Nearly a dozen California county education offices were either overpaid or underpaid millions of dollars in school funding due to a state clerical error, according to the State Controller’s Office.
The State Controller’s Office said in a statement that a “misalignment of payment amounts” resulted in the 11 counties receiving incorrect allocations.
Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Sierra, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus and Sutter — counties that happen to start with an S — mistakenly received or were missing millions.
Sutter County, which supports 20,000 students across multiple districts, was expecting $25 million but received $105 million in funds, according to the Siskiyou Daily News. Of the $80 million misallocated to Sutter County, $60 million was intended for the Central Valley’s Stanislaus County, which serves over 105,000 students across its districts. Stanislaus County received funds meant for Sonoma County, KCRA reported.
Based on news reports and information provided to EdSource, the mistake was corrected sometime between January and March.
The funding issue was identified on Jan. 28, and the underpaid counties received their correct payments by Jan. 30, according to the controller’s office.
The additional affected county education offices were notified, the controller’s office said. County offices, such as Shasta, reported that none of the $6.2 million in misallocated money had been spent, the Siskiyou Daily News reported. The controller’s office ordered the return of the funds by March 5.
Based on communication in February with the controller’s office, the San Mateo County Office of Education was overpaid $1.6 million. The county office has since repaid the funds to the state, officials told EdSource.
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