Going Comprehensive
May 29, 1996
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Comments The following technical-assistance programs have been replaced by the Department of Education's comprehensive regional centers:
| Chapter 1 technical-assistance centers | $ 5.1 | $ 5.9 | - |
| Chapter 1 rural technical-assistance centers | 5.0 | 3.9 | - |
| Chapter 1 migrant-program coordination centers | 2.7 | 1.2 | - |
| Drug-free-schools regional centers | 15.6 | 7.8 | - |
| Indian education technical-assistance centers | 3.8 | 2.2 | - |
| Bilingual-education multifunctional resource centers | 11.6 | 5.8 | - |
| Bilingual-education evaluation-assistance centers | 1.8 | 1.1 | - |
| Funding for new comprehensive centers | - | 1.7 | 21.6 |
| Total | 45.6 | 29.6 | 21.6 |
NOTE: In fiscal 1995, Congress originally appropriated $44.5 million for technical-assistance efforts, of which at least $15 million was earmarked for launching the new centers. But a rescissions bill enacted last summer cut $14.9 million from the technical-assistance budget.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education.
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