One approach by the state of Georgia to ensure equal educational opportunity for all children has been to organize a method whereby several school systems within an identified geographical region may share services they cannot afford to provide individually. By legislative action in 1972, provisions for Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) were established. The state was divided into 16 geographical regions and the administrative personnel in each region were given the option of organizing a CESA agency to serve their educational needs. The CESA concept is to share, across school district lines, services that are designed to improve the effectiveness of the educational programs of member school systems. The organizational process for the Northeast Georgia CESA area is briefly described to illustrate several additional principles that appear to have applications to any program of change. (Author/MLF)