Date of Award

5-1992

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (Ded)

Abstract

Inconsistency of financial resources, increased demand for program results, and growing demographic problems have significantly impacted school districts in North Dakota and are reason for studying the participants and factors associated with the adoption of education policy. Education policy participants--the registered lobbyists, governance personnel, and legislative leaders--were asked to respond to a pre- and post-session questionnaire to determine their perceptions of differing education policy participants in regard to the usefulness of information provided and about the degree of influence exerted on a legislative agenda. In addition, respondents identified the relative importance of factors which were considered significant in the adoption of education policy and assessed the following points of the policy forming processes: the policy proposal, the committee activity /influencing, and the legislator vote influencing points. Responses were analyzed statistically to determine if there were differences in responses in regard to the usefulness of information provided and the degree of influence exerted and whether there were differences between the pre- and post-session perceptions of the respondents as well as differing respondent perceptions for differing education initiatives.

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