Field Hearing on the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act
Field Hearing on the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights

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Published: 1994

Total Pages: 96

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This legislative hearing focuses on Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and South Dakota's drug-prevention efforts. The emphasis here is on the efforts of rural states, rural communities, rural schools, and families to combat drug and alcohol abuse. Drug-free school programs are particularly emphasized. Also discussed are the issues various drug-prevention programs face, such as funding needs, the allocation of resources, the special problems faced by Native Americans, and other concerns. In addition to personal testimonies, which are recorded here verbatim, are a number of prepared statements by educators, project administrators, and students. (RJM)

Field Hearing on the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act
Field Hearing on the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights

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Published: 1994

Total Pages: 104

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This legislative hearing focuses on Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and South Dakota's drug-prevention efforts. The emphasis here is on the efforts of rural states, rural communities, rural schools, and families to combat drug and alcohol abuse. Drug-free school programs are particularly emphasized. Also discussed are the issues various drug-prevention programs face, such as funding needs, the allocation of resources, the special problems faced by Native Americans, and other concerns. In addition to personal testimonies, which are recorded here verbatim, are a number of prepared statements by educators, project administrators, and students. (RJM)

Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Drug Free School and Communities Act
Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Drug Free School and Communities Act

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights

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Published: 1993

Total Pages: 128

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This document presents prepared statements and witness testimonies from the first in a series of Congressional hearings regarding the reauthorization of the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986. The testimonies examine the progress made toward achieving the sixth of the national education goals which states, "By the year 2000 every school in America will be free of drugs and violence and will offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning." Opening statements were made by Representatives Owens, Barrett, Scott, Fawell, and Sawyer. continues to make general progress in its war against drugs, it still has a higher rate of illicit drug use than any other industrialized nation. Witnesses providing testimonies include: (1) Madeline Kunin, deputy secretary, U.S. Department of Education; (2) Eleanor Chelimsky, assistant comptroller general, Program Evaluation and Methodology, General Accounting Office; (3) Lloyd Johnston, program director of Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan; (4) Ronald Stephens, executive director, National School Safety Center, West Lake Village, California; (5) Henry Wood, chairman, National Drug Free Schools and Communities Steering Committee, Wilmington, Delaware; (6) Stephen Danish, professor and chair of the Psychology Department, director of Life Skills Center, Virginia Commonwealth University; and (7) William London, associate professor of Health Education, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. (NB)

School Safety, Discipline, and IDEA
School Safety, Discipline, and IDEA

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families

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Published: 2000

Total Pages: 132

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This document contains the proceedings of a hearing held on August 13, 1999, before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families. The hearing addressed school safety, discipline, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Following opening remarks of the congressmen, the report includes the testimony of: (1) Julian Cope, Superintendent of Jasper County Public School System in Monticello, Georgia, who argues that IDEA creates a double standard for students with disabilities who commit offenses and severely limits the range of punishment that the building administrator can enact; (2) Sandra Griffin, Director of Special Services, Burke County Public Schools, Waynesboro, Georgia, who stresses the need to hold all students accountable; (3) Patricia E. Henchy, Principal of Burke County High School, Waynesboro, Georgia, who discusses the need for school safety; (4) Roberta Hatcher, Director of Special Education, Richmond County Board of Education, Augusta, Georgia, who discusses student support strategies; (5) Mary L. Oglesby, Chairman of the Richmond County Board of Education, Augusta, Georgia; and (6) Lamar Samples, Director of Risk Management/School Social Worker, Emanuel County Public School System, Swainsboro, Georgia. The appendices include the written statements of the congressmen and witnesses. (CR)