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Download full textPringle, Beverly A.; Rosenthal, Eric D. – 1993
The basic formula used by the Chapter 1 Migrant Education Program to allocate funds to state agencies includes an adjustment to help defray the cost of summer services for migrant children, which can be particularly expensive. In recent years, policymakers have questioned whether the current funding formula unfairly rewards states with modest…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Div. of Instruction and Professional Development. – 1981
Highlighting the fact that a different concept in delivery is required to provide educational programs and services to mobile populations, this paper describes the special educational needs of mobile students, gives the legislative history that has led to creation of an administrative structure to fulfill those needs, and suggests policies and…
Descriptors: Coordination, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. Migrant Education Programs. – 1981
Focusing on examples of progress and requirements for the future, the briefing paper summarizes Title I Migrant Education Program efforts to identify and meet specific needs of migrant children. Since its inception in FY 1967, the Title I program has expanded to encompass 49 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D. C., growing from a $10 million…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Robertson, James M. – 1983
In Fiscal Year 1983 Louisiana's allotment for the education of children of migratory workers ($6,111,277) was used to conduct 37 regular school term programs and 15 summer school programs. An estimated 13,800 migrant children were served during the 1982-83 school year. Of all migrant children enrolled in Louisiana schools, 52.6% received services…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Compensatory Education, County School Districts
Robertson, James M. – 1984
In Fiscal Year 1984 Louisiana's allotment for the education of children of migratory workers ($6,334,119) was used to conduct 39 regular school term programs and 14 summer school programs. An estimated 13,059 migrant children were served during the 1983-84 school year. Of all migrant children enrolled in Louisiana schools, 78.5% received services…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Compensatory Education, County School Districts
Haney, George E. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
Because of the increased interest in and current publicity given to the problems of agricultural migrant workers and their families, there has been a growing concern in the Nation regarding the lack of educational opportunities offered to migrant children. Since the programs for the education of children of migrant workers vary from State to…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Opportunities, School Organization, Migrant Workers
