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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 | 21st Century Skills |
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| Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
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| Assessment--Computer Based |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--Legal Issues |
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| Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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| Assessment--Value Added |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Brain Research |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Cheating |
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| Choice of Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
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| Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Alignment |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Censorship |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Excusal |
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Geography Education |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--Home Economics |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Multicultural |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Curriculum--Speech Education |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics |
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| Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Does Money Matter? |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Litigation |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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| Governance |
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| Governance--Mandates |
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| Governance--Regional Entities |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| Governance--School Boards--Training |
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| Governance--Site-Based Management |
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| Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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| Health |
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| Health--Child Abuse |
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| Health--Mental Health |
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| Health--Nutrition |
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| Health--Suicide Prevention |
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| Health--Teen Pregnancy |
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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--College Readiness |
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| High School--Credit Recovery |
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| High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| High School--International Baccalaureate |
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| Instructional Approaches |
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| Instructional Approaches--Constructivism |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills |
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| Instructional Approaches--Official English |
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| Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning |
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| Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education |
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| Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task |
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| Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| International Benchmarking |
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| Leadership |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
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| No Child Left Behind |
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| No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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| No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--Finance |
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| No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement |
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| No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
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| No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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| No Child Left Behind--Special Populations |
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| No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
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| Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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| Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
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| P-16 or P-20 |
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| P-3 |
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| P-3 Brain Development |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
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| P-3 Data Systems |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits |
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| P-3 Family Involvement |
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| P-3 Finance |
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| P-3 Governance |
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| P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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| P-3 Health and Mental Health |
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| P-3 Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Preschool |
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| P-3 Public/Private Partnerships |
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| P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion |
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| P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
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| Parent/Family--Research |
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| Partnerships--University/School |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning |
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| Postsecondary Affordability |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure |
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| Postsecondary Finance |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies |
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| Postsecondary Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent |
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| Postsecondary Online Instruction |
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| Postsecondary Participation |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Access |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Outreach |
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| Postsecondary Students |
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| Postsecondary Students--Adults |
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| Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
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| Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth |
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| Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
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| Postsecondary Students--International |
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| Postsecondary Students--Low-Income |
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| Postsecondary Students--Military |
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| Postsecondary Students--Minority |
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| Postsecondary Success |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) |
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| Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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| Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence |
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| Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
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| Private Schools |
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| Privatization |
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| Privatization--Education Management Agencies (EMOs) |
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| Proficiency-Based Approaches |
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| Promising Practices |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Public Attitudes |
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| Public Involvement |
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| Purposes of Public Education |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Religion--Prayer/Meditation |
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| Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) |
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| Rural |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Week |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round |
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| School Climate/Culture |
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| School Safety |
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| School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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| School Safety--Code of Conduct |
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| School Safety--Corporal Punishment |
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| School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
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| School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
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 | School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Amends chapter 425 of the laws of 2002, amending the education law relating to the provision of supplemental educational services, attendance at a safe public school and the suspension of pupils who bring a firearm to or possess a firearm at a school; amends chapter 101 of the laws of 2003, relating to implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, in relation to extending the effectiveness to June 30, 2010. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=A08135&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y
Title: A.B. 8135
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Extends the sunset date to June 30, 2009 on provisions related to supplemental educational services, attendance at a safe public school and the suspension of pupils who bring a firearm to or possess a firearm at school; relates to implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S07672&sh=t
Title: S.B. 7672
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| MD | Adopted 05/2008 | P-12 | Provides for transfers to public kindergarten of age- eligible kindergarten students attending nonpublic kindergarten programs.
Unsafe School Transfer Policy.
