For state-funded preschool programs the compensation of teachers is a critical issue for program quality and effectiveness. If preschool programs are to attract and retain teachers comparable to those in primary schools, preschool teachers must receive comparable pay and benefits. This brief assesses compensation parity between state-funded…

Tabulates information on the status of plans and programs regarding State support to nonpublic schools in 38 States. (LN)

The Illinois Evaluation System has been designed to continuously evaluate the total occupational programs of local education agencies. Consisting of three phases, the system involves local planning, State review and evaluation of local planning documents, and on-site visitation to monitor any changes in local programs. (Author/DS)

The 1972-73 report provides evaluative perspectives on a variety of aspects of the Illinois public school program for gifted children. Sections provide an overview of the development of the Illinois programs; a review of independent evaluations of Gifted Area Service Centers; a summary of the first statewide survey of Area Service Center…

The 1970 Alaska State plan for construction of facilities for the mentally retarded is discussed. State agency organization charts, methods of administration, program goals and policies, an election district map showing catchment areas and Indian reservations, an explanation of inventories, and a survey of need and ranking of areas comprise the…

At the aggregate level it appears that the state share of public school financing has shifted from parity to dominance. However, there is substantial diversity among states. Through a synthesis of the literature on fiscal federalism, political culture, state politics, and public policy, explanations are offered for this interstate divergence.…

The fifth in a series of annual reports, the status report describes the overall North Carolina Program for Exceptionally Talented Children as instituted by local school units for the school year 1969-1970, evaluating the educational program against predetermined criteria. Statistical data are presented about all known gifted and talented (GT)…

This report summarizes survey data collected from responding Departments of Education in all 50 states concerning the planning and financing of public school facility design and construction. The survey was conducted as part of a study for the New Mexico Public School Capital Outlay Equity Task Force. It does not attempt to address every possible…

Examines number of counselors employed, sources of financial support, professional background, certification, and state standards in the fifty states and four territories. (Author)

The tables in this report summarize each state's revenues and expenditures for 1977. Information presented for each state includes per capita amounts of financial items; relation of finances to personal income; revenue by source; expenditure by character and object and by type and function; intergovernmental expenditure by type of receiving…

Surveys some of the issues and practices of state-funded prekindergarten programs. (HOD)

This report describes the activities and policies for the homeless of six states both before and after implementation of the Federal Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. The states covered are California, Connecticut, Georgia, New Mexico, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The following chapters are included: (1) "Introduction"; (2)…

This report describes clients served by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) from July 1990 through June 1991. The report lists the number of clients served in ten DSHS programs--broken down by county--and the direct service dollars spent on those clients. Researchers also grouped the clients by age and by…

Policies, programs, and planning pertaining to the state-private college relationship in the 1980s are examined. The types of state support and policy implications of the funding options are outlined, and a compendium of the different programs in the states is presented. The popularity of the large public-independent need-based programs (e.g., New…

In 1968-69, 6,877 children were enrolled in North Dakota's public school programs in all areas of special education. There were fewer speech clinicians than in 1967-68, but there were more teachers in classes for educable mentally handicapped children, more services for children with special learning disabilities, and more classes for the…