§ 1 Intent of title
§ 1A Department of elementary and secondary education; commissioner; duties
§ 1B Board of elementary and secondary education; duties
§ 1C Minimum nutritional standards for school food services; regulations; breakfast programs; guidelines for reimbursement of costs; Hepatitis B immunization
§ 1C.5 Immunization against Hepatitis B for school employees working with developmentally disabled students; guidelines for reimbursement
§ 1D Statewide educational goals; academic standards; vocational training; grant program
§ 1E Curriculum frameworks
§ 1F Vocational-technical education and school-to-work transition programs; standards; grants
§ 1G Minimum length of school day and school year
§ 1H Adult basic education and literacy services system; grants; objectives
§ 1I Performances of public school districts and individual public schools; evaluation system; assessment instruments; reports
§ 1J Underperforming or chronically underperforming schools; creation and submission of turnaround plan; appointment of receiver; annual review
§ 1K Determination of district’s chronic under-performance; designation of receiver; creation of turnaround plan; annual review; failure of municipality to fulfill fiscal responsibilities
§ 1L Comprehensive interdisciplinary health education and human service discretionary grant program; proposals; rejection; funds
§ 1M Discretionary grant program
§ 1N Alternative education grant program
§ 1O Truancy prevention program certification process
§ 1P Safe and supportive schools framework
§ 1Q State seal of biliteracy; award; criteria
§ 1R Financial literacy standards; establishment and implementation
§ 1S Statewide targets for addressing persistent disparities in student achievement; submission of 3-year plan by districts; reporting
§ 1T Student preparedness for workforce and post-graduate success; collection and disbursement of data
§ 2 Statement of amounts spent for vocational schools; annual report
§ 4 Compilation of statistics as to certain institutions
§ 6 Teachers; applications for positions; qualifications
§ 8 Use of school buildings
§ 8A Medical and behavior health emergency response plan; model plan
§ 9 Classes for illiterates and foreigners
§ 9A Establishment of class
§ 10 Reimbursement for expenditures
§ 10A Education for American citizenship; director
§ 11 Powers and duties of the division of immigration and Americanization
§ 11/2 Applicability of Sec. 2 of chapter 70 to this chapter
§ 30 Approval of organization certificate or charter amendments; appeal of denial; periodic inspections
§ 30A Standards for educational institutions; establishment; revocation of powers to grant degrees
§ 31 Prerequisites to approval of organization certificate or charter amendments
§ 31A Awarding of degrees and courses leading to award of degrees; necessity of authorization
§ 31B Annual assessment of institution’s financial risk of imminent closure; definitions; determination of imminent closure; imposition of fine for failure to comply with section requirements; records exempted from disclosure; training in higher education f
§ 31C Notification of accreditation of institution to applicant for admission upon acceptance required
§ 36 Use of cultural organizations by schools and community organizations; grants
§ 37 Green School Works grant program; eligibility and selection; annual report; regulations
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