Report 2021-614 Recommendation 2 Responses

Report 2021-614: California Department of Education: It Needs to Provide Better Oversight to Ensure That Local Educational Agencies Promptly and Effectively Use Federal COVID‑19 Funds (Release Date: October 2021)

Recommendation #2 To: Education, Department of

To ensure that LEAs submit required spending data so that it can effectively oversee their use of ESSER and GEER funds, Education should seek additional resources and staffing as necessary to ensure that all LEAs submit required spending reports.

Education hired two additional limited term staff, who began working in June 2021, to assist with administering various emergency relief funds, including existing efforts to encourage LEAs to complete required reports. The addition of these two new staff have already proven effective towards CDE's effort to reduce the number of LEAs that failed to report in Summer 2021 as compared to Spring 2021. Education has sought to make these positions permanent, which is reflected in the Governor's budget.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2021-614

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.