HR 1035 · 98th Congress · Education
A bill to make certain technical amendments to improve implementation of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981, and for other purposes.
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EnactedLatest: Became Public Law No: 98-211.(1983-12-08)
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Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to revise Chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children) provisions. Revises a State program design provision to include preschool migratory children as eligible participants in State programs for migratory, handicapped, and neglected and delinquent children. Directs the Secretary of Education to continue to use a specified definition of "currently migratory children." Revises provisions relating to local educational agency (LEA) application assurances. Exempts any LEA with a total enrollment of less than 1,000 children from specified "targeting" requirements for the use of funds to assist low-income educationally disadvantaged children. Grants LEAs discretion to make certain educational decisions which are consistent with achieving the purposes of Chapter 1. Allows LEAs to designate any school attendance area in which at least 25 percent of the children are from low-income families as an eligible school attendance area for any fiscal year if the amount of State and local funds for eligible areas does not decline. Allows LEAs to designate as eligible, and to serve, sc…
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Cosponsors (20)
15 Democrats5 Republicans