The priorities of eight program areas of the Community Service Society (CSS) for the 1976 New York State Legislature are enumerated in this report. The activities of the 1975 legislature are also briefly summarized and all the bills on which CSS took a position are indexed for each area addressed. The eight program areas as well as some of the…

Guidelines and technical standards for development of local erosion and sediment control programs and conservation standards to meet the goals established by the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control law are presented in this handbook. Part I defines natural and manmade erosion, sedimentation, and the hazards of uncontrolled wear and damage to the…

On the premise that all persons with agricultural careers will be better able to function if they have at least an elementary knowledge of how agricultural research and education and farmer organizations came into being and what their roles are in modern agriculture, this unit is designed to aid in understanding the nature and importance of…

Short summaries of State legislation, projects, and studies are included in this brief arranged in alphabetical order by state, with projects and studies identified as such. Index terms appear correspondingly in the right margins of each page as a guide to the subject of each item, as well as in the index, and a state-by-state guide is listed in…

This booklet examines the problems involved in financing public education in the United States, discusses the inequities of present finance systems, describes possible changes, and suggests alternatives for constructive solutions. The author first describes present school finance systems, with special emphasis on the southern states. She then…

A framework is presented for district long-range instructional planning which takes into account the financial uncertainty caused by the funding cuts of California's Proposition 13--the Jarvis-Gann initiative of 1978. (SJL)

Examined is the legal validity of recent New York legislation--the Trust for Cultural Resources legislation--that will aid the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City without depleting the public treasury. Focus is on its tax exemption features, condemnation provision, and constitutional questions raised by its connections with MOMA. (JMD)

Argues for statewide collective bargaining on teacher salaries as a way of promoting equity among teachers. The factors opposing such a program are discussed. (IRT)

Discusses the impact of federal and state government on the autonomy of local school districts, particularly in the area of curriculum reform. Examines the effect of recent state legislation on New Jersey school districts, describing two local school district programs that illustrate the influence of state and federal government. (JG)

Ever-increasing demands emanating from federal and state governments, regulatory agencies, study commissions, coordinating bodies, and other entities have become a pressing problem for higher education. The impact on the smaller, public community colleges, which lack physical and material resources, is especially devastating. (JDS)

The 56 administrators whose programs or agencies were members of the National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs were surveyed, with a 66 percent response rate. Their use of research in decision-making was assessed and was most often used to support budgetary requests to the legislatures. (LBH)

A teacher explores the recent educational reform movement and discusses the studies of schools done by Sociologist Christopher Jencks in the 1970s. An important idea that can be extrapolated from Jencks' studies is that schools should function more like families than factories. This would empower teachers and make schooling more equitable,…

Recently the Oregon Legislative Assembly called for a new funding approach for regional programs for severely disabled students. The resulting resource-cost model, based on a state approved funding level by handicap and instructional delivery system or student placement, provides greater educational equity for disabled students regardless of…

Pressure for curriculum change comes from many sources--the federal and state government and individuals at the local level. Principals are responsible for balancing these pressures to ensure curricular integrity and coherence. After reviewing various pressures, this article explores principals' options for envisioning curriculum. (MLH)