This first report of the Commission on Public School Personnel Policies in Ohio sets forth a course of action to improve student learning by better use of teaching staffs. The most important needs of the children are determined to be an individual capacity for problem solving (the development of this skill must begin with a mastery of "the three…

In October 1971, the Academy for Educational Development entered into a contract with the Council on Higher Education of the State of Washington to prepare an analysis with recommendations on the financing of postsecondary education in Washington. The resulting pamphlet is divided into 5 chapters: (1) Higher Education for Whose Benefit? (2)…

Operating grants to provincially assisted universities in Ontario are based on a formula that is derived from a system of weights assigned to various categories of student enrollment. This formula, however, cannot be used both for emergent universities and established institutions. There is probably no substitute for subjective decisionmaking,…

Church-related colleges are facing the problem of pleasing both their sponsoring churches and the government in order to obtain the funding from each agency that is needed for the survival of the institutions. To solve the political problem, the church-related colleges must persuade the legislatures, both state and federal, to include them in…

This paper discusses the implications for State educational finance of the recent Serrano vs Priest decision and tries to clarify the exact meaning of the Serrano case. It notes that the use of property taxes for financing schools is not barred by the decision. Rather, the case expresses the principle of neutrality -- the level of spending for a…

This state- and national-level funding model was designed to assist community and junior college administrators, state agency officials, and officers in the executive and legislative branches of state government. The principal objectives of the model are to: (1) officially recognize post-secondary education as a public responsibility; (2) equalize…

A major responsibility of government, whether state, local or federal, is to provide educational opportunity for its citizens in accord with their abilities, motivations, and the needs of society. To achieve this goal in postsecondary education, a diversity of institutions for students to attend and the elimination of barriers to these…

PHYSICALLY AND/OR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN MAY NEED PLACEMENT IN BOARDING HOMES WHEN TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN CHILD'S HOME AND SCHOOL IS NOT POSSIBLE. PROVISIONS OF WISCONSIN STATUTES ARE OUTLINED. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR ENROLLMENT IN SPECIAL CLASSES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BUREAU FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND OTHER AGENCIES ARE LISTED.…

The author addresses three questions: (1) How did states get into the education business in the first place? (2) How significant is the states' role? (3) What are the problems that are most critical--at the state level--and what can be done about them? The author traces the slow evolution of the state role in education up to the present where that…

This booklet is designed to provide school board members, school district voters, and other interested individuals with a basic understanding of New York's system for the distribution of state aid to school districts. Although the booklet provides a fairly complete outline of New York's school finance plan, it is not a detailed technical guide to…

The Connecticut statewide plan to facilitate the implementation of career education programs at the local level is discussed. Various forms of assistance offered by the State for this purpose are presented. (EC)

Intergovernmental influences do not impact in a uniform fashion on local decisions to innovate. Such influences are often attenuated or minimized by local circumstances. (Author/IRT)

Aspects of providing such services are described, including (1) published standards; (2) outreach programs to meet specific needs of the deaf, elderly, and disadvantaged; (3) adaptation of equipment to meet special needs of the elderly; and (4) examples of programs integrated into the structure of public libraries of varying size. (MBR)

The independents have performed a historic function in establishing institutional independence, suggests this university president, and they will continue, under their independent boards, to guard the principle. They save taxpayer money and will continue to do so even though a margin of state aid is necessary. (Author/LBH)