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Download full textMichelau, Demaree K. – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2006
This issue of "Exchanges" highlights a number of issues in the challenge to align appropriations, tuition and financial aid (AFTA) policy. Two distinct trends in the nature of the American student population are identified: significant demographic shifts and the emerging necessity of serving adult learners. These shifts are prompting…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Learning, Student Financial Aid, Tuition
Kirst, Michael W. – 1995
The history of intergovernmental relations in educational policy has been dominated by regulations, categorical programs, and technical assistance by higher levels of government to stimulate or require lower levels to make changes in policy and practice. This paper summarizes recent research collected by the Consortium of Policy Research in…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Educational Policy
Williams, L. Particia, Comp. – 1996
Today, a parent's right to choose a private education for his or her children is reflected in the statutes of all 50 states. State regulation of private schools, however, is not without limitations. The challenge to state legislators in regulating private schools is to draft legislation that: (1) respects the fundamental right of parents to direct…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of School Business. – 1997
This booklet contains information designed to familiarize personnel at charter schools in North Carolina with the financial services offered by the Division of School Business and the reporting requirements of the division. The division seeks to ensure fair and equitable distribution of and accountability for the optimal use of state and federal…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Charter Schools, Educational Finance
Oregon Secretary of State, Salem. Audits Div. – 1997
The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) operates under two main statutory charges: to administer state and federal programs, and to serve as the state's lead agent in implementing the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century. This report presents the results of a contracted program evaluation of the ODE. Data were collected through document…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Blank, Helen – 1996
Shifts in child care policies are on the horizon. Congress has passed landmark changes in federal welfare programs that will have a major impact on the demand for child care and require states to re-examine many of their current child care policies. This paper by the Children's Defense Fund is intended to help child care advocates understand the…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care
Heyning, Katharina E. – 1997
This study explored the university/state relationship during a time of teacher education certification reform at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Data for the study consisted of archival texts including elementary education area faculty meeting minutes and departmental memos, creating a case study of reform. Michel Foucault's notion of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Government School Relationship, Hermeneutics
Anstrom, Kris – Directions in Language and Education, 1996
In order to develop a more uniform approach to determining the population of limited-English-proficient (LEP) individuals in the United States, and for purposes of educational decisions and resource allocation, the definition of this particular population is discussed in this theme issue. First, approaches currently used to estimate the size of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Definitions, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education
Epper, Rhonda Martin – 1999
This paper examines regulatory reform initiatives being considered and adopted in several states for the deregulation of academic program policies in public institutions of higher education. Many policymakers feel that academic program policies, which were designed to control growth and temper institutional aspirations, may instead hinder…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Outcomes Assessment, Decision Making, Distance Education
Shackelford, Jo – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2004
Under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), participating states and jurisdictions must provide services to children who are either experiencing developmental delays, or who have a diagnosed mental or physical condition that has a high probability of resulting in developmental delay. Additionally, states may choose to…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Infants, Definitions, Disabilities
Ferguson, E. Elaine; Ferguson, Tammy McCormick; Jacobs, John – 2001
The Early Childhood Development Communique articulated a commitment to increasing positive outcomes for children from birth to age 6 in Canada. Noting that owners and boards of child care programs are charged with providing a quality service to young children and their families, this discussion paper articulates the owners' and boards'…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Advocacy, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
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
Rhode Island State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Providence. – 2000
This document contains regulations of the Rhode Island Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education governing the education of children with disabilities. Statutory language is provided that addresses the following areas: (1) purposes of the legislation; (2) definitions of terms used in the statutory language; (3) local education agency…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Disabilities, Discipline Policy, Due Process
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 2000
This handbook provides state legal regulations for Washington State special education services and programs for students with disabilities. It includes requirements that address the following areas: (1) general authority and purpose of the requirements; (2) students' rights; (3) general definitions; (4) child find; (5) evaluation procedures; (6)…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Discipline Policy, Educational Legislation
Lineham, Patrice – 2001
This document is the outcome of a conference that examined promising practices in services for children with developmental delays (DD) and gathered input for making policy recommendations related to the implementation of DD as a specific disability category for children ages 3 through 9. It begins by discussing changes to the Individuals with…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Developmental Delays, Disability Identification
