The Supreme Court has resolved an issue involving public employees' due process rights. Before dismissing an employee, school administrators must (1) give the employee a clear list of the grounds for the decision, (2) explain the basis for each charge, and (3) give the employee a chance to respond. (MLF)

Identifies a valid reading test to be used in selecting prospective civil service employees. Discusses reading requirements of the job, selecting a commercial reading test, validating the reading test, and applicant scores on the selected test. (Author/CT)

Staff development programs for civil service personnel are important for improving performance. Good programs contain the following components: needs assessment, program development, program implementation, course evaluation, and program evaluation. (MD)

Findings from municipal government wage surveys conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics are presented. Pay comparisons tend to show city clerical workers earning more, and skilled maintenance workers less, than their industry and Federal counterparts. Among 24 cities, no consistent pay leader emerged for 19 occupations studied. (Editor/TA)

The Department of Education is a leader in improving the quality of education and raising expectations of what students can accomplish. The Department has promised to leave no child behind in order to ensure that all Americans can use their knowledge and skills to lead productive lives, enhance communities, and participate fully in the economy. To…

The primary areas considered by State legislatures in 1973 included higher minimum wage rates and broader coverage of minimum wage laws, improved occupational safety, collective bargaining procedures for public employees, elimination of discrimination in employment, and updating of child labor standards. (Author)

More than one-third of the Nation's new jobs in recent years were generated by State and local government spending. (Editor)

Presents the practical and legal effects of the public employee strike. (JF)

Reprinted from A Handbook for Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese'', p203-221, published by D.C. Heath and Co., 1969. (DS)

Excerpt of testimony before Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Subcommittee on Labor, 1969, in hearings on Equal Employment Opportunities Enforcement Act. Statistical data presented showing heavy concentration of minority and women government employees in the lower civil service grades. Proposed court actions for enlarging employment…

A State superintendent of schools offers practical and realistic answers in responding to reporters' inquiries. (Author/MF)

Discusses the applicability to school officials and school attorneys of the Supreme Court decision in Harlow v. Fitzgerald that an official's right to qualified immunity may be decided before trial and that an objective test is: Could the official reasonably have known that his conduct would violate someone's federal rights? (MLF)