Described are 131 new facilities being constructed to implement a Florida legislative mandate to provide all exceptional children with appropriate educational programs by 1973. A chart lists the new facilities by county and disability (educable mentally retarded, trainable mentally retarded, physically handicapped, deaf, and visually handicapped). It is reported that over 16 million dollars have been appropriated for the specialized facilities. Provided for each facility are specifications such...
Topics: ERIC Archive, State Programs
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"Kay Burkhardt, Arts in Education Specialist"--Cover
Topics: Arts, Art education, State programs
Topics: PUBLIC HEALTH, STATE PROGRAMS, FEDERAL PROGRAMS
Support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Minority Health (OMH), Bureau of Health Care Delivery Assistance (BHCDA), Division of Special Populations (DSPPD), under Grant #CSU110004020
Topics: HEALTH CARE ACCESS, HISPANICS, STATE PROGRAMS
Information presented, unless otherwise indicated, is considered in the public domain. It may be distributed or copied as permitted by law.
Topics: State Programs, Medicaid, Medicaid Managed Care, Managed Care
The concepts, terms, and definitions as stated indicate the current level of conceptualization and implementation of the Ohio Career Development Program--a Statewide program for grades K-10. The concepts explained are: the career education program in Ohio, career orientation, career exploration, self, individual and environment, world of work, economics, education and training, employability and work adjustment, and career decision making. Thirty-two career development terms are defined in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Education, Conceptual Schemes, Definitions, State Programs
A previous document, with a similar title for 1972-77 (ED 070 476), set out long range goals for statewide development of Illinois libraries. According to the present report, progress has been made toward: increasing the number of local libraries and population served; increasing income and expenditures for libraries; augmenting media collections; expanding systems and networks; enhancing cooperation between school and public libraries; updating and enlarging physical facilities; improving...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation, Library Planning, Library Services, State Programs
This document presents a report on domestic violence and sexual assault in Alaska. An introduction includes vignettes and a review of the problems of domestic violence and sexual assault. National and state statistics are provided and it is noted that Alaska has the highest incidence of rape in the country. The next section describes major initiatives by the Council on Domestic Violence. The initiatives included funding for prison batterers' programs; a videotape for training law enforcement...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Family Violence, Rape, Sexual Abuse, State Programs
The annual report (1972-73) of the Nevada Department of Education on the American Indian education program is concerned with the allocation of the Johnson O'Malley (JOM) Act funds, which enables the Bureau of Indian Affairs to contract with states and local school districts for the education of Indian children. At present, the JOM funds in the state are used exclusively to support school lunch and special programs. Four basic objectives, such as ensuring that the state allots to schools...
Topics: ERIC Archive, State Federal Aid, State Programs, Tables (Data)
Based on a needs assessment of intra-state and inter-state interconnection telecommunication services, the Virginia Public Telecommunications Council (VPTC) envisions a public service satellite system consisting of: (1) primarily broadband transceiver capacities to areas having state supported institutions of higher education, perhaps with common carrier supplied narrow-band extensions to various state agencies; and (2) narrow-band transceiver capacities located in areas lacking institutions of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Higher Education, State Programs, Telecommunications
Topics: HEALTH STATISTICS, FEDERAL PROGRAMS, STATE PROGRAMS, INFORMATION RESOURCES, INTERNET
This report from the Department of Interior presents information concerning individual state actions and projects related to the broad topic of outdoor recreation. Included are data on the following topics: rights-of-way for recreation; federal financing of outdoor recreation; state and local financing of outdoor recreation; federal acquisition and development; federal planning, research, conferences, and special studies; and surplus property for parks and recreation. (JA)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Programs, Outdoor Education, Recreation, State Programs
Topics: HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MINORITY GROUPS, MINORITY HEALTH, STATE PROGRAMS
Designed to provide an overview of programs offered by state humanities councils, this publication is divided into seven sections. An introduction defines the humanities and outlines the Division of State Programs within the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). A section entitled "The State Humanities Councils" presents the history, purpose, funding, and council members' responsibilities in the state councils. In the next two sections, the services provided by the Division of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship, Humanities, State Programs
Topics: MEDICAID MANAGED CARE, HEALTH CARE, LANGUAGE, INTERPRETER SERVICES, STATE PROGRAMS
This report presents the final recommendations of the Special Media Records Project for the improved management and preservation of machine-readable records in New York State government agencies. The first of three parts of the report discusses strategic issues in the management and preservation of electronic records, including key trends in information technology; the relationship between paper and electronic records; and the organizational context. Objectives for improved management and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Archives, Information Technology, Recordkeeping, State Agencies, State Programs
