Findings are presented of a survey of state and territorial boards of education and materials submitted by the states to compile existing board policies and resolutions, rules and regulations state statutes, and administrative directives relating to career education. The report is divided into five sections: survey results, policy statements,…

The extent to which there is a favorable view of a child's right to education in United States courts is examined. Important United States Supreme Court cases regarding segregated school systems, unequal allocation of state financial resources for education, and civil rights of students are reviewed to reveal the extent to which a legal…

Child abuse and neglect is a problem of concern to local communities, state legislatures, state agencies and the federal government. In providing protective services, welfare departments encounter legal aspects concerning law enforcement officials, attorneys and the judicial system. This manual can provide practical guidance to those who are…

The purpose of this manual is to provide the instructor an outline and prototypic documentation to lead a course on the topic of staff performance evaluation. The course is set up as a 30-hour event comprising 10 sessions of three hours each. This conforms with the policy of many higher education institutions and may, therefore, be used as an…

To carry out this study, personal interviews were conducted with licensing personnel in the geographically diverse states of New York, California, Florida, Illinois, and Texas. The nonprofessional occupations (those requiring not more than two years of post-high school training) examined for licensing requirements in at least one of the five…

The purpose of this study was to compile a history of trade and industrial education for the state of Wisconsin by tracing the development of the significant aspects of this phase of vocational education since the establishment of the first trade school in 1906. Major chapter headings are: (1) Background and origin of Trade and Industrial…

Guiding principles, state laws, and state board rules and regulations are covered, providing school administrators with a ready reference in the field of pupil transportation. Divided into three sections, the manual initially covers administrative procedures including--(1) the purchase of buses, (2) bus maintenance, (3) employment of drivers, (4)…

This publication examines and documents statutes, court cases, attorney generals' opinions, and selected administrative rules governing student teaching and student teachers, as well as the legal relationship between teacher-education institutions and cooperating school systems involved with student teaching. In particular, the author focuses on…

Describing the "checkerboard" effect of legal jurisdiction over American Indians living on reservations currently operative under Federal, state, and local laws, this document presents a brief synthesis of the legislative history leading up to Public Law (PL) 83-280 and the Indian Self Determination Act of 1975 (PL 93-638). Specifically, this…

To assist state regulatory agencies in development of comprehensive youth camp safety programs, this publication contains a brief suggested statute that could be used for initiation or modification of any state's youth camp safety programs and it outlines minimal regulations. Various categories of camps are covered--day, primitive, residential,…

This report is part of a research study on citizen participation in educational decision making. Data are drawn from: (1) interviews with school administrators, school board members, teachers' union representatives, members of the media, political figures involved in educational issues, officers and members of citizens' organizations, state…

This collection of papers examines different aspects of California's Rodda Act (Senate Bill 160), which went into effect in 1976. The act is intended to improve employer-employee relations and personnel management in California public schools and community colleges. This collective bargaining law, which replaces the Winton Act, provides for (1)…

An examination of the collective bargaining guidelines developed in Florida's 1975 enabling legislation and of the personnel policies and procedures contained in institutional documents from eight Florida community colleges was conducted, and other pertinent literature was reviewed, in order to identify potential areas for assessing impact of the…

This manual presents a set of guidelines for persons working at a state level to increase the capacity of the state to plan, manage and deliver child and family services. Part I discusses barriers to change, and outlines the skills and attributes of the capacity builder. Part II briefly describes the actual capacity building process, including…

In relatively recent months the U. S. Congress and the Georgia General Assembly have enacted comprehensive legislation that affects the placement of students in special education programs. The major concern of this article is the procedural safeguards in regard to student classifications. The major precedent-setting cases in the area of due…