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State |
Status/Date |
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Summary |
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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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| Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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| Health |
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| Health--Child Abuse |
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| Health--Mental Health |
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| Health--Nutrition |
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| Health--Suicide Prevention |
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| Health--Teen Pregnancy |
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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--College Readiness |
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| High School--Credit Recovery |
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| High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| High School--International Baccalaureate |
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| Instructional Approaches |
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| Instructional Approaches--Constructivism |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills |
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| Instructional Approaches--Official English |
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| Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning |
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| Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education |
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| Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task |
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| Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| International Benchmarking |
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| Leadership |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
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| No Child Left Behind |
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| No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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| No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--Finance |
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| No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement |
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| No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
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| No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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| No Child Left Behind--Special Populations |
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| No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
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| Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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| Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
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| P-16 or P-20 |
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| P-3 |
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| P-3 Brain Development |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
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| P-3 Data Systems |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits |
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| P-3 Family Involvement |
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| P-3 Finance |
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| P-3 Governance |
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 | P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Requires the education department to issue request for proposals for the purchase of an early literacy assessment tool that teachers may use to obtain real-time assessments of the reading skill levels of K-3 students, and, based on the results, create intervention plans and materials. Describes requirements for the assessment software and procedures for using the assessment tool/software in districts and schools. Requires the department to a report that includes the following information: percentage of students receiving services using the assessment tool; improvements in reading levels; and cost of purchasing the assessment tool and licenses.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/CD3C8673214EEF8C872579CD00625FE2?Open&file=1345_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1345 (sec. 7)
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| VA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Public schools; reading intervention. Requires local school divisions to provide reading intervention services to students in grade three who demonstrate deficiencies based on their individual performance on the Standards of Learning reading test or any reading diagnostic test that meets criteria established by the Department of Education. The local school division, at its discretion, shall provide such intervention before promotion to grade four.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB1181ER+pdf
Title: H.B. 1181
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Defines "aphasia", "dyscalculia", "dysgraphia", "dyslexia", "phonemic awareness" and "scientifically based research". Directs the state board to promulgate administrative regulations for districtwide use of a response-to-intervention system for K-3 students, to provide general, compensatory and special education students interventions aligned with scientifically based research. Requires all districts to implement RTI systems for reading and writing by August 1, 2013; math by August 1, 2014; and behavior by August 1, 2015. Directs the department to make technical assistance and training available to all districts in the implementation of the system, and identifies the professional knowledge and skills the technical assistance must be designed to improve. Also directs the department to develop a Web-based resource for teachers that includes among other features instructional tools, based on scientifically based research, to assist students in reading, writing, math and behavior. Encourages the department to coordinate technical assistance and training with state postsecondary institutions, and requires the department to collaborate with specified entities to ensure teachers are prepared to utilize scientifically based interventions in reading, writing, math and behavior. Requires conformity with 20 U.S.C. sec. 1414(a)(1)(E) for initial evaluations of students with suspected disabilities. Directs the department to report annually beginning November 30, 2013 on implementation of the system. Pages 1-4 of 9: http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB69/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 69 - K-3 Response to Intervention System in Reading, Writing, Math and Behavior
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| OH | Issued 10/2011 | P-12 | Creates the position of Early Education and Development Officer ("Officer") within the Governor's Office of 21st Century Education. Directs the Officer to work through and in conjunction with existing state agencies to (1) Define and measure kindergarten readiness, as well as develop and implement a comprehensive kindergarten readiness assessment process including academic, social and emotional, and physical health measures of readiness; (2) Break down silos that exist between agencies and programs; (3) Improve system performance by (i) Including outcome and performance measures in the statewide quality rating and improvement system; (ii) Ensuring that all publicly funded, licensed early learning and development providers are part of the quality rating system, (iii) Evaluating and implementing innovative financing strategies that support high-quality services for Ohio's young children; and (iv) Engaging parents as resources in the development of state policies and programs. Also establishes the Early Education and Development Innovation Committee ("Committee") to advise the governor, the Officer and the Office of 21st Century Education on (i) Efforts to mobilize business partnerships at the local level to achieve community and statewide kindergarten readiness goals; (ii) Opportunities to bring private-sector tools and resources to early education and development; (iii) Methods and opportunities to disseminate information to the legislature and leaders in local communities on the status of school readiness in Ohio. http://www.governor.ohio.gov/Portals/0/pdf/executiveOrders/2011-21K.pdf
Title: Executive Order 2011-21K
Source: www.governor.ohio.gov
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Starting with students entering first grade in the 2011-2012 school year, the program of reading instruction must include provisions of the READ Initiative adopted by the school district, as instructed in the measure. If a reading deficiency is not remedied by the end of third grade, as demonstrated by scoring at the limited knowledge level on annual assessments, the student must be retained in third grade. Districts must notify parents their child has a reading deficiency, services provided and that the student will be retained if the deficiency isn't remedied. Administrators may promote students for good cause such as limited English proficient students and students with disabilities. Students may be promoted if they perform at a certain level on alternative assessments or if they demonstrate mastery through a student portfolio. Students also may be promoted if they receive intensive remediation in reading for two or more years but still demonstrate a deficiency and were previously retained in kindergarten, first grade, second grade or third grade for a total of two years. Those students must have an altered instructional day that includes reading instruction specific to their needs. Students not promoted must receive intensive reading instruction including methods such as tutoring or mentoring, an extended school day or week or year, summer reading camps or reduced teacher-student ratios. Districts must have a policy for midyear promotion of students if necessary. Districts must establish a Reading Enhancement and Acceleration Development Initiative to prevent the retention of third grade students and to offer intensive accelerated reading instruction to third grade students who failed to meet standards for promotion and to each kindergarten through third grade student who is assessed as having a reading deficiency.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/SB/SB346%20ENR.DOC
Title: S.B. 346
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Directs the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education to assess each early childhood program in this state that receives state funding based on nationally recognized standards and assessments that may include without limitation the following components: (1) Curriculum and learning environment; (2) Training and education of staff; (3) Adult-to-child ratios; (4) Student assessments; (5) Health and safety conditions; (6) Family involvement; and (7) Site visits.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/SB337.pdf
Title: S.B. 337
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| MN | Issued 03/2011 | P-12 | Creates the Early Learning Council to serve as the state advisory council on early childhood education and care. The council will consists of up to 30 members, 26 of whom are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The following individuals are members of the council: a. Commissioner ofHuman Services or a designee; b. Commissioner of Health or a designee; c. Commissioner of Education or a designee; and d. The Head Start State Collaboration Director. 3. The Governor will appoint up to 22 additional members, including individuals with the following expeliise, affiliations, or backgrounds: a. Representatives of local government groups; b. Representatives of local school districts; c. Individuals with Head Start expertise; d. Providers of early childhood supports and services;
e. Representatives of higher education; f. Individuals whose families receive early childhood supports or services; g. Individuals from non-profits involved in early childhood issues; h. Members of the business community; and 1. Representatives of the philanthropic community. 4. Four members ofthe Legislature, as provided in Minnesota Statutes, will serve as members of the council. 6. The Governor will appoint one member to serve as the chair of the council. 7. The council shall advise the Children's Cabinet and the Governor's Office on policy and resource development priorities and will suggest options.
http://www.leg.mn/archive/execorders/11-05.pdf
Title: E.O. 11-05
Source: http://www.leg.mn/
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Modifies school readiness program requirements by removing the requirement to arrange for early childhood screening and appropriate referral. Requires school districts to use school readiness aid for eligible children. Allows children who do not meet the eligibility requirements of the program to participate on a fee-for-service basis. Specifies eligibility requirements for children to participate in school readiness programs. Allows general community education revenue to be used for school readiness programs.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2505.1.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 2505
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Prohibits a local board of education from adopting a classroom placement policy that automatically separates or places together multiple-birth children entering kindergarten through second grade. The parent or guardian of multiple-birth children entering kindergarten through second grade may request that they be placed in the same classroom or in separate classrooms. A school must honor the requested placement unless the principal, in consultation with the children's teachers, determines that the requested placement is disruptive to the school. A school may recommend the appropriate classroom placement for multiple-birth children or provide professional educational advice to assist a parent or guardian regarding placement for multiple-birth children. The bill takes effect July 1, 2010. http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/bills/hb/hb0272t.pdf
Title: H.B. 272
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| OH | Signed into law 12/2009 | P-12 | Permits a district to seek a delay of the requirement to implement all-day kindergarten for all students until fiscal year 2012. Directs the state superintendent to grant the requested delay, which may affect some or all students in the district, upon submission of a request that provides (1) a resolution from the local board, providing its justification for seeking such a delay; and (2) a plan for the full implementation of all-day kindergarten in 2012. Page 17 of 20: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_318_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 318 - Section 9
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| WI | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12 | Beginning on September 1, 2011, a school board may not enroll a child in the first grade in a school in the school district, including in a charter school located in the school district, unless the child has completed 5-year-old kindergarten. Requires each school board that operates a 5-year-old kindergarten program to adopt a written policy specifying the criteria for promoting a pupil from 5-year-old kindergarten to the first grade. Requires each board to establish procedures, conditions, and standards for exempting a child from the requirement that the child complete kindergarten as a prerequisite to enrollment in the first grade and for reviewing the denial of an exemption upon the request of the pupil's parent or guardian. A child must be admitted to first grade if before either commencing or completing first grade, the child moved into Wisconsin from a state, country, or territory in which completion of 5-year-old kindergarten is a prerequisite to entering first grade and the child was exempted from the requirement to complete 5-year-old kindergarten in the state, country, or territory from which the child moved. Act No. 41. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act41.pdf
Title: A.B. 119
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| ND | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Modifies 15.1-06-01. Changes the cut-off date for enrollment in grade one from September first to August first. For kindergarten, the cut-off date changes from five by September first of the year of enrollment to August first. Provides exception for children who are six by December first (changed from January 1) and who meet other readiness indicators. Schools are free, open and accessible to students who have not reached the age of 21 prior to August first (changed from September first). Effective July 2010. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBCQ0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1378
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Concerns longitudinal studies of student achievement; provides for access to student data to a qualified nonprofit educational organization by the Department of Education; provides for reasonable fees; includes student experiences in preschool by program type and by numbers of months in each such program and the readiness of students entering kindergarten and student progress in kindergarten.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2009/ACT/Pa/pdf/2009PA-00241-R00SB-01014-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 1014
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov/
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| HI | Became law without governor's signature 07/2009 | P-12 | Bars schools from moving students between junior kindergarten and kindergarten, except in cases in which the move is warranted and based on appropriate assessments. Beginning with the 2010-11 school year, requires the department to use assessment tools and protocols for determining a student's initial placement and for decision making about a student's movement between tiers and into grade 1. Permits a junior kindergarten student to be promoted directly to grade 1, based on appropriate assessments and other data. Directs the state early learning council to develop a plan to ensure that the needs of junior kindergarteners are addressed, including in the areas of curriculum, quality of teachers and aides, incorporating state preschool content standards for junior kindergarteners and effective transitions between the early learning system and kindergarten. Allows designees of certain members to serve as voting members of the early learning council. Adds a representative from a Head Start provider agency or the representative's designee. Changes "keiki first steps trust fund" to "early learning trust fund." http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/Bills/SB1329_CD1_.HTM
Title: S.B. 1329
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Creates the early childhood and school readiness legislative oversight commission. Sets forth membership requirements and administrative functions for the commission. Outlines the scope of issues the commission is charged with studying. Grants the commission permission to request legislative changes in a manner similar to that of a legislative interim committee. Creates a cash fund.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/86FB14AA4CA4443387257591004F8937?open&file=1343_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1343
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Relates to school districts; requires provision of full-day kindergarten programs as resourced within the education resource block grant model
Chapter 136
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2009/Engross/HB0255.pdf
Title: H.B. 255
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2009 | P-12 | Allows students who have completed Pre-Kindergarten to enroll in kindergarten in certain circumstances.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB1098.pdf
Title: H.B. 1098
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| MI | Signed into law 01/2009 | P-12 | Provides that an intermediate school district may develop and make available to districts and public school academies an early intervening model program for grades k to 3 which shall be designed to instruct classroom teachers and support staff on how to monitor individual pupil learning and how to provide specific support or learning strategies to pupils as early as possible in order to avoid inappropriate referrals to special education.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2008-PA-0582.pdf
Title: S.B. 1039
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov
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| NH | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Extends the kindergarten construction aid program until all school districts operate a kindergarten program; allows a school district to elect a construction grant to be applied to the costs of a kindergarten facility; provides classroom transition grants to eligible school districts which do not operate a public kindergarten program and which begin operation of such a program; requires that a school district providing a public kindergarten program as of the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year shall receive, in that same year, an additional adequate education grant amount based on the number of pupils attending kindergarten in the district as of the beginning of the school year. Requires certain school districts to submit a kindergarten implementation plan to the commissioner of the department of education detailing the district's plan to provide a public kindergarten program no later than the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2008/SB0530.html
Title: S.B. 530
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Amends the definition of gifted children to include children who are 4 years of age; permits an administrative unit to include in its program plan provisions to identify and serve gifted children who are 5 years of age and for whom early access to kindergarten is deemed appropriate by the administrative unit; establishes criteria and a process by which an administrative unit may determine whether a child who is 5 years of age is a gifted child for whom early access to school is appropriate.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FEE1586BC76E238887257395005D1BE8?open&file=1021_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1021
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/
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| MD | Adopted 05/2008 | P-12 | Provides for transfers to public kindergarten of age- eligible kindergarten students attending nonpublic kindergarten programs.
