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Education Fact Sheets 2002

GENERAL

• Education Governance

• Council for Education Policy Research and Improvement

• Florida Lottery

• Distance Learning

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

• Best Financial Management Practices Reviews

• Class Size

• Deregulation of Public Schools

• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

• Exceptional Student Education(ESE)

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

• Instructional Materials

• School Age/Attendance Requirements

• Student Transportation

• Prayer in Schools

• School Administrator Sick Leave

• School Advisory Councils (SACS)

Funding

• Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP)

• Dollars to the Classroom Act

• Equity in School-level Funding Act

• Supplemental Academic Instruction

Facilities/Capital Outlay

• Smart Schools Act of 1997

• Educational Facilities Resources (K-12)

• Public Education Capital Outlay (PECO)

• Capital Outlay & Debt Service Funds (CO&DS)

• Classrooms First Program

• Special Facility Construction Account

• Two-Mill Money

• School Capital Outlay Surtax (1/2 cent sales tax)

• Local Government Infrastructure Surtax

• Bond Referendum

• School Impact Fees

• Small Schools/School-within-a-School

School Choice

• Home Education

• Charter Schools

• Charter School Districts

• Corporate Income TaxCredit Scholarship Program

• McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program

• Opportunity Scholarships

• Public School Choice

• Florida Virtual High School

Assessment/Accountability

• Sunshine State Standards

• Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT)

• School Recognition Program

• School Grading System

• Testing

School Safety Student Discipline

• School Safety

• Truancy

• Dropout Prevention/Second Chance Schools

• Character Education

• Learnfare Program

Teacher Issues

• Teacher Certification

• Teacher Liability Insurance

• Teacher Pay

• Teacher Recruitment and Retention

• Excellent Teaching Program

• Merit Pay for Teachers

• The "Barry Grunow Act"

High School Issues

• Acceleration Mechanisms

• Dual Enrollment

• Extracurricular Activities

• Graduation Standards

• High School Grading Scale

• Physical Education Requirements (High School)

POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

• Florida Community College System

• Tuition and Fees for College Credit Courses at Community Colleges

• State University System (SUS)

• Tuition and Fee Policy in the State University System

• Commission for Independent Education

• Postsecondary Remediation

• "Time-to-Degree"

• Site-Determined Baccalaureate Degree Access Program

• College Reach-Out Program (CROP)

• Joint-use Facilities

Tuition/Financial Assistance

• Bright Futures Scholarship Program

• Bright Futures Scholarship Program - Florida Academic Scholars Award

• Bright Futures Scholarship Program - Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars

• Bright Futures Scholarship Program - Florida Merit Scholars Award

• Bright Futures Scholarship Testing Program

• Florida Student Assistance Grant Program (FSAG)

• Florida Resident Access Grant (FRAG)

• Florida Prepaid College Program

• Florida College Savings Program

• State Employee Education Voucher Program

• Federal Perkins Loan

WORKFORCE

• Federal Workforce Investment Act

• Workforce Florida, Inc. (WFI)

• Workforce Florida, Inc./ First Jobs/First Wages Council

• Workforce Florida, Inc./ Better Jobs/Better Wages Council

• Workforce Florida, Inc./ High Skills/High Wages Council

• Agency for Workforce Innovation

• Unemployment Compensation

• School Readiness

• Individual Development Accounts

• Workforce Development Education

• Tuition and Fees for Workforce Development Education

2002 Fact Sheets Index

• 2002 Fact Sheets Index

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