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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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| School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Org. (K-3/K-8 etc.) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--School Size |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Staffing Ratios |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
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| Service-Learning |
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| Social/Emotional Learning and Non-Cognitive Skills |
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| Special Education |
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| Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations |
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| Special Education--Finance |
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| Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) |
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| Special Education--Placement |
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| Special Education--Transition |
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| Special Populations--Corrections Education |
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| Special Populations--Foster Care |
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| Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
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| Special Populations--Homeless Education |
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| Special Populations--Immigrant Education |
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| Special Populations--Migrant Education |
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| Special Populations--Military |
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| Standards |
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| Standards--Common Core State Standards |
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| Standards--Implementation |
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| State Comparisons/Statistics |
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| State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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| State Policymaking |
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| State Policymaking--Ballot Questions |
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| State Policymaking--Constitutional Clauses |
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| State Policymaking--Politics |
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| State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
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| STEM |
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| Student Achievement |
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| Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap |
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| Student Surveys |
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| Students |
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| Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
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| Students--Employment |
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| Students--Incentives |
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| Students--K-12 Exchange Students |
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| Students--Mobility |
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| Students--Records/Rights |
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| Teaching Quality |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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 | Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Educator Excellence Innovation Program
H.B. 1751
Renames the Educator Excellence Awards Program the "Educator Excellence Innovation Program." Specifies purposes of the program are to systematically transform educator quality and effectiveness and district administrative practices, and to use these enhanced q...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2013 | P-12 | Teacher Education Scholarship, and Dropout Rate Restructuring
S.B. 2658-
Creates the teacher education scholars program and the Mississippi education works program which directs high schools with graduation rates lower than 80% to submit a plan to the department of education for restructure.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documen...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2013 | P-12 | Teacher Performance Pay
H.B. 2083/S.B. 1185
Establishes the Strategic Compensation Grant Initiative and Fund. Provides that local school divisions may submit proposals to Board of Education to receive grants that may be used as incentives to improve teacher and school performance. School divisions must ...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Repealing Various Teacher and Leader Provisions
H.B. 706 - Repealing Various Teacher and Leader Provisions
Repeals: (1) Section 20-2-212.3, relating to increasing teachers' salaries in areas of shortage; (2) Section 20-2-212.4, relating to an additional five percent increase in teacher salary based on student performance; (3) Section 20-2-213, relating to career la...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Teacher and Administrator Compensation
H.B. 974
Addresses salary schedules for teachers and all school employees. Salary schedules for teachers, administrators and other certified staff will be based on the following criteria, with no one criterion accounting for more than 50% of salaries: effectiveness; de...
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Teacher Compensation- Pay for Performance
S.B. 1329
Amends the provisions of Students Come First that were contained in S 1110 (2011)
to clarify that:
1.) State-paid employee benefit apportionment (PERSI and FICA) is apportioned from the funds
allocated for Pay for Performance.
2.) Academic growth calculations ...
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Teacher Incentive Program
H.B. 1234
Creates the math and science teacher incentive program for the purpose of providing rewards ($2500) to attract certified teachers who teach in math and science subject areas in middle school and high school or who are certified with a math or science specialis...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Repeal of Provision re: New Teacher Bonus and Performance-Based Compensation Plans
H.B. 156 - Repeal of Provision re: New Teacher Bonus and Performance-Based Compensation Plans
Removes from the list of nonlapsing funds and accounts certain funds appropriated from the Uniform School Fund to the state board of education for new teacher bonus and performance-based compensation plans, as provided in Section 53A-17a-148 (Section 53A-17a-1...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Employee Performance Compensation
S.B. 64 - Employee Performance Compensation
Directs the state board to adopt rules requiring each district's employee compensation system to be aligned with its annual evaluation system. Requires that by the 2015-16 school year, any advancement on a salary schedule must be based primarily on an evaluati...
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| OH | Repealed by referendum 11/2011 | P-12 | Teacher, Principal, Superintendent and Other Employee Compensation
S.B. 5 - Compensation sections
--Public employee pay: Does away with salary schedules and replaces with salary "ranges." Requires performance-based pay for teachers and nonteaching school employees. Requires a school board to measure performance by considering the level of license the teach...
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| IN | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Salary Increases
S.B. 1 - Salary Increases
A new section (20-28-9-1) requires increases or increments in a local salary scale based on the following factors: 1) Combination of the following factors can account for no more than 33% of the calculation used to determine a teacher's increase or increment (...