The publication is intended to encourage states and localities to give further consideration to the development and utilization of training agreements in the conduct of cooperative vocational education programs. Training agreements assure the integrity of the continuing educational experiences that occur outside the classroom. It is with this awareness that the material contained within this document was brought together. The introduction briefly states the role of cooperative education and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Contracts, Cooperative Education, Guidelines, State Programs, Vocational Education
This report reviews California's Child Support Enforcement program (CCSEP) and prospects for increasing support payments. Chapter I describes the structure of the CCSEP, recent collection experience, and prospects for growth in collections under current practices. Chapter II describes recent revisions in federal law concerning the program and the expected effect of the changes on collections of support payments in California. Chapter III presents an analysis of county collections in 1982-83 and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Legislation, Program Development, Program Effectiveness, State Programs
Topics: MINORITY GROUPS, BILINGUAL EDUCATION, STATE PROGRAMS, PUBLIC HEALTH, NEEDS ASSESSMENT
The source of most of the opposition to educational assessment is fear on the part of administrators and teachers that assessment will be used as an instrument of evaluation. Assessment plans make it impossible to identify individual teachers or schools. Thus, the fear that someone may be penalized because of a bad assessment is not realistic. Furthermore, all school systems at present do a great deal of testing. If school authorities wanted to use test results as evaluating instruments, they...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Assessment, State Programs, State Surveys, Selden, David
The document presents the Nevada State Plan for Gifted and Talented adopted by the Nevada State Board of Education, May 16, 1974. The first section gives a position statement. A section on planning includes a table of the estimated number of academically talented students in Nevada school districts. Other sections outline State Board of Education goals, specific objectives for completion of the goals, programs, budgetary considerations, and strategies to attract support for education of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Exceptional Child Education, Gifted, Program Development, State Programs
In 1990 the Arkansas State Board of Higher Education adopted guidelines for the development of state minimum core curriculum response to state legislation. This legislation provides that courses within the core shall apply to the general education core curriculum requirements for baccalaureate degrees at state-supported institutions and shall be fully transferable between state institutions. The Board has approved state minimum core curricula for 2- and 4-year colleges and universities. This...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Core Curriculum, Higher Education, Public Colleges, State Programs
Based on data from the Family Foster Care Reimbursement Survey for 1981, tables in this report present the level of the 50 states' reimbursements for family foster care. Categories of data reported include age of child in foster care, basic monthly rate, clothing allowance, personal and incidental allowance, and special needs allowance (on a continuum ranging from mild to very severe). (RH)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foster Care, National Surveys, State Programs, Tables (Data)
This newsletter cites current activities, new staff assignments, and grants awarded in the field of economics. Announcement is made of summer workshops held on state campuses during the summer of 1973 and of summer institutes supported by the National Science Foundation. Included are brief reports on previous state conferences and notes on the availability of results of related research studies and materials. (SHM)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conferences, Economics, Economics Education, Educational Planning, Newsletters, State...
Testimony given at a hearing on the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act which is scheduled to expire in September 1992 is presented in this document. An opening statement by Representative Matthew G. Martinez, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Education and Labor, discusses the vulnerability of youth. Testimony and prepared statements or materials from these individuals are included: (1) Chris Baca, Youth Development, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Delinquency, Federal Programs, Hearings, Prevention, State Programs, Youth Problems
Programs for adolescents with severe behavior disorders (BD) in Illinois are examined in terms of existing psychoeducational models of BD programs. Research is reviewed on the definition and etiology of BD, and the historical and theoretical background of educational treatment for this group is offered (including a description of several models for programing). The evaluation involving 230 public school administrators and staff and 40 private school administrators in the state is considered in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Behavior Disorders, High Schools, Models, Program Evaluation, State Programs
The federal archaeological community has identified a need for an organized and comprehensive public outreach effort at the national level that can provide a framework for regional and local public support for archaeological resources. This document presents one part of the program and provides guidance in developing public awareness. Arizona Archaeological Week is presented as one example of how successful public outreach programs operate. The history, growth, and components of this state...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Archaeology, Federal Programs, Natural Resources, Outreach Programs, State Programs
Topics: STATE PROGRAMS, ETHNOCULTURAL FACTORS, PUBLIC HEALTH, MINORITY GROUPS, HEALTH CARE ACCESS
This is a progress report on the development of the Minnesota State Individually Guided Education (IGE) Network. The foreword states that the state IGE network came into being in July of 1973 in response to a need for the continuing awareness, implementation, and refinement of IGE on a statewide basis. Section 1 is an introduction which explains the purpose of the report: to determine how the IGE Network is being evaluated and what the results of that evaluation are. The procedures used to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Programs, Networks, Program Evaluation,...
