Updates a July 1977 article on federal and state laws affecting the education of handicapped children, focusing specifically on the 1977 amendments to North Carolina's special education laws. (JG)

Argues that statutes codifying the curriculum for public schools represent a distillation and practical expression of elements of American culture. Based on a comparative analysis of state legislation regulating school curriculum, concludes that such statutes define a sort of "civil religion" in the United States. (Author/JG)

Based on the Florida experience, one should expect, among other things, new problems for minority students, lawsuits against the tests, calls for tests of teachers, and scapegoating and blaming. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the problems facing school district curriculum leaders as a result of increasingly frequent legislative mandates affecting the schools and their curriculum. (JG)

The yardstick for determining the constitutionality of state aid to parochial schools is now in three questions: Does the law in question meet a valid secular purpose? Does the law either advance or inhibit religion? Does the law create an excessive governmental entanglement with religion? (Author/IRT)

Critics of standardized tests support new legislation to provide breakdowns of test results by sex, race, and ethnic group, confident they will find evidence of bias. (MSE)

Analyzes the liability insurance program for schools. High costs and limited number of insurers have dramatically affected school liability insurance coverage. (MD)

Discusses the six-step process the Des Moines Area Community College (Iowa) uses to design and deliver customized training for new and expanding businesses. Also discusses the New Jobs Training Act that provided tax incentives to those businesses and granted exclusive rights to the state's community colleges to contract for training with them.…

Governor Schaefer of Maryland declared that higher education would be the top priority this year. His major proposal was to bring the 13 four-year colleges and universities under the governance of a single board, while limiting the power of the statewide coordinating board and eliminating single campus boards. (MLW)

Discusses the development and growth of public law in the United States during the industrial and technological revolution which followed the Revolutionary War. Examines how these new laws, combined with a spirit of individualism, created a harsh environment in which men were treated as free-willed, self-reliant, risk- and responsibility-taking…

Many states are developing regulations for serving handicapped infants based on P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, which was written to cover ages 3-21. As a result, confusing and discrepant practices are occurring that do not necessarily address the unique nature and needs of infants. (Author/VW)

Responding to the past decade of educational reform, the author points out how state legislation in the 1970s tightened state control and now in the 1980s the Department of Education's educational reform implementations may increase federal control of education. Addresses the issue of educational quality in response to legislated reform. Includes…

Surveyed licensing boards in 10 states having professional counselor licensure laws by 1984. Reports data on number of counselors licensed in each state, nature and extent of ethical violations claimed, dispositions of complaints by boards, applicants' performance on ethics sections of licensure examinations, and levels of concern expressed by…