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Hoover, Katie – Congressional Research Service, 2023
This report provides background information on Forest Service (FS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) revenue-based payments and a brief overview of a related payment program--the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. Because the revenue-based, Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (SRS), and PILT payments interact…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Rural Schools, Federal Aid, Rural Areas
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Fuller, Matthew B. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2014
Colleges, universities, and the communities they serve have always been concerned about students' abilities to pay and the systems of aid to support students' learning. This article reviews the history of aiding student in higher education. Early student- and institutionally-led programs are discussed along with initial philanthropic and…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Higher Education, Educational History, Private Financial Support
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Ryan, Ann Marie – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2007
The quest for state and federal aid for Catholic schools is not new. Concerns regarding excessive entanglement, mission dilution, and external control have been voiced for decades. A particularly instructive historical period on this issue is the era of the Great Depression. Because of widespread economic hardship across sectors, Catholic leaders…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Federal Aid, State Aid, Financial Support
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Alperovitz, Gar – Social Policy, 1993
There is little likelihood of significant new funding for cities. The future may require real decentralization in the ways we live, with fundamental restructuring of political and economic institutions. A system of communities structured locally around new institutions and supported by regional planning might sustain a different culture. (SLD)
Descriptors: Culture, Decentralization, Economic Factors, Federal Aid
Caspar, Emma, Ed. – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2009
The purpose of "Focus" is to provide coverage of poverty-related research, events, and issues, and to acquaint a large audience with the work of the Institute for Research on Poverty by means of short essays on selected pieces of research. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Changing poverty and changing antipoverty policies…
Descriptors: Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Structure, Skilled Workers
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1975
The report presents data and discussion on U.S. education across sectors, as well as the work of the Office of Education. Among topics covered are increasing equal opportunity, including desegregation assistance, civil rights advisory services, education of disadvantaged children, grants to local education agencies, migrant children, neglected and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Desegregation, Civil Rights, Disadvantaged Youth
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1976
The report presents data and discussion on U.S. education across sectors, as well as the work of the Office of Education. Among topics covered are education-equalization programs, including desegregation assistance, civil rights advisory services, education of disadvantaged children, grants to local education agencies, migrant children, neglected…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Desegregation, Civil Rights, Disadvantaged Youth
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1935
This Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1935 includes the annual report from the Commissioner of Education. The Commissioner's portion of this report is divided into three sections. The first section discusses: (1) Educational Adjustments (Administrative Changes and Adaptations Growing Out of Present…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Adjustment (to Environment), Youth, Educational Opportunities