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Melodie Baker; Brian D. Backstrom – Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2023
This "Building Capacity for Change" "playbook" highlights practices and strategies that proved to be effective in supporting the rollout and implementation of certain programs under the New York State Department of Health's First 1,000 Days on Medicaid Initiative, a series of evidence-based reforms aimed at improving health and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Parents, Health Insurance
Fain, Terry; Turner, Susan; Ridgeway, Greg – RAND Corporation, 2010
In 2000, the California State Legislature passed the Schiff-Cardenas Crime Prevention Act, which authorized funding for county juvenile-justice programs and designated the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA) (formerly named the Board of Corrections) the administrator of funding. A 2001 California Senate bill extended the funding and changed the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Crime Prevention, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Turner, Susan; Fain, Terry; Sehgal, Amber – RAND Corporation, 2007
In 2000, the California State Legislature passed the Schiff-Cardenas Crime Prevention Act, which authorized funding for county juvenile justice programs and designated the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA), formerly named the Board of Corrections, the administrator of funding. California counties receiving state funds for Juvenile Justice…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Intervention, Crime, Crime Prevention
Fry, Doug – 1990
This paper presents a model for compensating school districts for implementing effective prereferral programs, in order to promote the most appropriate service delivery for all students. The model develops formulae based upon changes in regular and special education enrollment, and includes state monies allocated to special education. Variables in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Intervention
Holland, Barbara – Briefings: Newsletter of the Forum for College and University Governance, 1990
This newsletter summarizes the debate on the use of state-level initiatives as levers to effect fundamental changes in higher education. It provides several perspectives on the use of incentive/enhancement programs to achieve state higher education goals. The concept of budgetary leverage is outlined, and the growth in enhancement programs…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Change Strategies, Finance Reform, Higher Education

O'Neill, John; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1990
The study found that quality of life of 46 mentally retarded individuals was impacted by the funding source used to support their community-based residential programs. Clients in programs using Medicaid funds were less active and involved in life than were clients living in programs funded by non-Medicaid state sources. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Financial Support

Burke, Joseph C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1998
Performance funding for public colleges is attractive to state policymakers but volatile and difficult to implement. It requires levels of collaboration, cooperation, patience, and persistence unusual in state government and a commitment to institutional goals, performance standards, and coordinated activities rare in academic governance. However,…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Institutional Cooperation

Serban, Andreea M. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1998
Although selecting goals and indicators is the most challenging task of performance funding, implementation requires development of other critical elements: success criteria to measure institutional performance; indicator weights for percent of funding allocated to each indicator; an allocation method for setting the relationship between…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Radlick, Michael – 1994
Despite the potential of technology, it is clear that the benefits of computers, multimedia and telecommunications technology are not as widespread in schools as could be hoped. To ensure that all students and teachers have access to technology, the issue of comprehensive, statewide implementation must be addressed. This cost model for…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Cost Estimates, Educational Technology
Jarrett, Carole, Ed.; Sumner, Jo, Ed. – 1996
Prepared as a reference for staff development coordinators in California's community colleges, this five-part handbook presents information on program planning and implementation, state requirements, and available resources. The first section provides background information on the state's staff development programs, highlighting their role,…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, College Planning, Community Colleges
Clifford, Richard M. – 1991
This paper describes funding mechanisms used in six states to implement early intervention services under Public Law 99-457, Part H, of the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments (1986). An introduction reviews surveys of state progress in implementing the law's financial provisions. The six case studies present examples of successful…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1987
This guide is designed to assist local educational agencies in the design, development, implementation, operation, and administration of vocational-technical education programs in Michigan. All aspects of this document are designed to concur with the Michigan State Plan for Vocational Education as well as the Michigan School Code and subsequent…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Course Content, Disabilities, Educational Planning
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. – 1997
This manual provides administrative guidelines for programs for gifted students in Missouri. An introduction cites the relevant state special education law, defines "giftedness," and stresses that differentiated educational programs are intended for only 2 or 3 percent of the school-aged population whose development requires…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Budgeting, Definitions, Educational Legislation
National Center on Educational Restructuring and Inclusion Bulletin, 1995
This report summarizes findings of a study to identify key factors of inclusive education practices, as identified by school districts implementing such practices. The study involved contacting chief state education officers for state-level information and identification of local school districts conducting inclusive education programs and then…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Parsons, A. Sandy – 1987
This paper discusses the basic content of Titles I and II of Public Law 99-457: the Amendments to the Education of the Handicapped Act, and their implications for providing early intervention services to rural populations. "Title I: Services to Infants and Toddlers" discusses provisions of the law, its rationale, definitions of terms…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Disabilities