An Analysis of Concerns in Federal Education Programs: Duplication of Services and Administrative Costs

Concern has been expressed that federal elementary and secondary education programs duplicate services to students and unnecessarily add to federal, state, and local administrative costs. Legislation has been proposed to reduce the number of programs through consolidation. To provide Congress insight into these problems and the possible impact of consolidating programs, the regulations, requirements, and services provided to students under federal education programs were analyzed. Eleven federal education programs administered by the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) and their implementation in 36 local education agencies in six states were reviewed.