This study examines the Illinois General Assembly's role in state finance and focuses on how the legislature can best control the scope and limits of state finance. The report is divided into four sections. The first section introduces the language of the appropriations process and the techniques of control applied to that process. The second…

The growth of statewide coordinating boards now requires their formal periodic assessment. Reviews cautions and complexities in evaluating statewide boards, evaluation of product and process, and suggested criteria for evaluating statewide boards. (Editor/PG)

Evaluative principles and organizational guidelines that large business organizations have found to be successful may be helpful in the organizational evaluation and possible adaptation of statewide systems of coordination in postsecondary education. (Author/PG)

Criteria for evaluation of coordinating agencies should include the sensitivity of their procedures for consulting the coordinated institutions, and the extent to which they encourage voluntary interinstitutional cooperation. (Editor/PG)

Discusses the ideas presented in this volume on statewide coordination, relates them to other evaluation efforts, and describes how best they can be implemented. (Editor/PG)

Describes the nature of the political problem in state government-higher education relationships and suggests options for improving relations in the area of state-sponsored research. (Author/IRT)

Describes a program in South Carolina which used arts professionals in the schools to provide a unique opportunity for support by community organizations in stimulating education through the arts. Includes an address listing of all state arts agencies. (CS)

As part of a larger study, 84 major state level early childhood policymakers in Michigan, California and New York were surveyed to identify differences in policymaking styles among state agencies and interest groups. Participants included (1) agency policymakers, such as early childhood specialists in the departments of education, social services,…

Presented are guidelines established by the Texas Education Agency to aid Texas school administrators, teachers, and architects in upgrading existing science education facilities and in planning new facilities in public school classrooms, kindergarten through grade 12. Equipment and facility needs are organized around activities listed for…

The manual summarizes information on 39 programs and services in nine agencies available for handicapped children ages birth to 5 in New York state. A matrix depicting programs and services and a fact sheet describing each program on the matrix are provided for the nine agencies: State Education Department, Department of Health, Office of Mental…

The 1979 Displaced Homemakers Conference focused on developing awareness of services available from various Illinois agencies to displaced homemakers, generating the spirit and means for cooperative relationships among agencies serving them, and offering prototypes of how women's centers are attempting to coordinate the various services of state…

THIS EVALUATION REPORT ON THE PARTICIPATION OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN IN TITLE I PROJECTS IS BASED ON CASE STUDIES OF 10 LARGE, 10 MEDIUM, AND 10 SMALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THE STUDIES WERE PREPARED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF 14 FIELD SURVEY COORDINATORS WHO INTERVIEWED PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES AT BOTH THE…

The historical development of the criteria used by the United States Commissioner of Education to recognize approval and accrediting agencies is discussed. The criteria have evolved from the simple, six-part 1948 edition to the draft of the new edition which encompasses 54 criteria. The proposed criteria, like the 1948 version and unlike those of…

The document presents the Kansas state plan (fiscal year 1979) for providing equal educational opportunity to all children who are unable to profit from ordinary instructional methods or regular public school classes. Sections 1 and 2 discuss the background and needs and introduce the plan for 1979. Section 3 explores state department operations…