The state auditor has questioned the Nebraska Department of Education’s choice to make three school districts pay back equalization aid after a miscalculation found in the fall, according to its most recent audit.
Last fall, NDE identified overpayments to three school districts — Omaha Public Schools, Grand Island Public Schools and Southern School District in Wymore. OPS saw the largest overpayment with $30.5 million.
The initial error was due to a miscalculation in the “poverty allowance” part of the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunity Support Act formula, better known as TEEOSA…