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

By: Robbie Sequeira

Outlets: Stateline

Published: September 25, 2026

Words: 597

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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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 absenteeism rates were reported above 100% in some schools.

Officials from the Department of …

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