Title I: Although Definitions of Administrative Expenditures Vary, Almost All Districts Studied Spent Less Than 10 Percent on Administration
GAO-03-386
Published: Apr 07, 2003. Publicly Released: Apr 07, 2003.
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Because of concern about school district spending on administration, Congress directed GAO in two separate mandates in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to (1) examine how school districts defined and spent Title I funds on administrative activities and (2) review Title I expenditures in at least six school districts. In response to these mandates, we are reporting on (1) how five studies define Title I administrative expenditures and what they found about the percentage of funds spent on these activities and (2) what proportion of Title I funds was spent on administrative activities compared with instructional and other activities in six school districts.
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Administrative costsAllocation (Government accounting)Funds managementSchool districtsDisadvantaged personsAid for educationExpenditure of fundsFringe benefitsTeachersAutomatic data processing