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First on Fox – The Chicago Public School District and Education Department (ED) arrived at an agreement to pay more than $ 1 million after the issues arose when the district reported its original Indian student population while applying for federal grant.
Documents obtained by Fox News Digital suggests that the office of Inspector General of ED found that Chicago Public Schools were counting South Asian students from Myanmar, Pakistan and Nepal, who were original Americans as original Americans to get additional federal funds.
Reporting of funds is not considered a penalty as the school district resulted in an agreement between the district district and Ed as a result of an agreement.
Chicago public school Officials received federal funds from the Indian education formula grant, providing educational and cultural programming to students of the original American and Alaska original dynasty.
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The Chicago Public School district is being ordered by the Education Department (ED) to deliberately pay more than $ 1 million after “deliberately submit and certify and certify its student population. (J. David AK/Getty Images)
The American Indian Education Program, managed by Chicago Public Schools of Language and Cultural Education, received an annual grant from the Indian Education Office of Ed – Primary Subsidy of the program.
To get money, the Indian Education Office will allocate an amount based on the total number of students enrolled in the US Indian Education Program of Chicago Public School.
Students must have the original American dynasty.
The case was first opened in 2021, when the ED Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed the data of Database, a student of Chicago Public School, showing over 1,000 students, who identified as original Americans. The investigation stated that the surnames of many students indicated that they belonged to the South Asian dynasty, especially natives of India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.
It is a screenshot sent by an officer of a department, which shows the details of a report compiled by the Inspector General Find Office, based on the Database, a student of Chicago Public School, data showed that there were 1,080 students who were identified as original Americans, while information was seen in information. In the 2021 report, there were several entries by students, whose surnames indicated that they belonged to the South Asian dynasty – in particular, many students in the list were born in India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. (Fox News Digital)
In 2024, the OIG investigation presented the program manager and the school district “deliberately” and over the years presented the wrong information to the federal government.
Reporting information from Chicago Public Schools resulted in about $ 140,000 more federal amount as they were entitled to 2022-2023 and 2023–2024 during school years. The ED investigation further discovered that the district was given hundreds of unwanted federal funds before 2022. The investigation estimated more than $ 1.1 million in wrong money in the last decade.
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It is a screenshot sent by an officer of the Education Department showing an email sent to officers of Chicago Public Schools in 2024, including the names named, including the details of the investigation of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), which reveals that the program manager and the school district presented incorrect program names on federal grant applications in 2022, 2023 and 2024. “The email states that CPS” the possibility of federal criminal violations “due to conduct. In addition, the screenshot shows that the email sent to CPS said that OIG found that CPS officer has failed to properly look after both of them in presenting” AIEP and program grant applications. “ (Fox News Digital)
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The school district told Fox News Digital that at any point CPS officials did not call the students wrong with breed or ethnicity. OIG’s report stated that CPS officials claimed that South Asian students had no miscarriage as American Indians. He also said that he worked with the ED’s Indian Education Office and cooperatively, “to review the practices of the past and to implement a strong, more accurate system to collect voluntary tribal enrollment information.”
The spokesperson said, “This includes clear protocols to confirm tribal membership through a recognized documentation of students, parents or grandparents through a voluntary process in each school.” “The district is also increasing training, data collection and engagement efforts through the CPS office working with the office of multilingual-misfortune education (OMME), family and community engagement (face), and other departments.”
CPS officials told Fox News Digital that Ed’s Indian Education Office has appreciated him to “cooperate and address these issues continuously.”
Documents obtained by Fox News Digital suggests that the office of Inspector General of ED found that Chicago Public Schools were counting South Asian students from Myanmar, Pakistan and Nepal, who were original Americans as original Americans to get additional federal funds. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The CPS stated that they would not apply for US Indian education grant for the financial year 2026 to proceed with caution and ensure complete compliance in the future.
The spokesperson said, “CPS has agreed to repay the funds to the federal government as the district cannot fully verify the historical documentation related to the collection of data confirming American Indian students as part of the district’s application for Indian education grant.”
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However, an ED spokesperson, who sent Fox News Digital, documents, “deliberately accused the CP of presenting and certifying false information about their student population.”
Reacting to the CPS statement, the ED spokesperson doubled, referring to the OIG investigation, which found that “under the direction of CPS’s US Indian Education Program, Program Manager (Redacted), in 2022, 2023 and 2024, he has continued to issue false program nominations on federal grant applications, even after mourning in 2021.”
