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Download full textSam Mintz; Emme Williamson; Jaimee Kidder – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2024
During the 2023 Legislative Session, the Legislature considered House Bill (HB) 1479, a measure which would have prohibited isolation and further restricted restraint in public schools. While the bill did not pass, the Legislature provided the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) with designated state funds to begin actualizing…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Educational Legislation, State Legislation, State Aid
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Direct linkHafenstein, Norma L.; Boley, Vicki; Lin, Joi – Gifted Child Today, 2022
Policy and funding influence equitable education for students who are gifted. The concept of equity is examined through variations in policy and in funding at the state, district, and local levels. Challenges and barriers to equity in policy and funding include policy structures, where policy provides guidance without accountability measures, or…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Educational Finance, Gifted Education
Estes, Elizabeth; Davis, Jeff; Shilton, Adrienne; Stoner-Mertz, Christine; Funk, Michael; Eisenberg, Lisa; Weller, Teneh; Knecht, Richard S.; Kelley, Veronica; Kain, Lara; Peck, Jennifer; Rosario, Aleah; Lombardo, Michael; Kimner, Hayin; Jacobs, Melissa; Dickey, Amanda; Epstein, Ken; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alcala, Lupita; Caparas, Ruthie; Coley, Aressa; Justus, Marianne; Willis, Jason; Larsen, Karen – WestEd, 2022
This field guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving education, health, and social service experts and leaders to further California's current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system. The guide includes guidance for both local education agencies (LEAs) and state leaders,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Guides, School Districts, Public Officials
Southeast Comprehensive Center, 2014
A state department of education (SDE) served by the Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) at SEDL requested information regarding state use of schoolwide, large-scale professional learning communities (PLCs). Specifically, the SDE staff wanted to know the following with respect to PLC work in other states: (1) Are PLCs state-mandated through…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, State Programs, School Districts
Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2020
These are the appendixes for the report, "District Changes in Student Achievement and Local Practice under Georgia's District and School Flexibility Policy." Five appendixes are included in the document: (1) About the study; (2) Data and methods; (3) Supporting analysis; (4) Survey instrument; and (5) Interview protocol. [For the full…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, School Districts, Accountability, Performance Contracts
Carpenter, Dick M., II.; Erickson, Angela C. – Institute for Justice, 2014
In 2013, Alabama adopted the Alabama Accountability Act, an education reform measure that includes two new school choice programs that extend a lifeline to Alabama students trapped in failing public schools. One program offers a tax credit to help offset the cost of tuition for families who move their children from public schools designated as…
Descriptors: Tax Credits, State Legislation, School Choice, Public Schools
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1988
The conclusions and recommendations resulting from studies of faculty development in California's public colleges and universities, which were conducted in response to a directive from the state legislature, are presented. The report is divided into the following sections: (1) background (origins and conduct of the study); (2) the scope of faculty…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Grants
Alfano, Kathleen Ann – 1993
Faculty and staff development (FSD) programs in the California community colleges currently receive funding under the California Assembly Bill (AB) 1725, which has distributed approximately $5 million each year since 1989 to districts on an enrollment-based formula. A study was conducted which surveyed FSD programs statewide to assess program…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Institutional Characteristics
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1988
An update of California legislation affecting higher education (introduced in 1987 and still under consideration or introduced in 1988) is provided. The 107 bills affecting higher education that are before the legislature in 1988 are grouped into five major categories: student fees and financial assistance (student fee policy, modifications in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Faculty Development
Walters, Judy; Howard, Darlinetta – 1990
In spring 1989, the California Legislature provided $5 million for faculty and staff development at California Community Colleges during the 1988-89 fiscal year. Another $5 million was allocated in July 1989 for 1989-90. These funds, allocated under Assembly Bill (AB) 1725, were provided for each campus to establish an advisory committee composed…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Improvement
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA. – 2002
This report discusses trends in California's teaching force for 2002: shortage of qualified teachers (e.g., the shortage varies across different subjects and is expected to worsen due to teacher retirements and growth in numbers of students); getting good teachers (e.g., California's underprepared teachers continue to be inequitably distributed…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teacher Induction, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
