ESEA Title II in Iowa: a pilot Evaluation, 1969

(1969) ESEA Title II in Iowa: a pilot Evaluation, 1969. Education, Department of

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Abstract

A major concern of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is the provision of school library resources in elementary and secondary schools throughout the Nation. This program, authorized and conducted under Title II of the Act, completed its fourth fiscal year of operation on June 30, 1969, Iowa's State Plan for ESEA Title II, approved by the U. S. Office of Education on April l, 1966, is unique in its approach for the utilization of funds, The plan provides for the development of sixteen (16) sub-agency areas encompassing the entire area of the State. Sixteen sub-agency chairmen were selected from the county superintendents within the designated geographic areas who, with their respective county boards of education, have had the responsibility for the establishment and operation of the regional educational media centers. All public and non-public elementary and secondary children and teachers in Iowa eligible to be served by the centers within their respective areas.