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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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| P-3 Health and Mental Health |
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| P-3 Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 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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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | Provides that a combat veteran shall be allowed to register for classes prior to the general student population at any public institution of higher education. Stipulates early registration shall occur using the same procedure used by student athletes, disabled students, and honor students.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB2961.pdf
Title: H.B. 2961
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | Calls on the Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall work with the State Board of Higher Education, community college districts and independent for-profit and not-for-profit institutions of higher education carry out the goal of increasing the number of students who receive academic credit for prior learning through a variety of avenues. "Prior learning" is defined by the knowledge and skills gained through work and life experience, through military training and experience and through formal and informal education and training from institutions of higher education in the United States and in other nations. An annual report on the progress of meeting the goals should be submitted no later than December 1 of each calendar year.
Provides that the Higher Education Coordinating Commission will prepare a report for the Legislative Assembly that proposes a partnership with Western Governors University,
an on-line, competency-based university to provide enhanced postsecondary access and financial aid, and submit a report to the legislature by November 1, 2012.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/12reg/measpdf/hb4000.dir/hb4059.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 4059
Source: leg.state.or.us
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | Expands duties of Higher Education Coordinating Commission to include the development and recommendation of policies to ensure or improve access to higher education
by underserved populations, recommend and encourage student success and completion initiatives, develop and recommend policies to improve the coordination of the provision of educational
services, oversee the licensing of career schools, review research efforts among the public universities of this state to improve economic development in this state, and coordinate education initiatives with the State Workforce Investment Board, the Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development, local workforce investment boards, the Oregon Health and Science University and independent institutions of postsecondary education. Provides that the duties, functions and powers of the State Board of Education, Department of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction relating to career schools are imposed upon, transferred to and vested in the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/12reg/measures/sb1500.dir/sb1538.en.html
Title: S.B. 1538
Source: leg.state.or.us
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2011 | Postsec. | Directs the board of higher education to include in a specified annual report to the governor and general assembly information on each public institution's admission, retention and graduation statistics of all students who are the first in their immediate family to attend an institution of higher education. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0588.pdf
Title: S.B. 122
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| PA | Adopted 07/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to examine the Commonwealth's programs for post-secondary education in Commonwealth rural communities and to make recommendations for improving the delivery of open admissions and affordable, high-quality community and technical education in such areas.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=R&billNbr=0147&pn=1446
Title: S.R. 147
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Extends in-state tuition benefits. Provides that a person, except a nonimmigrant alien (someone with a visa permitting temporary entrance to the country for a specific purpose), qualifies for in-state tuition if he or she: (1) Resides in Connecticut; (2) attended any educational institution in the state and completed at least four years of high school here; (3) Graduated from a high school or the equivalent in Connecticut; and (4) Is registered as an entering student, or is currently a student at, the University of Connecticut, a Connecticut State University, a community-technical college, or Charter Oak State College. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/Pa/pdf/2011PA-00043-R00HB-06390-PA.pdf
Title: H.B. 6390
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Establishes the Higher Education Coordinating Council and directs the council to make recommendations on: (1) The primary core mission of public and nonpublic postsecondary education institutions in the context of state access demands and economic development goals; (2) Performance outputs and outcomes designed to meet annual and long-term state goals, including, but not limited to, increased student access, preparedness, retention, transfer, and completion; (3) The state's articulation policies and practices to ensure that cost benefits to the state are maximized without jeopardizing quality; and (4) A plan for workforce development education.
Directs the Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Chancellor of the State University System, to establish the Articulation Coordinating Committee which will make recommendations related to statewide articulation policies to the Higher Education Coordination Council, the State Board of Education, and the Board of Governors. Details the duties of the committee.
Requires Department of Education to utilize student performance data in subsequent coursework to determine appropriate Advanced Placement, Advanced International Certificate of Education examination, and International Baccalaureate examination scores for the receipt of college credit. Repeals the exemption from the state university system summer term enrollment requirement for students who have earned 9 or more credits through acceleration mechanisms. Requires the State Board of Education to specify by rule provisions for alternative remediation opportunities and retesting policies. Provides access to postsecondary education for individuals with intellectual disabilities, by allowing for reasonable substitution for admission and graduation requirements. Repeals the Florida Business and Education Collaborative and the University Concurrency Trust Fund.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7151er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7151&Session=2011
Title: H.B. 7151
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires that the higher education coordinating board provide specified information in its public awareness campaign promoting higher education (previously, provision of the same information was proposed in statute but not mandated). Requires that the higher education coordinating board coordinate with the Texas Education Agency, the P-16 Council, and other appropriate entities, including regional P-16 councils and businesses, to implement the public awareness campaign. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB02909F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: H.B. 2909 - Public Awareness Campaign Promoting Higher Education
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Removes requirement that the plan submitted to the higher education coordinating board for a junior college program to serve persons from backgrounds of economic or educational deprivation include a plan for a financial aid program, or a plan for an annual evaluation report. Pages 26-28 of 38: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00005F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 5 - Criteria for Programs for the Disadvantaged
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | Establishes a Southern Maryland Higher Education Council to develop a strategy for improving access to higher education for the residents of southern Maryland. Provides that an interim report with a short-term strategy is due by December 1, 2011, and a final report with a long-term strategy is due by December 1, 2012. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb1347t.pdf
Title: H.B. 1347
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2011 | Postsec. | Relates to the College Student Aid Commission. Ensure that students receiving state-funded scholarships and grants are attending institutions of higher education that meet all of the following conditions: are not required to register under chapter 261B and are eligible to participate in a federal student aid program authorized under Tit. IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.
Requires institutions whose students are eligible for or who receive financial assistance under programs administered by the commission to report numbers of minority students enrolled in and minority faculty members employed at the institution (report is to be submitted to the general assembly, the governor, and the legislative services agency by March 1 annually.) Deletes explicit references to affirmative action. Requires that information on equal opportunity and affirmative action efforts in the recruitment, appointment, assignment, and advancement of personnel at the institution be provided upon request.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&hbill=SF122&menu=text&ga=84
Title: S.F. 122
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| CA | Vetoed 07/2010 | Postsec. | Adds Section 99155, requiring a test sponsor to accept the Matricula Consular de Alta Seguridad (Consular Matriculation of High Security), issued by the Mexican government within the last five years, as a valid form of identification when admitting a test subject to take a standardized test administered by the sponsor.
Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_2001-2050/ab_2026_bill_20100630_enrolled.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_2001-2050/ab_2026_vt_20100715.html
Title: A.B. 2026
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| TX | Adopted 11/2009 | Postsec. | Texas Educ. Code § 61.086 directs the higher education coordinating board to develop and annually update a uniform strategy to identify, attract, retain and enroll students that reflect the population of this state, and for institutions of higher education to implement the uniform strategy and report annually on the manner in which the strategy has been implemented.
