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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1992
A study of possible modifications to the Chapter 1 formula examined whether such change might better target the federal funds to the needs of low-achieving students in high poverty areas. The study used data from a national evaluation of Chapter 1. The data underwent a multiple regression analysis focusing on the relationship between low…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Morra, Linda S. – 1995
Approximately two-thirds of the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL's) fiscal year 1995 (FY95) budget of $34.3 billion consists of mandatory spending on income maintenance programs. Of the remaining $10.7 billion financing DOL's other functions, approximately $6.9 billion is allocated to employment training activities and $2.93 billion is allocated…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgeting, Budgets, Cost Effectiveness
Beuke, Vernon L.; And Others – 1980
This report presents findings of a study to (1) describe state and local implementation of the 1976 Education Amendments and consequences of federally mandated vocational education policy and practice on vocational education activity, (2) understand ways in which state and local conditions affect policy implementation, and (3) recommend ways to…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation
Spartz, James L. – 1987
This comparative analysis updates the effects on school finance of the Delaware Legislature's passage of a new equalization law in 1984. The formula for allocation of equalization funds was modified by increasing the level of state support and by requiring greater local tax effort for districts to qualify for the funds. Analysis focuses on four…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Equity (Finance), Equalization Aid, Expenditures
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. – 1984
Testimony on the bill to amend the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act (1984) is presented. Statements are recorded from: (1) Representative Mary Rose Oakar (Ohio); (2) Keith Geiger, vice president, National Education Association; (3) William L. Smith, Director, Administrative Resource Management Services, U.S.…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Dependents Schools, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1990
This document contains the text of a Senate hearing to review policies and programs of the Office of Indian Education, and other federal Indian programs. Testimony is offered on the status of Indian education, federal regulations and allocations, Impact Aid, adult and vocational education, vocational rehabilitation, science improvement, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indian Education, American Indians, Educational Assessment
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1974
To aid the United States Congress in its analysis of alternative for federal aid to libraries, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the two largest federally funded programs, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) Title II and the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), to assess their effectiveness in meeting…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
