The Nebraska Department of Education overpaid three school districts this year because of a miscalculation in the state aid formula called TEEOSA.
The error was within the “poverty allowance” for schools and districts participating in the Community Eligibility Provision of the National School Lunch Program.
Omaha Public Schools put out a message last month about its $30.5 million overpayment. Since then, Grand Island Public Schools officials said they received a $3 million overpayment, and Southern School District in Wymore received roughly $482,000 more than it should have…