A. Each local school system shall allow a student attending a public elementary or secondary school to attend a safe public elementary or secondary school within the school system if the student:
(1) Attends a persistently dangerous public elementary or secondary school; or
(2) Is a victim of a violent criminal offense
(a) During the regular school day; or
(b) While attending a school sponsored event in or on the grounds of a public elementary or secondary school that the student attends.
http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/13a/13a.08.01.01.htm
Title: COMAR 13A.08.01.01
Source: http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2007 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education to monitor adherence to the antidiscrimination and antiharassment requirements as part of its regular monitoring and review of local educational agencies and to assess whether schools have done certain things, including, among others, adopted a policy that prohibits discrimination and harassment and adopted a process for receiving and investigating complaints of discrimination and harassment. Relates to the Safe Place to Learn Act. Requires a related Web site. Chapter 566
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_0351-0400/ab_394_bill_20070919_enrolled.pdf
Title: A.B. 394
Source: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Relates to the provision of supplemental educational services, attendance at a safe public school, the suspension of pupils who bring a firearm to or possess a firearm at a school (chapter 425 of the laws of 2002) and the education law relating to implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (chapter 101 of the laws of 2003. Extends the effectiveness of these provisions to June 30, 2008. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S05747&sh=t
Title: S.B. 5747
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Adopted 06/2006 | P-12 | Provides a ranking, standard for reporting, and more concise definition of reportable offenses as required by the uniform violent and school districts, BOCES, charter schools, and country vocational education andextension boards. Establishes the use of a school violence index as a comparative measure of the level of schoolviolence in a school.
Title: Title 8 NYCRR section 100.2(gg)
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Requires each school corporation (district) to conduct an informational count on May 1, 2007, May 1, 2008, and May 1, 2009 -- in the same manner and with the same standards as eligible pupils are counted to determine current ADM. The department must report the information obtained in the informational count to the:
(1) governor; (2) members of the education roundtable; and (3) executive director of the legislative services agency not later than thirty (30) days after the department receives the informational count reports for the year from all school corporations and transferee corporations. From the fiscal note: The bill specifies that the informational counts should include the following information:
1. A comparison between the number of eligible pupils on the informational count date and the number of eligible pupils in the current ADM.
2. Using a coding system developed by the Department of Education, the number (to the extent known by the school corporation or transferee corporation) of eligible pupils dropping out or otherwise withdrawing from the school corporation or transferee corporation after the date of the current ADM count, grouped by the reason or reasons for withdrawal from school.
3. Using a coding system developed by the Department: a. the number of suspensions and expulsions occurring after the date of the current ADM count, grouped by the reason or reasons for each suspension and expulsion; and b. the number and types of alternative educational placements that were provided or offered to suspended and expelled eligible pupils in each group.
4. The number of tuition transfer students accepted by a transferee corporation after the date of the current ADM count.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2006/PDF/SE/SE0173.1.pdf
Title: S.B. 173
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet, www.in.gov/legislative/bills
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| CO | Vetoed 06/2005 | P-12 | Requires the department to convene a working group of specified members to evaluate the current rules, definitions and reporting of incidents pertaining to school safety. Requires the working group to submit a report of its findings to the state by November 2005. Requires the findings to include examples of the types of incidents that should be reported for state safe school reporting requirements.
Also requires the state board to convene a panel of specified membership to conduct public meetings and make recommendations to the state board on the content, design and layout of the state accountability reports.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/489B14D223FBDD2087256F5D006BE665?open&file=214_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 214 (Section 3)
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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| NY | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | AN ACT to amend chapter 425 of the laws of 2002, amending the education law relating to the provision of supplemental educational services, attendance at a safe public school and the suspension of pupils who bring a firearm to or possess a firearm at a school and chapter 101 of the laws of 2003, amending the education law relating to implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S05415&sh=t
Title: S.B. 5415
Source: StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Authorizes local boards to adopt guidelines for the standardization of the format of school accountability report cards required by section 15-746 http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/15/00746.htm&Title=15&DocType=ARS
Authorizes local boards to adopt policies that require parental notification when a law enforcement officer interviews a student on school grounds. Provides both optional and mandatory parameters for such policies, including under what circumstances a parent may be present when a law enforcement officer interviews the student.
