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Stecher, Brian M.; Fuller, Bruce; Timar, Tom; Marsh, Julie A. – RAND Corporation, 2012
California's system of school finance is highly regulated and prescriptive. A large share of state funding is allocated through categorical programs, that is, programs whose funding is contingent upon districts using the money in a particular way or for a particular purpose. In 2008-09, the strings were taken off 40 of those programs, collectively…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Aid, State Regulation, Financial Support
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Clements, Margaret; Pazzaglia, Angela M.; Zweig, Jacqueline – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2015
As in most states, New York does not currently have a state-level protocol for collecting data about schools' objectives or methods for offering online courses. The goals of the study conducted by the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands' Northeast Rural Districts Research Alliance (NRDRA) were (1) to create a survey tool capable…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Surveys, Barriers
Richardson, Geoffrey; Fielden, John – 1997
This study assesses how much control governments of the Commonwealth of Nations (formerly the British Commonwealth) are exercising over their universities. The study encompassed a review of the relevant literature, an examination of the acts and statutes which control universities, and a questionnaire sent to 70 university vice chancellors, which…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administration, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
Ohio State Legislative Office of Education Oversight, Columbus. – 1992
This study examined issues regarding children who receive special education services outside of their home school district--specifically, reasons for these out-of-district placements in Ohio. The study reviewed relevant documents concerning federal and state requirements and funding, and consulted with Ohio Department of Education (ODE) personnel,…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Disabilities