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State |
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 | 21st Century Skills |
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| Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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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--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--Legal Issues |
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| Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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| Assessment--Value Added |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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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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| Brain Research |
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| Business Involvement |
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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--Charter Districts |
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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--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools |
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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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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
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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--Alignment |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Censorship |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental 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--Geography Education |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--Home Economics |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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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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| Curriculum--Speech Education |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics |
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| Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Does Money Matter? |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Litigation |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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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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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Provides that school boards may consider how to: (1) assist schools in adapting instruction to individual students needs/abilities and establishing goals and standards for individual students, (2) coordinate the pace of instruction with the needs/abilities of individual students, (3) provide data and research in developing/improving innovative, cost-effective individualized instruction and assessment, (4) help evaluate instructional alternatives to age-based progression, (5) motivate students and teachers, and (6) expand use of technology to support individualized instruction and assessment. [Article 2, Sec. 7, Subd. 1a]
Provides for a written education site achievement contract between a school board and site decision-making team for: (1) setting individualized learning, achievement measures and goals, (2) recognizing student needs/abilities through effective assessment systems, (3) using student data to diagnose academic strengths and weaknesses, specific skills and concepts that need to be introduced or developed, (4) assisting the education site if progress in achieving goals is not realized. Allows a school board that enters into such contract and demonstrates at least three years of improved student achievement to enter into similar contracts with other school sites in the district. [Article 2, Sec. 7, Subd. 4-4a]
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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| CT | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Secondary School Reform Act - Delays by two years the implementation of the secondary school reform requirements enacted in 2010 that: (1) Increase the minimum number of credits required to graduate from high school; (2) Require school districts to offer students support and alternative ways to meet the new graduation requirements; and (3) Require the State Department of Education (SDE) to develop end-of-course exams in various subjects. Eliminates a requirement that the state provide grants to help districts implement the new graduation requirements and instead requires SDE to offer technical assistance to districts wishing to start implementing them. Revises and delays by one year the start of biennial status reports on the implementation of the new graduation requirements. Establishes a task force to address implementation issues arising from enhanced high school graduation requirements.
Teacher Evaluations/Tenure - Moves up the deadline for the State Board of Education (SBE), in consultation with the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC), to adopt guidelines for teacher evaluations to July 1, 2012 from July 1, 2013. Requires, for tenure purposes, that teachers whose employing boards enter cooperative arrangements to provide educational services retain their credited service with those boards if their employment is transferred to a committee administering the cooperative arrangement.
Student Success Plan - Requires districts to establish a student success plan for each student starting in grade 6.
School Governance Councils - Exempts boards of education with low-achieving schools that have only a single grade or that already have substantially similar school governance councils from the existing requirement to establish school councils according to the existing law. Reorganizes and clarifies the sequence and contents of required SDE reports on the implementation and effectiveness of school governance councils. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/Pa/pdf/2011PA-00135-R00HB-06498-PA.pdf
Title: H.B. 6498
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Includes professional staff who educate students with disabilities on district-level and campus-level planning and decision-making committees. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00778F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 778
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Removes the restriction on the number of empowerment schools that may be established statewide and removes the prospective expiration of the Program of Empowerment Schools.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/SB/SB196_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 196
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Directs the superintendent, when a principal is filling a personnel vacancy at the school, to provide additional applicants to the principal upon request when qualified applicants are available. Specifies that when the vacancy to be filled is the position of principal, the principal may not serve on the school council during the principal selection process. Makes additional provisions related to a school council's filling of a principal vacancy. Provides that no principal previously removed from a position in the district for cause may be considered for appointment as principal. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/SB12/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 12
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| WV | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Encourages teacher collaboration through the establishment of alternative school-level decision-making bodies; creates a process for schools to apply to the state board to create collaborative teams or augment existing collaborative teams by replacing the 3 existing teams required by state board rule; also requires the state board to study all currently required school committees and teams and to report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability and the Joint Committee on Education. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2006%20eng.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=2X&i=2006
Title: S.B. 2006
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Permits the local/regional board of education for a school that has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant or designated as a low achieving school (due to such school failing to make adequate yearly progress in mathematics and reading at the whole school level) to establish a school governance council for each school so identified. The school governance council has the following responsibilities: (1) analyzing school achievement data and school needs relative to the improvement plan for the school; (2) reviewing the fiscal objectives of the draft budget for the school and providing advice to the principal of the school before such school's budget is submitted to the superintendent of schools for the district; (3) participating in the hiring process of the school principal or other administrators of the school by conducting interviews of candidates and reporting on such interviews to the superintendent of schools for the school district and the local/regional board; (4) assisting the principal of the school in making programmatic and operational changes for improving the school's achievement, including program changes, adjusting school hours and days of operation, and enrollment goals for the school; (5) working with the school administration to develop and approve a school compact for parents, legal guardians and students that includes an outline of the criteria and responsibilities for enrollment and school membership consistent with the school's goals and academic focus, and the ways that parents and school personnel can build a partnership to improve student learning; (6) developing and approving a written parent involvement policy that outlines the role of parents and legal guardians in the school; (7) utilizing records relating to information about parents and guardians of students maintained by the local/regional board and as permitted by state statute. Permits the council to recommend reconstitution of the school through a certain model.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/ACT/PA/2010PA-00111-R00SB-00438-PA.htm
Title: S.B. 438 - Sec. 21
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Amends accountability provisions in KRS 160.346. Defines "persistently low-achieving school". Defines "school intervention" as a process chosen by a school council, a superintendent and a local board, or the commissioner of education or designee with state board approval, to turn around a persistently low-achieving school. Repeals certain language regarding actions of an audit team in relation to a school under accountability sanctions. Directs an audit team auditing a persistently low-achieving school to include in its review and report (1) a determination of the school council and principal's ability to lead the intervention in the persistently low-achieving school and (2) a recommendation to the commissioner of education as to whether the council should be replaced, and whether the current principal should remain as principal in the school. Repeals language allowing authority for a low-performing school to be transferred to a "highly skilled educator"; adds new language providing that if the audit team recommends transferring the school council's authority, the team may recommend that (1) such authority be transferred to the commissioner of education, who must designate staff to manage the school, and/or (2) the council members be replaced by the commissioner of education.
Requires an audit team auditing the district of a persistently low-achieving school to include in its review and report a determination of the district's ability to manage the intervention in the persistently low-achieving school. Requires the commissioner of education, within 30 days of receiving the reports of the school and district audits, to act on the recommendations in the reports and other relevant data. Existing law permits the school council of a low-performing school to appeal the commissioner's action on the audit team' recommendations; new provision additionally allows the local board to appeal the commissioner's action, and requires the state board to hold a special meeting for action on the appeal if the state board is not scheduled to meet within 30 days of receipt of an appeal of the commissioner's decision.
Existing legislation allows powers, duties and authority for an underperforming school to be transferred to the local superintendent or a highly skilled educator; new provisions replace such language with references to transfer of powers, duties and authority to local superintendent, commissioner of education, or his/her designee.
