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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--Common Core/National Tests |
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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--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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| NM | Signed into law 04/2013 | P-12 | School Rating Modified Assessment Formula
S.B. 370
Partially from bill analysis: Amends existing law that relates to school ratings to include public schools whose enrollment includes at least 75% of any combination of students with a history or family history of incarceration or extended or significant involv...
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| LA | Adopted 07/2012 | P-12 | Approval for Alternative Schools or Programs
LAC 28:CXV.2903
From July 2012 Louisiana Register: This policy revision, related to approval for alternative schools or programs, will ensure that LEAs comply with prescribed polices and standards for approval of alternative schools and programs. Revisions include: (1) establ...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Alternative Education
H.B. 1209
Transfers responsibility for placing a student in alternative school or alternative educational placement from local board to local superintendent. Removes certain exceptions to requirement that a suspended or expelled student remain under the suspending or ex...
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Youth Challenge Program
H.B. 662
Amends existing law to provide for federal funds and state funding, to provide that the school district where the Youth Challenge Program is located may take steps to have the Youth Challenge Program be considered and designated as an alternative secondary sch...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Assignment of Certified or Classified Staff to Alternative Education Programs
H.B. 168
Defines "alternative education program." Prohibits a superintendent from assigning an employee to an alternative education program in the disposition of any disciplinary action involving the employee, or as part of a corrective action plan established pursuant...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Compulsory Attendance
S.B. 362
Raises from 16 to 17 the maximum age at which children are required to attend a public school regularly during the entire school year, subject to specified exceptions. To take effect July 1, 2015. Raises the maximum age from 17 to 18, with specified exception ...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Nonpublic Alternative High Schools Accreditation
S.B. 283
Requires the department of education to waive accreditation standards for an accredited nonpublic alternative high school that contracts with a school corporation to provide alternative education services for students who: (1) have dropped out of high school; ...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Transfer of Suspended or Expelled Students to Alternative Education
H.B. 2086
Permits a student who has been suspended for more than 20 days to be immediately transferred to an alternative program. Provides that an eligible student may not be denied participation in an alternative learning opportunities program solely because s/he has b...
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| NH | Adopted 08/2011 | P-12 | Alternative Education, Tuition and Transportation
NH ADC Ed 1301.01; NH ADC Ed 1302.01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06; NH ADC Ed 1303.01, 02; NH ADC Ed 1304.01; NH ADC Ed 1405.01
Implements alternative education programs at regional career and technical education centers or associated high schools. Adds language for 'at risk' students and for tuition and transportation for 'at risk' students as required by changes in the state law of ...
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Expelled Students Participation in Adult Education Programs
H.B. 6433
Specifies that a student who has been expelled for the first time and is at least 16 years old is not required to withdraw from regular public school to attend adult education as part of an alternative educational opportunity during the expulsion. Allows such...
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| TX | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Alternative Education
S.B. 1
Requires that a district located in a county with a population of 125,000 or less provide educational services to a student who is expelled from school. Permits the district to count the student in its average daily membership. Defines what may be considered a...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | College-Preparatory Boarding Academy Pilot Program
S.B. 404
From Legislative Staff Summary: Creates the College-Preparatory Boarding Academy Pilot Program (Academy) for at-risk students. Defines the key elements of the program and establishes "at-risk" student eligibility criteria consistent with eligibility standards ...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Transfer to Alternative School
H.B. 153 - Transfer to Alternative School
Provides that local policies to allow a student to enroll in an alternative school may permit a student to permanently transfer to an alternative school so that the student need not reapply annually for
permission to attend the alternative school. Page 169 of ...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Expulsion or Placement in Disciplinary Alternative Education
H.B. 968
Requires a student who receives deferred prosecution for, is found by a court or jury to have engaged in, or a superintendent or designee has a reasonable belief that a student has engaged in aggravated robbery to be removed from class and placed in a discipli...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Opportunity to Complete Graduation Requirements for Student in Disciplinary Alternative Education
S.B. 49
Requires a district to provide the parents of a student removed to a disciplinary alternative education program with written notice of the district's obligation to provide the student with an opportunity to complete
coursework required for graduation. Requires...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Alternative Learning Environments
S.B. 81
Requires districts to establish alternative learning environment programs for at-risk students. Specifies that such programs are not punitive in nature. Requires districts to report on programs, including information on student race and gender. Requires distri...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Alternative School Placement
H.B. 1178
Provides criteria for districts to make a determination on an individualized basis before placing compulsory-school-age children returning from out-of-home placement in the mental health, juvenile justice or foster care system into an alternative school.out-of...
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| GA | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Alternative/Non-Traditional Education Programs
160-4-8-.12
Rule 160-4-8-.12, "Alternative Education Programs" has been repealed and a new rule adopted. Defines "alternative/non-traditional education program" as a program operating in affiliation with a school; a program does not report full-time equivalent (FTE) or re...
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| WV | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Alternative Schools
S.B. 2010
Provides uniformity in alternative schools and requires a pilot program that will allow alternative schools in elementary and middle schools. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2010%20enr.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=2X&i=2010 ...
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| AK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Alternative Education
H.B. 360
An Act relating to the provision of information regarding a student by a school district to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, Alaska Challenge Youth Academy.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/26/Bills/HB0360Z.PDF...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Alternative Schools and Programs
H.B. 1225
Relates to approval by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education of certain alternative schools and alternative education programs; relates to specific standards and criteria used by the board to approve schools; to provide guidelines for such repo...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Alternative Education
H.B. 1425
Existing policy requires a county with a population greater than 125,000 to develop a juvenile justice alternative education program. This provision adds that a county with a population greater than 125,000 is not required to develop a juvenile justice alterna...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Alternative Learning Centers
H.F. 2
Establishes parameters for alternative learning centers, alternative learning programs, and contract alternative programs.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Alternative Schools and Workforce Development
S.B. 2575
Authorizes students assigned to alternative schools to attend workforce training programs; requires each school district having an alternative school program to submit an annual report to the state department of education describing the results of its annual a...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Alternative Education for Students Charged with an Offense
H.B. 2341
Provides that pending the decision by the division superintendent as to whether to require that a student charged with an offense involving intentional injury to another student of the school division attend an alternative education program, a local school boa...