New rule implements the Uniform Recruitment and Retention Strategy for Texas public institutions of higher education. Requires the board to evaluate the effectiveness of the Uniform Recruitment and Retention Strategy plans on a statewide basis and with respect to each institution based on how the plan will address the state's master plan for higher education, Closing the Gaps by 2015 (http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=858D2E7C-F5C8-97E9-0CDEB3037C1C2CA3). Requires the board to incorporate the Uniform Recruitment and Retention Strategy into:
(1) Standards for new Baccalaureate and Master's Degree Programs
(2) The review of low-producing degree programs
(3) The approval process for doctoral and health-related degree programs
(4) The evaluation methodology for Tuition Revenue Bond Projects
(5) The review and evaluation of request for proposals and request for applications from institutions of higher education.
Requires annual institution reports to the coordinating board on participation in higher education to include:
(1) Student performance/success data
(2) Student participation data
(3) Information relating to the costs of the program and funding source, and number of students served
(4) The academic progress made by students as well as other outcomes related to Closing the Gaps by 2015.
Directs institutions to collect data and evaluate success based on the following elements and connect them to the accelerated targets for Closing the Gaps by 2015: (A) Partnership with high-need, low-college going rate public schools; (B) Pre-college academic outreach; (C) Application assistance; (D) Financial aid assistance; (E) Academic support programs; (F) Tutoring/mentoring programs; (G) Academic advising; and
(H) Early Alert Systems that include academic support for at-risk students.
Provides that the coordinating board reserves the right to audit any program reported as a part of the Uniform Recruitment and Retention Strategy. Defines "noncompliance" with any Closing the Gaps by 2015 reporting requirements, including the Uniform Recruitment and Retention Strategy. Directs the coordinating board to withhold program approvals, all coordinating board grant funding, and up to 22 points in the Tuition Revenue Bond approval process for any noncompliant institution.
--Sections 4.240 -4.244 are adopted without changes as published in the August 7, 2009, issue of the Texas Register (see pp 15-17 of 100: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0807/0807prop.pdf).
--§4.245 is adopted with changes to the proposed text (for text as adopted, see p 10 of 28 http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1120/1120adop.pdf)
Title: 19 TAC 1.4.O.4.240 -.245
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires the board of higher education to implement the Collaborative Baccalaureate Degree Development Grant Program to help deliver upper-division courses and bachelor's degree programs offered by colleges and universities at a location geographically convenient to student populations currently being served by existing public community colleges. Requires the grant application and award process to be as efficient as possible to encourage collaborative applications and shall include consideration of existing programs and facilities. Requires grant applications to be jointly submitted by a community college and one or more public or private 4-year colleges or universities. Specifies purposes for which grant funds may be used. Requires each grant application to include how the state's grant will be matched by at least 50% by dollars from the partner institutions (both the two- and four-year institutions). http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1883lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1883
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | Postsec. | Creates the Higher Education Veterans Campus Service Act. Requires all public colleges and universities to conduct a survey of the services and programs that are provided for veterans, active duty military personnel and their families at each of their respective campuses. Sets forth the elements the survey must evaluate. Requires the survey to be made available as a guidebook to all veterans enrolling in the institution, and to be available on the home page of all campus Internet links as soon as practical. Requires each public college and university to appoint a Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student Services on each campus. Requires the board of higher education and the department of veterans' affairs to conduct a joint review of the surveys. Requires the governor's office to conduct a review of the surveys and to submit an evaluation report to each college and university, offering suggestions on the conduct of student veteran-related policies and programs. Authorizes the board of higher education and the department of veterans' affairs to issue a best practices report to highlight those programs and services that are most beneficial to veterans and active duty military personnel. Requires public colleges and universities to make their best efforts to determine how online curricula can be expanded or altered to serve the needs of student veterans and currently-deployed military, including the extent to which institutions can share share existing technologies to improve the online curricula of peer institutions. Requires institutions, one year after the effective date of this act and each year afterwards, to report to the board of higher education on the fiscal impact of the programs and services related to the requirements of this Act. Requires the board of higher education to compile this information and submit a report to the governor, the governor's office of management and budget, the director of veterans' affairs, and specified legislative leaders. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1624lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1624
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | Postsec. | Requires the Board of Higher Education's master plan to include higher education affordability and accessibility measures. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4094lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4094
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Creates Campus Veterans' Service Officers Program in Department of Veterans' Affairs; directs department to appoint sufficient number of veterans' service officers to ensure assignment of one veterans' service officer to every community college and every institution in Oregon University System. Chapter 759
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2100.dir/hb2178.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2178
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us/
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Directs the higher education coordinating board to develop a plan under which each public high school that is, as determined by the board, substantially below the state average in the number of
graduates who attend public or private or independent institutions of higher education is required to (1) provide to prospective students information related to enrollment in public or private or independent
institutions of higher education, including admissions and financial aid information; and (2) assist those prospective students in completing applications related to enrollment in those institutions, including admissions and financial aid applications. Pages 18-19 of 21: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB00175F.pdf
Title: S.B. 175 - Section 6
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| WI | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Provides that the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration is to assist the board in administering the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program. Transfers certain administrative duties from the board to the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program. Adds the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to the state entities that must report to the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program information on tuition and fees charged to attend each of the private, nonprofit, accredited institutions of higher education in the state for the current academic year. Directs the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program to annually calculate the average of the tuition and fees charged for the current academic year among the private, nonprofit, accredited institutions of higher education in the state.
Directs the board to promulgate rules establishing eligibility criteria for designation as a Wisconsin covenant scholar.
Pages 184-185 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Defines a project-based instructional program as primarily student-led course work for credit that may be completed onsite, in the community or online and is available to all or only some students and grades in a school. Establishes requirements that schools must meet to receive revenue for students enrolled in a public school in a project-based program.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Creates an interim study of the affordability of higher education.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act964.pdf
Title: S.B. 885
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | Would impose a one-year moratorium on new charter school applications during the 2008-09 school year. During this time period, applications for a single gender charter school for girls may be submitted; however only one such school may be granted charter approval.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis144.nsf/vwLegislation/SJR+11/$file/legis.html?open
Title: S.J.R. 11
Source: http://legis.delaware.gov
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes a commission to study air quality issues in public school buildings; provides for membership and compensation and a report; provides duties include the study of air quality issues in public school buildings and feasibility of implementing air quality standards and performing regular air quality inspections, investigations and recommendations regarding successful, cost-effective, alternative initiatives developed to address issues and to solicit and accept grants, gift or donations.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2008/HB1171.html
Title: H.B. 1171
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to mandated reporting of a school districts annual financial report by the governing board of the district; authorizes publication by electronic transmission of the information to the Department of Education for posting on the Department's website. Chapter 206
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/2r/bills/hb2369h.pdf
Title: H.B. 2369
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| MD | Chapter No. 559 05/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes the Youth Advisory Council; provides for the appointment, selection, membership, terms, and duties of the Council; establishes an executive board; provides for the selection of the executive board; provides for the appointment of the cochairs of the Council; provides for the development of a certain initial application and application process and related matters.
