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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 | 21st Century Skills |
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 | Accountability |
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 | Accountability--Accreditation |
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 | Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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 | Accountability--Reporting Results |
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 | Accountability--Rewards |
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 | Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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 | Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare |
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 | Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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 | Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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 | Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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 | Accountability--School Improvement |
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 | Adult Basic Education |
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 | Assessment |
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 | Assessment--Accommodations |
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 | Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
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 | Assessment--Computer Based |
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 | Assessment--End-of-Course |
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 | Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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 | Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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 | Assessment--Legal Issues |
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 | Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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 | Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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 | Assessment--Value Added |
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 | At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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 | At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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 | At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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 | Attendance |
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 | Attendance--Compulsory |
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 | Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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 | Attendance--Truancy |
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 | Background Checks |
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 | Bilingual/ESL |
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 | Brain Research |
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 | Business Involvement |
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 | Career/Technical Education |
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 | Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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 | Cheating |
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 | Choice of Schools |
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 | Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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 | Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
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 | Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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 | Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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 | Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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 | Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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 | Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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 | Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research |
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 | Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools |
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 | Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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 | Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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 | Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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 | Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded |
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 | Civic Education |
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 | Civic Education--Character Education |
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 | Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
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 | Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards |
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 | Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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 | Class Size |
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 | Curriculum |
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 | Curriculum--Alignment |
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 | Curriculum--Arts Education |
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 | Curriculum--Censorship |
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 | Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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 | Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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 | Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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 | Curriculum--Excusal |
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 | Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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 | Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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 | Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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 | Curriculum--Geography Education |
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 | Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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 | Curriculum--Home Economics |
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 | Curriculum--International Education |
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 | Curriculum--Language Arts |
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 | Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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 | Curriculum--Mathematics |
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 | Curriculum--Multicultural |
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 | Curriculum--Physical Education |
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 | Curriculum--Science |
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 | Curriculum--Sex Education |
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 | Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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 | Curriculum--Speech Education |
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 | Data-Driven Improvement |
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 | Demographics |
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 | Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
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 | Demographics--Enrollments |
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 | Desegregation |
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 | Economic/Workforce Development |
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 | Education Research |
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 | Equity |
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 | Federal |
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 | Finance |
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 | Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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 | Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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 | Finance--Bonds |
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 | Finance--District |
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 | Finance--Does Money Matter? |
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 | Finance--Equity |
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 | Finance--Facilities |
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 | Finance--Federal |
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 | Finance--Funding Formulas |
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 | Finance--Litigation |
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 | Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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 | Finance--Lotteries |
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 | Finance--Performance Funding |
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 | Finance--Private Giving |
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 | Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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 | Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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 | Finance--Student Fees |
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 | Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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 | Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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 | Governance |
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 | Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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 | Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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 | Governance--Mandates |
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 | Governance--Regional Entities |
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 | Governance--School Boards |
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 | Governance--School Boards--Training |
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 | Governance--Site-Based Management |
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 | Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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 | Health |
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 | Health--Child Abuse |
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 | Health--Mental Health |
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 | Health--Nutrition |
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 | Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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 | Health--Suicide Prevention |
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 | Health--Teen Pregnancy |
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 | High School |
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 | High School--Advanced Placement |
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 | High School--College Readiness |
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 | High School--Credit Recovery |
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 | High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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 | High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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 | High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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 | High School--Exit Exams |
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 | High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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 | High School--Graduation Requirements |
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 | High School--International Baccalaureate |
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 | Instructional Approaches |
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 | Instructional Approaches--Constructivism |
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 | Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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 | Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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 | Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills |
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 | Instructional Approaches--Official English |
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 | Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning |
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 | Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education |
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 | Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task |
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 | Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping |
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 | Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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 | International Benchmarking |
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 | Leadership |
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 | Leadership--District Superintendent |
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 | Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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 | Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
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 | Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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 | Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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 | Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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 | Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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 | Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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 | Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative |
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 | Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development |
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 | Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention |
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 | Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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 | Middle School |
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 | Minority/Diversity Issues |
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 | Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
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 | Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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 | Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
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 | No Child Left Behind |
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 | No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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 | No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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 | No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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 | No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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 | No Child Left Behind--Finance |
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 | No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement |
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 | No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
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 | No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
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 | No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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 | No Child Left Behind--Special Populations |
