"The bill includes 36 sections which vary
dramatically in scope and focus. As a group, they do not form a clear vision or
direction for educational governance.
The explicit policy goals of this effort are to increase educational
quality and opportunities; and control educational expenditures. But these
goals and how they will be attained are only obliquely addressed. The assumption appears to be that by re-arranging
a constellation of diverse and discrete elements, this will lead to a
coalescence of forces that will produce desired outcomes. (Remaining elements
are to be resolved by the state board). Clear purposes need to be explicitly
tied to defined factors that have demonstrated links to the desired
outcomes. "
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