Department of Education

We reviewed management' s assertions about performance-related measures for key drug control programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education (Department) contained in the Department’s Performance Summary Report for Fiscal Year 2012. The Department’s management is responsible for the...

We reviewed management's assertions contained in the Detailed Accounting of Fiscal Year 2012 Drug Control Funds, dated January 28, 2013 (Accounting). The U.S. Department of Education's management is responsible for the Accounting and the assertions contained therein. Based on our review, nothing...

Our audit determined that the Department could improve its management of the Federal Real Property Assistance Program (FRPA). FRPA allows the Department to sell or lease, at a Public Benefit Allowance discount, surplus Federal real property to eligible entities for educational purposes. We found...

We found weaknesses in the Department’s processes for reviewing and evaluating Teacher Incentive Fund program (TIF) applications with regard to the involvement and support of stakeholders, a required element of the application. Non-Federal reviewers accepted varying levels of evidence of the support...

The Department received a clean opinion on its FY 2012 and FY 2011 special-purpose financial statements. However, like the other financial statement audits, the audit reports included a material weakness related to controls surrounding the Department’s Debt Management Collection System and ACS...

Both the Department and FSA received unqualified (clean) opinions on their FY 2012 and FY 2011 financial statements. However, the audit reports noted a material weakness in internal control surrounding the Department’s Debt Management Collection System and ACS Education Servicing System—the legacy...

Both the Department and FSA received unqualified (clean) opinions on their FY 2012 and FY 2011 financial statements. However, the audit reports noted a material weakness in internal control surrounding the Department’s Debt Management Collection System and ACS Education Servicing System—the legacy...

Our FY 2012 Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) review found that the Department had made progress in addressing issues identified in previous FISMA reviews. Specifically, it was compliant in 3 of the 11 reporting metrics: continuous monitoring, contractor systems, and...

Our review of Recovery Act expenditures at two LEAs—the El Dorado School District and the Little Rock School District—found that the LEAs generally obligated and spent stimulus funds in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, guidance, and program requirements. However, we did identify areas...

We reported on how LEAs that received increased IDEA funds through the Recovery Act exercised IDEA’s maintenance of effort (MOE) flexibility provision. MOE flexibility permits an eligible LEA to reduce the level of local expenditures for the education of children with disabilities by up to 50...