Some of the purposes for which state-aid formulas are established are listed., some assumptions necessary for establishing the concept of state participation in funding libraries are identified and some problems to which both may lead are printed out. These are followed by some suggested principles for the development of formulas. (NH)

Mayor John Lindsay of New York City discusses city-state relations in the area of financing public school education. (MK)

Illinois' governor recommends direct grants to private and parochial schools in Illinois. (MK)

Outlines action taken by Ohio, Connecticut, Rhode Island and other States regarding State aid to parochial and private schools. (LN)

Tabulates information on the status of plans and programs regarding State support to nonpublic schools in 38 States. (LN)

Describes the conditions that led to Florida's initiative in compensatory education, the legal basis of compensatory education in Florida, the care taken not to violate federal regulations, and the cost relationships between compensatory education programs and the basic program offerings of school districts. (Author/IRT)

Asserts that heavy dependence on state support is quite detrimental to operational viability of higher education institutions, and that securing financial stability of higher education institutions should be a major priority among higher education policymakers. Presents a new funding formula that can be adopted by any state. (EV)

Cooperative State Research Service-administered and state-appropriated State Agriculture Experiment Station funds for human nutrition research increased about two-fold from FY70-FY86, while the percentage of budget expended for this research decreased. (JOW)

Outlines a Michigan summer camp's efforts to reduce solid waste disposal by recycling cardboard, tin, glass, aluminum, and plastic milk containers. Points out variables affecting the success of such efforts. Discusses Michigan state funding for the development of recycling programs. (SV)

Describes the budget shortfalls facing many public colleges and universities, particularly in the Midwest and Southeast; the familiar cut-back and tuition increase methods many are using to cope; and criticism of their use of earlier windfalls. (EV)

The benefits of unemployment insurance (UI) by measuring its effect in match quality are assessed. The relationship between post-unemployment job tenure and measures of the state level UI generosity and the unemployment rate at the time of the job is analyzed, using NLSY data.

The current study replicates work of Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northeast and Islands. It describes dropout prevention programs in nine Mid-Atlantic Region (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) school districts serving communities with populations of 24,742-107,250 (as of July 2008). All nine…

This survey was conducted with funding from The James Irvine Foundation. Its goal is to inform state policymakers, encourage discussion, and raise public awareness about Californians' opinions on issues affecting the state's public colleges and universities. It is the fifth annual PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) Statewide Survey on…