The deregulation critique of the federal role in education asserts that education can be as productive with less federal intervention. This critique can be broken down into three groupings of separate criticisms. The first group denies the value or feasibility of federal goals. These criticisms insist either that federal goals are not worthwhile…

As part of Child Watch, a national monitoring project set up in 1982 to determine the effects of Federal funding cuts and changes in health and social programs on children from low-income families, three programs in New York City were chosen for study. The three programs, which provided health services for low-income children and their mothers,…

This handbook contains information on the planning, development and implementation of Title I programs in New York State. In an overview of general State education department policy, guidelines on program priorities, application procedures, kindergarten and prekindergarten programs, programs for educationally disadvantaged handicapped pupils,…

Mandated by the Education Amendments of 1978 as part of a set of studies on the federal role in financing education, this study reports the results of over 100 interviews with practitioners and policy-makers in education. The topic is education finance issues. Identified as the foremost educational problem today and in the future was the financing…

The Supreme Court's decision in "Lau v. Nichols," Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and other related federal legislation are all directed toward promotion of equal educational opportunity for children whose primary language is not English. These efforts are not well-coordinated by the federal agencies charged with…

This ethnographic account of community development relates the successful efforts of Shiloh County (a pseudonym for a small, rural political subdivision in the American South) to achieve local autonomy while using external resources to meet local needs. The study describes the political influences of family, religion, neighborhood, community and…

This paper discusses public policy implications of viewing day care as a support service to families. The paper begins with a presentation of various rationales to justify government involvement in day care services, several possible roles to be played by government (direct subsidy, delivery of services, regulation), and a generalized government…

Reviews the background, intent, and provisions of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA), a law designed to simplify and consolidate 30 Federal elementary and secondary education assistance programs. Asserts that significant deregulation will not occur under ECIA, and that the Act will create as many problems as it solves. (GC)

Research on new administrative campus positions (e.g., affirmative action officers) created by extensive federal involvement in higher education is reported. It is suggested that these positions have not contributed significantly to the expansion of administrative access for women and minorities. (Author/MLW)

Addresses the role of government in the application of information technology, availability, access, and management, and discusses regulatory reform in the information and communications industries, the role of the United States information policy in international relations, and the current budget outlook for federal information programs. (RBF)

Describes food service programs administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). (MLF)

Presents an overview of the drafting of regulations for the development and implementation of programs authorized by federal education laws in connection with the Education Amendments of 1978. States that all regulations have been recodified, that is, simplified and clarified. Lists office of education contacts for comments on regulations…

The interrelationship of market forces, government regulation, and self-regulation is discussed and the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) program involving competition in the health care field is reviewed. Concerns and misconceptions in the medical community about the FTC's involvement in the health care field are addressed. (Author/JMD)

To avoid embarrassment and financial cost of incurring cost disallowances on federally-sponsored projects, college and university administrators must pay particular attention to these management areas: compensation (release time, overload, and others); costs (allowable, attributable, transfers, and others); consulting; certification of time and…

This manual contains information for determining students' eligibility for free and reduced-price meals in the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, and the Commodity School Program. Guidelines are also offered for schools in the Special Milk Program, which serves free milk to eligible students. The manual describes general…