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Division of Vocational and Technical Education, BAVT. – 1969
To assess the status and show the progress of vocational education for persons with special needs since the 1968 report, each state, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands submitted reports of their vocational education plans and accomplishments. A significant change since the 1968 report is the increase of states,…
Descriptors: Enrollment Projections, Expenditures, Instructional Programs, Program Descriptions
Cook, C. Thomas; And Others – 1993
This paper examines the role that public policy and practice play in supporting the efforts of natural, adoptive, and foster families who have children and youth with disabilities in keeping their families intact. Obstacles and barriers to implementing the philosophy of permanence planning, especially for children and youth with disabilities, are…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Abuse, Children, Disabilities
Prine, Donald; Wilkinson, David – 1994
The Iowa Educational Excellence Act and its amendments provide for four types of Phase III programs: performance-based pay, supplemental pay, a combination of both, or comprehensive school transformation. In 1993, the Des Moines Phase III program, which originated as a combination of performance-based pay and supplemental pay, changed to a…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
Beuke, Vernon – 1981
A National Institute of Education-sponsored, congressionally mandated project studied impact of the 1976 Education Amendments on services to special needs populations. It was concluded that states were making considerable progress in serving needs of the handicapped, disadvantaged, and limited English-proficient. Room for improvement was found in…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Library Development and Services. – 1973
The formulation, implementation, and evaluation of the Title II program objectives are reported by three groups. The State Title II administrators report the procedures of management, needs assessment, information dissemination, and evaluation for the program in a question-answer form, and present statistical summary charts of data from every…
Descriptors: Administration, Annual Reports, Educational Media, Educational Needs
DEMOND, ALBERT L.; AND OTHERS – 1968
PROGRAMS DEVELOPED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963 ARE REPORTED FOR EACH STATE, GUAM, PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. EACH REPORT INCLUDES INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION AND THE OCCUPATIONAL AREAS IN WHICH TRAINING IS BEING OFFERED. A LARGE NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS ARE GETTING SUBSTANTIAL RESULTS IN REDUCING SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Annual Reports, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Lindman, Erick L.; Hutchins, Clayton D.; Morphet, Edgar L.; Rellke, Theodore L. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
This study of State Provisions for Financing Public School Capital Outlay Programs has been conducted in accordance with a resolution requesting the study. It constitutes the first comprehensive effort to analyze existing policies and practices of States which participate in the financing of local schoolhouse construction. It also develops and…
Descriptors: Educational History, Public Schools, School Construction, Educational Facilities Planning
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
A 1956 Office of Education study showed that 26 million rural residents were without any public library service and that more than 300 rural counties had no public library within their borders. An additional 50 million rural residents had only inadequate service. Congress passed the Library Services Act in 1956 to stimulate the further development…
Descriptors: Educational History, Operating Expenses, Statistical Data, Counties