Proposes a trust fund for children that would allow 75 cents for every child in the country under 18. Each State would receive its allocation based on the number of children under 18 and the number of children receiving aid to dependent children in that State. (Author/JN)

Gathering of the reins of power in Washington is neither the most efficient nor an effective way to govern. (Author)

By challenging the security of bureaucratic fiefdoms, the functionalists are put on the defensive. (Author/JN)

Information from and recommendations by the President's Committee on Mental Retardation. (Author)

From the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Education Commission of the States (3rd, Denver, Colorado, July 7-9, 1969).

The Federal Government's current attitude toward public education is not conducive to adequate funding for education or to efficient expenditure of those monies which it provides. More important, it is a barrier to the orderly delivery of educational services and shortchanges both school children and taxpayers. (Author/JN)

Special education revenue sharing would recognize the important role of nonpublic schools in the educational system. (Author/JN)

Discusses the background and issues involved in the Tilton v. Finch case in Connecticut's U.S. District Court. (MK)

Property taxes for the cost of educational programs should be virtually eliminated. (Author/JN)

Revenue sharing is designed to meet the needs of the Federal Government -- not the needs of the State. (Author/JN)

Urges school board members and superintendents to compel increased federal and state school support. (JF)

The goal of revenue sharing is to restore a proper balance to the federal system in the belief that, given sufficient resources, States and localities can be more responsive to the needs of the people. (Author)

A careful study of the new law makes it clear that while State school programs are not designated beneficiaries of the legislation, in some ways education may be influenced just as profoundly as if they were. (Author/JN)

The new concept in federal aid called special educational revenue sharing'' is a misnomer; the six proposals put before the last Congress do not entail new grants but rather a rearrangement of existing categorical grants. (Author)

Revenue sharing is not a matter of the States asking the federal government to solve their problems. (Author/JN)