In the Washington State juvenile justice system, serious or repeat offenders receive the full panoply of due process rights and procedures, with the exception of jury trials; minor offenders are diverted to community boards that require community service or victim restitution; and status offenders are removed from the courts' jurisdiction and…

Illinois law that pertains to public building accessibility for the physically handicapped is being enforced in Illinois through the initiation and development of 22 Project Break-Thru groups at the local level. (EA)

A Description of the Dow Chemical State Government Relations Information Network is given. The network keep s track of pending state legislation which would be of interest to the company. Sources of information on state legislation are listed. (JG)

Describes New Jersey's budget difficulties, caused essentially by the reluctance of the state legislature to enact tax reforms. Severe cutbacks in state university funds were partially averted due to revenue increases, including a two percent increase in the corporation business tax and a boost in motor vehicle registration fees. (MLH)

Presents a study which investigated three areas: (1) factors related to the court's determination of foster care status or availability of children for adoption; (2) the extent of agreement between agency recommendations and court orders; and (3) the impact of the court review on moving children out of foster care. (SDH)

The Annual Program Plan for Fiscal Year 1980 presents descriptions of Oregon's efforts to serve handicapped children under Part B P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and P.L. 89-313. Addressed are procedures in the following areas: public notice and opportunity for comment, policy on priorities, procedural safeguards,…

An analysis of the relationship between federal, state, and local policies, procedures, and documents governing the implementation of special programs for the handicapped was commissioned by the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Department of Educational Accountability in the summer of 1979. The purpose of this analysis was to determine…

This compendium reproduces all currently effective federal and state legislation, as well as federal court decisions, regarding bilingual education. States are found to fall into one of four categories: (1) those that mandate instruction in English only for public and nonpublic schools (five states); (2) those that mandate English-only instruction…

In the face of declining enrollments and widespread reductions-in-force in school systems, job sharing can provide part-time positions for persons unable to work full-time and can allow some individuals to maintain their positions on a part-time basis as an alternative to being laid off. Job sharing can also benefit school systems by increasing…

This booklet is intended to aid school administrators and teachers in their curriculum development efforts in response to Oregon law requiring instruction in specific aspects of ethics and morality. Suggested activities are presented that emphasize instruction specified in the law. By each suggested activity is a check mark indicating which…

This is the summary report of a study conducted to measure the impact of the cutbacks necessitated by Proposition 13 on the availability and quality of vocational education in California, recommend reforms in the priority-setting process for vocational education given reduced levels of support, and recommend changes in regulations and/or…

The information contained in the body of this document was obtained from the "Federal Register." The document presents educators in the state of Idaho with information on the maintenance of student records and the control of access to those records. The appendix contains examples of forms and procedures used by the state department of…

This paper investigates the role of data collection and analysis in the process of legislative evaluation of academic programs, a process which is influenced not only by the expectations and perceptions of both legislators and educators, but, most recently, by consumerism. Before educators can grapple effectively with their concerns over…

Integration of local and national legislation is a necessity if libraries and library services for the public are to be well supported and widely available. Dating from the discovery of printing, local and national library legislation have gradually emerged to support libraries financially and to provide free service to the public, often without…