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| MI | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Certain Subjects Excluded From Collective Bargaining Agreement
H.B. 4628
From Legislative Staff Summary - Amends the public employment relations Act to prohibit decisions about the following subjects from being included in collective bargaining between a public school employer and a representative of its employees: (1) Teacher plac...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Pay for Performance for RTTT Districts/Schools
H.B. 153 - Pay for Performance for RTTT Districts/Schools
Requires any local board or community school or STEM school receiving federal Race to the Top grant monies to pay teachers based on performance. Requires any such local board to adopt a salary schedule for teachers based on performance; requires a board to mea...
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| FL | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Performance Salary Schedule
S.B. 736 - Performance Salary Schedule
Repeals existing language related to local salary schedules. Directs local boards to establish a grandfathered salary schedule for all employees hired before July 1, 2014. By July 2014, requires local boards to adopt a performance salary schedule that provides...
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Pay for Performance: Part 3 or 3
S.B. 1110
Part 3 of Students Come First legislation. Adds to existing law relating to education to provide provisions relating to pay for performance. The plan rewards teachers and administrators on a school wide basis for student achievement as determined at the local ...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Teacher Salary Supplement Program
H.B. 110
Permits a teacher to participate in the teacher salary supplement program if a secondary-level math or grade 7-8 science teacher's bachelor's degree major, master's degree, or doctoral degree has course requirements that are substantially equivalent to the cou...
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| OK | Signed into law 10/2010 | P-12 | Incentive Pay for Teachers
S.B. 2033
Increases maximum allowable incentive pay amount; authorizes implementation of certain incentive pay plans; provides requirements and procedures for the incentive pay plans. Districts may adopt a salary schedule that provides additional compensation for achie...
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| FL | Issued 06/2010 | P-12 | Florida's Task Force on Excellent Teaching
E.O. 10-126
Establishes Florida's Task Force on Excellent Teaching. Directs the task force to:
(1) Review performance appraisal systems and teacher certification systems
(2) Identify initiatives and strategies that honor Florida's quality teachers for dedicating their ca...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Revenue Source for Teacher Performance Pay
L.B. 1014
From the Fiscal Note: Provides for the rental income from solar and wind leases on school lands to be used for teacher performance pay beginning in 2016-17. The Board of Educational Lands and Funds (BELF) is to provide a separate accounting of state apportionm...
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | School Funding Advisory Council
H.B. 1 - Section 3306.29, 3306.291 and 3306.292
Section 3306.29: Establishes the Ohio school funding advisory council. Directs the council, by December 1, 2010 and every other year thereafter, to provide recommendations to the state board, the general assembly and the public for revisions to the adequacy co...
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Performance-based Pay Systems
S.B. 458
Requires the Department of Education to review models for performance-based pay and bonuses for teachers, principals and superintendents and to adopt rules authorizing school administrative units to use a performance-based pay model for the remuneration of tea...
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| MO | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Teacher Choice Compensation Package
S.B. 291 - Performance-based Salary Stipends
Creates the "Teacher Choice Compensation Package" for the St. Louis City School District to permit performance-based salary stipends, upon the decision of a teacher, to reward teachers for objectively demonstrated superior performance. It also creates the Teac...
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Bonuses and Performance Compensation Fall Outside Negotiations
S.B. 2002
Provides that employee bonuses and performance compensation are not conditions of employment that the board of education and professional employees' organization have to negotiate in good faith.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB2002.pdf...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Educator Excellence Awards Program
H.B. 709
Adds national board-certified teachers as a group of educators eligible to be awarded stipends for improved student achievement through the educator excellence awards program. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00709F.pdf...
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Financial Incentives to Math and Science Teachers
H.B. 280
Provides that effective July 2010, and until there is no longer a shortage of math and science teachers, a secondary school teacher licensed in math or science must be moved to the salary step on the state salary schedule that is applicable to six years of cre...
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Single Salary System
S.B. 445
Amends existing policy and adds new section (284.3) on single salary system. S.F. 445 incorporates Phase II (general salary increases) of the Educational Excellence Program into individual salary schedules and repeals the Educational Excellence Program includi...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Elementary School Performance-based Compensation Pilot Program
H.B. 328
Establishes the Performance-based Compensation Pilot Program. Directs the state board of education to solicit and award grants on a competitive basis to districts and charter schools to develop and implement performance-based compensation plans for elementary ...
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| CO | Signed into law 02/2009 | P-12 | Alternative Teacher Compensation
S.B. 213
Allows the general assembly to determine annually whether to appropriate moneys for the alternative teacher compensation plan grant program; repeals the 2008-09 fiscal year appropriation of $ 1 million for the grant program; relates to grants to school distric...
