This document contains a report on four Senate bills from the Wisconsin Legislature concerned with sexual assault. Part I of the report describes key provisions of the four bills: (1) 1991 Senate Bill 178, which codifies a 1987 Wisconsin Supreme Court decision on excluding certain persons from preliminary examinations in criminal sexual assault…

This memo addressed to members of the Special Committee on Women Offenders in the Correctional System sets forth the recommendations of the special committee's Working Group on Incarcerated Women and Their Children in Wisconsin. Part I discusses identification of problems relating to this population. Part II examines the working group's…

This article is concerned with one symptom of the alarm over "educational destitution" in city centers, the work and influences of the Birmingham Education Society in examining, documenting, and publicizing the educational situation. (Author/IRT)

This staff brief was prepared for the Wisconsin Legislative Council's Special Committee on Teenage Pregnancy Prevention and Related Issues. It presents information on teenage pregnancy, programs to deal with teenage pregnancy, and proposed legislation from the 1989-1990 Wisconsin Legislative Session. Part I of the brief provides pregnancy data for…

Fables and facts about the equal rights amendment in New York State are presented to answer possible questions and misinterpretations of the proposed 27th Amendment. (JR)

THIS IS VOLUME II IN A COMPILATION OF STATE LAWS ON THE USE OF AUDIOVISUAL INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. VOLUME I IS ED 003 767. (JK)

This report is the third revision of Legislation by the States: Accountability and Assessment in Education, which has been prepared under the sponsorship of the Cooperative Accountability Project. The last updating was completed in August, 1973. The present report differs from previous editions in that Section 1 contains an expanded discussion of…

Comprehensive plans for 19 states, in use or recommended at time of writing, were studied for this Monograph. It establishes a rationale for state master plans, analyzes relevant literature, tells who is doing the planning, describes the process of developing a plan and getting it adopted, examines the 19 plans for content, suggests ways to…

Along with a brief history of American junior colleges and the principles on which they were established and currently operate, this paper discusses their main problems: (1) sources of funds (state aid, local taxes, tuition, fees) and the proportionate amounts received from each; (2) the expected diversity of courses to satisfy remedial, academic,…

Licensing as a means of business regulation increases information by establishing minimum standards for entrants, provides an easy remedy in cases of fraud, and assures competence when social costs are greater than private costs. At present, all states license certain occupations and professions. A comparison of municipal licensing practices in…

Summarized are approximately 120 bills passed by state legislatures in 1972 pertaining to the education of handicapped children. The summaries are intended to provide general information concerning recent legislation by states and territories. Summaries usually include bill number and a resume of the bill's provisions. Examples of bills include…

The author describes legislative activity in the field of counselor credentialing, examines benefits to be obtained from licensure and certification, and warns against potential problems that may arise. (MJB)

Reports on 1986 national survey on life care and continuing care contracts which revealed 20 states with legislation and seven states with bills in various stages of development. Found although numerous financial oversights were mandated, states varied in how they defined life care and regulated the document that residents signed, whether it was…

Describes Wisconsin's new child support assurance system which includes collection of child support by withholding from income, a percent-of-income standard for support, and a benefit to the child equal to amount paid by noncustodial parent or to an assured child support benefit, whichever is higher. Provides estimates of benefits and costs of…