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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. – 1995
This document records the oral and written testimony of persons who testified at a hearing on how vocational rehabilitation for persons with disabilities, particularly severe disabilities, can be improved. Witnesses included directors of federal and state rehabilitation services departments, and officials of rehabilitation provider organizations…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Parsons, A. Sandy – 1987
This paper discusses the basic content of Titles I and II of Public Law 99-457: the Amendments to the Education of the Handicapped Act, and their implications for providing early intervention services to rural populations. "Title I: Services to Infants and Toddlers" discusses provisions of the law, its rationale, definitions of terms…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Gonzalez, Patricia – 1993
This report discusses the findings from two case studies of state use of discretionary funds under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B. The two states involved in the study were Michigan and Wisconsin. Documents and interviews were used to gather detailed descriptive information from both states regarding: (1) the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
DOD Schools: Funding and Operating Alternatives for Education of Dependents. Report to the Congress.
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1986
This study investigates three alternative methods in practice for operating and funding the Department of Defense (DOD) dependents' schools that are located in American military installations. Through the Military Construction Authorization Act of 1985, Congress indicated that federal maintenance and operation of dependents' schools was not an…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Dependents, Dependents Schools, Educational Finance
Benson, Charles S.; And Others – 1980
An analysis of the procedures states have adopted to distribute federal funds for vocational education under the 1976 Amendments to the Vocational Education Act shows that there is widespread confusion and variation among the states. While the Act specifies that a formula must be used for distribution of funds, the exact criteria for determining…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance
Benson, Charles S.; Hoachlander, E. Gareth – 1981
The 1976 Vocational Education Act set up procedures governing the flow of funds from the federal government to the states and from the states to the localities; and it establishes priorities for distribution of funds. The Act also demands that money be spent only on the programs or activites mentioned in the Act and that certain minimum…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
O'Shea, Daniel; King, Christopher T. – 2001
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) was the first significant attempt to retool the nation's workforce development programs since the early 1980s. Titles I-V of the WIA do the following things: (1) establish the purposes, goals and operational framework of a workforce development system designed to increase participants' employment,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
