PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING, TREATMENT, AND CONSULTANT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE. A SCREENING AND REFERRAL PROCEDURE WHICH INCLUDES RECOMMENDED GROUP INTELLIGENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT TESTS IS OUTLINED. EIGHT AGENCIES PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES ARE DESCRIBED BY NAME, SPONSORING AGENCY, SERVICES AVAILABLE, CLIENT ELIGIBILITY, WAITING PERIOD, FEES,…

SHARED SERVICES, A COOPERATIVE SCHOOL RESOURCE PROGRAM, IS DEFINED IN DETAIL. INCLUDED IS A DISCUSSION OF THEIR NEED, ADVANTAGES, GROWTH, DESIGN, AND OPERATION. SPECIFIC PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING STATE AID IN SHARED SERVICES, EFFECTS OF SHARED SERVICES ON THE SCHOOL, AND HINTS CONCERNING SHARED SERVICES ARE DESCRIBED. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SMALL…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether family income is associated with student choice of higher cost versus lower cost colleges. Family income, level of Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) award, and selected personal characteristics of a sample of 4,500 TAP recipients were examined to determine attendance patterns at 11 public and…

This report examines the Tennessee state-local tax structure to determine whether tax inequities have given rise to a situation in which taxes have contributed to an inadequate or inequitable flow of financial resources to the public schools. It investigates the possibility that some structural changes in the tax system might improve both tax…

The current method of financing education in Illinois is explained and reasons are advanced for changing it to afford property tax relief by a more equitable formula. The proposed plan and the arguments supporting it are then offered. The plan increases the state basic support level per student to $1,400, and the state assumes the full cost of the…

THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE GROWTH OF ALL-WHITE PRIVATE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH WHICH HAS ACCOMPANIED FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OF SCHOOL INTEGRATION. IT IS REPORTED THAT VIRGINIA, ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, AND MISSISSIPPI PROVIDE TUITION GRANTS, RANGING FROM $185 TO $360 A YEAR, TO WHITE STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND THESE SCHOOLS. HOWEVER, FEDERAL COURTS…

California state facility and program requirements for educationally handicapped pupils in California are detailed. Contained is a step by step outline of procedures to be followed for establishing such facilities as well as some background information for relating classroom size standards to three general categories of educationally handicapped.…

This booklet discusses past and anticipated legislative activities in school finance, court actions, and research issues. It is divided into three major sections. The first covers the major school finance events of 1976 for selected states, the anticipated major events of 1977, and court actions. The second section covers the dominant issues that…

This paper was part of a symposium examining, from a multiple perspective, the lessons to be learned from the past decade of school finance reform and outlines a research and political agenda for state and federal activity in the 1980s. The issues that school finance litigation has addressed during the 1970s are reviewed, the current cases and…

After a brief synopsis of the 1974 legal activity centering on the church-state relationship, the speaker examines three particular cases: the United States Supreme Court decision in Wheeler v. Barrera, a Missouri district court decision in Luetkemeyer v. Kaufmann, and the Supreme Court decision in Franchise Tax Board of California v. United…

Acting through the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provides a comprehensive program of grant assistance to undergraduate students enrolled full-time in approved institutions of postsecondary education. In the 1974-75 academic year, the program will provide an estimated $71.5 million to more than…

This survey of the extent to which each state is supporting kindergarten and other early childhood services consists of three tables showing: (1) state-by-state expenditures (total and per pupil) for kindergarten and prekindergarten, other state-supported services (medical, dental, etc.) to prefirst graders; information on kindergarten entrance…

A biracial Task Force, formed by letter of charge from the Chairman of the Maryland Council for Higher Education, held its first meeting at Morgan State College on April 5, 1974. The Task Force heard presentations and received documentation from Bowie, Coppin, and Morgan State Colleges and from the University of Maryland. Members of the staff of…

A technique was developed utilizing socioeconomic and school-related variables for allocating state funds to elementary and secondary schools on the basis of specified state priorities. Principal component analysis was used to reduce variables to a set of factors reflecting the independent dimensions of socioeconomic, resource utilization, and…

The National Board on Graduate Education (NBGE), founded in 1969, studies the issues facing graduate education, assists those concerned with graduate education in establishing sound policies, and discusses new forms and emphases that must be given to these purposes so that the contributions of graduate education can be enhanced. In this document,…