K-12 spending, absenteeism programs face risks as feds stop key monitoring, watchdog says
The watchdog said the pause leaves states unchecked on compliance and makes chronic absenteeism data unreliable, including rates above 100% in some schools.
- The Education Department suspended its comprehensive monitoring process this year, which the Government Accountability Office warned puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud, and abuse.
- Officials from the Education Department told GAO they suspended monitoring while developing a new approach, threatening Title funding that comprises two-thirds of nearly $27 billion in total ESEA spending.
- GAO identified unreliable federal absenteeism data due to mismatched timeframes, resulting in "implausible" chronic absenteeism rates exceeding 100 percent in some schools; 98% of shared-time schools in Pennsylvania reported such rates.
- Currently, half the states remain unmonitored for reporting requirements that apply to all states, and the Education Department has not provided a timeline for resuming reviews or details on ensuring compliance.
- Chronic absenteeism remains elevated following the COVID-19 pandemic, with at least one-quarter of K-12 students estimated to be chronically absent in recent years; quality data gaps hinder tracking trends and evaluating interventions.
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K-12 spending, absenteeism programs face risks as feds stop key monitoring, watchdog says • Maine Morning Star
The U.S. Department of Education’s suspension this year of a comprehensive monitoring process puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud and abuse, according to a new report by the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office. The congressional watchdog’s report also raised concerns about the reliability of federal absenteeism data, noting that […]
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K-12 spending, absenteeism programs face risks as feds stop key monitoring, watchdog says
The U.S. Department of Education’s suspension this year of a comprehensive monitoring process puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud and abuse, according to a new report by the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office.
K-12 programs face risks as feds stop key waste monitoring, watchdog says
The U.S. Department of Education’s suspension this year of a comprehensive monitoring process puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud and abuse, according to a new report by the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office.
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