United States Government Printing Office printer prt distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1997-12-31 monographic deposited born digital 27 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-98-47 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-47 P0b002ee180380968 f:he98047 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-47 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-47 HEHS-98-47 Facility maintenance Facility repairs Educational facility construction Educational facilities Repair costs Safety standards Native American education Indian lands Letter Report HEHS Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO presented information on the physical condition of Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) schools, focusing on the: (1) amount of funding that BIA reports is needed to repair educational facilities; (2) condition of BIA school buildings and building features; (3) adequacy of school environmental conditions; and (4) extent to which schools are physically capable of meeting the functional requirements of education reform and computer and communications technology.<p/>GAO noted: (1) BIA reports that the cost of the total inventory of repairs needed for BIA education facilities is $754 million; (2) this includes the cost of repairs to all school buildings, including dormitories for students and employee housing; and (3) data from GAO's 1994 National School Facilities Survey show that, compared to other schools nationally, responding BIA schools: (a) are generally in poorer physical condition; (b) have more unsatisfactory environmental factors; (c) more often lack key facilities requirements for education reform; and (d) are less able to support computer and communications technology. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-47/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-47.htm http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-47/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-47.pdf GAO/HEHS-98-47 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-47/content-detail.html Letter Report GAO/HEHS-98-47; School Facilities: Reported Condition and Costs to Repair Schools Funded by Bureau of Indian Affairs; Facility maintenance Facility repairs Educational facility construction Educational facilities Repair costs Safety standards Native American education Indian lands