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Davis, Harold S. – 1976
Over the years, thousands of school systems have joined forces to provide a variety of services for their pupils. Some are relatively simple cooperatives created for a single purpose such as provision of vocational-technical or special education. Others are rather sophisticated organizations offering everything from inservice education for…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Education Service Centers, Educational Legislation, Intermediate Administrative Units
Dailey, Carolyn J.; Hinkle, Betty – 1978
This booklet presents descriptive and statistical information on the 17 Boards of Cooperative Services (BOCES) serving Colorado school districts as of February 1978. Section 1 presents a brief introduction and overview of the Colorado BOCES, briefly describing their function and historical development. Section 2 presents individual profiles on…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Intermediate Administrative Units, Program Descriptions
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Cole, James Perry; Coble, Edgar – Planning and Changing, 1977
Defines the existing model of cooperative legal services offered in a regional service agency. The purpose of the service is to give legal opinion on topics of immediate concern, to review legal implications of school policies, and to provide information on legal issues and trends affecting all client schools. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Intermediate Administrative Units, Legal Aid
Yulo, Frank R. – 1977
This publication is the second product of a three-part study funded by the Connecticut State Board of Education pertaining to the operation of educational service centers. This booklet is designed to give the citizens of the state an insight into the development of an educational enterprise that delivers to the school districts and children many…
Descriptors: Centralization, Education Service Centers, Intermediate Administrative Units, Nontraditional Education
New York State Office of Education Performance Review, Albany. – 1973
The creation of Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) was authorized in 1948 to function temporarily pending the creation of intermediate school districts. BOCES were viewed at their inception as a means to supplement teaching services and to provide a few nonacademic courses to school districts too small to provide their own. In…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Intermediate Administrative Units, Organization, Program Administration
Soucy, Leo A. – 1973
This paper describes the historical background of New York State's system of education and then considers developments leading to the present system. The present system involves three levels of educational governance within a 2-level governance system. Activities at each of the three levels--local, intermediate, and State--are described in detail,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Conferences, Educational Finance, Elementary Schools
Carey, Thomas P.; Jarvie, John P. – 1977
This paper argues that a mix of expertise is required to develop curricula and adapt them successfully to local school districts and outlines the strategies involved in using linking agents or agencies to bridge the gap between research and development (R & D) agencies and local school districts. After an introduction, the second section of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination