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Vermont State Dept. of Mental Health, Montpelier. Div. of Mental Retardation. – 1990
This planning document proposes that services to Vermonters with mental retardation be unified around the community mental retardation service system, in order to provide community placements for residents of the Brandon Training School (BTS) who are under court order for discharge between 1989 and 1993. The Department of Mental Health plans to…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems, Incidence
Download full textHansen, Kenneth H. – 1985
State education agencies are in increasing agreement regarding the basic principles that should underlie state educational assessment programs, though some areas of divergent opinion remain. The agencies generally accept the ideas that comparisons between states will be made, that assessment programs should serve multiple purposes, that meaningful…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Educational Assessment, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedYoung Children, 1988
Presents various questions and answers on issues concerning the federal legislation known as the Act for Better Child Care. Issues addressed include child care program costs, national and state standards for quality child care programs, and child care staff compensation. (BB)
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Vermont State Board of Education, Montpelier. – 1990
This report focuses on cost containment problems in Vermont's special education system and makes recommendations for reform. It examines the context of special education in terms of civil rights, advocacy, and individual versus system needs. The question of runaway costs in special education is addressed and supported with data from the fiscal…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Change
Greenwood, Katy; And Others – 1981
This two-part report describes various strategies for involving the private sector in job training programs and summarizes a study conducted with prime sponsors of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs in Texas. Included in a discussion of involving the private sector in job training programs are the following topics: the new…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business, Delivery Systems, Educational Cooperation
Cronin, Joseph M. – 1986
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessed three grade levels and 21-year-olds in the 1960's, at an annual cost of $6 million. By the early 1980's, adults were no longer tested and funds had decreased to $3.8 million. Other governmental departments, however, have also been funded for testing and a number of state testing…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Finance, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Parsons, Michael H., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1980
In the first section of this collection of essays on part-time faculty development, Carol Eliason outlines the problems inherent in current staff development practices and a systems approach to their solution. Then, David Harris voices concerns and challenges from the college president's perspective. Richard Smith explains the benefits of…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Financial Support
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1981
These Congressional hearings, held in Washington, D.C., in March 1981, contain 24 pieces of testimony on the implications of the proposed budget cuts for vocational education. Government agencies and private organizations represented at the hearings included the West Virginia Department of Education; the Kaiser Aluminum Company of Charleston, West…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgets, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Benefits
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1981
These congressional hearings contain testimony pertaining to the continuation of funding for the Young Adult Conservation Corps (YACC) and the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC). (Modeled after the Civilian Conservation Corps, the YACC and the YCC are youth conservation programs that provide jobs to youth in such areas as tree planting, trail…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adolescents, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment)
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1997
This proposal calls on the state of Illinois to initiate a statewide computing and telecommunications network that would give its residents access to higher education, advanced training, and electronic information resources. The proposed network, entitled Illinois Century Network, would link all higher education institutions in the state to…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Distance Education, Economic Progress, Educational Innovation
Maine State Dept. of Human Services, Augusta. – 1981
A committee examined the number, type, and quality of work and training opportunities available for heads of households under Maine's Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program and suggested ways to improve them. Comprised of such representatives of the private and public sectors as employers, AFDC recipients, welfare advocates,…
Descriptors: Coordination, Economic Development, Educational Cooperation, Educational Finance
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1994
These Congressional hearings contain testimony regarding options for restructuring the federal employment and training system. Representatives of the following agencies and organizations provided testimony at the hearings: National Commission on Employment Policy; Health, Education and Human Services Division, Education and Employment Issues, U.S.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science. – 2002
This report presents the testimony and submissions given at a field hearing on workforce training in Michigan. Four expert witness statements follow introductory comments from Vernon J. Ehlers and James A. Barcia, United States Congressmen from Michigan. The statement of Bruce P. Mehlman, the assistant secretary of commerce, assesses the ability…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, Career Planning, Continuing Education
