School officials lose $356M in special education funds over sloppy accounting

[hrmjustin]

JUAN GONZALEZ

City public schools lost $356 million during the past three years in federal Medicaid payments for special education services because city and state officials failed to properly apply for reimbursement, the Daily News has learned.

“Red tape and bureaucracy should not stand in the way of (the city) being reimbursed for the vast array of services provided,” city Controller Scott Stringer said in a report obtained by The News.

As a result, between 2012 and this year, the city Department of Education kept shifting funds originally slated for books, supplies and other general costs to pay for those special education services, Stringer said.

And unless officials reform their practices quickly, the school system will miss out on another $310 million from Medicaid over the next four years — for an astonishing total loss of $666 million.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/exclusive-school-officials-lose-356m-special-education-funds-article-1.1912801

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. Lets see now, who was in charge then? Who demanded and received ....

... autonomous ( mayoral) control over the school system?

I just can't seem to remember......... he was short and really rich, I think.


And he was a consummate *manager*. ....... Hmmmmm...............

[hrmjustin]

2. Clearly he was not the great hope of NY he wax made out to be.