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| KY | Adopted 02/2009 | P-12 | Extended School Services
704 KAR 3:390
Establishes requirements for extended school services. Defines "A5 program" as an alternative program with no attendance boundaries, serving dropouts returning to an alternate educational environment, potential dropouts, discipline problem students, nontraditi...
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2009 | P-12 | Students At-Risk for Long-Term Suspension
H.B. 1945
Provides that a school division may assign a student deemed at-risk for a long-term suspension to a regional alternative education program; clarifies that the program is a regional alternative education program.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+...
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| NH | Adopted 11/2008 | P-12 | Alternative Education Programs
Ed 1300
Requires the department to deliver a program of prevention and recovery of dropouts that increased the dropout age to 18 and permits a student to complete secondary education requirements through approved alternative programs.
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Placement in Alternative Education
H.B. 326
Establishes a presumption that students 16 years of age and younger who are expelled or suspended pending expulsion by a local school district or charter school are appropriate for placement in an alternative education program.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/li...
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Alternative Education Programs
H.B. 1661A
Defines alternative education program as a program in which the primary purpose is to provide at-risk students with curricula and assessment; defines alternative learning as an educational option that a public school or publicly supported program offers at-ris...
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| MI | Signed into law 01/2008 | P-12 | Alternative Education Academies
S.B. 703 (sec. 1311g)
Specifies policies, requirements and procedures for "strict discipline academies" for students who have been expelled, suspended or referred by courts, human services or juvenile agencies.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2008-PA...
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2007 | P-12 | Alternative education finance
S.B. 219
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to revise the Academic Performance Index to include additional information by a specified deadline regarding specified data of pupils who were referred to an alternative education program and school and distric...
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Alternative Education Programs Committee
H.B. 1224
Establishes the Alternative Education Programs Committee. The committee shall review and make recommendations for the promotion of alternatives in education within existing school systems including how alternative education programs contribute toward helping s...
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Alternative Education and Regional Vocational Centers
S.B. 101
Permits at risk students to attend an alternative education program at a regional vocational education center. Authorizes the department of education to pay tuition and transportation costs for such attendance.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/...
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Alternative Programs of Education
A.B. 2A
Creates pilot program for alternative programs of education for disruptive pupils established, appropriates funds and district eligibility requirements.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/23rdSpecial/Bills/AB/AB2_EN.pdf...
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Pilot: of Mandated Attendance for Suspended Students
H.B. 2138
Adds a new section: A pilot project of mandated attendance in an alternative school for students who have been suspended shall be established by the department for the school year 2007-2008 in any county having a metropolitan form of government and a populatio...
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Greater Accountability for Alternative Education
S.B. 2157
Requires greater accountability for alternative education; for example, requires academic indicators to include grade point averages or other student academic performance measures, performance on the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP), performan...
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| TN | Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2007 | P-12 | Alternative Schools
H.B. 1545, S.B. 1427
Requires the advisory council for alternative education, established by Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-3404, to study issues relating to establishing pilot alternative
school programs. Requires review any prior evaluations of such schools that have bee...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Alternative School Pilot
H.B. 1545
Requires the advisory council for alternative education to study alternative school pilot sites and report to the governor, the state board of education, and the house and senate education committees.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/...
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Alternative Adolescent Residential or Outdoor Programs
H.B. 769
Requires registration and licensure of alternative adolescent residential or outdoor programs. Allows provisional licensing and requires background checks for certain employees and managers. Directs the department of labor and industry to adopt rules regarding...
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | No Pass No Drive
H.B. 32
Deletes the requirement that a local school district operate an alternative education program prior to the revocation of a student's operator's license, intermediate license, or instruction permit; requires that the application of any minor under the age of 18...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Alternative Education Authority
S.B. 2338
Directs the state board to promulgate guidelines for alternative school programs which provide broad authority to school boards of local school districts to establish alternative education programs to meet the specific needs of the school district.
http://bil...
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Extended Day & Summer School Programs, Distance Learning/Virtual University & Finance - Alternative Education Updates
H.B. 115
Requires the state superintendent of public instruction to review at-risk program strategies funded under the block grant model, specifically including alternative schools and imposes a moratorium on new alternative schools recognized under the model during th...
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Goals for Alternative Education Schools
S.B. 2723
Requires state board of education curriculum for alternative schools to stress student success and removes language concerning alternative schools that is penal in nature; establishes an advisory council on alternative education.
http://www.legislature.state.t...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | School Improvement Rating for Alternative Schools
H.B. 7087 (Section 47)
Alternative schools that provide dropout-prevention and academic-intervention services pursuant to s. 1003.53 shall receive a school-improvement rating. The school-improvement rating must identify schools as having one of the following ratings: (a) "Improving...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | School Performance Grades
H.B. 7087 (Section 45)
Makes revisions to school grade provisions, such as the inclusion of information for students receiving a special diploma and grades for K-3 and alternative schools.
Each school that has students who are tested and included in the school grading system, excep...
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Increasing Compulsory Education Age
H.B. 867 - Section 20 (h)
Directs the commissioner of education to gather information to facilitate discussion during the next legislative session about increasing the compulsory education age to 18, and to present the data to the senate and house committees on education during January...
