Policy Analyses and Program Implementation (P.L. 94-142)

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Abstract
Policy analysis has emerged as a new set of skills used to analyze proposed policies or review existing policies. The Education for All Handicapped Children (P.L. 94–142) is used to illustrate how such policy implementation analyses might be done. Significant barriers to policy implementation for this law include the power relationships between parents and schools, classroom teachers' feelings of uncertainty resulting from changed role expectations, and economic problems because of the federal government's inability to meet fiscal promises. Despite the issues raised in this analysis, the policy will probably continue with minor modifications because of strong constituent support.