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Download full textNorth Dakota University System, 2009
This issue of "Legislative Review" takes a look at the news in higher education from April 13 to 17, 2009. This Legislative Review reports that: (1) key bills move to conference committees. These bills are SB 2003 (the North Dakota University System (NDUS) budget bill), SB 2038 (the flexibility with accountability legislation), and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Medical Schools, Tuition, Hearing Impairments
Alaska State Dept. of Health and Social Services, Juneau. Div. of Family and Youth Services. – 1992
Participants, at a conference convened by the Division of Family and Youth Services in Alaska on November 7th and 8th, 1991, began the development of a framework for a statewide plan for runaway and homeless youth. With the assistance of Division staff and the Northwest Network of Runaway and Youth Services, over 100 professionals and citizens…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Homeless People, Runaways, State Legislation
Toole, Amy L. – 1981
One of 10 documents developed by the Preschool Program of the Putnam/Northern Westchester (NY) Board of Cooperative Educational Services, the document is a summary of a June, 1981, institute on the efficacy of early childhood education for the handicapped. The institute was intended to provide state legislators, county executives, education…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Full State Funding, History
Wasserman, Wayne, Ed.; And Others – 1990
Proceedings of a 1988 statewide symposium on school restructuring in Nebraska are presented in this document. Part 1 contains the opening remarks made concerning Nebraska education and the status of school restructuring. Part 2 presents the addresses of three nationally recognized experts on national school restructuring perspectives. A panel of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Excellence in Education, School Restructuring
There Ought to Be a Law? Ensuring State-Wide Services for Disabled and At-Risk Infants and Toddlers.
National Center for Clinical Infant Programs, Washington, DC. – 1985
The paper explores policy options for beginning, expanding, or establishing services for disabled and at-risk infants and toddlers in a state. An initial section outlines characteristic advantages and drawbacks of options in three areas: legislative action (mandatory, phase-in, and non-mandatory legislation), executive action, and interagency…
Descriptors: Disabilities, High Risk Persons, Infants, Policy Formation
Rohrer, John D., Ed.; Heimlich, Joe E., Ed. – 1981
Proceedings from a workshop for community leaders on litter control held in Painesville, Ohio on December 2, 1981 are presented. Complete and abbreviated texts of the different sessions provide an overview of litter control information, issues, and programs in Ohio. Topics covered include results from a statewide study of the amount and content of…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Community Programs, Conferences, Environmental Education
Stapp, William B., Ed. – 1978
This report is an account of the 1978 National Leadership Conference on Environmental Education held in Washington, D.C. in March. The major purposes of the conference were to review recommendations of past environmental education conferences, assess the present situation in environmental education in the United States, and develop a clear set of…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Environmental Education, Information Dissemination, Meetings
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1975
Legislators are increasing their efforts to insure that appropriations are used prudently and productively. State systems of higher education have not escaped this scrutiny. To be effective, such legislative oversight depends upon clear articulation by state-supported activities of its goals and functions. Nevertheless, like other service…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Faculty Evaluation
New England School Development Council, Cambridge, MA. – 1974
This conference aimed at focusing the attention of educators, legislators, and interested citizens on the inadequacies of present methods used to finance public elementary and secondary schools in Massachusetts. The papers presented in this document give an overview of the present problems and provide direction for the actions required to develop…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Needs, Elementary Schools, Equalization Aid
Larsen, Kent S., Ed. – 1975
Materials in this resource document were compiled for use in a Washington seminar directed to the interests of state and local government to develop strategies for privacy protection. Included are the texts of issue papers and supporting documents in the following subject areas: (1) criminal justice information; (2) public employee records; (3)…
Descriptors: Computers, Conference Reports, Confidentiality, Consumer Protection
Orr, Sally; Haskett, George – 1985
This conference report addresses the issue of parental leave, particularly maternity leave at childbirth and parenting leaves for fathers and mothers after childbirth. Growing interest in this area is attributed to the dramatic change over the past 10 years in the labor force behavior of women. Currently existing national and employer policies for…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Federal Legislation
Stark, Jack A., Ed. – 1980
Proceedings are presented from a 1980 conference on community based services for families of developmentaly disabled children. The following ten papers are included: "Leading Edge Services to Families of Persons with Developmental Disabilities" (R. Perske); "Family Resource Services and Support Systems for Families with Handicapped…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Family Programs, Mental Health Programs
Nowakowski, Marie; And Others – 1981
The proceedings of a conference are presented, at which representatives from various Washington County (Maryland) women's organizations discussed education, employment, career choice, and domestic violence in relation to the status of women. The monograph first presents four position papers dealing with these conference themes: Diane E. Weaver…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Career Development, Employed Women, Equal Education
Thorson, James A., Ed.; Payne, Barbara P., Ed. – 1974
The proceedings of the First Annual Georgia Conference on Aging contains five papers, reports from discussion groups, and transcripts of a panel discussion. The focus was on the encouragement of self-advocacy and the identification of achievable goals among older adults in order to generate some of the basic political changes that will improve the…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Goal Orientation, Older Adults, Political Issues
Caudell, Lee Sherman, Ed. – 1996
As of 1996, charter schools were just emerging in the Northwest region of the United States. This publication presents the proceedings of a symposium held to review information about charter-school policy, operations, and outcomes. A cross-section of leaders in education, government, and community from the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