Requires persistently low-achieving schools to select one of five intervention options: (1) "external management option" (day-to-day operations transferred to a for-profit or nonprofit education management organization (EMO); provides the EMO may make personnel decisions; (2) "restaffing option" (replacement of principal and school-based decision making council unless recommended otherwise, retention of no more than 50% of school staff, development and implementation of an action plan using research-based school improvement initiatives to improve student performance); (3) "school closure option" (transfer of students to district schools meeting accountability measures, reassignment of school staff, potential nonrenewal of contracts, dismissal, demotion, or a combination of such personnel actions); (4) "transformation option" (replacement of principal and of school council unless the audit report recommends otherwise, institution of an extensive set of specified strategies designed to turn around the identified school); (5) any other model recognized by the federal No Child Left Behind Act or its successor. Directs the state board to adopt rules establishing the process and procedures for implementing the enumerated intervention options.
Specifies that professionally negotiated contracts by a local board of education shall not take precedence over the requirements of the "restaffing", "school closure" and "transformation" options. Directs the state department of education to provide services and support to assist persistently low-achieving schools.
Directs the state department of education, based on the 2009 Advanced Placement results of schools participating in the "Advance Kentucky" initiative http://www.advancekentucky.com/Default.aspx, to include in the state's Race to the Top application a description of the intent to expand Advance Kentucky schools by 20 schools a year over a four-year period. Directs the state department of education to provide 50% of all program costs, with all additional costs to be covered by grants from philanthropy, local district funding, and other sources of funding, including legislative appropriation. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB176/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 176
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| MA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | An Innovation School shall be a public school, operating within a public school district, that is established for the purpose of improving school performance and student achievement through increased autonomy and flexibility. An Innovation School may be established as a new public school or as a conversion of an existing public school. A student who is enrolled in a school at the time it is established as an Innovation School shall retain the ability to remain enrolled in the school if the student chooses to do so. An Innovation School shall have increased autonomy and flexibility in 1 or more of the following areas:
(i) curriculum;
(ii) budget;
(iii) school schedule and calendar;
(iv) staffing policies and procedures, including waivers from or modifications to, contracts or collective bargaining agreements;
(v) school district policies and procedures; and
(vi) professional development.
(Section 8)
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/186/st02/st02247.htm
Title: S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL)
Source: http://www.mass.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 11/2009 | P-12 | Requires the establishment of a Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force in order to ensure that school facility-related decisions are made with the input of the parents, teachers and community residents, and reflect educationally sound and fiscally responsible criteria. Establishes membership of the task force, including four members each from the house and senate. Requires the task force to analyze school openings, closings, consolidations, turnarounds, construction and other matters. Requires the task force to consult widely with stakeholders on these issues and examine best practices from other school systems for dealing with these issues systematically and equitably. Directs the task force to issue final recommendations by October 30, 2009 on how the enumerated issues can be addressed effectively based upon educationally sound and fiscally responsible practices. Directs the task force to prepare final proposed policy and legislative recommendations for the general assembly, the governor and the school district. Identifies numerous areas the recommendations may address, including teacher mobility and lack of inclusion of local councils in decisionmaking on school facilities. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0803.pdf
Title: H.B. 363
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Substantially amends powers and duties of New York City board, authorizing the board to:
(1) Approve all regulations proposed by the chancellor or city board
(2) Approve the educational facilities capital plan, following any applicable hearings conducted by the community district education councils
(3) Approve annual estimates of the sum the board deems necessary for district operations and the capital budget
(4) Approve allocations to community districts and approve community district budgets, with a proposed budget for the city board and chancellor's administrative and operational expenditures, following a public hearing
(5) Approve a city district procurement policy
(6) Approve proposals for all school closures or significant changes in school utilization, including phase-outs, grade reconfigurations, re-sitings or co-locations of two schools, following any hearing
(7) Adopt a policy proposed by the chancellor, promoting the recruitment and retention of staff, that considers the diversity of students attending schools in the city district. Directs the city board to review at a regular public meeting an annual report issued by the chancellor outlining the initiatives taken to enhance diversity and equity in recruitment and retention, and the impacts of such initiatives to the workforce at the city district, community district and school level
(8) Approve all franchises, revokable consents and concessions awarded by the city district or community districts
(9) Approve city board by-laws
(10) Respond at a regular public meeting to the recommendations made in annual reports issued by the city-wide council on special education, the city-wide council on English language learners and the city-wide council on high schools
(11) Conduct an annual survey to allow parents, teachers and school personnel to evaluate the performance of the city board and chancellor as regards city district resources, oversight and curriculum. Requires the results of such survey to be made publicly available, including on the city board Web site.
(12) Provide information, data, estimates and statistics as requested by the director of the city's independent budget office or the city comptroller, in a timely fashion.
Eliminates provision directing the board to approve contracts that would significantly impact the provision of educational services or programming in the district. Replaces with provision directing the board to approve city district or community district contracts that meet any of certain criteria. Requires all items requiring city board approval to be by a public vote at a regular board meeting. Prior to approval of any item listed in 1-6 above, requires the city board to undertake a review process to allow the public to submit comments on the proposed item. Requires notice of the proposed item to be circulated to all community superintendents, community district education councils, community boards and school based management teams at least 45 days before a city board vote. Specifies contents that said notice must contain. Also requires a revised public notice to be provided in the event a proposed item listed in 1-6 above is substantially revised, and specifies elements the revised public notice must include. Provides that following the public review process but prior to voting, the city board must make publicly available an assessment of all public comments concerning the item under consideration. Specifies elements the assessment must contain. Allows for emergency adoption of proposed items under certain circumstances. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08903&sh=t
Title: A.B. 8903 - New York City Board Powers and Duties
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Amends provisions regarding community superintendents in New York City. Clarifies that a community superintendent's delegation of powers or duties is at the community superintendent's sole discretion. Adds that (1) screening committees to appoint supervisory staff and (2) the appointment of principals and supervisory principals must be consistent with the chancellor's recommendations establishing a process that promotes staff and parent involvement in the recruitment, screening, interviewing and recommendation of candidates. Also requires a community superintendent to consult with the school based management team when appointing or rejecting principal and assistant principal candidates. Provides that principal and assistant principal candidates must meet the requirements of the chancellor's regulations, including evaluation of each candidate's record of performance in comparable positions, and that such candidates are subject to the chancellor's power to reject such appointments.
Clarifies that community superintendents have the power and duty to supervise principals in every building in the district. Requires community superintendents' annual evaluations of school principals to include evaluation of a principal's ability to develop an effective shared decisionmaking relationship with the school based management team. Provides the community superintendent must have access to all records he/she deems necessary in performing principal evaluations, and must consider comments in an assessment made by the school based management team.
Amends language relating to a community superintendent's authority to review and approve school-based budgets proposed by the school. Permits the community superintendent to approve a school-based budget proposal only after certifying that it is sufficiently aligned with its school's comprehensive education plan. Directs the community superintendent to prescribe parameters for principals to submit written demonstrations of such alignment, and provisions allowing the school based management team to respond to such justification. Requires the community superintendent to consider a principal's written justification and any response provided by the school based management team before making such certification.
