In New Mexico, school aid comes from the general fund, thus allowing better coordination of State financial services. (RA)

A look at how educational television is funded and at the need to maintain state and local funding in order to retain "a system of decentralized authority for programming decisions." (Author/AK)

The Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program is based on income maintenance. Budget levels do not fluctuate very much and caseworker intervention in client spending is slight. Few clients make use of provisions provided for special emergencies. (BC)

This article points out incorrect interpretations of statistics of state tax support for operating expenses of higher education. (IR)

Presents viewpoints of various national associations on the issue of State aid to private schools. (MK)

Since the 18th century adult education in Sweden has been organized by free and voluntary organizations. There are study circles, lectures, week-end courses, the courses of 105 Folk High Schools, exhibitions, concerts, and traveling theater performances. (NL)

The fiscal year 1981 data indicate that a regression has taken place in the progress of the past several years in the number of states reporting industrial arts inclusion in state vocational planning, availability of personnel for the exclusive supervision of industrial arts, and the number of states reporting expenditure of state and federal…

Argues that the costs of being a parent are not given sufficient recognition in the level of financial support provided by government and suggests a policy to improve the situation. (MP)

Kentucky service learning initiatives include (1) inclusion of Learn and Serve America in the state department of education; (2) leadership of the Kentucky Community Education Association; (3) increased state funding for community education; and (4) integration of community education and service learning through collaborative projects. (SK)

Discusses how, while other governors slash higher education spending, Gray Davis of California is championing investment in colleges to spur economic growth in his state. (EV)

For ethical and practical reasons, lottery and its role in funding public education has sparked intense criticism from school leaders and public policy experts. State lottery profits typically comprise 1-5 percent of state's local budget, despite public expectations. Although lottery monies are supposed to supplement education funding, they are…

Presents a model for resource allocation of state-prevention funds based on the relative need for prevention services measured in terms of composite risk-factor index scores computed for each county. Suggests that funding be based on the resource-allocation algorithms rather than the suggested amount of funding computed for each county.…