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Parents press council to demand release and action on special-education audit
Summary
Parents and advocates urged the council to press the Jersey City Board of Education to release part two of a special-education review, commission a programmatic audit, and hire a permanent director with an independent national search, citing alleged fiscal errors and program failures affecting thousands of students.
Parents and community advocates used the public-comment period at the Jersey City council meeting to demand transparency and accountability after auditors documented problems in the district's special-education operations.
Speakers representing Parents United and other parent groups said the agreed-upon procedures report (delivered in 2024) documented overpayments, unsupported invoices and errors in the district's state-aid applications for 2022 and 2023. "The report documented overpayments, unsupported invoices, and errors in…
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