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ED 353 689
EA 024 635
TITLE
Distribution of State-Administered Education Funds.
Fourteenth Annual Report (A Report Required by
Section 406A, General Education Provisions Act, as
Amended), Submitted by the U.S. Secretary of
Education to the Senate Committee on Labor and Human
Resources and House Committee on Education and
Labor.
INSTITUTION
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Office of
Planning, Budget, and Evaluation.
PUB DATE
May 91
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Statistical Data (110)
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DESCRIPTORS
Categorical Aid; Educational Finance; Elementary
Secondary Education; *Federal Aid; *Federal Programs;
*Financial Support; *Grants; Resource Allocation;
*State Federal Aid
ABSTRACT
Under the authority of Section 406A of the General
Education Provisions Act (GEPA), the U.S. Department of Education
(ED) collects information on how funds are distributed under federal
education programs that are administered by the states. ED collected
information from the 50 states and the District of Columbia for the
fiscal year 1983. This report provides information on the state
distribution of subgrants under the following state-administered
federal education programs: Chapter 1 Formula Grants to Local
Education Agencies; Chapter 1 Formula Grants to State Education
Agencies for Neglected or Delinquent Children; Chapter 1 Formula
Grants to State Education Agencies to Meet the Special Educational
Needs of Migratory Children; Chapter 1 State Administration; Chapter
1 Aid to States for Education of Handicapped Children in
State-Operated and State-Supported Schools; Education of the
Handicapped Act (EHA), Handicapped Grants to States Program;
Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA), Preschool Grants for
Handicapped Children; Federal, State, and Local Partnership for
Educational Improvement (Chapter 2); Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics
and Science Education, State Grant Program; Carl D. Perkins
Vocational Education Act, Basic Grants to States; Adult Education
Act, Grants to States; Transition Program for Refugee Children,
Formula Grants to State Education Agencies; The Emergency Immigrant
Education Act; and Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA),
Grants to State Library Agencies. The following information is
provided for each program: (1) the allocation and reported amount
granted by state;
(2) nationally, the types of agencies receiving
funds, including the percent of reported subgrants and reported
subgrant funds going to each type of agency; and (3) nationally, the
size of reported subgrants. Forty-six tables are included. Appendices
contain subgrant amounts for each program, by agency and type, and
subgrant amounts for the Library Services and Construction Act, by
state. (LMI)
Distribution of State-Administered Education Funds
Fourteenth Annual Report
(A Report Required by Section 406A, General Education
Provisions Act, As Amended)
Submitted by the U.S. Secretary of Education
to the
Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
House Committee on Education and Labor
U.S. Department of Education
May 1991
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Distribution of State-Administered Education Funds
Fourteenth Annual Report
(A Report Required by Section 406A, General Education
Provisions Act, As Amended)
Submitted by the U.S. Secretary of Education
to the
Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
House Committee on Education and Labor
U.S. Department of Education
May 1991
n.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Fourteenth Annual Report to Congress on the Distribution
of State-Administered Federal Education Program Funds
Under the authority of Section 406A of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA), the
U.S. Department of Education (ED) collects information on how funds are distributed under Federal
education programs that are administered by the States, including Chapter 1 Formula Grants to Local
Education Agencies (LEAs); Chapter 1 Formula Grants to State Education Agencies for Neglected or
Delinquent Children; Chapter 1 Formula Grants to State Education Agencies to Meet the Special
Educational Needs of Migratory Children; Chapter 1 State Administration; Chapter 1 Aid to States for
Education of Handicapped Children in State-Operated and State-Supported Schools; Education of the
Handicapped Act (EHA), Handicapped Grants to States Program (EHA has since been replaced by the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)); Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA),
Preschool Grants for Handicapped Children; Federal, State, and Local Partnership for Educational
Improvement (Chapter 2); Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education, State Grant
Program; Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, Basic Grants to States; Adult Education Act,
Grants to States; Transition Program for Refugee Children, Formula Grants to State Education
Agencies; The Emergency Immigrant Education Act; and Library Services and Construction Act
(LSCA), Grants to State Library Agencies.'
