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FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Gale Gaines
Vice President, State Services
(404) 879-5582

SREB State Services publishes individual reports that examine specific topics that state legislators and other leaders are trying to address. The most recent reports include:

Focus on Compulsory Attendance Policies: About Age or Intervention? (March 2014)

Notes on School Finance: Selected Information on Funding for Low-Income Students in SREB States (August 2013)

Charter Schools in SREB States: Critical Questions and Next Steps for States (May 2012)

Focus on Teacher Reform Legislation in SREB States: Tenure, Dismissal and Performance Pay Policies (November 2011)

Focus on Teacher Reform Legislation in SREB States: Evaluation Policies (June 2011)

Focus on Education for the Formerly Incarcerated (June 2011)

Notes on Selected Budget and Revenue Information in SREB States, 2010-2011 (January 2011)

Focus on the Alternative School Calendar: Year-Round School Programs and Update on the Four-Day School Week (January 2011)

Focus on How SREB States are Addressing the Education Needs of Children with Autism (October 2010)

Focus on the School Calendar (April 2010)

Focus on Rising College Textbook Prices (March 2009)

Focus on Governance in K-12 Education: Local-Level Models (February 2009)

Focus on SREB States' Responses to the Economic Slowdown: Budget Actions Affecting Education in 2008-2009 (November 2008)

Focus on Governance in K-12 Education: State-Level Models (October 2008)

Charter Schools in SREB States: A Call for Accountability (October 2008)

SREB States Continue to Lead the Nation in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs (September 2008)

Focus on the School Calendar: The Four-Day School Week (August 2008)

Focus on State Policies Limiting Excess Undergraduate Credit Hours (June 2007)

Focus on Teacher Pay and Incentives: Recent Legislative Actions and Update on Salary Averages (May 2007)

Focus on Teacher Pay and Incentives: 2005 Legislative Actions and Update on Salary Averages (December 2005)

Focus on 'Highly Qualified' teachers: SREB states take action (September 2003)

Focus on Health Professions Education - Black admissions to medical schools rebound, shift toward private schools (August 2003)

Focus On An Untapped Classroom Resource: Helping Paraprofessionals Become Teachers (April 2003)

Focus on the GED: Who Takes It and Why? (September 2002)

Focus on Retired Teachers: State Policies Allowing Retirees to Return to the Classroom (February 2002)

Once Again SREB States Lead the Nation in National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification  (January 2002)

Focus on Quality: Prekindergarten Programs in SREB States (January 2002)

Focus on SREB States' School-Safety-Legislation: Update 2000 and 2001 (June 2001)

Focus on Charter Schools: 2000-2001 Legislative Actions in SREB States (April 2001)

Beyond Salaries: Employee Benefits for Teachers in the SREB States (March 2001)

SREB States Lead the Way in National Certification for Teachers (March 2001)

Focus on Teacher Salaries: What Teacher Salary Averages Don't Show (October 2000)

Focus on Volunteer Reading Tutors (August 2000)

Focus on State Support for Independent Colleges and Their Students: Higher Education Tuition Grants and Unrestricted Appropriations (April 2000)

Focus on High School Warranties: Are They Working? (April 2000)

Focus on School District Superintendents (February 2000)

Focus on Charter Schools (February 2000)

Focus on SREB State Legislative Actions Related to School Safety (October 1999)

Focus on School Safety and Violence Prevention (Web only) (October 1998)

Focus on Teacher Education in Reading (September 1998)

Focus on School Accountability (July 1998)

Focus on Criminal Background Checks for Teachers and Other Certified Staff (Web only) (March 1998)

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