The Wyoming Comprehensive Occupational Education Program (K through community college) focuses on positive work attitudes and job-entry skills. In kindergarten through grade six, occupational attitudes are incorporated into the existing elementary school curriculum. A career-orientation program is designed for grades seven and eight that provides…

The North Dakota Annual Report for Vocational-Technical Education contains a financial, statistical, and narrative description of the State's accomplishments during fiscal year 1975 in accordance with the objectives set forth in the State plan for the administration of vocational education. Information in the report was compiled from data in the…

Program objectives were to: identify migrant children in the State; provide, through the national data bank, a complete educational and health record for each child; raise or maintain the students' educational level; screen migrant children for health problems and arrange for treatment as needed; increase parental involvement and understanding of…

During fiscal year 1974, the program aimed to: identify migrant children in the State, provide a complete educational and health record for each child identified, raise or maintain the students' educational level, screen the children for health problems and arrange for health services as needed, increase parental involvement, expand the Career…

This report describes the cooperative activities of the New York State Education Department, Cornell Institute for Research and Development, and Riverside Research Institute in a two-phase occupational education development project. (Phase 1 involved the designing, implementing, and evaluating of modularized curriculum for occupational education…

During Fiscal Year 1975-76, the Oregon Migrant Education Program provided educational, health, nutritional, and social services to 4,677 children. Of these, 8% were preschoolers, 58% were at the elementary level, 21% at the junior high level, and 13% at the senior high level. Slightly more than 3/4 were Mexican American, with an estimated 48%…

Provides an overview of a project designed to develop a comprehensive, state-mandated program to reduce teacher paperwork through the use of microcomputers. Describes the survey conducted prior to developing the program, a pilot test, and the implementation of an acquisition plan for hardware and software. (TW)

Economic Growth Challenge / Innovation Incentive, as proposed by the Governor's Commission on Higher Education and the Economy, is a new line item involving reallocation of current higher education funding plus matching levels of performance funding to achieve a major restructuring and refocusing of Ohio's portfolio of doctoral research programs.…

This document presents descriptions of the content that has been identified as essential for all Kentucky students to know and will be included on the state assessment, the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS). The core content in this document is designed to be used with, not instead of, the expectations outlined in…

This report provides a summary of the activities of vocational education programs in Iowa in Fiscal Year 1997, especially in regard to the use of federal funds. The following 11 sections cover the main components of the state's vocational education program: (1) use of Perkins' funds; (2) vocational education goals and performance standards; (3)…

This report provides a review and summary of the activities of vocational education programs in Iowa in Fiscal Year 1995-96, especially in regard to the use of federal funds under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act. Funds distributed through the act were awarded in Iowa in the following titles: Title…

This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of the Iowa Community College Funding Formula Task Force. The first section contains a list of guiding principles of state aid to the community colleges. These include: providing Iowa citizens with access to educational opportunities and services; having a balance of state aid, local property…

This final report summarizes the activities of the North Dakota Deaf-Blind Services program, a 4-year federally funded project to ensure exemplary programs and services for children and youth with dual sensory impairments (DSI) throughout North Dakota. These priorities were met through the systematic identification of children with deaf-blindness,…

Pursuant to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 and in accordance with Program Memorandum 2 issued by Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, the State of Hawaii is submitting a transition plan under Option 3 to extend the current Multi-Year Plan. The plan discussed in this report takes into…

This final report describes activities and accomplishments of a 4-year federally funded project to improve the capacity of state, regional, and local educational services to meet the needs of learners with deaf-blindness and their families throughout the state of Tennessee. The project provided individualized technical assistance and support to…