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From the ECS State Policy Database
Teaching Quality


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This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format.

Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date].

State Status/Date Level Summary
TNSigned into law 05/2012P-12Teacher Assessment
S.B. 3341
Requires teachers instructing in subjects wherein an end-of-course exam is administered to take such exam, provided annually by the state bo...

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TNSigned into law 05/2011P-12Teacher Code of Ethics
S.B. 854
Requires the state board of education to adopt any rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the annual distribution, either in printed ...

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WVSigned into law 05/2011P-12School Curriculum Teams and Local School Collaborative Processes
H.B. 3116
Amends and reenacts the law relating to the authority of school curriculum teams and local school collaborative processes with respect to se...

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DESigned into law 04/2011P-12Senate's Teacher Hiring Task Force
S.B. 16
Implements the recommendations of the Senate's Teacher Hiring Task Force. Creates an estimated unit count each March, which the Department o...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12Teacher Excellence and Support System
H.B. 2178
Establishes the Teacher Excellence and Support System. Institutes a system of teacher evaluation of the following categories: (A) Planning a...

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FLSigned into law 03/2011P-12Effective Educators
S.B. 736 - Effective Educators
Repeals Section 1012.52 relating to the attributes of effective educators.
Page 23 of 25: http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-001.pdf...

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ILAdopted 11/2010P-12Code of Ethics for Illinois Educators
23 IL ADC 22.10, 20
The Code of Ethics for Illinois Educators was written in response to a need identified in the process of developing the Illinois Professiona...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Voluntary Shared Leave Program
H.B. 213
Requires the state board of education to adopt rules and policies for the voluntary shared leave program to allow an employee at a public sc...

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VASigned into law 04/2010P-12
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Community College
College Partnership Laboratory Schools
S.B. 736/H.B. 1389
Establishes college partnership laboratory schools by any public institution of higher education that operates an approved teacher education...

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GASigned into law 03/2010P-12Continuation of Certified Personnel Contracts
H.B. 906
Relates to annual contracts for certified K-12 personnel. Extends to May 15 (for the 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2012-13 school years only) the de...

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NJSigned into law 02/2010Postsec.Tuition Assistance
S.B. 826
Requires certain conditions be met in order for school districts to provide their employees with tuition assistance for coursework or additi...

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VASigned into law 02/2010P-12Temporarily Employed Teachers
H.B. 623
Provides that local school boards may employ temporarily employed teachers, with the approval of the Board of Education, for periods longer ...

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DESigned into law 02/2010P-12Demonstrating Student Growth
S.B. 263
Requires that a teacher show 2 years of satisfactory student growth within a 3 year period before the teacher may receive the highest level ...

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UTAdopted 02/2010P-12Sharing of Curriculum Materials
R277-111
Adds new Rule 277-111, "Sharing of Curriculum Materials by Public School Educators". Allows/encourages educators to use valuable time and re...

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MASigned into law 01/2010P-12Charter School Recruitment and Retention
S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL)
Requires charter schools whose charter was granted before January 1, 2010 to have a recruitment and retention plan in effect for the 2011-20...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Quality of Preparation Programs for Teachers and Other School Personnel
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.12, 3301.42, 3333.048 and 3333.048
Partly from DOE summary of H.B. 1: Directs the superintendent of public instruction, jointly with the chancellor of the board of regents, to...

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DESigned into law 07/2009P-12License Denial and Revocation Standards
S.B. 149
Creates license denial and revocation standards for nonpublic school teachers, specialists and administrators, and for public education empl...

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COSigned into law 05/2009P-12Teacher Identifier Program
H.B. 1065
Extends the repeal date for the quality teachers commission and redefines the time frames within which the commission must accomplish certai...

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MNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Teacher Education Report
S.F. 2083
Requires the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and Minnesota Department of Education to report to the committees of the legislature with ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Differential Pay for Deployed National Guard Members Who are Teachers
S.B. 1794
Relates to veterans; clarifies the circumstances under which pay differential applies for deployed National Guard and reserve members who ar...

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MNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Mentoring and Peer Coaching
H.F. 2
Allows school districts to have trained observers serve as mentors or coaches and to have probationary teachers participate in professional ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Assessment of Reading Instruction
H.F. 2
Includes as part of the Board of Teaching's licensure exams an assessment of reading instruction for teacher licensure prekindergarten and e...

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MNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Alternative Compensation Rural District Application Assistance
H.F. 2
Makes districts in the rural equity region eligible for assistance in developing Q-Comp applications with specific compensation program com...

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MNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Expiration and Renewal of License
H.F. 2
Allows educators applying to renew their licenses to present to their local licensing committees evidence of work that demonstrates professi...

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DESigned into law 04/2009Postsec.
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Teach For America
H.B. 102
Enables the implementation of the Teach For America program and teacher residency programs on a state- wide basis by modifying the entry req...

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OKSigned into law 04/2009P-12
H.B. 1598
Prohibits certain persons from certain involvement in due process hearings; creates the School Protection Act; provides short title; states ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009P-12Teacher Professional Development Credit
H.B. 1999
Revises provisions of existing law governing school district teacher professional development credit. Authorizes online professional develop...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009P-12Smart Core Incentive Funding Program
S.B. 918
Creates the Smart Core Incentive Funding Program to provide a financial incentive to assist with a public high school's efforts to encourage...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009P-12Bonuses for Nationall Board Certified Teachers
H.B. 1862
Provides bonuses for individuals who have worked for a minimum number of years with a national board certification as a classroom teacher, b...

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COSigned into law 04/2009P-12Teacher of the Year Program
H.B. 1240
Creates the Teacher of the Year Program in the Department of Education; requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules for the impleme...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009Postsec.
Community College
Teacher Opportunity Program
S.B. 852
Amends the Teacher Opportunity Program; provides scholarships to teachers returning to college to receive an additional certification.
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ARSigned into law 04/2009Postsec.
Community College
Consolidation of Teacher Education Recruitment Programs
S.B. 853
Consolidates the Teacher Education Recruitment Programs by repealing the Minority Teachers Scholars Program, Minority Masters Fellows Progra...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009P-12Subpoena Power
H.B. 1372
Grants subpoena power to the state board of education and the professional licensure standards board.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly...

