caa a22 4500 469101806 CHVBK 20180323133046.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00233743 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00233743 Factors influencing state progress in the implementation of Public Law 99-457, Part H [Elektronische Daten] [Gloria Harbin, James Gallagher, Timothy Lillie, Jane Eckland] Policy implementation has been an infrequently studied process although it has become increasingly evident that the implementation processes of policy development, policy approval, and policy application can shape and delay prospective implementation of legislation. The current study analyzes the implementation of P.L. 99-457 (Part H) the Education for the Handicapped Amendments of 1986. This law provides the states with planning money from the federal government to design a comprehensive interagency, multidisciplinary program of services for children with handicapping conditions and their families. Ratings were taken from key administrators and citizens knowledgeable about the law on state progress in implementing the fourteen requirements of the law and also on proposed influential conditions that might affect that implementation. Additional demographic information was obtained for the fifty states. The factor that seemed to be most influential in a subset of 35 states was the prior presence in the state of systems for interagency planning and development. Neither prior history of early childhood services, available resources, wealth of the state, or geographic region appeared to have a significant influence on policy development. There was some indication that different factors might become influential in the next phase of implementation, policy approval. It appears that progress in state policy development may be linked to the special requirements of the legislation itself and to prior availability of institutional structures that make mandated collaborative efforts more possible. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992 Harbin Gloria Carolina Institute of Child and Family Policy, University of North Carolina, 27599, Chapel Hill, NC, USA aut Gallagher James Carolina Institute of Child and Family Policy, University of North Carolina, 27599, Chapel Hill, NC, USA aut Lillie Timothy Carolina Institute of Child and Family Policy, University of North Carolina, 27599, Chapel Hill, NC, USA aut Eckland Jane Carolina Institute of Child and Family Policy, University of North Carolina, 27599, Chapel Hill, NC, USA aut Policy Sciences Kluwer Academic Publishers 25/2(1992-05-01), 103-115 0032-2687 25:2<103 1992 25 11077 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00233743 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00233743 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Harbin Gloria Carolina Institute of Child and Family Policy, University of North Carolina, 27599, Chapel Hill, NC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gallagher James Carolina Institute of Child and Family Policy, University of North Carolina, 27599, Chapel Hill, NC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lillie Timothy Carolina Institute of Child and Family Policy, University of North Carolina, 27599, Chapel Hill, NC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Eckland Jane Carolina Institute of Child and Family Policy, University of North Carolina, 27599, Chapel Hill, NC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Policy Sciences Kluwer Academic Publishers 25/2(1992-05-01), 103-115 0032-2687 25:2<103 1992 25 11077 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer