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Alaska Department of Education & Early Development, 2012
This "Report Card to the Public" is published in accordance with Alaska Statute 14.03.120 for the school year 2011-2012. Under state law, each school district is required to report information about its plans and performance to its community. This report includes a statewide summary of performance results. It reports the status of public…
Descriptors: Public Schools, State Legislation, School Districts, Academic Achievement
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, 2009
The Biennial Report presents a summary of programs and services provided by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction for 2007-2009. The State Superintendent notes that while North Dakota's education system is good, slippage in test scores is occurring, cracks in the education system are developing and some students are falling through…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Programs, State Aid, State Departments of Education
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
Frazier, Calvin M. – 1975
The author begins his discussion of accountability with an examination of its development, including its historical origins and the role of the federal government. The evolution of accountability programs at the state level is also considered. Included are brief indications of the directions taken by Pennsylvania, Florida, Colorado, and Michigan.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, State Legislation
Zedlewski, Sheila R. – 1999
Dramatic shifts from cash assistance to work, embodied in the 1996 replacement of Aid to Families with Dependent Children with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), highlight the need to understand how current cash assistance recipients participate in required work-related activities and obstacles faced in getting and keeping jobs. The…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, State Legislation, State Programs, Welfare Recipients
Ambry, Edward – Compact, 1971
Describes New Jersey's environmental education program, operated under the auspices of a unique Council for Environmental Education financed by Title III funds.
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Programs, Environmental Education, State Legislation
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Savoury, George R.; And Others – Child Welfare, 1995
Describes the design and implementation of a mediation program for the resolution of child protection disputes in Nova Scotia. Focuses on the legal mandate for mediation, training programs for mediators, orientation programs for child protective workers, and the actual mediation process. (MDM)
Descriptors: Arbitration, Child Welfare, Foreign Countries, State Legislation
Alaska Department of Education & Early Development, 2013
This "Report Card to the Public" is published in accordance with Alaska Statute 14.03.120 for the school year 2012-2013. Under state law, each school district is required to report information about its plans and performance to its community. This report includes a statewide summary of performance results. Public knowledge of the school…
Descriptors: Public Schools, State Legislation, School Districts, Academic Achievement
Massachusetts Department of Education, 2008
The Massachusetts Department of Education's Accountability and Targeted Assistance (ATA) Center maintains and manages the state's School and District Accountability System. Results from the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) are used to identify public schools and districts that are likely to require state intervention in order…
Descriptors: Intervention, Accountability, Underachievement, Identification
Oregon Department of Education, 2014
The Oregon Statewide Report Card is an annual publication required by law (ORS 329.115), which reports on the state of public schools and their progress towards the goals of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century. The purpose of the Oregon Report Card is to monitor trends among school districts and Oregon's progress toward achieving the…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Public Schools, Progress Monitoring, State Legislation
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Steigman, Harry – Journal of Environmental Health, 1975
Environmental impact statements are required for all projects undertaken by state agencies. Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Resources issues permits for regulatory activities affecting the environment. Statements sent to a state clearinghouse are logged and reviewed. State Departments and regional clearinghouses review and comment…
Descriptors: Environment, Government Role, Natural Resources, State Agencies
PAGE, RAY – 1966
THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS THIRTEEN ARTICLES ON THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IN ILLINOIS. AMONG THE TOPICS COVERED ARE MULTICHANNEL MICROWAVE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, INNOVATIVE TELEVISION, OPEN- AND CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISON, TELEVISION IN PSYCHOLOGY, AND STATE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION LEGISLATION. THE USE OF THE TELEVISION MEDIUM IN VARIOUS…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Closed Circuit Television, Educational Television, State Legislation
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Washington, DC. – 1978
State mandates--constitutional, statutory, or administrative actions that either limit or place requirements on local governments--are often opposed because they are not reimbursed or because they restrict the decision-making authority of local government officials. This report of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations examines the…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Government Role, Local Government, State Government
Texas State Dept. of Public Welfare, Austin. – 1976
The 14 articles serve to promote interaction among Department of Public Welfare staff, judges, attorneys, and other persons or groups working in the area of child abuse and protective services in Texas and to clarify the law and procedure in this area. Included are the following titles and authors: "Perspectives of Child Abuse and Child…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Neglect, Services
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1969
This "newsletter" contains reports on legislative action affecting higher education in the Southern states which had regular or special legislative sessions in 1969. The states included in the report are: West Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Virginia, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, Texas,…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Higher Education, Legislation, State Aid
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