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Associated Press - January 20, 2010 4:55 PM ET
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Underperforming Nebraska schools may have to open their doors to special teams of educators that would help get the schools back on track.
Sen. Greg Adams of York introduced a bill (LB1007) to the Legislature on Wednesday that would allow the so-called "intervention teams" created by the state education commissioner to have full access to the schools. They would then cooperate with the schools to develop progress plans.
Lawmakers and the governor would be kept in the loop about what schools were underperforming and needed the teams.
It would be up to the Nebraska Board of Education to create a performance index that would include graduation rates and test scores. The intervention teams would go to schools that didn't meet minimum performance levels.
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