Examination of legal principles and laws affecting the administration and management of schools with emphasis upon system level concerns, and an analysis of current legal issues. Examines the major issues associated with policy analysis and the predominant streams of theoretical work in policy research. Provides a working foundation for the analysis of educational policy by placing students in a position to assess the merits of a variety of policy situations. Examines the financial plans by which education is funded. Utah's education finance plan is examined in depth with attention given to how changing economic and political conditions affect it.
Students apply concepts learned in companion content course to actual problems of practice.
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