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 | No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
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 | Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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 | Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
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 | P-16 or P-20 |
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 | P-3 |
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 | P-3 Brain Development |
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 | P-3 Child Care |
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 | P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
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 | P-3 Data Systems |
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 | P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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 | P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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 | P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits |
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 | P-3 Family Involvement |
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 | P-3 Finance |
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 | P-3 Governance |
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 | P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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 | P-3 Health and Mental Health |
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 | P-3 Kindergarten |
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 | P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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 | P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten |
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 | P-3 Preschool |
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 | P-3 Public/Private Partnerships |
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 | P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion |
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 | P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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 | Parent/Family |
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 | Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
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 | Parent/Family--Research |
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 | Partnerships--University/School |
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 | Postsecondary |
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 | Postsecondary Accountability |
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 | Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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 | Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills |
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 | Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval |
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 | Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning |
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 | Postsecondary Affordability |
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 | Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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 | Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks |
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 | Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
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 | Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
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 | Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
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 | Postsecondary Faculty |
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 | Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
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 | Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property |
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 | Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants |
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 | Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure |
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 | Postsecondary Finance |
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 | Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
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 | Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
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 | Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures |
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 | Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
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 | Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues |
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 | Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies |
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 | Postsecondary Institutions |
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 | Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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 | Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
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 | Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate |
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 | Postsecondary Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions |
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 | Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent |
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 | Postsecondary Online Instruction |
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 | Postsecondary Participation |
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 | Postsecondary Participation--Access |
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 | Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
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 | Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action |
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 | Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) |
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 | Postsecondary Participation--Outreach |
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 | Postsecondary Students |
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 | Postsecondary Students--Adults |
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 | Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
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 | Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth |
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 | Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
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 | Postsecondary Students--International |
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 | Postsecondary Students--Low-Income |
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 | Postsecondary Students--Military |
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 | Postsecondary Students--Minority |
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 | Postsecondary Success |
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 | Postsecondary Success--Completion |
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 | Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) |
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 | Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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 | Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence |
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 | Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
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 | Private Schools |
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 | Privatization |
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 | Privatization--Education Management Agencies (EMOs) |
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 | Proficiency-Based Approaches |
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 | Promising Practices |
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 | Promotion/Retention |
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 | Public Involvement |
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 | Purposes of Public Education |
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 | Reading/Literacy |
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 | Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy |
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 | Religion |
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 | Religion--Prayer/Meditation |
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 | Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) |
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 | Rural |
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 | Scheduling/School Calendar |
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 | Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length |
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 | Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
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 | Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
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 | Scheduling/School Calendar--Week |
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 | Scheduling/School Calendar--Year |
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 | Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round |
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 | School Climate/Culture |
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 | School Safety |
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 | School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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 | School Safety--Code of Conduct |
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 | School Safety--Corporal Punishment |
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 | School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
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 | School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
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 | School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
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 | 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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 | 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 Achievement--State Trends |
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 | Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
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 | Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
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 | Student Supports--Remediation |
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 | Student Surveys |
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 | Students |
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 | Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
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 | Students--Employment |
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 | Students--Incentives |
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 | Students--K-12 Exchange Students |
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 | Students--Mobility |
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 | Students--Records/Rights |
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 | Teaching Quality |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
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 | Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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 | Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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 | Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
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 | Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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 | Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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 | Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
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 | Teaching Quality--Preparation |
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| IL | Emergency Rules 08/2012 | P-12 | Substituting ACT or SAT Composite for Passing Score on Illinois Test of Basic Skills
23 IL ADC 25.720
On June 21, 2012, the state board adopted a policy to allow candidates for entry into educator preparation programs and applicants for Illin...
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| CT | To governor 06/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Teacher Preparation Programs
S.B. 384
Directs The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Board of Regents for Higher Education and The University of Connecticut, to s...
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)
H.B. 5353
Requires additional opportunities for meetings and the exchange of information between school district officials and parents of students in,...
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| LA | Passed 06/2012 | P-12 | Funding for Laboratory Schools Around the State
S.C.R. 137
Urges and request the legislative fiscal office to update the report issued in March 2006 pursuant to House Resolution No. 133 of the 2005 R...
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Teacher Preparation
S.B. 724
Directs the State Board of Education, to further make certain that teacher preparation programs remain current and reflect a rigorous course...
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| NH | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Teacher Certification and Preparation Programs
NH ADC Ed 507.18, 34, 36, 38; NH ADC Ed 612.03, 15, 20, 30
State the requirements for teacher certification and teacher preparation programs in the area of Early Childhood Education, Classical Langua...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Teacher Preparation Program Graduate Outcomes
S.B. 316 - Teacher Preparation Program Graduate Outcomes
By December 31, 2014, and annually thereafter, directs the chancellor of the board of regents to report for each teacher preparation program...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Teacher Preparation, Certification, & PD
S.B. 458
(Sec. 35) Requires teacher preparation programs (Starting July 1, 2015) to require, as part of their curricula, that students have classroom...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Executive Director, Board of Educational Examiners
S.F. 2284 -- Division V
This section requires the governor to appoint the executive director of the Board of Educational Examiners subject to confirmation by the Se...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Practitioner Preparation Program Assessments
S.F. 2284 - Division XII
This section requires institutions with approved practitioner programs to administer a preprofessional skills test to admission candidates. ...
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| LA | Adopted 05/2012 | Postsec. | Standards for Out-of-State Institutions Wishing to Offer Teacher Education or Education Leadership Programs
LAC 28:IX.305
From May 2012 Louisiana Register: Requires licensed educational institutions wishing to offer teacher education or education leadership prog...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Dyslexia Teacher Training Pilot
S.B. 1565
New section of law. Establishes a dyslexia teacher training pilot to train higher education faculty to teach multisensory structure reading ...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Commission for Education Quality and Accountability
S.B. 1797
Creates Commission for Education, Instruction Quality and Accountability combining the Oklahoma Commission on Teacher Prep with the Office o...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Establish Administrative Due Process for Licensure Violations
H.B. 1144
Establishes an office within the State Department of Education to respond to and conduct hearings regarding educator and administrator licen...
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| NY | Issued 04/2012 | P-12 | Establishing the New NY Education Reform Commission
E.O. No. 44
Establishes the New NY Education Reform Commission to provide guidance and advice to the governor on education policy, performance, and inno...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Teacher Prep Programs
S.B. 3024
Declares that teacher effect data made available to teacher preparation programs shall not be public records and shall be used only in evalu...
