Deaf Education: Improved Oversight Needed for National Technical Institute for the Deaf (Letter Report, 12/16/93, GAO/HRD-94-23). In 1965, Congress passed legislation creating the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), a postsecondary institution intended to train and educate deaf persons for successful employment. The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in upstate New York subsequently agreed to host NTID. The Education Department assumed responsibility in fiscal year 1980 for administering the agreement with RIT and for overseeing NTID. GAO found that NTID has done a poor job of accounting for how it has spent federal funds, has inappropriately carried over federal funds from one year to the next, and may have used federal funds improperly. Although NTID is not under the same restrictions that federal agencies and grantees must abide by when using federal funds, some NTID expenditures did not directly relate to NTID operations. Education Department and NTID officials believe that NTID's dependence on federal dollars will continue at its present level of 83 percent of total revenues despite program changes that have occurred. Review of NTID has been minimal. --------------------------- Indexing Terms ----------------------------- REPORTNUM: HRD-94-23 TITLE: Deaf Education: Improved Oversight Needed for National Technical Institute for the Deaf DATE: 12/16/93 SUBJECT: Educational programs Aid for education Handicapped persons Education or training Higher education Special education Federal funds Accounting procedures Federal fund accounts Budget outlays IDENTIFIER: National Technical Institute for the Deaf Strategic Plan ************************************************************************ We regret that the full text of this item is presently unavailable. See the GAO FAQ - Section 2.0 for printed copy ordering information. The FAQ is automatically retrieved with all WAIS search results or can be obtained by sending e-mail to: [email protected]