Regulatory and reporting burdens of federal education acts / Aurora Trudi, editor.

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REGULATORY AND REPORTING BURDENS OF FEDERAL EDUCATION ACTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT: ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS AND COST OF INFORMATION COLLECTIONS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; FINDINGS IN BRIEF; METHODOLOGY AND SCOPE OF ANALYSIS; GENERAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE COLLECTION OF DATA; PURPOSE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION; NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS, BURDEN HOURS, AND COST BURDEN; FEDERAL COST OF INFORMATION COLLECTION PACKAGES.

STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY, LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY, AND SCHOOL DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING UNDER ESEA TITLE I, PART A: ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUESCONCLUSION; APPENDIX A. DATA SOURCE AND INFORMATION CLEARANCE PROCESS; APPENDIX B. SUPPORTING STATEMENT FOR PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT SUBMISSION; APPENDIX C. DESCRIPTION OF STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TITLE I-A ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES INFORMATION COLLECTION PACKAGE; Chapter 2: HIGHER EDUCATION: EXPERTS CITEDA RANGE OF REQUIREMENTS AS BURDENSOME; ABBREVIATIONS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND.

BACKGROUNDEXPERTS CITED A RANGE OF REQUIREMENTS AS BURDENSOME; SCHOOLS SHARED SIMILAR VIEWS ON TYPES OF BURDENS AND NAMED A FEW BENEFITS; EDUCATION SEEKS FEEDBACK MAINLY THROUGH FORMAL CHANNELS BUT SCHOOLS DO NOT ALWAYS RESPOND TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES; CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II: SELECTED FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS DESCRIBED AS BURDENSOME IN DISCUSSION GROUP COMMENTS; APPENDIX III: SELECTED EXAMPLES OF OTHER FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY APPLYTO POSTSECONDARY SCHOOLS.

Chapter 3: K-12 EDUCATION: SELECTED STATES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS CITED NUMEROUS FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AS BURDENSOME, WHILE RECOGNIZING SOME BENEFITSABBREVIATIONS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; BACKGROUND; KEY EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS AND STATEAND SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS CITED MANY FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AS BOTH BURDENSOME AND BENEFICIAL; STATES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS GENERALLY DO NOT TRACK THEIR COSTS TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, ACCORDING TO THOSE WE INTERVIEWED.

FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE TAKING STEPS TO REDUCE BURDEN, BUT POTENTIALLY DUPLICATIVE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND STATUTORY LIMITATIONS REMAINCONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I: DESCRIPTION AND SOURCEOF REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED AS BURDENSOMEBY THE STATE AND SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALSWE INTERVIEWED; INDEX.

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