This report documents the findings and recommendations of a study conducted by the New Jersey Library Protocol Committee, which was formed to study and recommend changes in the current organizational and operational structure of the existing statewide multitype library network and in the patterns for networking and informational services among…

The report presents the findings and principal recommendations from the Wisconsin Joint Committee on Legislative Organization regarding implementation of Subchapter IV, Chapter 115 of the statutes which included the principle that all handicapped children in the state receive free and appropriate education. Chapters focus on background, laws, and…

This paper examines compensatory education and bilingual education programs, outlines their general characteristics, and discusses their differences. The following kinds of information are provided: (1) the nature of the authorizing legislation including patterns in the distribution of funds, (2) the criteria used to determine which students and…

This booklet lists a wide variety of publications, legislation, and informational materials dealing with the general topic of pupil transportation and school bus safety in Canada. Several different types of materials are listed, including legislation, books, articles and manuals. Legislation is listed by province. Other materials are divided into…

This publication consists of 29 articles that were published between April 1974 and June 1977 in the "Students and the Law" column of the National Association of Secondary School Principals' magazine, the "Student Advocate." In editing the articles, an attempt has been made to eliminate or update any suggestions or conclusions that may have been…

This handbook is intended to provide students and parents with a narrative summary of their rights and responsibilities in California public schools. Implications of laws and state regulations, as well as pertinent court decisions, are presented in such areas as student behavior (including discipline, corporal punishment, and dress codes),…

For the past two years The Boston Project, a Massachusetts State Department of Education sponsored activity, has provided planning and technical assistance to the Boston public school system's administrative leadership in their efforts to comply with that state's Comprehensive Special Education Law, Chapter 766--a prototype of P.L. 94-142, the…

Experiences of the Denver public schools serve as a base for a discussion of problems common to large urban school districts. Financial problems in Denver include (1) a moratorium on suburban annexation that prevents increasing the area of taxation, (2) the highest proportion of poverty-level children in the state, (3) special services needed by…

Written to comply with Article 3, Chapter 30, Alaska Statutes--which mandates that all exceptional children in Alaska have a right to an appropriate education at public expense, the handbook provides information for designing instructional programs and strategies that will most effectively serve the needs of all exceptional children in Alaskan…

Several problems hamper the implementation of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Special Education Law: (1) defining the decision-making process, (2) specifying areas of proper responsibility, (3) providing delivery of needed services effectively and efficiently, and (4) acquiring an equitable system for the distribution of costs. (Author/BJG)

Chapter 766 of the Massachusetts Special Education Law is portrayed as bringing with it one of the most dramatic changes the educational system has known--a change that will not occur without strains and tensions. It is conceded that the new programs will cost money and present administrative problems, but argued that these expenditures and the…

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The increase in the 1970's state aid to independent colleges and the doubling of interest groups representing independent colleges in the states (39 state associations by 1978) are examined, and a demonstrable relationship is found between these facts. It is argued that the chief factor motivating states to act on behalf of independent colleges is…

This report presents, discusses, and analyzes major findings of a 1981 survey on school health education conducted by the Education Commission of the States (ECS). The purpose of this study is to document state level support for activities in school health education. The survey focuses on the state education agency's role in the development of…

Discussed are the procedures implemented in the Orleans Parish Schools in response to the Louisiana state-mandated promotional testing program (Act 750, 1979), and concerns regarding its value. Recent findings raise fundamental questions about whether an exclusively skills-focused curriculum in the early years provides the needed grounding in…