CRS-61 Additional areas of concern were (1) the lack of a comprehensive audit schedule for the Title I Migrant program and (2) the lack of understanding that the auditors have of the operational details of the Title I Migrant program in the States as contrasted to the regular Title I program. During fiscal years 1971 through 1976, 20 audit reports were completed, 15 of these were completed before FY 1973. A chronological list of the audits conducted between 1970 and 1976 is contained in Table 14. Audits of USOE Migrant Branch branch of the In addition, The DHEW audit agency audited the Migrant education USOE Compensatory education division in 1972 and 1974. there was a follow-up audit of the 1972 audit in 1974. The concerns expressed in the audit reports of the USOE Migrant branch address some of the same issues that were identified in the DHEW audits of the program in the individual States and also in the Migrant program 18/ reviews conducted by the USOE Migrant branch staff. For example, the July 1972 audit report requested that the USOE Migrant branch take the following action: 18/ --Strengthen procedures for identifying program participants Better --Review State project applications more extensively to assure sound planning and rejection of poor projects. --Improve coordination between migrant activities and related --Strengthen controls and monitoring procedures in project DHEW ACN 13-33700 (July 21, 1972). CRS-62 TABLE 14 - CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE ENDING FISCAL YEAR OF AUDITS OF THE ESEA TITLE I STATE OPERATED MIGRANT PROGRAMS SOURCE: List of completed audits in the files of the USOE Division of Education for the Disadvantaged. --Provide for meaningful evaluation of program activities at all levels to gauge current successes and plan for future projects. CRS-63 As a follow-up of the 1972 audit, a subsequent audit was conducted in 1974. The following material has been excerpted from a letter from the DHEW Audit Agency to the then Commissioner Bell on 19/ December 27, 1974. Since 1972, OE took corrective action on 14 of 23 prior audit recommendations. While improvements were noted in its program reviews and technical assistance services, OE continued to be weak in identifying program participants, reviewing State project applications, monitoring financial management activities, and providing for meaningful evaluations of program activities. This report contains recommendations for OE to: --Correct the remaining weaknesses cited in our --Incorporate a system of checks and reviews over --Develop standard eligibility determination pro- --Develop an integrated information system which --Require systematic program analysis to improve These comments from the auditors may have provided some impetus for the revisions in the Migrant Program Reviews in the spring of 1975. 19/ DHEW ACN 13-5003 (December 27, 1974). THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS APPROPRIATIONS FOR TITLE I, ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, FOR SCHOOL YEARS 1965-66 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ Indicates the school year during which the appropriation was allocated to the States, and through the States to LEA's. The year of the appropriation act(s) in which the funds were provided. Calculated by multiplying the current dollar appropriation by the deflation ratio for that year. 6/ The deflation ratio for this year is based upon the index value for the first three calendar quarters only. 1/ TQ: Transition Quarter (July 1-September 30, 1976), advance appropriation for obligation during the TQ and FY 1977. " Full-Time Equivalency Data from the Migrant Student Record Transfer System to be used for Computing ESEA Title I Migrant Allocations for 10 ALABAMA 278.63 250.63 504.17 79.70 " ALASKA 12 ARIZONA 5619,82 517.65 1893.00 1312.16 1897.01 ARKANSAS 4240.45 332.61 1058.35 1263.90 1085.60 42662.33 3644.72 13833.43 12409.45 -2781-59 16 CONNECTICUT 1778.11 127.19 743.00 239.16 668.78 DELAWARE 287.21 222.16 50.72 2.81 6.33 2549.05 20 CEONGIA 2040.99 38.93 " ILLINOIS 1196.10 668.37 393.65 73.96 30.80 95.72 16.67 50.84 76 KANSAS 1097.78 587.90 232.27 87.46 190:15 LOUISIANA 946,23 308.05 100.31 129.93 348.27 30 MARYLAND 370.08 163.78 203.24 о 2.07 977.63 322.30 550.18 MICHIGAN 7558.99 1621.07 3640.76 833,24 16.70 MISSISSIPPI 3289.19 102 283.12 757.70 35 MISSOURI 2020-61 255.79 321.87 508.67 882.08 36 MONTANA NEBRASKA 422.44 120.81 280.90 10.99 9.75 31.16 21.16 1228.36 315.50 511.46 418.37 FEW TACXICO 1968.41 888.50 1166.25 919.47 893.25 47 NICW YORK 2934.82 329.36 1160.95 295.46 43 NORTH CAROLINA 5097.33 369.75 1371.46 97.41 526.66 5.41 2.69 OHIO 2542.29 60.42 2127.19 30.38 234.25 OKLAHOMA 1911.12 223.61 631.22 47 ORE.COM 3920 21 281-50 1934-23 641,98 185.21 452.69 1.69 2.40 49 MHDOE ISLAND |