K-12 Education: Special Forms of Flexibility in the Administration of Federal Aid Programs

Riddle, Wayne C.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Education;    Elementary education;    Federal aid to education;    Elementary and secondary education;    Educational finance;   

RP-ID  :  RL31583
RP-ID  :  RL31583_2008Jan10

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report begins with a review of the general nature of federal K-12 education program requirements, including their sources, purposes, and the concerns expressed by some grantees about them. This is followed by a description of the current special flexibility authorities under which many of these requirements may be waived or otherwise made inapplicable, along with an analysis of issues specific to individual authorities. This section is divided between authorities initially adopted before the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and authorities initiated in that legislation. The report concludes with an analysis of selected cross-cutting issues regarding these special flexibility authorities overall.