Additionally directs community superintendents to:
(1) Establish a process allowing school based management team members to dispute a principal's decision when team members reach a consensus that the decision is inconsistent with the goals/policies in their school's existing comprehensive educational plan. Requires the community superintendent to provide a written response to the school based management team and principal that includes the information reviewed and basis for the community superintendent's decision regarding such dispute.
(2) Assist parents in accessing information, addressing concerns and responding to complaints that cannot be resolved at the school level. Directs a community superintendent to establish a central office to directly interact with parents, respond to information requests, receive input and comments, assist the community superintendent in resolving complaints in a timely manner, and work to develop a cooperative relationship with parents and the school community.
(3) Hold at least two public forums each school year to report on the district's performance, including progress made toward achieving the district comprehensive educational plan goals; discuss plans for improvement; and receive parental and community comments and concerns. Requires the community superintendent to ensure that notice for the forums is provided to maximize the participation of parents, students and school staff, and is specifically circulated to school based management teams, the community district education council and relevant community boards.
(4) Provide notice of any proposed school closing or significant change in school use, including phase-out, grade reconfiguration, re-siting or co-location of schools to all impacted parents, including information on where to locate a copy of the educational impact statement and the date of any hearing on such school closure or significant change in school use.
Directs the New York City schools chancellor to ensure that community superintendents are assigned to tasks predominantly in their own community districts. Bars assignment of a community superintendent to any task that would impair his/her ability to exercise the powers and duties enumerated in section 2590-e, such as responding to parental concerns, appointing and evaluating principals, approving school budgets, overseeing instruction, providing access to information and assisting in resolving complaints.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08903&sh=t
Title: A.B. 8903 - Community Superintendents
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Amends section 2590-i regarding powers and duties of principals and schools in New York City. Clarifies that a school principal must carry out his/her duties in consultation with the school based management team. Provides that, prior to the appointment of a principal to a school not under the jurisdiction of a community district (for example, speciality high schools) the chancellor must consult with members of the school based management team. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08903&sh=t
Title: A.B. 8903 - School Based Management Team
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Amends section 2590-r, relating to school based budgeting and expenditure reporting in New York City. Existing law directs principals to develop school based budgets. New provision requires the chancellor to inform each principal of that school's preliminary budget allocation, subsequent to the New York City mayor's release of the executive budget, before principals develop school based budgets. Also requires principals to consult with the school based management team before developing the school based budget. Provides that for schools under the jurisdiction of a community superintendent, (1) the principal must provide written justification to demonstrate that the school-based budget proposal is aligned with the school's comprehensive educational plan, (2) the school based management team must submit comments regarding such justification, and (3) the chancellor must certify that the school based budget is sufficiently aligned with the school's comprehensive educational plan after reviewing the principal's justification and the management team's comments. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08903&sh=t
Title: A.B. 8903 - School Based Budgeting and Expenditure Reporting
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1:Modifies the current requirement for the state board to develop a standard for reporting financial information to the public. Requires districts and educational service center boards to report revenues and expenditures by school building, including expenditures for salaries, and with expenditures for classroom teachers, other certified staff, and all other employees reported separately, as well as per-pupil expenditures per building.
Provides that the state board's existing minimum standards for all public schools must require instructional materials and equipment, including library materials, to be aligned with the academic content standards. Directs the state board to adopt minimum operating standards for school districts, which districts must comply with unless they receive a waiver from the state superintendent. According to DOE summary, the operating standards override any conflicting provisions of a collective bargaining agreement. Provides the operating standards must include:
(1) Standards for the effective and efficient organization, administration and supervision of districts (full text of this provision in "full text" field below)
(2) Standards for the establishment of business advisory councils and family and civic engagement teams by school districts
(3) Standards incorporating the classifications for the components of the adequacy amount under Chapter 3306 of the Revised Code into core academic strategy components and academic improvement components, as specified in rules adopted under section 3306.25 of the Revised Code
(4) Standards for school district organizational units, as defined in sections 3306.02 and 3306.04 of the Revised Code, that require:
(i) The effective and efficient organization, administration and supervision of each school district organizational unit so that it becomes a thinking and learning organization according to principles of systems design and collaborative professional learning communities research as defined by the state superintendent, including a focus on the personalized and individualized needs of each student; a shared responsibility among organizational unit administrators, faculty and staff to develop a common vision, mission and set of guiding principles; a shared responsibility among organizational unit administrators, faculty and staff to engage in a process of collective inquiry, action orientation and experimentation to ensure the academic success of all students; commitment to job-embedded professional development and professional mentoring and coaching; established periods of time for teachers to pursue planning time for the development of lesson plans, professional development, and shared learning; commitment to effective management strategies that allow administrators reasonable access to classrooms for observation and professional development experiences; commitment to teaching and learning strategies that utilize technological tools and emphasize inter-disciplinary, real-world, project-based, and technology-oriented learning experiences to meet the individual needs of every student; commitment to high expectations for every student and commitment to closing the achievement gap so that all students achieve core knowledge and skills in accordance with the statewide academic standards adopted under section 3301.079 of the Revised Code; commitment to the
use of assessments to diagnose the needs of each student; effective connections and relationships with families and others that support student success; commitment to the use of positive behavior intervention supports throughout the organizational unit to ensure a safe and secure learning environment for all students
(ii) A school organizational unit leadership team to coordinate positive behavior intervention supports, family and civic engagement services, learning environments, thinking and learning systems, collaborative planning, planning time, student academic interventions, student extended learning opportunities, and other activities identified by the team and approved by the district board of education. Provides that the team must include the building principal, representatives from each collective bargaining unit, the building lead teacher, parents, business representatives and others that support student success.
Eliminates requirement that state board develop a state plan for technology to encourage the use of technology in educational settings.
DOE summary document: http://www.education.ohio.gov/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Bill text (pages 979-984 of 3120): http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3301.07
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Allows a school board to approve site-governed schools by requesting site-governing school proposals from groups of licensed professionals and parents from one or more school districts. Subject to school board approval, lists the roles and responsibilities of site-governed schools, including:
(1) Determining the leadership model for the site including: selecting a principal, operating as a teacher professional practices model with school leadership functions performed by one or more teachers or administrators at the school or other model determined by the site
(2) Determining the site budget and making allocation and expenditure decisions
(3) Selecting and developing its curriculum and determine formative and summative assessment practices
(4) Setting site policies, including student promotion, attendance, discipline, graduation requirements that may exceed local board standards, and other such rules as approved by the school board consistent with the school site's mission, goals, and learning program
(5) Determining the length of the school day and year and employee work rules covered by the terms and conditions of the employment contract
(6) Selecting teachers and other staff consistent with current law and collective bargaining agreements and memoranda of understanding. Requires at least 70% of the teachers to be selected by the site prior to final
approval of the agreement.
