This report provides an update on the Transitional Bilingual Instruction Program (TBIP). In 2012-13, 104,025 English language learners (ELLs) received state services through the TBIP. This was an increase of just over 9% from the previous year. Most students live in urban areas along Interstate 5 corridor and in rural areas like the Yakima Valley.…

This publication presents Maryland State Department of Education's statistical information on the following areas: (1) Demographic Data; (2) Accountability Data; (3) Financial Data; (4) Special Populations; (5) Other Programs; and (6) General Information. This Fact Book contains the latest data available as of December 2, 2010.

What does the geographic distribution of state spending look like? Are there regions of the state that receive more than their "fair share" of state funds? How is a region's "fair share" defined and calculated? This report examines the geographic distribution of state spending across nine regions: the San Francisco Bay Area,…

SECTION 10 OF THE WASHINGTON STATE PROGRAM PLAN AMENDMENT, FISCAL YEAR 1968, TO THE STATE PLAN FOR TITLE 1 OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 CONSISTS OF A SUBMITTAL STATEMENT TOUCHING ON PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION AND ON THE SELECTION OF PERTINENT COMMUNITY PROBLEMS, A PROGRAM STATEMENT (INCLUDING A LIST OF SPECIFIC PROGRAMS) STRESSING…

The report provides statistical data useful to persons responsible for providing special education and related supportive services in Illinois for the mentally retarded and the emotionally disturbed. The data concern children and adolescents in these categories, aged 5-20 years, who are receiving special education services primarily in Department…

A compilation of statistical tables on adult basic education in the United States includes data on the following, broken down by region and state: number of students; number of students by grade level; number of students completing programs; number of students by sex, ethnic group, race, and age; selected hours membership statistics; hours of…

This 6th edition volume presents a detailed report on the growth of programs for persons with disabilities at the federal level and in the states. The two chapters of part one provide a cross-disability perspective, "An Institutional History of Disability" (David Braddock and Susan Parish) and an empirical study across federal, state,…

In October of each year, the Research and Statistics Section of the South Dakota Department of Public Welfare studies the racial makeup of its recipients to report on the proportion of American Indians, the state's largest minority group (32,402 or 4.9% of the state's population according to the 1970 census), receiving assistance under state…

The Chapter 2 program, originally authorized as Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 and reauthorized as part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1988), represents a substantial investment of Federal education funds to support general educational improvement. Funds are made available to states and local…

Information is presented on National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs (NASSGP), based on a 1978-79 academic year survey. These are state or territory funded scholarship/grant programs for undergraduate students with financial need. The contents include: historical data; summary data of programs by public and private sectors;…

The development of adult education in Oklahoma has followed the general American pattern. After World War II, several Oklahoma public schools began adult education programs and later took advantage of Federally supported vocational and literacy programs. However, differing attitudes toward educational purpose and financing between eastern and…

Information is given concerning the library programs and services available to inmates of adult and juvenile correctional institutions under state administration in each of the 50 states. Descriptions include information on library collections, staffing, funding, legal library services, and state library assistance programs. Data were compiled…

The Pennsylvania Master Plan Committee, composed of librarians from all types of libraries and also of other interested citizens, reports here on goals, present status, and recommendations for the future of Pennsylvania libraries. After statements of need for a master plan and an outline of its development, goals for effective, widely available…

The second of two volumes presents descriptive and statistical data collected in a study to determine the impact of the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) on special programs for exceptional children in 10 school districts and program development in five institutions. Case studies of the 10 districts give county code designation, date of…

The scope and operation of New York State's financial aid programs for 1977-78 are described, and recommendations to improve educational opportunity are presented. It is concluded that the development and expansion of the programs in 1978 indicate that they are effectively facilitating access and choice. During 1977-78 the average awards under the…