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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