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K-12 spending, absenteeism programs face risks as feds stop key monitoring, watchdog says

NC NewslineBy Robbie SequeiraSeptember 28, 2026

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The U.S. Department of Education’s suspension this year of a comprehensive monitoring process puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud and abuse, according to a new report by the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office. The congressional watchdog’s report also raised concerns about the reliability of federal absenteeism data, noting that […]

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