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Download full textGordon, Howard R. D. – 1997
This study assesses the impact of selected variables on the legal knowledge of 136 secondary school principals in the state of West Virginia. The variables selected for study include: (1) training; (2) teaching; (3) experience; (4) administrative experience; and (5) school district size. Analysis revealed that selected variables in this study had…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Instructional Leadership, Legal Problems, Principals
Barnette, J. Jackson; Hange, Jane – 1994
The West Virginia education reform legislation of 1988 and 1990 mandated greater involvement of school personnel, parents, and community in site-based decision making. This paper examines the operations and activities of faculty senates, which are composed of all full-time educators in each school, for the years 1990-91, 1991-92, and 1992-93. A…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Elementary Secondary Education, Participative Decision Making, School Based Management
Flanigan, J. L.; And Others – 1989
The history of and issues involved in the implementation of a tax appraisal program in West Virginia are highlighted in this paper, with a focus on taxation litigation since 1975. Efforts of the state legislature to implement a uniform tax system since the 1982 "Recht Decision," which found the state school funding system to be…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform
Marshall, Catherine; And Others – 1986
Individual members of state legislatures wield the greatest influence in state level policy formation. This was one of the findings of a study that identified the power and influence context of state-level policymaking. Data were gathered from six states (Arizona, California, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Illinois) using an instrument…
Descriptors: Administrators, Boards of Education, Decision Making, Educational Policy
Henderson, Joan; Friedland, Billie – 1996
Data from the West Virginia Department of Education reveals that from September 1991 to January 1992, school districts reported 18,915 out-of-school suspensions involving 12,997 students. In 1995, the West Virginia State Legislature enacted the Safe Schools Act, which specifically mandates suspension for no less than 12 consecutive months for…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Disabilities, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems
Hazi, Helen M. – 1998
This paper reports the perspectives of county-level supervisors who have been important in advancing state-mandated school reforms in West Virginia. A chronological background on West Virginia school reform from 1982 through 1997 covers legislation related to the "Recht Decision," state reform initiatives, creation of the School Building…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Central Office Administrators, Change Agents