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MDSigned into law 04/2009P-12Teacher Identification Numbers
H.B. 587
Authorizes the State Department of Education to assign a unique identification number to each teacher employed in the public schools in the ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009P-12Code of Ethics Proceedings
H.B. 1859
Provides for the confidentiality of certain documents and procedures relating to code of ethics proceedings of the professional licensure st...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009P-12On-Leave Teachers Reponsible for Cost of Replacements
H.B. 2004
Eliminates the requirement that members of the National Guard or reserve who are teachers or administrators pay for the cost of a substitute...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009P-12Teacher Recruitment for High-Priority Districts
S.B. 980
Provides additional incentives for teacher recruitment and retention in high-priority school districts. Increases teacher signing bonuses; e...

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MSSigned into law 04/2009P-12Negotiating Teachers Salaries
S.B. 2050
Authorizes school districts to negotiate salary levels with teachers who are receiving payments from the retirement system of another state;...

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MSSigned into law 03/2009P-12Children First Act of 2009
S.B. 2628
Prohibits public school students in 7th-12th grades who fail to maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 from participating in extracurricular activ...

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ARSigned into law 03/2009P-12Correcting Calculation Errors in Teacher Retirement
S.B. 155
Allows the teacher retirement system to correct calculation errors that cause manifest injustice to Arkansas teacher retirement system membe...

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ARSigned into law 03/2009P-12Recouping Benefits
S.B. 227
Allows the teacher retirement system to recoup benefits, including interest, paid to a member who does not meet the eligibility requirements...

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VASigned into law 03/2009P-12Teacher Planning Time
H.B. 2474
Requires school boards to ensure that all elementary school teachers are provided an average of 30 minutes a day of planning time.
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ARSigned into law 02/2009P-12Lifetime Teaching License
H.B. 1133
Amends eligibility and application requirements for the lifetime teaching license.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB113...

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CARule Adoption 01/2009P-12Single-Subject Teaching Credential Authorization
Title 5 CCR Section 80004
Amends rules concerning single-subject teaching credential authorization. Allows for an additional option for employers to assign individual...

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UTAdopted 12/2008P-12Classroom Supplies Appropriation
R277-459
Distributes money through school districts, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind, or charter schools to classroom teachers for school mat...

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CASigned into law 09/2008P-12LEP teachers
A.B. 1871
Amends existing law that authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue certificates of English language development and biling...

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CASigned into law 09/2008P-12teacher quality
S.B. 1186
Exempts from the state basic skills proficiency test an applicant for an eminence credential, and an applicant who achieves scores on specif...

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ORRejected by voters 08/2008P-12Teaching Quality Requirements & Pay
Ballot Measure 60
Enacts the Kids First Act; requires that pay raises for public school teachers shall be based upon each teacher's classroom performance and ...

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MOAdopted 08/2008Postsec.career educators
5 CSR 80-800.280
Amends rule to incorporate 2008 changes. Updates certification requirements for Library Media Specialist certificate in Compendium of Missou...

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WVSigned into law 07/2008P-12Summer School Teaching Staff
H.B. 217B
Requires county boards filling summer school program positions to give employment preference to professional educators who are regularly emp...

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LASigned into law 06/2008P-12
H.B. 672
Renames provisions of law providing for the rights of teachers to the Teacher Bill of Rights. Provides that teachers have a right to immunit...

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LASigned into law 06/2008P-12Battery of a School Teacher
H.B. 757
For purposes of R.S. 14:34.3 and R.S. 38.2 relating to battery of a school teacher, extends definition of "school teacher" to include any te...

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MNSigned into law 05/2008P-12Licensure Via Portfolio
H.B. 1812
Authorizes an eligible candidate to use licensure via portfolio to obtain an initial licensure or to add a licensure field, consistent with ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2008P-12Teachers of Diverse Backgrounds Financial Aid Pilot Program
H.B. 1812
Provides for the establishment of a teachers of diverse backgrounds financial aid pilot program, to be implemented by Winona State Universit...

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NYSigned into law 04/2008P-12Teacher Day
S.B. 4391
Establishes the first Tuesday in May as an annual day of commemoration known as New York State Teacher Day. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/...

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MSSigned into law 04/2008P-12
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Teacher Compensation
S.B. 2176
Increases and authorizes annual experience salary increments for teachers fore up to 35 years of experience for all certificate levels, to b...

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MSSigned into law 04/2008P-12Troops to Teachers Pilot
S.B. 2913
Establishes a pilot program in the State Department of Education to promote the national Troops to Teachers Program in the public schools of...

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MSSigned into law 04/2008P-12Teach For America Act
S.B. 2518
Establishes the Teach For America Act. Authorizes the use of state funds as matching funds by the Teach for America-Delta in order to bring ...

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MSSigned into law 04/2008P-12Career Ladder for Assistant Teachers
H.B. 902
Requires the Department of Education to conduct a study on the need for and the potential benefits of establishing a career ladder opportuni...

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WVSigned into law 04/2008P-12Personnel Salary Increases
S.B. 573
From state fiscal analysis: "The purpose of this bill is to grant a $1,600 annual salary increase to professional educators and a $700 annua...

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MSSigned into law 03/2008P-12Temporary Employment of Licensed and Nonlicensed Employees
S.B. 2660
Authorizes the superintendent to temporarily employ licensed and nonlicensed employees to fill vacancies subject to ratification by the loca...

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WVSigned into law 03/2008P-12Service Personnel and Authority
H.B. 4478
Gives authority to certain aides to exercise control over students; expands the classifications of service personnel to include paraprofessi...

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INSigned into law 02/2008P-12Teachers Retirement Fund
S.B. 210
Reduces the waiting period after which a retired member of the state Teachers Retirement Fund may be reemployed in a covered position and co...

