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Kirst, Michael W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
A restructuring of federal, state, and local relations is ceding considerably more control of education to the states. State mandates are now far more common than technical assistance and focus increasingly on the core of instructional policy, leading to a standardizing effect as local discretion declines. (DCS)
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Educational Improvement, Educational Trends, School District Autonomy
Haynes, Elizabeth – 2000
The Texas Library Connection (TLC) is a state-funded project that began in 1995. TLC is intended to provide a statewide electronic network for school libraries that provides a union database of school library holdings, access to commercial full-text databases, access to MARC cataloging records, and access to interlibrary loan functions. This paper…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Networks
Peer reviewedDempsey, Samuel; Fuchs, Douglas – Exceptional Children, 1993
Tennessee data were analyzed for four years before and five years after the funding formula for special education was changed from a "flat" rate to a "weighted" formula. The weighted formula was associated with a statistically significant decrease in less restrictive placements and a reliable increase in more restrictive…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Economic Factors, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Download full textSmith, Mark; And Others – 1992
This manual is intended to help people working in local libraries collect and report statistics about what they do and complete the Texas State Library annual report form. Texas uses the annual reports to determine whether local libraries are eligible for membership in the Texas library system. Definitions and explanations are given for…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Annual Reports, Data Collection, Eligibility
Ohio State Legislative Office of Education Oversight, Columbus. – 1991
A 1991 study conducted by the Ohio Legislative Office of Education Oversight examined the Career Education program funded through the Ohio Department of Education. During the 2 years studied, the Career Education program was funded for $11.5 million in 60 local programs serving 365 school districts in grades K-12. (Career education is not a course…
Descriptors: Career Education, Compliance (Legal), Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
McKeown, Mary P. – 1996
This article reviews the development of state funding formulas or guidelines for public higher education. Originally viewed as a means to distribute public funds in a rational and equitable manner, they now are complicated methodologies. Funding formulas are all-inclusive or itemized; most states use the itemized approach. There are three…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Needs, Financial Support, Funding Formulas
Colorado Commission on Higher Education, Denver. – 1995
This report summarizes Colorado student aid program expenditures for 1994-95. It briefly describes the following program types: need-based grants, merit-based grants, Colorado work-study, diversity grants, required federal matches, Colorado nursing scholarships, and categorical programs. Highlights of the report reveal the following: state…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
Anderson, Rachel – 1995
This report provides an overview of the importance of State Chapter 1 funds to schools in the most impoverished neighborhoods of Chicago (Illinois), schools that serve the city's most disadvantaged children. It documents the central role of programs in Chicago schools paid for with these funds, underscoring the importance of finding ways to…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Class Size, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Prine, Donald; Wilkinson, David – 1994
The Iowa Educational Excellence Act and its amendments provide for four types of Phase III programs: performance-based pay, supplemental pay, a combination of both, or comprehensive school transformation. In 1993, the Des Moines Phase III program, which originated as a combination of performance-based pay and supplemental pay, changed to a…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
Montgomery, Deborah L. – 1995
This paper traces the historical context of the passage and implementation of Vermont's Act 230 in 1990, which initiated a new special education funding system to increase equity, predictability, and flexibility in program design as well as to ensure placement neutrality. Specific objectives of the funding system included increasing the use of…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Case Studies, Disabilities, Educational Change
Klein, Stephen P.; And Others – 1992
A study was done of the Lilly Endowment Educational Awards (LEEAs), one type of gift-aid for fulltime undergraduate Indiana residents. In particular the study addressed: (1) who receives LEEAs; (2) how Pell, State of Indiana, and LEEA formulas interact; (3) what happens when LEEAs are combined with all of the other types of gift-aid for a total…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Eligibility, Grants
Maney, J. Kevin; Brooks, Douglas M.; Perry, Bruce E. – 1998
In the state of Ohio, three current state technology initiatives, SchoolNet, SchoolNet Plus, and Telecommunity have been funded. It is critical that schools of education and K-12 schools collaborate to develop a K-16 approach to pre- and inservice teacher education in the area of educational technology. The Technology in Education Adoption Model…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Creech, Joseph D. – 1998
This report examines how seven merit scholarship programs in six southern states help increase participation in postsecondary education. The programs are: Florida Bright Futures; Georgia HOPE Scholarships; Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarships; Louisiana Tuition Opportunity Program for Students; Maryland Science and Technology Scholarship…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Educational Policy
Gilbert, Neil; And Others – 1992
This longitudinal study examined the California Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) program, which mandated that recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) work, prepare for work, or attend school after their youngest child reached 6 years of age. Interviews with 255 single AFDC mothers with one or more children under the age…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Day Care, Employed Parents, Family Life
Children's Action Alliance, Phoenix, AZ. – 1990
The Children's Action Alliance (CAA) is a private nonprofit organization working on behalf of Arizona children. The CAA and other groups sponsor the Arizona Children's Campaign, whose goal is to influence public policy in such a way that the quality of children's lives will be improved as a result. This synopsis of CAA reports of the last several…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Health, Children
