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Peer reviewedWeidell, Ruth C. – Child Welfare, 1980
Offers information on the 1977 law passed by the Minnesota legislature which supported adoptive parents' right to open the sealed birth certificates of their adopted children. (CM)
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Civil Rights, Laws
Download full textNational Committee for Adoption, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1985
This document is designed to fill major information voids in the field of adoption and to provide prospective adoptive parents with reliable data on which to base decisions. The factbook contains four major types of new information: (1) a frank discussion of the issues concerning adoption -- including costs; tax regulations; transracial adoption;…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Organizations (Groups), Resources
Musick, Mark D.; Cribbs, Jeffrey S. – 1974
This document summarizes higher education bills and appropriations to higher education approved by the 1974 General Assembly of Virginia. For bills passed affecting sections of the Code of Virginia, the Code sections are identified so the full text of the legislation may be read. Resolutions do not affect Code sections and do not appear in the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Higher Education, Resource Allocation
Knerr, Charles – 1978
During the first half of 1977, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) initiated a survey of State laws pertaining to the privacy and security of research and statistical information. Two data collection procedures were employed: a library search of State Statutes, and written inquiries to State Attorneys General and to other State…
Descriptors: Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Disclosure, Information Dissemination
California State Legislature, Sacramento. Office of the Legislative Analyst. – 1977
This study begins with a review of research regarding the effectiveness and role of the school principal in improving student performance, in school climate, and in reform. Section 2 presents data regarding the age, sex, ethnicity, average yearly salary, and turnover of California school principals. The third section provides information on…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role
National Conference of State Legislatures, Washington, DC. – 1976
This report describes and evaluates the record of reform in several states that have revised their school finance systems since 1971. The introductory chapter provides an overview of reform's recent successes, shortcomings, and prospects. Six subsequent chapters offer a close look at its main features. Chapters 2 and 3 analyze new school aid…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Equalization Aid, Finance Reform, Guides
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1975
This second annual report to the Florida Legislature and the State Board of Education reviews the reasons for student acceleration programs, the methods of acceleration, and the financial implications of time-shortened degree programs. Statistical data are provided on the number of Florida high school and postsecondary students taking advantage of…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Advanced Placement Programs, Competency Based Education, Dual Enrollment
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1976
The third annual report to the Florida Legislature and the State Board of Education reiterates the background and reasons for time shortened education, the methods of student acceleration, and the financial implications of acceleration. Progress in student acceleration in Florida through year-round matriculation, credit verified proficiency,…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Advanced Placement, Community Colleges, Dual Enrollment
Virginia State Council of Higher Education, Richmond. – 1996
This is a summary of the 120 bills and resolutions related to higher education and passed by the 1996 session of the Virginia General Assembly. Bills address issues affecting all of Virginia higher education as well as those specifically affecting the Council of Higher Education. Brief summaries of each bill follow a listing of all the higher…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Faculty Evaluation
Pechman, Ellen M.; And Others – 1994
Two studies were commissioned by the National Forum on Education Statistics to address concerns about the confidentiality and security of education data. The first, "Issues in Education Data Confidentiality and Access," by Ellen Pechman, Eileen O'Brien, Amy Hightower, and Angela Williams covers major court challenges, data collection issues…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Civil Liberties, Confidentiality, Court Litigation
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1977
The fourth annual report to the Florida Legislature reviews the reasons for time-shortened education, methods for student acceleration, and financial implications of acceleration. This progress report contains information on year-round matriculation, credit by verified proficiency (including equivalency tests and advanced placement), credit for…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Advanced Placement, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education
1976
This report by New York's Temporary State Commission on Child Welfare discusses a study conducted to determine why the laws pertaining to freeing and placing children for adoption, and the administrative machinery implementing these laws, have failed, and to recommend remedial action. The report is divided into three major sections. Part I, The…
Descriptors: Adoption, Agency Role, Annual Reports, Child Advocacy
Morris, J. David; Wood, Linda B. – 1980
This report examines the status of women and the laws that have been enacted to protect women from discrimination in employment. Written in lay language, it examines employment and occupational statistics for women in the United States and in Kentucky. Following an introduction in Chapter 1, the report presents four chapters surveying the problem,…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Civil Rights Legislation, Employed Women
