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Peer reviewedRafferty, Yvonne – Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1999
The 1987 Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act and amendments provide considerable protection for the education of homeless children and youth. They also provide formula grants to state education agencies to carry out the Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program. This article reviews major program components and critiques these…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Download full textRehabilitation Services Administration (ED), Washington, DC. – 1992
This annual report (fiscal year 1991) summarizes information on mandated federal activities of the Rehabilitation Services Administration and related agencies under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The report is organized following the titles and sections of the Act. Under the Act's General Provisions are activities of the Office of the…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agencies, Blindness, Compliance (Legal)
Ambach, Gordon M. – 1983
This report describes actions and results from the third year (1981/82) of a library resource sharing program authorized by Chapter 787 of New York State's Laws of 1978. It is noted that the program, which was intended to enable resource sharing between reference, research, academic, public, special, and both public and private school libraries,…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1975
The effectiveness of bilingual bicultural education as a means of increasing the opportunities of language minority students is examined in this report, which is addressed to educators and the general public. First, an introduction defines key terms, briefly outlines controversies which surround bilingual education, and describes the contents of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational History, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
The transcript of this hearing on the reauthorization of the Bilingual Education Act and the prepared statements of witnesses, are presented here. The Bilingual Education Act, enacted in 1968, is a major federal education authority that provides educational services primarily for school-age, limited-English-proficient students (LEP). A study of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies, Educational Legislation, Educational Objectives
Greenwood, Katy; And Others – 1981
This report describes the ways in which the funds for supplemental vocational assistance provided by Title II, Part A, section 204 of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) amendments of 1978 have been used to provide services for eligible CETA participants in Texas. Outlined first are the climate and the background of CETA/education…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Coordination, Educational Cooperation, Educational Finance
