Download or read book Department of Education written by National Performance Review (U.S.) and published by Office of Vice President. This book was released on 1993 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report details 12 recommendations and actions, agency re-invention activities, and fiscal impact analyses for the Department of Education resulting from the National Performance Review. Overall, the recommendations and analyses show that the Department could save $173.2 million by 1999 and that, by adopting these recommendations to clarify and simplify its work, the Department could operate more effectively. The recommendations are: (1) redesign of Chapter 1 of the elementary and Secondary Education Act; (2) reduction of the number of programs the Department of Education administers; (3) consolidation of the Eisenhower Math and Science Education Program with Chapter 2; (4) consolidation of National Security Education Act programs; (5) streamlining and improving the Department's grants process; (6) provision of incentives for the Department's debt collection service; (7) simplification and strengthening of the institutional eligibility and certification for participation in federal student aid; (8) creation of a single point of contact of program and grant information; (9) improvement of employee development opportunities; (10) elimination of the grant-back statutory provision of the General Education Provisions act; (11) construction of a professional, mission-driven structure for research; and (12) development of a strategy for technical assistance and information dissemination. Appendixes contain justifications for the elimination of programs and list accompanying reports of the National Performance Review. (JB)