The Impact of the Governance System

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Introduction

Marble Cake Federalism, also known as Cooperative Federalism is defined as an intertwined relationship across various levels of government. All of the power is neither held at the federal level nor shifted totally to the state level. The governmental entities work co-dependant of each other on a variety of issues and basically are trying to attain the same goals, just at different authority levels.

The “No Child Left Behind” policy is a great demonstration of how the federal government is closely involved with the educational practices on the state level. The states rely on the funding provided by the federal government for educational programs, equipment and staffing. Yet, the federal government controls the criteria which allows the states to receive the funding.

The focus of this paper is to show what happens when irresponsible administrators lose focus of their purpose and what can happen to a school system, community and future of children who are all victims of that particular administration.

Definition of Responsible Administrators

Those who serve the public trust must take special care to ensure they make ethical and responsible decisions. Yet the realities of bureaucracies, deadlines, budgets, and demands for quick results make the payoffs for dealing formally with ethics seem unclear. (Cooper, 2006)

In Coopers 1998 version of The Role of the Public Administrator, he notes that there are two types of responsibility, objective and subjective. He defined objective responsibility as a written, clear, black and white version, in which there is an outside authority holding the administrator accountable for their actions. Subjective responsibility is where issues tend to creep in and is open for interp...

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...layton County. Without the involvement of all levels, the “mess” would probably still be occurring. Clayton County’s accreditation was reinstated in 2009, however, the new board has the difficult task of restoring the trust of the public. They will need each other to return the Clayton County School system back to the vibrant system it once was known for.

Works Cited

The Responsible Administrator: An Approach to Ethics for the Administrative Role, 5th Edition

www.wsbtv.com/news/17323636/detail.html

What is Federalism? http://www.thisnation.com/textbook/federalism-what.html

Clayton County Schools, http://projects.ajc.com/topics/metro/clayton-county-schools/

James, T.A., (February 2008) http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/614387/georgia_clayton_county_schools_to_lose.html?cat=2

Source: (http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/sum/sb84.htm)

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