Evaluation made of 1983-1984 ECIA Chapter 2 funds in Iowa state and local education agencies, February 1985

Information contained in this report has been summarized from department staff reports, school district evaluation reports, approved application data, and a survey of state advisory committee members. Explicated data are maintained in department files. This report indicates that Chapter 2, for the 1984 fiscal year, has been successful in reducing the paper work of local districts, allowing more local planning and flexibility in the use of 'block grant• funds for educational purposes, and the impact of the use of such funds for such purposes on behalf of large numbers of children