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Download full textIllinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1996
In response to recommendations in the Illinois Board of Higher Education's Priorities, Quality, and Productivity report of November 1994, the 52 community colleges in the state prepared priority statements detailing specific college objectives for the current fiscal year (FY). This report provides the second update of the colleges' statements,…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Facilities Planning, Educational Improvement
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1989
This guide presents the Iowa standard for developing a plan to provide at risk students with the additional help they need to succeed. The standard requires a linkage of local, state, and federal resources within each local education agency. Section 1 is an introduction. Section 2 presents a statement of the objectives and the specific provisions…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Carter, Cynthia A., Ed. – 1978
This report offers a title-by-title analysis of Public Law 95-561, the Education Amendments of 1978, as well as actual texts of the conference committee report and the legislation itself. Broken down by titles, the analyses cover technical assistance to meet special educational needs of children; basic skills improvement; special projects and new…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Community Schools
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1985
Testimony and/or prepared statements are provided in these hearings which focused on the American Defense Education Act (ADEA). Individuals participating in the hearings included: Mark Andrew; Christopher J. Dodd; Mary H. Futrell; Gary Hart; Patrick Leahy; Richard Long; Peg Portscheller; and Naida Townsend. Under ADEA, local school districts…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Educational Improvement: Implementation Manual for the Kentucky Educational Improvement Act of 1978.
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1978
The Kentucky Educational Improvement Act of 1978 mandated local school districts to initiate two programs: (1) screening and diagnostic test; and (2) development of district educational improvement plans outlining remedial programs or activities. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS/S) were selected as the statewide screening instruments…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Citizen Participation, Diagnostic Tests
National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, Washington, DC. – 2001
This report describes the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Title III: Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students. Part A describes the English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act. Its four subparts include the following: (1) grants and subgrants for English language acquisition…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Alaska Natives, American Indians
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1993
The Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources reports favorably on the bill (S. 286) to extend and strengthen authorities of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) and to promote a number of education-improvement programs through fiscal year 1999. OERI is the research and development arm of the U.S. Department of Education.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Demonstration Programs, Educational Finance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 2002
This document contains the text of the Nurse Reinvestment Act, which amends the Public Health Service Act to address the increasing shortage of registered nurses by instituting a series of policies to improve nurse recruitment and nurse retention. Title I details two initiatives to boost recruitment of nurses. The first initiative includes the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Development, Career Ladders, Change Strategies