Expands school crime reporting requirements to mandate that school report cards report the total number of incidents that occurred not only on school grounds but also at school bus stops, on school buses and at school sponsored events that required a law enforcement officer, including a certified peace officer who serves as a school resource officer, to be contacted. Specifies that the total number of incidents reported must only include reports that law enforcement officers report to the school are supported by probable cause.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1044
Title: S.B. 1044
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Authorizes the filing of a complaint, under the Uniform Complaint Procedures, of noncompliance with the school safety planning requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2501-2550/ab_2525_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| GA | Adopted 08/2004 | P-12 | Clarifies rules regarding student discipline. Removes the requirement that the local board of education policies regarding the student learning environment, student behavior and discipline address all issues related to State Board of Education rules regarding unsafe school choice option. GEORGIA REG 4247 (SN) http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-4-8-.15.pdf
Title: GAC 160-4-8-.15
Source: Georgia State Web site
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| NM | Rule Adoption 08/2004 | P-12 | 6.19.3 NMAC establishes the definitions and requirements to implement the mandate of the No Child Left Behind Act that a student attending a persistently dangerous school, as determined by the state in consultation with a representative sample of local educational agencies, or who becomes a victim of a violent criminal offense, as determined by state law, while in or on the grounds of a public school that the student attends, to be allowed to attend a safe public school within the school district, including a public charter school. [6.19.3.6 NMAC - N, 08-31-04] "Persistently dangerous public school" means a school, in which for three (3) consecutive school years, the school has experienced expulsions for greater than five percent (5%) of the student enrollment for incidents reported in the school district's "safe schools report," under the violence and vandalism codes and definitions - violence codes 01 through 06 "assault and battery," and has expelled one or more student (s) for knowingly bringing a weapon to school in violation of Section 22-5-4.7, NMSA 1978, and/or any policy of the district implementing this provision. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmregister/xv/xv16/6.19.3.pdf
Title: NMAC 6.19.3
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Rule Adoption 08/2004 | P-12 | Requires that students who become a victim of a violent offense be allowed to attend a safe public school within the district. NEW MEXICO REG 4170 (SN)
Title: 6.19.3.1 thru .8
Source: StateNet
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| MD | Vetoed 05/2004 | P-12 | Requires county boards of education to create a program for reporting incidents of harassment or intimidation against students attending public schools under the jurisdiction of the board; authorizes specified persons to file a report regarding incidents of harassment or intimidation; requires boards to create victim of harassment or intimidation report forms; provides for the contents and distribution of victim of harassment or intimidation report forms.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2004rs/bills/hb/hb0740t.rtf
Title: H.B. 740
Source: StateNet
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| WV | to governor 03/2004 | P-12 | Makes each county board soley responsible for the administration of proper discipline in the public schools of the county. Each board is required to adopt policies consistent with Section 18A-5-1to govern disciplinary actions.
Title: H.B. 4001 -- Multiple Sections
Source: West Virginia Legislative Web Site
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Amends Ark. Code § 6-15-404, adds 6-15-434, 6-15-1806, 6-15-1901, 6-15-1902, 6-15-1903 .Creates the Student Assessment and Educational Accountability act of 2003; requires the establishment of a reporting system of schools' academic performance on the state-mandated criterion-referenced exam; student performance data shall be reported to parents and the public and serve as one of the components in developing a school improvement plan; beginning with the 2004-05 school year, information on the prior school year shall be published annually by October 15 and include demographic breakdowns, graduation rate, drop-out rate, transfers under the unsafe school choice option and transfers under the Public School Choice Act; annual reports must use a school rating system and performance goals.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB33.pdf
Title: S.B. 33 §§ 1, 4, 5, 6
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 12/2003 | P-12 | Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning charter schools. Requires the State Board of Education to maintain data and publish a list of persistently dangerous schools on an annual basis. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1957&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=5100&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 1957
Source: Illinois State Web site