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Behavior Which Constitutes a Threat
H.B. 688
Relates to expelled or suspended students. Defines "behavior which constitutes a threat" (and as such, allows a board to place a student in a state-funded agency program) as including assault, battery or abuse of others; the threat of force; being under the in...
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | Alternative schools
H.B. 1076
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 pr...
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Options for Expelled Students
A.B. 110 --Expulsion Section
Governing boards that expel pupils must provide access to an educational program for those students. Such a program may be operated by the school district, the county superintendent of schools, or a consortium of districts or in joint agreement with the county...
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Evaluation of Expelled and At-Risk Student Services Grant Program
H.B. 1311
Authorizes the department of education to retain up to 1% of any appropriation for the expelled and at-risk student services grant program to evaluate the program. Beginning January 1, 2006, requires the department to annually report to the general assembly on...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Resolution Urging Greater Funding of Alternative Schools
H.J.R. 116
Urges the Governor to include increased funding for alternative education programs in the 2005-06 General Appropriations Act. Currently, LEAs are required to have at least one alternative school in grades 7-12. Link to fiscal note summary: http://www.legislatu...
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| TN | SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 | P-12 | Alternative Schools Okay for Younger Students
H.B. 1938
Allows local boards of education to establish evening alternative schools for students in grades six (age 11) through twelve (6-12). Previous provision allowed alternative schools only for students over 16. http://tennessee.gov/sos/acts/104/pub/pc0200.pdf...
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Alternative Education
H.B. 3018
House Bill 3018 includes provisions relating to alternative education programs and the Mountaineer Challenge Academy. Attendees of both are given an extra year to graduate or pass the General Education Degree (GED) tests, subject to federal law. Additionally, ...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Conditions Not Requiring Certification
S.B. 1044 (sections 16-17)
States that teacher certification requirements do not apply to persons teaching concurrent credit courses or advanced placement courses who: (i) Are employed by a postsecondary institution; (ii) Meet the qualification requirements of that institution or the d...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Public School Funding Act of 2003
S.B. 939
Amends the public school funding act of 2003. Requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules clarifying not only which alternative learning environment programs qualify for funding, but also the characteristics of students who qualify for funding be...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12 | Compulsory School Age; Alternative Education
S.B. 2918
Increases the compulsory school age from 16 to 17 years of age, with exceptions. Provides that certain provisions that apply to truant officers apply to the regional superintendent of schools or his designee in a school district that does not have a truant off...
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| CA | Vetoed 07/2004 | P-12 | Regional Occupational Program: Pupil Eligibility
S.B. 1591
Provides that a pupil who will attain the age of 16 years during the school year may be admitted to a regional occupational center or program. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1551-1600/sb_1591_bill_20040624_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.gove...
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| CO | Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2004 | P-12 | Accountability for Alternative Campuses
1 CCR 301-57
Clarifies rules regarding the administration of accountability for alternative campuses and processes for being designated an alternative campus. http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/brdbook/2004/JULY%202004/VIII-A-1as.pdf...
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| MA | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 | P-12 | Alternative Education Grant Program
H.B. 4914
Relates to establishing an alternative education grant program; contains text of section 126 of H 4850; requires that parents or legal guardians attend specified conferences with teachers; provides for assistance to address needs of children who have been expo...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Alternative Learning Program Funding
H.B. 1455 and 1456
Implements the recommendation of the house interim committee on providing an appropriate education for students on long-term suspension to direct the state board of education to develop and recommend a funding formula for alternative learning programs and alte...
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| RI | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 | P-12 | Alternative Education Programs
H.B. 7722
Each school district is required to adopt a plan to create alternative education programs to educate students who are removed from the classroom because of a suspension of more than ten (10) days or who are chronically truant. The plan must be adopted by the s...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Child Released from Custody
H.B. 106
Requires that upon a child's discharge or release from the custody of the Department of Youth Services certain records pertaining to the child be released to the superintendent of the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school; specifies t...
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Enhancement of Juvenile Services Programs
H.B. 1139
Establishes the Department of Juvenile Services Education Department; requires each facility established and operated by the Department of Juvenile Services to have an education center; provides that each child in the custody of the Department receive appropri...
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Juvenile Services Step Down Aftercare
S.B. 767
Requires a child discharged from a committed residential placement to receive step down aftercare for a period to be determined by the Department of Juvenile Services; requires a child in a step down aftercare program to receive specified services; requires a ...
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| MS | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | No Child Left Behind Act
H.B. 657
Authorizes local school boards to expand federal No Child Left Behind Act funds to pay for training, incentives and salary supplements to school district employees; authorizes the expending of moneys to reimburse licensed district employees for relocation expe...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Alternative Schools: Curriculum & Policies
S.J.R. 746
Concerns General Assembly, Directed Studies; directs the office of education accountability (with the asasistance of the state board and state department) to study and evaluate the quality of curriculums and policies and procedures relative to punishment utili...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Alternative Schools Under Accountability System
S.B. 83
The performance of alternative schools that qualify is to be measured under a different set of accountability indicators. Schools that serve a population that is more than 95% "at risk" as defined by the law must demonstrate baseline levels of and measurable a...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Delinquent Child
H.B. 1500
Relates to a delinquent child; provides that a youth court must consider additional factors before entering a disposition order or placing the child in a training school; requires review of child's medical history, mental health records and school records; pro...
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Providing For Safe Schools
H.B. 4037
Provides for safe schools through alternative education programs; provides certain juvenile justice records to public school officials....
