Department of Education

We found that as of November 30, 2022, FSA obligated nearly 100 percent of the $161.1 million in appropriations it received for pandemic assistance student aid administration funds. Nine FSA business units obligated approximately $157.8 million (98 percent) of the total pandemic assistance student...

The objective of this statutory audit was to determine whether the Department complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) for FY 2022. We found that the Department did not comply with the PIIA because it did not meet one of the six compliance requirements. Specifically, the...

This letter advises of the closure of the audit of the U.S. Department of Education’s enforcement of entities’ compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.

We found, based on our review of samples of approved and rejected TPD discharge applications, that FSA appropriately approved and rejected the applications. We determined that FSA applied appropriate criteria to approve and reject individual TPD discharge applications in accordance with Federal...

We found that Ohio generally had sufficient internal controls to ensure that LEAs developed IEPs in accordance with Federal and State requirements for children with disabilities who attend virtual charter schools and that these students were provided with the services described in their IEPs. These...

FY 2022 Management Challenges Facing the U.S. Department of Education

The report presents the results of our review of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) process for resolving web accessibility complaints that were previously dismissed and subsequently reopened as directed investigations and OCR’s approach to evaluating web accessibility complaints submitted after the...

This report presents the results of our survey on LEA experiences with using ESSER funds to purchase educational technology to continue student instruction during the coronavirus. The survey identified (1) types of educational technology that LEAs purchased with their ESSER funds, (2) challenges...