U.S. Department of Education: Promoting Educational Excellence for all Americans

Table 1. OCR Budget Requests, Appropriations, FTE and Workload, 1996-2006.

FY Presidential
Request
Congressional
Appropriation

FTE
(Usage)

Complaints Compliance Reviews
Filed Resolved* Initiated Resolved*
2006*
$91,526,000
$90,611,000
630
5,805
5,893
9
72
2005
$92,801,000
$89,375,000
640
5,533
5,365
73
66
2004
$91,275,000
$88,305,000
655
5,044
4,968
53
29
2003
$89,710,000
$85,715,000
672
5,141
5,246
74
14
2002
$79,934,000
$79,666,000
698
5,019
4,842
11
18
2001
$76,000,000
$75,822,000
696
4,571
4,777
21

43

2000
$73,262,000
$71,200,000
712
4,897
6,364
47
71
1999
$68,000,000
$66,000,000
727
6,628**
5,369
76
93
1998
$61,500,000
$61,500,000
685
4,847
4,753
102
100
1997
$60,000,000
$54,900,000
681
5,296
4,981
152
140
1996
$62,784,000
$55,277,000
744
4,828
4,886
146
173

*Includes cases carried over from previous years.
** 1,614 filed by a single complainant.

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