The State Compensatory Education (SCE) program is designed to reduce dropout rates and increase academic performance of students identified as being at-risk of dropping out of school. SCE operates as a funding source to supplement instructional services and offer academic support to students who meet the SCE at-risk criteria established by the…

This document presents recommendations to the Texas state legislature for meeting a 1997-98 goal of reducing the projected longitudinal and cross-sectional state dropout rates. Data for 1986 indicate that approximately 86,000 students were dropping out of Texas schools every year. The recommendations presented here were determined: (1) by tracing…

A description of the origin and development of the California Youth Conservation and Training and its relationship to federal legislation and actions is the focus of this report. The program, authorized by the state legislature in 1963, trained out-of-school, unemployed youth, 16-21 years old for a period of six months. Emphasis was on good…

This report summarizes evaluation results for AISD's state-funded State Compensatory Education program activities during the 2002-2003 school year.

The 1969-70 report on Indian education in the public schools of Minnesota presents data on finances; enrollment; attendance; dropouts; graduates; taxes; and costs of schooling, hot lunches, and transportation. Included in the report are discussions of such problems as the high dropout rate and low attendance rate of Indian children, especially at…