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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
As approved by the Committee on Education and Labor, House Resolution 2312 clarifies the intent of Congress with regard to several provisions enacted into law by the Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990. The resolution also makes technical and conforming corrections to the Follow Through Act and the Head Start Transition…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This hearing was held to discuss issues related to the reauthorization of Project Head Start and the dependent care programs. Witnesses expressed the current administration's support for a 3-year reauthorization of Head Start, discussed the impact of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings legislation, and described the Department of Health and Human Services'…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Compensatory Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
The Reagan Administration's education voucher proposal was the subject of these hearings on H.R. 2397, a Bill To Improve the Educational Achievement of Educationally Deprived Children by Expanding Opportunities for Their Parents To Choose Schools That Best Meet Their Needs, To Foster Diversity and Competition among School Programs For…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Vouchers, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Hawkins, Augustus F. – 1986
Provided in this report are the text of and explanatory statements about the conference agreement reached by House and Senate committee members concerning the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1986 (later to become Public Law 99-425). The Act authorizes 4 years of appropriations to continue several existing human services programs of the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Block Grants, Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1988
Based on findings of the most current and highly regarded evaluations and research reviews available, this committee print provides an update of a prior committee report (August, 1985) on eight cost-effective federal programs for children. Described in terms of program participation, characteristics, benefits for children, cost effectiveness, and…
Descriptors: Children, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
The School Readiness Act of 1991 (S. 911) amends the Head Start Act to expand the availability of the comprehensive health, educational, nutritional, and social services of Head Start to all eligible children and their families by 1997. This senate report on S. 911 begins by affirming the effectiveness of high quality early childhood development…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Comprehensive Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Aid
Cross, Christopher T. – 1979
This document details the changes that have occurred in the 95th Congress with respect to compensatory education and explores the implications of those changes with respect to Federal policy for compensatory education programs. The 93rd Congressional hearings on Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are reviewed. Also described are…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1993
In anticipation of the 1994 reauthorization of the Head Start Act, this oversight hearing sought testimony from California county government grantees managing groups of Head Start facilities, program directors, teachers, parents, and other participants. Following introductory comments by subcommittee members, Andrew Kennedy, senior Head Start…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Needs, Educational Quality, Federal Aid
Federal Register, 1998
This document provides final regulations that amend the Title 1 program, under Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for helping disadvantaged children meet high educational standards. These new regulations amend the schoolwide program requirements to allow a percentage of funds received by a local education agency (LEA) under Part…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This report presents and discusses the results of a congressional study undertaken to assess the validity of a statement in the Department of Education's document, "Summary and Background Information for the Fiscal Year 1988 Budget," which asserted that many children who are neither poor nor low achievers receive Chapter 1 services. The…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Delivery Systems, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This document reports on the second in a series of hearings on the reauthorization of expiring federal elementary and secondary education programs. Corporate business leaders presented their views on the reauthorization of Chapter 1. Five witnesses, representing manufacturing, education programs funded under the Education Improvement and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Needs
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1989
This document consists of examples of budget forms to assist school district superintendents in North Carolina in administering funds for programs for low-income students under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. General information is supplied on the following topics: (1) budgets; (2) amendments; (3) substitute teacher…
Descriptors: Budgets, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
A hearing was held to discuss the reauthorization of the Follow Through Act, legislation designed to combine the resources of local schools, universities, and parents to consolidate and enhance gains that low-income children make in preschool program such as Head Start. Testimony concerned: (1) characteristics of high quality Follow Through…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Coordination, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Shaul, Marnie S. – 2003
Noting that the federal government spends more on Head Start than on any other early childhood education and care program, this report was requested by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions to describe how Head Start fits into the array of early childhood education and care programs available to low-income children and…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Compensatory Education, Cooperation, Early Childhood Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This report presents statements, letters and supplementary material submitted in favor of a bill renewing funding for Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. Testimony describes how successful the program has been and suggests how the bill can be changed and the Chapter 1 program improved. Among suggestions made are the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Dropouts, Educational Finance
