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Henderson, Anne T. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Discusses implementation issues surrounding the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (Chapter 2), which consolidates 28 programs, including the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA), the major federal desegregation program. Major concerns include reduced eligibility requirements, distribution of funds, administrative responsibility,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Block Grants, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Equity (Finance)
Peer reviewedRiddle, Wayne – Journal of Education Finance, 1986
Examines a 1985 Reagan Administration proposal to authorize the provision of Chapter 1 assistance to disadvantaged children in the form of educational vouchers. Provides background information, summarizes and analyzes the Administration's previous and current proposals, discusses pro and con agreements, and presents two alternatives to the voucher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Peer reviewedMockler, John B.; Birdsall, Peter – Education and Urban Society, 1983
Proposes a way to streamline federal categorical program management while maintaining equity and equality. The proposal has three components: (1) incentives to state governments to adopt programs that meet federal objectives; (2) schoolwide coordination of programs; and (3) waivers from categorical program requirements under certain conditions.…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Categorical Aid, Compliance (Legal), Educational Equity (Finance)
Download full textCorbett, H. Dickson; And Others – 1983
Based on data from document reviews and interviews from 12 school districts in 3 states, this interim report presents findings from the first year of implementation of Chapter 2 of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981. The initial section of the report examines the redistribution of federal funds to local districts, the…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Budgeting, Case Studies, Categorical Aid
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1983
This is the report of a hearing on the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981. ECIA established Chapter 1 and 2 block grants which transferred almost total authority for the largest elementary and secondary school Federal assistance programs in the United States to State and local education agencies. These programs had formerly…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Civil Rights, Compensatory Education, Educational Equity (Finance)
