The North Dakota Century Code dealing with special education of exceptional children is provided; duties of the county superintendent of schools and functions of the special education board are listed. Estimated needs are presented and steps in planning are detailed, from determining need for various handicapping conditions to arranging programs…

This task force report delineates problems, objectives, and recommendations associated with a comprehensive plan to educate hearing imparied students in Florida. It notes appointment of task force members by the Commissioner of Education to comply with the legislative mandate requiring all handicapped children to be provided with special education…

The Fifth Annual Eastern Stream Conference on Migrant Education met in Atlanta, Georgia, March 5-8, 1974. Conference objectives were to provide information on: teaching techniques; the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS); program designs, plans, and communication techniques; the form, scope, nature and purpose of migrant programs;…

The Arizona Division of Indian Education, Department of Education, was established in 1939. It is responsible for providing administrative services and capital assistance to State public school districts, Indian tribes, and tribal education committees under Title IV and Johnson-O'Malley Act (JOM). The funds, distributed by district needs for basic…

Described is a project in which 60 educable mentally handicapped (EMH) and 30 educationally Handicapped (EH) students were placed in regular classes and provided with individually prescribed programs based on daily assessment and prescription by a resource teacher. Information is provided on the California school district implementing the project…

This report is North Carolina's State Plan to insure that the public system of higher education in North Carolina is operated in compliance with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, i.e., that all citizens of the state are afforded real equality of opportunity for access to, participation in, and derivation of benefits…

The basic goal of the Texas Child Migrant Programs is to implement a comprehensive and total educational program that will help develop the migrant children's highest potential and will prepare them to take their place in the mainstream of the educational program. This bulletin is published as an information source for participating school…

Designed to help Alaskan Native communities and organizations, State and Federal officials, citizens of Alaska, and professional educators in dealing with changing educational situations, the report provides a reliable and succinct history of Alaskan education from the time of the area's purchase from Russia in 1867. One of the major problems in…

Background papers, developed by members of the Task Force to Study Programs Leading to Certification for Teachers in the Area of Social Studies, Illustrate the approach taken toward development of a new regulation for certification of social studies teachers in the state of Minnesota. These papers were prepared primarily as a means of identifying…

The primary goal of the Kentucky Needs Assessment Project is to develop methods of sampling and annually assessing the extent of learners' needs in Kentucky and to stimulate educational programming based on the reduction of learners' needs. The completed Phase I of the project was devoted to an identification of learners' needs and a determination…

Presented are 37 position papers and two addresses given at the national conference of the National Advisory Council on Services and Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled in November, 1972. Cited are conference objectives to encourage understanding and effective implementation of the Developmental Disabilities Act of 1970, provide technical…

This paper reports on a study conducted during the 1972-73 school year. The study aimed at providing facts, empirical evidence, feedback, and other forms of information to aid administrators and the professional staff in a self-assessment directed to the continued improvement of the Department's leadership potential. Although the study results…

The primary objective of the Vocational Education Evaluation Project (VEEP) is to develop a management information system for the planning and programing of vocational education. The work has been divided into a macro-system (primarily concerned with guidelines and systematic procedures at the State level) and a micro-system (emphasizing the…

American Indian education in Minnesota during 1970-71 is described in this report. Data presented in tabular form include financial reports; special state aid; enrollment and attendance; per pupil costs for schooling, hot lunches, and transportation; 8th and 12th grade graduates; and the rate of school taxes. Information is also provided for some…

This report is a culmination of a study whose purpose was to devise a model statistical program which would provide effective and useful statistical information for a vocational rehabilitation agency. The statistical data comes from internal as well as from external sources. The program must gather, analyze, evaluate, and report the data to serve…