Personal interview with Walter Heller, Professor of economics at the University of Minnesota.

Summarizes the child care and welfare provisions of the 1996 welfare reform act. Argues that the new law spells tougher fights ahead to increase or even maintain state child care funding. Urges advocates to "reposition" child care to convince others of its central role in solving social problems. (EV)

This study of the Florida Public Broadcasting Program System, which was conducted by the Program Committee of the Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, focused on five basic issues: (1) What are the current policies and procedures for determining how to add public broadcasting stations to Florida's system? (2) How should Florida fund public…

Reply to an article printed in the April issue. (IRT)

The results of a study conducted by Arthur D. Little, Inc. (ADL) for the North Carolina State Library to prepare a statewide development plan that will promote improved library service are reported. Basic to this study was the development of guidelines for administering a program of state funding for local public library service. The assignment…

TO ASSIST SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN SETTING UP CLASSES FOR THE EMOTIONALLY HANDICAPPED, THE LEGAL BASIS FOR MICHIGAN STATE-APPROVED PROGRAMS IS IDENTIFIED, STATE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE REVIEWED, AND RELATIONSHIPS TO OTHER SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ARE INDICATED. INCLUDED ARE PROGRAMS AND THEIR GOALS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEFINITIONS AND PROCEDURES.…

The greatest inequities in the Adequate Program for Education in Georgia reside not with the plan but with the implementation of the plan, notably with the absence of full funding. (Author/IRT)

If tax equity for schools exists in Nebraska, it is by accident. (Author)

The author develops a statistical model of public expenditures on higher education in Kansas and tests the model to ascertain if the Kansas state appropriations are associated with factors identified as affecting the demand for college education. (MJB)

Florida benefits from a unique private-public partnership that encourages the 11 state universities to establish endowments for academic initiatives. The basic premise is to provide donors with an incentive in the form of matching state grants, thereby increasing the value of the donation. Since 1979, the state universities have used the matching…

Explores the governance and finance of California's nearly 100 community colleges. (Author)