Heather’s Law
Senate Enrolled Act 316, Heather’s Law, is Indiana’s teen dating violence prevention legislation. The law is named for Heather Norris, who was brutally murdered by her estranged high school boyfriend in 2007
Archives Wikis
Charter Schools
Charter schools are public schools: free to attend, publicly funded, part of the state school system, and accountable to public bodies for their results.
WorkOne
BRIEF SUMMARY Work One is: A System : Numerous partners who work with individuals seeking employment and with businesses seeking employees. A Place : Career centers with staff helping job seekers and businesses connect to the right resources to meet…
Workforce Development
BRIEF SUMMARY Workforce development, an American approach to economic development, attempts to enhance a region’s economic stability and prosperity by focusing on people rather than businesses. It has evolved from a problem-focused approach, addressing issues such as low-skilled workers or…
Work Permits
BRIEF SUMMARY A work permit is the permission to take a job within a foreign country. It may also be a permit given to minors allowing them to work legally under child labor laws. Within an industry, a work permit…
WorkKeys
BRIEF SUMMARY WorkKeys is a job skills assessment system developed by ACT, a national non-profit testing company. It is used across the nation to help individuals, educators, and employers identify the skills needed to be successful on the job and…
Work Ethic
BRIEF SUMMARY People who possess a strong work ethic embody certain principles that guide their work behavior, leading them to produce high-quality work consistently and the output motivates them to stay on track. Employers want to work with people who…
Vocational Schools (see Career & Technical Education)
BRIEF SUMMARY [See also Career and Technical Education.] A vocational school, sometimes also called a trade school, career center, or vocational college, is a type of educational institution, which, depending on country, may refer to secondary or post-secondary education designed…
Threats
Threat assessment is intended to prevent violence and involves both assessment and intervention. Threat assessment involves determining whether a student poses a threat of violence (they have intent and means to carry out the threat).
Domestic Violence
The term “domestic violence” includes felony or misdemeanor crimes of violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner, by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction receiving grant monies, or by any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction (US Dept of Justice).