The booklet lists administrative and legislative recommendations from the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals. Suggestions are made for such priority action items as consumer involvement in planning and decision making, establishment of a federal programs coordinating center, and enactment of a comprehensive national health insurance…

The paper identifies and discusses key factors associated with government funding for disabled individuals. An introductory section traces the growth of public expenditures in recent years. Five key factors affecting government funding are examined (sample subtopics in parentheses): state government tax and spending limits (Proposition 13 and the…

This guide covers programs funded by Title VII of the Elementary Secondary Education Act for the fiscal year 1979-80. Sections are devoted to bilingual education basic programs, network centers (dissemination and assessment centers, training resource centers, and materials development centers), fellowship programs, state education agencies, and…

This directory lists federal solar energy programs and sources of information. Each listing gives a brief description of the nature of the program or type of information that is available. In addition, names, addresses, and phone numbers of contact personnel are given. The listings are grouped by agency or branch of the government. (BB)

This publication details the proceedings of an oversight hearing on federal library programs which focused on those programs that (1) make federal funds available to school districts to purchase instructional materials and school library resources, (2) authorize funds for the support of college and university libraries and for the improvement of…

This catalog describes the status and content of research programs which were either developed or administered by the Office of Manpower Research under Title I of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) or the Economic Opportunity Act for the fiscal year ending June 1968. Brief summaries are given for 71 active MDTA research contracts,…

This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of a task force that studied the role of the National Institute of Education (NIE) regarding curriculum development activities in the United States. Primary purpose of the report is to identify and recommend policy options to guide NIE's curriculum development activities. Part 1 contains a…

This study examines a number of questions surrounding the distribution of Title I aid and state compensatory education aid. The extent to which the two types of aid are complementary and their effect on the equalizing thrust of the state general aid are also examined. There are four major states that are studied: Florida, New Jersey, New York, and…

This paper considers three aspects of federal legislation and policy that are critical to an understanding of federal dissemination of research and development and exemplary practice information in education. One of the major difficulties is the variety of viewpoints on what constitutes dissemination. These range from one-way flow of information…

This report summarized briefly some of the federal legislation now pending or recently enacted that has implications for library service and for librarians. It covers the first six months of the first session of the 94th Congress, which convened January 14, 1975. The first section of the report discusses appropriations bills, without which funds…

The low tuition system has worked so well for so long that it should not be abandoned on the basis of very limited data and even more limited assumptions. The rights of millions of college students to a low tuition education should not be bargained away in the name of some notion of "higher educational consensus" or "healthy dialogue." Nor should…

This document contains the transcripts of three hearings on the impact aid laws; the text of H.R. 5181; and prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials offered to the committee. (IRT)

This report provides an account of federal funding of research and development (R&D) programs for the years 1969-76. Part 1 lists federal R&D expenditures according to function and includes comments and comparisons pertaining to the functions. Part 2 provides more detailed analyses of R&D expenditures for each function individually,…

This paper addresses itself to the role of the federal government in financing higher education. It discusses the change in focus from institutional aid to student aid. In order to provide access to higher education that is compatible with movements toward social equality, the federal focus has shifted in the direction of student financial aid.…

This publication is a comprehensive record of testimony and exhibits presented to a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. Senate during hearings on 1977 budget requests for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW). The hearings transcribed here were held January 29-February 2, 1976 and concerned appropriations…