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| DE | Rule Adoption 08/2003 | P-12 | Regulation 878 School District Compliance with the Gun Free School Act replaced with Regulation 603. Requires school districts to have a Gun Free Schools policy implementing the Gun Free Schools Act that now includes charter schools. Continues to contain reporting requirements but the specific content of those requirements has been updated to reflect the language of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. http://www.state.de.us/research/AdminCode/Education/Education%20Administrative%20Code%20-%20600%20Discipline.htm#P31_2651
Title: 14 DAC 603
Source: Delaware State Web site
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Relates to possession of a firearm or deadly weapon in a safe school and recreation zone. The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) amended the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994. The Gun Free Schools Act now requires that a state receiving federal education assistance have a law that students be expelled not just for bringing a firearm to school, but for possessing a firearm in school. This bill amends the criminal code to implement this requirement of NCLB. http://www.legis.state.de.us/Legislature.nsf/fsLIS?openframeset&Frame=Main&Src=/LIS/LIS142.NSF/Home!Openform
Title: S.B. 158
Source: Delaware Legislative Web site
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| GA | Adopted 07/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding "Unsafe School Choice Option" (USCO). Specifies a three- year process to declare a school as unsafe and an appeal procedure to the State Board of Education. Provides the process which victims of violent criminal offenses occurring at school may follow to transfer to a safe school, as guaranteed by federal legislation. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-4-8-.16.pdf
Title: GAC 160-4-8-.16
Source: Georgia State Web site
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| DE | Rule Adoption 06/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules requiring that a State Education Agency establish a State Unsafe School Choice Option (USCO) policy in order to receive funding under ESEA; identifies the conditions that must exist in order to identify persistently dangerous schools. Defines a violent crime and other relevant terms and identifies the responsibilities of the local school districts and charter schools in implementing the federal statute. http://www.state.de.us/research/AdminCode/Education/Education%20Administrative%20Code%20-%20600%20Discipline.htm#P4_57
Title: 14 DAC 608
Source: Delaware Legislative Web site
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| MD | Rule Adoption 06/2003 | P-12 | Implements the Unsafe School Choice Option of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.
A. In Regulations .19 and .20 of this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Conviction of or adjudication of" means that the perpetrator has been convicted of, adjudicated delinquent of, pleads guilty or nolo contendere with respect to, or receives probation before judgment with respect to, a violent criminal offense.
(2) "Corrective action plan" means a plan that includes information concerning conditions in the school that may have contributed to the commission of the offenses set forth in §B(4) of this regulation. A corrective action plan shall describe any behavioral interventions that will be used to address problems in the school.
(3) "Local school system" means any of the 24 local public school systems in the State.
(4) "Persistently dangerous school" means a school in which each year for 3 consecutive school years, the total number of student suspensions for more than 10 days or expulsions for any of the following offenses equals 2-1/2 percent or more of the total number of students enrolled in the school:
(a) Arson or fire;
(b) Drugs;
(c) Explosives;
(d) Firearms;
(e) Other guns;
(f) Other weapons;
(g) Physical attack on a student;
(h) Physical attack on a school system employee or other adult; and
(i) Sexual assault.
(5) "Safe school" means a school that has not been placed on probationary status or designated as persistently dangerous pursuant to Regulation .19 of this chapter.
(6) "School grounds" means a local school system owned or leased building and land that surrounds a school building and also includes school vehicles.
(7) "Violent criminal offense" means a crime of violence as defined in Criminal Law Article, §14-101, Annotated Code of Maryland.
Title: COMAR 13A.08.01.18
Source: StateNet
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| MD | Rule Adoption 06/2003 | P-12 | A. Each local school system shall allow a student attending a public elementary or secondary school to attend a safe public elementary or secondary school within the school system if the student:
(1) Attends a persistently dangerous public elementary or secondary school; or
(2) Is a victim of a violent criminal offense as defined in Criminal Law Article, §14-101, Annotated Code of Maryland:
(a) During the regular school day; or
(b) While attending a school sponsored event in or on the grounds of a public elementary or secondary school that the student attends.
B. The local school system shall effectuate a transfer pursuant to §A of this regulation in a timely manner following either the:
(1) Designation of a school as persistently dangerous; or
(2) Conviction of or adjudication of delinquency of the perpetrator of a violent criminal offense.
C. To the extent possible, the local school system shall allow a student to transfer to a school that is making adequate yearly progress and has not been identified as being in school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring.
