D.C. schools got federal funds for migrant students it didn't have
Aug. 15, 2007
District got $3.85 million over 10 years, but didn't have any migrant children enrolled.
The Washington, D.C., school system received almost $3.85 million in federal funds for educating migrant children when it did not have any. The school system received the money between 1994 and 2004 for children whose families had seasonal employment in agriculture and fishing. Federal education officials had states verify their migrant students in 2003, and the Washington school system could not find any.