ED collected information from the 50 States and the District of Columbia. Grant information
for Puerto Rico and ancillary areas was not collected. The reader is cautioned that a caveat appears
throughout this report stating that the information reported by the States under GEPA 406A is not
always complete or accurate for all States and for all programs. The Department of Education as well
as the Congress have expressed concern regarding the quality of the reported information, and a bill
introduced in the 101st Congress (FIR5115) proposed changes to GEPA that are directed towards
improving the content and quality of the required information. While this bill did not become law, ED
is working with the Congress and other interested parties to improve the data collected under GEPA
406A.
Information for Federal appropriation year FY 1988, which corresponds roughly to the 1988-
It is important to note that under GEPA 406A, the States are
89 school year, is reported here.
required to report the "grant for 1988-89 school year and summer" (0M13 No. 1880-0518). Although
the funding for the 1988-89 subgrants is based primarily on the FY88 appropriation, some funding
may come from unobligated funds from earlier appropriation years (since the Tydings Amendment
allows for State-administered Federal education program monies to be carried over from one year to
the next). Therefore, for each program, the total grant amount for all recipients in school year 1988-
89 reported by a State will not necessarily equal the State allocation for FY88.
Program titles used in this rrnort are those in effect for FY 1988.
The State-reported data may not be complete or accurate for all States and for all programs.
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Under Chapter 1 Formula Grants to LEAs, we found that:
The vast majority of subgrants (99 percent) and of subgrant dollars
(nearly 100 percent) went to public school districts.
Public school districts also may receive funds indirectly, through
intermediate agencies or cooperative arrangements. About 1 percent of
Chapter 1 funds were distributed through this arrangement.
Although some Chapter 1 subgrants were small- -about 6 percent were
for under $10,000, 43 percent of the subgrants were for $100,000 or
more.
Under Chapter 1 Formula Grants to State Education Agencies for Neglected or Delinquent
Children, we found that:
Sixty-seven percent of the subgrants and 95 percent of the subgrant
funds went to State agencies or institutions.
Few subgrants--about 11 percent--were under $5,000. Thirty-four
percent of the subgrants were for $10,000 to $49,999, and 33 percent
were for $100,000 or more.
Under Chapter 1 Formula Grants to State Education Agencies to Meet the Special Educational
Needs of Migratory Children, we found that:
Three States -- California, Florida, and Texas -- received about 62 percent
of the program funds.
The majority of subgrants (90 percent) went to public school districts,
which also received most of the funds (87 percent).
Few subgrants (6 percent) were for under $10,000. Thirty-six percent
of the subgrants were for $10,000 to $49,999.
Under Chapter 1 State Administration, we found that:
States received $36.9 million in Chapter 1 State Administration funds,
and virtually all the funds went to State agencies.
The State-reported data may not be complete or accurate for all States and for all programs.
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Under three Handicapped programs--Chapter 1 Aid to States for Education of Handicapped
Children in State-Operated and State-Supported Schools; Education of the Handicapped Act,
Handicapped Grants to States Program; and Education of the Handicapped Act Preschool Grants for
Handicapped Children, we found that:
Public school districts received a majority of the subgrants under each
of the three programs, and a majority of the subgrant dollars under the
Handicapped Grants to States Program and Preschool Grants for
Handicapped Children.
A considerable amount of funding under these programs flowed to
intermediate agencies, which, in turn, may provide services to children
in public school districts. The percent ranged from 10 percent of
Preschool Grants for Handicapped Children subgrant dollars to 18
percent of Chapter I Handicapped subgrant dollars.
About one-third of the subgrants for each of the three programs for
handicapped children were for $10,000 to $49,999.
Thirty-three percent of the Handicapped Grants to States Program
subgrants were for $100,000 or more.
Under Federal, State, and Local Partnership for Educational Improvement (Chapter 2), we
found that:
The majority of formula subgrants (97 percent) and discretionary
subgrants (93 percent) went to public school districts.
Chapter 2 formula subgrants were relatively small--37 percent were
under $5,000.
