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What Happened in Your State This April?

This past month, ten policy analysts published reports about what occurred in the following states: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

ESSA Implementation

Colorado: Stevi Quate discusses Colorado’s choice of attendance as the fifth indicator in

Readers may want to visit to see what your state is doing.

Higher Education

Texas: In , Michael Gos continues his series, noting that this August, students may carry a concealed weapon at community colleges. There is concern, however, over the presence of high school students who attend classes through dual enrollment.

Funding and Budget

California: Dan Melzer shares in which the Degrees Not Debt Scholarship will provide a supplemental grant to full-time students receiving certain grants.

Connecticut: Stephen Ferruci addresses given that Connecticut ranks third in student debt.

New York: According to Derek Kulnis, through the Excelsior Scholarship to any New Yorker, within certain income limits, accepted to a community college or four-year public university

Pennsylvania: Due to declining budgets and enrollments, are on the horizon, D. Alexis Hart writes.

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Arkansas: In Donna Wake expresses the concern that the state is closing schools in predominantly African American neighborhoods after having passed a law offering charter schools the rights of first refusal for unused school facilities.

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Donna also provides links for teachers to review and an analysis of

Louisiana: Jalissa Bates explains in that grants from businesses support student efforts to attend school in the summer.

New York: Derek Kulnis posts that by including students in the conferences to review their work and to provide time for teachers to have parental interaction.

Wisconsin: Kris Cody-Johnson shares state education information in , and

Wyoming: Tiffany Rehbein shares that .