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Kervick, Carol; Schultz, Thomas – 1978
Summarized are data on the implementation of due process procedures for handicapped children in Massachusetts. Presented is an analysis of due process hearing characteristics, including number of appeals, characteristics of children and parents, and the types of persons involved in hearings. Implementation problems are seen to include selection of…
Descriptors: Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children, Hearings
Texas State Dept. of Human Resources, Austin. Office of Programs. – 1984
This project was implemented in 1982 as a result of legal action taken against the Texas Department of Human Resources (DHR) by clients of child protective services (CPS) who alleged that they were not given notice of all services available or of their right to a fair hearing. The goal of the project was to determine whether special fair-hearing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Advocacy, Children, Childrens Rights
Flango, Victor Eugene – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1991
This review examines factors impacting on substantiation rates for central registries of child abuse and neglect cases. Technical factors were not found to affect substantiation rates, though certain legal factors were somewhat associated with lower substantiation rates. The use of risk assessment models is recommended to improve rates without…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Due Process
Sale, June Solnit; And Others – 1988
In California, the desire to do something about child abuse, fanned by repeated and often sensational media coverage, has led to an understandable but counterproductive overreaction on the part of professionals and citizens reporting suspected child abuse. Child protective agencies receive an average of one report a minute. There are over 300,000…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Caregivers, Due Process, Legal Problems
Peer reviewedColeman, Arthur L. – Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law, 1998
Tests should be used by educators to help students of different backgrounds and abilities achieve their full potential. The goals of guaranteeing excellence via promotion of high academic standards and ensuring equal educational opportunities are inseparable, mutually dependent goals. State reform efforts and fairness issues are examined. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Due Process, Educational Change
Download full textHarvin, David M.; Driggers, Sherry H. – 1992
This study examines activities of the South Carolina Department of Education directed toward implementation of Public Law 99-457 (the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments 1986) which called for special education for preschool children with disabilities. The study specifically documents the number of children served, number of children…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Due Process, Educational Legislation
Tractenberg, Paul L.; Kahn, Laura – 1979
Legal issues of minimum competency testing derive from federal and state constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions, and from common law. Constitutional provisions for equal protection, due process, and freedom of belief and privacy, are primarily federal; education provisions are state mandated. Only four court cases have directly…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Discriminatory Legislation, Due Process
