Impact Aid and the Education of Military Children
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: May 25, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9780833029645
Subjects: Central government policies; Funding of education; Independent / public schools; Finance; Educational law and legislatio; Education / Teaching; Education; USA; General; Non-Classifiable; Children of military personnel; Educational law and legislation; Federal aid to education; United States
First sentence: Military children living in the United States generally attend a local public school and have a portion of their education expenses paid by the federal government through the Department of Education's Impact Aid program.
Description: Children of military parents in the United States generally attend public school and have a portion of their education expenses paid for by the federal government through the Department of Education's Impact Aid program. Impact Aid provides $900 million a year to approximately 1,400 local education agencies, which enroll 1.2 million eligible children, 36 percent of whom are military children. RAND studied this program, emphasizing the implications for military children.