Unsafe School Transfer Policy.
A. Each local school system shall allow a student attending a public elementary or secondary school to attend a safe public elementary or secondary school within the school system if the student:
(1) Attends a persistently dangerous public elementary or secondary school; or
(2) Is a victim of a violent criminal offense
(a) During the regular school day; or
(b) While attending a school sponsored event in or on the grounds of a public elementary or secondary school that the student attends.
http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/13a/13a.08.01.01.htm
Title: COMAR 13A.08.01.01
Source: http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Requires school districts to offer half-day kindergarten; requires transportation for students in half-day and supplemental kindergarten; allows school districts and public charter schools to offer supplemental kindergarten; allows school districts and public charter schools to charge tuition for supplemental kindergarten; provides tuition exception for certain students; allows parent or guardian to appeal tuition charge if payment of tuition is severe hardship.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/08ss1/measpdf/sb1000.dir/sb1068.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 1068A
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Establishes UPSTART, a pilot project that uses a home-based educational technology program to develop the school readiness skills of children age 4-5 who have not entered kindergarten. Provides that UPSTART is created to evaluate the effectiveness of giving preschool children access, at home, to online interactive individualized instruction to prepare them academically for success in school, and to test the feasibility of scaling an online home-based curriculum in reading, math and science to all preschool children in Utah.
Requires the state board of education to use an RFP process to select an education technology provider to deliver the home-based technology program. Provides standards that the home-based educational technology program must meet. Among these:
The contractor must:
--Provide technical support to families for the installation and operation of the instructional software
--Provide for the installation of computer and Internet access in the homes of low-income families that cannot afford the equipment and service
--Work in cooperation with school district personnel who will provide administrative and technical support for the program
--Solicit families to participate in the program
--In implementing the home-based educational technology program, seek the advice and expertise of early childhood education professionals in the Utah System of Higher Education on issues such as:
(i) soliciting families to participate in the program
(ii) providing training to families
(iii) motivating families to regularly use the instructional software.
In addition, the contractor must have the capability to perform specified tasks through the Internet. These include:
--Communicating with parents
--Storing research data
--Producing reports for parents, schools and the legislature
--The capability to quickly and efficiently modify, improve and support the product.
Provides the program must include:
--Computer-assisted, individualized instruction in reading, mathematics, and science
--A multisensory reading tutoring program
--A validated computer adaptive reading test that does not require the presence of trained adults to administer and is an accurate indicator of reading readiness of children who cannot read.
Provides that the contract must provide funding for a home-based educational technology program for preschool children for one year with an option to extend the contract for additional years or to expand the program to a greater number of preschool children, subject to legislative appropriation.
Provides a school district may participate in UPSTART if the local school board agrees to work in cooperation with the contractor to provide administrative and technical support for the pilot project. Provides a school district that participates in UPSTART will receive funding for paraprofessional and technical support staff, and must agree to adopt standardized policies and procedures in implementing the pilot project.
Requires the contractor to solicit families to participate in UPSTART through a public information campaign and referrals from participating school districts. Provides that at least 30% of participating children must be from low-income families, and that participating children must be from families with diverse ethnic backgrounds and reside in both urban and rural areas in different regions of the state. Requires the contractor to make the home-based educational technology program available to families at an agreed-upon cost if the number of families who would like to participate in UPSTART exceeds the number of participants funded by the legislative appropriation.
Directs the state auditor to either conduct an annual audit of the contractor's use of funds for UPSTART or contract with an independent certified public accountant to conduct an annual audit. Directs the state board of education to:
--Require by contract that the contractor will open its books and records relating to its expenditure of funds pursuant to the contract to the state auditor or the state auditor's designee
--Reimburse the state auditor for the actual and necessary costs of the audit
--Contract with an independent, qualified evaluator, selected through an RFP process, to evaluate the home-based educational technology program for preschool children.
Also directs the state board to make an annual report on UPSTART to the Education Interim Committee. Provides that the report must address the extent to which UPSTART is accomplishing the purposes for which it was established as set forth in statute, and must include:
--The number of families:
(i) volunteering to participate in the program
(ii) selected to participate in the program
(iii) requesting computers
(iv) furnished computers
--The frequency of use of the instructional software
--Obstacles encountered with software usage, hardware or providing technical assistance to families
--Student performance on pre-kindergarten and post-kindergarten assessments conducted by school districts and charter schools for participating and non-participating students
--As available, the evaluation of the program conducted pursuant to statute.
Section 26 of S.B. 2 establishes a repeal date of July 1, 2014.
Pages 10-15: http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/sbillenr/sb0002.pdf
Title: S.B. 2 - Sections 3-9
Source: le.utah.gov
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| NY | Adopted 12/2007 | P-12 | Complies with 2007 S.B. 2107, Part B, section 19, which authorizes the board of regents and the commissioner to prescribe uniform quality standards for universal prekindergarten programs.
Title: Title 8 NYCRR Subpart 151-1
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OH | Signed into law 11/2007 | P-12 | Permits school districts that are not eligible for state payments for all-day kindergarten to charge tuition on a sliding scale for all-day kindergarten classes. Requires the Department of Education to issue an annual report on tuition charged by school districts for all-day kindergarten. Requires the Department of Education, by April 30, 2008, to issue a report on fees charged by school districts for (1) classes or programs that are offered during the regular school day or after school and for which students earn credit or are assigned grades, (2) instructional materials, and (3) summer school.
Analysis and summary: http://www.lsc.state.oh.us/analyses127/h0190-rs-127.pdf
Title: H.B. 190 -- Multiple Components
Source: http://www.lsc.state.oh.us
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| GA | Adopted 09/2007 | P-12 | Adds language regarding the Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State for English Language Learners (ACCESS for ELLs), an English language proficiency test administered annually to all English language learners (ELLs) to determine students' level of English language proficiency level.
Adds provision regarding "conditional administration," a test administration in which a more expansive accommodation is utilized to provide access for a small percentage of students with more severe disabilities who would not be able to access the assessment without such assistance.
Adds provision regarding Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS), a performance assessment designed to provide teachers with information about the level of instructional support needed by individual students entering kindergarten and first grade. Provides this assessment will replace the Georgia Kindergarten Assessment Program-Revised (GKAP-R).
Replaces Middle Grades Writing Assessment (IMGWA) with Grade 8 Writing Assessment.
Adds science to areas in which a first-year ELL student may participate in the appropriate state board approved language proficiency assessment rather than the standard assessment.
Clarifies that only state-approved accommodations may be included in an IEP or Section 504 IAP. Eliminates certain provisions regarding the Georgia Alternate Assessment.
Specifies that students with significant cognitive disabilities participating in the GAA must be provided access to the state-adopted curriculum. Clarifies that educators may adjust the learning expectations for this group of unique students provided the instruction is based on and aligned to the grade-level curriculum standards. Provides that instruction may reflect pre-requisite skills but must be sufficiently challenging for the individual student.
Directs local school systems to provide individual student score reports for all state-mandated assessments to the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) in a timely manner.
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-3-1-.07.pdf
Title: GAC 160-3-1-.07
Source: www.doe.k12.ga.us
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| NY | Adopted 09/2007 | P-12 | Amends regulations regarding program requirements for students in prekindergarten and kindergarten. Directs each school operating a prekindergarten and/or kindergarten to adopt and implement curricula, aligned with the State learning standards, that ensures continuity with instruction in the early elementary grades and is integrated with the instructional program in grades 1-12. Provides that this program must include:
(i) background knowledge
(ii) phonological awareness
(iii) expressive and receptive language
(iv) vocabulary development
(v) phonemic awareness
(vi) fluency
(vii) comprehension.
Provides the instructional program for prekindergarten and kindergarten must be based on the ages, interests, strengths and needs of the children, and that learning experiences in such programs must include:
(i) differentiated instruction to support the acquisition of new concepts and skills
(ii) materials and equipment which allow for active and quiet play in indoor and outdoor environments
(iii) instruction in the content areas of English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies and the arts, including dance, music, theatre and visual arts; that is designed to facilitate student attainment of the State learning standards and is aligned with the instructional program in the early elementary grades
(iv) opportunities for participation in inquiry-based activities and projects
(v) opportunities to use a wide variety of information in print and electronic mediums
(vi) fine and gross motor activities in prekindergarten, and instruction in physical education in kindergarten pursuant to section 135.4 (c)(2)(i) of this Title
(vii) instruction on health and nutrition topics for students in prekindergarten and health education for students in kindergarten pursuant to section 135.3(b) of this Title.
