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Alex Spurrier; Biko McMillan; Jennifer O’Neal Schiess – Bellwether, 2025
The Trump administration may push for a shift away from the current formula-driven federal K-12 education funding toward more flexible block grants -- part of a broader effort to significantly scale back the U.S. Department of Education and direct more education policy decision-making to the states. If Congress authorizes this new flexibility,…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Federal Education Project Newsletter, 1984
The President has recently signed a package of technical amendments for Chapters 1 and 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Among the new provisions are a number which restore some of the targeting flexibility authorizations lost with the creation of Chapter 1. One of the most significant new provisions requires State…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Disadvantaged, Expenditures, Federal Aid
McKay, Emily; Schroyer-Portillo, Janet – 1983
Federal block grants, in contrast to categorical programs and revenue sharing, allow states and localities considerable flexibility in meeting needs within broad functional areas; but, they are also designed to assure that funds are spent to pursue national objectives. Before 1981, block grants included varying levels of recipient accountability…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation
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Mandel, David R. – Education and Urban Society, 1983
Draws on case studies from eight states to examine the initial operation of federal block grants. Finds that Chapter 2 worked better in its first year than its critics had predicted and that local education agencies frequently used their "united" money in innovative ways to meet local educational needs. (GC)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Barro, Stephen M. – 1991
In the Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988, Congress directed the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to conduct a study of methods used to allocate federal elementary and secondary education grants among the states. This document, the final report on that study, assesses grant distribution funding…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
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Gutmann, Babette; And Others – 1995
Most federal programs supporting elementary and secondary education are state-administered; the federal government allocates funds to the states, which then suballocate the funds to local educational agencies (LEAs) and other agencies. This report presents information on the states' use of funds from the federal fiscal-year 1992 appropriations.…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Farber, William O. – 1984
This field network study is an account of how three essential features of Reagan federalism affected South Dakota government and programs from 1981-1983: (1) tightening eligibility requirements for entitlement programs to reduce costs; (2) combining 57 categorical grants into 9 block grants, which broadened program goals to permit wider state…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Economic Climate, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
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Orland, Martin E.; Tillander, Staffan – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1987
The extent to which state allocation formulas under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter Two bloc grant promotes traditional equity or redistribution objectives is examined. Factors associated with the variation among states in the redistributive nature of their Chapter Two formulas are explained. (SLD)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Compensatory Education, Educational Finance, Educationally Disadvantaged
Knapp, Michael S.; Blakely, Craig H. – 1986
This document reports the results of the National Study of Local Operations under Chapter 2 of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. The 2-year study sought to (1) describe local district activities and operations under Chapter 2, the first federal education block grant, in the program's third year, noting changes occurring…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Citizen Participation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
In response to a request by Congressman Henry Waxman, the General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the implementation of legislative requirements that states set aside a percentage of their Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Block Grant funds for services to targeted populations, including women substance abusers and underserved…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Block Grants, Children, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
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Knapp, Michael S.; Cooperstein, Rhonda Ann – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1986
This paper reviews early research at the national level on the implementation and effects of the Department of Education's block grant, Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Findings are summarized under six topics: funds allocation, educational service delivery, program administration, program assessment, decision…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Educational Research
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Cohn, Elchanan – Economics of Education Review, 1985
Reviews factors affecting the implementation of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act's Chapter 2 provisions in South Carolina, including demographic changes, recent state educational legislation, and characteristics of Chapter 2. Analyzes the impact of Chapter 2 in 10 districts. (PGD)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal 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)
Henderson, Anne, Ed. – 1983
The effects of Chapter 2 block grants on fund distribution, programs, and school district spending, and the role played in Chapter 2 implementation by parents and citizens were investigated. Interim findings include the following: (1) there has been a massive redistribution of Federal funds away from States serving large numbers of poor nonwhite…
Descriptors: Accountability, Block Grants, Case Studies, Citizen Participation