Itemizes revenue allocated to the site. Exempts site-governed schools from the same laws and rules as charter schools, except that site-governed schools are subject to government data practices laws, the open meeting law, PELRA, teacher continuing contract and tenure laws, and teacher prep time and lunch requirements. Directs the school board and the site council to agree to performance standards and expectations that include student achievement targets premised on multiple indicators, criteria and process addressing school sites that fail to meet accountability requirements, and other agreed-upon performance terms.
Allows a school board to terminate an agreement for cause.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Establishes a nine-member advisory council to advise and make recommendations to the commissioner on site-governed schools, innovation in schools, improving information about fostering innovation, and learning from non-education innovators.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Establishes a nine-member advisory council to advise and make recommendations to the commissioner on site-governed schools, innovation in schools, improving information about fostering innovation, and learning from non-education innovators.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| UT | Adopted 05/2009 | P-12 | Specifies that local boards and the state charter school board are responsible for school community council operations, plans, oversight and training in schools under their oversight. Changes primary focus of school commuity councils to developing, approving and assisting in implementing school improvement plans, and advising school/school district administrators consistent with Sections 53A-1a-108(3) and 53A-16-101.5. Bars a school administrator from serving as chair or co-chair of a school community council. Shifts responsibility for providing specified public information from the school administrator to the school community council chair. Specifies that the school community council must share the annual expenditure report of all School LAND Trust Program funds with the local board or state charter school board. Specifies additional school plans in whose development the school community council must be involved. Requires school community councils to report to the local board at least annually on expenditures, including detailed descriptions of expenditures for professional development. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bulletin/2009/20090401/32449.htm
Title: R277-491
Source: www.rules.utah.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Requires a criminal records check for parent members of school-based decision making councils. Allows members to serve prior to the report being received, but but requires the member to be removed from the council if the report documents a record of a sex crime or criminal offense against a victim who is a minor, or as a violent offender. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/09RS/SB148/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 148
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Requires each school council to adopt policies related to mandated analysis of its program review findings and determining how it will address program recommendations to improve the arts and humanities, practical living skills and career studies, and the writing programs. Also requires each school council to annually review data on on state and local student assessments and program assessments, which are to be implemented by the 2011-12 school year.
Pages 46-57 of 76: http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/09RS/SB1/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 1 Section 12
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Provides that whereas writing is an essential skill for all public school students to master; and whereas the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years will be a transitional period for revising the content standards in all academic content areas and subsequently revising the state assessment and accountability system, writing portfolios must remain a required and important instructional tool, but will not be included in the accountability index during the 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2010-11 school years.
Requires each school-based decision making council during this transitional period to determine its writing program and to develop policies on the use of portfolios.
Provides that once the department of education provides the guidelines and program review requirements for implementation of program reviews of writing in the 2011-12 school year, each school must comply with all such requirements. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/09RS/SB1/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 1 Section 16
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 12/2008 | P-12 | Amends Chicago School District Article of School Code. Provides if the child of a parent school council member dies during term in office, the member may continue to serve for the balance of term. Amends School Safety Drill Act. Requires schools to conduct a law enforcement drill every school year to address incidents, according to school district's or private school's emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures, with the participation of the appropriate law enforcement agency. Allows law enforcement drills to be conducted on days and times when students are not present in the school building. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2688lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2688
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| UT | Adopted 12/2008 | P-12 | Proposes rule to provide direction to school districts and schools in establishing and maintaining school community councils. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r277/r277-491.htm
Title: R277-491
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Existing law requires the school council to fill principal vacancies by selecting the new principal from individuals recommended by the local superintendent. New provision requires the superintendent to provide additional applicants upon request when qualified applicants are available.
Provides that if the vacancy for the position of principal occurs in a school that has an index score that places it in the lowest third of all schools below the assistance line and the school has completed a scholastic audit that includes findings of lack of effectiveness of the principal and school council, the superintendent must appoint the principal after consulting with the school council. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/08RS/SB86/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 86
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Requires a school community council to provide the following information to each household that has a student attending the school:
(1) A school community council meeting schedule for the year
(2) A mid-year action and activity report
(3) A summary of the annual report required under Section 53A-16-101.5 on how the school's School LAND Trust Program monies were used to enhance or improve academic excellence at the school and implement a component of the school's improvement plan, provided at the beginning of the next school year.
Requires a school community council, at least one week prior to a meeting, to post a notice of the meeting date, time, and place, a meeting agenda and a summary of the previous meeting on the school's Web site.
http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillenr/hb0189.pdf
Title: H.B. 189
Source: le.utah.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Modifies the Strategic Planning Act for Educational Excellence by amending provisions for the election of members of school community councils. http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillenr/hb0127.pdf
Title: H.B. 127
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Authorizes the boards of trustees of school districts to establish a program of empowerment schools for the public schools of the school district. Authorizes public schools to develop empowerment plans. Prescribes the process for the approval of empowerment plans by the boards of trustees of school districts. Provides principals of empowerment schools with autonomy in areas relating to the operation of the school, including, without limitation, the school schedule, governance, incentives for employees, staffing, budgeting and the provision of instruction.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/SB/SB238_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 238
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Enacts the Charter Systems Act. Amends definitions of "charter," "charter petitioner," "local revenue," and "petition," and adding definitions of "charter system," "governing council," "school-level governance," and "system charter school." Provides procedures for the establishment of charter systems. Provides that, with exceptions, all schools within a charter system are system charter schools. Directs the state board of education to establish rules to allow a local school district to submit a petition to establish a charter system. Provides that such rules must include specific components toward the goal of maximizing school level governance and the involvement of parents, teachers, and community members in such governance.
Directs the state board, subject to legislative appropriation, to disburse planning grants to local school systems that wish to become charter systems, and to disburse $125,000 implementation grants to each charter system. Authorizes the state board to approve up to 5 petitions for charter systems during the 2008 fiscal year, and in following years to approve up to a maximum number of petitions as may be established in board rules and as subject to availability of funding for
implementation grants.
Directs the state board to establish a charter advisory committee to review charter petitions for compliance with established standards, and to make recommendations to the state board on charter policy and petitions.
Amends code section 20-2-2064 relating to the approval or denial of a charter petition. Amends code section 20-2-2064.1 relating to the review of a charter by the state board, by directing the state board to give all due consideration to input from the charter advisory committee. Amends code section 20-2-2065, relating to operating requirements, control, and management. Amends code section 20-2-2067.1 relating to the amendment of the terms of charter for a charter school, the initial term of a charter, and an annual report. Revises code section 20-2-2068, relating to charter amendments and terminations. Amends code section 20-2-2068.1 (effective July 1, 2008), relating to the application of the Quality Basic Education Formula, grants, local tax revenue, and funds from local bonds. Adds new language directing that, for system charter schools, federal, state, and local revenue be distributed to each such school by the charter system with an objective of maximizing spending at the school level. Amends code section 20-2-2069, relating to the office of charter school compliance, to add references to charter systems and the charter advisory committee.
