| 7 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 8 | 7 | | Torepealsection161.210,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto |
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| 9 | 8 | | schoolinnovationwaivers. |
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| 10 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 11 | 10 | | SectionA.Section161.210,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu |
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| 12 | 11 | | 2thereof,tobeknownassection161.214,toreadasfollows: |
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| 13 | 12 | | 161.214.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 14 | 13 | | 2 (1)"Board",thestateboardofeducation; |
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| 15 | 14 | | 3 (2)"Department",thedepartmentofelementaryandsecondaryeducation; |
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| 16 | 15 | | 4 (3)"Schoolinnovationteam",agroupofnaturalpersonsrepresenting: |
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| 17 | 16 | | 5 (a)Asingleelementaryorsecondaryschool; |
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| 18 | 17 | | 6 (b)Agroupoftwoormoreelementaryorsecondaryschoolswithinthesame |
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| 19 | 18 | | 7schooldistrictthatsharecommoninterests,suchasgeographicallocationoreducational |
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| 20 | 19 | | 8focus,orthatsequentiallyserveclassesofstudentsastheyprogressthroughelementary |
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| 21 | 20 | | 9andsecondaryeducation; |
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| 22 | 21 | | 10 (c)Agroupoftwoormoreelementaryorsecondaryschoolsnotwithinthesame |
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| 23 | 22 | | 11schooldistrictthatsharecommoninterests,suchasgeographicallocationoreducational |
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| 24 | 23 | | 12focus,orthatsequentiallyserveclassesofstudentsastheyprogressthroughelementary |
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| 25 | 24 | | 13andsecondaryeducation; |
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| 26 | 25 | | 14 (d)Asingleschooldistrict;or |
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| 27 | 26 | | 15 (e)Agroupoftwoormoreschooldistrictsthatsharecommoninterests,suchas |
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| 28 | 27 | | 16geographicallocationoreducationalfocus,orthatsequentiallyserveclassesofstudents |
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| 29 | 28 | | 17astheyprogressthroughelementaryandsecondaryeducation; |
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| 30 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 31 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (4)"Schoolinnovationwaiver",awaivergrantedbytheboardtoasingleschool, |
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| 32 | 31 | | 19groupofschools,singleschooldistrict,orgroupofschooldistrictsunderthissection,in |
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| 33 | 32 | | 20whichtheschool,groupofschools,schooldistrict,orgroupofschooldistrictsisexempt |
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| 34 | 33 | | 21fromaspecificrequirementimposedbychapter160,161,162,167,170,or171,orany |
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| 35 | 34 | | 22regulationspromulgatedundersuchchaptersbytheboardorthedepartment.Any |
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| 36 | 35 | | 23schoolinnovationwaivergrantedtoaschooldistrictorgroupofschooldistrictsshall |
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| 37 | 36 | | 24applytoeveryelementaryandsecondaryschoolwithintheschooldistrictorgroupof |
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| 38 | 37 | | 25schooldistrictsunlesstheplanspecificallyprovidesotherwise. |
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| 39 | 38 | | 26 2.Anyschoolinnovationteamseekingaschoolinnovationwaivermaysubmita |
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| 40 | 39 | | 27plantotheboardforoneormoreofthefollowingpurposes: |
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| 41 | 40 | | 28 (1)Improvingstudentreadinessforemployment,highereducation,vocational |
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| 42 | 41 | | 29training,technicaltraining,oranyotherformofcareerandjobtraining; |
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| 43 | 42 | | 30 (2)Increasingthecompensationofteachers;or |
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| 44 | 43 | | 31 (3)Improvingtherecruitment,retention,training,preparation,orprofessional |
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| 45 | 44 | | 32developmentofteachers. |
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| 46 | 45 | | 33 3.Anyplanforaschoolinnovationwaivershall: |
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| 47 | 46 | | 34 (1)Identifythespecificprovisionoflawforwhichawaiverisbeingrequested |
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| 48 | 47 | | 35andprovideanexplanationforwhythespecificprovisionoflawinhibitstheabilityof |
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| 49 | 48 | | 36theschoolorschooldistricttoaccomplishthegoalstatedintheplan; |
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| 50 | 49 | | 37 (2)Demonstratethattheintentofthespecificprovisionoflawcanbeaddressed |
