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Park, Maki; O'Toole, Anna; Katsiaficas, Caitlin – Migration Policy Institute, 2017
This fact sheet provides demographic information for the young Dual Language Learner (DLL) population in Texas, based on Migration Policy Institute (MPI) analysis of U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) data pooled over the 2011-15 period. DLLs, defined as children ages 8 and under with at least one parent who speaks a language other…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Child Care, Federal Aid, Grants
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Katzman, Martin T. – Economics of Education Review, 1985
Examines the impact during a period of extensive curricular and school finance reform in Texas of the implementation of the block grant provisions of Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. Considers governmental response, effects on transaction costs and resource allocation, and the potential for further savings. (PGD)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Block Grants, Educational Change, Educational Finance
McNett, Ian; And Others – 1982
In this compilation, five alumni of the Institute for Educational Leadership's Journalism Fellowship Program assess the impact of policies and conditions under the Reagan administration on state education in Washington, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Nebraska, and Texas. An introduction reviews the Reagan administration's education program and budget.…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1983
Section 1 of this booklet presents a chart listing the 53 participating centers in the Local Cooperative Teacher Education Center (LCTEC) program, which is funded by the Texas Education Agency in conjunction with federal block grant money. The centers were developed to improve the quality of field experience programs for student teaching through…
Descriptors: Block Grants, College School Cooperation, Cooperating Teachers, Educational Objectives
Katzman, Martin T. – 1984
Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) provides small amounts of relatively unrestricted federal funds to state and local agencies on a noncompetitive, formulaic basis; thus it has been hailed as the harbinger of the "new Federalism." The lack of narrow constraints and the simplified application and…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Gittell, Marilyn; Tainsh, Paul – 1984
This report focuses on the new intergovernmental relationships developing between cities, States and the Federal government as funds are "block granted." The first chapter discusses the historical background of federalism and the redistributive role of government, and puts the "new federalism" in perspective. The following…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Community Organizations