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Education
Sen. Toni Atkins intervenes; San Diego Unified gets $250,000 for homeless students
State Senate President Toni Atkins has helped secure the San Diego Unified School District $250,000 to support homeless students next year. Read More »
After audit, San Ysidro freezes life insurance accounts for ex-superintendent and his deputy
The San Ysidro School District has frozen the retirement accounts of two former top administrators in response to a scathing state audit. Read More »
DA gets San Ysidro school audit, welcomes info on any ‘suspected public corruption’
The audit found two former administrators engaged in possible misuse of funds at the district, which educates some of the poorest students in San Diego County. Read More »
State audit: DA should investigate ex-San Ysidro superintendent for possible financial fraud
State auditors found the San Ysidro School District’s former superintendent and his top deputy engaged in possible financial fraud and misuse of district funds. Read More »
Flawed applications cost other San Diego County school districts homeless funding
San Diego Unified wasn’t the only San Diego County school district this year to lose out on thousands of dollars in funding to help homeless students because of a flawed grant application. Read More »
Scott Peters’ plea to help get San Diego Unified homeless student funding rejected
The state superintendent has rejected Scott Peters’ plea to reconsider San Diego Unified's disqualification for $750,000 in funding for homeless students. Read More »
Rep. Peters makes plea to get funding for San Diego Unified’s homeless students
Congressman Scott Peters asked the state schools superintendent this week to consider giving funding to the San Diego Unified School District for homeless students even though its grant application was missing a signature. The San Diego Democrat sent the letter to the superintendent four days after inewsource revealed that the district was disqualified for a grant that could have provided ... Read More »
5 things to know about student homelessness in San Diego County
inewsource broke the story last week that the San Diego Unified School District lost out on up to $750,000 in federal funding for its homeless students. The reason? A finance official never signed the district’s grant application. inewsource’s Megan Wood has covered student homelessness in San Diego County. Here are some of the main takeaways to know about the issue: ... Read More »
San Diego Unified official takes blame over lost funding for homeless students
The official accepted blame Friday for a missing signature on a grant application that cost the district up to $750,000 in federal funding. Read More »