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| 51 | 50 | | 38inamoreeffective,efficient,oreconomicalmannerandthatthewaiverormodification |
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| 52 | 51 | | 39isnecessarytoimplementtheplan; |
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| 53 | 52 | | 40 (3)Includemeasurableannualperformancetargetsandgoalsforthe |
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| 54 | 53 | | 41implementationoftheplan; |
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| 55 | 54 | | 42 (4)Specifytheinnovationstobepursuedinmeetingoneormoreofthegoals |
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| 56 | 55 | | 43listedinsubsection2ofthissection; |
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| 57 | 56 | | 44 (5)Demonstrateparental,schoolemployee,andcommunityandbusiness |
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| 58 | 57 | | 45supportfor,andengagementwith,theplan;and |
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| 59 | 58 | | 46 (6)Beapprovedbyatleasttheminimumnumberofpeoplerequiredtobeonthe |
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| 60 | 59 | | 47schoolinnovationteampriortosubmittingtheplanforapproval. |
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| 61 | 60 | | 48 4.(1)Inevaluatingaplansubmittedbyaschoolinnovationteamunder |
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| 62 | 61 | | 49subsection2ofthissection,theboardshallconsiderwhethertheplanwill: |
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| 63 | 62 | | 50 (a)Improvethepreparation,counseling,andoverallreadinessofstudentsfor |
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| 64 | 63 | | 51postsecondarylife; |
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| 65 | 64 | | 52 (b)Increaseteachersalariesinafinanciallysustainableandprudentmanner;or |
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| 66 | 65 | | 53 (c)Increasetheattractivenessoftheteachingprofessionforprospectiveteachers |
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| 67 | 66 | | 54andactiveteachersalike. |
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| 68 | 67 | | HCSHB2152 2 55 (2)Theboardmayapproveanyplansubmittedundersubsection2ofthis |
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| 69 | 68 | | 56sectioniftheboarddeterminesthat: |
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| 70 | 69 | | 57 (a)Theplansuccessfullydemonstratestheabilitytoaddresstheintentofthe |
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| 71 | 70 | | 58provisionoflawtobewaivedinamoreeffective,efficient,oreconomicalmanner; |
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| 72 | 71 | | 59 (b)Thewaiversormodificationsaredemonstratedtobenecessarytostimulate |
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| 73 | 72 | | 60orimprovestudentreadinessforpostsecondarylife,increaseteachersalaries,or |
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| 74 | 73 | | 61increasetheattractivenessoftheteachingprofessionforprospectiveteachersandactive |
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| 75 | 74 | | 62teachers; |
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| 76 | 75 | | 63 (c)Theplanhasdemonstratedsufficientparticipationfromamongtheteachers, |
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| 77 | 76 | | 64principal,superintendent,faculty,schoolboard,parents,andthecommunityatlarge; |
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| 78 | 77 | | 65and |
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| 79 | 78 | | 66 (d)Theplanisbaseduponsoundeducationalpractices,doesnotendangerthe |
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| 80 | 79 | | 67healthandsafetyofstudentsorstaff,anddoesnotcompromiseequalopportunityfor |
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| 81 | 80 | | 68learning. |
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| 82 | 81 | | 69 (3)Theboardmayproposemodificationstotheplanincooperationwiththe |
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| 83 | 82 | | 70schoolinnovationteam. |
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| 84 | 83 | | 71 5.Anywaivergrantedunderthissectionshallbeeffectiveforaperiodofno |
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| 85 | 84 | | 72longerthanthreeschoolyearsbeginningtheschoolyearfollowingtheschoolyearin |
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| 86 | 85 | | 73whichthewaiverisapproved.Anywaivermayberenewed.Nomorethanoneschool |
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| 87 | 86 | | 74innovationwaivershallbeineffectwithrespecttoanyoneelementaryorsecondary |
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| 88 | 87 | | 75schoolatonetime. |
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| 89 | 88 | | 76 6.Thissectionshallnotbeconstruedtoallowtheboardtoauthorizethewaiver |
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| 90 | 89 | | 77ofanystatutoryrequirementsrelatingtoschoolstartdate,teachercertification,teacher |
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| 91 | 90 | | 78tenure,oranyrequirementimposedbyfederallaw. |
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| 92 | 91 | | 79 7.Thedepartmentshallpublishanannualreportbasedontheschoolinnovation |
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| 93 | 92 | | 80waiversconsideredbythestateboard.Thereportshalldocumentthewaivers |
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| 94 | 93 | | 81submittedandwaiversapproved,atthestatewide,district,andschoolbuildinglevels, |
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| 95 | 94 | | 82andprovidedataatthestatewide,district,andschoolbuildinglevelsofsufficientdetail |
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| 96 | 95 | | 83toallowanalysisoftrendsregardingthepurposesforwaiverrequests,thestatutes |
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| 97 | 96 | | 84waivedorrequestedtobewaived,anymodificationsapprovedbythestateboardand |
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| 98 | 97 | | 85thestateboard'sactionstoapproveordenywaiverrequests. |
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| 99 | 98 | | 86 8.Theboardmaypromulgaterulesimplementingtheprovisionsofthissection. |
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| 100 | 99 | | 87Anyruleorportionofarule,asthattermisdefinedinsection536.010,thatiscreated |
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| 101 | 100 | | 88undertheauthoritydelegatedinthissectionshallbecomeeffectiveonlyifitcomplies |
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| 102 | 101 | | 89withandissubjecttoalloftheprovisionsofchapter536and,ifapplicable,section |
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| 103 | 102 | | 90536.028.Thissectionandchapter536arenonseverable,andifanyofthepowersvested |
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| 104 | 103 | | 91withthegeneralassemblypursuanttochapter536toreview,todelaytheeffectivedate, |
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| 105 | 104 | | HCSHB2152 3 92ortodisapproveandannularulearesubsequentlyheldunconstitutional,thenthegrant |
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| 106 | 105 | | 93ofrulemakingauthorityandanyruleproposedoradoptedafterAugust28,2022,shall |
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| 107 | 106 | | 94beinvalidandvoid. |
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| 108 | 107 | | [161.210.1.Notwithstandinganyprovisionoflawtothecontrary,the |
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| 109 | 108 | | 2 stateboardofeducationisherebygrantedauthoritytowaiveormodifyany |
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| 110 | 109 | | 3 administrativeruleadoptedbythestateboardorpolicyimplementedbythe |
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| 111 | 110 | | 4 departmentofelementaryandsecondaryeducation.Schooldistrictsmay |
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| 112 | 111 | | 5 submitapplicationsforawaiverormodificationauthorizedpursuanttothis |
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| 113 | 112 | | 6 section.Eachapplicationshallincludeawrittenrequestbytheschooldistrict |
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| 114 | 113 | | 7 orschooldistrictsandshalldemonstratethattheintentoftheruleorpolicycan |
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| 115 | 114 | | 8 beaddressedinamoreeffective,efficientoreconomicalmannerorthatthe |
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| 116 | 115 | | 9 waiverormodificationisnecessarytoimplementaspecificplanforimproved |
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| 117 | 116 | | 10 studentperformanceandschoolimprovement.Priortoanapplicationfor |
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| 118 | 117 | | 11 waiver,theschooldistrictshallholdapublichearingregardingsuchwaiver. |
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| 119 | 118 | | 12 2.Thestateboardofeducationmaygrantwaiversormodificationsfor |
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| 120 | 119 | | 13 aschooldistrictorschooldistrictsthatsuccessfullydemonstratetheabilityto |
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| 121 | 120 | | 14 addresstheintentoftheruleorpolicyinamoreeffective,efficientor |
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| 122 | 121 | | 15 economicalmannerorwhenthewaiversormodificationsaredemonstratedto |
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| 123 | 122 | | 16 benecessarytostimulateinnovationorimprovestudentperformance, |
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| 124 | 123 | | 17 providedthatthewaiverormodificationisbaseduponsoundeducational |
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| 125 | 124 | | 18 practices,doesnotendangerthehealthandsafetyofstudentsorstaff,anddoes |
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| 126 | 125 | | 19 notcompromiseequalopportunityforlearning.Approvedwaiversor |
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| 127 | 126 | | 20 modificationsshallremainineffectforaperiodnottoexceedthreeschool |
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| 128 | 127 | | 21 yearsandmayberenewedbythestateboardofeducationuponapplicationby |
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| 129 | 128 | | 22 theschooldistrictorschooldistricts. |
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| 130 | 129 | | 23 3.Thissectionshallnotbeconstruedtoallowthestateboardof |
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| 131 | 130 | | 24 educationtoauthorizethewaiverofanystatutoryrequirementsrelatingto |
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| 132 | 131 | | 25 teachercertificationorteachertenure.] |
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| 133 | 132 | | âś” |
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| 134 | 133 | | HCSHB2152 4 |
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