ABSTRACT
Movement in the states towards human service integration into the school setting is a growing trend nationwide. A bill was introduced in the United States House of Representatives in June of 1992 that would have created a means for states to receive money to develop full-service programs. The bill did not pass. However, many states are taking the initiative to develop their own plans to serve students to the fullest extent at school sites. Statutes and policies are being developed regarding the integration of services into the public schools. In this chapter we discuss views of the policy development process and analyze the full-service schools movement in relation to those views. We discuss examples of these new state policies as scattered and vulnerable reforms but with promising interaction of state and local initiatives. We analyze the Kentucky and New Jersey movements in terms of the strength of state role and we call for time before stringent evaluation in order to allow this policy movement to mature and influence positively the lives of all our children.
