This document contains three sets of rough notes designed to help community education programs. These ideas are rough notes that are intended to spell out some of the problems and issues that confront any researcher tackling the new problem of community education programs. These ideas are addressed to State Educational Agencies (SEA) interested in providing technical assistance to community education programs. (CEP). The first section, Definition, is based upon the Federal Register and tries to provide a point-by-point definition of CEP. This definition is based upon the letter and spirit of the relevant legislation. Section 2, Needs Analysis, provides a questionnaire that can be used to establish community needs. In addition, a checklist is provided that helps educators identify potential community leaders. A form is provided to record the data acquired from community leaders. Section 3, SEA-Criteria and Criteria-Based Proposal Sample, provides an example of exactly what to do when either a Local Educational Agency (LEA) or State Educational Agency (SEA) comtemplates conduct a community education program (CEP). This proposal sample is based upon the 210 criteria points used to evaluate proposals. (Author)