Title: S.B. 1
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | Enacts Alicia's Law, permits a student whose high school special education program requires instruction beyond four years to participate with his or her class in that classes graduation ceremony and to receive a certificate of attendance.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S0500/442_R1.PDF
Title: S.B. 442
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | Increases and authorizes annual experience salary increments for teachers fore up to 35 years of experience for all certificate levels, to be phased-in over a two-year period. Commits state funding for mentor teachers that provide services to beginning teachers in all grades. Authorizes school districts affected by Hurricane Katrina to borrow funds and issue promissory notes to the Federal Government under the community disaster loan program.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2008/pdf/SB/2100-2199/SB2176SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2176
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | Amends portions of the Blind Persons' Literacy Rights and Education Act. Relates to requirements for for the development of an individualized education plan.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2008/pdf/HB/0600-0699/HB0638SG.pdf
Title: H.B. 638
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| IL | Signed into law 11/2007 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | Requires the state community college board to create a 3-year college and career readiness pilot program, beginning with the high school class of 2008, to meet the following goals:
(1) To diagnose college readiness by developing a system to align ACT scores to specific community college courses in developmental and freshman curriculums.
(2) To reduce remediation by decreasing the need for remedial coursework in mathematics, reading, and writing at the college level by (i) increasing the number of students enrolled in a college-prep core curriculum, (ii) assisting students in improving college readiness skills, and (iii) increasing successful student transitions into postsecondary education.
(3) To align high school and college curriculums.
(4) To provide resources and academic support to students to enrich the senior year of high school through remedial or advanced coursework and other interventions.
(5) To develop an appropriate evaluation process to measure the effectiveness of readiness intervention strategies.
Directs the state board to select four community colleges to participate in the program, based on the number of students in developmental courses, student demographics, geographic diversity, the college's willingness to submit developmental and introductory courses to ACT for analysis of college placement, and the college's ability to partner with local high schools to develop college and career readiness strategies and college readiness teams. Directs the state board to work with ACT to analyze up to 10 courses at each college to determine student placement and college readiness. Directs each participating community college to establish an agreement with one or more high schools to:
(A) Create a data-sharing agreement.
(B) Create a Readiness Prescription for each student, showing all of the following:
(i) The readiness status for college-level work.
(ii) Course recommendations for remediation or for advanced coursework in Advanced Placement classes or dual credit and dual enrollment programs.
(iii) Additional academic support services, including tutoring, mentoring, and college application assistance.
(C) Create college and career readiness teams of faculty and counselors or advisers from the community college and high school, the college and career readiness coordinator from the community college, and other members as determined by the high school and community college. Provides the the teams may include
local business or civic leaders. Directs the teams to develop intervention strategies by:
(i) Using the Readiness Prescription to develop a contract with each student for remedial or advanced coursework to be taken during the senior
year.
(ii) Monitor student progress.
(iii) Provide readiness support services.
(D) Retest students in the spring of 2008 to assess progress and college readiness.
Directs the state board to work with participating community colleges and high schools to develop an evaluation process that includes specified criteria, including student enrollment in college in fall 2008, placement of college and career readiness students in developmental and regular courses in the fall of 2008, and retention of college and career readiness students in spring semester 2009. Directs the state board to work with participating community colleges and high schools to establish operational processes and a budget for college and career readiness pilot programs, including employment of a college and career readiness
coordinator at each community college site.
Provides that in year two of the program, beginning with the Class of 2009, the state board must additionally:
(1) Analyze courses at 3 new community college sites.
(2) Undertake intervention strategies through college and career readiness teams with students in the class of 2009.
(3) Monitor and assist college and career readiness graduates from the class of 2008 in college.
Provides that in year three of the program, beginning with the Class of 2010, the state board must:
(1) Analyze courses at 5 additional community college sites.
(2) Add college and career readiness teams at 3 new sites (from year 2 of the program).
(3) Undertake intervention strategies through college and career readiness teams with students of the class of 2010 at 7 sites.
(4) Monitor and assist students from the classes of 2008 and 2009 in college.
Adds an immediate effective date. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/95/PDF/095-0694.pdf
Title: S.B. 858
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Expresses the intent of the Legislature that resident students with financial need be made aware of the opportunities afforded to them through the various state and federal financial aid programs. Establishes the Cash for College Program under the administration of the Student Aid Commission. Authorizes the commission to allocate funds for support of local Cash for College projects designed to accomplish prescribed goals. Creates the Cash for College Fund for voluntary contributions or donations. Chapter 741.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1501-1550/ab_1540_bill_20070925_enrolled.pdf
Title: A.B. 1540
Source: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Authorizes a school district or community college district to issue notes that mature within a period not to exceed a specified number of years. Reinstates the prohibition on the fiscal officer of such districts issuing a renewal note that would have a maturity date later than a specified number of years from the date of the original issuance of the note. Chapter 334
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1351-1400/ab_1368_bill_20071008_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1368
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2007 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish reentry programs for parolees between 16 and 23 years of age to assist in community reintegration upon discharge from detention. Provides the programs would include construction training, academic services, counseling and tracking of graduates after completion of the program. Requires the department to maintain statistical information related to the reentry program.
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1001-1050/ab_1049_bill_20070919_enrolled.pdf
Veto message: http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1001-1050/ab_1049_vt_20071014.html
Title: A.B. 1049
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov
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| ID | Adopted 10/2007 | Postsec. | Rewrites rules of both the Promise A and Promise B scholarships in the Promise Scholarship Program to modify the selection criteria and the eligibility requirements to allow for the inclusion of home-schooled students. Criteria includes high school record and GPA, ACT composite score, ACT COMPASS score showing scores for writing skills, reading skills and mathematics. IDAHO 7685
http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/rules/idapa08/0105.pdf
Title: IDAPA 08.01.05
Source: http://adm.idaho.gov
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| HI | Became law without governor's signature 07/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the department of education to provide students who participate in the running start dual enrollment program with guidance in earning credit toward high school graduation upon the satisfactory completion of University of Hawaii courses at the 100 level and above.