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/sb39.pdf
Title: S.B. 39
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Specifies that parents of students enrolled in the school must comprise a majority of school council members. Replaces prior requirement that two businesspersons serve on the council with requirement that at least two of the members who are parents of students at the school be businesspersons. Adds that other businesspersons from the local business community may serve on the council and must be selected by the other members of the school council. Adds that the chairperson of each school council must be a parent member.
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/sb72.pdf
Title: S.B. 72 (Section 1)
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Authorizes local districts to hire school administrative managers in lieu of or in addition to assistant principals. Provides that such school administrative managers are not required to be certificated by the professional standards commission but must meet local board qualifications. Provides that the duties of school administrative managers are to manage the school's financial and business affairs, while the principal must retain authority over curriculum and instruction. Directs a local board considering hiring or utilizing school administrative managers to consider recommendations by the school council as to whether or not to utilize such position and as to selection of the manager.
Provides that in terms of compensation, school administrative managers must be treated the same as assistant principals.
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/sb72.pdf
Title: S.B. 72 (Section 2)
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Strikes Section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph c, which made a district eligible for student achievement and teaching quality monies if the district's submitted written statement included willingness to provide the equivalent of an additional contract day to provide supplemental time for teacher career development aligned with student learning and teacher development needs. (The student achievement and teacher quality program includes mentoring and induction programs, career paths, professional development and evaluation of teachers against the Iowa teaching standards.)
Replaces with requirement that written statement include district's willingness to create a teacher quality committee, with an equal representation of teachers and administrators. Provides for method of appointment of teacher and administrator members. Requires each teacher quality committee to:
(1) Monitor the implementation of the requirements of the student achievement and teacher quality program.
(2) Monitor the evaluation requirements of the program to ensure fairness and consistency throughout the district, and develop model evidence for the Iowa teaching standards and criteria.
(3) Determine the use and distribution of the professional development funds distributed to the district.
(4) Monitor the professional development in each school to ensure that district, school, and individual professional development plans are being met.
(5) Ensure a negotiated agreement determines the compensation owed teachers on the committee for work responsibilities required beyond the normal work day.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&ga=82&hbill=SF277
Title: S.F. 277 (Section 17)
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Clarifies definitions for purposes of membership. "Parent or guardian member" means a parent or guardian of a student who is attending the school or who will be enrolled at the school at any time during the parent's or guardian's initial term of office."Parent or guardian member" may not include a person who meets the definition of a school employee member unless the person's employment at the school does not exceed an average of six hours per week. "School employee member" means a person employed at a school by the school or school district, including the principal.
http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2006/bills/sbillenr/sb0049.pdf
Title: S.B. 49
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2005 | P-12 | Establishes the Local Improvement Program as a pilot program, with up to 5% of all public schools and up to 15 school districts participating. Requires participating districts to allocate instructional program funding to participating schools with maximum flexibility in the development and implementation of schoolsite funding in order to support and improve pupil learning.
Requires local board of each participating school district to develop and implement policies and procedures to increase site-level decisionmaking at participating schools. Decisionmaking must include specific powers, such as allowing parents, diverse community members, students, teachers and other school employees to set goals, objectives, and expenditure priorities for improving instruction at that school, and to participate in decisionmaking regarding policies and procedures. Policies in participating districts must also allow teachers and administrators to select and assign certified and noncertified personnel, make decisions on allocations for instructional materials, staff training, and personnel, and design coursework.
Within certain limitations, participating school districts may, on behalf of one or more participating schools, request to waive any provision of the Education Code, or any regulation enacted pursuant to authority granted by the Education Code, if such a waiver is necessary to facilitate the pilot program.
Requires district applications for program participation to demonstrate the manner in which parent education, information, and support will be provided for parents of all racial, ethnic, gender, or socioeconomic backgrounds to encourage their involvement in developing and implementing the program.
Provides for the state superintendent to evaluate the program's effectiveness and annually report on that evaluation.
Ends pilot program effective June 30, 2010.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1053_bill_20050922_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1053
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| MN | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | A school site decision-making team must include at east one parent of a pupil in the school. For purposes of formation of a new site, a school site decision-making team may be a team of teachers that is recognized by the board as a site. At least one-half of the members shall be employees of the district, unless an employee is the parent of a student enrolled in the school site, in which case the employee may elect to serve as a parent member of the site team.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0141.1&session_year=2005&session_number=1
Title: H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Clarifies a school community council's responsibilities. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb1253_cd1_.htm
Title: S.B. 1253
Source: StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Provides that a parent or guardian who is employed by a school district may serve as a member of a school council if not employed at the same school where child is enrolled.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1011
Title: S.B. 1011
Source: StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the attorney general to distribute Open Meetings and Open Records Act information to local government officials, superintendents of public school districts, and presidents of public universities. Requires superintendents and presidents of public universities to distribute this information to every elected school board and school council member and to every board of regents or governing board member of their university, respectively. http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/HB77.htm
Title: H.B. 77
Source:
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Sets forth legislative intent related to early diagnosis of and intervention for elementary students struggling in reading and mathematics, state student achievement goals, provision and quality of diagnostic and intervention services to students below proficient on state math and reading assessments, and collaboration among state and local stakeholders to achieve state goals. Establishes the respective roles of the general assembly, state board of education, department of education, council on postsecondary education, education professional standards board, colleges and universities, school councils, and local boards and superintendents in achieving the state's student achievement goals. Declares an emergency.
http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/HB301.htm
Title: H.B. 93 (Section 1, multiple provisions)
Source: lrc.ky.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Creates the mathematics achievement fund to provide developmentally appropriate diagnostic assessment and intervention services to students, primary through grade 12, to help them reach proficiency in mathematics on the state assessments and in compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Specifies activities for which fund monies may be used. Specifies that the fund is to provide funding for the Center for Mathematics created in this bill, provide renewable, two-year local grants to school districts for specified purposes, and provide operational funding for the Mathematics Achievement Committee created in Section 2 of this bill. Specifies that if matching funds are required, the school council or, if none exists, the principal or the superintendent of schools, must allocate matching funds. Allows funding for professional development allocated to the school council under KRS 160.345 and for continuing education under KRS 158.070 to be used to provide a portion or all of a school's required match. Specifies responsibilities of the department of education relative to the fund program, including technical assistance to potential applicants and grant recipients.
Declares an emergency.
http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/HB93.htm
Fiscal note: http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/HB93/FN.doc
Title: H.B. 93 (Section 3)
Source: lrc.ky.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | (8) School councils at all school levels are encouraged to identify and allocate resources to qualified teachers to become coaches or mentors in mathematics or coaches or mentors in reading with a focus on improving student achievement in their respective schools.
(9) Local school boards and superintendents shall provide local resources, whenever possible, to supplement or match state and federal resources to support teachers, school administrators, and school councils in helping students achieve proficiency in reading and mathematics.
(10) Local school superintendents shall provide leadership and resources to the principals of all schools to facilitate curriculum alignment, communications, and technical support among schools to ensure that students are academically prepared to move to the next level of schooling.