Requires each school operating a prekindergarten and/or kindergarten program to develop procedures to ensure the active engagement of parents in the education of their children. Provides such procedures must include support to children and their families for a successful transition into prekindergarten or kindergarten and into the early elementary grades.
Title: Title 8 NYCRR Section 100.3
Source: Lexis
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Requires a person having custody or control of a child who is below the compulsory school age but enrolled in kindergarten in a public school to cause the child to attend the public school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0543lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 543
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MA | Issued 08/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Establishes the Readiness Project to develop a plan to implement fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth over the next ten years. The project will have three chairs appointed by the Governor.
The plan will include recommendations to:
(1) Deliver universal and high quality early education for three- and four-year-olds as well as Full-Day kindergarten;
(2) Expand time for teaching and learning in primary and secondary schools;
(3) Extend education an additional two years beyond secondary school to better prepare students for higher education, work and citizenship;
(4) Align curricula from pre-Kindergarten through high school, higher education and work force development, including with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math as well as other subjects and methods that enhance creativity and problem-solving skills;
(5) Structure and support a reasonable degree of school choice, including charter and pilot schools, so that all serve as complementary components of a comprehensive system; (6) Recruit, retain and develop strong educators and administrators at all levels;
(7) Streamline and strengthen teacher certification and licensing;
(8) Improve the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System and introduce additional appropriate standards and assessments to measure other aspects of students' academic development;
(9) Fund the education system adequately, equitably and reliably, including for students with special educational needs;
(10) Facilitate collaboration between and among the Commonwealth's public and private institutions of higher education;
(11) Strengthen the structure and clarify the mission of the institutions that comprise the University of Massachusetts system and all public higher education institutions in the Commonwealth;
(12) Implement an effective and efficient accountability system for students, instructors and administrators from pre-Kindergarten through higher education that enables authorities both to review performance and to target assistance where it is most needed; and
(13) Leverage information technology throughout the system to improve instruction, student acquisition of skills, administrative processes, and the quality of and access to data. implements fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth over the next 10 years.
http://www.mass.gov/Agov3/docs/Executive%20Orders/executive_order_489.pdf
Title: Executive Order No. 489
Source: http://www.mass.gov
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| HI | Vetoed 07/2007 | P-12 | Directs the department to encourage inclusionary prekindergarten and kindergarten classes of both special education eligible and general education students, including consideration of the following options:
(1) Special education eligible preschool children may receive services in private preschool programs if required by their individual education program;
(2) Facilities for providing early education offer a variety of possibilities via partnerships between public and private offers;
(3) Special education staff may provide services at any site as provided in the individualized education plans process; and
(4) Departmental special education preschool staff may provide services to general education preschool students in their special education preschool classrooms.
Requires the department's kindergarten report card to assess an individual junior kindergarten or kindergarten student's readiness for first grade based on a range of characteristics.
Authorizes the department to give preference to teachers holding early childhood education credentials in placement in junior kindergarten and kindergarten programs.
Directs the department, prior to the 2008 legislative session, to
(1) Complete the planning and development of the appropriate curriculum for the junior kindergarten program; and
(2) Submit its findings and recommendations to the legislature on the planned junior kindergarten curricula, successful models, and assessments to be used in the placement and movement of students between junior kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade, as well as facilities to be used for junior kindergarten.
Establishes in statute the pre-plus program, which was created as a private-public initiative in 2002. Directs the department of education and the department of human services to develop suitable pre-plus classrooms on department campuses statewide for early childhood education programs serving children ages 3-5. Directs the department to coordinate site selection for public school sites, giving first priority to sites that serve predominantly students who are low-income or with special needs who require full-inclusion opportunities, or schools in restructuring under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Directs the department to submit an annual report to the legislature on the number of classrooms that would be suitable for early childhood education programs and the cost of renovating these classrooms to meet early childhood education standards. Bill: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/Bills/SB613_CD1_.htm
Governor's veto message: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/GM1037_.PDF
Title: S.B. 613
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Modifies school admission requirements. Moves cut-off date for enrollment to August 31 from October 16.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H150v0.html
Title: H.B. 150
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Directs the commissioner to approve School Readiness Service Agreements for up to 50 providers that represent diverse parts of the state and a variety of child care delivery models. (See "Sec. 57".) Directs the commissioners of human services and education to establish three prekindergarten exploratory projects to be conducted in partnership with the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation to promote children's school The exploratory projects shall be designed and evaluated by the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation (See Sec. 62).
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H1078.3.html&session=ls85
Title: H.B. 1078
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Provides full-time Average Number Belonging funding for school districts that enroll students in full-time kindergarten. Provides start-up funding for districts transitioning from half-day to full-day programs. A kindergarten program must meet the state minimum aggregate hour requirements. A kindergarten program that is designated as a full-time program must allow a parent, guardian or other person who is responsible for the enrollment of a child in school to enroll the child half-time.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/specsess/0507/billhtml/SB0002.htm
Title: S.B. 2A (Kindergarten)
Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Amends membership of the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board to include one representative of a state association of federally funded early childhood programs appointed by the Governor.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/HB/HB1557_ENR.RTF
Title: H.B. 1557
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Beginning with the 2008-09 school year, a full day of instruction consists of: (1) At least five and one-half hours for kindergarten and elementary students, during which time the students are required to be in attendance for the purpose of receiving curricular instruction. Previously, kindergarten not included in the full day definition.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HAFK1400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2200 (kindergarten section)
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Provides that, beginning with the 2007-08 school year, funding for voluntary all-day kindergarten programs shall be phased-in beginning with schools with the highest poverty levels, defined as those schools with the highest percentages of students qualifying for free and reduced-price lunch support in the prior school year. Once a school receives funding for the all-day kindergarten program, that school shall remain eligible for funding in subsequent school years regardless of changes in the school's percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunches as long as other program requirements are fulfilled.
Provides that schools receiving all-day kindergarten program support shall agree to the following conditions: (1) Providing at least a one thousand-hour instructional program; (2) Providing a curriculum that offers a rich, varied set of experiences that assist students in: (a) developing initial skills in the academic areas of reading, mathematics, and writing; (b) developing a variety of communication skills; (c) providing experiences in science, social studies, arts, health and physical education, and a world language other than English; (d) acquiring large and small motor skills; (e) acquiring social and emotional skills including successful participation in learning activities as an individual and as part of a group; (f) establishing learning environments that are developmentally appropriate and promote creativity; and (g) learning through hands-on experiences; (3) Demonstrating strong connections and communication with early learning community providers; and (4) Participating in kindergarten program readiness activities with early learning providers and parents.
Authorizes four demonstration projects. Requires the Washington state institute for public policy to conduct an evaluation of the demonstration projects under this act. Student, staff, program, and parent data shall be collected using various instruments including surveys, program and activity descriptions, student performance measures, observations, and other processes.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202007/5841-S2.SL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5841
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Lowers the age of enrollment in kindergarten in public school from 5 by September 1 in 2009-2010, for the 2010-2011 school year
the cutoff age would be August 15; 2011-2012 and afterwards, 5 on or before August 1 of the year they are seeking initial enrollment.
(Act No. 462)
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/SB217.pdf
Title: S.B. 217
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Amends 13-28-2 to read: Any child who is five years old on the first day of September is eligible for enrollment in kindergarten during that school year. Any child who is six years old by September first is eligible for enrollment in first grade during that school year. Any child who transfers from another state may proceed in a continuous educational program without interruption.Deletes the provision that any child in a kindergarten or prekindergarten program who was in compliance with the statutory eligibility dates in effect at the time of his enrollment (5 by September 1) may proceed in a continuous educational program without interruption.Deletes provision that any child who is six years old by September first is eligible for enrollment in first grade during that school year. Deletes provision "Any child under the age of five is eligible for admittance to a nursery school."
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2007/bills/SB33SED.pdf
Title: S.B. 33
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Establishes a program, administered by the State Board of Education, through which school districts and charter schools may provide voluntary extended-day kindergarten, with certain funding priorities. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/sbillint/sb0049s03.htm
Title: S.B. 49
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/
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| CO | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district, upon voter approval, to impose an additional mill levy for purposes of funding the school district's excess full-day kindergarten costs. Allows the question submitted to the voters to also include a question of whether to impose an additional mill levy of a stated amount and limited duration to fund the capital construction needs associated with the school district's full-day kindergarten program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/17AF271E6545AD6087257251007B9651?Open&file=026_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 26
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| UT | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | This concurrent resolution of the legislature and governor encourages reading with a child 20 minutes a day to help prepare children for success in school and lifelong learning. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillenr/hcr005.htm
Title: H.C.R. 5
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Requires vision screening for children entering kindergarten.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H2699v5.html
Title: H.B. 2699
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/
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| ND | Adopted 07/2006 | P-12 | Repeals rules pertaining to kindergarten or first grade early entrance.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/information/acdata/pdf/67-26.pdf
Title: NDAC 67-26
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/
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| NY | Vetoed 07/2006 | P-12 | Requires every child enrolling in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or first grade in a public elementary school to present a dental health certificate. Dental health certificates must contain a report of a comprehensive dental examination performed on such child.
Title: A.B. 6640
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Increases membership on the community empowerment state board. Requires family support services in the community empowerment initiative to include home visitation. Creates a community empowerment gifts and grants account in the Iowa empowerment fund. Makes an appropriation to the school ready children grants account of the Iowa empowerment fund. Makes an appropriation for preschool tuition support for low-income families. Makes an appropriation for efforts to improve the quality of early care. Makes an appropriation to the community empowerment gifts and grants account. Creates a business community investment advisory council to advise the Iowa empowerment board. Directs the advisory council to advise the Iowa empowerment board on the best means to leverage private investment in early care, health, and education services and provide options for creating model projects for public-private partnerships to support quality early care, health, and education programming in communities. Requires the advisory council to submit a report with recommendations and findings to the Iowa empowerment board on or before December 31, 2006. Lists specific areas report must address.
