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State |
Status/Date |
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Summary |
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 | 21st Century Skills |
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 | Accountability |
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 | Accountability--Accreditation |
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 | Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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 | Accountability--Reporting Results |
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 | Accountability--Rewards |
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 | Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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 | Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare |
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 | Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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 | Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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 | Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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 | Accountability--School Improvement |
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 | Adult Basic Education |
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 | Assessment |
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 | Assessment--Accommodations |
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 | Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
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 | Assessment--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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 | 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--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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 | Counseling/Guidance |
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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--Computer Science |
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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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 | 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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 | Economic/Workforce Development--Value of an Education |
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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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 | 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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| OR | Signed into law 07/2013 | P-12 | Summer Meals Programs
H.B. 2730
Amends existing law to allow the department of education to reimburse a school district, government agency or community group five cents for every breakfast the district, agency or group serves during the summer as a part of USDA summer food service program an...
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2013 | P-12 | Free Breakfast at High-Poverty Schools
S.B. 376
Requires a public school (including a charter school) participating in the national school breakfast program in which 80% or more of students qualify for a free or reduced-price breakfast to offer a free breakfast to all students. Requires the commissioner of ...
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2013 | P-12 | Feed to Achieve Act
S.B. 663
Phases in implementation of the West Virginia Feed to Achieve Act. Requires nutritious breakfast and lunch be made available to all students. Provides that all schools adopt delivery systems, strategies and methods to maximize participation by students. Author...
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| CO | To governor 04/2013 | P-12 | K-12 Breakfast After The Bell Nutrition Program
H.B. 1006
Establishes the Breakfast After the Bell Nutrition Program, to offer a free breakfast after the first bell to each student enrolled in a public school in which at least 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch. Establishes program objectives. Eff...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Waivers from Providing Free Meals During Summer Session
A.B. 2555
Amends deadline for a district to submit a waiver from requirement to provide free meal to free-/reduced-price lunch-eligible students during summer session; new deadline is no later than 60 days before the last regular meeting of the state board before the co...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2012 | P-12 | Free/Reduced Lunches Must Be Served Needy Students at Charter Schools
A.B. 1594
From bill summary: Requires a charter school to provide each needy pupil with one nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal during each school day, Among other things, excludes a charter
school that offers only nonclassroom-based instruction or only on...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Sale of Produce from School Gardens
A.B. 2367
Authorizes a district, charter school, or county office of education operating a school garden to sell produce grown in the school garden, provided the district, charter school, or county office of education complies with applicable federal, state, and local h...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Farm-To-School Procurement Act
H.B. 670
Establishes the Farm-To-School Procurement Act. Directs the state department of education and the department of agriculture and industries coordinate and develop certain farm-to-school procurement processes and procedures; establishes respective duties of each...
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Free School Meals/Milk Without Separate Application
A.B. 9057 - Free School Meals/Milk Without Separate Application
Part A, Section 3: Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance to provide the state education department a dataset listing students ages 3-18 who receive federal assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or the Temp...
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| TX | Adopted 11/2011 | P-12 | Nutrition Outreach and Education
4 TAC 26.40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 53, 55
Renames nutrition outreach and education programs and clarifies eligibility requirements for both programs. One program is now "Expanding the 3E's Grant Program" (former "Established Nutrition Education Practices for Public Schools Grant Program"); the other i...
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2011 | P-12 | School Lunch Program Eligibility Data in Determining CalFresh Eligibility
A.B. 402
From bill summary: Authorizes a school district or county office of education to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the local agency that determines CalFresh program eligibility, or its designee, to share information provided on the School Lunch Pro...
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| OR | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Agricultural Programs
H.B. 2800
Relating to Oregon Farm-to-School and School Garden Program; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measures/hb2800.dir/hb2800.a.html...
