ERIC Number: ED662948
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Nov-19
Pages: 30
Abstractor: ERIC
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Tennessee Department of Education's Administration and Oversight of Emergency Assistance to Nonpublic Schools Grant Funds. ED-OIG/A23NY0148
Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education
Congress provided $5.5 billion for the Emergency Assistance to Nonpublic Schools (EANS) program. The purpose of the EANS programs, authorized under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSA) and American Rescue Plan (ARP), is to provide services or assistance to eligible nonpublic schools to address educational disruptions caused by the COVID-19 emergency. The audit objectives were to determine whether the Tennessee Department of Education (Tennessee) designed and implemented (1) application processes that adequately assessed nonpublic schools' eligibility for EANS-funded services or assistance and complied with other applicable requirements and (2) oversight processes to ensure that EANS-funded services or assistance were used for allowable purposes. Tennessee designed and implemented application processes that adequately assessed nonpublic schools' eligibility for EANS-funded services or assistance and complied with other applicable requirements despite not having written procedures. The Office of Inspector General's (OIG) research identified several weaknesses in Tennessee's oversight of its EANS programs that could be improved. OIG made four recommendations to address the weaknesses identified in Tennessee's oversight of its EANS programs.
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Compliance (Legal), Emergency Programs, Federal Aid, COVID-19, Pandemics, Grants, Eligibility, Accountability, Expenditures
Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education. Available from: ED Pubs. P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827; e-mail: edpubs@edpubs.ed.gov; Web site: https://oig.ed.gov/reports/list
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Office of Inspector General (ED)
Identifiers - Location: Tennessee
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education Stabilization Fund (ESF); Emergency Assistance to Non Public Schools Fund
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