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| WV | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Teacher-in-Residence Programs
H.B. 4101
Authorizes teacher-in-residence programs for certain prospective teachers in lieu of student teaching; defines teacher-in-residence programs...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | College Partnership Laboratory Schools; Allowed to Operate Jointly with Local School Boards
H.B. 765
Allows a private institution of higher education that operates a teacher education program approved by the Board of Education to operate a c...
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Pilot Project for Up to Six Collaborative Schools for Innovation and Success Between School Districts and Colleges of Education.
H.B. 2799
Creates the collaborative schools for innovation and success pilot project for colleges of education and school districts to collaborate to ...
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| NM | Adopted 02/2012 | P-12 | Study the Growth of Future Educators
H.M. 42; S.M. 53
Requests that the legislature establish a work group to study the stustainability for future growth, recruitment and training of high school...
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| NH | Adopted 01/2012 | P-12 | Certification and Recertification
NH ADC Ed 505.06, 07; NH ADC Ed 609.01; NH ADC Ed 610.02
Rules on obtaining a teaching credential, and on approval of professional preparation programs, for general and professional educator are be...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2011 | P-12 | Accreditation of Educator Preparation
S.B. 941 - Accreditation of Educator Preparation
From bill summary: Existing law requires the commission on teacher credentialing to adopt and implement an accreditation framework, setting ...
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2011 | Postsec. | Postsecondary Alignment
H.B. 6485
Requires the Office of Workforce Competitiveness, every two years, to identify and report on the sectors or subsectors in which workforce sh...
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Genocide Education/Sign Language is Foreign Language
H.B. 6499 - Sec. 1 and 2
Includes genocide education in the materials provided by the Department of Education to school districts for student curriculum and educator...
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| TX | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Teacher Candidates and Field-Based Experience
S.B. 8 - Teacher Candidates and Field-Based Experience
From bill summary: Requires a candidate for certification as a teacher of record, before a district may employ the candidate, to complete at...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Teacher Preparation Program Graduates' Performance
H.B. 153 - Teacher Preparation Program Graduates' Performance
By December 31, 2012 and annually thereafter, requires the chancellor of the board of regents to report aggregate academic growth data, usin...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | Teacher Preparation Programs
S.B. 245
Revises statutes related to teacher preparation and evaluation and expands several sections to include principals. Some areas of revision in...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Repeals Various Obsolete Education Provisions
H.B. 7087
Repeals provisions relating to programs that were never implemented or are no longer funded. The programs are: Digital Divide Council and th...
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires a Study to Ensure That Teachers & Paraprofessionals Working with Children with Autism Are Appropriately & Adequately Prepared
H.R. 546
Directs the state Board of Education and the Department of Education (DOE) to conduct a study to ensure that teachers and paraprofessionals ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | Postsec. | Longitudinal Data Systems and Teacher Preparation Program Data
A.B. 2086
From bill analysis: Existing law creates the California Education Information System, consisting of the CALPADS (California Longitudinal Pup...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Teacher Preparation - Mental Health Issues
H.B. 2004
Requires that mental illness symptoms identification and mental health issues be incorporated into teacher preparation systems.
http://webse...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Early Childhood Educator Scholarship Program
H.B. 1030
Creates the early childhood educator development scholarship program in the department of education. The program will provide scholarships t...
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| HI | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Hawaii Institute for Educational Partnerships
S.B. 2432
Repeals §304A-1203, which established the Hawaii institute for educational partnerships to:
(1) Continually review the teacher preparation ...
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12
Postsec. | Multiple Provisions
L.B. 1071
Provides for the calculation of state aid for unified systems and makes changes related to the early childhood education programs to be incl...
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Teacher Certification
H.B. 2747
Any teacher certified to teach elementary education prior to July 1, 2010, may be certified in early childhood education upon meeting the re...
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | College Partnership Laboratory Schools
S.B. 736/H.B. 1389
Establishes college partnership laboratory schools by any public institution of higher education that operates an approved teacher education...
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2010 | Postsec. | Teacher Preparation
H.B. 637
The Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Assessment has been given to each Idaho prospective
kindergarten through 8th grade teacher since 2002 and p...
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| CO | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12
Postsec. | Effectiveness of Educator Preparation Programs
S.B. 36
Requires the Department of Education to prepare an annual report analyzing educator preparation program effectiveness; provides for informat...
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| RI | Passed 11/2009 | P-12 | Blueprint for a New Generation of Teacher Education
H.B. 5896
(Joint Resolution) Creates a special legislative study commission whose purpose it would be to study the establishment of a blueprint for a ...
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| WA | Rule Adoption 10/2009 | Postsec. | TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS
WAC 181-78A-105
Amends rules regarding teacher preparation programs. Entails provisions relating to higher education programs standards, criteria, infrastru...
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| WA | Adopted 10/2009 | P-12 | Teacher Preparation
WAC 181-78A-010, -500, -505, -515, -520, -525, -530, -535, -540
Amends rules relating to teacher preparation programs, higher education programs standards, criteria, infrastructure, and timelines for appr...
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Quality of Preparation Programs for Teachers and Other School Personnel
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.12, 3301.42, 3333.048 and 3333.048
Partly from DOE summary of H.B. 1: Directs the superintendent of public instruction, jointly with the chancellor of the board of regents, to...
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Ohio Teacher Residency Program
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.223
Directs the state superintendent and the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents to jointly establish the Ohio teacher residency program by ...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | STEM Teacher Preparation and Professional Development
S.B. 2262
Transfers 21.462, "Mathematics, Science and Technology Teacher Preparation Academies," to 61.0766. Allows a teacher with at least two years ...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Background Checks for Teacher Preparation Candidates
S.B. 270
Requires each applicant for admission to a teacher preparation program at a two-year or four-year institution to complete a criminal history...
