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…

The handbook provides policy and procedure information regarding special education in Alaska. Seven topic areas are addressed (sample subtopics in parentheses): authority and responsibility for special education in Alaska; procedures for the establishment and operation of special education programs (initial identification, provision of services);…

This index contains accession numbers from the ERIC and AIM/ARM (Abstracts of Instructional and Research Materials in Vocational and Technical Education) systems under which products of career education projects funded under Part C and Part D of Public Law 90-576 may be retrieved. The work is subdivided into four separate indexes, according to…

COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN OREGON, HAVING RESOURCES AND FLEXIBILITY TO MEET MANY DEMANDS FOR POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, ARE INTENDED TO OFFER BROAD, COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS IN BOTH ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL FIELDS. THEY SHOULD BE (1) LOCAL, WITHIN COMMUTING RANGE FOR MOST OF THEIR STUDENTS, (2) OPEN TO ALL WHO CAN PROFIT FROM THEIR PROGRAMS, (3) PART OF…

IN 1965-66, AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AGENCY STUDIED THE EXISTING STRUCTURE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN WASHINGTON AND CONCLUDED THAT (1) DEMAND FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION WILL INCREASE, ESPECIALLY IN NONTRANSFER PROGRAMS, (2) THE STATE SHOULD CONTINUE AND STRENGTHEN ITS OPEN DOOR POLICY, (3) A SYSTEM OF INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS IS…

THE REPORTING COMMITTEE, DIRECTED BY A SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, HAS INVESTIGATED THE FINANCIAL ROLE OF THE STATE AS IT RELATES TO ASSISTANCE OF JUNIOR COLLEGES IN THE AREA OF CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION. THE CURRENT PROGRAM OF STATE SUPPORT IS REVIEWED, AND A NEW PLAN IS PROPOSED IN WHICH SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE EXISTING PROGRAM ARE TO BE…

THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED FUNDS UNDER THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 (TITLE V) TO INVESTIGATE THE NEED FOR A STATEWIDE HOME STUDY PROGRAM IN NEW YORK ON THE SECONDARY AND COLLEGE LEVELS. THE STUDY WILL INVESTIGATE HOW A PROGRAM OF HOME STUDY WOULD SUPPLEMENT AND STRENGTHEN EXISTING EDUCATIONAL…

Policy for elementary and secondary education in the 1980's should maintain the "local control, state leadership, federal concern" triad of responsibility. Though the states are beginning to take the responsibility of ensuring equal education, an attractive federal incentive is still needed. Aid should be made on an incentive, rather than…

The paper reports findings of a 4 year investigation of changes that have taken place across the country with regard to the education of gifted and talented children. Data were obtained on an annual basis from direct informational questionnaires sent to individual state consultants for the gifted and talented. The investigation was constructed and…

Instructional guidelines for grade 3 objectives being tested by the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) are presented. The guidelines are designed to be helpful to primary grade teachers in clarifying expectations regarding the TABS tests. Looking at the grade 3 basic skill descriptions will indicate what students in kindergarten through grade…

Presented is a modern view of chemistry suitable for pupils with a wide range of skills and abilities. The outline of topics provides the unifying principles of chemistry together with related facts. The principles included in the outline are basic to man's understanding of his environment. The topical outline is divided into nine major units:…

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…

THE THREE USUAL WAYS TO ORGANIZE A JUNIOR COLLEGE ARE (1) AS PART OF A COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, (2) IN ITS OWN DISTRICT, AND (3) UNDER THE STATE. FLORIDA USES THE FIRST SYSTEM. ITS ADMINISTRATION IS LIKE ANY OTHER TYPE OF COLLEGE, BUT IT SERVES THE SAME AREA AS THE COUNTY SCHOOLS AND IS RUN BY THE SAME BOARD OF TRUSTEES. IN CASES WHERE IT SERVES…

THE OHIO BOARD OF REGENTS PREPARED THIS GUIDE, COVERING THE MAJOR POINTS OF THE STATE LAW, SO THAT PRELIMINARY PLANNING FOR A JUNIOR COLLEGE MAY BE EXPEDITED. IT DEFINES A COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, WHICH MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD(S) OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OR BY THE VOTERS. ON APPROVAL BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE DISTRICT MUST APPOINT A…

THE NEED FOR AN ADULT BASIC EDUCATION CENTER IS ILLUSTRATED BY STATISTICS ON ILLITERACY IN THE UNITED STATES FROM THE 1960 CENSUS. ELEVEN PERCENT OF ADULTS WERE FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE AND NEARLY 2.3 MILLION HAD NEVER BEEN ENROLLED IN A SCHOOL. CONCERN TO ERADICATE ILLITERACY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD IS SHOWN IN UNESCO'S RESOLUTION AND…