This document contains a presidential draft of proposed legislation to establish procedures and standards for the framing of relief in suits to desegregate the nation's elementary and secondary public schools. Other purposes include the provision of assistance to voluntary desegregation efforts and the establishment of a national community and…

Produced every four years by the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, the education cost study provides detailed instructional cost information for the state's public two-year and four-year institutions. The cost analysis is based on expenditures drawn from two sources: state Near-General Fund appropriations and tuition revenue. By…

This article presents the findings of a study on the employment situation of people with disabilities in a rural region in Lebanon. The study was conducted as one of the activities of a community development project that saw the establishment of a job centre for people with disabilities. The majority of the study's 200 participants were…

Background and objective: This paper was designed to rehearse the evolution of policy for the UK NHS General Dental Service (and related services) since its inception in 1948, culminating in the establishment of a new contract for general dental practitioners in 2006. Methods: Information was abstracted from the literature, historical records,…

This document notes that many states have passed, or are considering, laws that would mandate parental consent for, or notification of, a young woman's decision to obtain an abortion. Constructed in a question-and-answer format, the document then examines a number of issues concerned with such mandated parental involvement. It examines who is…

The Kansas State Board of Education is required by law to define by regulation those matters relating to the administration, staffing, courses of study, and instruction in Kansas schools. The regulations for accreditation of schools that appear in this publication have been filed with the office of the Revisor of Statutes and have thus become law.…

Reported are proceedings of hearings held on March 9 and 21, 1973 before the select subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives on House Resolution 4199, a bill to extend the Education of the Handicapped Act for three years. Considered are appropriations for specific parts of the bill dealing…

Presents an outline of educational reform possibilities for administrators to be aware of and prepare for so they are not caught off guard in the current state and federal push for legislated educational reform. (MD)

Nixon administration and chemical industry won some concessions on legislation being proposed to regulate new and existing toxic chemicals. (Author/RH)

This article reviews some of the litigation affecting school health services in the country. In most cases the courts have ruled in favor of the schools. Presented at American School Health Association, Philadelphia, 1969. (KH)

Good library legislation for public libraries is broad and general, flexible, permissive, specific in the authority for tax support but not with limitations, clear, conceise and stable. Library laws of Hawaii, California and Illinois can serve as models for the other states. (NH)

With government funding for most Australian universities below 60% and falling a major strategic emphasis for universities has been on securing other sources of operating revenue, including commercial opportunities and partnerships. The implication of increasing commercial activities such as non-award and tailored professional programmes, contract…

Teaching is a complex profession that involves grappling with a variety of management styles; federal, state, and local mandates; local policies and agendas; and informed curriculum practices that affect pedagogy. Teachers work in increasingly diverse schools, and they must be reflective practitioners to deal with the many social and educational…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of recent changes in young people's consumption of alcohol in Britain before then charting emerging academic perspectives and some of the recent regulatory and legislative changes. Design/methodology/approach: The approach takes the form of a selective narrative review of young people's…