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Alternative Teacher Preparation Program
S.B. 160
Renames the teacher in residence program to be the 2-year alternative teacher program, and relocates the provisions for that program in stat...
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| IA | Adopted 05/2009 | P-12 | NCATE Accreditation
IAC 282-13.19(272)
Removes the requirement that teacher preparation programs be accredited by NCATE. ...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Assessment of Reading Instruction
H.F. 2
Includes as part of the Board of Teaching's licensure exams an assessment of reading instruction for teacher licensure prekindergarten and e...
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Autistic students
A.B. 359
Creates the Grant Fund for the Training and Education of Personnel Who Work With Pupils With Autism; requires that the boards of trustees of...
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| OK | Adopted 05/2009 | P-12 | Teacher Preparation Program Accreditation
OAC 712:10-5-1, -2, -3, -4, -7-1
Eliminates the on-site portfolio review and requires instead that institutions provide specific portfolio information for review during the ...
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| WA | Adopted 05/2009 | P-12 | APPROVAL STANDARDS
WAC 181-79A-211
Amends rules relating to approval standards for performance based preparation programs for teachers, administrators and education staff asso...
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| IL | Adopted 04/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | NCATE Certification
23 IAC 25.115
In acknowledgment of the high cost to institutions and the current fiscal environment, NCATE (National Council for the Accreditation of Teac...
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| OH | Adopted 04/2009 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Teacher Preparation Programs
OAC 3301-21-05, -06, -07
Repeals and replaces rules governing the approval of teacher preparation programs at 2-year colleges, including requirements related to orga...
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Alternative Certification and Preparation
H.B. 1333
For an Alternative Placement teaching certificate: Requires that a person attain at least a 2.5 GPA; participate in a residency program; dec...
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| WV | Adopted 04/2009 | P-12 | EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL
Title 126, Series 114
Amends West Virginia's professional teaching standards to assure alignment with the state's 21st century teaching and learning initiative. T...
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| IL | Emergency Rule Adoption 12/2008 | P-12 | Teacher Preparation Program Review
23 IAC 25.115
Explains that the state board rules for the review process of institutions' teacher preparation programs were written many years ago to refl...
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| KY | Adopted 09/2008 | P-12 | Standards for Admission to Educator Preparation
16 KAR 5:020
Amends the standards for admission to an educator preparation. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/016/005/020.htm...
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| AK | Adopted 08/2008 | P-12 | TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM
4 AAC 12.305
Adds a new section setting out guidelines for maintaining initial teacher certification for students enrolled in a teacher preparation progr...
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| HI | GOVERNOR'S veto overridden by SENATE. *****To HOUSE for concurrence. 07/2008 | P-12 | Teacher Shortages and Professional Development Schools
S.B. 3252
Relates to teacher shortages. Appropriates up to $100,000 for fiscal year 2008-2009 for public school teachers and candidates to take prepar...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Training of Behavior Therapists - Autism
S.B. 2071
Relates to schools; requests the Regional University System of Oklahoma to establish a comprehensive autism training program at the Universi...
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| AK | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | teacher shortage
S.B. 241
Relates to a report to the Legislature on teacher preparation, retention, and recruitment by the Board of Regents of the University of Alask...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Joint Study Committee on Teacher Training and Certification
H.R. 1103
Creates the Joint Study Committee on Teacher Training and Certification. Provides that in the event the committee makes a report of its find...
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| LA | Adopted 04/2008 | P-12 | Teachers in Nonpublic Schools
LAC 28:LXXIX.303
Amends rules to revise Nonpublic Bulletin 741 - Louisiana Handbook for Nonpublic School Administrators. Allows teachers with master's degree...
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| SD | Adopted 04/2008 | Postsec. | Career and Technical Education
24:10:45:01, :02, :06 thru :10, inclusive, :16, :17
Amends rules to assure that current practices for training instructional staff at the post-secondary technical institutes are up-to-date by ...
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| UT | Adopted 04/2008 | P-12 | Educator Licensing and Data Retention
R277-502
Deletes provision that a teacher working under a letter of authorization who is not an alternative routes to licensing (ARL) candidate, cann...
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements and Learning Assistance for English Language Learners
S.B. 6673
Existing student learning plans (required for 8-12th grade students) must also include information on the student's results on the Washingto...
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| LA | Adopted 03/2008 | P-12
Community College | Teacher Recruitment and Preparation Program
LAC 28:CXXV.1501, 1701, 1901-1915 (Bulletin 121)
Amends rules relating to the Students Teaching and Reaching (STAR) content standards curriculum framework. The STAR curriculum is designed t...
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| LA | Adopted 12/2007 | P-12 | Approval of Teacher Education Programs
LAC 28:XLV.205 and 207
Amends sections of Bulletin 996 - Standards for Approval of Teacher Education Programs. Clarifies the process of moving from second-stage ap...
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| MI | Enacted 11/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Teacher Preparation and Certification
H.B. 4591
Provides for an increase in teacher certification fees; provides for the review and approval of teacher preparation institutions and their s...
