Volume 2 contains 99 program plans covering the Department's programs.
The Department is committed to managing by results. Managers throughout the Department have prepared individual program indicator plans that, like the Department's Strategic Plan, lay out goals, objectives, performance indicators and targets, data sources, and key strategies. Performance plans are now available that cover all programs in the Department, although in some cases, several programs or budget line items have been aggregated into a single performance plan.
Development process
The process for developing these plans started in 1996 when the then-Under Secretary of Education required each principal office to develop a program indicator plan for one of its largest or most important programs. Working office by office, the Under Secretary met and personally reviewed the plans, and common formats, indicators, and guidance began to emerge. By the end of 1996, each program office had participated in at least one high-level review meeting and received guidance on the plans. By mid-March 1997, the Department was able to send to Congress a set of draft plans for many of its key programs representing about 70 percent of the Department's total appropriations.
Continued work by managers and staff at all levels of the agency resulted in a full set of program plans by the end of 1997. Most of the plans were provided to key constituency groups at some point during development for review, although the extent of review varied.
During preparation of the FY 1999 budget, the objectives and indicators in these plans were integrated into the Department's request to Congress, including the Congressional Justifications for FY 1999. As illustrated by Exhibit 6, the program performance plans are a critical element in the Department's planning process and link both to the Strategic and Annual Plan objectives and strategies and to the budget request.
Next steps
During the next year, the Department will focus on:
Exhibit 7 Program Performance Plans in Volume 2: Categories and Funding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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* Excludes $1,028,905,000 in funding for Department management functions. Total budget request for FY 1999 is $37,800,369,000.
Exhibit 8 below shows the relationship of the individual program plans to the FY 1999 budget structure. In some cases the Department aggregated activities in two or more budget lines in one plan. All program activities in the FY 1999 budget have an individual program plan or are included within one.
Exhibit 8 Relationship of Program Plans to FY 1999 Budget Structure | |||
Program Plans | FY 1999 Budget (000s) | More than one budget line in plan? | |
Education Reform | |||
1. | Goals 2000 (state/local improvement; parental assistance) | $501,000 | Yes |
2. | School-to-work opportunities program | $125,000 | No |
Educational Technology | |||
3. | Technology challenge programs (literacy and innovation grants, national activities) | $668,000 | Yes |
4. | Regional technology in education consortia | $10,000 | No |
5. | Star schools | $34,000 | No |
6. | Ready to learn television | $7,000 | No |
7. | Telecommunications demonstration project for mathematics | $2,000 | No |
Education for the Disadvantaged | |||
8. | Title I LEA grants (basic, concent., targeted), capital expenses | $7,777,000 | Yes |
9. | Even Start | $114,992 | No |
10. | Title I migrant education | $354,689 | No |
11. | Title I neglected and delinquent | $40,311 | No |
12. | Comprehensive school reform demonstrations | $150,000 | No |
13. | Transition-to-school demonstrations | $35,000 | No |
14. | Migrant HEP and CAMP | $15,000 | Yes |
Impact Aid | |||
15. | Impact aid | $696,000 | Yes |
Class Size Reduction and Teacher Financing | |||
16. | Class size reduction and teacher financing initiative (prop.leg.) | $1,100,000 | No |
School Improvement Programs | |||
17. | Eisenhower professional development state grants | $335,000 | No |
18. | Innovative education state grants (Title VI) (block grant) | $0 | No |
19. | Safe and drug-free schools (state grants, nat. progs, coordinators) | $606,000 | Yes |
20. | Inexpensive book distribution (RIF) | $13,000 | No |
21. | Arts in education | $10,500 | No |
22. | Magnet schools assistance | $101,000 | No |
23. | Education for homeless children and youth | $30,000 | No |
24. | Women's educational equity | $3,000 | No |
25. | Training and advisory services (Civil Rights Act) | $8,300 | No |
26. | Ellender Fellowships | $0 | No |
27. | Education for Native Hawaiians | $18,000 | No |
28. | Alaska Native education equity | $8,000 | No |
29. | Charter schools | $100,000 | No |
30. | Comprehensive regional assistance centers | $40,000 | No |
31. | Advanced placement test fees | $3,000 | No |
32. | Education opportunity zones (prop.leg.) | $200,000 | No |
America Reads Challenge | |||
33. | America Reads Challenge (prop.leg.) | $260,000 | No |
Indian Education | |||
34. | Grants to LEAs; special programs; national activities | $66,000 | Yes |
