RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 States and the New Federalism
JF Harvard Educational Review
JO herp
FD Harvard Educational Press
SP 564
OP 583
DO 10.17763/haer.52.4.h68670435w6p1291
VO 52
IS 4
A1 McLaughlin, Milbrey Wallin
YR 1982
UL http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/52/4/564.abstract
AB President Reagan's version of the New Federalism in education policy is expressed in the 1981 Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA). ECIA, the latest chapter in the debate over the form and function of federal education policy, substantially redefines the federal, state, and local roles in federal education programs. This legislation reflects the New Federalist views that have developed since the block grant and revenue-sharing initiatives proposed during the Nixon and Ford administrations (U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1981). The central tenets of these views are