Makes an appropriation for professional development and training activities for persons working in early care, health, and education by the Iowa empowerment board in collaboration with representation from Iowa state university of science and technology cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics, area education agencies, community colleges, child care resource and referral services, and community empowerment area boards. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=HF2769
Title: H.B. 2769
Source:
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Concerns the age specifications relating to compulsory school attendance. Every child who has attained the age of seven years and is under the age of seventeen years (changed from 16), except as provided by this section, must attend public school for at least the following number of hours during each school year: (I) One thousand fifty-six hours if a secondary school pupil; or (II) Nine hundred sixty-eight hours if an elementary school pupil during each school year; except that in no case shall in a grade other than kindergarten; (III) Nine hundred hours if a full-day kindergarten pupil; or (IV) four hundred fifty hours if half-day kindergarten pupil.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/1617BA178EE19B4F872570CA0062EC9C?Open&file=073_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 73
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Authorizes the commissioner of education to implement a kindergarten readiness assessment representative of incoming kindergartners. The assessment must be based on the department of education kindergarten readiness assessment at kindergarten entrance study.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H4162.3.html&session=ls84
Title: H.B. 4162
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/
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| DE | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Requires school districts by the start of the 2008- 2009 school year, to offer any kindergarten-eligible child the option of attending full-day kindergarten if the child's parent or guardian chooses; provides that if a parent wants to send his or her child for only a half-day, the parent would be permitted to do so; becomes effective upon a specific appropriation by the General Assembly.
http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/lis143.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+251/$file/0041430100.doc?open
Title: S.B. 251
Source: Delaware Legislature
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| CO | Vetoed 03/2006 | P-12 | Authorizes of additional school district revenues to fund costs associated with full-day kindergarten programs. Districts that receive voter approval for additional revenue must: use evidence-based research demonstrating the types of programs and methods appropriate for full-day kindergarten; not limit parents to enrolling their children in half-day programs; and not serve children through a full-day kindergarten component of the district's preschool program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/602F9F4FC4AEF24C8725708A0068082D?Open&file=1005_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1005
Source: CO Legislative Web Site
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Clarifies that a school district may advance a child through the primary program if he or she is at least five but less than six years old; allows the child to be classified as other than a kindergarten student for purposes of funding if the student is determined to have acquired the academic and social skills taught in kindergarten as determined by local board policy. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/SB35/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 35
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Issued 03/2006 | P-12 | Amends amend Executive Order 01.01.2005.34, which established the Advisory Council for Children; the Governor's Office for Children as a separate agency within the Executive Department to provide a coordinated, comprehensive, interagency approach to the development of a continuum of care that is family and child- oriented and that emphasizes prevention, early intervention, and community-based services for all children and families with special attention to at-risk populations; and the Children's Cabinet and the Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund. Expands the membership of the Advisory Council. http://www.gov.state.md.us/executiveorders/2006/0603eo.html
Title: 01.01.2006-03 (Executive Order)
Source: http://www.gov.state.md.us
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Extends the Kindergarten Plus Pilot Project; expands eligibility to add other school districts with high- poverty schools; makes an appropriation; provides that teachers and educational assistants are to be paid at the same rate and under the same terms; provides for evaluation.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/06%20Regular/final/HB0043.pdf
Title: H.B. 43
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Requires all children to attend kindergarten; establishes a minimum length of time for kindergarten programs; provides that any child under a specified age is eligible for admittance to a nursery school.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2006/bills/HB1175enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1175
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | This bill modifies the recommended time to provide the assessment of reading and numeric skills given to potential kindergarten students. The assessment should take place in the spring prior to the kindergarten year, but no later than June 15th prior to the school year.
http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2006/bills/hbillenr/hb0226.pdf
Title: H.B. 226
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us
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| CT | Issued 02/2006 | P-12 | Establishes the Governor's Early Childhood Research and Policy Council and defines membership and duties. The Council will: (1) Advise the Early Childhood Education Cabinet on research findings, policy solutions and strategic financing opportunities related to investments in early childhood initiatives; (2) Recommend ways to build and support a network of early childhood researchers across Connecticut's education systems, including academic scholars at business and other professional schools; (3) Engage Connecticut's academic researchers in design of a longitudinal study of children's development and review existing research that evaluates early childhood programs; (4) Examine, from a business perspective, possible strategies to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Connecticut's early care and education "industry"; (5) Propose additional "return on investment" (ROI) studies necessary to evaluate and support early childhood care and education, quality improvement and expansion proposals; (6) Consult with the Cabinet in its preparation of the Cabinet's Early Childhood Investment Plan, to be submitted to the Governor, regarding the expansion of high quality early childhood education services leading to the readiness for kindergarten of all Connecticut children upon entry into kindergarten; and (7) Consult with the Cabinet in monitoring the ongoing implementation of the Connecticut Early Childhood Investment Plan.
http://www.ct.gov/governorrell/cwp/view.asp?A=1719&Q=309862
Title: EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 13
Source: http://www.ct.gov/
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| MD | Issued 02/2006 | P-12 | Establishes the Maryland Child Care Subsidy Coordinating Council, defines membership and duties. Purposes of council includes increasing access by low-income families receiving child care subsidies to quality early care and education programs, thereby increasing the probability that their children are entering school ready to learn.
http://www.governor.maryland.gov/executiveorders/2006/0602eo.html
Title: EXECUTIVE ORDER 01.01.2006.02
Source: http://www.governor.maryland.gov/
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| RI | Adopted 09/2005 | P-12 | Adopts rules regarding the requirements for an Early Childhood Education in public schools in grades PK-2 certificate. Outlines rules for Certificate of Eligibility for Employment (CEE) be valid for three years and Professional Certificates be valid for one or five years. RHODE ISLAND REG 2460 (SN)
Title: Section I
Source: StateNet
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| MN | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | "Kindergarten" means a program designed for pupils five years of age on September 1 of the calendar year in which the school year commences that prepares pupils to enter first grade the following school year. A program designed for pupils younger than five years of age on September 1 of the calendar year in which the school year commences that prepares pupils to enter kindergarten the following school year is a prekindergarten program.
Pupils four or five years of age on September 1 of the calendar year in which the school year commences and enrolled in a prekindergarten program implemented by the district before July 1, 2003, may be reported as kindergarten years 2004 and earlier.
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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| CO | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Changes the name of the "school-readiness child care subsidization program" to the "school-readiness quality improvement program". Recognizes the early success of the program on a geographic pilot basis and expands the program to include additional eligible communities. Clarifies that the program will be a continuing program. Allows for the identification or establishment of early childhood care and education councils throughout the state, and comprised of representatives from various public and private stakeholders in the local early childhood community to develop and implement a comprehensive early childhood system. Requires councils to provide school-readiness quality improvement funding to early care and education providers.
Specifies that a community may identify a community consolidated child care pilot site agency or other existing entity to serve as an early childhood care and education council or establish a new early childhood care and education council. Changes the program by having school-readiness quality improvement funding flow through the early childhood care and education councils to local early care and education providers, rather than through county departments of social services to such providers. Clarifies that the program is not intended to create an entitlement. Includes school districts in the definition of early care and education providers. Expands the program to target the school readiness of young children who will ultimately attend eligible elementary schools that have received a CSAP academic improvement rating of "decline" or "significant decline" and that have, for that school year, received an overall academic performance rating of "average". Directs the early childhood care and education councils receiving school-readiness quality improvement funding through the program to report certain information to the department of human services. Directs the department of human services to report regularly to the education committees of the general assembly. Expands the child care voluntary credentialing system, which was previously limited to the community consolidated child care services pilot site agencies, statewide to further enhance the school readiness of young children throughout the state of Colorado. Makes conforming amendments.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FD7C613BB159A9D687256F6A005711E7?Open&file=1238_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1238
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Deletes certain provisions from 15-901.02 referring to full-day kindergarten and the joint legislative study committee on full-day kindergarten. Requires the department to conduct a comprehensive review of the research on full-day kindergarten instruction, including academic literature, academic studies and research and reviews conducted by public and private institutions. Requires the department to consider both research that supports and that does not support full-day kindergarten. Requires the review to emphasize longitudinal studies that assess the long-term academic impact of full-day kindergarten instruction. The report summarizing the department's findings and conclusions must be submitted to the governor and the legislature by December 1, 2005. States that the legislature shall not consider the appropriation of any additional state funds for full-day kindergarten until after the joint legislative budget committee has reviewed the aforementioned study. Specifies that state funds for full-day kindergarten instruction may not be provided for any student who is not five years old by September 1 of the school year in which the student is enrolled.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/47leg/1r/bills/sb1516s%2Epdf
Title: S.B. 1516 (Section 4)
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, changes kindergarten eligibility date from age 5 by July 1 to age 5 by August 1. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2005/HE/HE1001.1.html
Title: H.B. 1001 (Section 177)
Source: www.in.gov
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| MD | Rule Adoption 05/2005 | P-12 | Proposes to adopt rules to the Board of Education. Provides for transfers to public kindergarten. Requires local boards of education to establish regulations for early admission in prekindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade. MARYLAND REG 10189 (SN)
Title: COMAR 13A.08.01.01, .02, .02-2
Source: StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | New law establishing the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005. One new section establishes the Oklahoma Mathematics Improvement Program. The purpose is to improve student mastery of the Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS) for sixth-grade mathematics through Algebra I by enhancing sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade public school teachers' mastery of the subject matter content and process skills. Offers $1,000 stipends to teachers who pass the mathematicssubject area test and participate in approved professional development programs. Mathematics academies, customized higher education courses, small learning community lesson studies facilitated by a mathematics coach and utilizing the Internet and video technology are programs the state board may approve. Phases in full-day kindergarten requirements; requires three years of high school math and a college bound curriculum unless parents sign a statement opting out of the curriculum; implements end-of-instruction testing in eighth grade and high school, ultimately requiring students to pass tests to graduate; provides remediation to students who fail tests; establishes special math labs for middle school students and math training programs for middle school teachers; encourages high school seniors to take concurrent college courses with state paying tuition for six credit hours per semester; and addresses access for professional teaching organizations. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2005-06SB/sb982_enr.rtf
Title: S.B. 982
Source: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/house/news7622.html
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, requires districts to provide and offer a full six-hour day of kindergarten free of tuition for every child residing in the district. Adds an allowance that provides for intra-district transfer to a school offering full-day kindergarten. Provides exemption if if the school district has voted indebtedness through the issuance of bonds or approval by voters of issuance of new bonds for more than eighty-five percent (85%) of the maximum allowed. Funding weights are 1.3 for half-day kindergarten and 1.5 for full-day kindergarten. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2005-06SB/sb982_enr.rtf
Title: S.B. 982, Section 9
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Requires every school district with a kindergarten program to offer half-day kindergarten programs aligned with the state board's academic standards. Requires a district that establishes a full-day kindergarten program to allow every parent of a kindergarten student to choose between a half-day or full-day kindergarten program.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/15/00901-02.htm
Title: H.B. 2435
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Revises certain language related to funding full-day kindergarten for students in a school receiving an "unsatisfactory" rating in the state accountability system. In implementing such a full-day kindergarten program, allows a local board to contract with any other public or private entity, including a child care center or a head start agency, as defined in statute. Provides that student in such a full-day kindergarten program must be counted as a full-day student.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FB38088C4F083DE787256F8E00813440?Open&file=200_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 200 (Section 5-7)