D. Each local superintendent of schools shall certify annually in writing to the State Superintendent of Schools that Regulations .18-.20 of this chapter are implemented.
E. The State Department of Education shall:
(1) Maintain a list of schools determined to be persistently dangerous; and
(2) Revise the list annually.
Title: COMAR 13A.08.01.20
Source: Westlaw
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| MD | Rule Adoption 06/2003 | P-12 | A. Probationary Status.
(1) The State Board of Education shall place on probationary status any school having each year for a period of 2 consecutive school years, the total number of student suspensions for more than 10 days or expulsions for any of the offenses set forth in Regulation .18B(4) of this chapter equal to 2-1/2 percent or more of the total number of students enrolled in the school.
(2) The local school system shall notify in a timely manner the parents of each student attending the school that the State has placed the school on probationary status.
(3) The local superintendent shall submit a corrective action plan to the State Superintendent of Schools within 30 days of being notified by the State Board of Education that a school in the jurisdiction of the school system is on probationary status.
(4) During the probationary status the school shall implement in a timely manner strategies to reduce the commission of offenses set forth in Regulation .18B(4) of this chapter.
B. Persistently Dangerous Designation.
(1) After placing a school on probationary status, the State Board of Education shall designate that school as persistently dangerous if during the next consecutive school year the total number of student suspensions for more than 10 days or expulsions for any of the offenses set forth in Regulation . 18B(4) of this chapter equals 2-1/2 percent or more of the total number of students enrolled in the school.
(2) The local school system shall notify in a timely manner the parents of each student attending the school:
(a) That the State has identified the school as persistently dangerous; and
(b) Of the opportunity for school transfer as set forth in Regulation . 20A(1) of this chapter.
(3) If a school has been designated a persistently dangerous school, the school shall retain that designation for at least 1 full school year.
(4) Each year that a school remains identified as persistently dangerous, the local school superintendent shall submit a corrective action plan to the State Superintendent of Schools within 30 days of being notified by the State that the status of the school as persistently dangerous has not changed.
(5) The State Board of Education shall remove a school's designation as a persistently dangerous school if the school no longer meets the requirements set forth in Regulation .18B(4) of this chapter.
Title: COMAR 13A.08.01.19
Source: Westlaw
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| PA | Rule Adoption 06/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules pertaining to compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. PENNSYLVANIA REG 3807 (SN) Defines violent criminal offense as any of the following offenses that are set forth in 18 Pa.C.S. (relating to Crimes Code): (i) Kidnapping. (ii) Robbery. (iii) Aggravated assault (on the student). (iv) Rape. (v) Involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. (vi) Sexual assault. (vii) Aggravated indecent assault. (viii) Indecent assault. (ix) Attempt to commit any of the following: homicide, murder or voluntary manslaughter. Except as provided as follows, a student who becomes a victim of a violent criminal offense while in or on the grounds of the public elementary or secondary school that the student attends, shall be offered the opportunity to transfer to a safe public school within the LEA, including a charter school.
For a student victim to be entitled to transfer to another school under this chapter, the violent criminal offense first must be reported to law enforcement authorities by the student, the student's parent or guardian, or school officials. A student victim (or the student's parent or guardian) may apply to the LEA to transfer to another school within 30 calendar days after the incident is reported to school authorities. Except as provided as follows, a student who attends a persistently dangerous school must be offered the opportunity to transfer to a safe public school within the LEA, including a charter school. A student who attends a persistently dangerous school may apply to transfer at any time while the school maintains that designation. Responsibilities of LEAs toward victims of violent criminal offenses: Within 10 calendar days of receiving notice of the violent criminal offense, the LEA shall notify the student victim that the student has the right to transfer to a safe public elementary or secondary school within the LEA, including a public charter school. The notification and offer to transfer shall state that no student is required to transfer to another school. Upon receipt of an application to transfer, the LEA shall transfer the student as soon as possible, and shall transfer the student within 10 calendar days after receiving the application. http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol33/33-26/1251.html
Title: 22 PA. CODE CH. 403
Source: Pennsylvania Bulletin Volume 33, No. 26
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Adds § 6-15-431. Creates the Unsafe School Choice Program required by No Child Left Behind; provides for transfer of students attending a persistently dangerous school and students who are victims of violent crimes. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt regulations necessary to administer the Unsafe School Choice Program. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2697.pdf
Title: H.B. 2697 §17 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | A student's parent may apply to a contiguous school district for admission of the student at any time during the school year if: a. The student was a victim of violence occurring within the school in which the student was enrolled and the violence was documented; b. The superintendent of public instruction has declared the school in which the student was enrolled to be an unsafe school; or c. The superintendent of public instruction has identified the school in which the student was enrolled as one that requires program improvement for six consecutive years.
