The second volume on state government involvement in public radio contains statutes of the 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, that affect public radio and television. The compilation is up-to-date as of January 1980 and includes not only laws, but also relevant gubernatorial promulgations and formal…

The revenue and expenditure limit contained in California's SB-90 legislation was the legislature's response to the Supreme Court's mandate to equalize spending among the state's public schools. An escape valve written into SB-90 granted districts the power to override the revenue limit by a simple majority vote. This paper examines the strategies…

Three lengthy tables and four charts present information on the 1981-82 planned tax effort of each of Pennsylvania's 501 school districts and 67 counties. The tax effort, or "equalized mills," equals each district's budgeted taxes divided by its projected 1981 market value. The report gives a brief illustration of how the tax effort…

The financial condition of public employee retirement systems, including teacher retirement systems (TRSs), has become a matter of public concern, intensified by recent debate over the future of the Social Security System. This report provides some basic data about TRS financial condition. It reviews how to assess TRS financial health, discusses…

To reflect the changing technological and social demands of the society in which it exists, education must develop and alter its goals. Critical to this process is educational research in the areas of program evaluation, environmental influences and resource availability. Federal investment in National Institute of Education (NIE) activities and…

The 1980 New York State regulations for Sections 207 and 4403 of the Education Law are concerned with the education of handicapped children. Individual sections focus on the following aspects: definitions, excess cost aid to school districts for the education of pupils with handicapping conditions, the local committee on the handicapped,…

Drawing from Tallahassee Community College's (TCC's) experiences with energy conservation, this paper offers suggestions for reducing energy costs through computer-controlled systems and other means. After stating the energy problems caused by TCC's multi-zone heating and cooling system, the paper discusses the five-step process by which TCC…

A summary of the National Institute of Education's anthology by the same title, this publication reviews 13 articles that discuss current shifts in school enrollment and their impact on the educational system. Topics covered include the demographic background to declining enrollments; the fiscal effects of decline; the management of decline;…

This study was designed to measure the economic impact on state agencies, AFDC recipients and child care providers if day care payments were calculated as income disregards rather than Title XX expenditures. The methodology, used in preliminary surveys in four states (North Carolina, Oregon, California and Maine) consisted of three major steps:…

The Legal Services Corporation, established in 1974, is the primary provider of funds for free civil legal services for the poor. Substantial sums for such services are also available from other Federal, State, and local sources and are administered by Corporation and non-Corporation providers. Some Corporation grantees are not aware, however, of…

This practicum report describes a step-by-step plan followed by the author and his employer, the Massachusetts Teachers' Association (MTA), to correct the fiscal disparities that existed in the Massachusetts school finance system and to provide property tax relief to Massachusetts taxpayers. The plan included assessing the existing Massachusetts…

Supreme Court decisions, New York State laws, and Fleischmann Commission findings all determine how New York may aid nonpublic schools. The Supreme Court has upheld a New Jersey law permitting reimbursement to parents for transportation of children attending sectarian schools. It also allowed a New York statute providing textbooks to both public…

This report reviews the activities conducted in independent (non-SUNY, non-CUNY) institutions under the New York State Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) in the 1978-79 academic year. Information and statistical data regarding program administration, student eligibility and socioeconomic status, on-campus program structure, student…

A PATTERN FOR INSERVICE EDUCATION TO SUPPORT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FOR GIFTED CHILDREN IS DESCRIBED. THE PATTERN INCLUDES THE STATE OF ILLINOIS PLAN OF WHICH IT IS A PART, THE APPROACH EMPLOYED, AND THE OPERATIONAL PLANS FOR A 1965 SUMMER INSTITUTE. IN 1963-65 ILLINOIS APPROPRIATED $6,750,000 TO IMPLEMENT ITS PLAN FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FOR GIFTED…

THE ROLE OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND PRIVATE AGENCIES IN HELPING MIGRANT CHILDREN WAS DISCUSSED. BACKGROUND INFORMATION GIVEN BY NORMAN THOMAS AND FAY BENNETT EMPHASIZED SURVEY RESULTS. IN 1961 THERE WERE BETWEEN 350,000 AND 450,000 CHILDREN OF DOMESTIC MIGRANT WORKERS IN AMERICA. IN 1959 75,000 OF THE 500,000 MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES WERE…