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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1984
This report documents hearings concerning H.R. 7, amending the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1963. This bill (the text of which is included) proposes to make permanent five child nutrition programs: the Women, Infants, and Children Feeding Program (WIC); the Commodity Distribution Program; the Summer Feeding Program;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Block Grants, Budgeting, Camping
Tropp, Debra; Olowolayemo, Surajudeen – 2000
This report summarizes the educational highlights of a workshop sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the University of Kentucky's Cooperative Extension Service, and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture aimed at boosting the use of locally produced fresh food in school feeding programs. The workshop was designed to provide a forum for…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Breakfast Programs, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
This report of a regional hearing on education considers the Federal role in education and, specifically, how Federal budget cuts will affect both school programs and major national problems such as declining productivity, inflation, social tensions, budget deficits, and challenged world leadership. Testimony was heard from representatives of the…
Descriptors: Education, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1978
This document contains testimony, prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials submitted during field hearings held one day in Lexington, Kentucky, and another day in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in February, 1978. Under consideration was a bill to extend for five years a number of programs authorized in the Education Amendments of 1974.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Educational Legislation, Educationally Disadvantaged
Kutschner, Ronald E.; And Others – 1973
This report presents the results of initial research performed on the manpower impact of selected Federal grants, summarizes the status of existing study in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and examines the manpower impact of other types of expenditures. The past study by BLS assessing employment effects of direct expenditures by the Federal…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Economic Research, Employment Statistics, Federal Aid
Troccoli, Karen B. – 1993
Noting that children of all socioeconomic levels are at risk for poor nutrition, and that hunger and poor nutrition in America are on the rise, this report reviews what is known about the link between nutrition and learning in children and between nutrition education and eating habits. It describes several federal and non-federal government…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Child Development, Child Health, Community Involvement
Strahorn, Jack; Ireton, Leroy – 1983
The State Education Agency of Oklahoma presents, as federally required, a report evaluating the results and effectiveness of the Oklahoma State-Federal Programs in the 1983 fiscal year. One purpose of this report is to give an indication of how the Division of State-Federal Programs accomplishes its mission to achieve the goals of Federal…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Annual Reports, Bilingual Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1981
Problems facing vocational education and child nutrition programs if proposed funding cuts take effect were detailed by vocational educators and nutrition specialists at a regional hearing of the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education in Ashland, Kentucky, March 13, and Lexington,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Breakfast Programs, Children, Early Childhood Education
Nelson, Kathryn, Ed.; And Others – 1981
Findings of a review of research pertaining to federally subsidized school nutrition programs are presented in this report. The review of research, the first phase of the National Evaluation of School Nutrition Programs, is intended to provide guidance for the design of subsequent evaluation (including student, parent, and food administrator…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Breakfast Programs, Eating Habits, Elementary Secondary Education
Sacramento City Unified School District, CA. – 1967
Along with general information on the 1966-67 Title I compensatory education programs in the Sacramento City Unified School District and on the instruments used in evaluation the effectiveness of these programs, this report contains descriptions of individual activities: (1) language arts development and reading remediation (also information on…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Auditory Evaluation, Compensatory Education, Data
Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. – 1997
This report from the Children's Defense Fund lists statistics on child and youth well-being for each of the states and the United States as a whole. Statistics are provided in the following categories: (1) children participating in federally subsidized programs (including Title 1 Education for the Disadvantaged, bilingual education programs,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Breakfast Programs, Child Abuse
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Cohen, William S.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1992
Presents testimony by representatives from several federal agencies and one national organization (W. S. Cohen, C. Levin, P. Vidmar, J. M. McGinnis, L. J. Kolbe, B. J. Nelsen, D. Ravitch, and M. Corry). (SM)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Disease Control, Early Intervention
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 1984
Testimony is given in this report from two hearings concerning reauthorization of the nonentitlement child nutrition programs: the Women, Infants, and Children Feeding Program; the Summer Food Service Program; Nutrition Education and Training (NET); State Administrative Expenses, and authority for section 32 commodities. At the March 12, 1984…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Breakfast Programs, Budgeting, Camping
O'CONNOR, J. FRANCIS – 1967
FEDERAL AID HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT PART OF EDUCATIONAL FINANCE, AND THERE IS INCREASING INTEREST ON THE PART OF EDUCATORS EVERYWHERE IN PROGRAMS WHICH PROVIDE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. THIS HANDBOOK WAS PREPARED TO PROVIDE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND MEMBERS OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION WITH AN OVERVIEW AND BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE MANY LAWS WHICH APPLY TO…
Descriptors: Accounting, Adult Education, Construction Needs, Educational Media
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Congressional Research Service. – 1976
This publication lists federal programs which provide services relating to child care, grouped under the sponsoring agencies: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Department of Agriculture; Department of Labor, Community Services Administration, Appalachian Regional Commission, Department of the Interior, Internal Revenue Service, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Care, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
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