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Lewis, Kevin M.; Vanatko, Nicole – Congressional Research Service, 2019
As the federal government's role in the student loan industry has expanded over time, the United States has contracted with student loan servicers to help it administer its growing student loan portfolio. These servicers perform a variety of functions, including (1) communicating with borrowers regarding repayment; (2) disclosing information about…
Descriptors: Federal Regulation, State Regulation, Student Loan Programs, Student Financial Aid
Robson, Kelly; Schiess, Jennifer O'Neal; Burgoyne-Allen, Phillip – Bellwether Education Partners, 2020
Policymakers and researchers often talk about "autonomous schools" as if there's a single, agreed-upon definition of what that means. In reality, there's no standard design for autonomous school policies, and school autonomy can mean a lot of different things. The policies that states have enacted vary widely in terms of their goals, the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Based Management, State Policy, Educational Policy
Robson, Kelly; Schiess, Jennifer O'Neal; Burgoyne-Allen, Phillip – Bellwether Education Partners, 2020
Policymakers and researchers often talk about "autonomous schools" as if there's a single, agreed-upon definition of what that means. In reality, there's no standard design for autonomous school policies, and school autonomy can mean a lot of different things. The policies that states have enacted vary widely in terms of their goals, the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Based Management, State Policy, Educational Policy
Harmon, Timothy; Rodriguez, Julio – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2009
The extent to which funds under the Title I of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) should be expended on training services has been a topic of discussion by Congress, which is considering reauthorization of WIA. This paper describes a policy initiative by Illinois that requires Local Workforce Investment Areas (LWIAs) under Title I of WIA to expend…
Descriptors: Job Training, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Kentucky Univ., Lexington. Inst. on Education Reform. – 1995
This report describes what schools and educators across Kentucky are doing to implement school reform in school-based decision-making based on the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA). The School-Based Decision Making (SBDM) component of KERA is a decentralized governance structure that vests great authority in SBDM councils operating at…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
Education Law Center, 2005
Except for school construction, there is no legislation to guide implementation of the programs and reforms ordered by the New Jersey Supreme Court in the landmark "Abbott v. Burke" case. Instead, in its 1998 "Abbott V decision," the Supreme Court directed the Commissioner of Education to provide standards and procedures to…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation, State Regulation
Henderson, Anne – Education Law Center, 2004
During the summer of 2003, a statewide committee of representative educational stakeholders on "cooperative rulemaking" was convened jointly by the Department of Education and the Education Law Center. The Supreme Court in "Abbott X" had directed the establishment of this committee to develop new regulations more consistent…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Community Involvement, Parent Role, Resource Materials