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Download full textNational Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1981
The National Council on Vocational Education believes that the new Vocational Education Act should focus on the development of the human capital that is essential to any efforts to revitalize our nation's productivity. This will require program improvement for training and retraining in new high-technology occupations, access to programs by…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Correctional Education, Demand Occupations, Disabilities
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Washington, DC. – 1980
Eight papers from a one-day conference for lawyers, judges, and policy-makers discuss the effects on intergovernmental relations of the emerging body of laws, regulations, and court decisions governing federal grants and their recipients. The expanding importance of federal grants, notes an introduction to the papers, has meant both less leeway…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Community Development, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Martin, Edwin – 1978
The history of educational programming for the handicapped has unfortunately been one of quiet discrimination. This pattern has come from the evolution of an isolation-based society. Society is moving increasingly toward the human and equity-based treatment of disabled people. Reflecting some court decisions, the Education of the Handicapped Act…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational Change
Faraday, Sally; Maudslay, Liz – 2000
This document, which is intended for individuals involved in writing and reviewing college disability statements, summarizes the results of a Further Education Development Agency evaluation of the disability statements of 432 further education (FE) colleges throughout England. Chapter 1 examines the extent to which the individual FE colleges'…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Admission Criteria, Adult Students, College Programs
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1992
This resource guide is intended to aid in the development of physical education programs to meet the motor, social, and recreational needs of students with disabilities. Two brief chapters on legislation review federal regulations, Iowa law, and Iowa rules for special education and special education administration. Next, the four steps in…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Elementary School Students
Piercy, Sheryl W.; Bowen, Mack L. – 1993
Forty-eight chief state certification officers and 50 state Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) officers responded to a two-part survey on special education certification and the supply and demand of special education and related services personnel. Survey data were considered within the context of recently approved federal…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Regulation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1983
This document contains transcripts of U.S. Senate hearings leading to the reauthorization of the Vocational Education Act. During the hearings, testimony and/or prepared statements were given by the U.S. Secretary of Education, representatives of business and industry (especially the training sector), educators (especially vocational education…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adolescents, Adults, Disabilities
Sherman, Joel D., Ed.; And Others – 1982
Fifteen papers commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education's School Finance Project are contained in this volume. The papers examine the changing dimensions of the federal-state partnership in education. The volume is organized into four sections. The first section is devoted to state educational policy concerns, including various state…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Disabilities, Educational Legislation
Malakoff, Eve H., Ed. – 1981
While the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-142) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 first established the basic framework for determining the rights of handicapped students, both the courts and Congress are continually interpreting and changing the standards. The eight papers included in this…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities
Fraser, Jeannette L.; And Others – 1982
Secondary analysis of self-reported data from 1,819 questionnaires completed by state vocational education staff in 47 states was used to examine the training and experience of current state vocational education staff in five federal policy priority areas: sex equity, disadvantaged persons, handicapped persons, limited English-speaking student…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1982
This document is a transcript of a United States House of Representatives hearing conducted in October, 1981, regarding reauthorization of the Vocational Education Act of 1963--specifically the National Institute of Education's study of vocational education mandated by the Education Amendments of 1976. Six principal findings were reported in the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Bowker, Albert H.; Morgan, Patrick M. – 1977
The relationship between the University of California at Berkeley and the government is examined. Interviews with over 150 people on campus, ranging from leading administrators to a sample of faculty researchers to section heads in departments such as Personnel and Purchasing, as well as written reports by numerous offices supplied the data of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Case Studies, College Students
Smith, Barbara J. – 1992
This paper presents a summary of early care and education policies for young children (ages 3-5) and then offers recommendations on how these efforts might be coordinated at the state and local levels. The policy summary is organized around the components of early care--child care, early childhood education, and early intervention for children at…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Attitude Change, Community Programs
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1992
This manual covers laws and regulations, responsibilities, policies, equipment, communication, and guidelines for transporting Iowa public school students with specific disabilities. The first section summarizes requirements of federal and state law, followed by a section on responsibilities of such entities as the Department of Education, the…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Bus Transportation, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
Benson, Charles S.; And Others – 1980
An analysis of the procedures states have adopted to distribute federal funds for vocational education under the 1976 Amendments to the Vocational Education Act shows that there is widespread confusion and variation among the states. While the Act specifies that a formula must be used for distribution of funds, the exact criteria for determining…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance
