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OCLC Number: 53783592 Excerpt: ... recent interviews with state Title I directors and our previous studies, Title I allocations are rarely used by states as a model for targeting their own funds. A number of policy choices could increase the extent to which Title I funds are allocated to states and school districts with high numbers and percentages of poor children, if desired. The policy choices for doing so include changing the appropriations hold-harmless provisions, funding the targeted grant, using an alternative cost factor, and raising the basic grant eligibility threshold. Using less restrictive hold-harmless provisions would reduce the differences in funding among school districts with similar numbers and similar percentages of poor children and allocate more to states with more rapidly growing numbers of poor children. Funding targeted grants and raising the eligibility threshold would shift funding toward districts with higher percentages of children in poverty and away from districts with lower percentages. Using an alternative cost factor instead of per-pupil expenditures would also have the effect of shifting funds to districts with higher percentages of children in poverty and to a lesser extent to districts with large numbers of children in poverty. The extent to which formula changes are desired would depend on the desired balance between, among other things, making formula allocations reflective of numbers and percentages of poor children and making formula allocations relatively stable. The full effect of each change would depend on whether other changes were made at the same time and on the extent to which states later altered the resulting formula amounts before distributing the funds to their school districts. In written comments on our draft report, the Department of Education generally agreed with the reported findings. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in commenting on the draft report, highlighted its concerns about the quality of
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Title I funding: poor children benefit through funding per poor child differs: report to congressional addressees
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