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| AL | Adopted 08/2007 | P-12 | Teacher Education
AAC 290-3-3
Repeals and replaces rules to require background clearance for admission to the internship and to clarify field experience requirements for ...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Educational Partnership Act
H.B. 223
Amends the Educational Partnership Act. Provides that public institutions of higher education that have approved teacher education programs ...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Agricultural Science Teacher Training Continuum and Incentive Funding Grants
H.B. 1922
Subject to appropriation, requires the state board of education to develop a secondary-level agricultural science teacher training continuum...
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Speciality Schools
S.B. 526 (omnibus) - Article 24.5
Authorizes the board of trustees of Ball State University, Indiana State University, Indiana University or Purdue University to establish a ...
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Teacher Preparation Program Effectiveness and P-16 Data System
S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 4
Directs the commissioner to evaluate the effectiveness of all teacher preparation programs in the state, and the timelines and costs of deve...
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Leadership Academy, Teacher Recruitment and Development
S.B. 5955
Enacts provisions addressing a state leadership academy, teacher preparation and certification programs, teacher professional development pr...
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| AL | Adopted 03/2007 | Postsec. | Professional Studies
AAC 290-3-3-.04
Repeals and replaces the present standards for the professionalstudies component of Class B teacher education programs with the Alabama Qual...
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec. | Review of Teacher Preparation Programs
S.B. 19
Changes statues to require the review of teacher preparation programs not more frequently than once every five years. Previous language requ...
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| OH | Adopted 03/2007 | P-12 | TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS
OAC 3301-24-02, -03
Amends rules regarding teacher education programs. Incorporates references to new standards for what teachers should know and be able to do ...
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Expands Use of State Institute Fund
S.B. 68
Adds support activities related to school accreditation and teacher training and retention to the list of purposes for use of the State Inst...
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| OH | Adopted 01/2007 | P-12 | Teacher Education
3301-24-03
Amends requirements for the standards teacher preparation institutions must follow. http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/3301/0/24/330...
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| WA | Adopted 01/2007 | Postsec. | Educator Preparation & Certification Programs
WAC 181-82A-206
Provides more specific processes and procedures to assess higher education professional educator preparation programs for state approval and...
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| OH | Signed into law 12/2006 | P-12 | Quality of Teacher Preparation
S.B. 311 -- Sec. 3319.233
This section requires the state board of education, in collaboration with the Ohio board of regents, to issue an annual report on the qualit...
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| UT | Adopted 12/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Public Education Job Enhancement Program Eligibility
R690-100
Provides eligibility and award distribution requirements for the Public Education Job Enhancement Program (PEJEP), which offers funding to c...
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| WA | Adopted 12/2006 | Postsec. | Educator Preparation & Certification Programs
WAC 181-78A-100, -105, -110
Provides more specific processes and procedures to assess higher education professional educator preparation programs for state approval and...
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| LA | Adopted 10/2006 | P-12 | Standards for Certification
LAC 28:CXXXI.Chapters 1-10 (Bulletin 746)
The first update in many years. Identifies all certification guidelines for Louisiana school employees and administrators. Pages 1-52 of 133...
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| SD | Adopted 10/2006 | P-12 | Teacher Accreditation Programs/Guidelines and Virtual High School
Article 24:16, 24:43:12:09 to :11 inclusive, Article 24:53
Amends rules to establish the process for the accreditation and program approval of teacher preparation programs and closely align the rules...
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Funding for Teacher Training/Support
S.B. 3195
Appropriates funds for teacher training and support to address educational needs, especially the teacher shortage in the state. http://www.c...
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| WV | Rule Adoption 07/2006 | P-12 | Approval Of Educational Personnel Preparation Programs
Title 126, Series 114
Amends rules regarding West Virginia Board of Education approval of educational personnel preparation programs. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Creation of Just Read, Florida Office and Research-Based Strategies
H.B. 7087 (Section 8)
There is created in the Department of Education the Just Read, Florida! office. The office will: (1) Train highly effective reading coaches....
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| LA | Adopted 05/2006 | P-12 | Students Teaching and Reaching (STAR) Curriculum Framework
LAC 28:CXXV.101, 301-317
Establishes Content Standards Curriculum Framework for Students Teaching and Reaching (STAR) to serve as the one teacher preparation course ...
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| SC | Adopted 05/2006 | P-12 | Teacher Quality and Certification
R 43-62
Amends rules to create the need for restructuring the state system for training, certifying and evaluating teachers. Addresses the add-on ce...
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Reading Instruction Requirement for Teacher Certification
H.B. 2973
Requires reading instruction as a mandatory element of teacher education curriculum and requires certification of teacher competence in read...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Education Reform Act of 2006
S.B. 2602
Enacts the Education Reform Act of 2006. Section 14 directs the department of education and the board of trustees of state institutions of h...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Approval of Teacher Education Programs
S.B. 687
Prohibits the state board from conditioning full approval of teacher education programs provided by an institution of higher education on th...
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 |
H.B. 4626
Requires that a teacher from another state be awarded a teaching certificate for a comparable grade level and subject area valid in the pub...
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| IL | Adopted 01/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | The "Grow Your Own" Teacher Education Initiative
23 IAC 60.10 thru 100
Establishes rules to implement the Grow Our Own Teacher Education Act. Allows consortia of at least one postsecondary institution, at least...
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| OH | Signed into law 01/2006 | P-12 | Alignment of Teacher Preparation Programs to Standards, Career Ladder
H.B. 107
Requires the State Board's standards for teacher preparation programs to require that the curricula of those programs be aligned with the St...