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Increases from 1,000 to 1,500 the number of children a district may apply to the department for authorization to serve through a full-day kindergarten component of the district's preschool program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/FB38088C4F083DE787256F8E00813440?Open&file=200_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 200 (Section 15)
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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| DE | Adopted 04/2005 | P-12 | Establishes regulation relating to early admission to kindergarten for gifted students in order to clarify what a school must do if they choose to admit gifted students to kindergarten before they are five years of age. http://www.state.de.us/research/AdminCode/title14/900/940.shtml#TopOfPage
Title: 14 DAC 940
Source: StateNet
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| MD | Rule Adoption 04/2005 | P-12 | Revises the Maryland Student Records System Manual (MSRSM) as a result of recent changes regarding health and graduation requirements. State assessments, prekindergarten requirements, kindergarten and prekindergarten phase-in dates, enrollment and transfers, and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Updates references to the MSRSM. MARYLAND REG 10154 (SN)
Title: COMAR 13A.02.06.02, 13A.0801.01, .08.02.01
Source: StateNet
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| MD | (S) THIRD READING PASSED (46-0) 04/2005 | P-12 | Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a plan to accredit certain early learning programs and child care programs that are planning to provide or are providing specified kindergarten or prekindergarten programs to specified children; requiring the State Department of Education to submit the plan to the Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families on or before December 31, 2005; etc
http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/billfile/hb1491.htm
Title: H.B. 1491
Source: StateNet
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Requires all districts to offer kindergarten.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/24338C60B3B3DBFE87256F56006898F3?open&file=088_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 88
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | Continues assistance to school districts for full-day kindergarten programs ($5 million) and the summer school grant program ($4.5 million); provides assistance to school districts for health insurance ($33,321,419). http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2005/enroll/SF0047.pdf
Title: S.F. 47
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district that is implementing an early primary program to maintain kindergarten classes at different school sites within the district for different lengths of time during the school day. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2401-2450/ab_2407_bill_20040930_chaptered.pdf
Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/AB_2407_sign.pdf
Title: A.B. 2407
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Requires the California Children and Families Commission to complete and submit a cost study that provides an estimate of the cost of a voluntary Preschool for All program in the state. Convenes a Workforce Development Blue Ribbon Committee to develop a workforce development plan that establishes an infrastructure for educating, preparing and supporting a well-trained, culturally and linguistically diverse teaching and administrative staff in early care and education programs, Preschool for All programs, and kindergarten and grades 1 to 3. Requires the committee, by January 1, 2006, to present a workforce development plan. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_712_bill_20040828_enrolled.pdf
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_712_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 712
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| MI | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Relates to the State School Aid Act of 1979; allocates funds for grants to intermediate districts to provide programs for parents with preschool children to improve school readiness and foster the maintenance of stable families by encouraging positive parenting skills.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/2004-PA-0337.pdf
Title: S.B. 885
Source: StateNet
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| IA | Issued 08/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Creates the IOWA LEARNS COUNCIL. The Iowa Learns Council shall work towards the ambitious goal of 90% of Iowa children having a quality pre-school experience, and 90% of Iowa high school graduates will go on to complete at least two years of college; shall promote, gather, and share information regarding Iowa's progress to ensure seamless pathways across education sectors and the workplace; shall identify the necessary steps to ensure that Iowans--from pre-school to graduate school--are supported by a well coordinated seamless system of learning and support to provide for successes from early childhood through higher education, and into the workforce in our communities.
http://www.state.ia.us/iowalearns/doc/eo30.html
Iowa Learns Council report with recommendations released August 11, 2004. http://www.state.ia.us/iowalearns/reports.html
Title: Executive Order No. 30 - 2003
Source: Iowa State Web site
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| ME | Rule Adoption 08/2004 | P-12 | Establishes rule to allow parents of preschool children with disabilities who are already receiving free appropriate public education (FAPE) services from Child Development Services and who turn five between September 1st and October 15th to choose not to enroll the child in kindergarten and to continue receiving FAPE Services. MAINE REG 7915 (SN)
Title: 05-071-180
Source: Westlaw
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Establishes a junior kindergarten and kindergarten program in the department of education; establishes a pilot program for the 2005-2006 school year; requires the establishment of the program in all public elementary schools beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, excluding new century charter schools and new century conversion charter schools; requires reporting from the department of education to the legislature for the next three years; requires the department of education to develop a protocol for the transition of students from junior kindergarten to kindergarten to grade one to aid in the placement of students in the appropriate classroom; appropriates $100,000. (CD2)
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb17_cd2_.htm
Title: S.B. 17
Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Subject to appropriation, creates the Kindergarten Plus pilot program of classes, at least one in each of the state's eight regional service districts, of extended kindergarten for disadvantaged children from the 2005-06 through the 2007-08 school year. For purposes of this program, disadvantaged children are those eligible to participate in the federal free and reduced-cost lunch program. Every local board is invited to submit a proposal to the department to provide such a class in one of its schools. Should a large number of qualified proposals be submitted from one regional service district, the winning class must be selected by random drawing. Kindergarten Plus classes will offer full-day kindergarten starting two months before the kindergarten classes in the local district.
Requires the department, with state board approval, to establish rubrics of evaluation for use in every participating school which must be designed to provide clear and usable information regarding the effect the additional two months of kindergarten has on the students' academic achievement and overall school success when compared to similar students who enroll in the regularly provided kindergarten classes extended through their primary grades.
Based on an analysis of the evaluations of the effect of Kindergarten Plus classes, beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, the department may expand the number of schools participating in the pilot, continue the pilot limited to eight schools, or discontinue the Kindergarten Plus classes.
Requires annual reporting to the legislature on the progress, evaluations, the analysis of the evaluations, and department opinion on the expansion, continuation or discontinuation of Kindergarten Plus. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT9/OUT/0000LVK1.PDF
Title: S.B. 301
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Changes the name of the Child Care Commission to the Early Childhood and School Readiness Commission; modifying the responsibilities of the commission. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/64CD1EC1E0B64CA787256DB0004CB158?Open&file=1277_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1277
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Concerns school readiness; relates to the state encouraging the development of a network of school readiness programs; relates to the funding of such programs by eligible providers by the Department of Education. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2004/act/Pa/2004PA-00215-R00HB-05690-PA.htm
Title: H.B. 5690
Source: Connecticut Legislative Web site
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| MD | Rule Adoption 05/2004 | P-12 | Proposes rules regarding standards for kindergarten programs and graduation requirements for public high schools. MARYLAND REG 9845 (SN)
Title: COMAR 13A.03.01, .01, .04, 13A.03.02, .01-.12
Source: StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Amends applicable statutes and instructs the Department of Human Services and the Department of Education to amend rules to clarify that a child who is already receiving free, appropriate public education services through the Child Development Services System and who reaches 5 years of age between certain months, continues to be eligible for those services should the parents decide not to enroll the child in kindergarten until the child is 6 years of age.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/ld_title.asp?ld=1960
Title: S.P. 801
Source: StateNet
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | LB 868 changes the mandatory ages for compulsory education. From the fiscal note: Currently, ages are from age 7 through
age 15. Beginning in the 2005-06 school year, children will be required to attend school if they will reach the age of 6 by January 1st of
the current school year unless they are attending an alternative education program that will allow them to enter the first grade the
following school year. Children also must attend through the age of 17 unless they have obtained a diploma, have completed an
alternative education program or have reached the age of 16 and the parent or guardian has signed a waiver form.
It is assumed the bill will result in a one-time increase the number of children in kindergarten in the 2005-06 school year. The bill
requires children who will turn age 6 by January 1st of the next year to start school in the current year. The state department does not have statewide data on the number of age-eligible children who delay entrance to kindergarten. However, the
National Center for Education Statistics reports that about 9% of age-eligible kindergarten children postpone their entrance to
kindergarten each year. Using this estimate it is assumed that up to 920 more children will enter kindergarten in the public schools in
the fall of 2005 than would have in the absence of the bill. (This number is derived by taking half of the public school children in
kindergarten in FY03 times 9%. Delayed entrance is assumed for only half of the number of kindergarten students because the bill still
allows delayed entrance for half of the 5 year olds.)
The fiscal impact of additional children in kindergarten in 2005-06 will vary by school district depending upon whether the district can
absorb additional students into existing classrooms without hiring teachers or expanding the number of classrooms. Due to a statewide
decline in elementary membership in the last decade, this fiscal note assumes that most of the additional children will be absorbed into
existing classrooms. It is assumed that very few, if any, new teachers will be hired to meet the one-time influx of additional students in
kindergarten. There may be minimal additional expenses for school textbooks and materials for these students. If this is the case,
then overall "need" in the state aid formula may minimally increase, two years later. The student count used in the state aid formula
will increase one year later. These changes will result in a minimal shift in state aid between school districts to those districts that
receive additional students, one year after the increase occurs, or in 2006-07. The 2007-08 computation of state aid will include any
increased expenditures pursuant to the bill which will increase overall aid for school districts by a minimal amount. http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/legal/SLIP_LB868.pdf
Title: L.B. 868
Source: StateNet
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Establishes the priority for early childhood education in the basic skills of reading, mathematics and English language arts.
Title: H.B. 4043
Source: StateNet
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| SC | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 02/2004 | P-12 | (Joint Resolution) Approves regulations of the Board of Education; relates to minimum standards for the determination of student readiness.
Title: H.B. 3871
Source: StateNet
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2004 | P-12 | Requires school districts to offer kindergarten and to require content standards for kindergarten. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2004/bills/SB67enr.htm
Title: S.B. 67
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Amends Ark. Code § 6-15-404. Requires the state board of education and the state department of education to develop and implement a school readiness screening to validate a child's school readiness when a student enters kindergarten or an developmentally appropriate screening for a child starting school in grade 1. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB33.pdf
Title: S.B. 33 § 1
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Adds Ark. Code 6-15-2201. Requires postsecondary education to report on the readiness of high school students for higher education; the state board of education shall require schools and districts to develop strategies to improve student readiness for postsecondary education and reduce remediation for high school graduates. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB33.pdf
Title: S.B. 33 § 10
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| OK | Emergency Rule Adoption 11/2003 | P-12 | Specifies that early childhood education includes pre-kindergarten-third grade. Expands on the competencies for teaching mathematics that teachers up to grade three must have. OKLAHOMA REG 13002 (SN)
Title: OAC 210:20-9-172
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Relates to reimburse rates under the Child Care and Development Services Act, revenue limits for school districts and county superintendents of schools for 2003-04 and 2004-05 fiscal years, school district's school building maintenance account, school district and charter school funding for supplemental instruction, community college fee increase, teacher's incentive programs, community college funding, mental health services for special education pupils. Revenue limitations impacts including eliminating of the one time $10,000 merit award and fee assistance for teachers attaining National Certification, delays the Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Program until 2006-07 and prohibits loan assumptions warrants for the 2003-04 fiscal year for the Graduate Assumption Program of Loans for Education.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1751-1800/ab_1754_bill_20030811_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1754
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Allows a school board to establish, maintain, and operate a summer kindergarten program for grade one readiness. Provides the summer kindergarten program may be held within the school district or under a contract that must be approved by the state board of education. Removes a provision that provides that summer kindergarten expenses may be paid from district maintenance funds. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=903&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3792&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 903
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| MI | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Sec. 703. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for school readiness programs shall be made available through a competitive application process as follows:
(a) An applicant may be any public or private nonprofit legal entity or agency other than a local or intermediate school district except a local or intermediate school district acting as a fiscal agent for a child caring organization regulated under 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111 to 722.128.
