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Ball, Wayne; Howard-Brown, Beth; Junk, Kevin – Region 9 Comprehensive Center, 2023
Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) invited 10 districts to participate in a community of practice designed to increase understanding of how to braid and blend federal funds. District teams composed of principals, superintendents, business managers, and other district leaders participated in four 90-minute virtual sessions. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Principals, Superintendents, Administrators
Skinner, Rebecca R. – Congressional Research Service, 2020
The primary source of federal aid for elementary and secondary education is the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)--particularly its Title I-A program, which authorizes federal aid for the education of disadvantaged students. This report provides an overview of major provisions of the ESEA. It also includes a table showing annual…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid
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Brenner, Devon – Rural Educator, 2016
On December 10, 2015 President Obama signed the "Every Student Succeeds Act," Public Law 114-95, which will take effect in the fall of 2016 and which replaces No Child Left Behind (NCLB)--the name for the nation's suite of K-12 education laws in effect from 2001 to 2016. There are many similarities between NCLB and ESSA. For example,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Rural Education
Skinner, Rebecca R. – Congressional Research Service, 2019
The primary source of federal aid to elementary and secondary education is the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)--particularly its Title I-A program, which authorizes federal aid for the education of disadvantaged students. This report provides a brief overview of major provisions of the ESEA. It is organized by title and part of the…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid
Rentner, Diane Stark; Price, Olga Acosta – Center on Education Policy, 2014
Federal education funding has often been overlooked by districts in search of sources of support for prevention. This guide is intended to help school districts take advantage of those funds by identifying K-12 grant programs in the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that could be used to implement prevention efforts in elementary and secondary…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Federal Aid, Elementary Secondary Education, Prevention
Sandel, Kate; Bhat, Soumya – Finance Project, 2008
Leaders of programs serving rural America need to act strategically to ensure the long-term success of their initiatives. This strategy brief describes the funding landscape of rural programs and highlights the unique challenges confronting rural program leaders. It describes the different public and private resources that can support…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, After School Programs, Rural Areas, Educational Finance
Sherwood, Topper – 1999
In fall 1997, Congress approved funding to implement Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) programs, primarily in Title I schools in high-poverty areas. This digest explains CSRD and what it might mean to rural schools. Since 1965, Title I has provided resources to at-risk children in lower-income schools. Changes in 1988 and 1994…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Criteria, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Fairley, Richard L. – 1968
The Rural Isolated Task Force is a technical assistance project administered by the Division of Equal Education Opportunities. Southern, rural majority Negro school systems (242) have been cut off from Federal aid. The proposed Task Force will survey and make plans to ameliorate the educational problems of such school systems. Titles I and III of…
Descriptors: Black Education, Civil Rights, Educational Opportunities, Educational Problems
Leflore County Schools, Greenwood, MS. – 1972
To encourage children of migrant agricultural workers to remain in school and to persuade children who had never attended to begin, the Leflore County Schools in 1966 began a program of Visiting Teachers, funded under Title I, Elementary Secondary Education Act. At the close of the 1968 school year, a decision was reached to revamp the existing…
Descriptors: Attendance, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Elementary Schools
National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children, Washington, DC. – 1971
Presented is a condensed evaluation report from the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children relating to 1970-71 school year programs funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I. The major foci of the Title I report are parent involvement and accountability, school finance, state discretion and…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Annual Reports, Compensatory Education, Cultural Differences
Nevada State Dept. of Education, Carson City. – 1969
This report is comprised of a series of descriptions of compensatory education programs. Programs included provision of: health information, health examinations and follow-up treatment, individualized counseling, bilingual education, and remedial instruction. Special help programs for migrant, orphaned, emotionally disturbed, rural, and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Behavior Change, Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education
National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children, Washington, DC. – 1978
This is a report of the Council's site visits, assessment activities, and recommendations concerning programs for the educationally disadvantaged. Although most of the programs examined are funded under Title I, other types of compensatory programs are also considered. Particular attention is given in the report to the areas of: funds allocation…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Community Support, Compensatory Education
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1970
Twelve articles describe projects demonstrating what can be done, with Federal assistance authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, to advance public school educational quality and service. Seven stories cover Title 3 innovative programs designed to advance creativity in education; three deal with Title 1 projects; one…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Creative Teaching, Dropout Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged