Funding the Individual? An Essay on the Future of Chapter 1.

Autor/inn/en	Doyle, Denis P.; Cooper, Bruce S.
Titel	Funding the Individual? An Essay on the Future of Chapter 1.
Quelle	(1987), (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Compensatory Education; Educational Vouchers; Educationally Disadvantaged; Elementary Secondary Education; Federal Aid; Federal Programs; Federal State Relationship; Parochial Schools; Private School Aid; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Program Implementation; Program Improvement; School Choice; School Districts; State Programs; Urban Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kompensatorischer Unterricht; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Konfessionsschule; Programmplanung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Choice of school; Schulwahl; School district; Schulbezirk; Regierungsprogramm; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule
Abstract	In 1985 the Supreme Court ruled that funding school districts for purposes of aiding children at the parochial schools they attend is unconstitutional. Now it is virtually impossible for parochial schools to receive aid. In order for Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act to serve all eliglbe children, including those enrolled in religious schools, funding should be allocated on the basis of the individual child. The child is the best unit of funding for the following reasons: (1) funding the individual allows by-passing the public school system (and state systems as well), providing direct support for the family and children, permitting them to attend parochial schools; (2) funding the individual places the locus of decisionmaking as to what kind of schooling a child should receive with the family, where it rightly belongs; and (3) funding the individual creates an education market, allowing families to "shop" for schools, and schools to compete for clients. Political considerations are examined, and the history of parochial schools in America is reviewed. Alternatives to using the public school system to deliver Chapter 1 services, such as allowing local education authorities to issue their own vouchers to local parochial school students, are discussed. A brief list of references is included. (BJV)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC