Thirty-six percent of New Jersey's school population attend schools in areas classified as urban. The state has reviewed and increased its role in helping local educators overcome the difficulties of the urban environment and strengthen the schools in these districts. This role is summarized in a presentation of programs and other initiatives,…

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…

This critique by staff of the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges analyzes the findings and recommendations of a report submitted to the California Legislature in March 1980 after a 16-month investigation of state financial aid goals and policies. A synopsis of the report is provided first, summarizing findings in the areas…

A modified Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) allocation formula has been recommended for implementation in the California community colleges by the end of 1982-83. The modified formula has been designed to shift funding policy toward performance outputs as distinct from inputs. The current formula is based upon four weighted…

This annual report of the Maryland Higher Education Loan Corporation covers activities for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. Tables provide: (1) statistical summary; (2) loans approved, by month; (3) budget summary; (4) condition of reserve account; (5) loans approved, by county of students' residence; (6) loans approved, by lender; (7) loans…

This annual report of the Maryland Higher Education Loan Corporation for fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 covers: (1) loans approved, by month; (2) budget summary; (3) condition of reserve account; (4) loans approved, by county of students' residence; (5) loans approved, by lender; (6) loans outstanding, by Maryland lenders; (7) distribution of…

This publication is a compilation of various bills and other measures related to education that were considered by the second regular session of the 43rd Idaho Legislature. It is intended primarily to serve as a useful reference for school board members, educational administrators, and other individuals involved in education in the state of Idaho.…

This study examined faculty research in California presently under way; analyzed the research in terms of the stipulation in the Donahoe Act regarding functions of segments of California higher education; made proposals for implementing recommendations resulting from the study. Material for the study was drawn from documents made available by…

This report by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission to the Governor and the General Assembly identifies the major issues facing the state, and makes recommendations. Tennessee must expand educational opportunity for its young people and provide more programs and assistance for disadvantaged and low income youth. The community college program…

Legislative history in Connecticut is briefly reviewed with reference to the public school building aid program. Special actions taken by the 1965 legislature and the 1967 General Assembly are enumerated. A statistical summary of aid under the program is presented. (FPO)

This report provides a bi-annual snapshot of how states regulate and support programs and services for gifted and talented learners. The report, developed from a survey of the state directors of programs for the gifted, covers questions about funding, state education agency support, mandates, identification, programs and services, personnel…

This report presents data from Making the Grade's 1995-96 survey of state initiatives to support school-based health centers. The survey's main findings reveal that there were 900 such centers providing care to children during the 1995-96 school year, representing a 50 percent increase over previous year. The importance of state funding for these…

The Employment Training Panel (ETP) contracted with California State University-Northridge to review the fixed fee structure ETP used to pay contractors for training provided under ETP. Three research questions were investigated: what other institutions use the fixed fee and what they pay for; whether ETP's fixed-fee rates were reasonable in…

This report summarizes information gathered during an interim study of the Schools' TeleLearning Service (STS), a cooperative effort of the Nebraska State Department of Education (NDE) and the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission (NETC) to provide instructional television programming for students in Nebraska. The study, which sought…

This report examines California's child care system. California families with working parents are less likely to rely on center-based child care than are families nationwide. The supply of child care has not kept pace with the recent movement of families from welfare to work. Thousands of California children are without child care or adult…