Appropriates funds from the University of Hawaii scholarship and assistance special fund to provide scholarships to students who are members of underrepresented populations in higher education, as determined by the University of Hawaii, to participate in the running start program.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/Bills/HB767_CD1_.htm
Title: H.B. 767
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Authorizes the Oregon Student Assistance Commission to establish Access to Student Assistance Programs in Reach of Everyone (ASPIRE) to provide information about financial aid and education and training options beyond high school to students in Oregon secondary schools. The goals of the programs are to: (a) Provide mentoring and resources to help students access education and training beyond high school; (b) Help high schools build a sustainable community of volunteer mentors; and (c) Educate students and families about the scholarship application process and other options for paying for post-secondary education. The programs are to bring together students, school staff, community volunteers and parents to help students overcome obstacles to their continuing education. The programs may provide training, technical assistance and other resources to Oregon high schools on how to establish a volunteer-based program. Adult volunteers who are trained through the program may provide mentoring, training and encouragement to students about postsecondary options and financial aid.
Establishes the ASPIRE Program Fund in the Department of the Treasury. Moneys received from donations and grants are to be credited to the ASPIRE Program Fund and continuously appropriated to the Oregon Student Assistance Commission for this program. http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/hb2700.dir/hb2729.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2729
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Resolves that the department of education implement methods to encourage districts to encourage secondary school students to complete at least one application to a college, university or other postsecondary educational institution. Provides these methods may include adding a requirement that a student complete at least one application to a college, university or other postsecondary educational institution to the requirements in the department's rules for the award of a diploma. http://www.mainelegislature.org/ros/LOM/LOM123rd/RESOLVE122.asp
Title: H.P. 758; L.D. 1040
Source: www.mainelegislature.org
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Expands the annual reports of accountability information to include the rate of pupils who drop out of school in grades 6, 7 and 8. Requires the State Board to prescribe alternative criteria that a pupil may satisfy to receive a standard high school diploma if that pupil passes the mathematics and reading subject areas of the high school proficiency examination but has not passed the examination in its entirety after taking the examination at least three times before 12th grade. Provides that a pupil may be granted credit for a course without attending the course if he passes an examination, as prescribed by the State Board, demonstrating competency in the subject area of the course. Requires the board of trustees of each school district to adopt a policy for a pupil to be placed on academic probation and to earn credits required for high school while the pupil is completing the requirements for promotion to high school. Expands the age of compulsory school attendance to 18 years.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/SB/SB312_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 312
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to the Higher Learning Access Act; modifies eligibility requirements by adding that a student must be a resident of this state or be enrolled in a school district located in this state that serves students who reside in both this state and an adjacent state; allows an eleventh-grade or twelfth-grade year student to participate if the student qualifies for participation in the program; sets deadline for completion of agreements.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/HB/HB1762_ENR.RTF
Title: H.B. 1762
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides that a student who is in foster care or placed in the home of a relative or other unlicensed caretaker may enroll in the 21st Century Scholars program at any time before the student graduates from high school, is not required to be eligible for free or reduced price lunches to participate and is not required to have a custodial parent or guardian agree to the student's participation in the program. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/PDF/HE/HE1266.1.pdf
Title: H.B. 1266
Source: www.in.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Expands eligibility for the 21st Century Scholars program to grade 7 students, and beginning with the 2008-09 school year, to grade 6 students. Provides that an individual must be at least 18 or have withdrawn from school to receive a GED diploma. Modifies the formula for determining graduation rates, and adds an informational five-year and six-year graduation rate determination.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/HE/HE1647.1.html
Title: H.B. 1647
Source: http://www.in.gov
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| NY | Issued 05/2007 | Postsec. | (Executive Order No. 14) Establishes the New York State Commission on Higher Education. The Commission's inquiry shall include analysis of:
(a) academic standards and performance in New York's colleges and universities, with particular emphasis on SUNY and CUNY;
(b) access to higher education in New York State and particularly to the SUNY and CUNY systems;
(c) the degree to which public primary and secondary education adequately prepare New York students to enter and succeed in college;
(d) the mission of the State's community colleges, and the proper balance between preparing students to enter four-year institutions upon graduation and to obtain high-value jobs upon graduation;
(e) the extent to which SUNY and CUNY research and degree programs are aligned with economic development objectives of the State and the region of the State where each campus is situated;
(f) the financing of public colleges and universities, including State support, federal support, tuition, alumni support and other sources of income;
(g) the reasonable costs of an education for students in various SUNY and CUNY degree programs, and the available sources and amounts of financial aid for students who need assistance to meet such costs;
(h) the types and amounts of financial support provided by the State to private colleges and universities and their students, and the rationale for such programs;
(i) the degree to which different types of SUNY institutions (i.e. two-year colleges, four-year colleges, technical colleges, university centers and the SUNY schools within Cornell University) are treated and governed similarly or differently within SUNY and by the State;
(j) the degree to which different SUNY campuses are permitted to tailor their offerings, practices and policies to the specific needs of their students, faculties and the surrounding communities; and
(k) the nature of public and community service opportunities and degree requirements afforded and enforced at SUNY, CUNY and more generally in New York's colleges and universities.
