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Legislative audit: DESE distributed about $3.4 billion in grants in fiscal 2019, audit shows
Summary
Legislative auditors told the Senate Education Committee the Department of Education distributed roughly $3.4 billion in state and federal grants in fiscal 2019, but the audit did not evaluate how recipients spent the money, and local-use accounting remains in local audits.
Joey Budenberg, supervising senior auditor with Arkansas Legislative Audit, told the Senate Education Committee the Division of Legislative Audit's 2019 summary of Department of Education grants shows the department distributed about $3.4 billion in grants to school districts, charter schools, education service cooperatives and other entities.
"Each year, we prepare a summary of all the grants distributed by the Arkansas…
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