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | School Meals
S.B. 480
Requires the Department of Education (ODE) to provide assistance to school districts, government agencies and community groups to encourage participation in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Afterschool Meal and Snack Program. Allows ODE to aw...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Summer Nutrition Programs at Low-Income Schools
S.B. 89
Unless the department of agriculture grants a school district a waiver, requires a district in which at least 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch to provide a summer nutrition program for at least 30 days during the summer. Requires th...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | School Breakfast Programs
S.B. 144
Requires districts and charter schools to establish free breakfast programs. Allows school breakfast service during instructional time.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/SB0144.pdf...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Free, Fresh Water During School Meals
S.B. 1413
Requires a school district to provide access to free, fresh drinking water during meal times in school food service areas by July 1, 2011, unless the governing board of a school district adopts a resolution stating that it is unable to comply with this require...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Annual School Meal Report
S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 125/4
Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act to delete provisions requiring the state board to provide to the governor and general assembly a report on participation in the school breakfast program and other school meal programs. Pages 48-49: http://www.i...
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| DC | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Healthy Foods
L.B. 18-564 - Healthy Foods
Establishes a Healthy Schools Fund to, among other purposes, (1) provide additional funding for healthy school meals; (2) provide free breakfasts in charter schools; (3) eliminate the reduced-price copayment; (4) provide resources to implement the breakfast-in...
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| DC | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | School Environments and School Gardens
LB 18-564 - School Environments and School Gardens
Establishes an environmental programs office in the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization that would establish comprehensive recycling, energy reduction, integrated pest management and lead testing programs. Requires DC public schools to use envi...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | School Food Offerings
S.B. 210, Part II
Permits schools participating in a school breakfast program to offer breakfast to students in their classrooms during the school day. Provides that in each fiscal year in which the general assembly appropriates funds, each district and charter school participa...
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| VT | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | 3SquaresVT
H.B. 408
Proposes to maximize eligibility and simplify the enrollment process in 3SquaresVT by implementing federal options in the supplemental nutrition assistance program; Requires schools in districts receiving 21st Century Community Learning Center grant funds to p...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | School Breakfast Program
S.B. 1957
Makes changes concerning the the breakfast incentive program. Adds subsection making grants available to school boards and welfare centers to offer the school breakfast program in non-traditional settings or using non-traditional methods. Specifies that priori...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Life-Threatening Food Allergies
H.B. 281
Requires the state board of education, in conjunction with the department of public health, to develop and make available to each school board guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Requires each local board to implemen...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Summer Food Service
S.B. 1977 - Summer Food Service
Clarifies that districts must continue to operate a summer breakfast and lunch program as long as they have one or more schools (i) in which at least 50% of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals and (ii) that have a summer school pro...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Farm Fresh Schools Program
H.B. 78
Creates the Farm Fresh Schools Program to increase access to and promoting the consumption of locally grown fruits and vegetables in schools, and to increase physical activities and programs that promote student wellness. Establishes the Farm Fresh Schools Pro...
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| OR | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | School Breakfast Program
H.B. 3199
Transfers, credits or allocates certain moneys from specified funds and accounts to other specified funds, accounts or agencies to be used for specified purposes; authorizes the State Treasurer to lend moneys to the Department of Revenue in certain circumstanc...
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Policies to Protect Students with Food Allergies
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.719
Creates new section 3313.719. Directs school districts, community schools, STEM schools and chartered nonpublic schools to adopt written policies to protect students with peanut or other food allergies. Requires that policies be developed in consultation with ...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Interagency Farm-to-School Coordination Task Force
S.B. 1027
Establishes an interagency farm-to-school coordination task force to promote a healthy diet for schoolchildren and the business of small to mid-sized local farms and ranches. Directs the task force to develop and implement a plan to facilitate the availability...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Nutrition Education
S.B. 282
Authorizes the department of agriculture to develop an outreach program to promote better health and nutrition programs and prevent obesity among children in the state. Directs the department of agriculture to develop a program to award grants to public school...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Student Food Allergies Policy
S.B. 226
Requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules establishing a policy for the management of food allergies and anaphylaxis among students enrolled in schools of school districts and institute charter schools. Requires the State Board to consult with ...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | School Construction Bonds/Virtual Instruction Program/School Breakfast Programs/Florida Teacher Lead Program
S.B. 1676
Creates the Florida Qualified School Construction Bond Allocation Act; requires the Office of Technology and Information Services (under supervision of the state board) to develop a systemwide technology plan, making budget recommendations to the commissioner,...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | School Food Service Programs
S.B. 230
Allows a school food authority to establish, maintain, equip, and operate a food-service facility; requires a board of education of a school district either to allow a district charter school of the school district to transfer the maintenance, supervision, and...
