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Biennial Evaluation Report - FY 93-94

Chapter 624

Educational Improvement Partnerships--National Programs Blue Ribbon Schools

(No CFDA Number)

I. Program Profile

Legislation: Title I, Chapter 2, Part B, Section 1566 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, as amended by the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988, P.L. 100-297, (20 U.S.C. 2966), as amended (expires September 30, 1999).

Purpose: To recognize elementary and secondary schools which have established standards of excellence and which have demonstrated high quality.

Funding History 1/

Fiscal Year Appropriation
1989 $889,000
1990 494,000
1991 885,000
1992 864,159
1993 899,000
1994 879,000
  1. This program is one of several activities authorized by ESEA, Title I, Chapter 2, Part B. The maximum amount authorized for Part B is 6 percent of the amount appropriated for Chapter 2. Section 1566 establishes a maximum level of $1,500,000 for the Blue Ribbon Schools program.

II. Program Information and Analysis

Program Administration

The program, first authorized for FY 1989, continues the elementary and secondary school recognition programs, which had been conducted by the Department since FY 1983 under other authority. Elementary and secondary schools are selected in alternate years. Schools are competitively selected and nominated by State departments of education, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Department of Defense Dependents Schools, and Council for American Private Education. Nominated schools are reviewed by a panel of experts, which selects schools for on-site examination by other non-Federal experts.

In FY 1992, 228 elementary schools were selected as Blue Ribbon Schools from among the 478 nominated. Of those, two received special honors for outstanding history programs from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

In FY 1993, 260 secondary schools were selected as Blue Ribbon Schools from among the 488 nominated. Of these, three received special honors in mathematics and were honored by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Three received special honors in science and were honored by the National Science Teachers Association.

III. Sources of Information

  1. Program files.

IV. Planned Studies

None.

V. Contacts for Further Information

Program Operations:
Stephen O'Brien, (202) 219-2141
Program Studies:
Barbara Coates, (202) 401-1958

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