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| CO | Adopted 02/2009 | P-12 | Alternative Teacher Compensation Grant
1 CCR 301-80
Addresses an alternative teacher compensation plan grant program to be administered through the Department of Education and directs that funds be provided for a competitive grant program to school districts that seek to develop alternative teacher compensation...
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| IL | Signed into law 10/2008 | P-12 | Teaching Excellence Program and P-20 Council Membership
S.B. 2687
Revises the Teaching Excellence Program. Provides an annual payment of $3,000 to a teacher or counselor who holds both a Master Certificate and a
corresponding certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Creates a $1,000 incen...
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| OR | Rejected by voters 08/2008 | P-12 | Teaching Quality Requirements & Pay
Ballot Measure 60
Enacts the Kids First Act; requires that pay raises for public school teachers shall be based upon each teacher's classroom performance and not related to or connected to his or her seniority; provides that if a school district reduces its teaching staff, the ...
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Teacher Performance Pay
H.B. 2211
Specifies that each fiscal year the legislature appropriates suffficient monies for Teacher Performance Pay Program into the Classroom Site Fund, the amount appropriated is equal to the product of the base level specified in statute multiplied by the prior yea...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Education Program Funding
H.B. 5083
Deletes salary supplements for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification from definition of compensation under the Retirement System; excludes charter school Merit Award Program funds from administrative fees; revises funding for...
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| SC | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Teacher and Principal Specialists
H.B. 4662 -- Amends Multiple Provisions
For schools or districts designated as "at risk" (changed from "unsatisfactory), teacher specialists may be assigned to work across grade levels and subject areas. Such teachers will receive their salary and a supplement equal to 50% of the current southeaster...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Appropriations: Teacher Quality-Related Section
H.B. 2679
Governor and General Assembly by January 15, 2009. (Page 10, Line 20)
DIVISION IV – STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER
QUALITY PROGRAM
• Requires disposition of Teacher Quality Funding to be negotiated as part of a whole-grade sharing
agreement (Page 66, Line 33)...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Signing Bonuses and One-Time Performance Based Bonuses
S.B. 281
Provides funds for one-time $1,000 signing bonuses for new educators (including teachers returning to education after one or more years of interrupted service) hired to begin teaching in the 2008-2009 school year.
Provides funds for one-time performance-base...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Stipends for Special Educators for Additional Days of Work
S.B. 2 - Section 21
Directs the legislature, subject to future budget constraints, to annually appropriate money for stipends to special educators for additional days of work in recognition of the added duties and responsibilities assumed by special educators to comply with feder...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Teacher Salary Supplement Program
S.B. 2 - Sections 19 and 20
Defines "qualifying educational background." Beginning in fiscal year 2008-2009, provides an annual salary supplement of $4,100 for a full-time teacher and a partial salary supplement for a part-time teacher who teaches one or more courses of a secondary schoo...
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Pilot Alternative Teacher Salary Plans
H.B. 966
Requires the State Board of Education to establish a pilot program authorizing the implementation of alternative teacher salary plans to enable local school administrative units to develop and implement plans that will improve student performance by financiall...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Additional Bonuses for National Board-Certified Teachers
H.B. 24
Provides an additional $5,000 bonus per year for each national board-certified teacher who teaches at:
(A) A school that is in restructuring under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB);
(B) A school with a high turnover rate, as determined by...
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | School Improvement Plans
H.B. 472
During the first year a system or school is on probation, the commissioner of education shall: (A) Have the authority to approve a school system's allocation of financial resources to a system or school on probation; (B) Have the authority to appoint a local c...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Student Achievement/Teacher Quality program
S.F. 277 - funding provisions
Allocates $173,943,894 -- $69,600,000 above FY07. Includes $20 million for professional development; $250,000 for new administrator mentoring and induction; $1.8 Million for Teacher Development Academy expansion; $4.4 million for teacher mentoring and inductio...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Pilot incentive pay plan
H.B. 2614
Creates a pilot program to restructure the teacher professional pay system to be known as the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program (REAP).
(Act No. 1029)
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/HB2515.pdf...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Merit Pay Program for Teachers
S.B. 1226
Establishes the Merit Award program for instructional personnel and school-based administrators; requires a school district board to adopt the plan in order to receive funding; authorizes charter schools to participate; relates to collective bargaining; provid...
