The shortage of qualified mathematics and science teachers is a problem likely to grow in the coming decade, reflecting teacher shortages in other subject specialties. In 1981, almost five times more science and mathematics teachers left to take nonteaching jobs than did teachers in other disciplines. Replacements for these teachers are often…

This document is the text of Public Law 98-378, the Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984. The act amends part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to assure, through mandatory income withholding, incentive payments to states, and other improvements in the child support enforcement program, that all children in the United States who are…

This study focuses on three areas: First it explains how funds for Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are allocated. Second, it contrasts an achievement-based funding procedure, the CEMREL study, with the present poverty-based funding procedure, and third, it describes other ongoing research in this area. The formula currently…

Hearings held before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act considered the student financial assistance programs authorized by Title IV. The following programs of grant assistance were examined: the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant, the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, and the…

Reported in one document are the highlights of the findings of three studies funded by the National Science Foundation to assess needs and practices in pre-college science, mathematics and social studies in the nation's schools. One study involved a questionnaire survey of state, district, and local school personnel. Highlights of these data are…

The ways and means, types of relationships involved, and the conditions attached to the provision of funds accompanying the huge growth in federal sponsorship of college and university activities is examined. A historical review and analysis of the various factors that have entered into the relationship between colleges and universities and the…

Seventy vocational education personnel training projects funded in Indiana from 1970 through 1978 are abstracted here. Projects are grouped into the following categories: State Board of Vocational and Technical Education Personnel Training Projects, State Board of Vocational and Technical Education Projects 1973-1978, Education Professions…

If youth employment programs for rural areas are to be successful in helping rural youth to find employment that is both desirable and developmental, the diversity of ability, skills, needs, life goals, and particular circumstances of these young people must be taken into consideration. According to a 1976 study by Kuvlesky and Edington, there is…

The Title I provision of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 provides funds for compensatory services for educationally disadvantaged children. The comparability regulation of the provision requires that a district provide a level of state and local resources to Title I schools comparable to the resource level made available…

Provisions of Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Act entitled "Adult Education Act of 1966" charge the Texas Education Agency with responsibility for state administration of adult basic education programs in accordance with a plan approved by the State Board of Education and the United States Commissioner of Education. As one…

For local school districts to provide equal educational opportunities throughout a metropolitan area, a school organization plan should distribute populations among districts in such a manner as to maximize the aggregate expressed demand for educational services and to provide relatively equal financial support. Consolidation of contiguous…

A study was done to determine the feasibility of using public schools as a delivery system for training the disadvantaged in rural areas, and to identify those factors which have prevented the establishment of meaningful working relationships between manpower training providers and vocational personnel. Utilizing a questionnaire and personal…

Selected information is displayed in the form of charts, tables, and graphs about: (1) the State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) program and other state-level student financial assistance programs; (2) the primary state agency or organization responsible for administering these programs; and (3) the general state characteristics relating to student…

Some financial issues in postsecondary education which, though more or less obscured by other concerns at present, may soon gain national attention. These issues are: our national policy of regarding postsecondary education as a discretionary spending item in either inflationary or recessionary times; the steady-state syndrome, a mind-set that…

In the past schools and colleges have tended to set themselves apart from the world of business and industry. Today, the national organization of resources for career education is receiving a new thrust. The vocational and educational needs of today's students are growing national concerns. The lack of emotional preparation for work as well as…