Idaho State Department of Education’s Oversight of Online Charter Schools

We found that Idaho’s oversight of the Title I and IDEA, Part B programs was adequate to determine whether services were being provided to students and that teachers were highly qualified, or that deficiencies were identified and corrective actions were required. Specifically, we found that it had sufficient policies and procedures for overseeing schools’ compliance with Federal program requirements. Idaho also conducted monitoring activities that supported implementation of these policies and procedures. However, we also found that Idaho needs to ensure full and prompt implementation of corrective actions and improve its Federal program oversight, as the issues we identified at one of the virtual charter schools, Inspire, were nearly identical to issues Idaho had identified several years earlier.