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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 2054
L 1 0228
HUMAN RESOURCE
DIVISION
AUGUST 28, 1979
B-177486
The Honorable Patricia Roberts Harris
The Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare 110228
Dear Mrs. Harris:
Subject: fmprovements Needed in the Migrant
1'ducation Program] (HRD-79-100)
In. surveying the migrant education program in California,
we have identified several areas needing improvement. Little
reliable information exists on the number of eligible migrant
children not being served, and there is confusion about condi-
tions for participation of former migrant children. Also,
California does not consider its annual evaluation report a
useful tool for improving program performance, and California
teachers often do not use academic information provided by
the Migrant Student Record Transfer System. Accordingly, we
are recommending actions you should take to deal with these
matters.
16 During our survey, we interviewed the officials of the
Office of Education's (OE's) Migrant Branch in Washington,
A&1 D.C., and reviewed migrant education legislation and regula-
tions. We did ourifieldwork primarily in California, where
the migrant education program is administered by the State
department of education. The State contracts with nine local
educatio al agencies to act as regional migrant education
offices,/which coordinate and manage the program. These
regional offices contract with school districts to serve
the mig ant children in their schools.
W interviewed school district and State and regional
migra t education program officials. We also reviewed
applicable OE, State, and regional program studies, reports,
and documents.
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