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The Impact Aid Program. June 21, 1977. 22 pp. + enclosure (3
pp-).
Testimony before the House Committee on Education and Labor:
Elementary, secondary and Vocational B&tcation Subcommittee; by
James D. Martin, Deppty Director, Human Resources Div.
Issue Area: Education, Training, and Employment Pcograms (1100).,
Contact: Human Resources Div.
Budget Function: Education, manpower, and Social Services:
Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education (501).
Organization Concerned: Office of Education; Department o'f
Health, Educatior, and Welfare.
congressional Relevance: House Committee on Education and Lbor:
Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education Subcommittee.
Authority: (P.L. 81-874, title I, as aaended, sec. 2, 3(a),
3(b); 20 U.S.C. 238). Education Amendments of 1974.
One purpose of Public Law 81-874 is to minimize the
fiscal inequities caused by both the presence o.! tax-exeart
Federal. lands and the burden of providing suLtable free public
educat.on to federally connected children. In administering the
Impact kid program, the Office of Education tOE) develops
policies a, procedures and distributes bulletins, instructions,
and application forms to local educational agencies (LEAs)
through State educational agencies. Payments increased from $25
million in fiscal year 1951 to $550 million in 1975, the growth
being attributable to such factors as increases in school
population, iacreases in school expenditure per pupil, expanded
Federal activity, and amendments liberalizing the basic
legislation. Of 100 LEAs reviewed, 93 claimed either more or
less than their eligible number of pupils. These LEas were
overpaid a net total of $212,133. OR has not, except for a few
special employment situations, issued regulations o-
instructions defining the requirements a parent must meet to be
considered employed on Federal property. Documentation should
be required to determine that children claimed did reside with
civilian federal.y connected par,ants. Reviews should be made of
State aid allocation formulas rflative to the supplant provision
of the law. OR should review thc: data used to compute payment
rates. OR instructions do not specify weights to be given
criteria in determining comparable LRfs. Without impact aid
entitlements, 48% of the 1,671 LEAs analyzed would need annual
property tax increases of less than 5%, and 181 would need ta7
increases fro6 5% to 10%. LEAs receiving impact aid funds were
generally the largest and most prospeLous within a State. (QN)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadxug0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)