Major 1973 State legislative changes of workmen's compensation laws focused on more flexibility and increased levels of benefits, improved medical care and rehabilitation provisions, improved occupational diseases provisions, and increased coverage of farm laborers. Many States adopted amendments to strengthen the administrative procedures of…

The slow curriculum change in minority social studies is attributed to the fact that the state, through local school districts, is not functioning as expected. (Author/RM)

A review of the shift from local to state financing and a description of various kinds of tax support structures. (Editor)

In response to a critique of their earlier article (EC 052 338), the authors reiterate their belief that Section 4407 of New York State Law might be inviting the use of an extreme treatment alternative (placement in private residential schools) with an unnecessarily large number of children. (GW)

The role of the child protective organization on behalf of neglected and abused children is a legally mandated service in New York State. (DB)

The Republican Congresswoman from Massachusetts reports on an all-day hearing held in Fall River, Massachusetts during 1972 to establish a state-wide, federally-assisted day care system. (DS)

Discusses higher education's financial problems with state legislatures. (Author/PG)

Suggests that the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on educational finance has only shifted the major battles for finance reforms from the courts to the State legislatures and the U. S. Congress. (JF)

Examines legislative responses to campus unrest. (Author)

This article summarizes the Supreme Court decision upholding a New York State Statute that required local public school authorities to loan textbooks free of charge to all children residing in the district who were enrolled in public or private schools. (JH)

The nine-campus University of California is being torn between a desire for scholastic excellence and a charismatic governor's demand for fiscal austerity. (Editor)