Number: RL31583
Title: K-12 Education: Special Forms of Flexibility in the Administration of Federal Aid Programs
Authors: Wayne Clifton Riddle, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report begins with a review of the general nature of federal K-12 education program requirements, including their sources, purposes, and the concerns expressed by some grantees about them. This is followed by a description of the current special flexibility authorities under which many of these requirements may be waived or otherwise made inapplicable, along with an analysis of issues specific to individual authorities. This section is divided between authorities initially adopted before the NCLB and authorities initiated in that legislation. The report concludes with an analysis of selected cross-cutting issues regarding these special flexibility authorities overall.
Pages: 31
Date: January 10, 2008