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- Student Activity Funds
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- Students, Alcohol, and Breath Tests
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Newsletters
CACFP Food With Care Newsletters
- CACFP Food With Care Newsletter May 2006
- Food with Care Newsletter April 2007
- Food With Care Newsletter January 2007
- Food with Care Newsletter October 2007
- Food With Care Newsletter September 2006
- January 2008 Food With Care Newsletter
Commodities/Iowa Food Service Directors Newsletter
- Commodity/IFSD Newsletter August 2007
- Commodity/IFSD Newsletter January 2007
- Commodity/IFSD Newsletter March 2007
- Commodity/IFSD Newsletter May 2007
- Commodity/IFSD Newsletter October 2007
Lunch Line Newsletters
- January 2007 LunchLine Newsletter
- January 2008 LunchLine Newsletter
- Lunchline October 2006
- March 2007 Lunchline
- March 2008 Lunchline
- May 2007 Lunchline
- November 2007 LunchLine
- November/December 2006 Lunchline
- October 2007 Lunchline
Newsroom
Latest News
- 2008 Certified Enrollment - Majority of Iowa School Districts Report Declining Enrollment
- April 2008 School Leader Update
- Class of 2007 Performs Well on AP Exams
- December 2007 School Leader Update
- Education at a Crossroads Podcast
- Enrollment at Iowa’s Community Colleges Continues to Climb
- February 2008 School Leader Update
- Governor Culver Announces 2008 Iowa Teacher of the Year
- Iowa Department of Education Releases 2007 Condition of Education Report
- Iowa Department of Education Releases State Report Card Podcast
- January 2008 School Leader Update
- March 2008 School Leader Update
- May 2008 School Leader Update
- November 2007 School Leader Update
- October 2007 School Leader Update
- Podcast Outlines Iowa State Board of Education’s 2008 Legislative Agenda
- State Report Card Released
Legislative Update
News Releases
School Leader Update
PK12 Topics
Accreditation and Program Approvals
- Annual Progress Report LEA
- Annual Progress Reports AEA
- Comprehensive Improvement Plan AEA
- Comprehensive School Improvement Plan LEA
- Equity Education
- Nonpublic School Accreditation
- Practitioner Preparation & Teacher Education
- School Improvement Site Visits (Public and Nonpublic Schools)
- School Improvement Team
- Waivers and Exemptions
- Whole Grade Sharing
Advanced Learning Opportunities
- Advanced Placement Courses
- Concurrent Enrollment Opportunities
- Post Secondary Enrollment Options Act
- Talented and Gifted Opportunities
- U.S. Senate Youth Program
Content Areas
- Arts
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- Career Education
- HIV/AIDS
- Mathematics
- Physical Education
- School Counseling
- Science
- Social Studies
Data Collections
- AEA Supplementary Weighting & Teacher FTE
- Basic Educational Data Survey (BEDS)
- Career & Technical Education
- Certified Annual Financial Reports (CAR)
- Certified Enrollment
- Foster Care Claim
- Juvenile Home Program
- Mentoring and Induction
- Project EASIER
- SBRC Application
- School Board Officers
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Diverse Learners
- Alternative Education
- At Risk & Dropout Prevention
- English Language Learners
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Early Childhood
- 3 to 5 Every Child Reads
- 3-4-5 Thrive
- At-Risk K-3 Grants
- Community Empowerment
- Early ACCESS
- Early Childhood Special Education
- Early Childhood Standards
- Early Head Start
- Empowerment - School Ready Funds
- Even Start
- Head Start
- Head Start State Collaboration Office
- Iowa Early Childhood Network
- Shared Visions Parent Program
- Shared Visions Preschool Program
- Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program for Four-Year-Old Children
Educational Technology
Educator Quality
- Content Network
- Department of Education Sponsored Professional Development
- District & Individual Career Development Plans
