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Article: Auditors fault special-ed data; Agency, public school system err on tallies of foster children.(METROPOLITAN)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- July 19, 2006
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Byline: Jim McElhatton, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The District's Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) and public school system don't know how many foster children receive special education, according to a government audit released yesterday.
The CFSA listed 359 foster children who were receiving special education, but the school system identified 701 foster children as special-education students.
What's more, the names of only 82 students appeared on both the CFSA's and the school system's lists, according to a report by the D.C. Office of the Inspector General.
Auditors had sought to determine whether foster children were getting the ...