The College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) Program is a federal formula grant designed to foster partnerships among federal, state, and local governments and philanthropic entities to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. Created by the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007, the…

The guide presents information on more than 200 federally assisted programs serving the handicapped. Information on uses and restrictions, types of assistance, eligibility requirements; application procedures, appropriations, program accomplishments, enabling legislation, and contact persons are listed for programs receiving four types of…

The Johnson-O'Malley Act (JOM), passed by Congress in 1934, authorized the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to contract with the states and other political entities for educational services to American Indians. Although the rationale for the JOM program was not understood well by a high proportion of the Indian patrons of public schools or by the…

Ten points have caused concern in connection with the federal involvement in educational matters in the states: (1) the imposition of federal programs directly to school districts without input from the states; (2) the attitude that states have no business inquiring about programs initiated between the school district and the federal government;…

Basic terms used in the various aspects of library finance are briefly explained in a review of the funding sources of the different types of libraries. There is no attempt to go into the forms and purposes of various accounting methods or to delve into the terminology of accounting. (JPF)

Critiques the concept of privatization in public education. Contracting for instructional services with providers who must make a profit does not guarantee instructional success or financial savings. (MD)

Between October 1999 and May 2000, Congress considered the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. This report examines the proposals for changes in the act and underlying political factors. Research methods consisted of interviews and gathering of documents. Staff of both parties and both houses, at committee…

Noting that welfare reform offers new opportunities to apply dollars toward several initiatives beyond cash grants, this special report of the Voices for Illinois Children provides a detailed accounting of Illinois welfare expenditures for federal fiscal years (FFY) 1998 and 1999 and is intended to serve as a starting point toward greater clarity…

Recommendations for day-care from the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health. (CB)

The author predicts that within the next four years we will see another major federal school aid bill which will try to provide for financial equalization both between states and within states, as well as to provide some property-tax relief. (AN)

Argues that New York State cannot afford to absorb Catholic schools for reasons that go considerably beyond actual financial considerations. (RJ)

The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR) has developed a plan for a massive rearrangement of financial responsibilities among Federal, State, and local governments. (Author)

The president of the National Catholic Education Association says that the use of public funds for parochial schools should be determined not on church-state grounds, but on whether the schools make a contribution to society that is worth supporting. (Author)

Warns that the leverage made possible through widespread use of vouchers and performance contracting can make education a less certain product that will have exercised its influence beyond the point of recall for a generation of students. (JF)