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24 Cards in this Set
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Governance
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Legal responsibility of an officially constituted group over the affairs of an educational institution.
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Democratic Control
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Shared determination of policy.
Respect for minority views. Common consent. Joint responsibility of results. |
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Local Control
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Autonomy of local school district involving policy, spending.
Within federal and state guidelines. |
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Popular Control
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Control of an activity by those served by the activity.
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Indirect Control
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Process of directing action through subtle means.
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Superinstitutional Control
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Control over an educational institution that is lodged in an agency outside the institution.
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10th Amendment
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Anything unwritten in the constitution is protected by the state.
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State Board of Education
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Control and supervision of schools within the state.
-formulates education policy, curriculum offerings, standards and assessments, rules and regulations, and improvements to education. |
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Commissioner of Education
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Recommends policies/standards.
Improvements in legislation/financing. Impartial judge. Affairs of the Dept. of Education |
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Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES)
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Cooperative services for local districts.
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Local Board of Education
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The policy-making body of the school district.
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Powers of Local Board
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Maintain buildings.
Purchase land, equipment, materials. Employ and regulate services. Hire & fire employees. Admit & suspend students. Issue state diplomas. |
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Financing Schools
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Property tax, state sales tax, income tax, state & federal
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Austerity Budget
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No teacher cuts; no taxing more; state's rule.
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Federal Aid
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U.S. Income Taxes and General Revenue
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State Aid
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Income tax, state sales tax, general revenue, lottery
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Local Taxpayers
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Property Taxes
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Progressive Taxes
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Pay increases each year, can afford for taxes to go up.
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Regressive Taxes
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Fixed income, no increase in salary, can't afford higher taxes
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General Aid
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state/federal aid can go towards anything
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Categorical Aid
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Schools apply for. Only used for a specific program for which applied. (Federal Money)
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Serrano v. Priest
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California state parents claimed state's school-financing scheme was unconstitutional. Court stated that the quality of a student's education must be a function of the wealth of the entire state.
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Rodriguez Case
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The right to eduction wasn't an amendment in the constitution
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Block grants
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Sums of money that come with only minimal federal restrictions and are transferred from the federal gov't to the state gov't as a block of money rather than by categories.
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