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ILAdopted 01/2008P-12Summer Bridges Program
23 IAC 232.50, .60
Strengthen recipient districts' accountability with respect to implementation of the program, chiefly by providing for some quality assuranc...

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CASigned into law 10/2007P-12Teacher credentials
S.B. 52
Renames the designated subjects vocational education teaching credential the designated subjects preliminary career technical education teac...

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NJAdopted 08/2007P-12Professional Licensure Standards
NJAC 6A:9
Amends rules pertaining to professional licensure and standards. Strengthens the State licensure system based on professional standards for ...

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MAIssued 08/2007P-12
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Community College
The Readiness Project
Executive Order No. 489
Establishes the Readiness Project to develop a plan to implement fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth ov...

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NCSigned into law 08/2007P-12Teacher Leave Time
S.B. 914
Gives teachers credit for the excess personal leave time that they earn. Ensures that teachers can take personal leave with five days' notic...

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NCSigned into law 08/2007P-12
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Community College
Teacher Assistant Scholarship Fund
H.B. 851
Clarifies the educational requirement for the teacher assistant scholarship fund. Requires that an applicant for a scholarship from the fund...

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NCSigned into law 08/2007P-12Pilot Alternative Teacher Salary Plans
H.B. 966
Requires the State Board of Education to establish a pilot program authorizing the implementation of alternative teacher salary plans to ena...

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NCSigned into law 08/2007P-12Background Checks
H.B. 1659
Authorizes criminal history record checks of employees of and applicants for employment with the department of public instruction.
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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12
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Teacher Absence Due to Military Service
H.B. 1415
Provides that a member of the teachers' and state employees' retirement system may not be denied short-term disability benefits due to an ab...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Pilot Program for Lateral Entry Teachers
S.B. 1115
Directs the state board to establish a pilot program for lateral entry teachers in up to eight local school administrative units. Establishe...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Lifetime Teacher Certification
H.B. 1308
Provides for lifetime certification for teachers after 50 years of teaching.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H130...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Teacher Licensure Renewal Requirements
S.B. 1292
Directs the state board to adopt a policy requiring teachers to take credits in their academic subject area as part of the licensure renewal...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Charter School Teacher Participation in State Retirement System
H.B. 1471
Allows an existing charter school to participate in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system and the state teachers' and state e...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12High Needs Schools
S.B. 1479
Allows National Board Certified Teachers who serve as mentors, literacy coaches, or in other instructional leadership positions at high need...

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NCIssued 07/2007P-12Programs for At-Risk Children
Executive Order No. 120
Accelerates teacher and other personnel recruitment and the implementation of needed academic support programs for at-risk children in light...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Compensation of Teachers Who Served in the Uniformed Services
H.B. 1414
Revises the law providing for creditable service in the teachers' retirement system for members who served in the uniformed services.
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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Reaching One's Potential for Excellence (ROPE) Scholars Pilot Program.
S.B. 1030
The purpose of the ROPE Scholars Pilot Program is to strengthen middle grades education in order to provide students with the opportunity to...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12
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Preparation of Special Education Teachers
H.B. 26
Directs the board of governors of the state university to report on the efficacy of the preparation of teachers to teach students with disab...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Release of School Personnel Files
H.B. 550
Modifies the law pertaining to the confidentiality of school personnel files. Provides that information contained in a personnel file that i...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12
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Lateral Entry Requirements
H.B. 583
Modifies the requirements for participation in a community college lateral entry program for teacher training.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/S...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Evaluation of Probationary Teachers
A.B. 460
Relates to probationary teacher evaluation. Requires an administrator who is responsible for evaluating a teacher to personally observe that...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Pilot Performance Pay Program
A.B. 3A; (NEW BILL)
Appropriates money to provide for pilot programs of performance pay and enhanced compensation for the recruitment and retention of licensed ...

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AKAdopted 06/2007P-12HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS & OBJECTIVE UNIFORM STANDARDS
4 AAC 04.210(d), .212(h)
Affects which schools' 7-12 teachers are eligible to use the multiple-subject objective uniform standards for the purpose of being designate...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Special Qualifications License to Teach
S.B. 264
Provides that a special qualifications license to teach may be issued to a person who holds a Passport to Teaching certification from the Am...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Student Teachers at At-Risk Schools and Subject Areas
A.B. 512
Requires a school district which has entered into an agreement for the assignment of student teachers within the district for training purpo...

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NESigned into law 05/2007P-12School Employees Retirement Act
L.B. 508
Changes provisions of the school employees retirement act. Relates to retirement and payment of death benefits. Allows for a disability reti...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Employment of Teachers with Expired License.
A.B. 432
Amends current law to require districts to maintain an employee in a position of employment rather than suspend employment for failure to ma...

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MTSigned into law 05/2007P-12Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program
S.B. 2A (Teacher Recruitment)
Creates a quality educator loan assistance program administered by the board of regents through the office of the commissioner of higher edu...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12
H.B. 1622
From bill analysis: Currently, a school district employee who needs to report a grievance against a supervisor must report the grievance to ...

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WVProposed Rule COMMENT DEADLINE: 06/01/2007 08/20/2007 Rule Adoption 05/2007Postsec.
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FACULTY
Title 133, Series 9
Amends rules regarding academic freedom and responsibility, appointment, promotion, tenure, non- reappointment or dismissal of faculty, and ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Teacher Center Duties
H.F. 2245 [Mathematics and Science Teachers]
Amends duties of teacher centers, requires teacher centers to provide a professional development program to train interested and highly qual...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Coursework and Training
H.F. 2245 [Dual Enrollment Teachers]
Authorizes districts to offer grants to teachers to pay for coursework and training leading to certification as a college in the schools or ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Grant Program to Promote Professional Teaching Standards
H.F. 2245 [Professional Teaching Standards]
Establishes grant program to promote professional teaching standards through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Establi...

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MOSigned into law 05/2007P-12Teaching Fellows Program
S.B. 389 [Teaching Fellows]
Creates the teaching fellows program. For each of the first four years that an applicant teaches in a qualifying district, up to one-fourth ...

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MTPassed 04/2007P-12
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Study of Public Employee Retirement Systems
H.J.R. 59
Requests that the legislative council designate an appropriate interim committee or assign sufficient staff resources to study public employ...

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NMVetoed 04/2007P-12Returning Retiree Teachers
H.B. 313
Amends provisions of the Public Employees Retirement Act and the Educational Retirement Act concerning retirees who return to employment.
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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12Unlicensed Content Area Experts
S.B. 211
Directs the department of education to adopt rules rule for training and other requirements to support the use of unlicensed content area ex...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12Teacher Mentoring Programs
S.B. 211
Directs the department of education to distribute available funds for mentorship programs to school districts annually on a per-teacher basi...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12
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Teacher Education Accountability Reporting System
S.B. 211
Directs the state board to design a uniform statewide teacher education accountability reporting system to measure and track teacher educati...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Longitudinal Teacher Data System
S.B. 1614
Requires a contract for developing the Longitudinal Teacher Integrated Data System (LTIDS). Requires the Education Information System to inc...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12NBPTS Fees and Test Exemption; Teaching Fellowships
S.B. 842
Authorizes state funds to school districts for fees of teachers who seek certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Sta...

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CASigned into law 08/2006P-12Teacher Transfers
S.B. 1655
Prohibits the transferring of a teacher who requests to be transferred to a school offering kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Florida Secondary School Redesign Act
H.B. 7087 - Section 19
Defines secondary schools as those serving grades 6-12. Specifies that the following guiding principles must be used in the annual preparat...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Team Teaching Policies
H.B. 7087 (Section 16)
School districts may use teaching strategies that include the assignment of more than one teacher to a classroom of students and that were i...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Teaching Quality Assignment Disparities
H.B. 7087 (Section 57)
The Legislature finds disparities between teachers assigned to teach in a majority of "A" graded schools and teachers assigned to teach in a...

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TNSigned into law 04/2006P-12Teacher Tenure Probation Period
S.B. 2781
Requires tenured teacher who resigns and subsequently returns to the school system to serve one-year probationary period before tenure can b...

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TNSigned into law 04/2006P-12Teacher Employment and Age Discrimination
H.B. 2863
Concerns education; prohibits discrimination based on age against teachers in employment decisions. Removes provision for teacher's tenure t...

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ARSigned into law 04/2006P-12Teacher of the Year
H.B. 1031
Establishes Teacher of the Year program, directs state board to recognize annually a Teacher of the Year. That teacher will be placed on pai...

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NMRule Adoption 10/2005P-12Performance Evaluation
NMAC 6.69.5, 6.69.5.1 through 6.69.5.11
Relates to performance evaluation system requirements for librarian-teachers NEW MEXICO REG 4424 (SN)...

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NCELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION DURING THE 2006 SESSION 10/2005P-12Hiring of teachers
H.B. 706
AN ACT to amend the teacher certification law to facilitate the hiring of teachers. Vetoed 8/05.

http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bill...

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ALSigned into law 05/2005P-12Common Purchases and Student Materials Spending
H.B. 258
Includes "common purchases" as element that may be funded as classroom instructional support. States that any funds allocated by the legisla...

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HISigned into law 05/2005P-12
S.B. 1250
Requires the compensation plan for substitute teachers' pay to be commensurate with their educational training and academic qualifications. ...

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INSigned into law 05/2005P-12State Professional Standards Board
H.B. 1001 (various sections)
Changes statutory references to the state professional standards board to the advisory board of the division of professional standards. Plac...

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DESIGNED 04/2005P-12Communications Regarding Teacher Termination
H.B. 22
Requires that formal communications between a teacher and a school board relating to the termination of the teacher's services be sent via c...

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WASigned into law 04/2005P-12Eliminates Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission
S.B. 5732
Revises the powers, duties, and membership of the state board and the Washington professional educator standards board and eliminates the Ac...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12Teacher Immunity
H.B. 2267
States that a full-time certified teacher is immune from personal liability for all acts done and actions taken in good faith in evaluating ...

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KSSigned into law 04/2005P-12Teacher Recruitment component of H.B. 2331
H.B. 2331 (multiple provisions)
HB 2331 amends statutes governing the National Board Certification program. Under current law, teachers attaining National
Board Certificati...

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KSSigned into law 04/2005P-12National Board-Certified Teachers and Hard-to-Fill Teaching Disciplines
S.B. 48 (section 10-12)
Eliminates 10-year cap on number of years a national board-certified teacher may receive the $1,000 annual incentive bonus. Authorizes the s...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Teacher Daily Planning
H.B. 2793
Ensures that the teacher daily planning period occurs during the student instructional day unless a teacher submits a written request to be ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Teachers Lunch Breaks
H.B. 2789
Ensures that teachers receive a thirty-minute uninterrupted duty-free lunch period during each student instructional day. http://www.arkleg....

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NMVetoed 04/2005P-12Educational Retirees
S.B. 216
Relates to educational retirees returning to work.

http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/_session.asp?chamber=S&type=++&number=216&year=05...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12School Districts' Employment of Board Members' Relatives
H.B. 1867
An act to restrict school districts from employing relatives of board members.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB186...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12Teachers Stipend Amount
H.B. 1720
Clarifies the amount of the stipend teachers are required to receive for the purchase of classroom supplies. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/f...

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WVRule Adoption 03/2005P-12Assuring the Quality of Education
Title 126, Series 42
Amends rules relating to education programs designed to improve the quality of teaching and learning in the public schools and ensure educat...

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DERule Adoption 12/2004P-12Procedures Manual - Licensing
8 DEC, 911 Procedures Manual, Appendixes A and B
Amends the State Board of Education Procedures Manual by including licensing of substitute teachers and National Board teachers and removing...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Teachers
A.B. 3001 (multiple provisions)
SEC. 1: Existing law requires the county superintendent of schools to report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction on the financial co...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Teacher Misassignment and ESL Teacher Qualifications
A.B. 3001 (multiple provisions)
Existing law requires the county superintendent of schools to annually monitor and review school district certificated employee assignment p...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Technical Assistance Areas
A.B. 3001 (multiple provisions)
Existing law requires the State Department of Education to establish a statewide system of school support that provides intensive and sustai...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Areas of Instruction in the Principal Training Program
A.B. 3001 (multiple provisions)
SEC. 8: This bill would require that instruction and training in the Principal Training Program run by the state superintendent include inst...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Review of Audit Exceptions
S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
SEC. 13: Requires the county superintendent of schools to include in the review of audit exceptions those audit exceptions related to use of...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12District Uniform Complaint Process
S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
SEC. 12: Requires a school district to use its uniform complaint process to help identify and resolve any deficiencies related to
instructio...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12District Compliance Audits
S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
SEC. 2: Requires a district compliance audit to include verification of the reporting requirements for the sufficiency of textbooks and inst...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Public School Performance Accountability Program:Opportunity for Teaching and Learning Index
S.B. 1419
Existing law establishes the Public School Performance Accountability Program which consists of the Academic Performance
Index (API), the Im...

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MSRule Adoption 08/2004P-12Administrative Procedures Act
(Uncodified)
Amends rules concerning the administrative procedures act. Establishes and revises Cut Scores for Praxis II tests as approved by the Commiss...

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NMRule Adoption 08/2004P-12Substitute Teachers
NMAC 6.63.10.1, .06 thru .8, .12, .14
Relates requirements for substitute teachers and continuing certification....

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MSRule Adoption 08/2004P-12Employment Contracts
State Board Policy GBDA
Amends rules concerning employment contracts. Increases the number of days from 25 to 45 that a teacher may not be under contract of employm...

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ILSigned into law 08/2004P-12Qualified Teachers
H.B. 6906
Provides that if a school district has a shortage of highly qualified teachers, as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, or a sho...

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MISigned into law 07/2004P-12School Choice
S.B. 599
Allows children of teachers to attend school in district in which parents teach.

http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/pub...

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LASigned into law 07/2004P-12
Postsec.
Arrest of Teachers
H.B. 445
Limits the authority of a justice of the peace to arrest a teacher in any public or private elementary, secondary, high school, vocational-t...

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MOSigned into law 07/2004P-12Kansas City Public School Retirement System
H.B. 1502
Revises the provisions of existing law relating to the Kansas City Public School Retirement System. Revises the definition of "break in ser...

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NDRule Adoption 07/2004P-12Organization of Board
NDAC 67.1-01-01-01 thru -03
Establishes rules regarding organization of the education standards and practices board. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/information/acdata/pdf/67...

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NDRule Adoption 07/2004P-12Interim Licenses
NDAC 67.1-02-04-01, -02 thru -08
Establishes rules regarding interim licenses for teacher shortages. Addresses interim licenses for substitute teachers, provisional licenses...

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LASigned into law 06/2004P-12Education Accountability
H.B. 302
Makes amendments to distinguished educators program, which provides for the identification and limited-term assignment of educators to work ...

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CTSigned into law 06/2004P-12Evaluating Athletic Coaches
S.B. 535
Requires local and regional boards of education that employ athletic coaches to require the coaches' immediate supervisor to evaluate them o...

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HISigned into law 05/2004P-12Smoking/Tobacco Products on School Property
H.B. 2871
Creates a safe and healthy school environment by prohibiting any person from smoking tobacco products on school property and at any school- ...

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DERule Adoption 05/2004P-12Teacher Standard Certificate
14 DAC 1516
Amends regulation concerning the requirements for certification of educational personnel. Reflects the upcoming establishment of PRAXIS II s...

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MNSigned into law 05/2004P-12Retirement
S.F. 806
Relates to retirement; modifies provisions in the teachers retirement association and first class city teacher plans; provides for complianc...

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ALSigned into law 04/2004P-12School Teachers' Hours
H.B. 544
Public school teachers authorized to contract with local boards of education to work less than full time under certain conditions, provision...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Substantial Amendments to the Standards of Learning
H.B. 1014
Amends section 22.1-253.13:1 and 22.1-253.13:2 . Specifies that the Standards of Learning form the core of Virginia's educational program a...

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MISigned into law 04/2004P-12Teacher Conviction Suspension
H.B. 5476
Requires order summary suspension of teacher's certificate, school administrator's certificate or state board approval of a person who has b...

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MNSigned into law 03/2004P-12Civil Actions
H.F. 480
Relates to civil actions; provides protection for disclosure of job reference information; requires disclosure of data between school distri...

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NMPocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 03/2004P-12Public School Finance
H.B. 62
Adds national board certification in the program cost calculation; includes early childhood education, bilingual multicultural education, sp...

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CARule Adoption 02/2004P-12Highly Qualified Teacher Requirements
Title 5 CCR 6100-6014, 6110-6112, 6115
Implements federal mandates in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) by adopting California's requirements for qualifying as a 'highly qualifi...

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ARSigned into law 01/2004P-12Teacher Instructional Duties
H.B. 1053
Clarifies the meaning of instructional duties in relation to assignment of noninstructional duties to teachers. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.u...

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DERule Adoption 11/2003P-12Teacher Certification
14 DAC 321 thru 1542 (non-seq)
Establishes rules concerning the requirements for standard certificates for educational personnel. Amends existing requirements for standard...

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CASigned into law 10/2003P-12
Community College
Classified Employees: Notice of Layoff
A.B. 290
Requires that classified employees of school districts and community college districts who are to be laid off be given written notice on or ...

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CASigned into law 10/2003P-12Classified School Employees
A.B. 424
Provides, in a school district with a pupil population over 400,000, authorization for an appointment for a school-based classified position...

