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Title | Press Release: National Academy of Sciences Awarded Contract to Study How to Improve Distribution of English Language Acquisition Funds |
Body | NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES TO STUDY HOW TO IMPROVE DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TITLE III ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION FUNDS The U.S. Department of Education announced today that it has awarded a $754,415 contract to the National Academy of Sciences to study how best to distribute Title III English Language Acquisition state grant funds. The award follows a 2006 recommendation by the Government Accountability Office that the Education Department examine its method of allotting Title III state grants in order to ensure that the funding goes to areas with the highest concentrations of students with limited English proficiency. In particular, the study will examine the relative accuracy of the two allowable sources of data permitted under Title III for allocating funds to states and make recommendations to the department on whether and how current allocation practices should be changed. A summary is posted at http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-07-140. |
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Inputdate | 2008-10-12 05:53:32 |
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Publishdate | 2008-10-13 00:00:00 |
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