Department of Education

We determined that the El Paso Independent School District, Bowie High School, and Coronado High School Adequate Yearly Progress results for 2009, 2010, and 2011, and the graduation rate data used for the 2009 and 2012 Adequate Yearly Progress calculations cannot be relied on because not all...

We performed our audit work at the Texas Education Agency (TEA), La Joya Independent School District (La Joya), Lufkin Independent School District, and Marion Independent School District. We determined that both the TEA and La Joya need to improve their systems of internal controls. We found that...

We found that the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) generally obligated and spent Recovery Act funds in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, guidance, and program requirements. However, we found that PRDE did not follow proper procurement procedures when using Recovery Act funds to...

Our nationwide review of how LEAs obligated and spent Recovery Act money in the final year of funding covered the Puerto Rico Department of Education (as both a State educational agency (SEA) and an LEA), four other SEAs, and eight LEAs. Our review did not find that the LEAs used Recovery Act funds...

Our audit to determine whether the Department effectively monitored and tracked 21st Century Community Learning Centers program performance measures and controls at four SEAs identified areas needing improvement. The four SEAs reviewed were the Alabama State Department of Education, the Florida...

We found that the Department complied with IPERA, although issues remained with the completeness of the calculation of the estimated improper payment rate for the Pell Grant program. In addition, its proposed methodologies for estimating improper payment rates for the Pell Grant, William D. Ford...

We reviewed Recovery Act expenditures at two LEAs—the Red Clay Consolidated School District and the Christina School District—and found that both districts generally obligated and spent stimulus funds in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, guidance, and program requirements. However, we...

We found that the Department complied with Executive Order 13520, adequately addressed improper payment risks, and described an adequate level of oversight to reduce and recapture improper payments for FY 2011. However, it did not address monitoring or oversight of Pell Grant program recipients who...

Our audit sought to determine whether the Department’s OESE complied with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance for selecting recipients to be awarded discretionary grants and whether OESE had sufficient internal controls to ensure that its review process resulted in a fair and objective...

We found that Recovery Act expenditures by the Maryland State Department of Education, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correction, and two LEAs, Baltimore City Public Schools and Prince George’s County Public Schools, were generally allowable, reasonable, and accounted for in accordance...