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| CA | Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2003 | P-12 | Alternative Schools Accountability Model (ASAM)
Title 5 CCR 1068 thru 1074
Establishes emergency rules concerning alternative schools accountability model. CALIFORNIA REG 15452 (SN)
http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=125942&E22=Title%205&E23=1068&E24=&infobase=ccr&querytemplate=%261.%20Go%20to%20a%20Specific%20Sectio...
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Innovative Education Initiatives Act
S.B. 656
Creates the Innovative Education Initiatives Act to develop cooperative efforts between secondary schools and institutions of higher education to reduce dropout rates, increase high school and college graduation rates and decrease the need for higher education...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Alternative Education Programs
H.B. 1314
Relates to placement of certain students in alternative education programs....
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Expulsion Provisions for Students Found Guilty of Certain Drug Charges
H.B. 639
States that mandatory minimum 24-month expulsion of any student age 16 or older, or mandatory minimum 12-month expulsion of student under age 16 in grades six through 12, who is found guilty of possession of, or knowledge of and intentional distribution of, or...
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program
H.B. 490
Makes juvenile justice alternative education pilot program a permanent, non-pilot program. Specifies that the juvenile justice alternative education program is for students who are suspended, expelled, identified as candidates for being suspended or expelled,...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Schools
S.B. 801
Prohibits the state board from providing funding to an alternative education program that does not receive a recommendation for continued funding in the evaluation provided for in this subsection. Any school district not receiving such a recommendation for co...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Alternative Education Campuses
S.B. 94
Requires state board to establish criteria and application process for a school to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates that criteria and application process include specified components. Permits charter school meeting criteria to be designa...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Age to Attend Alternative Or Voc-Ed Programs
H.B. 21A
Lowers age for when certain students may attend alternative education or vocational-technical education programs; provides relative to attendance of certain students in BESE-approved adult education programs. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/021ES/CVT5/OU...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | National Guard Youth Challenge Program
H.B. 1646
Relates to alternative educational service providers that the school district may contract with; includes the state national guard youth challenge program; grants number of highschool credits based on the students' level of academic proficiency as measured by ...
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Zero Tolerance, Alternative Education
S.B. 4
Defines terms; expands defined terms to include definitions for alternative education and dangerous student; sale of narcotics and possession of deadly weapons and controlled substances on educational facility premises, vehicles and at school-sponsored functio...
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| OH | Signed into law 11/2001 | P-12 | Contracts, Provisions for Alternative Schools
H.B. 196
Permits school districts that establish certain alternative schools to contract with nonprofit or for profit entities to operate those schools; provides that teachers employed by those entities may be licensed in the same manner as employees of nontax supporte...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2001 | P-12 | School district superintendents and suspension policy
A.B. 177
Authorizes a school district superintendent or designee, if he or she chooses to extend a suspension, to address the academic needs of the pupil by transferring the pupil to an alternative school placement for remedial instruction or, to the extent feasible, p...
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Private Alternative Education Programs
S.B. 258
Allows State Board of Education to establish standards for private alternative education programs; specifies what is included in school district annual evaluation of private alternative education programs....
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| NC | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Programs for Short-Term Suspensions
S.B. 71
Establishes a pilot program under which participating local school administrative units place all students who are on short-term out-of-school suspension in alternative learning programs....
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | At-Risk Elementary Students
H.B. 1499 Multiple Components for At-Risk Elementary Students
States that each urban school district as defined in Section 1210.568 of this title and as identified as having a high population of elementary grade students who are at-risk and in need of alternative education shall expand the annual student needs assessment...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Alternative Approaches Grants
H.B. 1460
Alternative Approaches grants are to be targeted at school districts located in counties with a high number of dropouts for the school year preceding the year for which the grant is being sought, and a high number of referrals to the juvenile justice system, o...
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | False alarms, Threats
H.B. 1088
Relates to the placement in an alternative education program or expulsion of a public school student who makes a false alarm or report or a terroristic threat....
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| VA | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Age-Appropriate Education Programs
S.B. 1144
Creates optional age-appropriate education programs for students in grades K-5 who require guidance, supervision and discipline in a structured learning environment and who need to be redirected toward appropriate classroom decorum and acceptable personal beha...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Suspension, Expulsion, Alternative Programs
H.B. 2512
Reorganizes the student discipline statutes and moves some sections to other articles of Title 22.1. Requires division superintendents, in making recommendations for expulsion for violations other than those involving weapons or drugs, to consider various fact...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12 | Changing the Rules for School Discipline
S.B. 852
Revises the definition of suspension; revises data used to determine school's performance grade category; revises information required to be included in student code of conduct; specifies types of drills and emergencies for which district school boards are req...
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| MS | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Suspension, Expulsion, Alternative Education
H.B. 776
Clarifies the authority of school superintendents, principals and school boards to suspend, expel, or change the placement of pupils for conduct that renders a pupil's presence in the classroom detrimental to the school's educational environment or the best in...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Alternative Education Expands to Include Middle Schoolers
S.B. 901
Contingent upon the provision of appropriated funds designated for such purpose, all school districts in the state providing alternative education programs shall expand the programs to include middle school grade students. ...
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2000 | P-12 | Alternative Education
H.B. 1420
Public Law No. 683, (LD 2027); Encourages public school alternative education programs; requires school alliance to set consistent standards for regional public school choice programs; provides that shared service agreements between schools may include alterna...
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| GA | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Special Education, Alternative Education
H.B. 114
Relates to elementary and secondary education; changes certain provisions regarding special instructional assistance programs for students with developmental deficiencies; provides for the application of mandatory education requirements to children between age...