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CASigned into law 10/2003P-12Classified School Employees
A.B. 1038
Sets forth the employment rights of classified school employees who are terminated, reassigned, or transferred, or become the employee of an...

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CASigned into law 09/2003P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Classified Employees
A.B. 918
Requires a regular classified employee who is assigned to perform an assignment or service in addition to his or her regular assignment to b...

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CASigned into law 09/2003P-12Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program
A.B. 1266 § 8
Amends the California School Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program designed to recruit paraprofessionals to participate in a program to ...

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UTRule Adoption 09/2003P-12Employment of Substitute Teachers
R277-508
Amends rules to provide for student teachers and paraprofessionals to be used as substitute teachers. Provides language to protect the integ...

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MISigned into law 08/2003P-12Teacher Retirement Requirement
H.B. 4453
Eliminates number of days required for year of retirement credit for teachers and replaces it with an hour requirement of 1,020 hours in a f...

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CASigned into law 08/2003P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Classified School Employees: Reclassification
A.B. 1070
Decreases all 3 year time requirements to reclassify classified school employees under a merit system of a school district or community coll...

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CASigned into law 08/2003P-12Confidential Employees and Employee Organizations
S.B. 253
Revises the definition of confidential employee to mean any employee who is required to develop or present management positions with respect...

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MISigned into law 08/2003P-12Obtaining Teacher Certification Credits through Substitute Teaching
H.B. 4391 (multiple provisions)
The department shall authorize teacher preparation institutions to provide an alternative program by which up to 1/2 of the required student...

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ILSigned into law 07/2003P-12Non-certified Personal
H.B. 2350
Provides the state board of education shall accept, as qualifications for non-certified personnel, relevant life experiences as determined b...

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ILSigned into law 07/2003P-12Teachers Medicare Coverage
H.B. 79
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Directs the System to conduct a divided Medicare coverage referendum, ope...

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ILSigned into law 07/2003P-12Speech and Language Pathologist
H.B. 2797
Amends the School Code. Changes definition of speech-language pathologist. Allows a school district or cooperative to contract for speech pa...

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ILSigned into law 07/2003P-12School Service Personnel Certificates
H.B. 2864
Amends the School Code. Provides that a School Service Personnel Certificate with a speech-language pathologist endorsement shall be issued ...

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LASigned into law 07/2003P-12Teachers' Bill of Rights
H.B. 1342
Establishes the Teachers' Bill of Rights. The teachers' rights enumerated include: 1) The right to teach free from the fear of frivolous law...

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COSigned into law 06/2003P-12School District Retirement System
S.B. 250
Authorizes a school district retirement system to enter into an agreement to merge into another public employee retirement system including ...

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COSigned into law 06/2003P-12Retirement and Nonlicensed School Employees
H.B. 1327
Concerns an extension of the time in which retirees of the public employees retirement association may be employed to work as nonlicensed em...

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GASigned into law 06/2003P-12Sick Leave
H.B. 25
Relates to sick and personal leave for teachers and other personnel; provides for restoration of certain forfeited sick and personal leave a...

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LASigned into law 06/2003P-12Teachers-Medical Leave Sabbaticals
H.B. 846
Eliminates provision that teachers at regular and special public schools are eligible for medical leave sabbaticals only if they have 25 day...

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MDVetoed 05/2003P-12Study Commission on Educators' Time and Paperwork
H.B. 873
Establishes a Study Commission on Educators' Time and Paperwork. Specifies the composition, powers, and duties of the commission. Provides a...

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MDVetoed 05/2003P-12Educators' Time and Paperwork
S.B. 558
Establishes a Study Commission of Educators' Time and Paperwork; establishes membership of commission. Requires the commission to: (1) cond...

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MESigned into law 05/2003P-12Substitute Teacher Fingerprinting
H.P. 749 (LD 1032)
Beginning with the 2003-2004 school year, requires a person employed as a substitute teacher and a person who is a regular school employee a...

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IDSigned into law 05/2003P-12Teacher Expenses
H.B. 390
Disallows the deduction of expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers allowable under the Internal Revenue Code. http://www3.state...

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CTSigned into law 04/2003P-12Paraprofessional Pay
H.B. 5289
Allows school districts to pay paraprofessional on a year round basis; defines paraprofessional as an employee of a local or regional board ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12School Children Protection Act
S.B. 691
Expands the Arkansas school children protection act to include teacher sexual contact with a student; requires termination of employment upo...

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COSigned into law 04/2003P-12Immunity for Educators
H.B. 1127
Concerns allegations against education providers; provides immunity from suit for an educational entity and its employees for any actions ta...

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ARSigned into law 04/2003P-12Personnel Policies for Teachers
H.B. 2516
Concerns the definition of personnel policies that all school district policies must have pertaining to the terms and conditions of teacher'...

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ARSigned into law 03/2003P-12Funds School Districts Give Teachers for Supplies
H.B. 1619
Increases the amount that school districts must give to teachers for the purchase of classroom supplies. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftpro...

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ILSigned into law 03/2003P-12Chicago Educational Labor Relations
S.B. 19
Provides that amendatory Act may be referred to as the Chicago Education Reform Act of 2003. Amends requirements for Chicago area charter sc...

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ARSigned into law 03/2003P-12Teacher's Daily Planning Period
S.B. 349
Amends statutes requiring teacher's daily planning period be provided in increments of no less than forty (40) minutes.http://www.arkleg.sta...

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KYSigned into law 03/2003P-12Eligibility for Emergency Substitute Teaching Certificate
H.B. 252
Creates new section allowing any individual who has a bachelor's degree in any subject area from a regionally or nationally accredited posts...

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MISigned into law 12/2002P-12Substitute Teacher Contracts
S.B. 213
Allows school districts to contract with a person or entity for employment of qualified substitute teachers. http://www.michiganlegislature....

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MISigned into law 12/2002P-12Criminalizes Sexual Conduct Between School Employees and Students
S.B. 1127
Provides that it is criminal sexual conduct if the victim is a minor between certain age groupings and the actor is a teacher, administrator...

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MTRule Adoption 11/2002P-12
ARM New Rule I thru III, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI; 10.55.602 thru .710 (non-seq); 10.57.101 thru .801 (non-seq.); Repeal 10.57.103 thru .406 (non-seq); New Rule I/Criminal History Background Check
Establishes rules regarding criminal history background check, substitute teachers, teacher license classification, definition of 'immoral c...

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NCSigned into law 09/2002P-12
Community College
Sections Pertaining to Dropout Data, Dropout Retention, Teacher Quality
S.B. 1275
Directs the state board to improve the state's tracking of dropout data; encourages the concurrent enrollment of state technical high school...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Rules for teachers convicted as sex offenders.
S.B. 1656
Requires the Commission on Teachers Credentialing to deny the application of any applicant who is required to register as a sex offender. Re...

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CAVetoed 08/2002P-12
Postsec.
A study of the quality of career technical education teachers.
A.B. 1462
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene a committee of experts to determine programs and processes to increase the numb...

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FLSigned into law 08/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Personnel Policy
S.B. 20E
Removes provision mandating that school boards fully fund a 5% reserve for all instructional and administrative staff. See bill section 697,...

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DESigned into law 06/2002P-12Teacher Leave to Teach at Charter School
S.B. 298
Reduces the leave of absence to one year for any teacher leaving a public school to teach at a charter school. http://www.legis.state.de.us/...

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GASigned into law 05/2002P-12Retired Teachers Working in Low-Performing Schools
H.B. 210
Permits retired teachers to work as full-time teachers or improvement specialists in low-performing schools. Limits number of retired teache...

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CTSigned into law 05/2002P-12Sexual Abuse of Minors and Child Abuse and Teacher Records
H.B. 5680
Lengthens statutes of limitations in cases of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or sexual assault of a minor to 30 years from date of victim...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Personnel Nominations
S.B. 20E
Allows school boards more time to decide on personnel nominations when the Legislature adjourns before May 31....

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HIVetoed 05/2002P-12Access of Auditor to Student or Other Records
H.B. 2231
Establishes the office of the auditor as an authorized representative of the department of education and department of health, a state educa...

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IASigned into law 05/2002P-12Teacher Induction, Evaluation, Early Retirement Incentives, Administrator Preparation and Certification, Minimum Teacher Salary Requirements, Statewide Career Path Pilot Program
H.B. 2549
Requires state board to establish standards for district and area education agency career development programs and for individual teacher ca...

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OKSigned into law 05/2002P-12Commission for Teacher Preparation
S.B. 1010
Relates to the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation; provides for the budgeting of funds in certain categories and amounts; requires ...

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ALPocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2002P-12Teacher Hours
H.B. 605
Relates to certain public school teachers; provides for authority to contract with a local board of education to work less than full-time so...

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TNSigned into law 04/2002P-12Teachers to Reside in Neighborhoods
H.B. 1537
Pilot program (January 2002 to January 2003) in four counties; creates neighborhood school program that requires 25 percent of teachers in p...

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MDSigned into law 04/2002P-12Definition of "Public School Employees"
H.B. 644
Includes Prince George's County home and hospital teachers and Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) instructors in the definition o...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Licensee Investigations and Proceedings
H.B. 2482
Expands the board of educational examiners' authority with regard to licensee disciplinary investigations and proceedings....

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Teacher Quality Duties of the Office of Education Accountability
S.B. 166
Makes it explicit that the Office of Education Accountability has a responsibility to periodically review personnel policies and practices r...

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MSSigned into law 03/2002P-12Teacher Classroom Supply Funds
H.B. 1069
Requires public school district audits to include tests for compliance with statutory requirements relating to the distribution and use of s...

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WASigned into law 03/2002P-12Appoinments to Standards Board
H.B. 2414
Relates to the professional educator standards board; amends statutes; provides that the governor shall appoint or reappoint the members of ...

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KYSigned into law 02/2002P-12Credentials for Classified School Position
H.B. 282
Adds high school certificate of completion as an acceptable credential to meet qualification as a classified school employee. http://www.lrc...

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CAVetoed 09/2001P-12Teacher Rating System
A.B. 833
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop a teacher qualification index for each public school to measure the distributio...

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DESigned into law 06/2001P-12Expanding Teacher Rights to Discipline Students
S.B. 70
This act seeks to deter frivolous lawsuits against teachers who have attempted to enforce discipline and order in the classroom in the manne...

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FLFiled as Chapter No 06/2001P-12Provides death benefits to teachers/administrators who are killed while working
H.B. 279
2001-180., Creates the Barry Grunow Act; provides death benefits with respect to teachers and school administrators who are killed as the re...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Professional Organizations Certification Fund
S.B. 324
Creates Professional Organizations Certification Fund (separate and distinct from the General Fund). Interest earned on moneys in the Profes...

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TXSigned into law 06/2001P-12Rights of Assaulted Teachers
H.B. 1188
Relates to the rights of a public school teacher who is assaulted during the performance of the teacher's regular duties....

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ORSigned into law 05/2001P-12National Board Certification, Mentoring
S.B. 250
Directs Department of Education to award grants to school districts to support teachers in obtaining national board certification; expands t...

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SCSigned into law 05/2001P-12
Postsec.
Emphasis on Teaching as a Profession
H.B. 3534, Section 1
Amends Section 59-101-280. "Colleges and universities of this State shall emphasize teaching as a career opportunity and those institutions...

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Education Reform Act of 2001
S.B. 1881/H.B. 1921--Omnibus Bill
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to reimburse up to 100 teachers for evaluation fees incurred while obtaining certification by the N...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Sexual Conduct
S.B. 183
Revises provisions governing sexual conduct between pupils and persons in position of authority at schools....

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TXVetoed 05/2001P-12Paperwork Reduction
H.B. 106
Requires trustees of each district to adopt a policy to limit redundant requests for information and the number and length of written report...

