The paper examines legislation regarding the year round school model for minority handicapped students. Problems with the 12 month model are pointed out including an emphasis on the disabling characteristics of these students, lack of opportunities to learn in the community, and high costs. In addressing the need for 12 months of schooling for…

Mossie J. Richmond, Jr. responds to Keith Baker's criticisms directed at "Effects of Extended School Year" (Education, 97, 392-8), maintaining that Baker has criticized research and research methodology with which Baker has never come in contact. Richmond presents definitions, classifications, and rationale for his research methodology.…

Schools adopt extended year calendars for various reasons, including fuel conservation and improvement of educational opportunities for students. This article describes a program in Jefferson County (Colorado) established to alleviate overcrowding in a large suburban school district that failed to pass bond issues for funding new schools. (MLH)

Total-electric school provides year-round comfort important to year-round use of school buildings. (Author)

Study found significantly more people against extended year after a 1-year campaign in favor of it. (RT)

Legal and financial aspects of year-round schools; recommended legislation for program implementation. (LR)

The purpose of extended year programs for severely handicapped students is pointed out and factors involving eligibility, funding, and cost-effective delivery models are analyzed. (CL)

The article reviews the legal bases for determining eligibility for extended school year services for handicapped students and suggests procedures for determining eligibility based on projected skill loss and empirical data. (DB)

The need for continuous instruction of five severely or profoundly impaired (SPI) students (12-18 years old) was examined in light of recent court decisions regarding extended year schooling. SPI Ss and a control group of normal IQ Ss were taught new discriminations. After a 3-month break, the discriminations were taught with procedures, methods,…

A general strategy for analyzing the costs of year-round schooling is used to analyze cost patterns of 45-15 schools in a large east coast school system. Based in part on the cost study, the school board decided to phase out year-round education in its trial schools. (Author/DN)

If you have considered the pro's and con's of an extended secondary school year, this article may pique your interest anew. Its question and answer format gets to the heart of the issues involved. (Editor)

Critically reviewing the conclusions of Mossie J. Richmond, Jr. in "Effects of Extended School Year" (Education, 97, 392-8), this article asserts that Richmond's methodology was unsuitable for year-round school cost analysis and that year-round schedules do, in fact, save money. (JC)