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Hanna, Robert – Center for American Progress, 2014
Historically, state departments of education, or SEAs, have--for the most part--been compliance-focused organizations that managed federal education policy. Over the past several decades, these agencies have been education policy implementation entities. Today, while their compliance responsibilities have remained, they are taking on more…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Federal Aid, Educational Finance, Expenditures
Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2007
During the National Association of State Directors of Special Education's (NASDSE) 2005 annual meeting, a panel of youth representatives challenged states to do a better job of including youth with disabilities in state-level decision making (e.g., as members of state advisory panels [SAPs] and/or transition councils). State directors of special…
Descriptors: Disabilities, State Departments of Education, Participative Decision Making, Special Education
Linehan, Patrice – 2000
This report profiles the state departments of education (SEAs) in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, and North Dakota. These SEAs reported in 1996 that they had changed from a departmental structure (e.g., separate units for special education), into cross-cutting teams in the previous five years. Findings indicate that since…
Descriptors: Administration, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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McCollum, Jeanette A.; Yates, T. J. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1994
The Partnerships Project involves a university, a state department of education, and a university-affiliated program in Illinois working together to implement new personnel standards for early intervention with young children having special needs. Emphasis is on technical assistance functions utilizing extensive peer review. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Higher Education
Swartz, Stanley L.; And Others – 1989
Information on identifying handicapped children was collected and analyzed, in order to evaluate Illinois-required case study components and assessment procedures. A literature review chapter discusses assessment of health, academic status, and individual strengths/weaknesses, and provides summaries of best practices. In regard to method, a survey…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Policy
Gonzalez, Patricia A. – 1994
This study used state plans from 50 states to collect and analyze descriptive information on child count verification procedures used in implementing Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Content analysis suggests that verification procedures can be organized under five broad categories: on-site monitoring (used by 41 states),…
Descriptors: Accountability, Audits (Verification), Compliance (Legal), Data Collection