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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...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2005 | P-12 | Incorporating SCANS into Teacher Training Programs
A.B. 693
Defines the competencies and personal skills identified in the Secretary of Labor's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) report....
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2005 | P-12 | Teacher assistants becoming teachers
H.B. 1414
AN ACT to permit teacher assistants who are enrolled in teacher education programs to continue to work while they complete their student tea...
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2005 | P-12 | Admissions requirement to teacher education programs
H.B. 1310
An undergraduate student seeking a degree in teacher education must attain passing scores on a preprofessional skills test prior to admissio...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Preservice Teaching Requirements
H.B. 384
Prior to completing an approved teacher preparation program, a preservice education candidate must satisfactorily pass the test of subject m...
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | Teacher Recruitment and Education
H.B. 844
Section 1: Establishes need for improvement in teacher recruitment, compensation, support and peer mentoring.
Section 2: Creates a new sect...
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Technical assistance partnerships and regional training programs for professional development of teachers and administrators
H.B. 109
Revises provisions governing the statewide system of accountability for public schools; redesignating the four regional training programs fo...
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| MN | EFFECTIVE DATE RETROACTIVE FROM SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 05/2005 | P-12 |
S.F. 244
A bill for an act relating to education; providing for consecutive teaching experience for a teacher whose probationary employment is interr...
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| OK | Emergency Rule Adoption 05/2005 | P-12 | Additional Competencies
OAC 210:20-9-182, -189
Adopts rules concerning teacher education and certification. Reflects a competency related to collaboration to create professional learning ...
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| MD | (S) THIRD READING PASSED (46-0) 04/2005 | Postsec. | Sharon Christa McAuliffe Memorial Teacher Education Award - Qualification Requirements
H.B. 1373
Altering the qualification requirements for applicants for a Sharon Christa McAuliffe Memorial Teacher Education Award; and prohibiting the ...
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| MT | Rule Adoption 04/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | Professional Educator Preparation Programs
ARM 10.58.103
Establishes rules regarding professional educator preparation programs. MONTANA REG 4693 (SN)...
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| OR | Adopted 04/2005 | P-12 | Site Reviews and Adding Authorizations and Endorsements
OAR 584-010-0010, -060-0052, -0062
Amends rules concerning site reviews and adding authorizations and endorsements. Increases the period of time between site reviews from five...
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | Role of Colleges and Universities in Achieving State Educational Goals
H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 7)
Requires colleges and universities to:
(a) Utilize institution-wide resources to work with elementary and secondary educators and other ent...
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | State Board Of Education
S.B. 2272
Clarifies the authority of the State Board of Education to expend federal funds for training expenses and salary incentives for licensed tea...
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Student Teacher Stipends
H.B. 1232
The board of a school district may provide a stipend to a student teacher assigned to a school in the district.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/a...
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| NC | Rule Adoption 01/2005 | P-12 | Preservice Requirements
10A NCAC 09 .0710
Clarifies rules regarding preservice requirements for lead teachers, teachers and aides. NORTH CAROLINA REG 5057 (SN)...
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| WV | Rule Adoption 11/2004 | P-12 | Standards for Subject-Area Content
Title 133, Series 46
Establishes new rules relating to standards for subject-area content in secondary-level teacher preparation programs. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4544...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Teachers
A.B. 242
Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and, where appropriate, the State Department of Education, to incorporate into licensure re...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Reciprocity Requirements
A.B. 3001 (multiple provisions)
Deletes the requirement that an out-of-state prepared teacher who is issued a California 5-year preliminary multiple subject, single subject...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | District and University Internships
A.B. 3001 (multiple provisions)
SEC. 6: Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to ensure that each district and university internship program in California provid...
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| WV | Rule Adoption 09/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Educational Personnel Preparation Programs
Title 126, Series 114
Amends rules regarding approval of educational personnel preparation programs. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4496 (SN)...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12 | Pilot Program: Special Education Teacher Preparation
S.B. 1621
Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to participate in a pilot program, which may include the San Joaquin County Office of Educa...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Beginning Teacher Induction Requirements
A.B. 2210
Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to determine that a candidate has fulfilled the induction program requirement if the candid...
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Education Reform
H.B. 2002
The education reform in this Act shall be known as the "Reinventing Education Act of 2004." The provisions include (1) establishing a weight...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Grow Our Own Teacher Education Act
S.B. 1550
Creates the Grow Our Own Teacher Education Act. Establishes the Grow Our Own Teacher Education Initiative to prepare highly skilled, committ...
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| MA | Rule Adoption 07/2004 | P-12 | Educator Licensure and Preparation Program
603 CMR 4.13, 7.00, 7.14, 47.11
Amends rules relating to the educator licensure and preparation program, the vocational education regulations, and the licensure of adult ba...
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Teacher Requirements
H.B. 1459
Requires the state board to determine whether teacher preparation programs should require courses in diversity training, anger management, c...
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | English as a Second Language Instruction
H.B. 5438
Concerning English as a second language instruction and in-service training for teachers and teacher preparation courses; requires persons s...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Education Personnel
S.B. 2986
Relates to education personnel; provides for expunging of criminal history records of applicants for employment at certain education related...
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2004 | Postsec. | Teacher Education Programs
H.B. 5507
Concerning teacher education programs at institutions of higher education; requires teacher training programs to include literacy training. ...