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| HI | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | School Meal Prices
S.B. 160
Modifies the manner in which school meal prices, including lunch and breakfast, are determined by the department of education. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/Bills/SB160_SD2_.HTM...
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Food Service for Early Childhood Programs
S.B. 33
Adds children enrolled in state-subsidized early childhood education programs operated by public schools and who are eligible for reduced-cost lunches under the federal National School Lunch Act to the list of qualifying students eligible to receive a free lun...
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| RI | Adopted 03/2009 | P-12 | Nutrition Requirements for School Food Service
Uncodified
Contains nutrition requirements for school food service programs so that students may receive balanced, nutritious meals and snacks at school. RHODE ISLAND 3786...
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| CO | Adopted 02/2009 | P-12 | School Food Service and Nutrition
1 CCR 301-3
Preserves and protects the nutritional integrity of Food and Nutrition Service operations in public schools and districts. Strengthens and clarifies the agreements for providing school food services.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptI...
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| WY | Adopted 01/2009 | P-12 | FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS
Chapter 4
Amends rules to require promulgation of rules and regulations governing Food Service Operations in districts and provide financial assistance to districts operating food service programs having deficit balances. Amends rules to promulgate rules mandating an an...
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| IL | Adopted 11/2008 | P-12 | School Food Service
23 IAC 305.5, .10, .15, .17, APPENDIX A, B
Requires every public school, at the beginning of each school year, to publicly announce the availability of free lunches and, as applicable, free breakfasts. Provides this public notice may be published in a newspaper of general circulation for the school dis...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2008 | P-12 | Food service
A.B. 2300
Amends existing law relating to direct certification for enrollment in the School Lunch and Breakfast Program. Permits the State Department of Education to directly certify children into the school meal program. Authorizes the Department of Health Care Service...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2008 | P-12 | Water
A.B. 2704
Expresses findings of the legislature related to childhood obesity and the significance of free tap water at schools. Prohibits the governing board of a school district from entering into or renewing a contract that restricts the availability of free tap water...
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| HI | GOVERNOR'S veto overridden by SENATE. *****To HOUSE for concurrence 07/2008 | P-12 | Food Waste Recycling Pilot Project
S.B. 871
Directs the department of education, in partnership with the department of health, to develop and implement a three-year food waste recycling pilot project in one or more schools. Requires the department of education and the department of health, in developing...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | School Breakfast Programs
H.B. 623
Requires expansion of the school district breakfast programs to middle and high schools; sets prices for school meals and for provision of the universal free school breakfast; authorizes the Department of Education to develop incentive program to encourage stu...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Child Nutrition School Lunch Protection Program
S.B. 123
Creates the child nutrition school lunch protection program and child nutrition school lunch protection program fund to eliminate the reduced price paid by children who are eligible for reduced-cost lunches under the federal National School Lunch Act.
http://w...
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | School to Farm Program
S.B. 158
Establishes the Jane Lawton Farm-to-School Program in the Department of Agriculture to promote the sale of farm products grown in the state to schools, to solicit farmers to sell their products to schools, to develop and regularly update a database of farmers ...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Local Foods for Food Service
S.B. 3341
Specifies that each local school board's plan for compliance with nutritional breakfast and lunch programs include specific provisions to encourage purchasing local agriculture.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB3341.pdf...
