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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
A study examined the amount of public and private resources currently being used to support the Corporation for National and Community Services' AmeriCorps*USA program. Information was collected through meetings with corporation officials; examination of legislation establishing the Corporation and national service programs; review of corporation…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
Sunderman, Gail L.; Kim, Jimmy – Civil Rights Project at Harvard University (The), 2004
This report examines the implementation of No Child Left Behind's (NCLB) supplemental educational service provisions in eleven urban districts--Mesa Public Schools and Washington Elementary District Schools, AZ, Fresno Unified School District and Los Angeles Unified School District, CA, Chicago Public Schools, IL, Buffalo Public Schools and New…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, School Districts, Supplementary Education, Administrator Responsibility
Sunderman, Gail L.; Kim, Jimmy – Civil Rights Project at Harvard University (The), 2004
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) alters federal-state relations by expanding the federal role further into a primary function of state and local governments and raises questions about how federal, state, and local policies interact--that is, conflict or reinforce each other. Early indications suggest that states are differently…
Descriptors: Federal State Relationship, Federal Legislation, Educational Policy, Politics of Education
Gomez, Tom; Niss, David S. – 1992
In 1991-1992, the Montana state legislature's Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Review Committee evaluated implementation of JTPA in Montana. The committee gathered background information on JTPA and state laws and programs implementing the federal programs and heard testimony on the plans and state job training programs. After 3 meetings, the…
Descriptors: Coordination, Educational Legislation, Evaluation Criteria, Federal Legislation
National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (DOL/ETA), Washington, DC. – 1990
This report highlights the activities and accomplishments of the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC) and its network of State Occupational Information Coordinating Committees (SOICCs) during program year 1989 (July 1, 1989-June 30, 1990). Some of the year's activities were the following: (1) NOICC began development of…
Descriptors: Career Information Systems, Computer Oriented Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Hecker, JayEtta Z. – 2002
A series of reviews of the Department of Transportation's (DOT's) Job Access and Reverse Commute (Job Access) Program explored DOT's and grantees' challenges in implementing the Job Access program and the status of DOT's program evaluation efforts. DOT and grantees faced significant challenges in implementing the Job Access program. DOT's process…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Compliance (Legal), Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This Congressional report is a compilation of the 1985 amendments to the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-113). Included in the report are amendments to the following parts of the act: Title I (national volunteer antipoverty programs, including Volunteers in Service to America, service-learning programs, and special volunteer…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Financial Support, National Programs, Older Adults
Connecticut State Dept. of Income Maintenance, Hartford. – 1992
The Job Connection, which meets the requirements stipulated in the Family Support Act of 1988, is structured to ensure that needy families with children obtain the education, training, and employment needed to help them avoid long-term welfare dependence. The Job Connection program is administered through Connecticut's Department of Income…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Employment Services
Joyner, Carlotta C. – 1997
In Fiscal Year 1997, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has an estimated budget of $34.4 billion and is authorized 16,614 full-time-equivalent staff-years. DOL's many programs fall into two major categories: enhancing workers' skills through job training and ensuring worker protection. The DOL's work force development mission is being challenged…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Agency Role, Cost Effectiveness
BCEL Newsletter for the Business & Literacy Communities, 1992
About 2 years after enactment of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program, the Southport Institute for Policy Analysis began a 2-year study of how extensively JOBS was being implemented at the state level, in what manner, and with what results. The study included four elements: literature review, interviews and consultations with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Economically Disadvantaged
South Dakota State Dept. of Education and Cultural Affairs, Pierre. – 1992
This document is intended to assist South Dakota schools in the development and implementation of Gifted Education Plans, and includes state laws and rules pertaining to gifted education, guidelines for reporting, and explanations of the necessary components of a district's written plan. A brief statement of philosophy addresses characteristics of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Accountability, Check Lists, Compliance (Legal)
Borden, Eileen M. – 1997
This report discusses the outcomes of a study that investigated the operation of the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) in response to the implementation of the least restrictive environment (LRE) mandate for preschool children with disabilities within two selected counties in New York State during the 1994-95, 1995-96, and 1996-97…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 1997
This congressional report presents and examines the Carl D. Perkins Vocational-Technical Education Act Amendments of 1997. The following items are included: text of the amendments; summary of three hearings held in preparation for amending the Perkins Act; statement of views of the Committee on Education and the Workforce regarding needed changes…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Cost Estimates, Education Work Relationship
Dunn, Wynonia L. – 1982
Intended as a resource document as well as a status report on all the statewide career information delivery systems (CIDS) in operation, this report examines the status of 39 statewide information systems. (Career information delivery systems are computer-based systems that provide national, state, and local information to individuals who are in…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Walker, Mary Margaret – 2000
This document examines the operation of the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee/State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC/SOICC) network in 1976-2000. Presented first is an overview of the NOICC/SOICC network that begins by explaining the NOICC's relationship with the SOICCs in activities related to job…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Cooperative Planning
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