http://www.ny.gov/governor/executive_orders/exeorders/14.html
Title: Executive Order No. 14
Source: http://www.ny.gov/governor
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Regards special education definitions for schools, adds autism. (Chapter No. 68)
Title: H.B. 2184
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | The Florida Partnership for Minority and Underrepresented Student Achievement must cooperate with school districts to identify minority & underrepresented students for participation in AP or other advanced courses and provide information regarding these courses to students and parents. The partnership must provide information regarding Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) or Preliminary ACT (PLAN) administration. http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2007/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0108er.pdf
Title: S.B. 108
Source: Florida Legislature
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Declares an intent to inspire and encourage all Washington students to dream big by creating a guaranteed four-year tuition scholarship program for students from low income families and those students that may be the first in their family to attend college. Finds that, too often, financial barriers prevent many of the brightest students from considering college as a future
possibility. Often the cost of tuition coupled with the complexity of finding and applying for financial aid is enough to prevent a student from even applying to college. Many students become disconnected from the education system early on and may give up or drop out before graduation. Declares an intent to alert students early in their educational career to the options and opportunities available beyond high school.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5098-S2.PL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5098
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Declares an intent to create the passport to college promise pilot program that will have two primary components, as follows: (1) Significantly increasing outreach to foster care youth between the ages of fifteen and eighteen regarding the higher education opportunities available to them, how to apply to college, and how to apply for and obtain financial aid; and (2) Providing financial aid to former foster care youth.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1131-S.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1131
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Enables students at tribal colleges to receive scholarships under the College Affordability Act. Defines student eligibility and terms of scholarship.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0355.pdf
Title: S.B. 355
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Revises the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to clarify that qualified survivors and dependents shall be admitted to any public institution of higher education or other public accredited postsecondary institution of higher education or other public accredited postsecondary institution granting a degree, diploma, or certificate in the Commonwealth of Virginia, free of tuition and all required fees. Establishes the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Fund to provide financial assistance for board and room charges, books and supplies, and other expenses. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia is responsible for disbursing funds appropriated or otherwise made available to support the Fund.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+CHAP0116
Title: H.B. 2179
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Issued 11/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Directs all executive branch agencies, including institutions of higher education, to include emergency preparedness planning, training and promotion as a core component of their mission (Executive Order 2006-42). http://www.governor.virginia.gov/Initiatives/ExecutiveOrders/index.cfm
Title: E.O. 44
Source: http://www.governor.virginia.gov/
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| WY | Approved by voters 11/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Proposes an amendment (amendment C) to the Constitution to authorize the creation of permanent funds for two purposes: First, higher education scholarships, which include the current Hathaway scholarship program; and second, improving the quality of higher education. The principal in the funds, regardless of the source of the funds, cannot be expended. The earnings must be used for the purposes specified and the legislature is authorized to regulate how the earnings are used. Earnings from funds in the current Hathaway student scholarship account are intended to be used for college scholarships. The amendment would also allow the funds to be invested as the legislature authorizes, including in stocks. http://soswy.state.wy.us/election/2006/const-c.htm
Title: V. 3
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WY | Approved by voters 11/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Proposes an amendment (amendment B) to the Constitution to repeal the current limitation on the amount of property tax revenues that may be redistributed by the state through the School Foundation Program Account from school districts with greater property tax revenues to other school districts in the state. http://soswy.state.wy.us/election/2006/const-b.htm
Title: V. 2
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| | Adopted 11/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Amends the Federal Student Aid Program regulations to implement the changes to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), resulting from the Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005 (HERA), Public Law No. 109–171, and other recently enacted legislation.
The regulations reflect the provisions of the HERA that affect students, borrowers and program participants in the Federal student aid
programs authorized under Title IV of the HEA. http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/finrule/2006-3/080906a.pdf; http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/finrule/2006-4/110106b.pdf
Title: 34 CFR Parts 600, 668, 673, 674, 675, 676, 682, 685
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WY | Rule Adoption 08/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Extends residency for purposes of in-state tuition eligibility at community colleges for immigrants and certain nonimmigrants and their dependents who possess a valid visa from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services with a classification of Temporary Workers or Intracompany Transferee and are eligible for education. Eligibility for consideration will be based on the privileges and limitations of the visa held by the applicant. Also, extends residency for in-state tuition eligibility to active Wyoming National Guard members and U.S. Armed Forces members stationed in Wyoming, and their dependents, as well as members of the U.S. Armed Forces who move to Wyoming within 12 months from the date of honorable discharge from the service. Persons temporarily absent from the state due to military service, attendance at educational institutions, or other types of documented temporary absences will not have their resident status voided by such absence. http://soswy.state.wy.us/RULES/6329.pdf
Title: Chapter 3, 5
Source: http://soswy.state.wy.us/Rule_Search_Main.asp
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Establishes the Steps for Attaining Higher Education through Academic Development (Illinois Steps AHEAD) program as the state's GEAR UP program, housed in the Department of Human Services to provide educational services and post-secondary educational scholarships for low-income middle and high school students. Requires program components to include increased parent involvement, creative and engaging academic support for students, career exploration programs, college preparation, and increased collaboration with local schools.
Provides that the Department shall implement the program only if federal funding is made available. Creates the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs Fund in the state treasury.
Establishes Assets for Independence Program. Provides that purpose of program is to allow eligible low-income Illinois citizens, subject to the availability of state and federal funds and authorization from the department, to open and maintain an Individual Development Account (IDA) at a federally insured financial institution. Provides that deposits into an IDA that are used for subsequent qualified purchases shall be matched dollar-for-dollar by moneys from the Assets for Independence Fund. Includes payment of post-secondary education expenses, if the expenses are paid directly to an eligible educational institution, as one of three possible qualified asset purchases using moneys from an IDA.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/94/PDF/094-1043.pdf
Illinois GEAR UP: http://www.ed.gov/programs/gearup/abs-state-05.doc
Title: S.B. 2328
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Encourages state residents to pursue postsecondary education by clarifying the financial eligibility guidelines, establishing a workforce development scholarship program at the community colleges based on need, establishing a state scholars program, and placing funds for all scholarship programs in a separate account in the student scholarship and assistance special fund. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb3120_cd1_.htm
Title: S.B. 3120
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes the low-income family postsecondary savings accounts incentive program as a three-year pilot program to encourage qualified individuals and families to establish family postsecondary savings accounts. Defines qualified individuals and families as Kansas residents whose household income is not more than 200% of the federal poverty level at the time of application. Provides that the amount of contributions made to an account by a participant will be matched by the state on a dollar-for-dollar basis, up to $600, if the participant contributes at least $100 in each calendar year in which the account is open. Limits program to 400 participants in FY2007, 800 participants in FY2008 and 1200 participants in FY 2009. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/332.pdf
Fiscal note: http://www.kslegislature.org/fiscalnotes/2006/332.pdf
Title: S.B. 332
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Relates to higher education. Creates a commission to develop the next generation initiative to encourage Vermonters to live and work in Vermont. Proposes the commission consider a broad range of ideas to meet this goal, including:
(1) Strategies to ensure that postsecondary education is accessible and affordable for all Vermonters through grants, loans, and scholarships, and that funds flow directly to students and their families.
(2) Options such as loan forgiveness, tax incentives, loan repayments, and leveraging federal resources.
(3) The integration, where appropriate, of Vermont's secondary and postsecondary workforce training programs with Vermont's postsecondary institutions.
(4) The use of strategic investments in Vermont's postsecondary education system to:
(A) increase the postsecondary aspiration, continuation, retention, and completion rates of Vermonters;
(B) stimulate specific economic sectors which are particularly appropriate for or unique to Vermont; and
(C) serve critical marketplace needs.
Requires the plan to include a funding level for implementation, identify a funding source, and include a system for overseeing use of the funds. Makes an appropriation for college scholarships.