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Farm-to-School and School Garden Program
H.B. 3601A
Requires the Department of Education to establish Oregon Farm-to-School and School Garden Program and to assist school districts that participate in the United States Department of Agriculture's National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program in util...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Local Farms-Healthy Kids Act
S.B. 6483
The bill creates the farm-to-school program within the department of agriculture to facilitate increased procurement of Washington grown food by schools. The department of agriculture, along with the department of health, the office of the superintendent of pu...
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| NY | Signed into law 01/2008 | P-12 | New York City Public School Cafeterias
S.B. 6487
Directs the commissioner of education to review ventilation and air temperature conditions in public school cafeterias in New York City. Requires a report to be made specifying those schools where improvements in infrastructure or other investments of funds wo...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2007 | P-12 | Nutrition
S.B. 490
Prohibits a school or school district, through a vending machine or school food service establishment during school hours and up to 1/2 hour before and after school hours, from making available to pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, a food contain...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Summer Breakfast/Lunch Program
H.B. 1964
Directs a district to develop a plan to have a summer breakfast or lunch (or both) program for each school (i) in which at least 50% of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals and (ii) that has a summer school program. Requires such pl...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Food Service Equipment
H.B. 705
Permits local boards to enter into lease purchase or installment purchase contracts for food service equipment.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H705v0.html...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Food Distribution Program Revolving Fund
H.B. 13
Establishes the food distribution program revolving fund to support the administration and operation of the food distribution program. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/Bills/HB13_CD1_.htm...
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Reimbursment for Approved Meals
H.B. 213
Allows charter schools, approved nonpublic schools and residential facilities for children to apply for reimbursement for approved school meals.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/HB0213.html...
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| VT | Veto overridden 06/2007 | P-12 | Local Foods Mini-Grant Program
H.B. 91
Establishes the local foods mini-grant program created in Act No. 145 of 2006 as a permanent program to award local grants to help schools develop relationships with local farmers and producers; names it the Rozo McLaughlin Farm-to- School Program; provides fu...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Start Smart Nutrition Program
S.B. 59
Creates and makes an appropriation for the Start Smart Nutrition Program. The program is intended to ensure all students have a nutritious breakfast. The goals are to eliminate the reduced price paid by students in the breakfast program, increase the students ...
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| NE | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | School Breakfast Funding
L.A. 73
Relates to school breakfast funding. Changes the basis for the state reimbursement of the school breakfast program from the current year to the second preceding year. The current reimbursement amount of $.05 per school breakfast served is retained. Current law...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program
H.B. 1199
Alters the criteria used to determine whether a school qualifies to participate in the Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/hb/hb1199e.pdf...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Farm-to-School Website
S.B. 797
Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish a website to facilitate and promote the purchase of Virginia farm products by schools, universities, and other educational institutions under the jurisdiction of the State Department o...
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| VA | Passed 02/2007 | P-12 | Farm-to-School Task Force
S.J. 347
This joint resolution of the legislature requests the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry and the Secretary of Education to establish a farm-to-school task force to develop a plan for implementing a Farm-to-School Program in Virginia. http://leg1.state.va.us...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2006 | P-12 | School Food and Beverage Guidelines
A.B. 469
Requires the Department of Education to develop and maintain nutrition guidelines for all food and beverages served on public school campuses. Requires school nutrition guidelines to include sugar and sodium....
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2006 | P-12 | Reduced-priced Meals for Child Development Programs
S.B. 1674
Extends the reimbursement rate for free and reduced- price meals to specified child development programs. Requires school and such development programs to follow specified state and federal nutrition guidelines and other requirements in order to receive the re...
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| WV | Adopted 09/2006 | P-12 | Program/Curriculum Requirements
Title 126, Series 42
Amends rules regarding the pre-K & K-12 program or curriculum requirements; reduces the amount of required teaching time for English Language Arts and Reading in middle school; changes pathway options to high school graduation from 3 to 2; requires a minimum n...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | School Breakfast and Lunch Programs
S.B. 2336
Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act and the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Makes changes concerning the breakfast incentive program, surveys to identify parental interest in school breakfast programs and barriers to establishing school breakfast pr...