In 1998, Florida voters passed a unique amendment to the state constitution requiring the state to make "adequate provision...for a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools." This brief examines how Florida courts are likely to interpret this constitutional amendment and whether Florida's funding system will be successful in meeting the increased constitutional demands.
Topics: ERIC Archive, Financial Support, State Programs, Educational Finance, Harris, Douglas N.
Two programs have been developed in Pennsylvania to provide opportunities for and guidance in the development of speech communication curricula. The State Consultancy Service, established in 1964, first used volunteer consultant authorities to initiate speech education programs in school curricula or to suggest methods for improving existing programs. At no time has there been an attempt to establish a state prescribed syllabus or curriculum, although the program has operated under the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, State Departments of Education, State Programs, Lutz, Jeanne M.
While billions of dollars of financial aid is made available from federal and state governments annually, little of this is available to the distance learner. Financial aid mechanisms often limit aid for students who are not of traditional age, full-time, or learning on-campus. This report outlines and defines the problem of financial aid for distance education, traces the historical record of aid programs, describes real barriers for distance learners, and suggests alternative strategies that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Distance Education, Higher Education, State Programs, Student Financial Aid
This is Volume II of a study made by a state commission in Virginia to determine the vocational needs of the state to 1975. Recommendations were made by the commission and a set of priorities was established. A thorough study was made of persons in the various disability categories and of the prevalence of those who were eligible for state aid. About 490,000 had some disability in 1965. Mental retardation (128,000), cardiac (100,000), and orthopedic (93,800) were the most frequently mentioned....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bibliographies, Planning Commissions, State Programs, Tables (Data), Vocational...
Topics: HEALTH CARE ACCESS, MINORITY GROUPS, ETHNOCULTURAL FACTORS, STATE PROGRAMS, COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
Listed are approximately 63 programs for exceptional children in North Carolina schools recommended for visitation by school personnel developing local programs. Programs are listed for the educable mentally retarded, the emotionally disturbed or learning disabled, gifted and talented, hearing impaired, physically handicapped, speech impaired, trainable mentally retarded, and visually impaired. Listings are by disability for each of North Carolina's educational districts. Usually included in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Demonstration Programs, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, State...
A commission was established in Virginia in February 1967 to determine the vocational rehabilitation requirements up to 1975 and to develop a statewide plan to meet these needs. A variety of sources were utilized such as surveys, testimony of experts, past caseload experience, and population projections. This information was used to estimate future needs and an evaluation was made of current programs and resources. The recommendations were formulated in a plan which set up priorities in five...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Planning, Planning Commissions, State Programs, Tables (Data), Vocational...
This is a collection of 16 articles on zero-based budgeting (ZBB), dealing primarily with the practice as it occurs in the states. Included is a lengthy report on ZBB practices in the states based on a survey conducted by the National Association of State Budget Officers and the Congressional Research Service. (IRT)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Budgeting, Finance Reform, Program Budgeting, Resource Allocation, State Programs
Louisiana's statewide provisions for education of gifted and talented preschoolers are reviewed, and difficulties encountered in serving 300 gifted young children are addressed. Among the administrative burdens cited are narrow identification criteria and the combination of limited financial and personnel resources resulting in the availability of only several program prototypes. Nine suggestions are offered to other states attempting to institutionalize statewide programing for gifted...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Gifted, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Program Development, State Programs,...
