This book traces the progress of the parent movement for drug-free youth, and describes a set of varied approaches to drug problems. Chapter 1 focuses on the actions of the city of Atlanta, Georgia in confronting drug problems and shows how that initial parent activism contained the seeds of the current national movement. Chapter 2 documents the…

The state plan outlines standards and procedures for providing educational and other services to developmentally disabled persons in New Jersey. The first section defines developmental disabilities (DD) and considers how many people have DD, how DD affect individuals, and the purposes of the Developmental Disabilities Basic State Grant Program.…

Agricultural education projects of 23 state action groups and 4 national organizations are described in this directory intended for agricultural educators. Names and addresses of contact points for further information are included. (DC)

The report presents the results of an evaluation of New York's 13 Alcoholism Treatment Centers (ATCs). The goals of the evaluation were to review the role of the ATCs in relation to other alcoholism treatment facilities, to assess their effectiveness and efficiency, and to determine how much money is collected for service provided to patients.…

This report presents the results of an evaluation of New York State's Mental Health Information Services (MHISs). The goals of the evaluation were to determine the effectiveness with which legislatively mandated information services to the mentally disabled and to the courts were carried out, and to evaluate MHIS workload and activity in order to…

Article discussed how state planning can help the formerly independent parts of postsecondary education work together to build an effective, pluralistic system. (Editor/RK)

Presented is the first of a series of annual reports designed to tell the community what has been acomplished and what yet needs to be achieved in providing free appropriate public education to the handicapped children of Maryland. The document is divided into the major sections of Philosophy, Goals, Objectives, State of the State, Children,…

This report presents the results of a pilot test by the Texas Water Quality Board (TWQB) of a manpower planning methodology developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Water Programs. Project outputs are described and illustrated in sections of the report dealing with work to be done, organizational staffing plan,…

Any state-level postsecondary education agency could perform its job more effectively through discriminate use of the available technology of informational and analytic planning approaches. The paper attempts to increase an awareness of how data, analytic techniques, and their product information should be used to assist state-level academic…

Considers the development and experience of the state faculty senate as a means for the local faculty senates to operate at the state level influencing state policy and providing a communication link that represents the interests of its member schools. (JT)

Most states have separate agencies to deal with vocational education, adult education, and community colleges. Because current procedures for interagency cooperation are inadequate and often nonproductive, there is a need for a national or extra-state catalyst to encourage cooperation in a positive way. Five strategies for cooperation are…

This survey was conducted during the 1975-1976 school year, in order to provide a description of the nature and extent of services provided for compensatory education by school districts using Federal Title I funds and/or State funds. Information in three broad areas was sought: fiscal, compensatory education practices, and recipient descriptions.…

The project described in this executive summary was designed to identify: the unmet vocational rehabilitation training needs of state agency staffs; courseware being used; other training materials being used or needed in the future; and the potential of telecommunications technologies to deliver the needed training. The project's oranizational and…

TO MEET THE STATE'S HIGHER EDUCATION NEEDS, THE NEW HAMPSHIRE JUNIOR COLLEGE COMMISSION DEVELOPED A PLAN OF (1) GRADUAL AND SELECTIVE CONVERSION OF THE STATE'S TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO COMPREHENSIVE JUNIOR COLLEGES, (2) SELECTIVE ADDITION OF 2-YEAR PROGRAMS AT THE STATE COLLEGES AND INSTITUTES, AND (3) ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE…

AS A STEP TOWARD IMPROVING SERVICES TO ALL USERS, THE NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE LIBRARY SPONSORED A STUDY OF BOTH THE SYSTEM OF LIBRARIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THEIR RESOURCES. THE STUDY ITSELF IS LIMITED TO THE POSSIBLE COORDINATION OF THE RESOURCES OF ALL TYPES OF LIBRARIES (PUBLIC, SPECIAL, SCHOOL, ACADEMIC) IN A WAY WHICH WILL MAKE THEM MORE READILY…