Indiana seeks $620K after audit finds students not online
June 4, 2021
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) State education officials want a northern Indiana school district to repay more than $620,000 after an audit found it claimed money for dozens of students who never logged into an alternative school s online classes.
The Indiana Department of Education asked state auditors to review the enrollment at the South Bend Community School Corporation s Rise Up Academy following a complaint that students were not receiving an adequate education, according to a State Board of Accounts report.
Auditors reviewed enrollment and attendance figures dating to July 2018 and found dozens of students counted in the district’s requests for enrollment-based funding who had never logged into South Bend’s online learning platform, the South Bend Tribune reported.