Thoroughly explains the Balanced Budget and Emergency Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) and its probable implications for federal elementary, secondary, and higher education programs. Cancelling any portion of the authorized budget will reduce education program funding by 4.3 percent--compounding a 16 percent reduction during 1981-1986.…

The position statement defines and describes a regular education/special education initiative (RE/SEI) and offers recommendations for its implementation. RE/SEI is seen as a system of integrated planning, delivery, and evaluation of the effects of services to all students. (CL)

Argues that the United States Supreme Court's decisions disallowing direct aid to private, religious schools are inadequately supported by the Court's own opinions. (MD)

This document is comprised of presentation slides for overhead projection summarizing federal funding for child care since the 1996 changes in welfare and child care laws, and the status of reauthorization. The first slide provides a presentation overview; the remaining sheets cover the following: (1) two main sources of federal funds for…

A small federal program piloting tax credit bonds to support school construction, the Qualified Zone Academy Bond (QZAB), has existed since 1997--providing evidence of how tax credit bonds could work. This paper analyzes the results of QZABs to date in order to inform policymakers, advance the debate over federal school construction aid, and…

The After-School Alliance assessed the impact of a $400 million cut to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program proposed by President George W. Bush for fiscal year 2004. The assessment determined the effect the proposed cut would have on the availability of after-school programs in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.…

Under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress established the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to expand health insurance coverage to uninsured low-income children. This report summarizes the major findings of the first year of a national evaluation of SCHIP. Following a summary of major findings, the report examines state…

Noting that the past decade has seen a rapid increase in the number of out-of-school time and community school initiatives and that finding funding for these initiatives remains a challenge to their success, this strategy brief discusses the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) as an important long-term source of funding. The brief provides an…

Some of the background leading up to the present confusion in attitudes to, and funding for, vocational education is discussed. The American Vocational Association is preparing to put pressure on Congress for greatly increased funding both now and when the Vocational Education Act expires in 1975. (SA)

Since the junior college capital fund requirements are a part of the total higher education budget of the state, says the author, a great deal of analysis is required in order to allocate the funds where they will satisfy the greatest need. (Author/RK)

The Federal Government's current attitude toward public education is not conducive to adequate funding for education or to efficient expenditure of those monies which it provides. More important, it is a barrier to the orderly delivery of educational services and shortchanges both school children and taxpayers. (Author/JN)

The status of science and scientists has changed. Sources of support such as the government, industry, and private foundations have been reduced. (DF)