This document presents recommendations to the Texas state legislature for meeting a 1997-98 goal of reducing the projected longitudinal and cross-sectional state dropout rates. Data for 1986 indicate that approximately 86,000 students were dropping out of Texas schools every year. The recommendations presented here were determined: (1) by tracing…

Oregon has implemented a successful school-based clinic demonstration program. It was the first state to fund directly school-based clinics that provide comprehensive health services, including birth control counseling, to high school students. The program is administered through the Health Division of the Oregon Department of Human Resources,…

The current sources of financial aid programs available in 1991-1992 for and about women are presented. The directory lists over 1,600 references and cross-references to scholarships, fellowships, loans, grants, awards, and internships designed primarily or exclusively for women. The directory is divided into four separate sections of which the…

This document contains an annual report on Illinois' Community Care Program (CCP), a program which provides in-home and other support services to help older persons to remain living at home and avoid premature institutionalization. Three levels of care provided by the CCP are described: (1) chore housekeeping, consisting of basic household tasks…

California student financial aid policy, trends in financial aid, and specific state-funded financial aid programs in California are discussed. State policy and planning prior to 1975 and developments in state policy in 1975 and in the early and mid-1980s are considered. Trends in financial aid from 1973-1984 to 1984-1985 are addressed, including…

This paper describes the programs to be undertaken in the State of California for fiscal years 1988-1992, pursuant to the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA). Introductory materials review the LSCA, the State Advisory Council on Libraries, the state's growth and development, a Legislative Statement of Intent, and the State Library's…

This 11th and concluding report in a series on the financing of higher education opportunities in California is an effort to bring together in one place and in summary form the main findings and conclusions of the Eureka Project, which was designed to increase among policymakers knowledge and understanding of the significant role of student…

This paper describes the programs to be undertaken in the State of California for fiscal years 1989-1993 pursuant to the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA). Introductory materials review the LSCA, the State Advisory Council on Libraries, the state's growth and development, a Legislative Statement of Intent, and the State Library's…

Designed to assist Missouri citizens in understanding the role played by the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education, this guide begins by noting that the board performs four major functions: (1) statewide planning; (2) policy analysis; (3) academic program approval and review; and (4) budget recommendations to the Governor and General…

Presented here are suggestions by the Community Service Society of New York to the 1981 New York State Leqislature regarding state government's obligations to the poor and disadvantaged. The three recommendations that receive priority in the report are calls for increasing the public assistance grant, financing the Child Welfare Reform Act, and…

Patterns of state aid for capital outlay and debt services range from full state assumption to no state participation. This paper, one of two related documents, examines current issues in state aid for capital outlay and then details five schemes employed by states that participated in the financing of local school building construction. The five…

This paper, one of two related documents, is a summary of research presented to the Arizona state legislature concerning the participation of various states in the financing of capital outlay for school building construction. Along with a description of the various support programs, consideration is given to the questions of who determines need,…

The guidelines provided in this document assist local education agencies in managing the preschool programs authorized and funded by the State of California. Preschool philosophy and goals, administration at the State level, eligibility requirements for program participation, administration at the local agency level, preschool program standards,…

THIS PROGRESS REPORT ON CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION COVERS MATERIAL ON ITS SCOPE AND PURPOSE, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, AID TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND OTHER MATTERS PERTINENT TO THE PENDING DECISION ON A TUITION FEE. IN OBJECTING TO THE FEE, THE COMMITTEE FEELS THAT (1) SUCH AN ADDED COST, BEYOND FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE STATE'S GENERAL FUND,…

THIS ARTICLE SURVEYS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PRESENT STATUS OF SCHOOL INTEGRATION. CONGRESSIONAL AMENDMENTS TO, AND CHANGES IN, TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT AND THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT ARE DISCUSSED. SOME STATEMENTS BY CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS AND BY THE PRESIDENT OF A NATIONAL PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION ARE INCLUDED. THERE ARE…