Educational Accountability and Secretarial Waiver Authority Under Section 9401 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Contributor:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational law and legislation.

Education, Secondary.

Federal aid to education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (50 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines waiver authority provided to Secretary of Education under Section 9401 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) with respect to programs authorized under the act, including waivers of accountability and general administrative provisions. Discusses waivers and related principles that collectively comprise the ESEA flexibility package, current Congressional efforts to reauthorize the ESEA, and status of State applications for the ESEA flexibility package. Provides brief history of Section 9401 ESEA provisions, reviews how waiver requests are granted, and addresses limitations on Secretary waiver authority. Describes how Secretary has used waiver authority in the past, and provides legal analysis of scope of Secretary waiver authority and Secretary authority to grant a waiver in exchange for another action.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Educational Accountability and Secretarial Waiver Authority Under Section 9401 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

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