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In response to a 1978-mandate, this concluding volume of the School Finance Project's final report concentrates on the broader intergovernmental issues relating to the design and transmission of federal policies and programs, and on the effects of federal activities on state and local education agencies and on schools. The specific Department of Education activities on which the report focuses are the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) (Chapters 1 and 2);.the Zducation for All Handicapped Childre Act; the Bilingual Education Act (ESEA, Title VII); the Vocational Education Act of 1963 (as amended); and civil rights statutes. After a brief introduction, chapter 2 traces the development of federal education activities and the changed focus of federal involvement, following passage-of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Chapter 3 examines design features of federal educatio