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Peer reviewedJung, Richard K.; Stonehill, Robert M. – Journal of Education Finance, 1985
Reviews the fiscal effects on 28 of the largest U.S. school districts of the shift in federal funding of education from categorical aid to block grants. Focuses on the longitudinal pattern of funding, the status of desegregation efforts, and the level of participation of private school students. (PGD)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
McBeath, Marcia; Hoffman, Gilbert L. – 1984
This study was conducted (1) to determine the effects of the change, under Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA), from categorical grants to block grants in the District of Columbia, and (2) to compare these local effects with the findings of other nationwide studies. The first half of the paper is a review of reports…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Henderson, Anne – 1985
In 1984 the Education Department (ED) began to monitor state education agencies' (SEA) administration of the education block grant known as "Chapter 2." ED staff visited 21 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico and found many serious problems among the SEAs and local education agencies (LEAs). The problems are divided into…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Principles, Block Grants, Compliance (Legal)
