This document is an instructional module package prepared in objective form for use by an instructor familiar with the Federal and Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). Included are objectives, instructor guides, and student handouts. This module includes an overview of OSHA administration, analysis of OSHA standards including…

This is a staff paper in response to requests from administrators and trustees in about 11 states where legislatures are considering bills that will enable faculties to unionize for purposes of collective bargaining. Perhaps the most important question posed by such legislation is "Who is the employer for the state university, a state college, or…

The document explains how the state of Pennsylvania handles inservice teacher education. It describes the use of local councils composed of school personnel, students, and community people, who suggest courses to be offered for inservice credit. The standards for these courses are listed. Sample forms are appended which show how a teacher applies…

Conclusions and recommendations regarding the development of an Area Master Plan to provide maximum coordination between vocational, technical, adult, and continuing education agencies within Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California, are presented. The Area Five Planning Committee, which developed the Master Plan, based its evaluation and…

This annotated bibliography presents broad coverage of past, current, and future developments in collective bargaining as it relates to Canadian education. The entries should prove of interest to teachers and administrators who are seeking background information or approaches to more effective negotiations. The literature search concentrates on…

This booklet summarizes minimum standards and requirements of public elementary and secondary schools in the state of New York, as of April 1976. The requirements presented here are digests of state law, rules of the Board of Regents, and regulations of the state Commissioner of Education; usually these digests do not exactly follow the official…

Absenteeism has personal as well as institutional causes. It is increasingly impossible for schools to function as custodians of their student, given changing social attitudes toward both youth and authority. Therefore, schools must respond to students' needs by curricular revision, for example, in order to cut down on absenteeism. Hazell…

In spite of its colorful history of labor organizing efforts, Illinois has been slow to respond to conditions in higher education that have led to academic collective bargaining nationally. The time has arrived for Illinois leadership to recognize the symptoms and to respond to the issues before higher education is swept into retaliatory…

The document presents a 10-week training program designed to provide helpful and proven methods for controlling internal shrinkage in retail stores. Shrinkage includes the three problems of shoplifting, employee theft, and errors, each of which is addressed by the course. Ohio's laws are also discussed. The format for the course content section is…

The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation was established in 1965 by the General Assembly for the purpose of awarding grants and guaranteeing loans to Vermont students. Many students with exceptional ability fail to see the possibility of postsecondary education as a reality because of economic barriers placed on them throughout their adolescent…

The characteristics, objectives, and application of the present Pennsylvania subsidy system are reviewed. The relative ability of each school district to support its educational program is equalized by the State paying each school district a share of the cost of its educational program. The State's share for each school district varies in relation…

This report describes tax revenues in fiscal year 1967 and tax legislation enacted during the calendar year 1967, for all 50 States. The amount and percent of the total for major sources of tax revenue during fiscal 1967 are listed by State as are the amount per capita and percent change in the States' total tax revenues from 1966 to 1967. Major…

Reported are the major legal cases (up to 1965 and in various parts of the country) pertaining to defacto school segregation. The document reviews the cases under the rubrics of dejure segregation, gerrymandering of attendance zones, the question of obligation to integrate, the discretionary authority of school boards, teacher assignment, and…

The development of Indian education in the State of New York is traced starting with the state assuming responsibility for Indian education in 1846 and ending with the 1968-69 school year. Initial provisions for Indian children are presented with cost and enrollment figures. Key legislation is produced, and the various administrative personnel are…

This report describes tax revenues in fiscal year 1968 and tax legislation enacted during the calendar year 1968, for all 50 States. The amount and percent of the total for major sources of tax revenue during fiscal 1968 are listed by State as are the amount per capita and percent change in the States' total tax revenues from 1967 to 1968. Major…