The federal government's WIC program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, is designed to improve the health and development of low-income women and young children. California's passage of Proposition 10, the "Children and Families First Act," has created a climate that encourages collaborative…

These transcripts present testimony concerning the effects of changes in the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Summer Food Service Program mandated by the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. Major changes were: (1) reduced federal subsidies for sponsors; (2) eliminated federal subsidies for a fourth daily meal in…

The child support program enforces the responsibility of parents to support their children when they live apart. The child support program is jointly funded by federal and state governments under title IV-D of the Social Security Act. The program collects child support for families, establishes the legal relationship between children and their…

Defines the value-added tax and examines it in light of equity, economic effects, cost of administration, and stability and yield. Compares the tax with the property tax and suggests alternative ways in which States and the Federal Government may participate in the financing of education. (DN)

Support, which is vital to our future, has been and must remain the responsibility of society. It is too important and too complex a problem to be left to scientists. (DF)

Oregon State Senator Newbry explains interstate cooperative arrangements in the field of education in Oregon. (MK)

Looks briefly at State and Federal court litigation on the topic of public aid to parochial schools. (LN)

The interests of libraries and users are best served when library services are provided without fee. Policy makers must be convinced that library services are a combination of public and merit goods deserving governmental funding. (RAA)

Discusses the accountability requirements of the 1998 Carl Perkins Vocational Technical Education Act: (1) states must develop systems that monitor performance using four core indicators; (2) states must establish, and are accountable for, the indicators and their performance levels; and (3) states will report annual performance to the U.S.…

Examines how states are responding to the increased need for quality child care and the funding issues raised by the costs of such care. Includes sidebars discussing federal child-care proposals, differential reimbursement rates, and programs for families with a stay-at-home parent. (HTH)

Discusses whether states and local districts will be able to continue the school-to-work initiative when federal funding ends in 2001. Provides information for obtaining additional funding. (JOW)

Profiles the first eight states, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New jersey, New York, Oregon, Wisconsin, to receive federal school-to-work grants and looks at how they are doing. (JOW)

Because federal law offers little guidance for continually-failing schools, the Center on Education Policy (CEP) conducted a study from August 2006 to January 2007 in Michigan to explore questions of what happens after restructuring, particularly to schools that continue to fail to meet achievement targets. Because it had an accountability system…