Declares an emergency.
http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/HB93.htm
Fiscal note: http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/HB93/FN.doc
Title: H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraphs 8-10)
Source: lrc.ky.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, requires each school to limit access to no more than one day each week to retail fast foods in the cafeteria, whether sold by contract, commercial vendor, or otherwise.
Requires every district to appoint a food service director who is responsible for the management and oversight of the food service program in the district; allows two or more contiguous districts to form a "school food service area," in which a school food service director must be jointly selected by the participating superintendents to oversee the school food service area. Each school food service director must be certified as a "school food service and nutrition specialist" or certified by a Level 2 certificate issued by the American School Food Service Association within three years after this bill goes into effect. Requires school cafeteria managers to annually receive at least two hours of continuing education in applied nutrition and healthy meal planning and preparation.
Defines "competitive food," "school day" and school-day-approved beverage." Defines "school-day-approved beverage" as water, 100% fruit juice, lowfat milk, and any beverage that contains no more than 10 grams of sugar per serving. Requires the state board to specify the minimum nutritional standards for all foods and beverages sold outside the National School Breakfast and National School Lunch programs in vending machines, school stores, canteens, and a la carte cafeteria sales. Requires minimum nutritional standards to be based on the most recent edition of the United States Department of Agriculture's Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Requires the state board rule to address serving size, sugar, and fat content of the foods and beverages. Permits school districts to impose more stringent standards than the state board standards. Requires all schools to follow the state board minimum standards unless the school has obtained a waiver from the state board. Requires any waiver approved by the state board to be reviewed on an annual basis.
Bars schools from selling competitive foods or beverages from the time of the arrival of the first student at the school building until 30 minutes after the last lunch period. Allows only school-day-approved beverages to be sold in elementary schools during the school day in vending machines, school stores, canteens, or fundraisers that sell beverages by students, teachers, or groups on school grounds.
Establishes fines and other sanctions for any public school that violates the school food nutrition requirements in section 4 of this bill.
Requires each school food service director to annually assess school nutrition in the district and issue a written report to parents, the local school board, and school-based decision making councils. The report must include:
(a) An evaluation of compliance with the National School Breakfast and National School Lunch programs;
(b) An evaluation of the availability of contracted fast foods or foods sold through commercial vendors;
(c) A review of access to foods and beverages sold outside the National School Breakfast and National School Lunch programs, including vending machines, school stores, canteens, and a la carte cafeteria sales;
(d) A list of foods and beverages that are available to students, including the nutritional value of those foods and beverages; and
(e) Recommendations for improving the school nutrition environment.
Requires the state board to develop an assessment tool that each school district may use to evaluate its physical activity environment. Requires the evaluation to be completed annually and released to the public at the same time as the school food service director's annual nutrition report. Requires every local board to discuss the findings of the nutrition report and physical activity report, seek public comments during a public meeting of the board, and annually hold an advertised public forum to present a plan to improve school nutrition and physical activities in the school district.
Requires each school council of an elementary school to develop and implement a wellness policy that includes moderate to vigorous physical activity each day and encourages healthy choices among students. The policy may permit physical activity to be considered part of the instructional day, up to 30 minutes per day, or 150 minutes per week. Each school council must adopt an assessment tool or utilize an existing assessment program to annually determine each child's level of physical activity. Requires the department to make available a list of available resources to carry out the provisions of this subsection, and to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission on how the schools are providing physical activity under these requirements, and on the types of physical activity being provided. The policy developed by the school council must comply with provisions required by federal law, state law, or local board policy.
Bill summary, history and text: http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/SB172.htm
Fiscal note: http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/SB172/FN.doc
Title: S.B. 172
Source: lrc.ky.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Establishes the Pupil Achievement Grant Program to consolidate funding and provide flexibility at the schoolsite in the use of funds from specified categorical education programs in schools identified as underperforming in at least one of the three preceding fiscal years. Requires a school district to ensure that it expends an amount for direct services to pupils in eligible schools in accordance with specified minimum percentages for any purpose authorized by special categorical education programs. Requires a school district receiving program funds to ensure that the school district and each school has or continues to maintain advisory committees and schoolsite councils. Requires a district to have a single school plan that incorporates specified requirements and to use funds allocated to serve and assist pupils eligible for free or reduced price meals and pupils identified as limited English proficient. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2151-2200/ab_2152_bill_20040827_enrolled.pdf
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_2152_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 2152
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | The education reform in this Act shall be known as the "Reinventing Education Act of 2004." The provisions include (1) establishing a weighted student formula; (2) providing additional information technology; (3) empowering principals through a Hawaii principals academy and other means; (4) strengthening community involvement through school community councils and parent-community networking centers; (5) providing more mathematics textbooks; (6) lowering class size in kindergarten, grade one, and grade two; (7) providing full-time, year-round, high school student activity coordinators; (8) providing support for students who need additional help to succeed in school; (9) establishing a national board certification incentive program for teachers; (10) enhancing teacher education; (11) reducing the bureaucracy that hampers the effectiveness of the department of education; (12) improving the educational accountability system; and (13) requiring board of education members to hold community meetings in their districts. Establishes the after-school plus program revolving fund.Creates a working group to create a plan for principal performance contracts. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus.asp?qu=HB2002&showstatus=on&showtext=on&press1=docs
Title: H.B. 2002
Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Chapter No. 832. Renames low performing schools and school districts as high priority schools and school districts; allows the commissioner to award grants to individual school systems of up to $50,000, to LEAs for planning and implementation purposes. Allows the commissioner to authorize up to 24 school systems to operate as innovative educational programs which emphasize school-based decision making and the creation of small learning communities. Provides that a school operating an innovative education program is not a charter school and cannot convert to a charter school after being authorized to conduct an innovative education program. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0832.pdf
Title: H.B. 1175
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Provides for the revision of certain provisions regarding education flexibility and accountability; requires the State Board of Education to create a single state-wide accountability system by December 31, 2004; amends provisions regarding school councils; amends the history curriculum requirements; amends provisions for early intervention programs; amends provisions related to effectiveness assessments, including end-of-course assessments; amends parental notification concerning compulsory attendance requirements; requires Department of Motor Vehicle notification of students 14 years of age and older who are in violation of attendance requirements; amends student discipline policies; changes the name Office of Education Accountability to Office of Student Achievement. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/search/hb1190.htm
Title: H.B. 1190
Source: Georgia Legislative Web site
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| HI | Veto override 05/2004 | P-12 | Establishes a weighted student formula; provides additional information technology; empowers principals through a Hawaii principals academy and other means; strengthens community involvement through school community councils and parent-community networking centers; provides more mathematics textbooks; lowers class size in kindergarten, grade one, and grade two; provides full-time, year-round student activity coordinators; provides support for students who need additional help to succeed in school; establishes a national board certification incentive program for teachers; enhances teacher education; reduces the bureaucracy that hampers the effectiveness of the department of education; improves the educational accountability system; requires the board of education members to hold community meetings in their districts.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb3238_sd2_.htm
Title: S.B. 3238
Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Concerns the computation of the amount of state financial aid received by school districts that consolidate;
establishes the Center for Innovative School Leadership; establishes membership requirements of school site councils, allows self-administration of asthma or allergy medication by student. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2004/304.pdf Supplemental Note: http://www.kslegislature.org/supplemental/2004/SN0304.pdf Fiscal Note: http://www.kslegislature.org/fiscalnotes/2004/304.pdf
Title: S.B. 304
Source: StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Requires a scholastic audit team, when auditing a school that for two successive accountability cycles has failed to meet its goal, to include actions to improve the functioning of the school council and make recommendations concerning the council in the improvement plan; requires the audit team to recommend to the commissioner of education if the authority of the school council should be transferred. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/04RS/SB111/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 111
Source: StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Allows the Commissioner of Education to authorize up to 16 school systems to operate as alternative education programs which emphasize
school-based decision making. Current law authorizes up to eight school systems to operate such programs. Raises the maximum amount of the individual grants to be awarded for these programs from $50,000 to $75,000. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB1024.pdf
Title: S.B. 1024
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Ensures individuals who are affected by the outcome of a decision at a school site share in the decision making process; establishes the composition of local school councils; includes membership by parents or guardians of students, and the principal of the school. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=SB1228
Title: S.B. 1228
Source: State legislative web site
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Makes it optional rather than mandatory for each member district of Johnson County to have a five-member advisory board. Modifies membership and election provisions. Specifies that the board of education may adopt a resolution exempting the school district from the advisory board requirements related to having an advisory board, membership, election and duties, provided certain prerequisites are met.
