Department of Education

Our objective was to determine whether Baltimore County Public Schools (Baltimore County) designed and implemented sufficient processes for overseeing the development of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for children with disabilities and ensuring that those children receive the services...

In February 2025, the White House issued two Executive Orders with the goals of transforming the Federal workforce and Federal spending on contracts, grants, and loans. Agencies were instructed to prepare for large-scale reductions in force (RIF), develop Agency Reorganization Plans, and review all...

This statutory report presents the activities and accomplishments of the OIG from October 1, 2025, through March 31, 2026. The audits, investigations, and related work highlighted in the report are products of our mission to identify and stop fraud, waste, and abuse; and promote accountability...

Congress passed three coronavirus relief acts within a 1-year period that provided more than $275 billion for an Education Stabilization Fund to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus, including $189.5 billion for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). The...

This statutory report presents the activities and accomplishments of the OIG from April 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025. The audits, investigations, and related work highlighted in the report are products of our mission to identify and stop fraud, waste, and abuse; and promote accountability...

In March 2025, we identified and conveyed to the Department suspicious activity related to parent information used on multiple dependent student Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms. At the time, FSA flagged these students for identity verification and we issued “ Fraud Watch Issue...

In accordance with the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, the OIG reports annually on the most serious management and performance challenges the U.S. Department of Education (Department) faces. For FY 2026, we identified five management challenges the Department faces as it continues its efforts to...

The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 requires the Inspector General to audit the agency’s financial statements each year, which is intended to help improve an agency’s financial management and controls over financial reporting. For FY 2025, the auditors i ssued an unmodified opinion on the FY...

In accordance with the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010, this report presents the results of the OIG's work over fiscal year 2025 in meeting its performance goals.

The objective of our inspection was to determine whether Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) reported verifiable data to IPEDS for the 2021–2022 reporting period. We found that SNHU did not always report verifiable data in the Student Financial Aid, Graduation Rates, and Institutional...