(b) Applications shall be submitted in a form and manner as required by the department.
(c) Applications shall be reviewed by a diverse interagency committee composed of representatives of the department, appropriate community, volunteer, and social service agencies and organizations, and parents.
(d) Priority in the recommendation for awarding of grants by the superintendent of public instruction to applicants shall be based upon the following criteria:
(i) Compliance with standards for early childhood development consistent with programs for 4-year-olds, as approved by the state board of education.
(ii) Active and continuous involvement of the parents or guardians of the children participating in the program.
(iii) Employment of teachers possessing proper training in early childhood development, including an early childhood (ZA) endorsement or child development associate, and trained support staff.
(iv) Evidence of collaboration with the community of providers in early childhood development programs including documentation of the total number of children in the community who would meet the criteria established in subparagraph (vi), and who are being served by other providers, and the number of children who will remain unserved by other community early childhood programs if this program is funded.
(v) The extent to which these funds will supplement other federal, state, local, or private funds.
(vi) The extent to which these funds will be targeted to children who will be at least 4, but less than 5, years of age as of December 1 of the year in which the programs are offered and who show evidence of 2 or more "at-risk" factors as defined in the state board of education report entitled, "children at risk" that was adopted by the state board on April 5, 1988.
(e) Whether the application contains a comprehensive evaluation plan that includes implementation of all program components required and an assessment of the gains of children participating in an early childhood development program.
(f) Applications shall provide for the establishment of a school readiness advisory committee that shall be involved in the planning and evaluation of the program and provides for the involvement of parents and appropriate community, volunteer, and social service agencies and organizations. There shall be on the committee at least 1 parent or guardian of a program participant for every 18 children enrolled in the program, with a minimum of 2 parent or guardian representatives. The committee shall do all of the following:
(i) Review the mechanisms and criteria used to determine referrals for participation in the school readiness program.
(ii) Review the health screening program for all participants.
(iii) Review the nutritional services provided to all participants.
(iv) Review the mechanisms in place for the referral of families to community social service agencies, as appropriate.
(v) Review the collaboration with and the involvement of appropriate community, volunteer, and social service agencies and organizations in addressing all aspects of education disadvantage.
(vi) Review, evaluate, and make recommendations for changes in the school readiness program.
(g) More than 50% of the children participating in the program shall meet the income eligibility criteria for free or reduced price lunch, as determined under the national school lunch act, chapter 281, 60 Stat. 230, 42 U.S.C. 1751 to 1753,
1755 to 1761, 1762a, 1765 to 1766b, and 1769 to 1769h, or meet income and all other eligibility criteria for participation in the Michigan family independence agency unified child day care program.
(2) Grant awards by the superintendent of public instruction may be at whatever level the superintendent determines appropriate. A grant, when combined with other sources of state revenue for this program, shall not exceed $3,300.00 per child or the cost of the program, whichever is less.
(3) Except as otherwise provided, an applicant that receives a 2003-2004 grant under this section shall also receive priority for fiscal years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 funding. However, after 3 fiscal years of continuous funding, an applicant will be required to compete openly with new programs and other programs completing their third year. All grant awards are contingent on the availability of funds and documented evidence of grantee compliance with standards for early childhood development consistent with programs for 4-year-olds, as approved by the state board of education, and with all operational, fiscal, administrative, and other program requirements. A program which offers supplementary day care and thereby offers full-day programs as part of its early childhood development program shall receive priority in the allocation of competitive funds.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/2003-PA-0145.pdf
Title: H.B. 4391 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.michiganlegislature.org
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| AK | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Relates to advancement in public schools of children under school age; provides that a district's educational program must prescribe that under school-age students advance through the curriculum or grade level by the following school year. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0154D&session=23
Title: H.B. 154
Source: Alaska Legislative web site
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Requires the State Prevention Council to determine long-term goals, strategies and outcome measures to promote the health and well being of children and families including; early intervention strategies, an increase in healthy pregnant women and newborns, a decrease in child neglect and abuse, an increase in school-ready children, an increase in children who succeed in school, a decrease in children who are unsupervised after school and a decrease in juvenile suicide and crime. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2003/act/Pa/2003PA-00145-R00SB-00886-PA.htm
Title: S.B. 886
Source: Connecticut Legislative Web site
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Permits a student to enroll in kindergarten without the student first being screened for lead poisoning; requires that the student be screened within 60 calendar days of enrollment. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS142.NSF/c6fe685e20e98b2b882569a60053971e/d1ed164e8e9fb6ab85256d0400542c95?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,74
Title: S.B. 74
Source: Delaware Legislative Web site
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Creates a task force to examine early childhood education programs; develops a plan for implementation of universal pre-kindergarten and full day kindergarten. http://www.legis.state.de.us/Legislature.nsf/fsLIS?openframeset&Frame=Main&Src=/LIS/LIS142.NSF/Home!Openform
Title: H.J.R. 9
Source: Delaware Legislative Web site
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| CO | Partial veto 05/2003 | P-12 | Concerns the procedures for the funding of public schools, including adjustments to the district size factor, minimum per pupil funding, at-risk student calculation; temporary reduction of number of children participating on the Colorado Preschool Program; changes in kindergarten funding including repeal of full-day kindergarten for unsatisfactory schools, reduction of full-day kindergarten component of preschool program, directions for use of federal funds for kindergarten programs; repeals funding for new on-line students approved by legislature in 2002; amends law regarding capital construction funding for school districts and charter schools; and makes an related appropriations in connection therewith. Governor vetoed section 43 of the bill related to kindergarten programs and two appropriation amendments.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/C9D735028416E02F87256C5A0066CD5A?Open&target=/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/billsummary/B2A9CC94F12AE86687256C4F00525F07
http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/C9D735028416E02F87256C5A0066CD5A?Open&file=248_enr.pdf
http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/lcsstaff/schfin/SummaryMemoSB03-248.pdf
Title: S.B. 248
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Changes repeal date from 2003 to 2004 on chapter establishing statewide early intervention block grant program. Components of this program include K-3 class size reduction and K-3 diagnostic reading assessments. Chapter requires districts to annually report to the department their current class sizes for grades K-3. Chapter also requires districts to annually report to public the percentage of fourth-graders who are proficient in reading, and encourages districts to report to public on K-3 student reading proficiency. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/cgi-bin/Legislation/File_only.pl?FILE=/usr/ns-home/docs/GA/80GA/Legislation/HF/00500/HF00549/030508.html
Title: H.B. 549 (omnibus bill)
Source: www.legis.state.ia.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Removes a reference in TCA 49-6-301 which made kindergarten an optional program. Under current law, kindergarten is a mandatory program.
Title: S.B. 1974
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Creates the Better Chance for School Success Program to provide early education for low-income, 3- and 4-year-old children in low-performing school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2376.pdf
Title: H.B. 2376
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Amends §§ 6-15-402 - 6-15-406. Creates the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program Act; including requiring the State Board of Education to establish standards defining what students should know in content areas and a system for reporting schools' performance on state mandated exams to comply with No Child Left Behind; requires the State Board to develop a mandatory school readiness screening system for kindergarten students; requires a school improvement system. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2697.pdf
Title: H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Requires the state board to issue major equivalency endorsements and minor equivalency endorsements (new requirement). Also adds new requirement for early childhood by requiring the education standards and practices board to issue an optional early childhood education teaching license or endorsement to an applicant who meets the requirements set by the board. Deletes prior requirements and replaces them with provision that preK and kindergarten teachers must be licensed to teach by the education standards and practices board. Also must:
1. Have a major in elementary education and a kindergarten endorsement;
2. Have a major equivalency in elementary education and a kindergarten endorsement;
3. Have a major in elementary education and an early childhood education endorsement;
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4. Have a major equivalency in elementary education and an early childhood education
endorsement;
5. Have a major in early childhood education; or
6. Have a major equivalency in early childhood education.
Title: H.B. 1489
Source: North Dakota Legislature Web Site
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Creates a three-year kindergarten plus pilot project to study the efficacy of extending the kindergarten year by four months for disadvantaged students; assesses the effect of kindergarten plus on the literacy, numeric, and cognitive and social skills development of participants; provides for pilot project eligibility, participation criteria and evaluation; creates a fund for public and private grants and donations to the pilot project.
Title: H.B. 61
Source: StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Creates the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Act; states intent, purposes, and goals; creates the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board; states powers and duties of the Board; requires annual report and specifies contents of report; designates Department of Human Services as lead agency. The Board is to promote school readiness supporting community-based efforts to increase the number of children who are ready to succeed by the time they enter school, and shall consist of representatives from the private and public sectors as follows: 1. Fifteen private sector representatives, two of whom shall be parents of children eight (8) years of age or younger and one of whom shall be a representative of licensed child care providers, appointed by the Governor from a list submitted by an existing private-sector school readiness initiative that includes in its focus community mobilization and public engagement activities; and 2. To insure that existing resources are being utilized effectively, thirteen public sector representatives. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04HB/hb1094_enr.rtf
Title: H.B. 1094
Source: StateNet
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| SC | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2003 | P-12 | (Joint Resolution)The CSAB was administered for the last time in fall 2001. The Education Accountability Act of 1998 (EAA) required the development/selection of developmentally appropriate readiness assessments for grades one and two. The South Carolina Readiness Assessment (SCRA) fulfills the requirements of the EAA, obviating the need for the CSAB. The SCRA is identified as the Assessment Program in 24 S. C, Code Ann. Regs. 43-262 (to be codified at Supp. 2002.) Therefore, this regulation needs to be repealed. http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess115_2003-2004/bills/3870.htm
Title: H.B. 3870
Source: StateNet
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| SC | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2003 | P-12 | (Joint Resolution) Approves regulations of the Board of Education; relates to basic skills assessment programs kindergarten objectives.