http://www.kslegislature.org/enrollbills/approved/2003/82.pdf
Title: S.B. 82
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Specifies that experienced school council members, who are already required to complete three clock hours of training in school-based decisionmaking, may fulfill this requirement by taking part in the training required for new school council members. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/03RS/SB134/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 134
Source: ttp://www.lrc.state.ky.us
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Adds Section 22-5-16. Requries each school to create an advisory school council, to reflect a balance of employees and parents and comunity members. The councils should work with the principal on instructional issues and curricula and develop creative ways to involve parents. They should also serve as "champion for students in building community support for schools and encouraging greated community participation in the public schools." http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0212MarkedUp.pdf
Title: H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: New Mexico Legislature
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| MA | Signed into law 08/2002 | P-12 | Establishes in each district serving at least 50 students in English language learners program a parent advisory council comprised of parents of children enrolled in English language learners program in district. Each council must include at least one representative of every language group in which a program is conducted in the district. Establishes rights and duties of parent advisory councils, including right to meet at least once annually with the local school council. http://www.state.ma.us/legis/bills/house/ht05010.htm
Title: H.B. 5010
Source: http://www.state.ma.us/legis/bills/house/ht05010.htm
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Requires school advisory councils to adopt bylaws that are subject to approval by the district school board; requires that the bylaws include provisions for establishing quorums, requiring meeting notices, scheduling meetings, and replacing members.
Title: H.B. 1661
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Allows building principal applicants considered by school-based decision making councils until September 15 to provide evidence that they are qualified as required by law, administrative regulations, and school board policies; permits the superintendent to submit names of qualified applicants who have pending certification based on recent completion of preparation requirements, out-of-state preparation, and alternative routes to certification.http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/record/02rs/HB55/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 55
Source: http://www.lrc.state.ky.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Specifies the duties, powers, and membership of a school community council and establishes a process for the selection of council members. specifies the duties, powers, and membership of a school community council; consolidates the school plan to improve student reading achievement and the School LAND Trust plan; Each school community council is to annually evaluate the school's U-PASS test results and use the evaluations in developing a school improvement plan. Each school improvement plan mustl: (a) identify the school's most critical academic needs; (b) recommend a course of action to meet the identified needs; (c) list any programs, practices, materials, or equipment that the school will need to implement its action plan to have a direct impact on the instruction of students and result in measurable increased student performance; and (d) describe how the school intends to enhance or improve academic achievement, including how financial resources available to the school, such as School LAND Trust Program monies received will be used to enhance or improve academic achievement. The school improvement plan shall focus on the school's most critical academic needs but may include other actions to enhance or improve academic achievement and community environment for students. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2002/bills/sbillenr/sb0167.htm
Title: S.B. 167
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Beginning in 2004-05 school year, the makeup of any local school improvement committee is to be determined by IC 20-10.2
Title: S.B. 165
Source: www.state.in.us/legislative
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Requires first-class permits for superintendents; provides that principals chair the process for interviewing prospective professional and paraprofessional employees; requires superintendent to allow principals the opportunity to interview and make recommendations on prospective personnel; provides $500 for early notice of resignation or retirement at end of school year; expands use of retired teachers as substitutes; provides for statewide job return for personnel terminated because of reductions in force (RIF); requires job postings to be written to ensure largest pool of qualified applicants and to not require criteria unnecessary for successful job performance; requires county boards to compile, annually update and make available a list of professional personnel, areas of certification and seniority; requires study and report by state board and secretary of education and the arts on policies, programs and statutes relating to training, certification and licensing of professional educator development funding for education and training of RIF teachers to gain certification in areas of critical need and shortage.
Title: S.B. 227
Source: West Virginia Department of Education Legislative Update
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2000 | P-12 | Establishes school improvement teams for each school in preparation and evaluation of the school improvement plan.
Title: H.B. 7415
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2000 | P-12 | Deletes the requirement that teacher representatives on school-based decision making councils be Kentucky residents, allows a school district employee working at a different school to require school-based decision making councils to adopt a policy to be implemented by the principal regarding procedures to assist the council with consultation in the selection of personnel by the principal.
Title: S.B. 76
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| GA | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Mandates school councils at each school. The councils must be made up of the principal of the school, two parents, two teachers, and two businesspersons. The duties of the councils are to provide advice, recommendations, and assistance to the local board.
Title: H.B. 1187
Source: Georgia Department of Education
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Requires that a parent member on a school council not be an employee or a relative of an employee of the school in which the parent serves; requires procedures to assist the school council with consultation in the selection of personnel by the principal; requires each school council to annually review data provided by the Kentucky Department of Education by December 31 each year on its students' performance levels and adopt a plan to assure that each student makes progress.
Title: S.B. 265
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 07/1999 | P-12 | Provides for the election of members of school improvement teams.
Title: H.B. 1150
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| RI | Became law without governor's signature 07/1999 | P-12 | Provides that the city council of Woonsocket set annual salaries for the members of the school committee.
Title: S.B. 1069
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/1999 | P-12 | Relates to the requirements for purchasing in school districts that adopt site based decision making plans.
Title: H.B. 2021
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Died 06/1998 | P-12 | Relates to school district budgeting.
Title: S.B. 1189 School District Budgeting
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 05/1998 | P-12 | BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE . Provides additional requirement for school district receipt of lottery funds; provides name requirement for school advisory councils and provides council responsibilities and duties; provides for certain council review; provides for use of funds; amends provision regarding school improvement and education accountability; requires notice of certain deficiency; provides requirements for school improvement plans.
Title: H.B. 3901
Source: Information for Public Affairs, Inc.