Establishes a next generation initiative fund in the office of the state treasurer. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2006/acts/ACT204.HTM
Title: S.B. 312
Source: www.leg.state.vt.us
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | This bill attempts to modify and strengthen the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program and Fund to accomplish the purposes of the program more effectively and efficiently. This bill enhances and increases educational opportunities for eligible persons by adding certain
career and technical education postsecondary schools in the Commonwealth and the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) to the list of approved education programs in which recipients may enroll. This bill also (i) provides that awards may be used to cover the costs of textbooks for approved education programs; (ii) clarifies the duration of awards for career and technical education and training programs, and CLEP; (iii) authorizes the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Awards Committee to determine approved education programs to preserve the purpose for which the program was created; (iv) exempts scholastic records, personally identifiable information, scholarship applications, confidential letters and statements, and certain other related information pertaining to applicants and recipients of scholarships awarded by the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Awards Committee, and deliberations of the Committee relating to the review and consideration of awards, scholarship renewal, setting the annual maximum scholarship award, and the cancellation, rescindment, or recovery of awards from FOIA; (v) provides definitions; (vi) authorizes the awards committee to cancel, rescind, and recover awards; (vii) allows students to take courses of a religious or theological nature to satisfy undergraduate elective requirements for a liberal arts nonreligious degree; (viii) requires
applicants to sign acceptance forms, affirming the submitted information and agreeing to pursue the education program for which the award was given to its completion; (ix) establishes criteria for the renewal of awards; (x) requires education agencies to credit promptly student accounts after awards have been disbursed; and (xi) makes certain technical amendments. In addition, the second and third enactment clauses of Chapter 753 and Chapter 834 of the 2005 Acts of Assembly are repealed. The second enactment clause of these chapters permitted students enrolled in approved education programs upon the expiration of the program to complete their course of study. The third enactment clauses of these chapters provided that the State Council of Higher Education must review and approve the application for renewal of scholarship awards to students who were enrolled in approved education programs upon the expiration of the program.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0518
Title: S.B. 443
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides that, beginning in 2006, the department shall have the authority to allow up to 50 youth reaching age 18 to continue in foster care or group care as needed to participate in or complete a post-high school academic or vocational program, and to receive necessary support and transition services. Provides that, in 2007 and 2008, the department has the authority to allow up to 50 additional youth per year
reaching age 18 to remain in foster care or group care as provided in this act. Declares that a youth who remains eligible for such placement and services pursuant to department rules may continue in foster care or group care until the youth reaches his or her 21st birthday. Provides that, beginning in July 2008, and subject to the approval of its governing board, the Washington state institute for public policy shall conduct a study measuring the outcomes for foster youth who have received continued support pursuant to RCW 74.13.031(10). The study should include measurements of any savings to the state and local government. The institute shall issue a report containing its preliminary findings to the legislature by December 1, 2008, and a final report by December 1, 2009.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202006/2002-S2.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2002
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| FL | Issued 01/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Governor Bush signed Executive Order 06-05 creating the Access and Diversity Commission. The 17-member commission, set to complete their duties on June 30, 2006, will work with the Florida Board of Governors to evaluate the issues surrounding minority enrollment and advocate for the following recommendations: a) need-based financial aid; b) first generation matching grants: c) College Board partnership: d) STARS scholarship program; e) college outreach program; and f) a mentoring partnership program.
http://sun6.dms.state.fl.us/eog_new/eog/orders/2006/January/06-05-enrollment.pdf
Title: Executive Order 06-05
Source: Florida Governor's Office
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | AN ACT to direct the state board of education to adopt standards for alternative learning programs, and to require local boards of education to develop proposals that are submitted to the State Board of education before establishing any alternative learning program or alternative school. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H1076v5.html
Title: H.B. 1076
Source: StateNet
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| HI | Became law without governor's signature 07/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | Authorizes the department of education to assess and collect impact fees as fair share contributions of developers for state public school facilities construction. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb1814_hd2_.htm
Title: S.B. 1814
Source: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides for a program of educational and living expense grants for certain children who qualify as foster children (or are adopted and whose families receive adoption assistance); provides for eligibility; covers tuition, ancillary student fees, and the cost-of-living expenses for any undergraduate program of any Georgia public postsecondary institution, including all four-year and two-year colleges and universities and institutions of the Georgia Community and Technical College System. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/versions/hb272_HB_272_AP_4.htm
Title: H.B. 272
Source: http://www.legis.state.ga.us/
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| WA | to governor 05/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Maintains the top priority for branch campuses as expansion of programs and capacity for upper division and transfer students, in accordance with proportionality agreements developed with the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC). Authorizes the University of Washington Tacoma and Bothell and Washington State University Vancouver to admit freshmen and offer lower-division
courses according to the campus plans submitted to the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) in 2004. Permits Washington
State University Tri-Cities to admit freshmen in a biotechnology degree program, but makes additional admission the subject of further study by the HECB. Authorizes four community or technical colleges to be selected to offer applied baccalaureate degrees on a pilot basis, subject to the approval of the SBCTC and the HECB. If funds are appropriated for this purpose, allows three community or technical colleges to enter into agreements with four-year institutions to offer baccalaureate programs on the college campus, also subject to the HECB approval. Declares legislative intent to transfer oversight of the North Snohomish Island Skagit consortium to Everett Community College. Directs Everett to develop a management and education plan for serving the region based on the university center model and submit recommendations by December 1, 2005.
Title: H.B. 1794
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishing an Early Childhood Development Division within the State Department of Education; transferring the Child Care Administration from the Department of Human Resources to the State Department of Education; transferring specified programs of the Office for Children, Youth, and Families to the State Department of Education; providing that nothing in the Act shall be construed to facilitate or effectuate the transfer of specified programs from the Department of Human Resources to the State Department of Education,
http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/billfile/Hb0932.htm
Title: H.B. 932
Source: StateNet
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of public instruction, the school for the deaf, North Dakota vision services - school for the blind, and the state library; to provide an appropriation to the division of independent study; to provide for the distribution of special education payments; to provide for a legislative council study; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to amend and reenact section 15.1-02-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the salary of the superintendent of public instruction; and to declare an emergency
The legislative council shall study, during the 2005-06 interim, the state's elementary and secondary education system, including
key measurements of student progress, programs that address the state's competitiveness with other
states, costs incurred by the state relating to implementing the No Child Left Behind Act, and the most
effective means of using taxpayer dollars at the state and local levels to ensure the best possible
education for the children of this state.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FQNG0500.pdf
Title: H.B. 1013
Source: http://www.state.nd.us
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to the College Affordability Act; provides for scholarships; creates funds.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0669.pdf
Title: S.B. 669
Source: StateNet
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| WA | To governor 04/2005 | Postsec. | Expands access to baccalaureate and master's degree programs through the evolution of branch campuses and 2+2 programs in the state. Branch campuses shall collaborate with the community and technical colleges in their region to develop articulation agreements, dual admissions policies, and other partnerships to ensure that branch campuses serve as innovative models of a two plus two educational system. Other possibilities for collaboration include but are not limited to joint development of curricula and degree programs, colocation of instruction, and arrangements to share faculty. In communities where a private postsecondary institution is located, representatives of the private institution may be invited to participate in the conversation about meeting the baccalaureate and master's level graduate needs in underserved urban areas of the state.
Title: H.B. 1794
Source: StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2004 | Community College
Postsec. | Adds to the list of programs to be funded with the West Central Transit District. Provides for routes, vehicle purchase and Community College Coordination projects. Provides for discounted bus passes. Increases mobility for low income students in certain coordination projects through access to educational, service and job training facilities. Provides for two demonstration projects for the Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-1004
Title: H.B. 2587
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Authorizes the University of Hawaii to create a trust fund to dispense scholarships as a requirement of the State's participation in the federal Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb1893_hd1_.htm
Title: H.B. 1893
Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site
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| MA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to the School Building Assistance Program; provides for grants, investments, trusts and bonds; creates the School Building Authority; provides for children with disabilities; prohibits racial desegregation; provides for public-private partnerships, charter schools, construction that will facilitate early education and care programs; financial incentives to cities that adopt zoning policies for increased affordable housing production; provides for hearings.
Title: H.B. 4978
Source: StateNet
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| RI | Passed 07/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Bill as written would have prohibited the Board of Governors for Higher Education from denying admission to any state secondary institution of higher learning based solely upon the applicant's undocumented immigration status or failure to provide proof of the issuance of a valid Social Security number; prohibits the public institution of higher learning from considering the immigration and naturalization status of the parents of the applicant to the institution. Was amended to resolution status recommending that the Board of Governors for Higher Education review its admission and residency policies with regard to international students.
Title: H.B. 7936
Source: StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2004 | Postsec. | Requires the Arizona Board of Regents to establish policies for guaranteed admission that assure fair and equitable access to Arizona students from public, private, charter and home schools.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws/0322.htm
Title: H.B. 2369
Source: Arizona Legislative Web site
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Relates to student achievement;creates the Partnership for Minority and Underrepresented Student Achievement; mission of partnership is to prepare, inspire and connect students with postsecondary success and opportunity with a focus on minority students and other students underrepresented in postsecondary education; provides for purposes and duties of the partnership including teacher professional development to ensure teachers have necessary knowledge to prepare students for success in AP and other advanced courses, middle school teacher professional development to enable them to educate middle students at the level necessary for success in high school advanced courses, college exams preparation through a variety of means, dissemination of information about the importance of advanced coursework to improve a student's ability to access postsecondary education; provides duties of the Department of Education and The College Board; requires the partnership to submit a annual evaluation report to the Department. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb2184er.html&Directory=session/2004/Senate/bills/billtext/html/
Title: S.B. 2184
Source: Florida Legislative Web site
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| MO | Issued 12/2003 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | The Commission of the Future of Higher Education was created by Executive Order 03-07 on March 17, 2003, with a final report due by January 1, 2004. The purpose of the Commission on the Future of Higher Education shall be to develop plans to strengthen and improve postsecondary education in Missouri. The commission's objectives will include, but are not limited to: identifying ways to increase the number of Missourians prepared to pursue training and education after high school, including technical, community college, and college or university education; increasing the number of high school students who enroll in and complete such programs; enhancing the affordability of postsecondary education for students from families at all income levels; and increasing the civic and economic benefits of advanced education for individuals, their families, communities, and the state of Missouri.
Report was issued December 31, 2003. http://www.mocbhe.gov/commission/pp/finalreport.pdf
Title: Executive Order 03-07
Source: Missouri State Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires a priority for the use of maintenance funding under the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 be to ensure that facilities, including, but not limited to, rest-room facilities for pupils, are functional and that they meet local hygiene standards generally applicable to public facilities. Requires the same priority for use of funds from the State School Deferred Maintenance Fund. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1124_bill_20030912_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1124
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| WA | Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsec. | Directs the board to develop a statewide strategic master plan for higher education that proposes a vision and identifies goals
and priorities for the system of higher education in Washington state. The board shall also specify strategies for maintaining and
expanding access, affordability, quality, efficiency, and accountability among the various institutions of higher education. Provides that, in developing the statewide strategic plan, the board shall collaborate with the four-year institutions of higher education, the community and technical college system, and, when appropriate, the work force training and education coordinating board, the superintendent of public instruction, and the independent higher education institutions. The board shall also seek input from students, community and business leaders in the state, members of the legislature, and the governor. Provides that as a foundation for the statewide strategic plan, the board shall develop and establish role and mission statements for each of the four-year institutions of higher education and the community and technical college system. The board shall determine whether certain major lines of study or types of degrees, including applied degrees or research-oriented degrees, shall be assigned uniquely to some institutions or institutional sectors in order to create centers of excellence that focus resources and expertise. Establishes a legislative work group to review options pertaining to the higher education coordinating board.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2003-04/House/2075-2099/2076-s_pl.pdf
Title: H.B. 2076
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Amends 70 O.S. 2001, Section 2605, which relates to the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program. Students who qualify on the basis of financial need are to be given the opportunity throughout the eighth-, ninth-, and tenth-grade years to enter into participation in the program by agreeing to, throughout the remainder of their school years: 1. Attend school regularly and do homework regularly; 2. Refrain from substance abuse; 3. Refrain from commission of crimes or delinquent acts; 4. Have school work and school records reviewed by mentors designated pursuant to the program; 5. Provide information requested by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education or the State Board of Education; and 6. Participate in program activities. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04SB/sb326_enr.rtf
Title: S.B. 326
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/
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| MD | Signed into law 08/2002 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires governor to include in state budget at least 80% of funds appropriated in prior fiscal year for specified need-based financial aid programs and other programs. Changes name of Maryland Higher Education Commission's State Scholarship Administration to Office of Student Financial Assistance. Allows students in grades 9 and 10 who qualify for a guaranteed access grant award on basis of financial need to prequalify for such award by agreeing in writing to specified criteria, including refraining from substance abuse and participating in the College Readiness Outreach Program. Establishes the College Readiness Outreach Program to help students who qualify for a guaranteed access award in 9th or 10th grade to continue to higher education. Requires designation of state and regional program coordinators to cooperate with districts in offering guidance and mentoring to participating high school students. Permits contracts between commission and department and existing organizations to provide mentoring and counseling. Provides for supplementation of mentors with other individuals. Requires state to fund 50% of specified costs of program. Extends deadline for submission of Education Excellence Awards applications under specified circumstances. Establishes additional commission responsibilities for administration of educational excellence award program. Establishes Maryland Graduate and Professional Development Program for full-time and part-time students in specified professional fields (not education.) Requires College Readiness Outreach Program to be established over a 5-year period starting in FY04 to the extent funds are available. Requires that in first year, up to 1,000 students participate in 4 specified counties, and that additional counties be added until students in all counties are participating. Requires that performance evaluation of College Readiness Outreach Program be completed and report on program delivered to assembly by July 1, 2007. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/hb/hb0661e.rtf
