ECS regularly issues useful compilations, summaries and/or comparisons of state policies — enacted or pending — on a wide variety of education topics, listed on the right. For a list of our most current documents, please see our What's New page.
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(Note: Not all topics have an ECS document associated with them. If you are looking for information on a specific topic, you can use our search function.)
Governance
 Governors Taking Larger Role in Education  PDF - The past year has seen a variety of proposed legislation or gubernatorial actions to give governors a greater role in education policymaking. This paper contains a summary of completed or proposed action in this vein, followed by a discussion on the political and education policy impacts such changes may have. (Jennifer Dounay Zinth, Education Commission of the States, April 2011)...
From the ECS State Policy Database: Governance--School Boards--Training - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
State Education Governance Models PDF - This ECS StateNote describes four state education governance models that 40 states use, and provides notes about the states and territories whose governance models do not conform to any of the four models. (Mary Fulton, Education Commission of the States, Updated January 2011)...
P-20 Governance PDF - This StateNote identifies states in which K-12 and postsecondary governance has been fully or partially consolidated in a single entity. The report also identifies where early learning falls under the purview of an entity that administers both K-12 and higher education. (Jennifer Dounay Zinth, Education Commission of the States, January 2011)...
From the ECS State Policy Database: Urban--Governance - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
State Education Governance - View ECS Chief of Staff Kathy Christie's presentation on the different models of state education governance. The presentation was initially made to the Nevada Legislative Commission’s Committee to Study Governance and Oversight.) Kathy Christie, Education Commission of the States, January 2010)...
From the ECS State Policy Database: Governance--Mandates - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
Site-based Decisionmaking: State-level Policies  MS Word PDF - This StateNote provides information on state site-based management policies and recommends components to include in such policies. (Jennifer Dounay, Education Commission of the States, April 2005)
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Local School Boards - For each state, this document provides information on the numbers and types of local school boards, as well as whether local school board members are elected or appointed. (Education Commission of the States, 2004)...
Governance Matrix MS Word - This timeless tool helps state and district leaders obtain a clear understanding of current and ideal configurations of their K-12 public education governance systems. We suggest using the matrix to answer one of the following questions: Currently, who makes what decisions? Ideally, who should make what decisions? Once the matrices are completed, we suggest that state and district leaders then identify gaps between their current and ideal situations, prioritize the top three to five areas for action and identify the appropriate courses of action. (Todd Ziebarth, Education Commission of the States)....
From the ECS State Policy Database: Governance--Regional Entities - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
The Progress of Education Reform: School-based Management MS Word PDF - Looks at findings from various research and evaluation studies over the past 10 years, profiles a Chicago urban school district and the state of Kentucky, which have nearly a decade of experience with this
decentralized decisionmaking process. (Suzanne Weiss, The Progress of Education Reform, vol. 2, no. 5, ECS, April-May 2001)...
From the ECS State Policy Database: Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
From the ECS State Policy Database: Governance - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
From the ECS State Policy Database: Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
From the ECS State Policy Database: Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
From the ECS State Policy Database: Governance--School Boards - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
From the ECS State Policy Database: Governance--Site-Based Management - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
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