Educational and vocational rehabilitation programs both have key roles and responsibilities in improving post-school outcomes for students with disabilities. Both entities must be involved in creating opportunities for students to develop skills and knowledge to prepare for careers in the 21st Century. To help facilitate understanding and promote…

During the 1974-75 school year, the North Carolina migrant program's priorities were program continuity; regular school term and summer programs for interstate and intrastate migrant children; staff development activities; Migrant Student Record Transfer System; migrant education program support team; and mobile vocational instructional program.…

Summer Activities Initiatives is a U.K. program that uses outdoor adventure activities to prevent dropouts and help at-risk young people re-engage with services that offer them further education, training, or employment. This preliminary look at a program evaluation discusses the target group, recruitment, staffing, residential programming,…

This paper describes an integrated, extended year pilot program which integrated 18 preschool and elementary children with severe disabilities into community recreation programs. The paper discusses the program development process; preliminary results of the program; and evaluative feedback from recreation agency staff, nondisabled children, and…

During the 1992-93 school year, 13 local migrant education projects, conducted by 5 Colorado school districts and 8 boards of cooperative educational services, served 2,233 migrant students in 326 Colorado schools. In the summer of 1993, 13 migrant education projects served 2,714 students in 15 schools. Federal funds in the amount of $2,303,388…

Of the 31 migrant projects funded in fiscal year 1974 (FY 74), 27 (11 regular term and 16 summer term) were classroom programs. There were 365 children enrolled during the regular term and 1,601 during the summer. Children were recruited through: visits by school personnel to the migrant camps, information supplied by other project participants,…

During fiscal year 1975, 4 school attendance centers were operated: (1) Migrant Action Program, Mason City; (2) Reinbeck Community, Reinbeck; (3) Muscatine Community, Muscatine; and (4) Muscatine-Scott County, serving Muscatine and West Liberty schools. Although each local educational agency (LEA) approached the migrant child's educational…

During the year, eight migrant educational programs were operational in Iowa. Six of these were conducted during the regular school year, and two were summer programs. Of the 178 children attending the regular school term, 109 were classified as speaking primarily Spanish. Of the 187 children in the summer programs, 113 were classified as having…

North Carolina established programs and projects designed to meet the special educational needs of migrant children and coordinated them with similar agencies. During the 1975-76 school year, the migrant program's priorities were program continuity, regular school term and summer projects for interstate and intrastate migrants, staff development…

Based on data derived from Title I grant applications, end-of-project evaluation reports, as well as information from the Migrant Student Record Transfer System, this report is an evaluation of Wisconsin's migrant education programs which served nearly 2,700 students in fiscal year 1978 with an allocation of $821,465 for 20 school year and 15…

The Colorado Migrant Education Program seeks to identify and meet the specific educational needs of all migrant children in the State. In providing comprehensive services to migrant students, Colorado has organized and operated its migrant educational program around the following basic program aspects: (1) conducting a year-round, statewide…

During 1991-92, 15 local Migrant Education projects served 2,063 migrant students in 751 Colorado schools. This report characterizes the population served, describes the services provided, and presents program evaluation data. Although the programs serve students aged 0-21, the majority of children were of elementary school age in regular-year and…

During the 1976-77 school year, the migrant program's priorities of program continuity, regular school term and summer projects for interstate and intrastate migrants, staff development activities, the Migrant Student Record Transfer System, and programs for formerly migratory children were met by 60 projects administered indirectly through 37…

In 1981 North Carolina's Migrant Education Program adequately met legislative requirements and national program objectives while initiating 11 new projects. More that $7 million was expended on 72 school year projects with total enrollments of 15,682 migrant children and 34 summer programs with total enrollments of 4,854. Program continuity was…

To fulfill Wisconsin's responsibilities for reporting to the federal government and to share information on Wisconsin's Title I Migrant education projects, end-of-project evaluation reports were submitted for each project and were based on data in Title I grant applications and Migrant Student Record Transfer System data. Wisconsin operated 20…