ERIC Number: ED291830
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Nov-19
Pages: 442
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S. 373. A Bill to Reauthorize the Program of Finance Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children, and to Reauthorize Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981, through Fiscal Year 1993. Reported with an Amendment. 100th Congress, 1st Session.
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate.
This document provides the text of Senate bill S. 373, reauthorizing the program of finance assistance to meet the special education needs of children of low-income families, children of migrant parents, Indian children, and handicapped, neglected, and delinquent children. Allocations and program requirements for the following types of programs are described: (1) basic programs operated by local education agencies; (2) programs for secondary school basic skills improvement and for school dropout prevention; and (3) programs operated by state agencies. Title I, Chapter 2 of S. 373 reauthorizes Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981, which funds state, local and national programs for elementary and secondary education improvement, through fiscal year 1993. Title II authorizes the following special programs for innovation in education: (1) Even Start Act; (2) Effective Schools Programs; (3) Women's Educational Equity Act; (4) Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1987; (5) Family-School Partnership Act; (6) Allen J. Ellender Fellowship Program; (7) Territorial Assistance Programs; (8) Parental Choice Open Enrollment Demonstration Program in Public Schools; (9) Rural Education Opportunities; and (10) Secretary's Fund for Innovation in Education. Title III authorizes magnet schools assistance. Title IV approves the Impact Aid Reauthorization Act of 1987. Title V approves the Adult Education Reauthorization Act of 1987. Title VI approves the Education for Economic Security Act of 1987. Title VII approves the Bilingual Education Act. Title VIII approves the School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Act of 1987. Title IX approves the National Assessment of Educational Progress Improvement Act. Title X authorizes education programs for native Hawaiians. Title XI determines general provisions. (BJV)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, American Indians, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Federal Aid, Federal Indian Relationship, Federal Programs, Government School Relationship, Hawaiians, High Risk Students, Low Income Groups, Migrant Children, Minority Group Children, Private School Aid
Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education Consolidation and Improvement Act 1981; Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1; Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 2
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