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Dow, Audrey – Campaign for College Opportunity, 2019
College opportunity is key to ensuring that California can meet its economic goals, maintain its global standing, and keep up with technological advances. As California's economy becomes increasingly reliant on a better-educated workforce and further connected to a global marketplace for its services and products, immigrant students are poised to…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Public Colleges, Access to Education, Public Policy
Washington State School Directors' Association (NJ1), 2011
Governing public schools is one of the most important responsibilities a citizen can undertake. School board members work on behalf of all the families in their community, with fellow board members and with other community partners, to ensure that each student has equal and ample opportunities to reach his or her greatest potential. This guide…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Governance, Public Education, Local Issues
Perry, Mary; Edwards, Brian; Oregon, Isabel – EdSource, 2004
Another year of financial difficulty for the state of California led to the suspension of the minimum-funding guarantee that has provided some financial protection for schools in recent years. In a negotiation with education leaders Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger managed to craft the suspension in a way that protected education's interests at the…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Finance, School Districts, State Aid
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Scheuer, Joan – Journal of Education Finance, 1986
When current fiscal data of New York State school districts are analyzed with information on pupil characteristics and staffing patterns, some policy issues are raised, including a mismatch between local district need and avaliable resources, shortchanging of New York City pupils, and a close relationship between local wealth and staff…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Resource Allocation
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Special Education Programs. – 1989
The document presents state (Texas) Board of Education rules parallel with the relevant federal regulations and state laws concerning requirements for special education services. A detailed table of contents lists state and federal regulations separately and provides access to information concerning the following general areas: clarifications of…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Confidentiality, Disabilities, Due Process
Meabon, David; And Others – 1985
The past and current status of the student activity fee is reviewed from the perspectives of the legislature, state agency or state board of control, case law, and institutional trends. The analysis is based upon four national studies, a review of case law, and a campus model for the administration of student activity fees. Various states have…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, College Administration, College Students, Constitutional Law