Thirty-one States have a form of mandatory meet and confer or collective bargaining law; six States have permissive legislation; seven States are considering collective bargaining legislation. This guide presents, in chart form, the legal provisions for each State with respect to employee classification, type of representation, administration,…

This document, which is a general survey of recent developments in faculty collective bargaining, reports on: the extent of collective bargaining and its projected growth in the next two or three years; the patterns of faculty bargaining in the various states; governance; faculty senates; collective bargaining; and student involvement in the…

This book is a compilation of State laws that provide collective bargaining rights for public school teachers. It is intended as background information for the growing numbers of school management personnel, board members, and teacher organization leaders who must deal with one another in collective bargaining. Twenty-four States have enacted some…

A management study of the existing statewide educational radio network and of a proposed stationwide network with regard to five basic areas of concern--(1) the administrative structure, (2) educational needs, (3) legal considerations, (4) fiscal data, and (5) technical requirements. Various alternatives and supporting data are developed from…

This report contains the results of an extensive study into State and local tax revenue potentials for the 15 Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) States. It identifies both the degree of current use and the potential for increased use of (1) general and selective sales and gross receipts taxes, (2) death and gift taxes, (3) property taxes,…

This manual has two purposes: a) to provide the certification requirements for elementary and secondary school physical education teachers in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico and b) to set forth the laws and regulations affecting physical education in each of the States. In section 1, the general requirements for teacher…

Designed for the interested layman and the professional journalist, this bibliography serves as a guide to the pertinent literature on shield laws for working journalists. The collection includes a comprehensive listing of secondary sources, extracts of state laws with an indication of states currently debating the adoption of shield laws, and…

This manual is especially designed to inform and aid community organizations in understanding cable television and planning for the future. With the exception of the chapter on Massachusetts cable legislation, most of the book should be useful to community organizations anywhere. At the beginning, the history and experience of cable television in…

Since it has repeatedly been made clear by the United States Supreme Court that the provision of education is not a function of the Federal Government, the constitutions and laws of the 50 States become of primary importance in determining what rights, if any, are available to children and others for an education. This paper, one of a series…

This research brief is the fourth of a series of four that list and index items by subject and State. Over 4,000 legislative items are listed. No legislation that was vetoed or that failed, nor any carryover legislation, is listed in this current series. (Author/JF)

The first state laws concerning public employees in general were passed as early as 1959. The first law covering postsecondary teaching personnel was the 1965 Michigan law. Twenty states currently have some form of formal statute that covers employees in postsecondary institutions. However, in several states the provisions do not cover teaching…

The degree of uniformity among State laws requiring drivers to stop for school buses receiving or discharging children is not such that drivers could reasonably be expected to know these laws. Because of the wide variation of State laws and the inherent vulnerability of school children and of any vehicle stopping on a highway, there can be no…

This report of the Joint Committee on Educational Goals and Evaluation to the California Legislature discusses the need for educational goals and evaluation, the committee investigation, and the collection of information. As a result of the investigation, it was concluded that: (1) it is essential that the goal-setting process include the…

Presented in chart form are summary data on the states' present policies regarding identification, assessment, and placement of handicapped children in special education programs as of June 1, 1973. Identified are trends toward increased procedures of due process to govern placement changes, more flexible programing patterns, classification…

The oversight hearings before the special subcommittee on education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, April 1972 are presented. A summary of the Kansas Master Planning Commission (MPC) response to the legislative charge is included with particular emphasis on current trends in Kansas postsecondary education,…