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Baxt, Virginia; Brouillette, Liane – Journal of School Leadership, 1999
Examined how special-interest groups influence policy formulation at the state level. Researchers interviewed 46 legislators and lobbyists to trace behind-the-scenes decision making, as the Texas Legislature hastily (and misguidedly) crafted an omnibus bill with a per-pupil spending change encouraging the mainstreaming of severely disabled…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform