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US House of Representatives, 2020
This document records testimony from a hearing before the Committee on Education and Labor to examine the policies and priorities of the United States Department of Education. Member statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Robert C. Scott, Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor; and (2) Honorable Virginia Foxx, Ranking Member, Committee on…
Descriptors: Hearings, Public Agencies, Federal Government, Educational Policy
Sawchuk, Stephen – Education Week, 2011
Federal officials plan to overhaul the reporting requirements for higher education-based teacher preparation in favor of leaner, outcome-based indicators of program quality, according to plans outlined in the president's fiscal 2012 budget request. To bolster the overhaul, the budget also proposes a $185 million new formula grant program, dubbed…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Accountability
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. National Security and International Affairs Div. – 1989
Since 1982, the Congress has expressed concerns regarding voluntary agency use of an accountability for Federal refugee reception and placement grant funds. The Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1986 requires increased financial and program reporting by the voluntary agencies. An assessment undertaken to evaluate the adequacy of this reporting…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Nussbaum, Thomas J. – 1998
This paper describes the extent to which California has met its three commitments for community colleges: restoring access, improving funding per student, and funding facilities needs. With regard to restoring access to higher education and workforce preparation, there was an increase in the participation rate from 58/1000 adults in California to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1978
Although self-determination funds in fiscal year 1977 accounted for about 25 percent of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) budget for the operation of Indian programs, the BIA has not adequately supervised tribal performance under these contracts and grants. Questionable use of funds, incorrect interpretations of regulations, inadequate criteria…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Change, Administrator Role, Agencies
Smith, Marshall S. – 1987
The Chapter 1 program of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act would be made more efficient and effective by implementing the following recommendations: (1) improve the targeting of funds; (2) let good educational practice rather than accounting practice shape Chapter 1 programs; (3) establish systems of output accountability for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education