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K-12 Education: Differences in Student Arrest Rates Widen when Race, Gender, and Disability Status Overlap
GAO-24-106294
Jul 08, 2024
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Department of Education The Secretary of Education should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Office for Civil Rights revise the Civil Rights Data Collection to collect arrest and referral data, by race, for students with disabilities served under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. (Recommendation 1)
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Education agreed with this recommendation. The agency said it would reconsider collecting data on students receiving services under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, disaggregated by race when it seeks approval and obtains stakeholder feedback for the 2025-2026 data collection. We will monitor the progress of this effort.
Department of Education The Secretary of Education should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Office for Civil Rights take necessary steps to disclose the known limitation in its arrest data for the 2021–2022 school year Civil Rights Data Collection. This could include, for example, confirming and disclosing which definitions school districts used or noting that arrest data for that year is not comparable among districts. (Recommendation 2)
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Education agreed with this recommendation. We will monitor the agency's efforts to disclose the known limitation in its arrest data for the 2021-2022 school year Civil Rights Data Collection.
Department of Education The Secretary of Education should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Office for Civil Rights clearly communicate any future changes to data on arrests and referrals to law enforcement in the Civil Rights Data Collection before the start of the school year for which districts are to collect data. (Recommendation 3)
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Education agreed with this recommendation. We will monitor their efforts to clearly communicate any future changes to data on arrests and referrals to law enforcement in the Civil Rights Data Collection before the start of the school year for which districts are to collect data.

Higher Education: Education Could Improve Information on Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
GAO-24-105614
May 29, 2024
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Department of Education The Secretary of Education should encourage state and local educational agencies to disseminate resources to assist IEP teams in informing students with disabilities who are considering postsecondary education about the importance of self-advocacy in obtaining accommodations in college. (Recommendation 1)
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Education agreed with the spirit and purpose of this recommendation and said that it is prepared to encourage state and local educational agencies to inform students with disabilities who are transitioning from high school about the importance of self-advocacy as they consider postsecondary education. We will monitor the agency's progress in implementing the recommendation.
Department of Education The Secretary of Education should ensure that the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights provides DSO staff a way to receive electronic notification of newly issued guidance and other information related to accommodations for students with disabilities in higher education, similar to its existing notifications on other education-related topics. (Recommendation 2)
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Education agreed with this recommendation and identified plans to create an opt-in email distribution list about guidance and other information related to accommodations for students with disabilities in higher education. We will monitor the progress of this and any additional efforts regarding electronic notification.

Federal Student Loans: Education Should Enhance Reporting on Direct Loan Performance and Risk
GAO-24-106174
Mar 04, 2024
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Department of Education The Secretary of Education should enhance Education's reporting on its Direct Loan program performance and risk information. Enhanced reporting should include further reporting of sensitivity analyses and other factors, such as performance information, credit risk concentrations, and administrative risks. (Recommendation 1)
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Education agreed with this recommendation and stated that the department would assess possible enhancements to reporting on the Direct Loan program performance and risk information. We will monitor the agency's progress.

International Military Students: DOD and State Should Assess Vetting Implementation and Strengthen Information Sharing
GAO-24-106421
Feb 29, 2024
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy—in coordination with the secretaries of the military departments—assess the implementation of vetting procedures for international military students. The assessment should include in-country data collection and the process for sharing information between stakeholders. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy—in coordination with the secretaries of the military departments—take action to mitigate any ongoing factors affecting the implementation of the vetting procedures as identified in the assessment of vetting implementation. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security and the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy—in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Consular Affairs, and the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor—clarify roles and responsibilities for sharing information on issues related to international military students. This should include roles and responsibilities for policy updates, data sharing, and analysis. (Recommendation 3)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Consular Affairs, and the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor—in collaboration with the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, and the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy—clarify roles and responsibilities for sharing information on issues related to international military students. This should include roles and responsibilities for policy updates, data sharing, and analysis. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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