- Educator Quality Documents
- Highly Qualified Teacher
- Iowa Professional Development Model
- Mentoring & Induction
- National Board Certification
- SF 277 Student Achievement and Teacher Quality Program Guidance
- Teacher Compensation 07-08 Pilot
- Teacher Development Academies
- Teacher Evaluation
- Team Based Variable Pay
Formative Assessment Tips
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High School
K12 Education
- AEA
- Content Areas
- Distance Learning
- Iowa Core Curriculum
- Standards, Benchmarks and Grade Level Indicators
- Teacher Shortage Areas
Learning Supports
- Anti-Bullying and Anti-Harassment
- Before & After School Programs
- E-Rate
- Instructional Decision Making
- Iowa Health Promotion Initiative
- Iowa Youth Survey
- Learning Supports Initiative
- Paraeducators
- School Safety
- Service Learning
- Timeout in an Effective and Ethical Manner
- TransAct Eduportal
Literacy
- Adolescent Literacy Research and Development Team (ALRDT)
- Collaborative Strategic Reading
- Concept Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI)
- Elementary Statewide Reading Team
- Every Child Reads
- Iowa Statewide Reading Team
- Literacy in Iowa Core Curriculum
- Question Answer Relationships (QAR)
- Reading
- Reading First
- Second Chance Reading (SCR)
- University of Kansas Strategic Instruction Model (KU-SIM)
No Child Left Behind
- Accountability Workbook & Application
- APR & AYP Compare and Contrast
- Core Content Standards and Benchmarks
- Course on Test Preparation with the Iowa Tests
- NAEP
- NCLB Frequently Asked Questions
- NCLB Laws, Rules & Legislation
- NCLB Links
- NCLB Procedures, Guidance & Policy
- NCLB Publications, Reports & Report Cards
- NCLB Reporting Requirements
Nutrition Program Learning Tools
- CACFP Civil Rights Staff Training Handout
- Civil Rights Compliance in the Child Nutrition Programs
- Local School Wellness Policy
- Nutrient Standard Menu Planning (NSMP) Presentation ICN May 22, 2003
- Offer versus Serve (OVS) - Food Based
- Offer versus Serve (OVS) - Nutrient Based
- Portion Control
- Team Nutrition Learning Tools
Nutrition Programs
- After School Snack Programs
- Child & Adult Care Food Program
- Commodity Food Distribution
- Food Safety
- Fruit Vegetable Program
- Green Beans and Garbanzo Beans
- Ground Beef Recall - Update 2/19/2008
- National School Lunch Program
- Nutrition Program Links
- Nutrition Programs Awards and Grants
- Nutrition Programs Funding
- Pierre Beef Crumbles - UPDATE 2/21/08
- School Breakfast Program
- Special Milk Program
- Summer Food Service Program
- Team Nutrition
Nutrition Training Events
- 2008 CACFP Summer Short Course Registration Packet
- 2008 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Workshops
- Breakfast = Achievement ICN
- CACFP Center Workshops
- Children with Special Dietary Needs
- Civil Rights Training for Participating Organizations in Child Nutrition Programs
- Direct Certification of Free Meal Eligibility Refresher Training
- School Health Environments - A Presentation by Dr. Yibo Wood, USDA FNS
- Summer Short Courses 2008
Options for Educational Choice
Payments and Allocations
- Allocation Summaries
- Educational Excellence Program, Iowa Code chapter 294A
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Federal Part B, Grants to States, LEA
- Iowa Early Intervention Block Grant Program, Iowa Code chapter 256D
- Juvenile Home Program Advance to AEA Schedule
- Mentoring & Induction, Beginning Administrators, Iowa Code chapter 284A
- No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), Federal Title Programs
- Nonpublic Textbook Services Provided by Public School Districts, Iowa Code chapter 301
- Perkins Vocational/Applied Technology Education Act
- State Payment Schedule
- Student Achievement and Teacher Quality Program, Iowa Code chapter 284
School Facilities
- Accessibility/ADA
- Bid Requirements
- Closing / Restructuring Attendance Centers
- Davis-Bacon Act
