TO ASSIST SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN SETTING UP CLASSES FOR THE EMOTIONALLY HANDICAPPED, THE LEGAL BASIS FOR MICHIGAN STATE-APPROVED PROGRAMS IS IDENTIFIED, STATE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE REVIEWED, AND RELATIONSHIPS TO OTHER SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ARE INDICATED. INCLUDED ARE PROGRAMS AND THEIR GOALS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEFINITIONS AND PROCEDURES.…

The greatest inequities in the Adequate Program for Education in Georgia reside not with the plan but with the implementation of the plan, notably with the absence of full funding. (Author/IRT)

If tax equity for schools exists in Nebraska, it is by accident. (Author)

The author develops a statistical model of public expenditures on higher education in Kansas and tests the model to ascertain if the Kansas state appropriations are associated with factors identified as affecting the demand for college education. (MJB)

Florida benefits from a unique private-public partnership that encourages the 11 state universities to establish endowments for academic initiatives. The basic premise is to provide donors with an incentive in the form of matching state grants, thereby increasing the value of the donation. Since 1979, the state universities have used the matching…

Explores the governance and finance of California's nearly 100 community colleges. (Author)

Issues for school finance reform raised by capitalization are addressed; conditions necessary for capitalization, the process, and the two main theories presented in the literature are discussed; and the capitalization effects of changed state aid to education and the implications of these effects are provided. (RL)

The prudent school administrator will keep open the lines of communication to his or her fuel supplier and will learn who in the state government is in control of the state's emergency supply of fuel oil. (Author/IRT)

As part of his discussion, the author presents seven criteria that may be used to evaluate the plan a state uses to support the community colleges. (IRT)

Describes how $850 million from private technology companies and the state have begun pouring into nanoscience at SUNY-Albany. (EV)

Describes how the failure of state lawmakers to pass a budget by the start of the fiscal year forced the partial shutdown of Tennessee's public colleges. (EV)