Title: H.B. 104
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us
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| Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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