Title: H.B. 3869
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Requires the department of education to develop a list of skills that child should have in order to be prepared to enter kindergarten. The department must publish this list and distribute it to parents and early childhood educators. The list does not create pre-requisites for kindergarten entry, but is rather intended to serve as a guide for helping parents and early educators prepare children to enter kindergarten ready to learn. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB1951.pdf
Title: H.B. 1951
Source: State legislative web site
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Requires the department of education to conduct a needs assessment to determine what areas do not currently have pre-kindergarten programs, and a cost-benefit analysis creating statewide pre-kindergarten programs. Requires department to perform cost-benefit analysis of making kindergarten mandatory statewide. Requires the department to study developing an optional occupational diploma that would include course requirements to make sure that students possess mastery of skills and employment competencies. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0859SG.htm
Title: H.B. 859
Source: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2002 | P-12 | Makes, commencing 7/1/2004, the Compulsory Attendance Law apply to a child, and the parents or guardian of a child between the ages of 5 and 6 who is enrolled in a public school kindergarten and attends the kindergarten for at least 30 days during the school year, unless the child is otherwise exempt as provided.
Title: A.B. 634
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 07/2002 | P-12 | Requires county boards to provide full-day kindergarten for all kindergarten students by 2007-08 school year. Each district's comprehensive master plan must identify the strategies that will be used in that county to ensure that all kindergarten students receive full-day kindergarten by the 2007-08 academic year. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/sb/sb0856e.rtf
Title: S.B. 856
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Creates the School-Readiness Child Care Subsidization Program on and after January 1, 2003, which program offers three-year school-readiness subsidies to county departments of social services to increase the school readiness of children age 5 and younger enrolled in the Colorado child care assistance program or enrolled at a child care facility. A county department is eligible to apply for funds if it has in its boundaries one or more neighborhood elementary schools rated "low" or "unsatisfactory" in the state accountability system. Creates a voluntary school-readiness rating system to evaluate the services provided by a child care provider to prepare children for elementary school. County-level pilot site agency community is designated as recipient of subsidation applications. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/F453E914F9BF456F87256B22004BB389?Open&file=1297_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1297
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | This act amends the date of a child attending kindergarten at the age of five (5) years by reducing the eligibility date from December 31 to July 1 of any school year. Takes effect upon passage.
Title: H.B. 7342
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Appropriates $1,153,250 from the Healthy Iowans tobacco trust to the school ready children grants account. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/79GA/Legislation/HF/02600/HF02615/Current.html
Title: H.B. 2615
Source: www.legis.state.ia.us
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| HI | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Defines the term "school readiness" to mean that young children are ready to have successful learning experiences in school when there is a positive interaction among the child's developmental characteristics, school practices, and family and community support. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb2283_sd1_.htm
Title: S.B. 2283
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2001 | P-12 | Requires State-funded preschool or infant and toddler program to provide a child's records to a public school when the child transfers, as specified. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to advise local education agencies regarding related federal Head Start requirements. Makes other conforming changes.
Title: A.B. 1539
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes a pupil in a kindergarten in a school operating on a program of multitrack year-round scheduling to be kept in school on any day for 265 minutes of instruction, exclusive of recesses.
Title: A.B. 764
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Every school district must provide and offer a full six-hour day of kindergarten free of tuition for every child residing in such district who attains the age of five (5) years on or before the first day of September during the school year such kindergarten is offered, provided that this duty may be satisfied by transferring kindergarten children to other school districts which will accept them and can provide kindergarten for such children, or by contracting for classroom space with a licensed public or licensed private child care provider based upon selection criteria established by the district. The requirement to offer a full six-hour day of kindergarten as provided for in this subsection shall not become effective until three (3) years after the provisions of this subsection are implemented as provided for in subsection G of this section. Implementation this section is to be delayed until the current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools in unadjusted dollars for the 1998-99 school year or any school year thereafter for Oklahoma, as reported by the National Center for Education Statistics annually in the Digest of Education Statistics, reaches at least ninety percent (90%) of the regional average expenditure for that same year, and funds are provided. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/hb1499_enr.rtf
Title: H.B. 1499--Multiple Components
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Allows six-year olds that did not attend kindergarten the opportunity to enroll in either kindergarten or first grade; allows school principals to approve the enrollment of four-year olds into kindergarten.
Title: H.B. 1092
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education to develop and conduct readiness testing for children who are entering kindergarten.
Title: H.B. 2195
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NM | Vetoed 04/2001 | P-12 | Creates public school reading proficiency fund to help train teachers to teach reading and writing to students below grade level; sets up "enterprise centers" to provide fee-for-service assistance to districts; creates "probationary school intervention funds" for grants to probationary schools; requires colleges of education to form a consortium to develop criterion-referenced end-of-course tests for high schools (to be administered during 2002-03); makes appropriations for professional development days for teachers, teacher mentorship programs, etc.; appropriates dollars to summer programs, bilingual, art/music, full-day kindergarten; appropriates dollars to standards/assessment alignment, development of new assessments and early literacy interventions.
Title: S.B. 307
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web Site
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Full-day kindergarten programs shall be phased in over a five-year period as follows with priority given to those school districts that serve children in schools with the highest proportion of students most in need based upon indicators in the at-risk [factor] index or that serve children by means of grade-level schools that serve an entire school district. (By 2004-2005, all kindergartens in New Mexico may be full-day programs.)
Title: H.B. 246
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OH | Signed into law 11/2000 | P-12 | Permits school district boards beginning with the 2000-2001 school year to adopt the first day of August, instead of the thirtieth day of September, as the date by which a child must be five years of age to be admitted to kindergarten and six years of age to be admitted to first grade.
Title: H.B. 383
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12 | Makes an appropriation from the Education Trust Fund to the Department of Education for the funding of public kindergarten programs; adjusts the Adequate Education Grant amount for the Town of Orange for the fiscal year 2000; adjusts the property tax warrant in the Town of Orange.
Title: S.B. 397
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12 | Relates to the establishment of an alternative kindergarten program within a school district; provides that school districts operating an approved alternative kindergarten program shall be eligible to receive adequate education grant distributions; provides for programs which were approved and in effect before a set date may continue to operate and receive per pupil adequate education grant amounts.
Title: H.B. 1188
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OK | Vetoed 06/2000 | P-12 | Creates the Partnership for School Readiness Act to facilitate community collaboration of efforts and services that will prepare children to enter school healthy and ready to succeed. Goal also to stress importance of reading to children for 15 minutes per day. Creates an advisory board. Up to six pilot projects (rural and urban) to be selected.
Title: S.B. 1597
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Creates the Office of School Readiness within the Department of Children's Affairs; provides for the operation and management of a voluntary pre-kindergarten program.
Title: S.B. 132
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Relates to school readiness; provides sovereign immunity for school readiness coalitions; revises funding for prekindergarten early intervention programs; authorizes the Governor at the request of the Florida Partnership for School Readiness to request approval of the Administration Commission for transfer of funds by the Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of Education to the partnership for school readiness programs.
Title: S.B. 2088
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Relates to state aid for school districts; funds a workforce education program in New York City; creates the Universal Prekindergarten Reserve Fund; provides State aid for conversion to full day kindergarten; relates to administration of the School Tax Relief Program; relates to 1997 and later assessment rolls; relates to tuition assistance program awards; relates to allowances for members of the Legislature, funding for the Legislature and legislative commissions.
Title: A.B. 9291
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| GA | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | There is created an Early Intervention Program in kindergarten and a Primary Grades Early Intervention Program in grades 1-3. These programs are for students performing below grade level. The Office of Education Accountability and the State Board of Education both have responsibility for administering and setting the definitions for who qualifies for the Early Intervention Programs. The Education Coordinating Council also must adopt the standards and definitions for these programs. Special education students are eligible for this program, but may only be counted for funding for either the early intervention program or a special education category. The school must provide timely notice and an opportunity for a conference with the student and his or her parents or guardians to discuss the student's developmental deficiencies and options for addressing those deficiencies. Delivery models may include, but are not limited to, class augmentation, pull-out or self-contained classes, and the Reading Recovery Program.
Title: H.B. 1187
Source: Georgia Department of Education
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| GA | Signed by governor 03/2000 | P-12 | There is created an Early Intervention Program in kindergarten and a Primary Grades Early Intervention Program in grades 1-3. These programs are for students performing below grade level. The Office of Education Accountability and the State Board of Education both have responsibility for administering and setting the definitions for who qualifies for the Early Intervention Programs. The Education Coordinating Council also must adopt the standards and definitions for these programs. Special education students are eligible for this program, but may only be counted for funding for either the early intervention program or a special education category.
Title: H.B. 1187
Source: Georgia Department of Education
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Requires the mailing, instead of publishing, of the school corporation performance report; provides that a child must be at least five years of age on July 1 of the 2000-2001 school year or any subsequent school year to officially enroll in a kindergarten program offered by a school corporation; provides that an assessment for early entry must consist of more than an intelligence test; states that $ 25 is the maximum fee a parent must pay to obtain a waiver for early entry.
Title: S.B. 489
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 02/2000 | P-12 | Relates to full day kindergarten programs; provides funding.
Title: H.B. 211
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2000 | P-12 | Provides additional State aid to support full-day kindergarten programs in charter schools located in the Abbott districts.
Title: A.B. 2773
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MO | Signed by governor 07/1999 | P-12 | Amends existing law to add that child whose fifth birthday is before August 1 or is 5 at the commencement of the summer school session immediately prior to the beginning of the school year, whichever is earlier, is eligible for entry to kindergarten.
Title: H.B. 889
Source:
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| NJ | Signed into law 07/1999 | P-12 | Establishes a partnership between New Jersey KidCare and schools and child care centers to provide outreach to children potentially eligible for KidCare.
Title: S.B. 1757
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OH | Signed into law 07/1999 | P-12 | Requires a child under the age of 6 who attends kindergarten to be considered of compulsory school age.
Title: H.B. 281
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AL | Signed into law 05/1999 | P-12 | Establishes the Office of School Readiness for operation of voluntary pre-kindergarten program; provides for appointment of director and such other personnel as are necessary to administer the pre-kindergarten program; provides for the operation of the office.
Title: S.B. 376
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| FL | Died 03/1999 | P-12 | Creates State School Readiness Governing Board: Provides eligibility requirements for said program; requires performance standards and outcome measures developed and approved by governing board to meet certain guidelines; provides for establishment of School Readiness Coalition in each county; provides for funding of said program; provides for parental choice regarding child care arrangements and payments.
Title: H.B. 259
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 01/1999 | P-12 | Clarifies in standard 1 of standards of Quality (SOG) that school divisions offering half-day kindergarten programs are to adjust their average daily membership (ADM) for kindergarten to reflect 85% of the total kindergarten ADM, as in appropriation act.
Title: H.B. 2141
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Died 10/1998 | P-12 | Amends the age requirement for a child to attend kindergarten to be at least 5 years of age, to be more specifically determined by the Board of Education.
Title: S.B. 2871
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KS | Died 05/1998 | P-12 | Relates to school districts; authorizes the collection of fees for maintenance of kindergarten for full school dyus; imposes certain limitations.