2. The school district receiving an application under subsection 1 shall review the application to ensure compliance with the provisions of subsection 1 and shall notify the student's parent and the student's school district of residence of the arrangements for the student's transfer within five days from the date the application was received. 3. The student's school district of residence shall consider the student transferred as of the date of enrollment by the admitting district. 4. Upon transfer of a student under this section, the board of the admitting district and the
board of the student's school district of residence shall enter into a tuition agreement. The student's school district of residence shall reimburse the admitting district for all costs incurred by the admitting district in providing education for the student. The sending district absorbs transportation costs. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DRAA0500.pdf
Title: H.B. 1086
Source: http://www.state.nd.us
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| AL | Adopted 03/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules adding section (e) to the existing rule which will allow notification for schools that have been identified as persistently dangerous. ALABAMA REG 6102 (SN) http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/UpdatedMonthly/VolXXIN6/p218.htm#T1
Title: AAC 290-3-1-.02(l)(e)
Source: StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Clarifies and revises the requirements for principals' reports to local law enforcement of incidents occurring on school buses, school property or at school-sponsored activities by (i) restructuring the clusters of incidents to separate assault and assault and battery without bodily injury from the more serious incidents involving assault and battery with bodily injury, sexual assault, death, shooting, stabbing, cutting, or wounding and (ii) eliminating the mandate that principals report all incidents involving assault and assault and battery to local law enforcement. The principal must still notify the parents of the students involved and the division superintendent and still has the discretion to report assaults and assaults and batteries without bodily injury to local law enforcement. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?031+ful+CHAP0954
Title: H.B. 2680
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| UT | Rule Adoption 02/2003 | P-12 | Provides criteria and procedures designating schools as persistently dangerous and provides for parent notification and transfers for students if residents of a designated school or a victim of a specific violent criminal offense. UTAH REG 25965 (SN)
Title: R277-483
Source: StateNet
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| TX | Active 11/2002 | P-12 | During the 2002-2003 school year, the state, in consultation with a representative sample of LEAs, will develop criteria for identifying "persistently dangerous schools." (http://www.tea.state.tx.us/nclb/hottopics/persistentlydangerous.html)
Title: N/A
Source: Texas Department of Education Web site
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| VA | Active 11/2002 | P-12 | Whenever any student has been the victim of any crime against the person pursuant to Chapter 4 (§ 18.2-30 et seq.) of Title 18.2, and such crime was committed by another student attending classes in the school, or by any employee of the school board, or by any volunteer, contract worker or other person who regularly performs services in the school, or if the crime was committed upon school property or on any school bus owned or operated by the school division, the student upon whom the crime was committed shall, upon written request from the student's parent, or the student, if such student is an emancipated minor, be permitted by the relevant school board to transfer to another comparable school within the school division, if available. Any transportation services for such students shall be provided in accordance with school board policies.
Title: VA Code § 22.1-3.3
Source: Virginia Statutes
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| CO | Active 06/2002 | P-12 | As a result of effective prevention and intervention methods, no school will be determined to be persistently dangerous. The performance target in future years will remain at zero. When persistently dangerous schools are identified, CDE will work with school(s) to develop strategies to eliminate the reasons for the school being listed as persistently dangerous. Colorado Consolidated State Plan Part I – Page 13; Revised 6/11/2002.
Title: N/A
Source: Colorado Department of Education Web site
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