This document is a collection of Education Commission of the States notes that address a wide array of education issues. The notes provide brief overviews of state legislation passed or pending on specific education issues. It analyzes such matters as performance-based accountability systems; state-level policies regarding accreditation in public schools; state quality indicators; state takeovers and reconstitutions; school choice; a national perspective on tuition tax credits; state-level policies regarding corporal punishment, school uniforms, and dress codes in public schools; determining the cost of a basic education; state constitutions and public education governance; states with "no pass/no drive" restrictions; statewide mandates on student extracurricular eligibility; state class-size reduction measures; adoption of state-admission requirements by type of board; state involvement in competency-based admissions; summaries of statewide data collection and research efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of admissions, student preparation, and/or remediation policies and programs; privatization of education services; corporate advertising on school buses; details on student reading; high school graduation requirements; state-by-state comparisons of expenditures, revenue, salaries, and teacher/pupil ratios; and tenure trends and reasons for dismissal. (RJM)