This paper reports on an evaluation of implementation strategies of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA), Chapter 2 in New York State. It documents the origin of the state plan and how New York State education agencies coordinated their efforts to distribute ECIA local assistance and competitive grant monies to school districts based on broad federal guidelines and New York State Regents' priorities governing such disbursements. The conclusion that ECIA Chapter 2 has proved to be a valued and stable program may be compromised if the program's viability is diluted by a reduction in funding when reauthorizing legislation comes up before Congress in 1987. (JAM)