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Consultants say East Stroudsburg overpaid charter tuition by $1.5 million; district seeks recovery
Summary
An independent review found the district used the wrong year’s expenditure data on the PDE-363 charter tuition form, causing an estimated $1.5 million overpayment to charter schools in 2024–25. Administration corrected the form and notified the Pennsylvania Department of Education and charter operators to seek reimbursement.
District financial consultants told the East Stroudsburg Area School District board that an accounting error led to an estimated $1.5 million overpayment to charter schools in the current year.
Jim Mirabelli, the consultant retained to review district finances, said the district had used 2024–25 expenditure figures instead of 2023–24 on the PDE‑363 charter tuition calculation. “What we did was we corrected the form as soon as we found it, and we sent it out to PDE and the…
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