The General Accounting Office says, "Our objective was to identify the reported Y2K status of key functions for large public school districts nationwide. From the Department of Education's list of the 100 largest school districts, according to student population for the 1997-98 school year, we selected the top 25, except in cases in which such selection would result in a state being represented more than once. We developed a structured set of questions and interviewed school district officials by telephone... The information was self-reported, and we obtained a response rate of 100 percent."

"Of the 25 school districts surveyed, 28 percent reported that all of their systems which support their mission critical business functions were Y2K compliant. Eight percent reported that their mission critical systems would be Y2K compliant by the end of this month. The remaining 64 percent of districts reported that their systems would be ready by the last quarter of 1999 or later, including 36% reporting that compliance would be achieved after November 30, 1999."