The major focus of this report is on the Kansas State Department of Education's (KSDE) plan for the expenditure of Title I funds in Kansas. Specific information provided includes: (1) an overview of Title I administration; (2) Federal, State, and local school district reponsibilities for Title I; (3) KSDE's monitoring and enforcement plan; (4) a…

A series of 11 fact sheets giving basic information on specific subjects of interest to those working with handicapped and gifted children. The fact sheets, developed by the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children during fiscal year 1977, are designed in a question/answer format and have…

Presented are the findings of a study to identify, analyze, and explain activities and consequences in nine local education agencies (LEAs) in three states as they implemented the major provisions of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Section I summarizes the background of the study and its major objectives. In Section…

The document reports findings on implementation of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) in three local education agencies (LEAs) in State A, one of three states studied. An initial section discusses the conceptual model which was used to generate hypotheses, organize data, and analyze findings as LEAs implemented the major…

The document reports findings on implementation of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) in three local education agencies (LEAs) in State B, one of three states studied. An initial section discusses the conceptual model which was used to generate hypotheses, organize data, and analyze findings as LEAs implemented the major…

The document reports on a 1976 conference discussing critical issues related to income maintenance and full employment. The objective is to explore the persistence of inequality and want in America and the issue of achieving more equality through income maintenance programs and full employment. Major topics include values issues; income…

This paper analyzes some major political and fiscal trends that will shape governments' approaches to equal educational opportunity for children with special needs during the 1980's. The growing conflict between the school finance reform movement--a group that desires to redesign public school curricula to include special needs programs whatever…

One of a series of sixteen knowledge transformation papers, this paper examines the problems, issues, and needs of vocational educators as they develop and implement individualized education programs (IEPs) for handicapped children. First, a general discussion of an IEP gives its five components (present level of educational performance, annual…

SECTION 280A.1 OF THE CODE OF IOWA DECLARES A STATE POLICY TO ESTABLISH 17 AREAS, IN EACH OF WHICH AN AREA VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OR AN AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE MAY BE ESTABLISHED TO OFFER, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE FOLLOWING SERVICES--(1) THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE WORK, INCLUDING PREPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, (2) VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL…

The Committee studied the administration of training under federal programs including Manpower Development and Training, Economic Opportunity, Adult Basic Education, Vocational Education, Work-Study Program, Social Security, Vocational Rehabilitation, and National Apprenticeship Training Acts, as well as selected administratively established…

Major aspects of the project are reviewed in four chapters: (1) An introductory review of the study's background; (2) the major needs of public elementary and secondary education in Iowa and the need for a new type of educational service agency; (3) major recommendations of the study, discussed under 10 categories; and (4) major benefits resulting…

Findings are presented from a questionnaire survey of selected statistics of pupil enrollment, number of high school graduates in 1963, percent of students graduating based on grade 10 enrollment, and certain characteristics, such as organization, compulsory school age, pupil mobility, free textbooks, and free kindergartens of large city school…

This guide describes the ways in which sounds are generated, travel, and affect the listener's hearing and well-being. Recommendations are given for controlling noise at the source and along its path of travel, and for protecting the listener. Remedies are given for noise commonly encountered in homes, work environments, schools, while traveling,…

Problems, issues, and the potential of higher education were discussed at SREB's 26th Legislative Work Conference. Higher education's dilemma is that a steady state will bring increased pressures for change, not for operating on the basis of more of the same. Topics in the report include: highlights of a profile of higher education in the South,…

In a collection of statistical summaries, the following information regarding New Mexico two-year colleges is presented for each institution: (1) 1977-78 average full-time faculty salaries; (2) 1975-76 unrestricted expenditures for instruction, academic support, student services, institutional support, and plant operation; (3) local district tax…