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Team-Based Variable Pay
S.F. 277 (Section 12)
Removes all references to Team-based Variable Pay Pilots. Strikes section 284.1, subsection 4, which establishes as one of the elements of the student achievement and teacher quality program team-based variable pay providing additional compensation for improve...
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| IA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Merit-Based Teacher Pay
H.B. 2792 - Section 24 - 27
Rewrites section 284.11 (former "Pilot program for team-based variable pay for student achievement"). New section 284.11 encourages school districts to establish teacher compensation opportunities that recognize the need for geographic or other locally determ...
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| IA | Issued 06/2006 | P-12 | Pay-for-Performance Program and Study
E.O. 48
Directs the Institute for Tomorrow's Workforce to propose a design for a pay-for-performance program and conduct a study of the design to measure the cost and effectiveness in raising student achievement of a compensation system that provides financial incenti...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Teaching Excellence Program
H.B. 4308
Requires the state board of education's annual budget to set out by separate line item the appropriation for the Teaching Excellence Program. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB4308lv.pdf...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Salary Adjustment for NBPTS-Certified Teachers
H.B. 175
Extends the deadline from 2007 to 2013 for teachers to have obtained initial certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in order to receive a mandated salary adjustment. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?di...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Differentiated Pay Scale for Teachers
H.B. 7087 (Section 55)
Beginning with the 2007-2008 academic year, each district school board must adopt a salary schedule with differentiated pay for both instructional personnel and school-based administrators. The salary schedule is subject to negotiation as provided in chapter 4...
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Stipends for Nationally Certified Teachers
S.B. 83
Increases the length of time for which nationally certified teachers may receive stipends to be paid upon receipt of documentation of certification completion. During the first five years, the state department stipend is $1000 and the district's is $1000. From...
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| OH | to governor 12/2005 | P-12 | Aligned Teacher Preparation Programs
H.B. 107
Requires the state board to adopt standards that require the curricula of teacher preparation programs to be aligned with the state academic content standards, the state board's minimum standards for schools, and the value-added progress dimension developed by...
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| TX | Issued 11/2005 | P-12 | Performance Incentives
Executive Order RP51
Requires the Commissioner of Education to establish a performance-based pay grant program for educators. The program is to use federal funds and other funds made available for this purpose and is to award grants to campuses of no less than $100,000 for rewardi...
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Arizona Performance Based Compensation System Task Force
S.B. 1074
Establishes the Arizona Performance Based Compensation System Task Force within the state board of education. By Februrary 2006 and annually thereafter, requires the superintendent of public instruction to submit specified school district data to the task forc...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Teacher Resource Programs
H.B. 1982
Renames the Teacher and Administrator Enhancement and Retraining Grant Program the Teacher Opportunity Program. Eliminates requirement that program applicant be a citizen of the United States or permanent resident alien. Establishes the Dual Certification Ince...
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| DE | Rule Adoption 01/2005 | P-12 | Knowledge, Skills and Responsibility Supplements
14 DAC 1501, 1.0 - 12.0
Amends regulation relating to knowledge, skills and responsibility based supplements for educators. Clarifies the effective date of salary supplements paid to educators who complete professional development clusters....
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | State Employer-Assisted Housing Program
H.B. 662
Extends the repeal of provisions that establish the State Employer- Assisted Housing Teacher Program.
Extends the repealer on the Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Program for teachers in critical shortage areas until July 1, 2009.
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Public School Funding Act of 2003
S.B. 42
Relates to the Public School Funding Act of 2003; provides equitable funding to public schools; provides a system for monitoring public school expenditures; increases minimum teacher salaries; establishes a knowledge and skills-based pay system for teachers; p...
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| DE | Rule Adoption 01/2004 | P-12 | Professional Growth Salary Increments
14 DAC 1507
Provides procedures for implementation of movement by educators on the salary schedule set forth in 14 Del.C., Section 1305. Addresses movement from one column to another based on the satisfactory completion of graduate level course work toward a master's degr...
