Federal and state law provides, for the most part, little specific guidance to persons tape recording their own telephone calls for their own record-keeping purposes. In a specific case, a Pennsylvania newsman was prosecuted in 1972 on charges of wiretapping his own telephone conversations without notice to the other parties in the calls. A review…

The Stull Act requires each district to develop a uniform set of written guidelines for use in evaluating competency of its certified personnel; at this point, advice from the certificated instructional personnel must be considered when developing the guidelines. The chief issue raised by it is, "Should legislators or other lay groups be…

This report contains State-by-State statutory summaries on three types of leaves of absence relating to teachers -- sick leave, maternity leave, and sabbatical leave. Only State laws that have specific reference to one of these three types of leaves of absence are included. Not included are those statutes granting boards of education the general…

The hypothesis that value orientation is a more important determinant of fertility behavior than social class was examined in this study. Data were obtained from 4 rural high schools in Lawrence County, Ohio. The sample consisted of 500 Protestant, white single students. Dependent variables were youth attitudes toward abortion and Ohio's abortion…

The examination of state law and the education of handicapped children is intended as a guide for persons seeking change in direction, a rationale, and a model for statutory provisions for exceptional child education. Issues discussed relate specifically to the special legal provisions needed by handicapped children. Background information is…

A normative survey research methodology is described in which the author: (1) reviewed the historical development of the professionalization of public school guidance counselors, including selected literature, current state statutes, and court decisions; (2) constructed an opinionnaire, based on the norms uncovered in the review; (3) submitted the…

This accident report illustrates and exemplifies three significant safety issues with which the Board has long been concerned: (1) the use of seatbelts by the drivers of schoolbuses, (2) the location and security of schoolbus fuel tanks, and (3) the mode of opening of schoolbus service doors. (Photographs may reproduce poorly.) (Author)

PROVISIONS FOR PILOT CHILD CARE CENTERS FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND MENTALLY RETARDED MINORS WERE MADE BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE IN 1959. ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE PROVIDED IN 1961 AND 1965. BY NOVEMBER 1965, FOUR CENTERS WERE IN OPERATION AND FOUR MORE CENTERS WERE BEING ESTABLISHED. THESE EIGHT CENTERS SERVED 348 HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.…

Past studies have shown Louisiana taxpayers to be victims of gross inequities in the assessment of property with little or no effort being made at the state or local level to implement fair and equitable assessment practices. The 1974 constitution and subsequent statutory law provide an opportunity to correct many of the inequities now existing in…

This booklet presents revised minimum standards for Oregon public schools, as formally adopted by the Oregon State Board of Education in June 1976. Separate sections of the standards focus in turn on educational goals, accreditation, instructional planning, instructional programs, student services, staff and class load, media and materials,…

Participation in West Germany's school system is discussed in the following topics: new legislation, democracy, decentralization, administrative reform and participation, reception of school laws by public, and legislative tendencies. (ND)

Trilateral practices, whether mandated or freely allowed, add the consumer constraint concept to the bargaining model. The various practices have been categorized as prebargaining practices, bargaining practices, and postbargaining practices. (Author/IRT)

A survey of Connecticut secondary school principals points to a high percentage of dissatisfaction on the part of principals in respect to tasks associated with the responsibility of evaluating teachers, as well as the amount and kind of help given principals to implement the state legislation on evaluation of teachers. (Author/MLF)

Examines the use of final-offer arbitration in public sector collective bargaining in five states. (PKP)

Describes strategies that were successful in passing library bond issues for the Atlanta Public Library and the Marion (Ohio) Public Library, as well as legislation providing for cooperative library areas and additional state funding in Michigan. Some lessons learned from an unsuccessful campaign by the Clearwater (Fla.) Library are included. (JPF)