Comments on: Report PPS Waste and Fraud http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/02/report-pps-waste-and-fraud-1-800-mis-used/ providing parents with the truth about the public education system Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:07:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Carrie Adams http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/02/report-pps-waste-and-fraud-1-800-mis-used/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Carrie Adams Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:39:46 +0000 http://cheatinginclass.com/?p=1132#comment-150 I'm not sure...maybe the Department of Justice/Attorney General? I’m not sure…maybe the Department of Justice/Attorney General?

]]> By: Zarwen http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/02/report-pps-waste-and-fraud-1-800-mis-used/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Zarwen Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:30:49 +0000 http://cheatinginclass.com/?p=1132#comment-149 Does the state have an equivalent of this Inspector General? Does the state have an equivalent of this Inspector General?

]]> By: Carrie Adams http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/02/report-pps-waste-and-fraud-1-800-mis-used/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Carrie Adams Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:44:29 +0000 http://cheatinginclass.com/?p=1132#comment-148 Zarwen, You're right it does depend on a legal definition of "waste" but the Office of the Inspector General also investigates "misuse" of funds. For example: The Elementary and Secondary Education Act, now NCLB, has very clear rules about using Title I funds to supplement not supplant. This means that PPS cannot use Title I funds for programs or activities in Title I schools that are funded through non-Title I funds at other schools. One area where this issue often comes up is full day kindergarten. PPS cannot use Title I for full day kindergarten at Title I schools but then use general fund money for full day kindergarten in non-Title I schools. Does that make sense? As for fraud or waste...what do you think about a department head using district funds to take his staff to movies during the afternoon? It was supposedly for teambuilding. If district staff actually did what they report in grant monitoring reports, it could make a big difference for kids. Zarwen,
You’re right it does depend on a legal definition of “waste” but the Office of the Inspector General also investigates “misuse” of funds. For example: The Elementary and Secondary Education Act, now NCLB, has very clear rules about using Title I funds to supplement not supplant. This means that PPS cannot use Title I funds for programs or activities in Title I schools that are funded through non-Title I funds at other schools. One area where this issue often comes up is full day kindergarten. PPS cannot use Title I for full day kindergarten at Title I schools but then use general fund money for full day kindergarten in non-Title I schools. Does that make sense?

As for fraud or waste…what do you think about a department head using district funds to take his staff to movies during the afternoon? It was supposedly for teambuilding.

If district staff actually did what they report in grant monitoring reports, it could make a big difference for kids.

]]> By: Zarwen http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/02/report-pps-waste-and-fraud-1-800-mis-used/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Zarwen Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:11:26 +0000 http://cheatinginclass.com/?p=1132#comment-147 Carrie, Doesn't this depend on how "waste" is defined? I think that PPS wastes millions on consulting contracts, but couldn't they just tell the Inspector General that the contracts were "essential"? Carrie,
Doesn’t this depend on how “waste” is defined? I think that PPS wastes millions on consulting contracts, but couldn’t they just tell the Inspector General that the contracts were “essential”?

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