School Districts

Tolleson UHSD’s fiscal year 2006 administrative costs per pupil and number of administrative positions were average when compared to similar districts. However, the District did not adequately control and document...

TAPBI is a distance-learning program pilot that served over 15,000 students in fiscal year 2006. Currently, Arizona statutes allow seven school districts and seven charter schools to operate TAPBI schools...

Our investigation revealed that from February 2005 to February 2006, April Smith, the former student activities secretary, embezzled at least $11,000 and misused an additional $7,899 by taking cash belonging...

At 61.1 percent, Chandler USD’s classroom dollar percentage was the same as comparable districts’, but well above the state average of 58.3 percent. The District’s fiscal year 2006 per-pupil administrative...

Union ESD’s fiscal year 2006 per-pupil administration costs were lower than the comparable districts’ because of lower staffing levels, although additional positions were added in fiscal year 2007. Failure to...

More than 1 out of every 8 students (13 percent) in Arizona is an ELL student. In fiscal year 2006, school districts reported having 128,858 ELL students, and charter schools...

Our investigation determined that from April 2005 to July 2006, almost $360,000 in public monies was embezzled and an additional $520,000 in other public monies was misused in the following...