Four handbooks developed by the Consolidated Programs Department of the Sacramento City Unified School District (California) provide a means by which the multitude of federal, state, and district rules and regulations pertaining to compensatory education can be understood. The "Consolidated Programs Office Management Procedures" handbook covers: ranking and funding for Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA, Chapter 1--formerly called Title I), State Compensatory Education (SCE), and School Improvement Program (SIP); reading and using the monthly budget printout; writing purchase requisitions; keeping records of allowable expenditures; and keeping records for consolidated programs. The "ECIA Chapter I and State Compensatory Education" handbook contains 154 topics in the areas of program history and philosophy, fiscal management, eligibility, testing, program management, program personnel, school advisory committees, and pupil services. The "Nonpublic School ECIA Chapter I" handbook describes procedures for providing services to nonpublic school pupils. The "ECIA Chapter I Neglected and Delinquent Program" handbook details the Chapter I program in institutions for neglected and delinquent children. This document was selected by the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Task Force on Public Confidence as descriptive of a promising practice or exemplary project worthy of highlighting for the California educational community. (EM)