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GAO-12-228R 1 (2011-12-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacfpw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO Acona ity * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 December 8, 2011 The Honorable John P. Kline Chairman Committee on Education and the Workforce House of Representatives The Honorable Martha Roby House of Representatives Subject: Race to the Top: Characteristics of Grantees' Amended Programs and Education's Review Process The U.S. Department of Education (Education) established the Race to the Top (RTT) grant fund to encourage states to support school reform efforts. In 2010, Education awarded 12 RTT grants totaling nearly $4 billion, making RTT the largest competitive grant fund ever administered by Education. Individual grantee awards ranged from $75 million to approximately $700 million.1 The size of each grantee's award was based in part on its population, among other factors, and each grantee has 4 years to use grant funds. We recently reported on grantees' plans to implement a variety of school reform efforts and how Education has provided extensive support to states.2 Our report also discussed implementation challenges with RTT. Specifically, we reported that grantees have had difficulty finding and hiring qualified personnel to run their grant-funded activities, have encountered difficulty complying with state procedures for awarding contracts, and that Education took more time than anticipated to review grantees' RTT implementation plans. Moreover, the 12 RTT grantees requested amendments to their approved proposals. In an effort to ensure that states are held accountable for the terms of their awards, you asked us to provide information on the following questions: (1) What amendments have grantees requested to their RTT plans, and what reasons have grantees given for their amendment requests, particularly those that significantly changed projects, project timelines, or budgets? (2) What process has Education established to review and approve grantees' requests for amendments to their RTT plans? 1 Grantees included Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Tennessee. 2 GAO, Race to the Top: Reform Efforts Are Under Way and Information Sharing Could Be Improved, GAO-11-658 (Washington, D.C.: June 30, 2011). GAO-1 2-228R

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