March 24, 2000

Lawmaker Says U.S. Shouldn't Use Next Year's Aid to Fix This Year's Error

By STEPHEN BURD

The Education Department must not dip into federal funds reserved for next year's winners of the Jacob K. Javits Fellowships to pay for a costly mistake that one of its contractors made in the program this year, a key Republican lawmaker warned department officials last week.

Last month, a department contractor sent letters to 39 students alerting them that they had won Javits fellowships for graduate studies, which go to students in the arts, humanities, and social sciences whom the

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