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | School Breakfast and Lunch Program
H.B. 1 C (Section 1.19)
The department, the Texas Education Agency, and the Health and Human Services Commission shall ensure that applicable information
maintained by each entity is used on at least a quarterly basis to identify children who are categorically eligible for free meals...
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Farm-to-School Food Service
H.B. 456
Creates in the agency of agriculture, food and markets a local foods mini-grant program for the purpose of helping Vermont schools develop relationships with local farmers and producers. Allows a school, district, consortium of schools, or consortium of distri...
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Students with Life-Threatening Allergies and Chronic Illnesses
H.B. 611
Directs the commissioner of education, with the commissioner of health to annually inform superintendents and principals of appropriate practices regarding students with life-threatening allergies and chronic illnesses; and prepare and distribute policies, tra...
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| ME | Adopted 01/2006 | P-12 | Child Nutrition Programs in Public Schools
CMR 05-071-051
The Department of Education is proposing amendments to Ch. 51 - Child Nutrition Programs in Public Schools and Institutions. The rule contains the requirements that supplement federal regulations pertaining to the National School Lunch Program, the After Scho...
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Students with Life-Threatening Allergies
S.B. 1312
Requires the department to develop and make available guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Requires the guidelines to include: (1) Education and training for school personnel on the management of students with life-th...
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| CT | Vetoed 06/2005 | P-12 | Healthy Food at Schools
S.B. 1309
Clarifies that K-5 daily physical exercise requirement must include at least 20 minutes of exercise per full school day in addition to any physical education requirements.
Authorizes every local and regional board of education to establish a School Wellness C...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Summer Nutrition Programs
H.B. 227
Requires each district school board to develop a plan to sponsor a summer nutrition program beginning in the summer of 2006. Provides criteria for operating program sites. Authorizes exemption from sponsoring said program and provides procedures therefor. Auth...
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| HI | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | School Lunch Prices
H.B. 843
Authorizes the department of education to set school lunch prices of up to 1/2, rather than 1/3, of the cost of preparing the lunches, to allow for cost recovery from lunch sales. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb843_.htm...
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| WA | to governor 05/2005 | P-12 | School Breakfast Programs
H.B. 1771
Subject to funding, requires school districts, by the 2005-06 school year, to begin school breakfast programs in schools in which more
than 40 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced price lunches. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction ...
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | School Nutritional Standards
H.B. 2544
By July 1, 2006, requires the department to develop minimum nutrition standards that at least meet federal guidelines for food and beverages sold or served at elementary and middle/junior high schools during the school day. Requires all elementary and middle/...
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Health and Nutrition in Schools
S.B. 172
Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, requires each school to limit access to no more than one day each week to retail fast foods in the cafeteria, whether sold by contract, commercial vendor, or otherwise.
Requires every district to appoint a food servic...
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| IL | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | Childhood Hunger Relief Act
H.B. 756
Relates to the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Provides that every public school must have a free breakfast program. Strongly encourages all districts with at least 50% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch to sponsor a summer food service program by sum...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Nutrition
A.B. 2504
Establishes a 2-year pilot program to make available free fresh and dried fruits and fresh vegetables to pupils in eligible elementary and secondary schools through the state, with certain requirements. Requires a participating school to submit biennial report...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Schools: National School Lunch Program
A.B. 2686
Encourages the governing board of a school district participating in the National School Lunch Program to disseminate information regarding the nutritional content of the lunches served as part of the program and to limit the amount of fat and saturated fat in...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Schools: Irradiated Foods
A.B. 1988
Specifies that before school may serve irradiated foods, the district must: (1) Take formal action permitting the use of irradiated foods.
(2) Make all of the following information available in any appropriate form to pupils and their parents:
(A) The purpose ...
