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Peer reviewedVerstegen, Deborah A. – Journal of Education Finance, 1985
Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) reduced and redistributed federal aid to education, moving funds from targeted areas of need to all areas regardless of need. States were unable to make up for significant losses in aid sustained by local districts. (TE)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Federal Aid
Peer reviewedKearney, C. Philip – Economics of Education Review, 1985
Presents impressions of the first two years' impact of the block grant provisions of Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act on nine public schools districts and four private schools in Michigan. Briefly discusses Chapter 2's effects on intergovernmental relationships and major state actions and decisions. (PGD)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Henderson, Anne T. – 1985
Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981 consolidated 28 separate federal education programs into a single block grant. This report evaluates the effectiveness of Chapter 2 as public policy, assessing whether it has led to improvement in education, whether the consolidated programs are more responsive to…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedCohn, Elchanan – Economics of Education Review, 1985
Reviews factors affecting the implementation of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act's Chapter 2 provisions in South Carolina, including demographic changes, recent state educational legislation, and characteristics of Chapter 2. Analyzes the impact of Chapter 2 in 10 districts. (PGD)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Download full textVerstegen, Deborah A. – 1984
This research examined the distributional and programmatic impact of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981, Chapter 2, during its first year of implementation, to determine how it has measured up to meeting the goal for which it was enacted, and whether or not the Reagan Administration's promises regarding block grants…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education
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
Peer reviewedRose, James – Economics of Education Review, 1985
Describes the impact in Colorado of the shift from categorical federal aid to block grants under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. Covers Colorado education's demographic, socioeconomic, and political context; variations in program impact among school districts; the shift's effects on redistribution of federal aid; and selected…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Demography, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
