91.   Some of the plans mix new spending for large state education agencies and teacher salaries with conservative proposals like vouchers and an end to teacher job protection.

92.   Spillane is a former deputy New York state education commissioner and previously served as superintendent in Boston and New Rochelle.

93.   State education officials huddled in Sikeston, Mo., uncertain how to react.

94.   State education officials initially fought the plan, saying it would be too disruptive, but relented before school began.

95.   State education officials respond that the system is not flawless, nor has it finished evolving.

96.   State education officials said that districts would not be penalized for missing the deadline and that they expected the new budgets would be completed in the coming weeks.

97.   State education officials should also monitor districts known to have sloppy attendance systems, the audits said.

98.   State education officials warned that they are unable to provide more accurate information because they do not have a system in place to track student mobility.

99.   State education officials will have the authority to change the curriculum, dismiss or retrain the principal and staff, and provide financial aid.

100.   State education chief Delaine Eastin has said Wilson should delay picking the test until the board approves the new standards.