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Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1984
Profiles of the 14 states of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) provide information on the structure of these states for public postsecondary education and budgeting. For each state, the following areas are discussed: state-level coordinating and/or governing agency, institutional governing boards, state board for vocational education,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Snider, Donnie C.; Goldsmith, Lloyd M. – Online Submission, 2005
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the governance issues in school districts with 500 or less students; Methodology: An online survey was constructed using items from the National School Board Survey. The survey was sent to the Texas school board presidents of districts with 500 or less students. The survey had five conceptual…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Small Schools, Demography, School District Size
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1993
This report of the Committee on Student Learning to the 73rd Texas Legislature addresses committee structure and membership, the charges to the committee as established in House Bill 2885, and the committee's key actions during its first year. The committee focused on receiving research and discussing issues related to outcomes-driven education,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Parrish, Patricia – 1988
This paper discusses the suspension and expulsion of unruly handicapped students by examining previous court litigation, identifying the legal issues involved, and reviewing Texas State Board of Education policy. Although sensitive and knowledgeable of the special learning and emotional needs of handicapped students, the conclusion favors recent…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disabilities, Discipline Policy, Educational Policy
Houston Community College System, Office of Institutional Research, 2012
The Houston Community College (HCC) 2011-2012 Fact Book provides statistical information about the college district. It is important for the reader to be aware that data presented in this publication may differ slightly from statistics found in other district reports. Such variances may result from differences methodology including the source of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Tables (Data), Graphs, Academic Achievement
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Ashworth, Kenneth H. – Change, 1994
The performance funding approach mandated by the Texas state legislature and devised by the higher education coordinating board to appropriate resources to colleges and universities is explained, and the responses of institutions to it are discussed. Focus is on problems encountered and lessons learned. (MSE)
Descriptors: Financial Support, Higher Education, Institutional Evaluation, Political Influences
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Hammer, Janet; Davis, O. L., Jr. – American Educational History Journal, 2004
This brief glimpse into how schools responded to a national tragedy only hints at the magnitude of responses. No school board policy or university program had prepared American educators to respond to events like those of September 11 attack. Teachers and principals simply found themselves confronting a tragic event. Still, they quickly determined…
Descriptors: Terrorism, Air Transportation, Suicide, National Security
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1989
The Information Systems Long Range Plan specifically addresses Goal four of the Texas State Board of Education's (SBOE's) "Long-Range Plan for Public School Education" dealing with efficient management and organization of the educational system. To facilitate this goal, the SBOE in 1986 approved and directed the Texas Education Agency to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Boards of Education, Change Strategies, Computers
McClintock, David L. – 1980
Formula budgeting for college and university facilities maintenance is recommended because: (1) formulas inject objectivity into the budgeting process by using quantified data; (2) formulas tend to improve the equitability of treatment of comparable institutions; (3) formulas are intended to provide adequate but economical budgets; and (4)…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, College Administration, Educational Economics
Post, Donald Eugene – 1974
The study examined the competition for control of schools between Anglos and Mexican Americans in 2 South Texas towns. The study's major objective was to describe the history of, and conceptually account for, the development of this new ethnic power struggle in which the control of schools played a primary role. Both towns, situated in a region…
Descriptors: Administrators, Anglo Americans, Boards of Education, Conflict
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1988
The guide details the goals, strategies, and resources needed to implement effective art programs in Texas. It is designed to help teachers, administrators, college and university faculty, and education service center personnel as they work together to make the visual arts a viable part of Texas public education. The guide's seven main sections…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy
Kampert, George J. – 1981
The resource guide for regular teachers provides policies and procedures of the Flour Bluff (Texas) school district regarding special education of handicapped students. Individual sections provide guidelines for the following areas: the referral process; individual assessment; participation on student evaluation and placement committee; special…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Definitions, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1974
This booklet presents official school accreditation principles and standards for elementary and secondary schools and lists of approved courses for grades 7-12, as revised by the Texas State Board of Education in October 1974. The booklet is organized in four sections that present principles and standards for elementary and secondary schools,…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Courses, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Walenta, Brian; James, Robert K. – 1993
Texas required a curriculum review of all subjects in 1979. From this review came major changes in the state's educational system. This document reports on the status of the mathematics and science education reforms that took place in Texas from 1979 to 1993. The first section, "National Education Reform," includes a chronology of reform…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education, Needs Assessment, Partnerships in Education
Barnes, Susan; And Others – 1989
A qualitative analysis of information pertinent to alternative teacher certification in Texas is presented. Texas reform legislation passed in 1984 included a requirement for the State Board of Education to provide a route to teacher certification for those who were not graduates of teacher education programs. Those persons would be required to…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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