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089023 1 (1976-07-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvam0001 and id is 1 raw text is: C, UNIT ED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES o DIVISION The Honorable Terrel H. Bell Commissioner of Education Office of Education Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Dear Dr. Bell We have recently completed fieldwork on our review of the Office of Education's Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (Basic Grant) program authorized by the Higher Educa- tion Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1070a) Our qoal was to determine how well the program is meeting its legis- lative objectives and how well the Office of Education and participating institutions are administering it. We reviewed the administration of the program at selected postsecondary institutions, including Allstate Business College. Allstate Business College, a proprietary school in Dallas, Texas, is accredited by the Association of Independ- / ent Schools and Colleges and offers 12 courses leading to a certificate in ousiness administration, accounting, or secre- tarial science. During the 1974-75 program year, 246 of 540 students enrolled on a full-time basis at Allstate received Basic Grants of about $165,400. Allstate reported other stu- dent aid disbursements of $462,100 including --$331,100 in National Direct Student Loars; --$89,200 in College Work-Study, and --$41,800 in Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants At all of the schools we visited we reviewed the files of selected students receiving Basic Grants. At Allstate we randomly selected and reviewed the files of 32 of the 246 recipients for 1974-75. We also reviewed and discussed with appropriate officials Allstate's procedures for packag- ing student aid and its grant calculation and refund proce- dures