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Edelstein, Frederick S. – American Education, 1979
Presents an overview of the drafting of regulations for the development and implementation of programs authorized by federal education laws in connection with the Education Amendments of 1978. States that all regulations have been recodified, that is, simplified and clarified. Lists office of education contacts for comments on regulations…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
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The process of reauthorization of college student financial aid legislation may be instrumental in reducing the burden and complexity of the financial aid application and need analysis process through simplification. Exempting some students, permitting more to use simplified need analysis, and streamlining reapplication are steps in the right…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Change, Efficiency, Federal Legislation
Download full textWehman, Paul; And Others – 1989
The monograph presents preliminary results from 27 states that received systems change model demonstration funds from the U.S. Rehabilitation Services Administration in 1986 and 1987. These funds were targeted to modify existing adult day programs for persons with severe disabilities and provide supported employment programs as alternative…
Descriptors: Adults, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Federal Regulation
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Committee for Scientific and Technical Personnel. – 1982
A study analyzed the policies of 20 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries pertaining to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Aims of the study were to assess the current role of SMEs as generators and users of innovations, to analyze the components of a favorable climate for innovation in SMEs, and to…
Descriptors: Business, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Competition
McDonnell, Lorraine M.; Grubb, W. Norton – 1991
A study analyzed the role of state governments in implementing federal education and job training policies and in designing and implementing their own policies. A framework was developed for understanding policy instruments used to promote education and training objectives: mandates, inducements, capacity-building, and system-changing. Each type…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy, Federal Aid, Federal Government
National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1981
The National Council on Vocational Education believes that the new Vocational Education Act should focus on the development of the human capital that is essential to any efforts to revitalize our nation's productivity. This will require program improvement for training and retraining in new high-technology occupations, access to programs by…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Correctional Education, Demand Occupations, Disabilities
Copeland, William C.; Iversen, Iver A. – 1981
A shrinkage of one-half or more in available federal funds designated for human services is expected to occur in the next five years. Despite this outlook, federal funds are available for increases in human services, provided that such services are organized into related systems of services and are planned and managed as such. This essay on…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Employment Services, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