Title: H.B. 2853 Kindergarten
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 05/1998 | P-12 | Intended to deal with increasing numbers of 4-year olds in kindergarten. Removes authority for underage children to attend kindergarten and first grade, eliminates income eligibility criteria for early childhood programs, and increases financing for districts offering early childhood programs.
Title: H.B. 1657
Source: Research Division, Oklahoma House of Representatives
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| TN | Signed into law 05/1998 | P-12 | BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE . Requires children entering kindergarten to be five years of age 7/31, rather than present date of 9/30.
Title: S.B. 2787 Kindergarten Requirement
Source: Information for Public Affairs, Inc.
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| WA | Died 05/1998 | P-12 | Establishes the full-day kindergarten grant program in the 1998-99 school year to qualify school districts; may increase the time in kindergarten from one half-day to one full-day for each annual average full-time equivalent kindergarten student enrolled.
Title: H.B. 2318 & H.B. 2329 Full-Day Kindergarten Program
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WA | Died 05/1998 | P-12 | Funds full day kindergarten programs.
Title: H.B. 2329 Full-Day Kindergarten Programs
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NV | Signed into law 07/1997 | P-12 | Makes kindergarten attendance mandatory in Nevada effective July 1, 1999. Children age 6 on or before 9/30 must be admitted to kindergarten or, if he or she has completed kindergarten, be admitted to the first grade.
Title: A.B. 6
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 06/1997 | P-12 | Increases aid for kindergarten programs; establishes a kindergarten scholarship aid program.
Title: H.B. 50 Kindergarten Programs
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 06/1997 | P-12 | Sets kindergarten age at five and mandatory school attendance age at six rather than seven years of age; exempts certain home school or non-public school students.
Title: S.B. 901 Compulsory School Attendance Age for Kindergarten
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 05/1997 | P-12 | Creates pilot to promote school readiness for preschool children; requires report.
Title: S.B. 442 School Readiness for Preschool Children
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/1997 | P-12 | Children must have reached age 5 on August 1 (changed from October 1) to be subject to the mandatory kindergarten attendance law.
Title: H.B. 1056 Kindergarten Entrance Age
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| CA | Died 04/1997 | P-12 | Requires that a child be admitted to the kindergarten of an elementary school during the first month of a school year if the child will have his or her 5th birthday on or before December 2 of that school year. Requires that each person between the ages of 5 and 18 years is subject to compulsory full-time education unless exempted.
Title: S.B. 893
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| IN | Died 01/1997 | P-12 | Relates to compulsory statewide kindergarten.
Title: S.B. 468 Kindergarten Education
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MN | Signed into law 06/1996 | P-12 | Minnesota provided $3.5 million for the first year of a three year pilot program for all day kindergarten called First Grade Preparedness. Grants will go to those districts with the highest number of students eligible for free and reduced lunch as a percent of the total enrollment.
Title: First Grade Preparedness, 1996 Laws, Chapter 412, Article 1, Section 11
Source: Bill Marx, Legislative Staff, MN House of Rep.
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| MO | Signed into law 06/1996 | P-12 | (Effective: 07/01/97) Repeals current law requiring school districts to evaluate the readiness for entry into kindergarten or first grade of students whose birthdays fall within 3 months after the July 1 cut-off, and establishes a new "date certain" of August 1. A child must turn age 5 before this date in order to be eligible to enrollin kindergarten; a child must turn age 6 before this date in order to enroll in first grade. However, the school districts of the cities of St. Louis and Kansas City may establish a date certain of any specific date between August 1 and October 1.
Title: S.B. 572 School Enrollment Age
Source: House Research Staff--MO House of Representatives
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| PR | 06/1996 | P-12 | Early childhood education is identified as the developmental determination state of the human being for the basic information of his or her personality. Law 79 makes kindergarten attendance a requirement, and the initial grade of entry. Teacher certification is required for pre-school on an elementary level. A new regulation for certified teachers is being evaluated for the upcoming school year.
Title: 79 Law
Source: Department of Education, Janet Santana
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| CO | Signed into law 05/1996 | P-12 | (Effective: 04/22/96) Kindergarten reading readiness level established by State Board. State Board will identify and approve instruments for assessing kindergarten reading readiness and the literacy and reading comprehension level of each pupil in first, second or third grade. No later than the 1998-99 school year, each district must assess on an annual basis the reading readiness or literacy and reading comprehension level of each pupil enrolled in kindergarten, or first, second or third grade using the state assessment. An individual literacy plan formulated for each student if literacy falls below the level established by the state. Students with disabilities are exempt from these requirements, although literacy plans may be incorporated into individual education plans. Each literacy plan shall include: 1) sufficient in school instructional time to develop pupil's reading comprehension skills; 2) an agreement by parents to implement a home reading program to support and coordinate with the school; 3) if necessary, placement of the student in a summer reading tutorial program. District must reassess each individual literacy plan each semester until pupil is reading at or above grade level. Pupil cannot be passed on from third to fourth grade reading classes if score below state reading comprehension level. Districts must report annually on the number and percentage of pupils enrolled in third grade who: 1) read at or above the third grade level; 2) have an individual literacy plan; 3) increase their literacy and reading comprehension by two or more grades during one year of instruction. Legislative Declaration. The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that all pupils can succeed in school if they have the basic skills in reading and writing that are appropriate for their grade levels. The General Assembly further finds and declares that, for success in school, reading is the most important skill, closely followed by writing and mathematics. Accordingly, it is the obligation of the General Assembly, the Department of Education, school districts, schools, educators, and parents or legal guardians to provide pupils with the literacy skills essential for success in school and life. It is the intent of the General Assembly that, after completion of the third grade, no pupil may be placed at a grade level or other level of schooling that requires literacy skills not yet acquired by the pupil. In no case shall a school district permit a pupil to pass from the third grade to the fourth grade for reading classes unless the pupil is assessed as reading at or above the reading comprehension level established by the state board.
Title: H.B. 1139 Colorado Basic Literacy Act
Source: CO Association of School Boards, Legislative Newsletter - Billboard, January 19, 1996, 5/10/96; CO Education Association Journal 4/96
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| WA | Signed into law 03/1996 | P-12 | (Effective: 03/15/96) Provides that no private school may be approved that operates a kindergarten program only.
Title: H.B. 2494 Private Kindergarten
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ID | Signed into law 02/1996 | P-12 | Amends existing law to allow children who have completed out of state kindergarten to attend first grade even though they are only five years old.
Title: H.B. 837 Five Year Olds Attend First Grade
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| SD | Signed into law 02/1996 | P-12 | (Effective: 02/12/96) Provides that a local school board or governing body may set the school term for kindergarten programs.
Title: H.B. 1053 School Term for Kindergarten
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ID | Died 01/1996 | P-12 | Provides that school districts shall establish kindergartens but that attendance is not compulsory.
Title: S.B. 1386 Establish Kindergarten
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NJ | Died 01/1996 | P-12 | Alters age requirement to enroll in kindergarten.
Title: A.B. 1242 Kindergarten Age Requirement
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VT | Died 01/1996 | P-12 | Requires that a child be at least five years old before 9/1 to enter a public school kindergarten that year and at least six years old before 9/1 to enter a public school first grade that year.
Title: H.B. 633 Kindergarten and First Grade Ages
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NH | Died 04/1995 | P-12 | Designates certain taxes and revenue to fund public kindergarten.
Title: S.B. 96 Finances for Public Kindergarten
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KS | Signed into law 06/1994 | P-12 | Changes from Sept 1 to Aug 31 the date on or before which a child must reach age five in order to be entitled to attend kindergarten or reach age six in order to be entitled to enter the elementary grades of a school district. This change becomes effective for kindergarten attendance commencing with the 1995-96 school year and for elementary school attendance in the 1996-97 school year. The limited exceptions to these requirements in the law remain unchanged. (Legislative Summary 1994)
Title: H.B. 3087 Age of Entrance
Source: Legislative Research Department
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| WV | Signed into law 06/1994 | P-12 | 1) Allows American Sign Language to be accepted as credited course of study in foreign language. 2) Gives counties option to start school year August 26 instead of September 1. 3) Requires full day, everyday kindergarten by 1996-97 school year. 4) Establishes plan to eliminate unfunded liability of teachers retirement system. 5) Establishes professional standards board to develop standards for teacher licensure. (State Ed 6/94)
Title: S.B. 1000 Formula Bill
Source: WV Dept of Ed
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Preschool |
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| P-3 Public/Private Partnerships |
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| P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion |
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| P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
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| Parent/Family--Research |
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| Partnerships--University/School |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning |
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| Postsecondary Affordability |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure |
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| Postsecondary Finance |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies |
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| Postsecondary Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent |
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| Postsecondary Online Instruction |
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| Postsecondary Participation |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Access |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Outreach |
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| Postsecondary Students |
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| Postsecondary Students--Adults |
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| Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
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| Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth |
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| Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
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| Postsecondary Students--International |
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| Postsecondary Students--Low-Income |
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| Postsecondary Students--Military |
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| Postsecondary Students--Minority |
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| Postsecondary Success |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) |
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| Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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| Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence |
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| Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
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| Private Schools |
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| Privatization |
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| Privatization--Education Management Agencies (EMOs) |
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| Proficiency-Based Approaches |
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| Promising Practices |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Public Attitudes |
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| Public Involvement |
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| Purposes of Public Education |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Religion--Prayer/Meditation |
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| Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) |
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| Rural |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Week |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round |
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| School Climate/Culture |
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| School Safety |
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| School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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| School Safety--Code of Conduct |
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| School Safety--Corporal Punishment |
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| School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
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| School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
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| School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
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| School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
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| School Safety--Special Education |
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| School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes |
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| School/District Structure/Operations |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--District Size |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Org. (K-3/K-8 etc.) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--School Size |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Staffing Ratios |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
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| Service-Learning |
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| Special Education |
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| Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations |
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| Special Education--Finance |
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| Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) |
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| Special Education--Placement |
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| Special Education--Transition |
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| Special Populations--Corrections Education |
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| Special Populations--Foster Care |
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| Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
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| Special Populations--Homeless Education |
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| Special Populations--Immigrant Education |
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| Special Populations--Migrant Education |
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| Special Populations--Military |
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| Standards |
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| Standards--Common Core State Standards |
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| Standards--Implementation |
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| State Comparisons/Statistics |
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| State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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| State Policymaking |
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| State Policymaking--Ballot Questions |
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| State Policymaking--Constitutional Clauses |
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| State Policymaking--Politics |
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| State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
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| STEM |
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| Student Achievement |
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| Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap |
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| Student Achievement--State Trends |
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| Student Supports |
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| Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
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| Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
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| Student Supports--Remediation |
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| Student Surveys |
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| Students |
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| Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
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| Students--Employment |
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| Students--Incentives |
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| Students--K-12 Exchange Students |
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| Students--Mobility |
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| Students--Records/Rights |
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| Teaching Quality |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
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| Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
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| Teaching Quality--Preparation |
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| Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects |
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| Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher 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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