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| GA | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Teacher Compensation and Contracts
S.B. 193
Provides for an annual increase in state pay for certain teachers; individuals who first became teachers on or after July 1, 2000, acquire rights to continued employment; provides procedures for hearings for such persons; provides for selection of a tribunal, ...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Team-Based Variable Pay Pilot Program
H.B. 549 (omnibus bill)
Adds that another goal of statewide team-based variable pay pilot program is to compare student achievement gains in participating districts with student achievement gains in nonparticipating districts. Requires the department to offer technical assistance in...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Performance Pay Component of Iowa Educational Excellence Program
H.B. 549 (omnibus bill)
Eliminates phase in the Iowa educational excellence program that pertains to enhancement of the quality and effectiveness of teachers through the use of performance pay. Eliminates language requiring department to allocate funds for this purpose. http://www.l...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Teacher Performance Pay (Phase III) Program
H.B. 549 (omnibus bill)
Repeals sections of code relating to Phase III program, which establishes system of teacher performance pay. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/cgi-bin/Legislation/File_only.pl?FILE=/usr/ns-home/docs/GA/80GA/Legislation/HF/00500/HF00549/030508.html and http://www.le...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Annual for Teachers with National Board Certification
H.B. 2903
Increases the annual bonus of teachers obtaining national board for professional teaching standards certification. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2903.pdf...
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Assessments, National Board Certification, Professional Development
S.B. 3A
Relates to achievement and proficiency examinations administered in public schools; revises provisions governing the increase of salary for a teacher who is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; requires school districts to creat...
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2001 | P-12 | Additional compensation for teachers that teach over Digital Dakota Network
H.B. 1291
Any teacher that teaches a course over the Digital Dakota Network shall receive additional compensation for each course and from each school for which the teaching services are provided. ...
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| OR | Unofficially rejected by voters 11/2000 | P-12 | Performance Pay, Seniority
V. 19; (NEW BILL)
(Initiative No. 29 Measure 95) Amends the Oregon Constitution regarding performance pay for teachers; provides that student learning determines teacher pay; establishes that the teachers' qualifications, not seniority, determine retention....
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12 | Florida's Accountability System
H.B. 63
Requires each school district with school designated as performance grade category F to permit transfer of teachers with certain qualifications; provides bonuses for certain teachers; requires Education Commissioner to adopt rules to define teaching mastery; r...
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| DE | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Professional Development and Educator Accountability Act
S.B. 260
Creates the Professional Development and Educator Accountability Act. Beginning in 2002, at least 20% of educator's performance evaluation will be tied to student improvement -- teachers and administrators who fail to measure up can be dismissed. Establishes m...
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| GA | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Omnibus Bill - Teacher Compensation and National Board Certification
H.B. 1187
Teachers receiving National Board Certification will receive a 10 percent increase in salary...
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Teacher Quality
H.B. 25
Establishes the intent of the General Assembly to reach a goal that there be at least one national board certified teacher in every public school by 2020; establishes certification trust fund; provides that a public school teacher who attains National Board Ce...
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Apprentice Teachers
S.B. 2182
Specifies the teacher employed as probationary teacher for 1 year and as an apprentice teacher for 2 years will be considered as having met the 3 apprentice years requirement....
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| LA | Signed into law 07/1999 | P-12 | Authorizes Merit Pay Programs
H.B. 1503
Permits city and parish school boards to establish and implement incentive compensation programs for board employees providing for monetary awards; provides for written policies and procedures; provides for applicability; provides for guidelines for determinin...
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| LA | Signed into law 07/1999 | P-12 | Authorizes Merit Pay Programs
S.B. 1000
Authorizes city and parish school boards to establish teacher pay incentive programs; provides for related matters....
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| LA | Signed into law 07/1999 | P-12 | Provides Pay Increase for Board-Certified Teachers
H.B. 718
Provides a salary adjustment of not less than $ 3,000 for certain public school teachers having certificates issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards....
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| CA | Signed by governor 06/1999 | P-12 | Certificated Staff Performance Incentive Act
A.B. 1114
Provides $50 million to school districts to raise beginning salaries for teachers in the lower half of the state distribution (statewide deciles 1-5) that make significant growth beyond the required growth target. The maximum teacher award has been set at $25...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/1999 | P-12 | A+ Plan (Part of Omnibus Bill)
H.B. 751
Removes 50% bonus to districts for teachers who apply for the Excellent Teachers Program, which will free up additional dollars to serve more teachers....
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| FL | Signed into law 05/1999 | P-12 | A+ Plan (Part of Omnibus Bill)
H.B. 751
By June 30, 2002, school boards are required to adopt a performance incentive pay policy which must base at least 5 percent of the salary of school administrators and instructional personnel on annual performance. The policy is subject of negotiation as provi...
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| NM | Signed into law 04/1999 | P-12 | Creates Task Force on Merit Pay
S.B. 622
Relates to education; creates a task force to review merit pay for teachers in public schools; makes an appropriation....