Title: H.B. 661
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the department to distribute a grant in specified amounts to distressed counties in FY 03 and 04 and to all counties in FY05 and subsequent years for the administration of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test to 10th-graders. Funding should be sufficient to administer PSAT to all 10th graders in the county. Replaces "State Scholarship Administration" with "Office of Student Financial Assistance." Requires governor to annually fund need-based scholarship programs at a minimum of 80% of the funds allocated the previous year. States that 9th- or 10th-grader who applies and qualifies for a Guaranteed Access Grant Award on the basis of financial need is prequalified for a guaranteed access award by agreeing in writing to meet certain criteria as a secondary and postsecondary student, including participating in the College Readiness Outreach Program until high school graduation; establishes the College Readiness Outreach Program for 9th- and 10th-grade students; allows, if state funds are available, students to receive Educational Excellence Awards who meet requirements but have missed March 1 deadline. Designates specified responsibilities in Educational Excellence Awards to the Maryland Higher Education Commission; establishes need-based Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program for full- and part-time students professional students in specified fields studying at specified universities; establishes K-16 Leadership Council. Requires that department develop, in conjunction with state professional standards board, certificate for middle school teachers. Establishes that College Readiness Outreach Program be implemented over 5-year period beginning in FY04, and that the program be implemented in its first year for up to 1,000 students in Allegany, Prince George's, and Wicomico counties and Baltimore City. Requires that College Readiness Outreach Program be evaluated by commission, in consulation with department, and reported on to general assembly by July 1, 2007. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/sb/sb0453e.rtf
Title: S.B. 453
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes the Industry-Based Certification Incentive Grant Program for the purpose of awarding grants to selected school districts, county offices of education, and regional occupational centers and programs to establish industry-based certification programs within their career technical programs. Requires the Department of Education to evaluate the effectiveness of each certification program. Allocates funds to the department for specific career technical education purposes.
Title: A.B. 1018
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2001 | Postsec.
Community College | Directs the board of governors of the University of North Carolina, in cooperation with the state board of education and the state board of community colleges, to study the measures used for admissions, placement, and advanced placement decisions by the constituent institutions of the state's university system, to allow intellectually gifted youths to attend community colleges, and to allow certain youths to be employed at institutions of higher education. Session Law Number 312.
Title: H.B. 1246
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Establishes the Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities; establishes a standard degree credit hour requirement; provides for additional fees for students who exceed a certain amount of credit hours without a degree for each additional credit hour for which the student registers; provides for common core course concept which will define the education course guidelines for public institutions of higher education.
Title: H.B. 1263
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Sec. 31.072. PARENTS AS SCHOLARS PILOT PROGRAM. Requires the commission to establish a Parents as Scholars pilot program under which recipients of financial assistance participating in the program are allowed to fulfill applicable work or employment activities requirements by engaging in educational activities designed to result in receipt of a postsecondary degree. Certain recipients of temporary assistance for needy families are eligible.
Title: H.B. 1187
Source: Texas Legislative Web Site
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Provides higher education adult part-time student grants to students enrolled in post-secondary certificate, industry recognized credential and other skill development programs of study in demand occupations.
Title: H.B. 2897
Source: West Virginia Department of Education - Legislative Update
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2000 | Postsec. | Authorizes the Trustees of the California State University to establish an African American Political Institute and an Institute for Central American Studies at California State University, Northridge, and a center for Portuguese Studies of California State University, Stanislaus, with nonpublic funds or with other funds that the California State University Northridge, and Stanislaus are authorized to expend, and make available, for these purposes.
Title: S.B. 1721
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes the Honors Grant Program under which a high school would design and implement a plan that would result in its pupils having access to at least four honors courses; requires the superintendent of public instruction to administer a grant program, as specified, for high schools to develop honors classes, train teachers and acquire instructional materials.
Title: A.B. 2613
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Each school year, every 5th- through 9th-grade student in the public schools and their parent(s) or guardian(s) shall be apprised of the student's opportunity for access to higher education under the Oklahoma Tuition Scholarship Program. Requires Regents and state board to develop, promote and coordinate a public awareness program. Qualified 8th and 9th-grade students (family income under $70,000) can participate by agreeing to, throughout the remainder of their school years: attend school and do homework; refrain from substance abuse; refrain from commission of crimes or delinquent acts; have school to work records reviewed by designated mentors; provide information requested; and participate in program activities. Also specifies parental commitments.
Title: H.B. 2728 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| KY | Signed into law 03/1998 | Postsec. | Designates the Council on Postsecondary Education as the state agency that has responsibility and authority to direct and annually report on equal opportunities in postsecondary education; requires the Council to establish the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Postsecondary Education to advise the Council on strategies for achieving the equal opportunity and institutional performance objectives contained in "The 1997-2002 Kentucky Plan for Equal Opportunities."
Title: H.B. 451 Postsecondary Education
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CT | Died 06/1997 | Postsec. | Prevents veterns who served in the armed forces during a time of war and are sixty-two years of age or older and any other students who are sixty-two years of age or older from being denied admission to a Connecticut State University.
Title: H.B. 5498 & H.B. 5501 Postsecondary Admission Accessibility
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Died 07/1996 | Postsec. | Authorizes the trustees of the State University to permit persons age sixty or over to take ccourses for credit without tuition, as well as to audit courses.
Title: A.B. 11268 Authorization to Persons Age 60 or Over to Take Courses Without Tuition Courses for Credit Without Tution
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| DE | Died 06/1996 | Postsec. | Modifies the Delaware Higher Education Access Program requirements: eligible students seeking to particapate must demonstrate a level of knowledge and ability which meets or exceeds the recently adopted State Standards in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.
Title: S.B. 469 Implementation of Standards for Postsecondary Education
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 07/1995 | Postsec. | Provides for the auditing of courses without tuition, examination grading or credit by persons over sixty years of age at the City University of New York.
Title: A 6138 Auditing of Courses
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 04/1995 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to Advancement Via Determination Programs designed to increase the number of minority and low-income students who attend college by preparing them in high school. Identifies at-risk students who demonstrate academic potential, provides access to advanced course work, mentorships and tutorials; curric. developed for intensive, accelerated instruction; emphasizes college preparation and awareness; supports low pupil-teacher ratio. School boards allowed to establish this program with such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly.
Title: S.B. 554 - Preparation of At-Risk Students for Higher Education (Advancement Via Individual Determination Programs)
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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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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