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| HI | Veto override 05/2004 | P-12 | Reinventing Education Act of 2004
S.B. 3238
Establishes a weighted student formula; provides additional information technology; empowers principals through a Hawaii principals academy ...
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Cultural Competency In Education
H.B. 1308
Defines "cultural competency" and sets forth teacher training, professional development, and school plan requirements for achieving cultural...
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| MS | Rule Adoption 03/2004 | P-12 | Uniformity
IDAPA 08.02.02
Creates a consistent alternative route to teacher certification for individuals who have already completed college degrees. MISSISSIPPI REG ...
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | Postsec.
Community College | Teacher Training: Integrated Programs
S.B. 81
Amends law requiring the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to encourage postsecondary institutions to offer integrated programs of profess...
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| AL | Rule Adoption 09/2003 | P-12 | Teacher Certification/Teacher Education
AAC 290-3-2, -3
Establishes rules regarding the changes including the addition of wording to address THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 2001. Changes the name ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Teacher Interns and Credentialing
S.B. 187
Make teachers who have received their preliminary credentials through a district intern or other specified intern program ineligible to rece...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Membership and Duties of State Advisory Commission on Teacher Education and Certification
S.B. 126
Increases membership on the state advisory commission on teacher education and certification from 11 to 13 members. Decreases from ten to ni...
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Oklahoma Commission For Teacher Preparation
H.B. 1169
Makes an appropriation to the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation; states purposes; provides for the budgeting of funds in certain c...
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| HI | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Teacher Education Coordinating Committee
S.B. 69
Expands the membership of the teacher education coordinating committee to include a representative of the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board. ht...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Inclusion of State Teaching Standards and Mock Evaluation in Student Teacher Programs
H.B. 549 (omnibus bill)
Requires approved teacher preparation programs to include in the student teaching experience opportunities for the student teacher to become...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Teacher Preparation and Development
H.B. 1151
Adds components on classroom management and student discipline strategies to teacher preparation competencies and goals of professional deve...
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| WV | Rule Adoption 05/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Approval of Educational Personnel
Title 126, Series 114
Provides rules relating to the approval of educational personnel preparation programs. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4244 (SN)
§126-114 Outlines the fra...
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Certification of Education Paraprofessionals
H.B. 1159
Concerns certification of education paraprofessionals; relates to the approval of teacher paraprofessional preparation programs at instituti...
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Pilot Teacher Internship Program
S.B. 95
Authorizes the education professional standards board to conduct a two-year internship pilot program for new teachers between July 1, 2003 a...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Teacher Preparation Section
H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill)
Amends Section 22-2-2 (Z)(BB and CC) to require the state board to approve education curricula and programs
offered in all two-year public ...
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| IA | Adopted 11/2002 | P-12 | Standards for Teacher Intern Preparation Programs
281 IAC 77.4, 77.5
Establishes rules relating to standards for teacher intern preparation programs. Governs approval of the criteria for practitioner preparati...
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2002 | P-12 | Programs that will increase the number of teachers to blind and visually impaired pupil populations
A.B. 2616
Requires the Trustees of the California State University to assess the current status of the university's credential programs that prepare t...
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| ID | Signed into law 07/2002 | P-12
Postsec. | Reading assessment for preservice teachers
H.B. 399
PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS-Amends existing law to clarify that only K-8 preservice teachers shall pass the State Board of Education's preservice r...
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2002 | P-12 | Basic Skills for Certification
S.B. 1953
Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. Provides that a student may not enroll in a teacher preparation program at a re...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12
Postsec. | Teacher Preparation Program Approval
S.B. 20E - Education Code Re-Write: Sec. 1004.04
Requires the state board to adopt rules that establish uniform core curricula for each state-approved teacher preparation program. Standards...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Defines Accredited
S.B. 236
Defines the term accredited institution for the purposes of the law and the Board of Education's regulations on licensure of school personne...
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| NY | Signed into law 11/2001 | P-12 | Accreditation Costs
S.B. 3752
Provides that the costs of accreditation reviews of teacher education programs shall be borne by the institution seeking accreditation by th...
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2001 | P-12 | Training Substitute Teachers
A.B. 1431
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to award a minimum of 3 grants for the purpose of establishing a new substitute teacher tr...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2001 | Postsec.
Community College | Community Colleges and Teaching Quality Programs
A.B. 1241
Requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to submit a written report to the Legislature on the feasibility of the develop...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2001 | P-12 | Teaching Interns
S.B. 57
Authorizes an intern to choose an early teacher internship program completion option if the intern passes certain assessments and meets the ...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | Transition to Teaching Program
S.B. 1684
Creates the Transition to Teaching Program; encourages participation by postsecondary education institutions and organizations that represen...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Teacher Internship Programs
S.B. 329
Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code; removes the limitation that teaching interns be employed on a part-time basis; provides...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | Emphasis on Teaching as a Profession
H.B. 3534, Section 1
Amends Section 59-101-280. "Colleges and universities of this State shall emphasize teaching as a career opportunity and those institutions...
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Teacher Preparation Portion of Bill
H.B. 3534
One part of this bill relates to colleges and universities emphasizing teaching as a career opportunity; provides manner in which requiremen...
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Partnership
H.B. 1753
Relates to a partnership agreement between the University of Texas-Pan American and the South Texas Community College District to offer the ...
