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Gage, N. L., Ed. – 1973
The Stull Act (after its principal sponsor, Assemblyman John Stull) requires all school districts in California to adopt a uniform set of guidelines for use in evaluating the professional competence of their certificated personnel. The act went into effect on September 1, 1972. In the spring of 1972, it became apparent from newspaper articles that…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrators, Conference Reports, Educational Objectives
Minch, Janet; And Others – 1974
The handbook is intended to help parents of handicapped children understand and use Massachusetts' laws and federal legislation to obtain their children's rights to education, training, medical services, and tax and social security benefits. Guidelines regarding education concern such topics as the Bartley-Daly Law; class placement; home tutoring;…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Equal Education, Exceptional Child Services, Federal Aid
Montana Commission on Post-Secondary Education, Helena. – 1974
The Montana Commission on Post Secondary Education was directed to make a detailed and thorough study of postsecondary education in the state. This draft report concerns goals, educational policies, governance, planning, financing, institutions and their missions, health care education, Native Americans and postsecondary education, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, American Indians, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
Grubb, W. Norton; Costello, Jack, Jr. – 1974
Recent court decisions requiring changes in State educational finance systems have not invalidated the use of local property taxes as a revenue source for education, nor have they dictated that the same amount of dollars must be spent on every pupil. In short, these decisions have left with the State legislatures the responsibility to fashion new…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Equal Education, Equalization Aid, Finance Reform
Hawthorne, Phyllis; Hanson, Gordon – 1973
This bibliography, one of a series of reports dealing with accountability, lists publications from State education agencies on the progress of their accountability programs, Statewide assessment, legislation, and on other related subjects. These publications, which are contained in the Wisconsin State Repository, appear in the bibliography by…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement, Budgeting, Educational Legislation
Stout, Irving W.; Pratt, Wayne T. – 1971
The recommendations and decisions identified in this document are the decisions of the Borrego Pass, New Mexico, School Board. The board was assisted by counsultants who researched both the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and public school practices in the various phases of elementary school operations. Generally, the following format is followed…
Descriptors: American Indians, Boards of Education, Day Schools, Educational Policy
Bannon, Joseph J.; Storey, Edward H. – 1970
In this publication, written for use in guiding community recreation and park systems, the following topics are discussed: why parks and recreational facilities should be developed, the need for governmental participation, and park-system development. Additionally, neighborhood parks, playlots, community parks, city-wide parks, regional parks and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Facilities, Government Role, Individual Needs
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1970
The third Annual Nuevas Vistas Conference focused on the state's responsibility for providing equal educational opportunities for California citizens of Mexican descent. Practical solutions to the problems of educating Mexican American pupils were identified, and progress since the first Nuevas Vistas conference was reviewed. Included in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Conference Reports, Cultural Influences
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1972
The introduction spells out the general provisions and the district information relative to House Bill 2019, which provides a framework for districts to operate on an extended school year. Five general guidelines are then provided that give the chronological steps to be taken to implement an extended year program from letter of intent to State…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Educational Legislation, Evaluation, Extended School Year
Gillaspy, Roy Eugene – 1973
This study was designed to ascertain the current practices of eye safety in Arizona high school industrial education laboratories, including the enforcement of eye safety legislation, use of eye protection devices, how the eye ware meets the American National Standards Institute specifications, and the teachers' interpretations of the existing eye…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Doctoral Dissertations, Eyes, High Schools
Cable Television Information Center, Washington, DC. – 1972
Cable television communications are an advance in technology which promises profound changes in the way people live and communicate with each other. However, to take advantage of the opportunities that the cable provides requires thoughtful evaluation and careful policy making. This booklet is designed to provide an introduction to the potential…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Cable Television, Commercial Television, Communications
McKee, John M. – 1971
A picture of the American prison situation in the past and in its present changing form is presented. The object of the correctional community is becoming more and more that of successfully reintegrating the ex-offender into the social community from which he has been separated. It is predicted that within the next five years: (1) Every state will…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Cost Effectiveness
Smith, Michael R.; Bryson, Joseph E. – 1972
In this monograph, data is analyzed to determine whether public tax funds can be used legally to support religious elementary and secondary schools. The authors investigate the history of church-State relations, the provisions of Federal and State constitutions and statutes, and Federal court decisions concerning public aid to religious schools.…
Descriptors: Church Role, Court Litigation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
HALSTEAD, FRANCIS E. – 1966
A NATIONAL SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY THE RELATIONSHIPS OF SUBSTANTIVE (WRITTEN) AND COMMON LAW TO THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF NONPUBLIC U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. A MULTIPHASED PROCEDURE WAS EMPLOYED. INITIALLY, LITERATURE WAS REVIEWED TO TRACE THE HISTORICAL-LEGAL DEVELOPMENT OF NONPUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES.…
Descriptors: Colleges, Court Litigation, Court Role, Higher Education
Barney, Robert Knight – 1973
In the late 1800's, Dioclesian Lewis developed and introduced into the schools his new concept of physical education. Dr. Lewis thought in terms of preventing illness and maintaining bodily strength and health through physical fitness. His "new gymnastics" were based on programs of exercise movements. Employing light equipment suitable…
Descriptors: American History, Calisthenics, Educational History, Exercise (Physiology)
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