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Junge, Melissa; Krvaric, Sheara – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2012
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a federal program to provide additional assistance to academically struggling students in high-poverty areas, has long contained a provision called the "supplement-not-supplant" requirement. This provision was designed to ensure Title I funds were spent on extra educational services…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Educational Change
Shames, Lisa – US Government Accountability Office, 2011
Through its commodity program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides commodity foods at no cost to schools taking part in the national school meals programs. Commodities include raw ground beef, cheese, poultry, and fresh produce. Like federal food safety agencies, the commodity program has taken steps designed to reduce microbial…
Descriptors: Safety, Purchasing, Federal Regulation, Food Standards
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Human Resources. – 1978
The complete texts of testimony and statements from the February and March, 1978, Hearings before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Poverty, and Migratory Labor regarding the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Amendments of 1978 are presented in this document. (Hearing sites included Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan, Madison,…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Germanis, Peter; Bavier, Richard – 1986
This report provides an overview of the current welfare system. The number and size of federal public assistance programs have increased during the past 25 years, with particular growth in noncash benefit programs, which now constitute about three-quarters of all means-tested assistance. From mid-1983 to mid-1984, more than 52.5 million Americans…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. – 1972
Contents of these hearings are as follows: Opening statement by Senator Philip Hart, presiding; testimony of Senator Clifford P. Case of New Jersey; testimony of Ronald F. Pollack, director, Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), New York, N.Y., and of Suzanne Vaupel and Mark Irving, project coordinators, FRAC; and, the testimony of Richard Lyng,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Breakfast Programs, Classroom Environment
Greenleigh Associates, Inc., New York, NY. – 1968
Part I (VT 005 948) of the report to the Committee on Administration of Training Programs contains summaries of the findings and recommendations based on the analysis of data presented in this volume. Answers to two basic questions were sought: (1) To what extent is there waste, duplication, and inefficiency in administering federally supported…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Apprenticeships