Public schools don't just fail to teach. They steal??!!-----$225,000,000 In ‘Hideous’ Fraud Schemes Found Across US Schools, Report Alleges

A new report from the State Financial Officers Foundation and Open the Books uncovered nearly 90 alleged fraud schemes involving roughly $225 million across American schools since 2019. - Education

The report alleges that school districts have been 

• embezzling funds, 
• creating fake invoices and then pocketing the money, 
• lying about student enrollment numbers to collect more aid, 
• bid-rigging and receiving kickbacks.

The SFOF and Open the Books reviewed the U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General’s semiannual report to Congress between 2019 and 2026 — finding that fraud has taken place in 24 states and Puerto Rico...
“...We don’t need more money in education- we need more accountability so that finite funds get into classrooms,” Nicole Neily, President of Defending Education said in a statement to the DCNF...