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Office of Inspector General
State Audit Reports
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Education is charged with the responsibility of monitoring use of federal education funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
The OIG has issued these reports on use of ARRA funds during 2010-2011:
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Greetings!
IDEA Money Watch, a project of The Advocacy Institute, is keeping track of the use of $11.3 billion in federal IDEA Part B funds provided to local school districts as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
All IDEA ARRA funds must be obligated by September 30, 2011 ...just 21 days remain!
Thanks for your interest in this project!
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Spending Report :: State-by-State Update
According to the latest report from the U.S.ED, many states have significant amounts of Recovery Act funds remaining. As of August 26, 2011, only 4 states, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts and South Dakota, indicate 100% of IDEA Part B ARRA funds have been obligated.
All Recovery Act funds must be obligated by Sept. 30, 2011.
The significant balances remaining prompted the USED to send letters to both the governors and chief state school officers calling their attention to the need to obligate all ARRA funds.
States with significant portions of IDEA Part B ARRA funds remaining include:
Alabama: $28 million Delaware: $6 million Georgia: $39 million Louisiana: $22 million Maryland: $34 million Mississippi: $22 million Nebraska: $20 million New Hampshire: $9 million New Jersey: $67 million New York: $118 million
South Carolina: $35 million
Virginia: $70 million
Utah: $31 million Wyoming: $6 million
Across all states, the rate of obligation for IDEA Part B funds now stands at 89% - with $1.2 billion still to be obligated.
That's less than 1 month away!
Find out where your state stands >> Go to our state-by-state chart.
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OSEP ARRA Monitoring Reports
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) at the U.S. ED is about to release its state-by-state reports on monitoring of IDEA ARRA funds, as required by the Recovery Act. The reports, announced in a December 2010 memorandum, will follow four monitoring principles to assess the distribution and use of ARRA IDEA funds: - State procedures are reasonably designed to ensure accountability and transparency of ARRA IDEA funds;
- State controls are reasonably designed to ensure such funds are used in accordance with IDEA and ARRA requirements;
- ARRA IDEA funds reach intended recipients and achieve results, and;
- State procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that instances of fraud, waste, or abuse of ARRA IDEA funds are promptly identified and mitigated.
To guide the monitoring, OSEP designed the ARRA Monitoring Inventory (AMI). Results derived from completion of the AMI will be reported to states via a letter.
OSEP plans to complete all state monitoring activities by December 31, 2011.
IDEA Money Watch will provide links to the ARRA IDEA Monitoring letters as they become available.
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UPDATE :: US ED's New Interpretation of IDEA's LEA MOE Requirements
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Get to Know Your Table 8
Table 8 provides information on the reductions to local spending on special education (MOE) taken in 2009 by school districts in every state. Nationwide, LEAs took $1.4 billion in reductions to local spending in 2009. These reductions need not be restored when Recovery Act funds run out! Table 8 data for LEAs in every state (except Louisiana) are available here. We've also put together a helpful document, Understanding Table 8, to assist in reviewing Table 8 data.
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