The document contains the full transcript of a congressional oversight hearing reviewing the accomplishments, current status, and future directions of Gallaudet College and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), schools which provide services for deaf students. Presented first is a statement by a General Accounting Office representative giving details of a study which analyzed the per pupil costs and student enrollment of the two schools relative to similar schools serving nonhearing impaired students and also commenting on the Department of Education's oversight of the two institutions. A statement by the the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services regarding the development and funding of the two institutions follows. The status and future plans of Gallaudet College are discussed in a statement by its president, Jerry C. Lee. The history, current status, and future plans of the NTID are reported in a statement by its director, William L. Castle. Responses to questions posed by Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Handicapped, are included after each statement. Also included are written statements by the Director of the National Center on Deafness in California, and the Director of the Program for Deaf Students at St. Paul Technical Vocational Institute. (CB)