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| GA | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Alternative Schools for Suspended Students
H.B. 1187
In-school suspension and alternative schools have been combined to create alternative programs. In-school suspension may be included as a type of alternative program. The Office of Educational Accountability determines what is an acceptable performance of alte...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Alternative Education
H.B. 188
Clarifies that regional pilot projects for alternative education are designed for elementary as well as middle and high school students; directs the Department of Education to issue a request for proposals for regional pilot projects for selected alternative e...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Alternative Education Plan Compliance
H.B. 1468
Provides that a student who has been granted an Alternative Education Plan and fails to comply with the condition of the plan shall be in violation of attendance laws; authorizes the Division Superintendent or Attendance Officer of the school division in which...
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| LA | Signed into law 07/1999 | P-12 | In-School Intervention Pilot Program
H.B. 2067
Extends the termination date of the In-School Intervention Pilot Program....
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| MO | Signed by governor 07/1999 | P-12 | Alternative Education
H.B. 889
School districts may provide an alternative education program and enroll a pupil in such if the district determines such enrollment is appropriate....
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| SC | Signed into law 06/1999 | P-12 | Funding for Alternative Schools
S.B. 727
Provides for a system of alternative schools for specified students in grades 6-12 for which a school district shall receive certain funding it chooses to establish, maintain and operate an alternative school either individually or through a cooperative agreem...
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| TX | Signed by governor 06/1999 | P-12 | Evaluation of Alternative Education Programs (Part of Omnibus Bill)
S.B. 4
Commissioner shall annually evaluate each district's alternative education program including student performance on assessment instruments....
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| AR | Signed into law 04/1999 | P-12 | Extends Expiration of Arkansas Pygmalion Commission
H.B. 1966
Extends the expiration of the Arkansas Pygmalion Commission; to remove legislative members from the commissions; relates to the Arkansas Pygmalion Commission on Nontraditional Education....
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| AR | Signed into law 04/1999 | P-12 | Requires Pygmalion Commission to Report Findings
S.B. 861
Pertains to alternative learning environments; relates to school aid, school districts, the Department of Education; requires the Pygmalion Commission to report its findings to the Legislature....
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| AR | Signed into law 03/1999 | P-12 | Study on Establishing Residential Alternative School
H.C.R. 1009
Request the House and Senate Interim Committee on Education to conduct a study of the feasibility and desirability of establishing a residential alternative school for At-Risk Youth....
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| UT | Signed into law 03/1999 | P-12 | Establishes an Alternative Middle School Program
H.B. 329
Establishes an alternative middle school program; provides for implementation of the program; makes an appropriation....
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| VA | Signed into law 03/1999 | P-12 | Pilot Programs for Disruptive Students
H.B. 1248
Establishes a grants program for pilot discretionary programs for disruptive elementary and middle school students who do not qualify for the alternative education programs established; defines disruptive student as a student whose behavior interrupts or obstr...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/1999 | P-12 | Alternative Education Programs
H.B. 2405
Authorizes school boards to adopt regulations empowering the division superintendent or his designee to require certain students to attend alternative education programs after written notice to the student and his parent and notice of the opportunity for the s...
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| MI | Signed into law 02/1999 | P-12 | Strict Discipline Public School Academies
H.B. 4241 Alternative Education
Allows alternative education for certain pupils; clarifies responsibility for locating and providing for establishment of strict discipline public school academies....
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| MS | Signed into law 12/1998 | P-12 | Youth Challenge Program
H.B. 355
Authorizes National Guard to award adult high school diploma to certain graduates in the Youth Challenge Program; relates to diplomas to Youth Challenge Program participants who meet minimum academic requirements for graduation....
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| OR | Died 06/1998 | P-12 |
H.B. 3083 Programs for Disruptive Students
Relates to school district program for disruptive students; directs the School District Board to adopt program to address problems of disruptive students in schools; specifies recommended program requirement including parent education class, exemption, pilot p...
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| LA | Signed into law 05/1998 | P-12 |
H.B. 27
Creates the Alternative School Fund within the state treasury; provides for the benefit of chronically disruptive, suspended or expelled students or students who have dropped out without obtaining a high school diploma; provides for investment of funds and exp...
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| MS | Died 05/1998 | P-12 |
H.B. 189
Requires the Department of Education to establish a juvenile Alternative Program as a pilot program in each supreme court district for 1st and 2nd youth offenders; requires submission of report on effectiveness to certain legislative committees; authorizes you...
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| MS | Died 05/1998 | P-12 |
H.B. 262 Alternative Educational Program
Creates an alternative educational program under the joint direction of the State Department of Education and the Department of Human Services to assist Youth Who are at risk; provides for the teaching of basic education fundamental skills; specifies the goals...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/1998 | P-12 |
S.B. 1 Expelled Students
Amends and clarifies law enacted last session which requires school districts to serve expelled students. As amended, allows local board to determine credits student will receive for educational services provided during expulsion. Requires boards to determine ...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/1998 | P-12 |
L.B. 1228
Adopts the Quality Education Accountability Act; provides incentive payments to local systems that have adopted academic standards promulgated by the State Board of Education, has a system of alternative education for all expelled students, has an approved pro...
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| FL | Signed into law 11/1997 | P-12 |
S.B. 8
Directs the Alternative Education Institute to serve as an educational facility for at-risk youth; provides for the expiration of the terms of office of the board of directors of the institute and reduces the number of members on the board; provides for the ap...
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| OH | Signed into law 08/1997 | P-12 |
S.B. 55 Alternative Schools
Modifies Sec. 3313.534. (E) If a District Board of Education elects under this section, or is required by section 3313.534 of the revised code, to establish an alternative school, the district board may join with the board of education of one or more other dis...
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| TX | Died 08/1997 | P-12 |
S.B. 410 & H.B. 351 Juvenile Justice Alternative Ed. Program
Relate to certain students expelled from public school or ordereed to attend a juvenile justice alternative education program....
