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Skinner, Rebecca R.; Riddle, Wayne – Congressional Research Service, 2020
The primary source of federal aid to elementary and secondary education is the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)--particularly its Title I-A program, which authorizes federal aid for the education of disadvantaged students. The ESEA was initially enacted in 1965 (P.L. 89- 10) "to strengthen and improve educational quality and…
Descriptors: Poverty, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Public School Forum of North Carolina, 2024
The 2024 North Carolina Education Primer serves as a fact-based guide to public education in North Carolina. The Primer provides a comprehensive overview of how education policy is made, along with the current state of public education and the policies guiding it. The Forum produces this guide in order to inform current policymakers, candidates…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Public Education, Public Schools
Herman, Juliana – Center for American Progress, 2013
This report takes a look at Colorado's redesigned school-funding system whose fate was decided by Coloradan voters in Fall 2013. Voters were asked to approve a $1.1 billion tax increase to finance Colorado's schools, an approval required for the funding reforms to kick in. The proposed system represented a significant step forward in the push for…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Finance Reform, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Change
Scott, George A. – US Government Accountability Office, 2012
States and school districts receive funding through ESEA, IDEA, and national school meals programs. Some requirements for these programs are intended to help ensure program integrity and transparency, among other purposes, but questions have been raised about whether some federal requirements place an undue burden on states and school districts.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Federal Aid, State Government
Food and Nutrition Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1994
This paper presented preliminary findings of a 4-year study to test alternatives to the annual application and daily meal-counting procedures in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). It presents preliminary findings for school years 1990-91 and 1991-92. Data were collected from 12 pilot-site schools and school-food authorities (SFAs) to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Efficiency
Scott, Ed – School Business Affairs, 1980
Federal guidelines are detailed and specific as to what data are needed for full-cost accounting by school districts participating in federally funded school food service programs. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1970
The 1969-1970 report to the Bureau of Indian Affairs contains information relative to the contract of the State of Idaho with the United States Government for Johnson-O'Malley (JOM) funds to educate the American Indians in Idaho. The financial and statistical figures are from information presented by the 14 school districts and from files of the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement, Administration, American Indians
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