- Environmental Protection and Indoor Air Quality
- Facility Planning
- Fire Safety
- Historic Preservation
- Iowa Demonstration Construction Grant Program (Harkin Grant)
- Local Option Sales and Services Tax for School Infrastructure (LOSST)
- Maintenance
- Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL)
- Playground Safety
- Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (QZAB)
- School Bonds
- School Building Safety
- School Infrastructure Unit
- Suspended or Debarred Contractors
School Finance
- Accounting Principles and Uniform Procedures
- AEA Supplementary Weighting & Teacher FTE
- Auditing
- Budgets
- Certified Annual Financial Reports (CAR)
- Certified Enrollment
- Educational Excellence Program, Iowa Code chapter 294A
- Finance Roundtable
- Finance, Facilities, and Operation Services
- Foster Care Claim
- Indirect Cost Rates
- Juvenile Home Program
- Levies and Funds
- Mentoring and Induction
- Nonpublic Schools
- Nonpublic Schools - Certified Enrollment
- Public Fund Deposits and Rates
- Reorganization Incentives
- SBRC Application
- School Board Officers
- School Budget Review Committee
- School Finance Associations and Boards
- Student Activity Funds
- Tuition and Fees
School Library
School Operations
- Charter Schools
- E-Rate
- School Business Alerts
- School Operation Links
- Uniform Administrative Procedures for Iowa Officials
School Transportation
- Calendars, Driver Training & Schedules
- Nonpublic Reimbursement
- Publications & Reports
- Transportation Contacts
- Transportation Guidance
- Transportation Laws, Rules & Policy
- Transportation Links
- Transportation Resources
Site Visit
Student Assessment
- Enhanced Assessment Grant (EAG) – Formative Assessment
- Formative Assessment (Assessment FOR Learning)
- Formative Assessment Connections
- Formative Assessment Resources
- Statewide Assessment Requirements
- Student Assessment
- Summative Assessment (Assessment of Learning)
- Summative Assessment Connections
- Summative Assessment Resources
Student Assessment Tips
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Summative Assessment Tips
Teacher Award and Exchange Programs
- Governor's Volunteer Award
- Milken Family Foundation Awards
- Teacher of the Year
- Teaching in Taiwan
- Visiting Teachers from Spain Program
Teacher Quality Enhancement Program
- Assessment Team
- Collaboration Plus Team
- Cross-Institutional Articulation Team
- Dispositions Team
- Empty Page
- English Language Learners Team
- Events
- Experts Learning & Sharing Conference
- IACTE Collaborative Plus Conference
- Language Arts Team
- Middle School Content Team
- Program Information
- Question-Answer Relationships (QAR) Seminar
- Reading and Writing in the Content Area Team
- Resources
- Statewide Mentoring - Induction Team
- Teacher Candidate Assessment
- Teacher Quality Enhancement (TQE) Grants
- Teacher Quality Enhancement Program
- Teams & Committees
- TQE All Teams Meeting/Training
- TQE Evaluation Materials
- TQE Goals
- TQE Initial Grant
- TQE Past Grants Process/Forms
- TQE Resources
- TQE Staff
Podcasts
Podcasts
- 2007 Annual Condition of Education Report
- 2007 State Report Card Podcast
- 2008 Iowa Teacher of the Year
- 21st Century Leadership State
- Education at a Crossroads Podcast
- Engaging Iowa Students in Higher-level Thinking
- Iowa Core Curriculum
- Jeffrey Offers Back-to-School Podcast
- Podcast Outlines Iowa State Board of Education’s 2008 Legislative Agenda
- Raising Expectations for Iowa's Students
- School Safety Podcast
- Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program for Four Year Old Children
Resources
Bids Contracts RFP
Directories
- Iowa Educational Organizations
- Area Education Agency Directories
- Community College Directories
- Department of Education Personnel Directories
- Iowa Colleges & Universities
- Iowa School District Directories
Feedback
Institute for Tomorrow\'s Workforce
Site Help
Special Education
Assessment and Testing
