Military Dependents' Education: Current Program Information and Potential Savings in DODDS (Testimony, 04/26/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-155). This testimony provides information on the current costs and enrollments for the following four military education programs: Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DODDS), which educate military dependents overseas; the Section 6 schools, which the Defense Department (DOD) runs on some military bases in the United States; the Impact Aid program, which provides money to local school districts to replace revenues lost due to federal activities and which is run by the Education Department; and the DOD program that provides supplemental financial aid to school districts with large numbers of students who are military dependents. GAO testified that the military downsizing overseas has reduced DODDS enrollment considerably, Section 6 schools are relatively unaffected, and the number of military Impact Aid children has increased slightly. GAO also discussed savings that could be achieved in DODDS but which would require changing long-standing policies and practices. --------------------------- Indexing Terms ----------------------------- REPORTNUM: T-HEHS-94-155 TITLE: Military Dependents' Education: Current Program Information and Potential Savings in DODDS DATE: 04/26/94 SUBJECT: Armed forces abroad Overseas dependents schools Military dependents Aid for education Public schools Cost analysis Defense economic analysis Military bases Elementary education Secondary education IDENTIFIER: Dept. of Education Impact Aid Program DOD Section 6 School Program ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We regret that electronic text of GAO Testimony is not available at this time. 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]