An audit by the Maryland Inspector General has found the program of ‘ghost’ students is statewide. Photo by MChe Lee on Unsplash AUDIT FINDS $24M MISALLOCATED FOR ‘GHOST’ STUDENTS: Maryland’s Inspector General for Education has found that $24 million in tax dollars was misallocated and sent to educate about 3,000 students statewide who are not in school. This audit follows a March 2021 Project Baltimore investigation into ghost students, who are kept on the rolls to increase the amount of funding a school receives. Chris Pabst/WBFF-TV.
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