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Peer reviewedMerki, Don; Lingg, Mary Ann – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1987
Reviews efforts and accomplishments of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers movement. Identifies eight measures of state legislation and state policy concerning drunk driving and ranks each state on the measures. Offers proposal for adoption of a state agency designed to meet problem of drunk driving through administration at the local level. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Drinking, Prevention, State Action
Download full textOffice of Child Support Enforcement (DHHS), Washington, DC. – 1985
This document is the first volume of a two-volume set of reports on child support enforcement. Volume I contains information on the dimensions of the nonsupport problem in the United States, stressing that of the 8.7 million women who were caring for children in fatherless homes in 1983, only 58% had court orders or agreements to receive child…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Compliance (Legal), Divorce
Whitney, Terry N.; Verstegen, Deborah A. – State Legislative Report, 1997
In 1997, an active year for school-finance legislation, states responded in a variety of ways to court decisions. This report provides an overview of school-finance legislation for that year. Historically, school-finance suits have focused on the equity and adequacy of state funding, and the decisions handed down in 1997, for the most part,…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1990
This report presents a plan for nursing education in the State of Washington that would help in alleviating the shortage of nurses in the state. The plan addresses the current status of nursing education and critical issues pertaining to the following: (1) the geographic availability of nursing education and training programs; (2) curriculum…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Credits, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedRoth, Robert A. – Action in Teacher Education, 1988
California state policies and regulations that force teacher education programs to limit enrollment because of insufficient resources, and discourage immigration of out-of-state teachers contribute to California's critical shortage of teachers. In addition, the quality of elementary instruction is jeopardized by regulations that diminish…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedDisinger, John F.; Floyd, Donald W. – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 1990
Activities in environmental education in the United States during the 1980s are summarized, in terms of audiences involved--formal (school), college/university, and nonformal. Discussion focuses on specific programs and materials, in summary fashion. Trends are noted, and speculative projections into the 1990s are offered. (36 references) (Author)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Curriculum, Development, Elementary Secondary Education
