Designed to serve as an introduction to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) for agencies serving the handicapped, this guide analyzes the CETA process and suggests ways in which CETA funds can be used to help handicapped persons achieve their vocational potential. After giving a brief history and overview of the legislation, the…

Information on the peer review process for the evaluation of federal grant proposals is presented to help college grants administrators and faculty develop good proposals. This guidebook provides an overview of the policies and conventions that govern the review and selection of proposals for funding, and details the review procedures of the…

This guide provides vocational educators and training program operators with information on how to develop, set up, and write proposals for Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funding. Section I presents a means by which the JTPA model can be understood and put into practice: collaboration, cooperation, and coordination. It briefly describes the…

Sources of research funds for undergraduate faculty and ways to secure the funds are discussed. Information on three federal grant programs is provided, along with advice for obtaining funds from foundations and corporations, including techniques for gathering information on prospective funding sources. Suggestions on the process of preparing…

Fourteen appendices are gathered in this companion volume to a report summarizing the second year of a 3-year evaluation project focusing on three Utah programs funded under Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The appendices all relate to one of the three programs, Title IV-Part C (IV-C), which allocates funds for the adoption…

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 made funds available to local education agencies (LEAs) to meet the educational needs of educationally deprived children. In 1981, Title I was superseded by Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. Five volumes--a final report and four management modules--were the…

The Indian Education Formula Grant Program promotes high-quality student content and performance standards and strategies that build on Indian cultures and native languages. The purpose of the program is to support local education agencies in their efforts to provide Indian students the opportunity to achieve these high standards and meet the…

Guidelines for proposing a federally funded teacher center were developed by the National Teacher Center Resource Center to assist local education agencies and institutions of higher education to complete teacher center program proposals. This manual is designed to assist proposal writers and those providing technical assistance to know when…

This booklet is a guide to assist school districts in administering Chapter 1 projects funded through the 1988 Elementary and Secondary School Improvement amendments and focuses on areas of flexibility in Chapter 1 funding. An overview of Chapter 1 flexibility emphasizes that the legislation is designed to best meet the special educational needs…

The guidelines presented in this publication replace all guidelines previously issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for programs funded and consolidated under Chapter 2 of the Federal Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981. These new guidelines provide the materials and information necessary for local educational…

This volume contains the "Final Report" of a study commissioned to document how States met the requirements of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended in 1978, and to identify management practices and documents that can be used by States to facilitate their management of Title I programs and those of…