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Download full textAbigail Potts; Joseph Hedger; Naomi Porter – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2024
While U.S. voters delivered a significant change in the 2024 federal elections, they opted for steady leadership at the state level. No state board of education shifted in partisan control, and only five seats saw a shift in political party out of 27 races that were contested in the general election. This policy update looks at the results of…
Descriptors: State Boards of Education, Elections, Trend Analysis, Policy Analysis
Landward, Geoffrey T. – Utah System of Higher Education, 2020
During its 2020 session, the Utah Legislature passed S.B. 111, "Higher Education Amendments"--a sweeping change to higher education structure and governance that merges the Utah System of Higher Education and the Utah System of Technical Colleges. While passing the legislation only took a matter of weeks, the process leading up to the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Legislation, Governance, State Universities
Direct linkBuendia, Edward; Humbert-Fisk, Paul – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background/Context: Mayoral control of large city school districts has become the newest form of school district reorganization. Researchers have documented how real and perceived crises have propelled mayors in Chicago, Baltimore, and Washington DC, amongst others, to redefine the role of board governance by situating the operations of districts…
Descriptors: School Districts, Governance, Malayo Polynesian Languages, Local Government
Rhim, Lauren Morando – Academic Development Institute, 2013
Locally controlled public schools are one of the cornerstones of our nation's democracy, yet many schools are not preparing students for success. Far too many students are not graduating, and many of those who do graduate are woefully unprepared for college or a meaningful career. Successfully initiating and sustaining meaningful improvements in…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Boards of Education, Accountability, Educational Change
Utah State Board of Higher Education. Salt Lake City. Office of the Commissioner. – 1980
The text of the Higher Education Act of 1969, which established the Utah System of Higher Education, is presented. To govern this system as a single governing board, the legislature established the new state board of regents, which is composed of 16 members. Institutional councils were established to assist in the government of the institutions.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Centralization
Peer reviewedVan Alfen, Curtis; Schmidt, Stan M. – Rural Educator, 1997
Analysis of minutes of board of education meetings in all 31 rural Utah school districts found that rural boards tended to micromanage their districts, generally ignoring the larger leadership function of building consensus and fostering a sense of community. Discussions of educational reform movements and unstructured discussion with patrons…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Durham, G. Homer, Comp. – 1976
The general policies followed by the Utah Board of Regents are compiled by the former state commissioner of higher education. Specific actions taken with regard to academic programs and related matters at individual institutions are not included, but statutory provisions that affect board policies are noted in the text. Contents cover: the system…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrators, Affirmative Action, Board of Education Policy
Monahan, A. C. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1914
With the increase of interest in the rural public schools in all the States has come a desire for more effective rural school administration, to the ends that there may be a more economic use of school funds and that all children may have opportunities, both better and more nearly equal, to gain the preparation for life required by more rural…
Descriptors: School Administration, Counties, Rural Schools, School Funds
