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Los Angeles Unified School District
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Los Angeles Unified School District
Office of the Inspector General
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is committed to detecting and preventing fraud, waste and abuse within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). LAUSD is the second largest school district in the nation with an enrollment of nearly 575,000 students. We serve an area totaling 710 square miles, with over 1,190 schools and educational centers, and we employ over 74,000 individuals, making us one of the largest employers in our city.
The OIG reports directly to the LAUSD Board of Education. This reporting structure gives the OIG significant independence from District managers and staff. This independence is extremely important because there is a natural tendency for managers and supervisors to be protective of the programs that they administer. In some cases, the discovery of waste, mismanagement or wrongdoing may reflect on the manager personally. Even if the manager is not implicated, revelations of waste or wrongdoing may reflect adversely on the program involved by undercutting the support of the Board of Education, Superintendent and public. Under these circumstances, managers and supervisors do not always identify or come forward with evidence of failings in the programs they administer. For that reason, the responsibility for auditing and investigating must be assigned to individuals with clear and unrestricted independence from District managers.
To learn more about the LAUSD OIG, please visit https://www.lausd.org/oig