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| CT | Died 06/1997 | P-12 |
S.B. 38 Financial Support from Parents for Alternative Educational Programs
Requires parents to pay the cost of alternative educational programs provided to expelled students in order to reduce the financial burden of such programs on school districts....
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| GA | Signed into law 06/1997 | P-12 |
20-2-769 Alternative school program authorized; annual reports
The State Board of Education is authorized to create an alternative school program for students in grades 6-12 to serve students who violate the student code of conduct. This program shall provide the individualized instruction, intervention strategies, and tr...
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| LA | Died 06/1997 | P-12 |
H.B. 997 & H.B. 1097 & S.B. 730 Alternative Programs for Disruptive Students
Requires school system to retain supervision of certain suspended and expelled students using BESE approved alternative education programs. S.B. 730 Mandates the provision of alternative programs for disruptive and suspended or expelled students by 1998-99 and...
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| NJ | Died 06/1997 | P-12 |
A.B. 523 Magnet Schools for Disciplinary Problems
Establishes on pilot basis a "Boot Camp" style residential school program for pupils with disciplinary problems....
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| IN | Signed into law 05/1997 | P-12 |
S.B. 6 Budget Bill
Increases state contribution for adult education programs; creates a state-level alternative education grant program; increases assessment funding to account for graduation exam; appropriates money for early intervention programs for reading in K-3; appropriat...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/1997 | P-12 |
H.B. 1458 Alternative Education Academy Grants
Relates to schools. Alternative Education Academy Grants....
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| OR | Signed into law 05/1997 | P-12 |
S.B. 184 Alternative Education Program
Allows parent or guardian to enroll student in alternative education program to meet student's educational needs and interest....
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/1997 | P-12 |
H.B. 2169 Educational Programs for Persons Under 20 who Are At Risk
Makes an appropriation; relates to the National Guard of Arizona; relates to powers and duties of the Adjutant General; requires the Adjutant General to establish an educational program for persons who have previously dropped out of high school and who are und...
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| ND | Signed into law 04/1997 | P-12 |
H.B. 1051 Alternative Education
Provides for the reimbursment of certain school districts having alternative high schools....
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| VA | Signed into law 03/1997 | P-12 |
H.B. 1936 Suspension, Exclusion and Expulsion
Repeals sections of the Acts of 1993 which relate to the education of students who are suspended, excluded, or expelled....
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| MS | Died 02/1997 | P-12 |
H.B. 920 Alternative Education Program
Creates alternative education program for at-risk youth....
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| IN | Died 01/1997 | P-12 |
S.B. 322 Alternative Education
Provides an additional count of 0.50 in the state tuition support formula for students of a school corporation who participate in an alternative program. Requires the state board of education to adopt rules to determine eligibility of programs for an additiona...
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| PA | Died 11/1996 | P-12 |
H.B. 8 Alternative Education
H.B. 8 provides school districts with an opportunity to establish alternative education programs for students in grades 7-12. Districts would be permitted to remove disruptive students from their regular education program in favor of placement in the alternati...
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| OK | Passed 09/1996 | P-12 |
OAC 210:35-19-3, 210:35-29-1 to 210:35-29-7 Concurrent Enrollment & Alternative Education
(Effective: 05/25/95) Relates to concurrent education and alternative education academy programs and schools; provides for students in common schools to be enrolled concurrently in courses at institutions of higher learning; allows certified teachers to teach ...
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| OH | Signed into law 07/1996 | P-12 |
H.B. 601 Alternative Disciplinary Schools
Authorizes the board of education of school districts to create alternative disciplinary middle and high schools that may operate in a certain deregulated manner and to adopt certain policies related to student conduct, dress and discipline....
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| TN | Signed into law 05/1996 | P-12 |
S.B. 2563 Authorizes pilot alternative school program
Authorizes pilot alternative school program for K-12 in three systems of 7,000 or less, one in each grand division to determine most effective methods. Appropriates $25,000 for each program....
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| FL | Signed into law 04/1996 | P-12 |
S.B. 1438 Sharing Information on Disruptive Youth (#96-55)
(Effective: 10/04/96) Provides for development of an information access and delivery system to enable agencies to share information needed to provide joint services to disruptive, violent, and delinquent youth; revises provisions relating to minimum risk nonre...
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| IL | Died 04/1996 | P-12 |
H.B. 1000 Alternative Schools and Contracts With Third Parties to Provide Services
Amends the school code to authorize the Chicago Board of Education to establish alternative schools and to contract with third parties to provide services for those schools. Exempts alternative schools operated by third party from all provisions of the school ...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/1996 | P-12 |
S.B. 221 Programs for Disruptive Students
(Effective: 04/09/96) Requiring a continuum model of prevention and intervention programs for disruptive students; setting criteria for funding those programs; authorizing some and requiring some specified disciplinary actions; requiring principals, teachers, ...
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| OK | Signed into law 04/1996 | P-12 |
H.B. 2563 Alternative Education
Relates to schools; relates to alternative education; allows for abbreviated school day and alternative teacher certification standards for certain facilities....
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| AZ | Died 03/1996 | P-12 |
S.B. 1121 Approval of Pupil Count for Alternative Schools
Provides that before a school district can increase its student count to reflect new students attending its "alternative school" it must apply for approval of the alternative school to a new "advisory committee for alternative schools" created for the purpose ...
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| ID | Signed into law 03/1996 | P-12 |
S.B. 1550 Funding for Alternative School Programs
Amends existing law to provide that moneys generated from computation of support units be used for alternative school programs....
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| IN | Signed into law 03/1996 | P-12 |
H.B. 1420 Alternative Programs
Requires the Department of Education to encourage school corporations to assess the need in the school corporation for alternative programs; establishes a school alternative program study committee to study any issue related to alternative schools for chronica...
