The primary purpose of this study is to present a state-by-state compilation of constitutional and statutory provisions that affect nonpublic elementary and secondary schools and the children who attend these schools. For this study, each state was asked to provide copies of its constitution, education code, and relevant legislation enacted in the…

Presented is an approach to meeting the requirements of due process in the identification, evaluation, and educational placement of handicapped children. A chapter dealing with the background, major issues, and intent of the application of due process for handicapped children focuses on the issues of exclusion and labeling and reviews state and…

Guidelines for establishing community colleges in Arkansas are provided. The sections of the manual are as follows: What Is a Community College? What Are Its Advantages for the Student? Community Colleges and Other Institutions of Higher Education; The Finance and Control of a Community College; Steps in the Establishment of a Community College in…

This publication details the particulate matter emissions test procedure that is applicable for conducting compliance tests for fuel burning units required to be tested under Sub-section 7 of Regulation II (1972) as established by the state of West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission. The testing procedure is divided into five parts:…

This workbook has been prepared for use by persons charged with the burning of fuels and waste products in the State of New Jersey. It is written for building superintendents, custodians, porters, handymen and operating engineers of public, apartment, commercial and office buildings. The manual emphasizes operating procedures that will help meet…

This study investigated the nature and extent of differences of opinion between chairmen of local school boards and presidents of local education associations regarding collective negotiations. Data for the study were drawn from questionnaires completed by 72 percent of all local education association presidents and 65 percent of all local school…

This publication updates a survey originally conducted in 1970 to determine the legal status of school principals in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. States were categorized in four groups on the basis of similarities in their laws relating to principals. Category A includes 15 states in which principals have attained at least…

Divided into four sections, this paper discusses the historical development of land-use control law and doctrine. Entitled "Genesis of the Zoning Mechanism", Part 1 discusses zoning in terms of: a by-product of urbanization: common law land-use controls (public and private nuisance laws); private property as restraint on land-use…

A report on the need for gifted education was prepared by the Michigan Association for the Academically Talented for the Michigan State Legislature. Included are a brief description of relevant research on the gifted, an analysis of federal legislation for the gifted, an analysis of state legislation in fifteen states that includes definitions of…

The final report of the West Virginia Commission on Mental Retardation reports of the planning and implementation of programs for the mentally handicapped in the state. Described are specific accomplishments since the Commission was created in 1964 to help governmental agencies and civic groups in preparing programs. Progress in the following…

The bulletin, detailing the Oklahoma program for the education of exceptional children, is intended to provide guidelines for boards of education, administrators, special education teachers, and others involved in establishing and/or improving services for exceptional children. State law, state board of education regulations, teacher…

A serious problem for retired teachers is the decreasing buying power of their retirement benefit. Older teachers who have been retired for 10 years or more face serious economic problems because of low salaries in the past, weak benefit formulas, lost service credit by teachers who moved from one State to another during their teaching careers,…

In this handbook of suggestions for operating an educational program in school districts organized under Kansas School Unification Acts I, II and III, much of the material is an attempt to relate Kansas School law to local school operation. Chapters are concerned with the historical background of school district organization in Kansas,…

Three papers in this book place the current movement of accountability and State assessment in perspective and point to the emergence of a different set of "arrangements" for education than those normally accepted by Americans and a different way of framing goals for education. In the first paper, Miriam Clasby draws attention to the intended and…

Ethnic schools (supplementary schools conducted on Saturday and weekday afternoons and religion-affiliated day schools) in the Boston area were surveyed in order to determine the effect of the Massachusetts Transitional Bilingual Education Act (TBEA) on ethnic schooling and the possibilities of ethnic school involvement with TBEA. The schools…