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Higher Education Funding Council for England, Bristol. – 2003
This guide describes the principles that underlie allocations of grants to universities and colleges by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). Formulas are used to determine how most of the money is allocated between institutions. These take into account certain factors for each institution, including the number and type of…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Stimson, Jim; Scherer, Joseph J., Ed. – School Administrator, 1985
A study of Chapter 2 first-year implementation in nine states found that administrators like the flexibility of the block grants. Problems remain concerning the participation of private school students, service to special populations, and the continued use of state advisory councils. (MLF)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Block Grants, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
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Hargrove, David S.; Melton, Gary B. – Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 1987
Block granting disburses mental health funds largely at the discretion of state mental health authorities, and state priorities typically focus on the most severely ill persons. Rural centers may suffer because multipurpose programs responding to a wide range of community needs are excluded from the mental health service delivery concept. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Community Services, Delivery Systems, Federal Legislation
Kimbrough, Jackie; Hill, Paul T. – 1983
When federally funded categorical programs for educational equity converge at the school level, difficulties such as resource competition tend to arise. This study addresses interference (categorical and core local program conflicts) and cross-subsidy (categorical fund misuse) problems at district, school, and classroom levels in terms of…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Class Organization, Classroom Environment