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Alexes Harris; Mary Pattillo; Bryan L. Sykes – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2022
Monetary sanctions, also known as legal financial obligations (LFOs), are a highly consequential yet underexplored element of the criminal legal system. LFOs consist of fines, fees, costs, restitution, surcharges, and other financial penalties that are imposed on individuals when they encounter the criminal legal system. Drawing on data from a…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Punishment, Debt (Financial), Criminal Law
Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2010
The purpose of this document is to determine whether revocation of parental consent is currently posing a challenge for states and to describe how states are responding to this new provision. Although parental consent has always played a central role in Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the new provision allowing revocation of parental…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation
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Smiley, Richard; Sather, Susan – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2009
In this comprehensive effort to study Indian education policies, the report categorizes the policies of five Northwest Region states based on 13 key policies identified in the literature and describes the legal methods used to adopt them, such as statutes, regulations, and executive orders. The study found that six of the key policies had been…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Educational Policy, Academic Standards, Advisory Committees
Virginia State Department of Education, 2004
The Code of Virginia requires school divisions statewide to submit data annually to the Department of Education (DOE) on incidents of discipline, crime, and violence. These incidents shall include: (1) those that occurred on school property, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored activity; and (2) offenses, wherever committed, by students…
Descriptors: Discipline, Crime, State Regulation, Data Collection
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Mueller, Christine; Arling, Greg; Kane, Robert; Bershadsky, Julie; Holland, Diane; Joy, Annika – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: This study reviews staffing standards from the 50 states and the District of Columbia to determine if these standards are related to nursing home staffing levels. Design and Methods: Rules and regulations for states' nursing home staffing standards were obtained for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Nurse staffing data were…
Descriptors: Nursing Homes, State Standards, State Regulation, Federal Legislation
Epper, Rhonda Martin – 1999
This paper analyzes data from a 1998 survey of state academic officers that covered state policies related to distance education technology. Concerning general planning issues, the survey found most respondents rated "overall coordination and planning" as highly important, and that 22 states have a formal technology plan in place (Web…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Distance Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy