This document records the oral and written testimony of persons who testified at a hearing on how vocational rehabilitation for persons with disabilities, particularly severe disabilities, can be improved. Witnesses included directors of federal and state rehabilitation services departments, and officials of rehabilitation provider organizations…

This book serves as a guide to grant seeking and other forms of fundraising for Internet access in elementary and secondary schools. Chapters include: (1) "What Internet Access Means to Your Educational System"; (2) "Developing a Support Group and Linkages to Funding Sources"; (3) "Why Individuals and Organizations Should Fund Your Technology…

This report details the activities of each of the offices of the Colorado State Library and Adult Education Office, as well as accomplishments in developing a strategic plan, gaining state and federal support for technology, and improving the literacy program. Program descriptions and statistics are presented for: the State Publications Library;…

This fiscal year 1996 guide is designed to explain federal programs for children with exceptionalities and the needs that are met by each program. The guide begins with a budget overview; a table listing fiscal year 1995 appropriations, fiscal year 1996 authorizations, and Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) recommendations for several federal…

Statistics reveal that 61% of older Canadian women who are unattached to a male partner live in poverty. Two primary factors why women are especially vulnerable to poverty are their financially dependent status and their inequality in the work force. Even women who have worked outside the home are more vulnerable to poverty in old age than their…

External factors in the development of adult education include the social context, contributions from other disciplines, and associations and government. There are four points in the evolution of adult education between 1925 and 1964: (1) the difference between its origins as a field of study and its genesis as a field of practice; (2) the impact…

This report outlines accomplishments of the state of Maine in implementing the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act during program year 1988-89. Information is provided for Title II, Part A (Vocational Education Opportunities Program) with regard to these categories: services for handicapped individuals, disadvantaged persons, adults in need…

Twelve data tables are presented covering federal grants, salaries and wages, direct payments to individuals, procurement contracts, and other direct federal expenditures, by state and by territory, for fiscal year 1989 (FY89), with some summary trend data. The tables provide the following data for FY89, respectively: (1) summary distribution of…

This study describes and analyzes the Section 143 Migrant Education Interstate and Intrastate Coordination discretionary grants program from 1981-86. The program's funding mechanism changed fully from grants to contracts in fiscal year 1987. The study was designed to address the following broad research topics: (1) determination of inter- and…

Recommendations of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation to encourage collaboration among government, voluntary, individual, community, and private sector efforts are reported in this publication which presents a historical review of the Committee from 1966 through 1986. The background and establishment of the Committee are discussed in…

A revised Statewide System for the Evaluation of Occupational Education programs was put into effect during the 1981-82 academic year. That year all school districts in New York State which had received federal funds for occupational education during the period 1977-1980 were required to begin evaluating their occupational education programs. The…

This manual was developed for agencies receiving food commodities distributed to eligible schools and noneducational organizations by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the California State Department of Education's Office of Surplus Property. It covers rules, regulations, and forms for recipients who are public or private schools…

This annotated bibliography cites seventy-nine references (including books, reports, articles, papers, and congressional hearings) on financing postsecondary education. Annotations vary in length, the shortest about 20 words and the longest approximately 170 words. The following are representative titles: Viewpoint: Money for Continuing Education;…

Written by the administrative librarians who have key responsibilities for collection of data concerning priority areas of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), these reports summarize information provided by state library administrative agencies for 1980. They report on (1) services to physically handicapped persons; (2) services to…

This report, one of several companion reports to the publication entitled, "A General Report," is concerned with analysis of a study of school finance in North Dakota. It contains position papers, data, and data treatment on which the general report was based, covering the following topics: property assessment, meshing state and federal…