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2001 | Postsec. | Teacher Scholarships for Full- and Part-time Graduate Students
H.B. 299, S.B. 206
Expands the Maryland Teacher Scholarship program to include full-time or part-time graduate students in programs leading to Maryland profess...
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | Teacher Preparation Quality
H.B. 39
Provides for the State Board of Education to assess teacher preparation programs....
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Teacher Subject Matter Proficiency
S.B. 1304
Relates to teacher proficiency and contract status; states any teacher hired on or after July 1, 2001, will be required, as a condition of a...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Education Certificates from Two-Year Institutions
S.B. 28
Senate Bill 28 amends Chapter 21, State and Private Education Institutions, NMSA 1978, to authorize two-year post-secondary educational inst...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Reading Courses
H.B. 281
Requires reading courses for teacher certification....
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2001 | P-12 | Regional Preschool Teacher Development
H.B. 113
Relates to regional development preschool system teachers; includes employment as a teacher in the regional development preschool system as ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2000 | P-12 | Training Teachers in Hard to Staff Schools
S.B. 573
Authorizes the Los Angeles County Office of Education to design and implement a one-year telecommunications-based pilot project for the purp...
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| KY | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12 | Teaching Quality
S.B. 77
Requires statewide teacher recruitment plan; requires state department to establish teacher academies in core disciplines; makes funds avail...
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| GA | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Omnibus Bill - Scholarships for Paraprofessionals
H.B. 1187
Creates Promise Scholarships in teacher education for paraprofessionals and instructional aides who were employed in a public school in Geor...
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| NE | Signed into law 07/1999 | P-12 | School at the Center Program
L.B. 812
Provides for the implementation of educational standards and assessment for public schools, the School at the Center Program, a needs study ...
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| LA | Signed into law 06/1999 | Postsec. | Qualifications for Admission to Teacher Education Program
H.B. 904
Relates to certification of elementary and secondary education; provides relative to the qualifications that are required for entrance into ...
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| FL | Signed into law 05/1999 | Postsec. | Remedial Reduction Plans, College Preparatory Courses and Articulation Agreements
S.B. 1794
Revises provision regarding funding for college-preparatory classes; relates to district inter-institutional articulation agreements; author...
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| IA | Signed into law 05/1999 | Postsec. | Requires Basic Skills Test for Practitioner Preparation Candidates
H.B. 532
Amends the responsibilities of the state board of education and the board of educational examiners relating to practitioner preparation prog...
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| VA | Signed into law 01/1999 | P-12 | Amends Teacher Preparation, Evaluation and Employment Laws
H.B. 2710
Relates to the Education Accountability and Quality Enhancement Act; makes a variety of changes to the statutes governing teacher preparatio...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/1998 | P-12 | Encourages Teachers to Switch to Math
A.B. 496
Intended to encourage teachers of other subjects to switch to math. Provides loans to pay for further education, and if the teacher returns ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/1998 | P-12 | Requires Teacher Induction
S.B. 2042
Encourages higher ed. institutions to provide fast-track programs of study. Requires credentialing programs to be aligned with state standar...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/1998 | P-12 | Allows Work-Study Participants to Work at Schools
A.B. 2528
Allows education students participating in the California Work-Study Program to work at schools, providing tutoring, mentoring, and other se...
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| MD | Active 07/1998 | P-12 | Reading Coursework Requirements
State Department Regulations
In July 1998 the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) passed regulatory amendments that increased the amount of reading coursework ...
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| MD | Signed into law 05/1998 | P-12 |
H.B. 733
Requires institutions of higher education in the State that offer teacher training programs to be certified by national accreditation organi...
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| UT | Signed into law 02/1998 | P-12 |
H.C.R. 3
Recognizes the importance of teacher preparation and professional development programs; encourages the Joint Liason Committee and its adviso...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/1997 | P-12 |
A.B. 1023
Requires that, beginning January 1, 2000, candidates for preliminary teaching credentials demonstrate basic competency in the use of compute...
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| CA | Signed into law 08/1997 | P-12 |
A.B. 1331 Teacher Mathematics Instruction Development Program
Enacts the Teacher Mathematics Instruction Development Program, which would effectuate legislative intent, expressed in the bill, that each ...
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| CO | Signed into law 06/1997 | P-12 |
H.B. 1058 Teacher Licensing
The state's major piece of teacher policy legislation this session was H.B. 1058 which amended the educator licensing statutes. Requires tha...
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| FL | Signed into law 06/1997 | P-12 |
S.B. 2
Creates the Minority Teacher Education Scholars Program; provides for incentive awards for community, public and private universities and co...
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| FL | Became law without governor's signature 06/1997 | P-12 |
S.B. 340 Perfomance Assessment of School Staff
Revises performance assessments of school district instructional staff; revises contracts for said staff; requires probationary period for c...
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| CA | Signed into law 05/1997 | P-12 |
Establishes the California Mathematics Teaching Challenge for the purpose of increasing the number of teachers who are competent to teach ma...
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| FL | Passed 08/1996 | P-12 |
FAC 6C-6. 001 Admissions
Defines the requirements for admission into limited access programs. Provides that a specified minimum grade on prerequisite courses will no...
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| UT | Signed into law 06/1994 | P-12 |
H.B. 295 Teacher Training in Sensory Impairments
(Effective: 07/01/94) Establishes a Multi-University Consortium for Teacher Training in Sensory Impairment in conjunction with the State Boa...
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