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Jennings, John F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1988
In April 1988, Congress passed, and President Reagan signed, the Hawkins Stafford School Improvement Amendments, restoring the federal government's position as a true helper in educational reform. Besides raising spending ceilings for various educational programs and authorizing numerous initiatives, the law substantially enlarges Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Accountability, Block Grants, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This report analyzes problems in a proposal, submitted by Secretary of Education William J. Bennett, for Federal legislation to convert the Existing Chapter 1 program of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, which provides remedial educational services to disadvantaged students, into a tuition voucher program. The report, which is…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1987
Local Education Agency (LEA) administrators (principals and superintendents) and State Chapter 1 coordinators representing all 50 states were surveyed regarding their reactions to House Omnibus bill (HR 5), which would significantly change Chapter 1 programs. Over 3,600 school districts responded. The respondents were asked to indicate their level…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Coordinators, Educational Finance
Peer reviewedRadigan, Winifred M.; Carmody, Helen – Clearing House, 1988
Argues that categorical funds should be available with few restrictions so that local education agencies can make decisions on how to add the funds to the tax-levy base. Claims that this type of funding could provide a variety of instructional programs to meet the needs of targeted students, without segregating them or contributing to their…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Hess, G. Alfred, Jr. – 1991
As a result of state legislators' conviction that Chapter 1 fund mismanagement by the Chicago Public Schools had led to yearly increases in administration size to the detriment of students' real needs, the Chicago School Reform Act of 1988 placed a cap on noninstructional expenses and a progressive cessation on state aid to the poverty impaction…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgets, Categorical Aid, Change Strategies
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. Office of Research Advocacy and Legislation. – 1987
The School Improvement Act of 1987, H.R. 5, has been approved in the House of Representatives. This bill reauthorizes 14 existing federal elementary and secondary programs and creates a new program for gifted and talented children's education. The majority of the programs in H.R. 5 are designed to improve services for educationally disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This document presents the proceedings of a House of Representatives hearing on the Equity and Choices Act, a proposed amendment to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, Chapter 1. The Equity and Choices Act would provide the parents of educationally disadvantaged children with a voucher and the permission to use it at any public or…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Vouchers, Educationally Disadvantaged
Chicago Public Schools, IL. – 1991
The Chicago (Illinois) School Reform Act of 1988 (Public Act 85-1418) requires each attendance center in the Chicago Public Schools system to prepare a three-year School Improvement Plan. This guide was prepared to help schools coordinate various plans and to link improvement planning with budgeting. The guide includes four principal sections. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Compensatory Education, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This report presents statements, letters and supplementary material submitted in favor of a bill renewing funding for Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. Testimony describes how successful the program has been and suggests how the bill can be changed and the Chapter 1 program improved. Among suggestions made are the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Dropouts, Educational Finance
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Federal Programs. – 1984
South Carolina's utilization of Title I-Chapter 1 funds between 1979 and 1983 is summarized in this report. First, a statistical overview of Chapter 1's impact on the State as a whole is presented. Twelve charts are included which contain data on State allocation, student participation, personnel employed, budget funds by type of service, program…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Peer reviewedFinn, Chester E., Jr. – Public Interest, 1995
Addresses the question of what can be expected from the federal government's interference in the educational process. The article explains the assumptions behind government educational spending and provides examples and criticism of why this spending will not improve educational quality. The central problem is viewed as the government's lack of…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Practices
RMC Research Corp., Portsmouth, NH. – 1996
Title I, the largest federal aid program for elementary, middle, and high schools, is introduced in this publication, which includes both English and Spanish versions. Through Title I, the Federal government gives money to school districts around the country based on the number of low-income families in each district. Each district uses Title I…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Educationally Disadvantaged
Gaffney, Michael J.; Schember, Daniel M. – 1982
Drawing selectively on data from a study of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that included questionnaires sent to 2,000 randomly selected local Title I directors, structured interviews and document reviews in 100 representative Title I districts, and indepth studies in 40 specially selected Title I districts, this…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Block Grants, Compensatory Education, Educational Equity (Finance)
Petro, Janice Rose; And Others – 1994
An overview is provided of Colorado's participation in Chapter 1, the largest federally funded program designed to provide services to elementary and secondary students. Chapter 1 provides financial assistance to state and local education agencies to meet the special needs of educationally deprived children who reside in areas with high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Kober, Nancy – 1991
Chapter 1, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) is the largest Federal program aiding elementary schools and secondary schools. Some 51,000 schools, including over 75% of the nation's elementary schools, receive Chapter 1 money, which they use to prove supplementary educational services to low-achieving students in…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance