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| SC | Died 03/1996 | P-12 |
H.B. 4807 Development of Alternative Schools for At-Risk Students
Requires school districts to develop alternative schools and requires a child expelled for more than one week to be placed in a private or alternative school....
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| WV | Signed into law 03/1996 | P-12 |
H.B. 4065 Safe Schools
(Effective: 03/20/96) Provides for alternative schools or alternative education programs for disruptive school-age juveniles at the county level and establishes a formula for the State Board of Education to distribute state funding to local school boards for t...
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| WV | Signed into law 03/1996 | P-12 |
H.B. 4139 Alternative Education for Disruptive Students
Establishes a secure residential school of juvenile status offenders and providing an alternative school for evening classes or night school for children who are expelled or suspended from regular school classes....
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| AL | Died 02/1996 | P-12 |
S.B. 456 Alternative Schools for Juvenile Delinquents
Requires that under certain conditions a court may order a juvenile to attend an alternative school if the juvenile is committed to a juvenile detention facility or to the Department of Youth Services, but the centers are unable to take the juvenile due to lac...
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| CO | Died 02/1996 | P-12 |
S.B. 73 Technology Incentives
Provides a 2% inflation increase in school funding. Sets procedure for development of technology utilization plan. Creates an education technology reserve fund to fund acquisition of equipment to implement technology utilization plan. Provides for establishmen...
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| MD | Died 02/1996 | P-12 |
S.B. 195 Programs for Disruptive Students
Requiring each county board of education and the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City to establish comprehensive programs for disruptive students; adding certain crimes to the list of reportable offenses; requiring a principal to notify certain pers...
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| MS | Died 02/1996 | P-12 |
H.B. 23 & H.B. 108 Alternative School Progrms
Requires each school district to maintain and operate an alternative school program within the district beginning with the 1997-1998 school year; requires facilities housing such programs to comply with the same standards applicable to other school facilities ...
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| AZ | Died 01/1996 | P-12 |
S.B. 1122 Alternative School Stimulus Fund
Appropriates to the Department of Education a specific amount for new "alternative school stimulus fund" that is to pay for start-up, transportation, capital and other costs. Prescribes application procedures....
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| IL | Died 01/1996 | P-12 |
S.B. 1349 In-School District-Wide Supervision Center Program
Provides for establishing an in-school, district-wide intensive supervision center program for pupils under age 16 who are guilty of gross disobedience or misconduct....
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| MS | Died 01/1996 | P-12 |
H.B. 387 & H.B. 631 Alternative Education for At-risk Students
H.B. 387 Creates alternative programs for at-risk youth in education. H.B. 631 Relates to requiring each school district to operate an alternative school program by 1996-97 school year....
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| RI | Died 01/1996 | P-12 |
H.B. 7379 Alternative School Pilot Program
Establishes an Alternative School Pilot Program to be adopted by the Board of Regents of Elementary and Secondary Education and the local school committees for the purpose of educating children who have been expelled from school or have otherwise been determin...
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| TN | Died 01/1996 | P-12 |
H.B. 2523/S.B. 2432 Funding Alternative School
Includes in basic education funding sufficient money to fund one alternative school for suspended or expelled students in grades 7-12 for each local education agency....
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| OH | Died 11/1995 | P-12 |
H.B. 507 Alternative Discipline
Authorizes the boards of education of school districts to create alternative disciplinary middle and high schools that may operate in a certain deregulated manner....
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| CA | Signed into law 10/1995 | P-12 |
A.B. 625 Alternative Education and Work Center for School Dropouts
Reauthorizes a school district that participates in school-based program coordination to establish an alternative education and work center for school dropouts at a continuation high school or adult school or to contract with a private non-profit community-bas...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/1995 | P-12 |
Disruptive Student Schools: Regional Superintendent Terms
Each educational service region except in Chicago may establish one or more alternative schools for disruptive students in grades 6-12 who would otherwise be suspended or expelled. Such schools must be away from regular school grounds. A public school may imme...
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| MD | Signed into law 06/1995 | P-12 |
H.B. 970, Chapter 632 Baltimore City Alternative Learning Center
Establishes the Baltimore City Alternative Learning Center in the Baltimore City Public School System. A student may be transferred to the Center if the student: 1) assaults a teacher, teacher's aide, student teacher, a professional or paraprofessional school ...
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| MO | Signed into law 05/1995 | P-12 |
H.B. 345 Student Suspension
This bill requires public school districts to suspend for at least one year any student who brings a firearm to school. The chief officers of school districts are permitted to modify these suspensions on a case-by-case basis and school districts are not prohib...
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| VA | Signed into law 05/1995 | P-12 |
Alternative Education Placement
Authorizes local school boards to determine the appropriate alternative education placement of students who have been placed in alternative education by court order....
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| CO | Died 04/1995 | P-12 |
H.B. 1317 Alternative Schools
This bill enables districts to create alternative schools to teach expelled or suspended students, K-12. Council staff is working with a variety of disability community members concerned about students with disabilities. Such a placement could occur if a stude...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/1995 | P-12 |
H.B. 436 - Educating Incarcerated Youth
Authorizes creation of a special school district for incarcerated youth; provides that the Commissioner of Corrections shall serve as superintendent of schools for such special school district; provides that the Board of Corrections shall serve as the board of...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/1995 | P-12 |
S.B. 281 Expulsion of Students for Bringing Weapons to School
Provides for the establishment of policies by local boards of education requiring the expulsion of students who bring weapons to school; authorizes placement of such students in alternative programs....
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| MS | Signed into law 04/1995 | P-12 |
S.B. 2510 - Student Suspensions
Suspension of students; provides standards for removal of students to alternative school programs....
