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Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1990
Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981 consolidated 29 federally funded categorical programs into an education block grant available to all state education agencies and, through them, to school districts. Chapter 2's legislative purpose was to transfer authority and responsibility to state and local education…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures, Federal Aid
Orr, Walter L., Comp. – 1990
Evaluation findings on the effectiveness of Chapter 2-assisted programs in Delaware are summarized in this report. The first section provides a financial overview of 1988-89 programs, comparing the proposed budget with actual expenditures. The second section focuses on the use of state "set-aside" funds, identifying those allocated for…
Descriptors: Budgets, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Jung, Richard K.; Bartell, Ted – 1983
This report describes the fiscal effects of the Chapter 2, Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) block grant on the country's largest districts and cities. Although several distinct characteristics are examined, special attention is focused on the differential funding patterns under the block grant in the largest districts that…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedVerstegen, Deborah A. – Journal of Education Finance, 1985
Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) reduced and redistributed federal aid to education, moving funds from targeted areas of need to all areas regardless of need. States were unable to make up for significant losses in aid sustained by local districts. (TE)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Federal Aid
Birgensmith, Amy; Chelemer, Carol – 1991
The Chapter 2 program, originally authorized as Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 and reauthorized as part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1988), represents a substantial investment of Federal education funds to support general educational improvement. Funds are made available to states and local…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Support Programs. – 1987
This manual provides guidelines for submitting proposals for mini-grants distributed in North Carolina to school administrative units for implementation of nationally validated programs from the National Diffusion Network in the following areas: (1) child nutrition; (2) dropout prevention; (3) Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA)…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Ancillary School Services, Dropout Prevention, Educational Improvement
