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DELC outlines policy, monitoring and data plans after Secretary of State raises issues in Preschool Promise
Summary
The Department of Early Learning and Care acknowledged Secretary of State findings that identified roughly $1.4 million in waste and $1.5 million in improper payments tied to Preschool Promise (2020-23) and outlined timelines to strengthen monitoring, reporting, reconciliations and a risk-based approach through 2027.
The Department of Early Learning and Care (DELC) told the Joint Committee on Legislative Audits it accepts most of the Secretary of State's management-letter recommendations on the Preschool Promise program and is implementing changes to strengthen monitoring, reporting and controls.
"The Secretary of State found that $1,400,000 should be considered waste from 2021 to '23," interim director Carrie McCann said during the hearing; she added that the finding covers activity before DELC became an independent agency and that the four grantees tied to the waste findings are no longer contracted with the agency.
McCann and DELC staff also said the Secretary of State found $1,500,000 in improper payments tied to late reporting. DELC said grant agreements at the time did not…
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