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Audit prompts Garrett County schools to revise homeless‑student procedures; changes cleared by MSDE review
Summary
District staff said they removed procedures from policy text, corrected formatting, added a best‑interest team and included 'home school of origin' in the homeless‑student definition; staff said the revisions addressed audit findings and cleared review by MSDE.
District staff presented audit-driven updates to the homeless‑student policy and said the changes have cleared Maryland State Department of Education review.
"We did have to make some additions and corrections to our homeless policy that was brought to our attention through our audit," said Mike Lewis, explaining employees moved procedural details into a separate procedures section, corrected formatting issues, and added a best‑interest team and home‑school‑of‑origin language to the policy definition.
Lewis said the district consulted MSDE director Patricia Julienel lehi and other counties during revision and that the updates addressed the audit issues. The policy and the new procedural document were presented to the board for review.
The board received the item for consideration; the presentation was framed as addressing audit corrections and ensuring the district’s procedures are aligned with state guidance. No final board action was recorded at this meeting.
