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Education and Training Issues Related to Major Disasters

Description: This report includes a short description of the federal Stafford Act and its applicability to education and training facilities to provide context for the specific education and workforce development programs and requirements and their intersection with federal emergency management.
Date: November 4, 2005
Creator: Apling, Richard N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Vocational Education: Legislation to Reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act

Description: This report presents background on the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, rovides a funding history of the Act, and tracks and analyzes legislation during the 105th Congress to revise and reauthorize the Perkins Act.
Date: May 18, 1998
Creator: Apling, Richard N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Issues Regarding "Full Funding" of Part B Grants to States

Description: Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about issues regarding "full funding" of Part B grants to states in regards to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Topics include, the current funding formula, distributional issues, the cost of special education etc..
Date: February 15, 2001
Creator: Apling, Richard N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Full Funding of State Formula

Description: This report discusses Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which assists participating states to serve school-age children with disabilities. The state funding formula, which provides a foundation amount based on states’ FY1999 grants and allocates remaining amounts based on states’ shares of school-age children and of school-age poor children, authorizes a maximum allotment per disabled child served of 40% of the national average per pupil expenditure (APPE). Annual appropriatio… more
Date: December 27, 2001
Creator: Apling, Richard N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Vocational Education: Legislation to Reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act

Description: This report presents background on the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, provides a funding history of the Act, and tracks and analyzes legislation during the 105 Congress to revise and reauthorize the Perkins Act. Specifically the report th examines H.R. 1853 as passed by the House and H.R. 1385 as passed by the Senate. Key issues include whether and how to change state and substate formulas; what percentage of funds to reserve for statewide activities and admini… more
Date: May 18, 1998
Creator: Apling, Richard N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Paperwork in Special Education

Description: This report discusses some of the requirements of the law that give rise to paperwork, the available statistics on the time special educators spend on paperwork, and selected issues in the House and Senate bills that are related to paperwork reduction.
Date: December 18, 2003
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee & Apling, Richard N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Career and Technical Education: Appropriations

Description: This report provides an overview of overall federal funding for career and technical education from FY2000 through FY2006. It also discusses appropriations for FY2007, including FY2007 budget request and House and Senate legislative action. The report concludes with a discussion of state grants provided under the basic state grants and tech-prep programs.
Date: January 23, 2007
Creator: Skinner, Rebecca R. & Apling, Richard N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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