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Gainer, William J. – 1987
The General Accounting Office (GAO) estimates that the cost of S.249, the Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1987, will be, at most, 500 million dollars annually, a figure which reflects the cost of continuing health insurance coverage for employees on unpaid leave. S.249 is legislation which aims to provide to workers at firms with 15 or more…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Diseases, Federal Legislation, Fringe Benefits
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. – 1988
This document contains oral and written testimony by United States Senators, government administrators, and employee representatives on a proposal to establish leave sharing for federal employees. The leave sharing concept could be implemented on a personal basis, with any employee donating sick or annual leave to another employee with a long-term…
Descriptors: Adults, Diseases, Employer Employee Relationship, Federal Legislation
National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education, Reston, VA. – 1989
This paper concerns the supply and demand for special education personnel for the 1986-87 school year. Obtaining valid, reliable, and comparable data on all the elements that generated personnel need was not possible. Single indicators were most commonly used to obtain data for planning by states, school districts, universities, and the Federal…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1982
This document is a transcript of the eighth hearing of the United States House Committee on Veterans Affairs covering plans for a new GI education program for the all-volunteer military (development of House Resolution 1400). Testimony was given by U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter, Representative Robert W. Edgar (subcommittee chairman), and…
Descriptors: Adults, Armed Forces, Educational Opportunities, Enlisted Personnel
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Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1979
The first sections of this Master Plan outline the history of the Illinois Public Community College System and its mission and scope. The next section deals with enrollment projections in terms of the changes in the state's population, and implications for enrollments; the decreasing college-going rate of high school graduates; increased…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1983
These Congressional hearings contain testimony pertaining to the passage of the Community Volunteer Service Act of 1983. This bill would amend the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program to provide a more concrete mandate for the program; would have VISTA volunteers recruited locally and assigned to projects to alleviate poverty and…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Programs, Federal Legislation, Hearings
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1978
The Kansas state plan for FY 1979 includes information on the following topics: full educational opportunities goal, policy on priorities, child identification, personnel development, individualized education program, procedural safeguards, least restrictive environment, protection in evaluation procedures, participation of private school…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1993
The International Charter of Physical Education and Sport was adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1978 and amended in 1991. The charter's purpose is to place the development of physical education and sport at the service of human progress. The charter's individual…
Descriptors: Athletics, Civil Rights, Developmental Programs, Ethics
Hayashi, Junie – 1989
The report examines the Hawaii Department of Education's procedures and criteria in the identification and evaluation of handicapped children, as well as difficulties encountered in recruiting and maintaining qualified special services evaluation personnel. An introductory chapter notes the legislative authority for the study; provisions of Public…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 1978
These guidelines, developed by a nine-member task force, were designed to help district administrators, curriculum planners, building principals/head teachers, vocational education directors, and teachers in small rural secondary schools in Alaska to plan, implement, and administer vocational education programs that are free of sex bias. The…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Educational Assessment, Equal Education, Federal Legislation