This report discusses significant modifications to the Impact Aid programs (Public Law 81-874 and Public Law 81-815), as a result of Public Law (P.L. 100-297 (the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988). These changes include extending the authority for P.L. 81-874 and P.L. 81-815…

This report discusses Section 3 of Public Law (P.L.) 81-874, one component of the Impact Aid program. Section 3 provides financial assistance through formula grants to local school districts in which a Federal activity or project increases the number of children the local school district must educate. Section 3 is the largest part of the Impact…

This report examines "non-traditional" students in higher education and their characteristics, the types of institutions they attend, and their participation in federal student aid programs. Using data from the "National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey of 1986" the study compares five groups of "non-traditional"…