Appendix-A-Major-Recommendations--By-Agency DEPARTMENT-OF-EDUCATION ED01 Redesign Chapter 1 of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Recommendations focus education funds on the neediest students and simplify requirements on schools receiving federal education aid. Existing funds are redirected. -3,000.0* 0.0 [As a footnote: *The NPR recommends that these savings be redirected to alternative uses. Savings totals exclude these amounts.] ED02 Reduce the Number of Programs the Department of Education Administers Eliminate or consolidate more than 40 existing education grant programs and free up funds for use in other educational programs. -515.0* 0.0 [As a footnote: *The NPR recommends that these savings be redirected to alternative uses. Savings totals exclude these amounts.] ED03 Consolidate the Eisenhower Math and Science Education Program with Chapter 2 NPR proposes combining this teacher training program, which is largely consumed with short-term training, with other ED programs to create a new program with a more coherent national focus on teacher training and professional development. na na ED04 Consolidate National Security Education Act Programs The NSEA trust fund, administered by the Department of Defense, should be consolidated with the Center for International Education in ED to strengthen foreign language study and eliminate duplication of effort. na na ED05 Streamline and Improve the Department of Education's Grants Process Statutory restrictions on the department's rulemaking process should be removed, flexibility added to certain procedures, and unnecessary requirements eliminated to shorten the grant award process. cbe cbe ED06 Provide Incentives for the Department of Education's Debt Collection Service This recommendation would allow ED to use a portion of revenues collected from defaulted student loans to pay for collections costs, thereby providing an incentive for increased collections. na na ED07 Simplify and Strengthen Institutional Eligibility and Certification for Participation in Federal Student Aid NPR recommends developing ways of measuring default indicators, creating profiles of high-risk institutions, and removing elgibility of institutions to participate in federal financial aid programs once the schools have become ineligible to receive federal student loan funds. -175.0 0.0 ED08 Create a Single Point of Contact for Program and Grant Information ED should create an electronic system that can be used by students, parents, researchers and administrators to learn about department programs, funding opportunities, best practices and other information. 1.8 0.0 ED09 Improve Employee Development Opportunities in Department of Education ED should create a full spectrum of activities which can contribute to career development, including conducting a departmentwide assessment of training and development needs. na na ED10 Eliminate the Grantback Statutory Provision of the General Education Provisions Act NPR recommends repealing this provision which permits the department to return to a grantee a percentage of funds recovered from the grantee as a result of an audit. 0.0* 0.0 [As a footnote: *This recommendation saves an estimated $18.5 million in expenditures but makes no change in budget authority.] ED11 Build a Professional, Mission-Driven Structure for Research NPR recommends establishing a research advisory board, consolidating and targeting research and development efforts, and establishing an office to translate research findings into education reform assistance. na na ED12 Develop a Strategy for Technical Assistance and Information Dissemination ED should develop a strategy for its $290 million technical assistance efforts designed to promote the National Goals 2000 themes. na na