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| VA | Became law without governor's signature 04/1995 | P-12 |
H.B. 2150 - Alternative Education
Provides that local school boards shall determine the alternative education placement of students who attend the public schools of its division or who resides within the school division, in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations. Authorizes sch...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/1995 | P-12 |
H.B. 1691 - Reporting on Alternative Learning Environments
Clarifies reporting requirements concerning alternative learning environments in public schools....
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| IN | Died 02/1995 | P-12 |
H.B. 1265 Alternative Schools
(Effective: 07/01/95) Allows governing bodies of school corporations to estab. alternative programs for disruptive students. Defines disruptive students as those having two or more suspensions in a school year. Permits alternative programs to be established by...
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| NJ | Active 01/1995 | P-12
Community College |
Alternative Education Programs
(Effective: 01/31/95) Alternative education programs for potentially dangerous students are expected to be in most of NJ's 21 counties by the end of the month under a "safe schools" initiative. The Assembly last month passed another provision of the plan that ...
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| NJ | Active 10/1994 | P-12 |
Up, Not Out - Handling Disruptive High School Students
(Effective: 10/01/94) Instead of banishing disruptive high school students to detention halls, education officials in New Jersey are sending them to college. Three years ago, the state opened non-traditional high schools in seven districts. Most of them are lo...
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| OK | Signed into law 08/1994 | P-12 |
H.B. 2640 Alternative Education
The legislation includes the establishment of eight pilot alternative academies grants for alternative education programs in counties with a high number of dropouts and a high number of referrals to the juvenile justice system. Lawmakers' growing concern in th...
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| DE | Signed into law 06/1994 | P-12 |
H.B. 247 Alt. schools, intervention grants, prevention grants
Provides funding to districts in 3 areas: 1) alternative schools for expelled and disruptive youth; 2) intervention grants for middle and high schools; 3) prevention grants, targeted at younger students (conflict resolution, behavior management, reducing risk ...
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| NV | Signed into law 06/1994 | P-12 |
A.B. 527 Alternative Programs
Authorizes school districts, subject to the approval of the state board of education, to establish alternative programs for the education of pupils at risk of dropping out of high school. (Legislative Summary 1993)...
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| WA | Signed into law 06/1994 | P-12 |
RCS 28A.320.140 Schools with special standards
Allows school boards to establish schools or programs which parents may choose for their children which require dress codes/uniforms; where parents are required to participate in their student's education; and where discipline requirements are more stringent t...
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| NM | Signed into law 04/1994 | P-12 |
At Risk, Alternative Ed, Gangs, Violence
During the 1994 session, the Legislature considered several pieces of legislation related to at-risk students, alternative education programs, gangs and violence. The Legislature appropriated $600,000 to fund alternative education curricula for at risk student...
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| WI | Signed into law 04/1994 | P-12 |
S.B. 89 Alternative Education Programs
(Effective: 04/30/94) This law contains provisions relating to teacher licensure for alternative education programs, assessment periods for certain pupils, high school graduation requirements, education for employment standards and rules relating to the youth ...
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| VA | Passed 03/1994 | P-12 |
H.B. 724 Alternative Education Programs
Relates to alternative education programs. (Statenet 3/18/94)...
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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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| 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--Teaching Across Disciplines |
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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 Baccalaureate |
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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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| Mentoring/Tutoring |
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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 English Language Learners (ELL) |
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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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| P-3 Technology |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
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| Parent/Family--Research |
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| Partnerships--University/School |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning |
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| Postsecondary Affordability |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure |
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| Postsecondary Finance |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies |
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| Postsecondary Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent |
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| Postsecondary Online Instruction |
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| Postsecondary Participation |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Access |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Outreach |
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| Postsecondary Students |
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| Postsecondary Students--Adults |
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| Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
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| Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth |
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| Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
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| Postsecondary Students--International |
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| Postsecondary Students--Low-Income |
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| Postsecondary Students--Military |
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| Postsecondary Students--Minority |
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| Postsecondary Success |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion |
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| Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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| Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence |
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| Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
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| Private Schools |
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| Privatization |
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| Privatization--Education Management Agencies (EMOs) |
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| Proficiency-Based Approaches |
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| Promising Practices |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Public Involvement |
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| Purposes of Public Education |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Religion--Prayer/Meditation |
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| Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) |
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| Remediation (K-12) |
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| Rural |
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| Scale-Up/Replication |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Week |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round |
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| School Climate/Culture |
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| School Safety |
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| School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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| School Safety--Code of Conduct |
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| School Safety--Corporal Punishment |
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| School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
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| School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
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| School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
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| School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
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| School Safety--Special Education |
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| School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes |
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| School/District Structure/Operations |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--District Size |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Org. (K-3/K-8 etc.) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--School Size |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Staffing Ratios |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
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| Service-Learning |
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| Social/Emotional Learning and Non-Cognitive Skills |
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| Special Education |
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| Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations |
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| Special Education--Finance |
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| Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) |
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| Special Education--Placement |
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| Special Education--Transition |
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| Special Populations--Corrections Education |
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| Special Populations--Foster Care |
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| Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
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| Special Populations--Homeless Education |
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| Special Populations--Immigrant Education |
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| Special Populations--Migrant Education |
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| Special Populations--Military |
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| Standards |
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| Standards--Common Core State Standards |
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| Standards--Implementation |
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| State Comparisons/Statistics |
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| State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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| State Policymaking |
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| State Policymaking--Ballot Questions |
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| State Policymaking--Constitutional Clauses |
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| State Policymaking--Politics |
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| State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
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| STEM |
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| Student Achievement |
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| Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap |
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| Student 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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