8th-grade retention rate is same as before law required passage of TAKS - Dallas Morning News (LAW)

8th-grade retention rate is same as before law required passage of TAKS - Dallas Morning News
AUSTIN – An education law that was designed to cause more eighth-graders who can't pass the TAKS test to be held back is actually having little impact on the percentage of students who are flunking. Although the retention rate for eighth-graders jumped
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Italy’s ‘Pure’ Chocolate Law Breaks EU’s Candy Rules - BusinessWeek
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Italian rules allowing candy makers including Nestle SA to label their products as “pure chocolate” breach European Union law, the region’s highest court said. Permitting chocolate made from pure cocoa butter to be called
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Notice From the Securities Arbitration Law Firm of Klayman & Toskes to All UBS Customers - msnbc.com
NEW YORK, Nov. 27, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Securities Arbitration Law Firm of Klayman & Toskes, www.nasd-law.com , announced today that it is continuing to pursue securities arbitration claims against UBS Financial Services (NYSE:UBS) with the
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California Latinos wait for Jerry Brown to sign financial aid bill into law - Olympian
But California's Latino Legislative Caucus expects it to become law next year when Gov.-elect Jerry Brown takes office. In its current form, the bill would let undocumented college students apply for financial aid from a pool of money that is private but
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Michigan marijuana law creates confusion - Detroit News
Lansing — Fighting brain cancer was tough enough. Lori Montroy couldn't believe she also had to fight eviction. Suffering pain, insomnia and depression from her battle with cancer, the 50-year-old Elk Rapids woman was threatened with eviction from her
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