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• "County Elected Officials" (102pp.) and "Municipalities" (396pp.), Illinois State Board of Elections (September 1977).

Names, titles, addresses and telephone numbers (but not party affiliations) are included for officials of each Illinois county and municipality (city, village and incorporated town). The lists are current through September 1, 1977.

• "Illinois Regional Planning Agency Directory 1977," reference series no. 6, Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs (June 1977), 147pp.

Composition, representation, committees, budget and staff are detailed for each of the 17 multicounty and 25 county planning agencies in Illinois.

• "Wings of Progress: Illinois Diffusion Network: Fiscal Year 1978," State Board of Education/Illinois Office of Education, 103pp.

This report describes a number of innovative educational programs in Illinois public schools. "These programs offer new approaches to old problems while creating flexibility and alternatives for educators and students." Sections include alternative, career and environmental education.

• "Early Retirement: A Proposal for Adjustment to Declining Enrollments," State Board of Education/Illinois Office of Education (April 1977), 59pp. plus appendices.

Early retirement of teachers has been adopted by 36 Illinois public school districts to ease the adjustment process as enrollments decline. This report describes that policy and gives background information on the declining enrollment problem. Also discussed is a retirement policy allowing teachers with 20 or more years of service to retire at age 55 without a decrease in pension annuity.

• "Forum of Transcultural Adaptation: Asian Children in American Classrooms," conference proceedings, State Board of Education/Illinois Office of Education (April 1977), 62pp.

Contributions to this volume cover such topics as classroom assessment and placement for Asian children in American schools, curriculum development and counseling Asian students.

• "Illinois Rail Plan: Annual Update," Office of Policy and Planning, Illinois Department of Transportation (August 1977), variably paged.

This document presents the results of analyses of rail lines that either have been abandoned or proposed for abandonment, and outlines IDOT priorities for public investment in Illinois rail freight service.

Items listed under State Documents have been received by the Documents Unit, Illinois State Library, Springfield, and are usually available from public libraries in the state through interlibrary loan. / S.L.K.

Correction!

In the April Illinois Issues article "COOGA Revisited" (p. 4), we incorrectly credited sponsorship of the Legislative Staff Internship Program to Rep. Harold Katz. It was former state Sen. W. Russell Arrington who, with others, sponsored the Legislative Staff Internship Program in 1961. We apologize to Sen. Arrington for this mistake.

May 1978/Illinois Issues/25


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