This manual, based upon legal requirements and school experiences of Massachusetts, is intended to help get alternative schools off the ground and keep them out of trouble with state and local authorities, though in fact existing alternative schools have had few legal problems thus far. The first section of the manual provides sketches of some…

This survey is designed to provide the general reader with some basic background on the legal aspects of the effort to achieve environmental quality. The first chapter discusses the structure of federal environmental control in terms of newly established agencies and recently enacted legislation. Other chapters deal individually with air, water,…

The need for reform in school financing is crucial and urgent. The regressive and anachronistic practice of financing schools through local property taxes perpetuates inequities detrimental to students and unfair to parents and taxpayers. Although it is the students in the inner cities that require special, more costly educational approaches,…

"Because of the growing concern for the educational disadvantages suffered by students coming from culturally disadvantaged backgrounds, and because of the substantial numbers of Indian and migrant students educated in the State of Washington, the 1969-71 Joint Committee on Education created a special subcommittee to give specific attention…

After reviewing the results of local regulation of cable television, the author feels that local governments are not fully capable of properly administering and regulating a cable system. (The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) agrees that this job should be the states' responsibility.) The article then reviews the structure of the current…

One of the most frequently-voiced concerns in the growing debate over education finance reform involves the issue of autonomy of local school groups. Academics, school district superintendents, legislators, parents' groups, and teachers have all expressed the view that increased State aid to education inevitably will bring Statewide regulations…

An attempt has been made to provide a detailed compilation of historical data related to the Iowa State Plan written for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The Iowa Plan was unique and controversial in that it established a system of sixteen regional media centers which received all federal monies for library materials. The 99…

This pamphlet provides guidelines for the development of community-based comprehensive service programs to meet the needs of pregnant adolescents living at home. According to the report, the three basic service components of such programs are (1) early and consistent prenatal care, (2) continuing education on a classroom basis, and (3) counseling…

This report contains a variety of readings related to different aspects of collective negotiations in public education. Subject areas covered include (1) State labor laws, (2) emerging roles of educators, (3) teacher militancy, (4) impasse resolution, and (5) public policy on teacher strikes. For additional readings on collective negotiations see…

The Resource Group on Proprietary Schools in Connecticut Postsecondary Education, formed by the Connecticut Commission for Higher Education, studied the 50 private, profit-making schools licensed by the State Board of Education to give vocational instruction. The basis for recommendations made by the group was that proprietary schools be more…

This monograph details, in question-and-answer format, the rights of students and the responsibilities of guidance counselors under federal and Colorado state law. Prominent topics include: Confidentiality of student records, freedom of information, the boundaries separating the rights of students, the rights of parents, and the rights of school…

This document outlines the affirmative action that has evolved as the result of attempts to eliminate discrimination in federal employment and in federal contracts. The following acts are discussed: (1) Federal Executive orders; (2) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (3) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended by the Equal…

This booklet presents official school accreditation principles and standards for elementary and secondary schools and lists of approved courses for grades 7-12, as revised by the Texas State Board of Education in October 1974. The booklet is organized in four sections that present principles and standards for elementary and secondary schools,…

This paper presents the revised 1975-76 allocation of funds for instructional services and capital note items. The revisions were necessary because of the impact of the 1975-77 agreement between the city board of education and the American Federation of Teachers local on obligatory teacher staffing patterns (such as minimum pupil-teacher ratios…

By 1920, 72 years after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo brought hostilities between Mexico and the United States to an end, Mexican American exclusion from virtually every area of participation in the mainstream of American life had become institutionalized. With two cultures in conflict and new political power at stake, a series of legal actions…