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Planning Time
H.B. 1039
Revises provisions for teachers' duty-free planning periods; requires reporting to state department of education, and prohibits combining du...

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FLSigned into law 05/2001P-12Educator professional liability insurance coverage
H.B. 409
Requires educator professional liability insurance coverage for all full-time instructional personnel; provides for specific appropriations ...

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MDSigned into law 05/2001P-12
Postsec.
Waiver of Residency Requirement for Teachers at Postsecondary Institutions
H.B. 401
Waives the residency requirement for tuition purposes for public school teachers under certain circumstances at public senior higher educati...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12National Board Certification
H.B. 1499--Multiple Components
One portion of this large bill stipultes that teachers receiving National Board certification receive $7,000 annually as long as they contin...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001P-12National Institute for Teaching Excellence
H.B. 3245
Establishes the National Institute for Teaching Excellence to be implemented by the secretary with the assistance of the superintendent and ...

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INSigned into law 04/2001P-12Parents as Teachers Program
H.B. 1417
Specifies that parents as teachers programs are included among the parent information programs eligible to receive Step Ahead early childhoo...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12School Supply Funds for P-6 Teachers
H.B. 2621
From the legislation:

EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE TO EACH PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIXTH GRADE TEACHER IN EACH FISCAL YEAR AT LEAST ...

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NDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Education Standards and Practices Board
H.B. 1326
Amends 15.1-13-02 --changing the membership of the Education Standards and Practices Board from nine to ten members. 1. The governor shall ...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Omnibus Bill--Teacher Qualifications
S.B. 308
Section 42 states that effective with the 2002-2003 school year parents must be notified if their student is being taught by a non-licensed ...

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VASigned into law 04/2001P-12Teacher Subject Matter Proficiency
S.B. 1304
Relates to teacher proficiency and contract status; states any teacher hired on or after July 1, 2001, will be required, as a condition of a...

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COSigned into law 03/2001P-12Reporting Teachers Who Teach outside their subject area.
H.B. 1215
Concerns a limitation on information in school reports concerning the percentage of teachers teaching in a subject in which the teacher rece...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Teaching Quality
S.B. 16
Modifies provisions related to State System of Public and Higher Education to address issues of teacher quality in recognition of relationsh...

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WYSigned into law 03/2001P-12National Certification Incentive
S.B. 13
Relates to the national teacher certification incentive; modifies program reimbursement levels; eliminates the delayed repeal of the program...

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SDSigned into law 02/2001P-12Employment Prohibition
H.B. 1067
Prohibits school boards from employing any person whose certificate has been revoked or suspended....

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PASigned into law 12/2000P-12Civil Immunity
H.B. 1416
Act No. 93 of 2000., Amends the Judiciary and Judicial Procedure Code. Provides for civil immunity of school officers or employees relating ...

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CASigned into law 09/2000P-12Gender Equity Training
A.B. 908
Establishes the gender equity train-the-trainer grant program for the award of grants from funds available for that purpose to the governing...

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IASigned into law 05/2000P-12Immunity for School Employees
H.B. 2473
Relates to school violence; provides civil criminal immunity for a school employee; relates to the employee's participation in reporting and...

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KSSigned into law 05/2000P-12Incentives for National Board Certification; Mentoring
S.B. 432
Concerns schools and school district; relates to employment of personnel; includes incentives for national certification and mentoring of fi...

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TNSigned into law 05/2000P-12
Postsec.
Employment of Non-Citizens
S.B. 2939
Allows non-citizens to be employed at public schools and colleges in Tennessee....

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WISigned into law 05/2000P-12School Personnel Liability
A.B. 100
Protects teachers from being charged criminally when they act reasonably in dealing with disruptive students. Acknowledges a common-law def...

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WVSigned into law 04/2000P-12
Postsec.
Teacher Quality, Higher Education
S.B. 653
Relates to education and related subheadings; relates to exemption from motor vehicle and travel rules, goals for post-secondary education, ...

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GASigned into law 04/2000P-12Program of Indemnification
H.B. 1388, H.R. 971
Act No. 688., Creates a program of indemnification with respect to public school personnel who are killed or permanently disabled by an act ...

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MSSigned into law 04/2000P-12Qualifications of Assistant Teachers
H.B. 106
Establishes General Education Diploma as a minimum eligibility requirement for assistant teachers....

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GASigned into law 03/2000P-12Arrest of School Personnel
S.B. 27
Relates to warrants for arrest; provides that any warrant for the arrest of a teacher or school administrator for any offense alleged to hav...

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SDSigned into law 03/2000P-12Technology Office, Referenda, Finance
H.B. 1257
Enhances learning in public schools; reimburses nationally certified teachers; establishes an Office of Education Technology; studies the pu...

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GASigned into law 03/2000P-12Omnibus Bill - Teachers and Duty-Free Lunches
H.B. 1187
Duty-free lunches for teachers are mandated and are no longer dependent on funding from the General Assembly. ...

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SDSigned into law 03/2000P-12National Board Certification
H.B. 1255
Reimburses public school teachers who become nationally certified....

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SDSigned into law 03/2000P-12Long-Term Substitutes
S.B. 172
Defines long-term substitute teachers; requires certain reporting on the use of long-term substitute teachers....

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UTSigned by governor 03/2000P-12Funds for teacher supplies and materials
S.B. 3, H.B. 189
H.B. 189 allocates $225 for each teacher in grades kindergarten through six, and up to $175 for each teacher in grades seven through 12. Te...

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VASigned into law 03/2000P-12Planning Time
H.B. 1517
Requires local school boards to ensure that elementary school teachers in their employment have at least 3 hours during the students' school...

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WASigned into law 03/2000P-12Professional Educator Standards Board
H.B. 2760
Creates the Washington Professional Educator Standards Board to serve as an advisory body to the superintendent of public instruction and as...

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VASigned into law 02/2000P-12Reduction in Force
H.B. 605
Directs school divisions to notify by May 15 those teachers who may be subject to a reduction in force due to a decrease in the school board...

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