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12 | Food Items from Farms
S.B. 6024
Allows a school district to apply to the state commissioner of education to purchase school food items from an association of more than 10 owners of New York state farms, when no other producers or growers have offered to sell to such school. http://assembly.s...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | School Lunch Programs
S.B. 6411
Provides school districts with school serving grades kindergarten through four where 25% of the students qualify for free or reduced price lunches must implement a school lunch program; provides school districts with summer academic, enrichment or remedial pro...
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| SD | Adopted, On November 2004 Ballot 02/2004 | P-12 | Provision of Certain Services to All Children
HJR 1003/Constitutional Amendment B
Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election amendments to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota to authorize the provision of certain services to all children of school age. The Constitution allows the Legislat...
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| NY | Vetoed 09/2003 | P-12 | School Cafeteria Cooling Requirements
S.B. 3445
Authorizes Commissioner of Labor to promulgate rules and regulations establishing air temperature, ventilation and filtration standards and cooling requirements for school cafeteria kitchens; provides applicable in cities of one million or more; provides that ...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Obesity and Health Needs of Children
S.B. 474
Establishes a joint interim committee composed of the following members: (1) the commissioner of education; (2) the commissioner of public health; (3) the commissioner of agriculture; (4) three members of the senate, appointed by the lieutenant governor; (...
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Federal School Meals Programs
H.B. 54
Requires that a school district participate in the federal school breakfast program, and that a district may vote every two years on whether to exempts itself from participation in federal school meals programs....
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Child Health Advisory Committee
H.B. 1583
Creates a Child Health Advisory Committee; coordinates statewide efforts to combat childhood obesity; provides for standards and policy recommendations of foods sold individually in school cafeterias but outside the regulated National School Lunch Program and ...
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| PA | Signed into law 12/2002 | P-12 | School Cafeterias
H.B. 2350
Amends the Public Eating and Drinking Place Code. Provides for health and safety inspections of school cafeterias and for training related to school cafeterias. Makes editorial changes....
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Heimlich Maneuver
H.B. 384
Requires public and nonpublic school to have an employee trained in the performance of the Heimlich maneuver present during periods of food service to students....
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Education Code Re-Write: Summer Food Programs for Low-Income Pupils
S.B. 20E
Creates new section mandating that districts report to the department by February 1, 2004 on their participation in federal summer food service program. See bill section 272, page 643, line 23 ff: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/bill...
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Numerous Program Changes
H.B. 2515
Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of student member. Also requires school districts and nonpublic schools to report number of ninth graders who do not graduate f...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program
H.B. 1409
Repeals the termination date of the Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program; requires the Department of Education to evaluate the Program each year. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/hb/hb1409t.rtf...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Access to School Meals
S.B. 6425
Authorizes access to school meal programs to volunteers, public agencies, political subdivisions or associations that serve public entities while using school facilities and other State, local or federal child nutrition programs....
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2001 | P-12 | Information on school meals
S.B. 19
Authorizes every public school to post a summary of nutrition and physical activity laws and regulations and the school district policies. Requires the Department of Education to develop the summary. Requires the sale of all foods on school grounds of certain ...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | School Breakfast Program
H.B. 2211
Establishes the school breakfast incentive and marketing program; makes an appropriation....
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Start-Up Costs for School Breakfast Programs
H.B. 353
Provides start-up costs for school districts to establish school breakfast programs....
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2000 | P-12 | School Food Service Programs
S.B. 1514
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene an advisory task force to explore ways to inform parents about the healthfulness and basic nutritional value of all food served in public schools, including genetically engineered foods. Requires the...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2000 | P-12 | Summer Food Service Program
A.B. 2631
Authorizes the State Department of Education to award grants on a competitive basis, based upon criteria developed by the State Department of Education, to governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations that are eligible for federal funding for the Summer F...
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2000 | P-12 | Breakfast Programs
S.B. 2387
Requires all public schools to make a breakfast program available to students attending the school....
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