State Documents
• Legislative Control of State Finance, Illinois
Economic and Fiscal Commission (May 1977),
96pp. plus summary and appendices. Three basic
questions were asked in the course of this study: What can be done to enhance legislative control
and oversight of public finance? What decision-
making options are available to enhance control
and oversight? How would changes affect the
decisions and policies that are the final products of
a legislature? Among the topics considered are
state special funds, federal aid and state university
funding.
• Illinois Election Administration Expenditure, Division of Planning and Program Development, State Board of Elections (March 1977), 185pp. Includes interview responses by eight election administration experts, demonstrating "the complexity and interdependence of the factors constituting the basic costs of elections." Also includes detailed breakdowns of 1976 Illinois local government and school district election expenditures. Total county expenditures were $15.8 million.
• Annual Report on Title I: Public Law 89-313, Illinois State Board of Education/Office of Education (November 1976), 123pp. Evaluates state programs funded under Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Such programs fall into four categories: facilitites of the Department of Mental Health and Dvelopmental Disabilities; residential schools operated by the Department of Children and Family Services; public schools; and nonpublic day and residential schools.
• COOGA: 10 Years Later, Illinois Commis- sion on the Organization of the General Assembly (May 1977), 60 pp. Analyzes the implementation of 87 recommendations made by the commission in its 1967 report. Research by the Illinois Legislative Council showed that more than 85 per cent of the recommendations have been adopted in some form.
• Illinois Coastal Zone Management Program, preliminary draft. Division of Water Resources, Illinois Department of Transportation (November 1976), 162pp. plus summary and appendices. The Illinois portion of the Lake Michigan shoreline is 60 miles long; this program's goal is "to focus the technical and regulatory activities of all involved governments on the valuable coastal resources of Lake Michigan and its Illinois shorelands, and to organize these units of government into a cohesive management system." Preliminary recommendations call for state certification of coastal municipalities and provision of financial assistance for developing and maintaining their portions of the shore. Requirements for shore management would be established by enabling legislation.
• Illinois EPA and Illinois Coal: Citizens Guide to Belter Understanding, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency [1977], 15pp. Details the lEPA's efforts to allow increased use of high- sulfur Illinois coal while complying with air pollution regulations.
• Legislative Energy Handbook: A Brief Overview of the Illinois Energy Economy, ILC File 8-802, Illinois Legislative Council for the Illinois Energy Resources Commission(June 1977), 43pp. (Not available for general distribution.) Designed for use by Illinois legislators and their staffs, this hand book contains basic information on energy resources, technologies and consumption, with particular reference to Illinois.
• School and Community: Partners in Problem Solving, by Margaret Carter et al. for the Illinois State Board of Education/Office of Education [1977], 105pp. This handbook focuses on parental involvement in public schools, detailing approaches in Illinois school districts as well as activities in other states. Includes lists of resource materials.
Other Reports
• Improved Local Planning for Reservoir-
Oriented Recreation Opportunities, by John F.
Dwyer and Robert D. Espeseth, research report
123, Water Resources Center, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (June 1977),
142pp. This exploratory study considers the
recreation-induced local impacts of Lake Shelbyville, a multipurpose reservoir constructed by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in central Illinois.
Significant impacts are identified in such areas as
population and local government costs and
revenues.
• The 1973 Reform of the Illinois General Purpose Grant-in-Aid: An Evaluation after Three Years, by G. Alan Hickrod et al. (November 1976, 59pp.), and Illinois School Finance Research: Some Knowns and Unknowns by G. Alan Hickrod and Ben C. Hubbard (1977, 34pp.), Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, Normal. The first report, latest in a series evaluating the 1973 school funding reform in Illinois, finds progress toward the goal of equitable funding among districts. An appendix analyzes procedures for determing the number of pupils below poverty level in a district, this number being one element in the funding formula. The second report describes the 1973 reforms and reviews research conducted on them, as well as problems encountered in conducting such research.
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. Requests for copies should be sent to the issuing agency./ S. C.ž
20 / November 1977 / Illinois Issues