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/1997 | P-12 | Relates to school councils; provides that each school shall establish a school council; states that governing board may delegate to school council the responsibility to develop a curriculum and may delegate any additional powers that are reasonably necessary to accomplish decentralization; and states that the school council shall reflect the ethnic composition of the local community.
Title: H.B. 2474 Establishment of a School Counciland Delegating Responsibilities
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/1997 | P-12 | Relates to granting local school districts greater flexibility in purchasing instructional materials.
Title: H.B. 1283
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| UT | Passed 06/1996 | P-12 | (Effective: 07/16/96) Repeals Site Based Decision Making Program and any attached appropriation.
Title: R277-417 Site Based Decision Making Program
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/1996 | P-12 | The authority of local school councils (which the law requires school boards to appoint) is expanded by requiring school boards to delegate school budget development, school spending, and hiring and firing power to the councils. Principals also get hiring and firing power plus performance evaluation authority. Teachers must "collaborate" on curriculum development.
Title: H.B. 2253 Expanding Local School Council Authority
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/1996 | P-12 | Relates to school-based decision making, to allow parents of students entering the school during the next school year to vote for the parent members on the school council; requires 6 hours of Department of Education endorsed training for new council members and 3 hours of training for council members who have 1 year of service; requires a favorable vote by a majority of the voting parents of students enrolled in a school as an additional condition for granting an exemption.
Title: S.B. 87 Site Based Management
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/1996 | P-12 | Relates to school administrators; requires that the superintendent hire the school principal after consultation with the school-based decision making council, as opposed to the council hiring the principal from a list of names submitted by the superintendent; permits a superintendent to have a relative employed in the district if the relative is certified and was employed at least thirty-six months prior to the superintendent's assuming office.
Title: S.B. 395 School-Based Decision
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Died 04/1996 | P-12 | Establishes definitions, mechanisms, limitations, etc., for the granting of contracts for enhanced site-based management to public schools; requires the Board of Education to develop instructions and forms designed to assist schools with high concentrations of at-risk students in establishing contracts; Board of Education is authorized to determine compliance exemptions from state and local law, regulations, ordinances, and rules, except for state and federal constitutions.
Title: H.B. 1408 Site Based Management
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/1996 | P-12 | (Effective: 03/29/96) Relates to school based decision making, to permit local boards to include by policy a requirement that school councils make an annual report at a public meeting of the board to describe the schools progress in meeting the educational goals set by statute and the district's goals; authorizes a local board to adopt policy requiring annual reports describing school progress made by school councils or by the principal if a council does not exist.
Title: H.B. 464 School Based Decision Making Report
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/1996 | P-12 | (Effective: 03/01/96) Requires training approved by the Department of Education on the school-based decision making process for all school based decision making council members.
Title: H.B. 205 Training for School Based Decision Making Council Members
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Died 01/1996 | P-12 | Reverses the requirement for a school council to operate under the authority of the principal to say that the council is to establish policies for the school that the principal must enforce.
Title: S.B. 1192 Reverse Authority
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Died 01/1996 | P-12 | Relates to school based decision making and declares an emergency; relates to school based decision making, to add two student members elected by student population.
Title: H.B. 42 School Based Decision Making
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MN | Died 01/1996 | P-12 | Provides site decision making options for schools, requiring fund allocations by site.
Title: H.B. 2490/S.B. 2057 Site Based Decision Making
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Died 01/1996 | P-12 | Site Based Decision Making Amendments relates to public education; requiring school districts to develop guidelines and policies for the implementation of site based decision making at their schools.
Title: S.B. 30 Site Based Education
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/1995 | P-12 | Amends the School Code to provide that persons who have been convicted of certain specified criminal offenses are ineligible to serve as members of local school councils. Directs the Chicago Board of Education to obtain criminal background investigation on all persons elected or appointed to serve on a local school council; makes it a Class 3 felony for a person seeking nomination or election to a local school council to make a false statement.
Title: H.B. 731 Site Based Management
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KS | Signed into law 05/1995 | P-12 | H.B. 2173, as it pertains to accreditation of schools, eliminated the statutory listing of the ten outcomes of the school accreditation system (outcomes are determined by the State Board of Education), removed the mandate for state assessments in "speaking" and "listening," made permanent the school site council mandate, required the State Board by January 1, 1997, to prepare state level and building level school performance "report cards," directed Kansas Inc., in 1997, to oversee a study of school districts that entered the school performance accreditation program in 1991-92 to determine the extent to which pupil academic performance has changed under this system and to explain the factors that have contributed materially to such change, and made several other technical changes.
Title: H.B. 2173 Elementary and Secondary
Source: Kansas Legislative Research Department
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| AR | Signed into law 04/1995 | P-12 | Requires school districts to adopt policies for implementing site-based decision making in district schools.
Title: H.B. 1933 - Site Based Management
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| PA | Died 04/1995 | P-12 | Governor Tom Ridge announced a comprehensive education reform initiative aimed at improving Pennsylvania schools, returning control of education to families and local communities and providing new opportunities for school children. The plan is guided by three simple questions: Will it help our kids learn? Will it improve the quality of our schools? Will it give parents more options for their children's future? The plan opens new opportunities for families through school choice, charter schools, competition and local control. (News Release 5/11/95) As lawmakers prepared for 1995's final votes, the governor pulled his education bill from the House floor, ending his yearlong campaign for state funding to help poor families pay their children's private school tuition. (Ed. Week 1/10/96)
Title: Governor Ridge Unveils "KIDS" Plan to Reform and Improve Education
Source: Commonwealth of PA, Office of the Governor; Ed. Week 1/10/96, p. 20
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| ND | Signed into law 03/1995 | P-12 | Repeals student performance standards and assessments and school district policies and plans for participating in school decisionmaking (15-21-04.6 and 15-29-08.3).
Title: H.B. 1270 - Performance Standards and Assessments
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 06/1994 | P-12 | A minority member must serve on a school based decision making council for schools with 8% or more minority student enrollment. If these councils do not have a minority member, the principal organizes a special election for the parents of the minority students to elect a minority parent member. The percentage of minority students is determined by the October 1 enrollment. Another teacher member is also added to the school council in a special election. The minority teachers elect a minority teacher member. If there is no minority teacher, a teacher member is elected by all teachers. A minority teacher is exempted from term limitations if the teacher is the only minority teacher in the school. (Legislative Summary 1994)
Title: S.B. 51 Minority Member on School Based Decision Council
Source: Legislative Research Commission
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| NV | Signed into law 06/1994 | P-12 | Authorizes the board of trustees for each school district to establish rules concerning school based decision making for public schools within the district. (Legislative Summary 1993)
Title: S.B. 91 School Based Decision Making
Source: Legislative Counsel Bureau
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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 Attitudes |
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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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| Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining--Strikes |
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| Teaching Quality--Working Conditions |
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| Technology |
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| Technology--Computer Skills |
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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--Research/Evaluation |
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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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| Urban--Change/Improvements |
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| Urban--Governance |
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| Whole-School Reform Models |
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| Whole Child |
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