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Fentanyl Fatalities in Perspective

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50 TIMES STRONGER THAN HEROIN FOUND IN ALL 50 STATES

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Fentanyl Q&A: The Pills That Are Plaguing Our Population

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10 questions: 10 ANSWERS 01 / What is fentanyl? Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid originally intended to be used in medical settings. It is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Contraband fentanyl and its precursor chemicals manufactured by China and smuggled across…

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State School Choice Progress Report

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Alaska School Choice Progress Report Charter School Laws: A contract for a charter school may be for a term of no more than 10 years. AK Stat. Ann. § 14.03.250 et seq.; AK Stat. Ann. § 14.03.275 Arizona School Choice Progress Report Charter School Laws: The charter is effective for…

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At-Will Employment in the Career Service Would Improve Mississippi State Government

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Mississippi’s civil service laws protect state service employees from removal. Most state employees can only be dismissed “for cause.” If fired, they can appeal their removal administratively and then in the courts. Administrative appeals take an average of six months to complete. These removal protections make removing incompetent or intransigent…

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Xi’s Brazen Power Consolidation Shows Us Why Strengthening America Must Be Our First Priority in Containing Chinese Authoritarianism

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The world watched and stomachs collectively churned last Saturday as disturbing footage emerged from the 20th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress, with General Secretary Xi Jinping sitting stone-faced while his predecessor, 79-year-old Hu Jintao, was forcibly removed from a meeting by an aide. The imagery supported the narrative of an…

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Model Policy: The School Board Election Date Act

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The School Board Election Date Act shifts school board election dates to the same day as the general election. MODEL LEGISLATIVE TEXT Section A The date of a school district’s election for members of its board of education shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in…

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Model Policy: The Legislative Review Act

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The Legislative Review Act requires all existing academic standards, and all forthcoming revisions, adopted by the State Board of Education, to be submitted to the state legislature and the governor for review and possible veto. MODEL LEGISLATIVE TEXT Section A All subject matter standards and revisions to the standards adopted…

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Model Policy: The Financial Transparency Act

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The Financial Transparency Act requires school districts to post immediately on a public website a transparent, detailed financial statement that itemizes all expenditures. MODEL LEGISLATIVE TEXT Section A 1. Each publicly funded education institution shall make available to the public on the institution’s Internet website all budgets, expenditures, vendors, and…

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Model Policy: The Contractor Nondiscrimination Act

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The Contractor Nondiscrimination Act prohibits contractors for school districts from promoting discrimination on the basis of race, sex, or other group identity. MODEL LEGISLATIVE TEXT Section A Publicly funded education institutions shall include in each contract with a vendor the provision that the vendor shall not teach, instruct, or train…

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Model Policy: The Civics Course Act

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The Civics Course Act mandates a year-long high school civics course, including requirements to study the primary documents of the American founding and bans on action civics and the components of Critical Race Theory. MODEL LEGISLATIVE TEXT Section A Beginning in the 20XX-20XX school year, all public schools or charter…

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