As unequal as state aid to black land-grant colleges tends to be, federal assistance is far more unequal, and the gap continues to widen; the U.S. Department of Agriculture is primarily to blame. (Author/SP)

Argues the necessity of excluding supervisory personnel from coverage under legislation enacted for the public sector and examines supportive reasons for the exclusion in connection with the recent New York PERB decision in the Beacon Enlarged School District case. (Author)

This report presents the history of the State of South Carolina's kindergarten program which began in September, 1969. (MF)

The plan undermines tenure and collective bargaining. Tenure law already provides for the identification of incompetents while higher certification standards would ensure master teachers. Administraters of merit pay systems discriminate against minorities and women. The proposed evaluation process is not clear. Teachers were excluded from…

After a preliminary survey showed that special education teachers often confront emergency medical situations, an analysis of state laws protecting those who deliver emergency medical treatment without reimbursement was performed. Twenty-five of 28 states responding have "good samaritan" laws that share four common elements. (CL)

Compares interview and fatal crash data from Massachusetts after the legal drinking age was raised, with data from New York, where drinking is legal from age 18. Suggests that without intensive, coordinated enforcement efforts, raising the legal drinking age does not reduce fatalities significantly. (GC)

Screening tests indicated that 141 out of 106,565 infants examined in New York City during 1979-80, had various forms of sickle cell anemia. Follow-up of 131 patients confirmed the original diagnoses, suggesting that the New York City Follow-up Program for Sickle Cell Screening of newborns was successful. (Author/MJL)

The Supreme Court's "Mueller v. Allen" decision accepts the constitutionality of Minnesota's tuition tax deduction law and weakens the public schools' monopoly on public financial support. (MLF)

Discusses various methods by which school boards and their attorneys might obtain revenue from the fines and forteitures imposed by the criminal justice system. Concentrates on recent developments in North Carolina but is relevant to other states that have statutes granting this money to public schools. (Author/MLF)

Four general issues in migrant students' educational problems are discussed: access to services, availability of services, appropriateness of services, and continuity of services. The importance of changing educational policies in order to provide services to migrants is discussed, and statutes of six states which serve migrant students are…

Under trademark law a school automatically develops rights in the use of its name, athletic team, names and slogans, and seals and symbols, but federal registration is also available. Registration provides both national constructive notice of the claim of rights and incontestability of rights after five years of continuous use. (MSE)

Summarizes changes in state tax laws and tax revenues, including income, sales, and motor fuel taxes, and presents data on public school revenues and expenditures. (RW)