ESEA: Impact Aid Basic Support Paym

FY 2007 Program Performance Report

Strategic Goal 2
Formula
ESEA, Section 8003(b)
Document Year 2007 Appropriation: $1,091,867
CFDA 84.041: Impact Aid

Program Goal: To provide appropriate financial assistance for federally connected

school districts
Objective 1 of 2: Make payments in a timely manner.
Measure 1.1 of 1: The percentage of eligible applicants who receive initial Impact Aid Basic Support payments with
(Desired direction: increase) 1837
Actual
Year Target
(or date expected)
2005 94 Measure not in
2006 90 87 Did Not Meet Ta
2007 90 94 Target Exceede
2008 90 (December 2008) Pending
Source. U.S. Department of Education, Impact Aid Basic Support payments, Impact Aid data system.
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual
Explanation.

Several FY 2006 applications selected for field reviews required extended time to resolve data issues.
This resulted in payment delays for those applicants. A technical adjustment in the method of calculating
this measure also partially explains the decline from 2005. For FY 2007 payments, the Department will
further focus on making initial payments in a timely manner.

Objective 2 of 2: Make accurate payments

Measure 2.1 of 1: The number of requests to forgive overpayments of Impact Aid Basic Support payments. (Desi
Actual
Year Target
(or date expected)
2005 2 Measure not in p
2006 10 4 Did Better Than
2007 10 (December 2007) Pending
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual

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