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Federal Direction leeded for Educating Handicapped Children in
State Schools. HRD-78-6; B-164031(1). March 16, 1978. 52 pp. + 5
appendices (12 pp.).
Report to the Congress; by Eluer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Federally Sponsored or Assisted Education Programs:
Fostering Educational Opportunities (3302).
Contact: Human Resources Div.
Budget Function: Education, Manpower, and Social Services:
Elenentar7, Secondary. and Vocatioual Education (501).
Organization Concerned: Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Education and Labor;
Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare; Congress.
Authority: Education of the Handicapped Act (20 U.S.C. 1401).
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended
(P.L. 89-313; 79 Stat. 1158; 20 U.S.C. 236). Education
Amendeents of 1974 (P.L. 93-3801. P.L. 89-10. P.L. 91-230.
=45 C.F.R. 116.
The Public Law 89-313 program was enacted in 1965 to
make available Federal funds to supplement limited State efforts
in providing special educational services for institutionalized
handicapped children. Because of changes in Federal and State
laws and advances in educational techniques and concepts,
considerable confusion and conflict has arisen among program
participants on what the Federal prograt is intended to
accomplish and the zespective roles of Federal and State
Governments in supporting education for the handicapped in
State-operated and State-supported schools.
Findings/Conclusions: A basic structural question exists:
whether the 89-313 program should continue as basic, relatively
uinrestricted support or be directed to provide a stimulus to
States to increase their resources for educating
institutionalized handicapped children. Targeting funds to a
limited number ef eligible children was originally peraissable,
but the enactment of Public Law 93-380 changed the concept by
requiring that all children counted for 89-313 funding receive
some benefit from that funding. Targeting is still taking pla-e
to a significant degee. Management of the 89-313 program at the
Federal level has been fragmented, limited, and cosplicated, and
its visibility for congressional review and analysis has been
severely restricted. Congress needs to clarify he direction of
the prcqra. and the degree to which funds may be allocated
within a State. Recommendations: The Congress should: clarify
the direction of the 89-313 program by specifying whether
fundiug is supplementary to a basic, State-financed educational
activity or whether it should help finance the basic educational
program itself; and clarify whether targeting is acceptable, and
if so, to what extent it is acceptable. The Secretary of Health,](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaawwc0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)