This is the third Bibliography of the State Educational Accountability Repository (SEAR) published under the sponsorship of the Cooperative Accountability Project administered by the State of Colorado. SEAR is a collection of more than 800 State education agency reports and articles concerning accountability practices and procedures. The contents…

This unofficial compilation contains all of the New Mexico State laws relating to education which were passed during the 1974 legislative session. (Author)

The public school system should be so maintained, as regards courses of study, as to keep abreast of progress generally and to meet the needs of the times, and to this end it is the administrative function of school board members and superintendents to create new courses and rearrange the curriculum in proper cases. A rule or regulation…

In October 1972, questionnaires asking for information on legislation and achievements in education were sent to all State departments of education, legislative service agencies, State school boards associations, and State offices of the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). In most States, one or more…

Presented is the first of a two volume series of 1974 Florida Department of Education guidelines to assist local school districts in developing appropriate educational procedures for all exceptional children and youth. Purposes of the guidelines are given to include compliance with 1968 State legislation, provision for legal use of funds, a means…

This speech examines political activities relevant to school administration on local, State, and national levels. Superintendents are (1) cautioned to pay heed to the local political power situation and to approach the problem deliberately, (2) advised to activate their State association of school administrators and acquaint it with State…

The fourth annual report on problems of the deaf concentrates in the area of the mentally retarded deaf. Proposed legislation for 1971 is first presented for hearing aids, audiologists and speech pathologists, pre-nursery school education, and a permanent state commission for the deaf. A survey and proposal for the retarded deaf are described as…

During the school year, 1969-70, the Indiana Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, international honorary for women in education, and the Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children (IAEYC) conducted a survey by questionnaire of the non-public preschool programs in the state of Indiana. In an effort to give direction to preschool program…

This paper traces the evolution of student rights and the judicial protection of these rights through numerous court cases. The author outlines the minimum standards of due process required in disciplinary proceedings and discusses cases that point up (1) the required specificity of rules on student conduct, (2) the requirements of notice to…

Based on a survey of legislation relating to full-day care for preschool children of working mothers and a study of records, this report: (1) covers the number of registered child care centers in Australia and the number of children being served, (2) sets the conditions applying to registration of centers, (3) indicates the extent and levels of…

Prepared to assist in the planning for cable television in the Cincinnati, Ohio metropolitan area, this document provides not only general information about the history and current state of cable television, but also an example of the application of such information to the policy demands of a specific situation. Given the technology and…

The Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970) concerns private schools but does not directly affect the operations of public schools or colleges. The intent, however, is to have the States develop and administer their own health and safety programs. Administrators should, therefore, initiate a comprehensive, districtwide safety education and…

The problems confronting the public community colleges of Alabama are discussed, and alternatives are suggested. Following a brief discussion of the history and growth of Alabama's state junior colleges, the following major problems are identified, and solutions are proposed: (1) There must be a master plan to insure that the junior colleges are…

This report presents regional statistics on Catholic schools, provides a State-by-State summary of legislation that grants aid to nonpublic schools, and discusses the current status of such legislation in light of authoritative opinions and court rulings. Particular programs such as transportation, textbooks, and vocational-technical training are…

The New York State Education Commission proposals that are being considered by the 1972 legislature represent comprehensive sweeping changes in that State's existing education finance system. The ways in which traditional and emerging political forces affect the success and/or failure of those recommendations and the implications for revising…