The Family to Family initiative has encouraged states to reconceptualize, redesign, and reconstruct their foster care systems. By 1996, the initiative was being implemented in five states, five Georgia counties, and Los Angeles County, California. This paper describes an approach for nontraditional partnerships that work to rebuild the foster care system through interventions designed to create basic connections in neighborhoods. Working with the natural helpers who already exist within...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Welfare, Community Programs, Foster Care, Foster Children, State Programs
Designed for state Developmental Disabilities Planning Councils, the booklet presents seven papers dealing with public awareness of handicapped persons. M. Reilly describes the Connecticut Council's project to make contact with key groups of decision makers. The Vermont project is explained by T. Knox in terms of program goals and public relations activities on a low budget. R. Valela cites the need for society to make significant changes in planning, service delivery, and public awareness to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Handicapped Children, Information Dissemination, Public Relations,...
Topics: INFANT MORTALITY, STATE PROGRAMS, AFRICAN AMERICANS, MATERNAL HEALTH, PERINATAL CARE, PRENATAL CARE
A framework is proposed by which Oregon will provide professional leadership and funds to assist community programs for the mentally retarded. Following a rationale for such services, an inventory of existing programs in each of five designated state regions is presented. On maps of each region are indicated locations of various types of programs: classes for trainable (moderately) retarded, day care centers, activity centers, sheltered workshops, adult group homes, foster homes, and evaluation...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Programs, Exceptional Child Services, Legislation, Mental Retardation,...
The goal of the Connecticut Special Education Computer Network Project is to develop and field test a special education computer network with schools and school districts within the state. SpecialNet, a national computer network of special educators, will be used as the means to achieve this goal. The project, it is hoped, will help to enhance communication among schools, the State Department of Education, and local districts, thus improving the delivery of services to handicapped students....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Computer Networks, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Special Education,...
Eleven papers describe and evaluate state and city programs which appear to have been successful in helping the educationally disadvantaged realize their potential. To pinpoint possible factors which hinder achievement, the papers also identify some of the characteristics of these students and their homes and communities. (NH)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, State Programs, Urban Education, Urban...
Recent state efforts reflect a growing commitment to building state child care systems, but increasing child care capacity while simultaneously designing and expanding good quality, new child care systems remains a challenge. On November 17, 1997, the Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC) conducted an audioconference that focused on how Wisconsin, North Carolina, and New Jersey are using federal and state funds and private funding to improve the quality of subsidized child care in both formal and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Day Care, Grants, Program Descriptions, State Federal Aid, State Programs
Among the provisions of Maryland Senate Bill 682 was that mission statements would be developed by the presidents of public institutions of higher education in Maryland, submitted, and then reviewed by the Higher Education Commission no later than June 30, 1999 as required by the law in effect before July 1, 1999. Mission statements were to be revised in the context of the state's new higher education plan. The mission statements submitted by the state's higher education institutions were found...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Mission Statements, Program Evaluation, Public Colleges, State...
At the request of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the causes of interstate variations in Medicaid spending and the growth in overall spending. Using published and unpublished information, the GAO identified trends and wide variations among states in Medicaid spending and compared eligibility criteria used, the scope of services offered, and reimbursement to providers. Medicaid spending in New York was compared to national averages and studies...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Comparative Analysis, Federal Aid, Financial Support, Human Services, State Programs
A study of retirement systems not under the Federal program is presented. It contains a discussion of the systems' provisions governing retirement for age and service, disability retirement, and death benefits. Also included is information about early retirement, automatic increases, and the vesting of benefit rights. A separate analysis is presented on the provisions of systems for policemen and firemen. (Author/CK)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Local Government, Retirement, State Programs, Statistical Data, Surveys, Waldman, Saul
The primary purpose of this publication is to introduce the reader to the background, framework, and central characteristics of Michigan's master plan for all environmental communication, education, and information programs. A second purpose of this article is to link the reader to selected theoretical and empirical research literature that provided the foundation for the Michigan model. The central theme is that insight into the way the world works and solutions to its problems may be had only...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications, Environment, Environmental Education, Information Dissemination,...
The purpose of the survey was to obtain information to prepare a profile of state testing programs. One section of the report summarizes the data on the 42 testing programs that were operating in 33 states during the 1972-73 school year. This summary tabulates the findings of eight major areas covering all the questions asked during the interviews, including: purposes of programs; management aspects; population tested; instrumentation; data collection and processing; norms; dissemination; and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Assessment, Educational Programs, State Programs, State Surveys, Testing...
