Archived:Program Performance Plans

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FY 1999 Annual Plan - Volume 1. Objective Performance Plans and Data Quality - February 27, 1998

Program Performance Plans

Exhibit 6

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:

Implementation and reporting.
Improving data sources. Program offices, the Planning and Evaluation Service, or the National Center for Education Statistics will amend or improve current data systems/studies in the program plans or establish new ones as needed to ensure that indicator data are available. As described in the Annual Plan section in this volume on quality of data, the Department will review the quality of its data sources, both Strategic Plan and individual program plan sources.
Continued review of plan frameworks. Program and staff offices will assess the appropriateness and usefulness of the framework of objectives and indicators for selected plans, through:
- follow up to questions and concerns expressed by Congress;
- broad consultation with our education partners and with program stakeholders and customers;
- reviews by experts.

Exhibit 7
Program Performance
Plans in Volume 2:
Categories and Funding

	FY 1999 President's Budget*
Education Reform
Goals 2000: Educate America	$501,000,000
School to Work Opportunities	125,000,000

Education Technology	721,000,000

Elementary and Secondary Education
Education for the Disadvantaged	8,495,892,000
Impact Aid	696,000,000
Class Size Reduction and Teacher Financing	1,100,000,000
School Improvement	1,475,800,000
America Reads Challenge	260,000,000
Indian Education	66,000,000

Bilingual and Immigrant Education	387,000,000

Special Education	4,845,646,000

Rehabilitation Services, Disability Research, and Special Institutions	2,781,793,000

Vocational and Adult Education	1,544,147,000

Student Financial Assistance	11,532,801,000

Higher Education	1,288,405,000

Educational Research and Improvement	685,367,000

Office for Civil Rights	68,000,000

Total ED programs	$36,771,464,000

* Excludes $1,028,905,000 in funding for Department management functions. Total budget request for FY 1999 is $37,800,369,000.

Relationship of program plans and FY 1999 budget structure

Exhibit 7 displays the budget accounts and sub-accounts by which the program plans in Volume 2 are grouped as well as the funding requested for each.

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.	21^st 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

Inspector General's strategic and annual plans

The Department's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has a strategic plan located on the ED web site at: www.ed.gov/offices/OIG/, which contains OIG's mission, goals, performance measures, and strategies. The OIG's goals are:

Goal 1. Program and Operations Improvement. OIG products and services are used by the Department of Education, Congress, and other interested parties to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and integrity of education programs and operations.
Goal 2. Program and Operations Integrity. OIG's work discloses significant fraud, waste, and abuse; results in enforcement and corrective actions; and promotes deterrence.
Goal 3. High Performance. Transform the OIG into a high performance organization that promotes productivity and a positive work environment.

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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