Bilingual and Immigrant Education | |||
35. | Bilingual education | $232,000 | Yes |
36. | Foreign language assistance | $5,000 | No |
37. | Immigrant education | $150,000 | No |
Special Education (IDEA) | |||
38. | State grants (grants to states and preschool grants) (Part B) | $4,184,685 | Yes |
39. | Grants for infants and families (Part C) | $370,000 | No |
40. | National activities (Part D) | $290,961 | Yes |
Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research | |||
41. | Vocational rehabilitation grants to states, inservice training set-aside, and supported employment state grants | $2,325,280 | Yes |
42. | Vocational rehabilitation grants for Indians | $17,283 | No |
43. | Client assistance state grants | $10,928 | No |
44. | Training | $33,685 | No |
45. | Special demonstration programs | $18,942 | No |
46. | Migratory workers | $2,350 | No |
47. | Recreational programs | $2,596 | No |
48. | Protection and advocacy of individual rights | $9,894 | No |
49. | Projects with industry | $22,071 | No |
50. | Independent living | $79,574 | Yes |
51. | Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults | $8,176 | No |
52. | National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research | $81,000 | No |
53. | Assistive technology | $30,000 | No |
Special Institutions for Persons with Disabilities | |||
54. | American Printing House for the Blind | $8,256 | No |
55. | National Technical Institute for the Deaf | $44,791 | No |
56. | Gallaudet University | $83,480 | No |
Vocational and Adult Education | |||
57. | Vocational education basic grants and tech-prep education | $1,136,650 | Yes |
58. | Vocational education national programs | $13,497 | No |
59. | Tribally controlled postsecondary vocational institutions | $0 | No |
60. | Adult education state grants | $361,000 | No |
61. | Adult education evaluation and technical assistance | $27,000 | No |
62. | National Institute for Literacy | $6,000 | No |
63. | Literacy programs for prisoners and State grants for incarcerated youth offenders | $0 | Yes |
Student Financial Assistance | |||
64. | Cross-program measures (office-wide) | NA | NA |
65. | Pell grants | $7,594,000 | No |
66. | Campus-based programs | $1,649,000 | Yes |
67. | State student incentive grants | $0 | No |
68. | Federal Family Education Loans | $1,764,317 | No |
69. | Federal Direct Student Loans | $525,484 | No |
Higher Education | |||
70. | Title III (HEA) aid for institutional development | $260,000 | Yes |
71. | Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | $22,500 | No |
72. | International education/foreign language studies | $61,117 | Yes |
73. | Teacher recruitment and preparation (HEA, V - prop.leg.) | $67,000 | No |
74. | Interest subsidy grants | $13,000 | No |
75. | Urban community service (HEA XI-A) | $0 | No |
76. | Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center | $0 | No |
77. | Federal TRIO programs | $583,000 | No |
78. | High Hopes College-School Partnerships (prop.leg.) | $140,000 | No |
79. | National early intervention scholarships and partnerships | $0 | No |
80. | Byrd honors scholarships | $39,288 | No |
81. | National need graduate fellowship program (prop.leg.) | $37,500 | No |
State grants for incarcerated youth offenders | See # 63 | ||
82. | Early awareness information program | $15,000 | No |
83. | Learning anytime anywhere partnerships (prop.leg.) | $30,000 | No |
84. | Access and retention innovations (prop.leg.) | $20,000 | No |
85. | Howard University | $210,000 | Yes |
Research and Improvement | |||
86. | National education research institutes | $53,782 | No |
87. | Interagency research initiative | $50,000 | No |
88. | Regional educational laboratories | $56,000 | No |
89. | National dissemination activities | $18,785 | No |
90. | Statistics and assessment | $104,000 | Yes |
91. | Eisenhower professional development federal activities | $50,000 | No |
92. | Fund for the improvement of education | $105,000 | No |
93. | Javits gifted and talented education | $6,500 | No |
94. | Eisenhower math and science consortia | $25,000 | No |
95. | 21st century community learning centers | $200,000 | No |
96. | National writing project | $5,000 | No |
97. | Civic education | $6,300 | No |
98. | International education exchange | $5,000 | No |
Department Management | |||
99. | Office for Civil Rights | $68,000 | No |
Office of the Inspector General | $31,242 | See below | |
Departmental management | $997,663 | NA | |
Total Budget Authority | $37,800,369 |
The IG also has an annual plan for 1998-99 which can be found at: www.ed.gov/offices/OIG/. This plan lists the specific audits, investigations, and other activities planned for FY 1999 and delineates the expected impact of the work on the successful accomplishment of the Department's programs. Both plans are available in .html and Adobe Acrobat .pdf formats. Hard copy of these plans may be obtained from the Department's Office of the Inspector General.
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