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Department of Education
Budget, Performance and Financial Snapshot Fiscal Year 2008
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Who We Are
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Mission:
The Department of Education?s mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. This mission statement retains the Department's historic role of "providing equal access to a high-quality education," while emphasizing the success of America's students in a highly competitive global economy. The Department funds programs for elementary and secondary school students, postsecondary students and institutions of higher education, limited English language proficient students, students with disabilities, and students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Department also provides student financial aid to promote the completion of postsecondary education so that America may more fully compete in a global economy. http://www.ed.gov/about/reports/strat/plan2007-12/2007-plan.pdf
Organization:
In addition to its management and research offices, the Department is organized into 9 principal grant and loan-making offices. These are Federal Student Aid, the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, the Office of Innovation and Improvement, the Institute of Education Sciences, the Office of English Language Acquisition, the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, and the Office of Postsecondary Education. http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/or/index.html?src=ln
Personnel:
The Department has the smallest workforce of any cabinet-level agency, with an approximate workforce for FY 2008 of 4,400. http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/fed/role.html?src=ln
Budgetary Resources:
The Department had $193.9 billion in total budgetary resources for FY 2008, including $79.1 billion in appropriated budgetary resources and $114.8 billion in non-budgetary credit reform resources, which primarily consist of borrowing authority for the loan programs. http://www.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/2008report/9-mda-financial-highlights.pdf
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Budget Snapshot
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Total Spending FY 2005-2009
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Mandatory
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$15,860
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$35,165
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$9,005
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$7,875
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$4,468
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Discretionary
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$56,998
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$58,264
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$57,367
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$60,171
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$59,032
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Total
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$72,858
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$93,429
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$66,372
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$68,046
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$63,500
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$ in millions
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Top 5 Programs By Budget
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Pell Grants
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Title I
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IDEA Grants to States
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Improving Teacher Quality State Grants
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Impact Aid
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2008
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$16,245
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$13,899
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$10,948
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$2,935
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$1,154
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2009
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$18,941
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$14,305
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$11,285
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$2,835
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$1,154
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$ in millions
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Performance Snapshot
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Accomplishments:
In FY 2008, the Department implemented a new statutory loan purchase authority to ensure credit market disruptions did not deny eligible college students and their parents access to federal student loans. Academic achievement data reported by states show that students from nearly every grade and subgroup have made impressive gains in reading and mathematics proficiency under No Child Left Behind. New flexibilities under the No Child Left Behind Act include the Growth Model Pilot, which allows states to track individual students? annual progress for the calculation of adequate yearly progress, and Differentiated Accountability, which allows states to distinguish those schools in improvement that just miss the mark from those that need significant reform. The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act continues the effort to make college more affordable and expands college access. http://www.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/2008report/4-mda-accomplishments.pdf
Challenges:
In FY 2008, the Department identified six specific challenge areas for the Department to address in FY 2009. These were student financial assistance programs and operations; information security and management; grantee oversight and monitoring; contract awards, performance and monitoring; data integrity; and human resources services. http://www.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/2008report/11-mda-mgmt-challenges.pdf
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Clean Opinion on Financial Statements
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Yes
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Timely Financial Reporting
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Yes
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Material Weaknesses
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0
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Improper Payment Rate
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2.1
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Total Assets
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$231,573
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Total Liabilities
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$188,237
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Net Cost of Operations
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$64,817
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$ in millions
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Footnote:The calculation for Federal Pell Grants for FY 2008 includes the actual appropriation and the incremental increase. It does not include the elimination of tuition sensitivity.
The Improper Payment Rate represents the aggregate for three high-risk programs which are the Federal Family Education Loan program, Pell Grants, and Title I Grants to States.
Regarding the performance information, each year the Department analyzes the percentage of program performance targets that were met or exceeded, not met but improved over time, not met, or for which data are not yet available. Since the Department has a lag in the time data are received for the established targets, the pie chart represents the FY 2007 results.
Summary of Department of Education Ratings for Fiscal Year 2008
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FY 2008 Performance
Results per Strategic Goal
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Met/Exceeded
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Not met but improved over prior years
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Not met target
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Data not yet available
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Budget per Strategic Goal
($ in millions)
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Performance Measure(s)*
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2006 Results
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2007 Results
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2008 Target
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2008 Results
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2009 Target
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Percentage of all students who achieve proficiency on state reading assessments.
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68.3
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70.2
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76.2
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No Data Available
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80.2
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Percentage of all students who achieve proficiency on state mathematics assessments.
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65.0
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68.0
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73.8
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No Data Available
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78.1
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Percentage of total core academic classes taught by highly qualified teachers.
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92
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94
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100
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No Data Available
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100
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Performance Measure(s)*
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2006 Results
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2007 Results
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2008 Target
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2008 Results
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2009 Target
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Total number of Advanced Placement tests taken by public school students.
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1,943,565
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2,133,594
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2,168,000
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No Data Available
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2,406,000
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Total number of Advanced Placement tests in mathematics and science taken nationwide by public school students.
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589,701
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644,550
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681,000
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No Data Available
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736,000
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Performance Measure(s)*
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2006 Results
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2007 Results
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2008 Target
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2008 Results
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2009 Target
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Percentage of high school graduates aged 16-24 enrolling immediately in college.
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68.6
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66
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68
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No Data Available
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68
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Direct administrative unit costs for origination and disbursement of student aid (total cost per transaction).
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$4.24
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$4.03
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$4.15
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$3.65
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$4.00
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Customer service level on the American Customer Satisfaction Index for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on the Web.
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80
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80
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83
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No Data Available
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84
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Performance Measure(s)*
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2006 Results
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2007 Results
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2008 Target
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2008 Results
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2009 Target
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Percentage of new discretionary grants awarded by June 30.
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40
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66
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70
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61
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80
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Percentage of employees with performance standards in place within 30 days of the start of the current rating cycle.
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65
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59
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90
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93
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95
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Percentage of Department program dollars in programs that demonstrate effectiveness in terms of outcomes, either on performance indicators or through rigorous evaluations.
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86
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86
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86
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88
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86
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* This measure was selected from a number of performance measures aimed at the specific strategic goal