Conflict Resolution
- AEA Resolution Facilitator Process
- Procedural Safeguards Manual for Parents Rights for Children Ages 3-21
- Procedural Safeguards Manual for Parents Rights for Children Ages Birth - 3
- Resolution Meeting
- Special Education Complaints
- Special Education Due Process Hearings
- Special Education Mediations
- Special Education Preappeals
Data Profiles
Fiscal
- AEA Application Form
- IDEA Part B LEA Entitlements
- LEA Application Form
- Medicaid
- Special Education Finance
Parent Information
- IDEA 2004 Definition of Parent
- Parent-Educator Connection
- Parents as Presenters
- Procedural Safeguards Manual for Parents Rights for Children Ages 3-21
- Procedural Safeguards Manual for Parents Rights for Children Ages Birth - 3
Programs & Services
- Assistive Technology (AT)
- Audiology; Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education
- Autism
- Blindness and Visual Impairment
- Brain Injury
- Curriculum Resources--Disability History
- Early Childhood Special Education
- Health
- IEP Tutorials
- Instructional Accommodations
- Iowa's Deafblind Service Project
- Learning Disabilities
- Mental Health
- National Instructional Materials Standard (NIMAS)
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Positive Behavior Supports
- School Psychology
- School Social Work
- Secondary Transition
- Speech and Language
- Statewide Vision Management Team
- Teach Iowa
State Guidance
- Alternative Education and Special Education
- Athletic Eligibility & Students with Disabilities
- Collaborative Teaching
- Early Intervening Services Guidance Memo
- Grades, Diplomas and Transcripts for Students with Disabilities
- Highly Qualified Special Education Teachers
- IDEA 2004 Definition of Parent
- Limitations on Filing CINA Petitions
- Transporting Students with Special Needs
State Requirements and Reports
- 2008 IDEA State Application Part B
- Administrative Rules of Special Education
- Annual Progress Report Part B
- Annual Progress Report Part C
- Eligibility Documents--Special Education Policies Part B
- Eligibility Documents--Special Education Policies Part C
- Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP)
- Special Education Eligibility Standards
- State Performance Plan Part B
- State Performance Plan Part C
State Board & Director Information
About the Director
About the State Board
- 2007 Meeting Calendar
- 2008 Meeting Calendar
- About the State Board Overview
- Members
- Policy Priorities
- Resolutions & Position Statements
- Student Member Application
- Vision, Mission, Goals & Strategic Plan
State Board Agendas
- 2005 Meeting Calendar
- 2006 Meeting Calendar
- April 2007 State Board Meeting Agenda
- August 2007 State Board Meeting Agenda
- December 06 Meeting Agenda
- December 2007 Board Meeting Agenda
- February 07 Meeting Agenda
- February 2008 Board Meeting Agenda
- July 2007 State Board Meeting Agenda
- July 26-27, 2006 State Board Agenda
- June 14-16, 2006 Meeting Agenda
- June 2007 State Board Meeting Agenda
- March 2008 Board Meeting Agenda
- March 8, 2007 Telephonic Meeting Agenda
- May 11, 2006 Meeting Agenda
- May 2007 State Board Meeting Agenda
- May 2008 Board Meeting Agenda
- May 29 2007 State Board Meeting Agenda
- November 06 Meeting Agenda
- November 2007 Board Meeting Agenda
- October 2007 Board Meeting Agenda
- September 06 Meeting Agenda
- September 2007 Board Meeting Agenda
Title Programs
Title I
- Title I - Part A
- Title I - Part B, Subpart 3 - William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Programs
- Title I - Part C - Education of Migratory Children
- Title I - Part D - Neglected and Delinquent
- Title I - Part F - Comprehensive School Reform
- Title I- Part B, Subpart 1 - Reading First
Title II
- Title II Part A - Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting
- Title II Part B - Mathematics and Science Partnerships
- Title II Part D - Enhancing Education Through Technology (E2T2)