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| AR | Signed into law 03/1999 | P-12 | Compensation for Exceptionally Qualified Personnel
S.B. 567
Amends Arkansas Code 6-02-103; pertains to the compensation of exceptionally qualified academic and nonacademic personnel....
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| ID | Signed into law 03/1999 | P-12 | Provides Salary Bonus for Master Teacher
S.B. 1091
Provides a salary bonus of $2,000 per year for five years for an instruction staff member designated as a master teacher....
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| CA | Signed into law 09/1998 | P-12 | Provides Funding for Teacher Merit Awards
A.B. 858
Provides grants for one-time merit awards of $10,000 for teachers who obtain National Board certification. Allows out-of-state teachers who obtain National Board certification to teach in California....
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| OK | Signed into law 06/1998 | P-12 | Expands Education Leadership Oklahoma Program
S.B. 770
Expands the Education Leadership Oklahoma program from a maximum of 100 teachers to 400. Sets the bonus for achieving National Board status at $5,000....
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| FL | Signed into law 05/1998 | P-12 | Authorizes Merit Pay for Teachers
H.B. 3389
Relates to the Excellent Teacher Program; provides legislative findings and intent; authorizing monetary incentives and bonuses for teaching excellence; provides for annual allocations to districts; provides fee subsidies and conditions for repayment of subsid...
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| CT | Died 06/1997 | P-12 |
H.B. 5121 Incentives for Teachers
Establishes a fund to offer teachers noted for curriculum development and outstanding teaching skills an increased salary of up to $5,000 per year to spend two years teaching in Hartford, New Haven, or Bridgeport. Proposes that the fund receive donations from ...
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| NC | Signed into law 06/1997 | P-12 |
Excellent Schools Act-Extra Teacher Pay
Aims at providing additional salary for mentor teachers, paying each newly certified teacher for three extra days of orientation and the classroom preparation, apportioning funds for teacher participation in professional development programs that are in compli...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/1997 | P-12 |
H.B. 703
Requires adoption of salary schedules for school district instructional personnel based on performance assessments. Creates Florida School Recognition Program to provide financial awards to selected faculty and staff of identified schools. Provides criteria fo...
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| FL | Died 05/1997 | P-12 |
S.B. 342 Salary Schedules for Instrucational Personnel Based on Performance
Requires adoption of salary schedules based on performance assessments of instructional personnel; requires superintendents to recommend salary schedules for instructional personnel based on performance assessments; amends provision regarding participation in ...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/1997 | P-12 |
H.B. 1975 Incentives for Teachers
Provides financial incentives for teachers who receive national board certification....
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/1997 | P-12 |
S.B. 1169
Relates to Career Ladder Programs....
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| MS | Died 02/1997 | P-12 |
H.B. 641 Performance Pay Plan for Certified Teachers
Establishes a performance pay plan for certified teachers and prescribes standards for performance levels of teaching certificates to be administered by the Commission on teacher and administrator education, certification and development. Provides payment of s...
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| MS | Died 02/1997 | P-12 |
S.B. 2439
Creates a school district employee teacher-scholar incentive grant program....
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| HI | Died 01/1997 | P-12 |
S.B. 283 Performance Pay Plan for Teachers
Relates to education. Establishes extraordinary performance pay for teachers provisions. Requires the Department of Education to adopt an extraordinary performance pay plan for teachers who demonstrate exemplary teaching performance in the classroom....
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| CA | Signed into law 09/1996 | P-12 |
S.B. 98 Teacher Compensation Negotiating Requirements
Requires a public school employer and the exclusive representative, upon the request of either party, to negotiate and mutually agree to a salary schedule based on criteria other than a uniform allowance for years of training and years of experience....
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| IL | Died 06/1996 | P-12 |
H.B. 1000/SB1239 Merit Pay
Provide merit pay provision requiring issue be addressed by collective bargaining in the next contract (3.5 years away)....
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| MN | Died 01/1996 | P-12 |
H.B. 2117 Expanding Charter School Laws, Establishing a Statewide Education Information System, Modifying Teacher Contracts and Collective Bargaining
Provides for expanded charter school law; provides for school board contracting, establishes a statewide education information system, provides for the meaning of school year, modifies teacher continuing contracts and termination, provides for performance-base...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/1994 | P-12 |
H 403 (Act 94-446) Financial Incentives
(Effective: 05/28/94) Amends Section 94 of the Constitution of Alabama to permit the expenditure of public school funds for the recognition of significant contribution by students, teachers, staff and others in public education in Alabama. (Legislative Link, R...
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