In its enabling legislation, the Alaska Joint Committee on School Performance was instructed to identify and recommend those subjects for priority legislative attention that might lead to improved school performance. The Committee's study found that inadequate school performance can be attributed to the following needs: (1) stricter school…

This study was conducted to determine the attitudes of teachers and principals in the public schools of Texas toward selected aspects of two pieces of reform legislation. Examples of these reforms included literacy testing of teachers; a teacher appraisal system; a career ladder for teachers; student competency testing; and "no pass no…

Montana's House Bill No. 28, an effort to equalize school funding among Montana public school districts, is described in this report. Included are: the study resolution; summary of committee recommendations; history of the school funding lawsuit and legislative reactions; explanations of elements of the new school funding mechanism, changes in…

This report from the California Postsecondary Education Commission presents the chief rationale for each of the proposed regulations concerning degree-granting private postsecondary institutions in California under Chapter 3 Part 59 of the Education Code. It is submitted for consideration by California's new Council for Private Postsecondary and…

Colorado's Public School Finance Act of 1988 directed all public school districts to implement state goals for improving achievement, graduation, and attendance rates. Districts and individual schools were required to develop accountability committees involving parents, staff, students, and community members in planning and evaluating school and…

Given that purchasers of Oregon school bonds rely on recommendations of accredited bond attorneys, this document is designed to assist school districts in complying with state statutes regulating the issuance of school bond issues in order that attorney opinions may be favorable. Six initial steps toward a bond sale and Oregon laws regarding bonds…

By synthesizing theoretical and empirical research on issue networks, this paper describes and classifies four examples of networks involving educational issues. A literature review shows that, unlike other social and economic influences, networks are marked by flexibility in membership, leadership (individual, group, or organizational),…

Current laws relating to student financial aid in Florida, current Florida aid programs, and options for the future are reviewed. The following programs are reviewed in terms of statutory policy objectives: Florida Student Assistance Grant Program; Florida Tuition Voucher Program; Florida Academic Scholars Program; Community College Tuition…

This paper considers issues involved in obtaining and using funds for limited English proficient (LEP) handicapped students, and reviews two major projects designed specifically for this population. Second language training programs have been offered to help assessment personnel develop further language skills and enhanced cultural appreciation.…

Various state and federal laws related to education of the handicapped are outlined to aid state educators in identifying needs and formulating public school policy. Constitutional and statutory law concerning the educational rights of the handicapped are listed, including the Constitution, state constitutions, Public Law 94-142, and Section 504…

Information is provided on the budgeting formula developed for funding Alaska's community colleges. After the history of formula budgeting is discussed, its purposes are highlighted (i.e., to provide equity of funding among the community colleges; to reduce uncertainty in and to simplify the budgeting process; and to provide for more local…

This handbook was designed to help school counselors and other personnel, parents, and students to understand the rights and responsibilities of pupils and counselors in the area of shared information. It explains the requirements of several recent California laws dealing with confidentiality in counseling. Situations where the new laws would…

The ideal and truly mature relationship between teacher unions and school boards and administrators and the public would be a mutuality of individual and organizational goals. (Published by California School Boards Association, 800 9th Street, Suite 201, Sacramento, California 95814) (Author)

This history of the development of the Virginia Community College System, with its 23 community colleges and central office, explores how a broadened base of higher education was accomplished through an evolutionary process and shows that certain people in the state advocated some sort of broadening long before the actual development of the…

This analysis is the fourth of a series of seven reports on the ways that the urban fiscal crisis has affected children. Privatization and coproduction have resulted in short-term gains in the provision of children's services in numerous California communities in response to the tax limitations imposed under Proposition 13. Children's services…