The loan collection practices and procedures of guaranty agencies and ways to reduce default costs were assessed by the U.S. General Accounting Office at the request of Congress. Questionnaires were completed by 58 guaranty agencies and visits were made to eight agencies. Before revised regulations were issued by the U.S. Department of Education…

The Supreme Court, in the case of "Grove City College v. Bell," ruled that federal regulation and enforcement activities designed to eliminate discrimination based on sex are triggered by indirect federal aid and are program specific. The Court's program-specific conclusion was immediately applied to federal statutory language that…

This document is intended to provide a discussion of the issues that need to be addressed in the development of peer review guidelines, the options for addressing the issues, and a range of views about such options. The document focuses on peer review with regard to regulatory decisions and contains major sections which deal with: (1) what should…

This part of the School Management Handbook provides elementary school administrators with an overview of the issues involved in complying with the requirements of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The first section of the document discusses the law's background, the federal funding the law provides, which children…

The second phase of a two-phase study of the condition and needs of the live professional theatre in America since the mid-1960's called for recommendations by an advisory group appointed by the National Endowment for the Arts. These recommendations, based on the data collected during the first phase of the study and on personal experience, as…

Hearings on the Solomon amendment regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of Education are presented. The Solomon amendment requires that any student be registered under the military's Selective Service Act in order to receive Title IV federal student assistance. H.R. 1286 and H.R. 1567 would repeal the provision of the Military Selective…

This report begins with the statements of two committee members, Senators Orrin G. Hatch and Patrick J. Leahy. Witnesses included Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard Law School; William B. Ball, an attorney; Everett Sileven, Faith Baptist Church, Louisville, Nebraska; Dr. Greg Dixon, National Chairman of Unregistered Churches; Rev. Charles V. Bergstrom,…

This report on the National Advisory Council on Adult Education has nine brief sections: (1) an overview of the council's purpose, functions, history, methods, 1976-1977 mission and accomplishments, and future role; (2) a discussion of the functions of the executive director's office and the reasons for undertaking two projects (Futures and…

In the 1940s two congeries of events brought the federal government into the field of education, an area that had previously been protected from federal interference. At the core of one group of events was a 1937 decision that the "general welfare clause" was established as an independent ground for the federal spending power. A second change came…

The results of a study on the way federal government guidelines influenced the administration of 132 Teacher Corps projects at the local level are reported. Research was oriented primarily toward determining those guideline provisions that seemed to have the most powerful impact on local actions during the early years of a project. Major findings…

In response to the growing importance of information issues in regional, national, and international forums, these papers on information policy were prepared by National Telecommunications and Information Administration consultants and staff members during 1979 and 1980 to provide a foundation for review, public analysis, and debate. Two types of…

Statutory requirements in federal vocational education legislation with which state and local agencies must comply are exclusively process oriented. Most reactive, federal legislation encourages rigidity and inflexibility, since (1) laws, rules, and regulations are rigid with respect to processes and procedures that must be used; (2) the nature of…

The human service functions of community colleges are extremely diverse, and few are common to all institutions; however, community colleges share certain characteristics which distinguish them from other organizations providing human services. Among these is the degree to which colleges must interact with and be influenced by the laws and…

Chapter 20 of a book on school law provides guidelines for school access to copyrighted materials. The 1976 copyright law, which became effective January 1, 1978, abolished common law copyright and established a single federal system. Certain sections of the law under the judicial doctrine of fair use are subject to exceptions that are of benefit…

A number of constitutional and economic problems are involved in the process of insuring a free press. The enforcement of antitrust laws by the Justice Department can, but does not, provide adequate safeguards for the public. Beginning with the 1945 Supreme Court decision, "Associated Press v. United States," many court decisions have…