The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the Puerto Rico Department of Education (Puerto Rico): (1) submitted complete, accurate, and reliable Adult Education program performance data to the U.S. Department of Education (Department); (2) ensured that Adult Education program funds were used in accordance with applicable Federal and…

The FNS Research Corner provides a continuing series to summarize recently completed and current research conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in the area of child nutrition. Summaries of recently completed research projects and in-progress research are provided in this article.

The Indian Education -- Formula Grants to Local Education Agencies (Indian Education Formula Grant) program is authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). It is the Department's principal vehicle for addressing the particular needs of Indian children. The program…

This Report to Congress is required by Section 658L of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (CCDBG) as amended. The report provides information about the role of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) in improving access to high-quality child care in states, territories, and tribes. The data and analysis contained in this report are…

The mission of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children through age 4 who are at nutritional risk. WIC provides nutritious foods to supplement diets, nutrition education, and referrals to health care and other social services.…

Based on experiences and recommendations from vocational education programs, this publication contains suggestions for State Department of Vocational Education staff in their leadership roles to local educational agencies and in their relationship with other state institutions in developing services and programs for the disadvantaged and…

This semiannual report to Congress summarizes the activities of the Department of Education's Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the 6-month period ending September 30, 1997. The OIG gave Congressional testimony regarding the modernization of student-financial-assistance-information programs, the Loan Consolidation process, the Federal Direct…

This annual report, prepared by a Delaware State Advisory Committee in response to federal requirements, evaluates programs assisted under Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) during the 1984-85 school year. The first of five sections provides a financial overview of programs supported during this time and…

This annual report, prepared by a Delaware State Advisory Committee in response to federal requirements, evaluates programs assisted under Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) during the 1985-86 school year. The first of five sections provides a financial overview of programs supported during this time and…

This report is derived from narrative reports for fiscal year 1971 submitted to the U.S. Office of Education by each State department of education. Under Title III of the National Defense Education Act, the Federal government provides matching funds to each State to strengthen instruction in 12 major academic subjects. During fiscal year 1971 the…

The U.S. Congress asked the Government Accounting Office (GAO) to determine the following: (1) to what extent states were spending their Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds and whether the Department of Labor's (Labor's) data accurately reflected available funds; (2) what Labor did to assess how states were managing their WIA spending; and (3)…

A 1956 Office of Education study showed that 26 million rural residents were without any public library service and that more than 300 rural counties had no public library within their borders. An additional 50 million rural residents had only inadequate service. Congress passed the Library Services Act in 1956 to stimulate the further development…