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- Child Abuse: History, Legislation and Issues
- This report is on Child Abuse: History, Legislation, and Issues.
- Teenage Sexual Activity and Childbearing: An Analysis of the Relationships of Behavior to Family and Personal Background
- "This report uses the National Survey of Family Growth to examine the effects of a variety of social and economic factors on the likelihood that a teenage girl will be sexually active, will use contraceptives, and will bear a child...The report examines the differences in factors associated with these different behaviors for white and black as well as younger and older teens." (from Abstract)
- Parental Notification for Family Planning Services: Title X Regulations
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- Parental Leave: Legislation in the 100th Congress
- The report discusses the argument for why America should set a standard long-term maternity leave and temporary medical disability leave. Then the opposition to this position discusses why maternity leave and medical disability leave should be decided by the employer, not the Federal government.
- Infant Formula: National Problems
- This report discusses congressional concerns regarding infant formula that was deficient in a required nutrient.
- Handicapped Infants: The Final Section 504 Regulation and Legislative Proposals
- This report discusses the final rule regarding handicapped infants published in the Federal register by HHS on January 12, 1984. Legislative action in response to the Infant Doe issue is also discussed.
- Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Programs: Reauthorization Issues
- This report discusses the reauthorization of most Federal elementary and secondary education programs, which the 100th Congress is currently considering, as well as the creation of several new programs. Issues have included: (1) Federal versus ~tate/local priorities in the use of funds; (2) use of formula grants or competitive grants to allocate funds; (3) services for eligible nonpublic school children; (4) relationship between Federal programs and State-level school reform activities; and (5) information about programs and participants for the Congress.
- Article Packet: Background Information on Seatbelts in School Buses
- This notice from the Department of Transportation, denies a petition for rule-making filed by Physicians for Automotive Safety (PAS), asking this agency to mandate the installation of seat belts on all school buses. NHTSA believes that the currently mandated occupant protections in school buses provide an adequate level of safety protection, and that seat belts would not raise the level of protection for the occupants unless States and local jurisdictions were willing to take steps to ensure that the seat belts were actually used.
- Advertising of Alcoholic Beverages: Should a Radio and TV Ban be Imposed?
- This issue brief discusses the ongoing debate centered around television and radio advertising of alcoholic beverages, especially as it relates to the possible negative influence on the drinking habits of minors.
- Legal Right of Minors to Obtain Contraceptives
- "This report provides information on federal and state statutory and case law on [minors having a constitutionally protected right of privacy, including the right to receive contraceptives]" (p. 1).