Under the Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science, State Grant Program we found
that:
Most of the subgrants under the Elementary/Secondary Formula Grants
portion of the program went to public school districts (97 percent), as
did the subgrant funds (88 percent). About 8 percent of the subgrant
funds for this purpose area went to intermediate agencies; these
agencies may, in turn, provide funds or services to additional public
school districts.
The State-reported data may not be complete or accurate for all States and for all programs.
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Formula Grants portion of
Subgrants under the Elementary/Secondary
78 percent were under
the program tended to be very small- -about
$1,000.
$5,000, and about 32 percent were under
Act, Basic Grants to States, we found that:
Under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education
of the subgrants and
Public school districts received at least 70 percent
dollars in each of six program areas
over one-half of the subgrant
Equity, Program
(Handicapped, Disadvantaged, Adult Training, Sex
Improvement, and Consumer and Homemaking).
to universities
Between 17 and 39 percent of the subgrant dollars went
(This ranged from 17 percent
and colleges in the eight program areas.
Parents.)
for Disadvantaged to 39 percent for Single
tended to be small.
For six of the program areas, the subgrants
subgrants were
Seventy percent of the Consumer and Homemaking
of the Handicapped,
under $5,000, and between 30 and 43 percent
Improvement
Disadvantaged, Adult Training, Sex Equity, and Program
subgrants were under $5,000.
found that:
Under the Adult Education Act, Grants to States, we
subgrants and 63
Public school districts received 71 percent of the
percent of the subgrant funds.
$10.000.
About 35 percent of the subgrants were for less than
Formula Grants to State Education
Under the Transition Program for Refugee Children,
Agencies, we found that:
districts in 46
Program funds were received by 1,285 public school
States and the District of Columbia.
under
Subgrants tended to be small; 72 percent of the subgrants were
$5,000.
found that:
Under the Emergency Immigrant Education Program, we
Texas- -
Five States -- California, Florida, Illinois, New York, and
received about 77 percent of the program funds.
for all States and for all programs.
The State-reported data may not be complete or accurate
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Under the Library Services and Construction Act, Grants to State Library Agencies, we found
that:
Sixty-four percent of the Title I subgrants and 42 percent of the Title I
subgrant funds went to local libraries. An additional 42 percent of
Title I subgrant funds went to State agencies/State libraries for
Statewide public library services.
Local libraries received 33 percent of the Title III subgrants and 26
percent of the subgrant funds. State agencies/State libraries received
22 percent of the Title III subgrants and 54 percent of the subgrant
funds.
For Title I, 40 percent of the subgrants were for $10,000 to $49,999,
while for Title III, 31 percent of the subgrants were for $10,000 to
$49,999.
Twenty-five percent of the Title I subgrants and 35 percent of the
Title III subgrants were for less than $5,000.
The State-reported data may not be complete or accurate for all States and for all programs.
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PREFACE
This report is the fourteenth annual response of the Secretary of Education to the requirements
of Section 406A of the General Education Provisions Act, as amended. The legislation requires States
to submit, by December 30 of each year, a list of all subgrants and contracts made during a given
fiscal year with funds from State-administered Federal education programs.
This report provides information for Federal appropriation year FY 1988, which corresponds
roughly to the 1988-89 school year.
Questions about the report may be addressed to the GEPA Coordinator, Office of 1:lanning, Budget
and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20202.
The State-reported data may not be complete or accurate for all States and for all programs.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Executive Summary
vii
Preface
Introluction
I.
1
Chapter 1 Formula Grants to Local Education Agencies
5
II.
5
Overview of the Program
5
Findings
Chapter 1 Formula Grants to State Education Agencies For Neglected or Delinquent
HI.
9
Children
Overview of the Program
9
Findings
9
Chapter 1 Formula Grants to State Education Agencies to Meet the Special Educational
IV.
Needs of Migratory Children
15
Overview of the Program
15
Findings
15
Chapter 1 State Administration
21
V.
Overview of the Program
21
21
Findings
Programs for the Handicapped
27
VI.
Overview of the Programs
27
28
Findings
Federal, State, and Local Partnership for Educational Improvement (Chapter 2)
39
VII.
Overview of the Program
39
Findings
39
Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education, State Grant Program
47
VIII.
47
Overview of the Program
48
Findings
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