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Dallas ISD faulted for using fake Social Security numbers
The Dallas Morning News ^ | Friday, November 14, 2008 | TAWNELL D. HOBBS

Posted on 11/14/2008 6:26:24 AM PST by stevie_d_64

Years after being advised by a state agency to stop, the Dallas Independent School District continued to provide foreign citizens with fake Social Security numbers to get them on the payroll quickly.

Some of the numbers were real Social Security numbers already assigned to people elsewhere. And in some cases, the state's educator certification office unknowingly used the bogus numbers to run criminal background checks on the new hires, most of whom were brought in to teach bilingual classes.

The practice was described in an internal report issued in September by the district's investigative office, which looked into the matter after receiving a tip. The report said the Texas Education Agency learned of the fake numbers in 2004 and told DISD then that the practice "was illegal."

It's unclear how long DISD had been issuing the phony numbers, and district officials didn't know Thursday how many had been given out. But the investigative report and interviews with DISD employees indicate the practice went on for several years before it was discontinued this past summer.

DISD human resources chief Kim Olson, who came to the district in 2007, said that she learned about the false numbers this past summer around the time the district's investigative unit was looking into them and that she put a stop to the practice.

"There's no way we should be doing that kind of stuff," Ms. Olson said. "Even if your intention is good to help employees get paid, you can't use inappropriate procedures to do that."

(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; education; employment; everify; fraud; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; immigration; texas
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1 posted on 11/14/2008 6:26:25 AM PST by stevie_d_64
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To: stevie_d_64

And still no one will go to jail.


2 posted on 11/14/2008 6:27:22 AM PST by ikka (Brother, you asked for it!)
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To: stevie_d_64

Wow, remember this issue???

And what is equally appaling is the fact that “years” after they were told to stop...Guess what...

They be still doin’ it!


3 posted on 11/14/2008 6:27:56 AM PST by stevie_d_64
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To: stevie_d_64

Is there anything about our education establishment that is not sleazy? Oh, forgot, they’re liberals. Never mind.


4 posted on 11/14/2008 6:28:08 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: stevie_d_64

Hmmm...wonder if some of the hundreds of school personal that DISD recently laid off had illegal SS numbers?


5 posted on 11/14/2008 6:29:04 AM PST by kittymyrib
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To: stevie_d_64
...you can't use inappropriate procedures to do that."

Inappropriate??? How about ILLEGAL!!!

6 posted on 11/14/2008 6:29:37 AM PST by YellowRoseofTx (Evil is not the opposite of God; it's the absence of God)
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To: stevie_d_64

The DMN posted the story at 07:49 AM CST...

DMN I’m good!

;-)


7 posted on 11/14/2008 6:30:21 AM PST by stevie_d_64
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To: stevie_d_64
Years after being advised by a state agency to stop, the Dallas Independent School District continued to provide foreign citizens with fake Social Security numbers to get them on the payroll quickly.

Insanity! Another way that an illegal alien can get on the gov't payroll. Once for a job, and then later for retirement benefits. I expect this kind of behaviour in Los Angeles or San Francisco, not Dallas!

8 posted on 11/14/2008 6:30:48 AM PST by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: ikka

>And still no one will go to jail.

Jail? I want public hangings.


9 posted on 11/14/2008 6:32:48 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: stevie_d_64

The practice was described in an internal report issued in September by the district’s investigative office


Where is the feds or state gov’t investigative units in this matter. Criminal activities are surely involved when issuing providing fake SS#..... sheesh.


10 posted on 11/14/2008 6:33:29 AM PST by deport ( ----Cue Spooky Music---)
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To: stevie_d_64

“faulted”?? WTF? Can’t we find an even gentler word? They should be in prison.


11 posted on 11/14/2008 6:34:09 AM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: Tennessee Nana; AuntB; TADSLOS; raybbr; 3AngelaD; sheana; panthermom

ping


12 posted on 11/14/2008 6:37:06 AM PST by Liz (The right to be left alone is the beginning of freedom. USSC Justice William O. Douglas)
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To: stevie_d_64

Not a surprise coming from this corrupt organization. It’s always a circus on the local news when the stories include the DISD board or the Dallas City Council.


13 posted on 11/14/2008 6:40:52 AM PST by al_c (Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
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To: All

More from the Anti-American Pro-Illegal Alien crowd....

Should we be surprised from liberals and RINOs


14 posted on 11/14/2008 6:40:55 AM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (2010: A RINO Purge Odyssey)
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To: stevie_d_64

For liberals, laws are for the little people.


15 posted on 11/14/2008 6:56:12 AM PST by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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To: stevie_d_64

ISD problems in the Dallas area is nothing new.... In 07 the Texas had to shut down the Wilmer-Hutchins ISD just south of the city of Dallas due to major problems both academically and administratively and assign the students to the DISD system.

News organizations have been running stories on some ISDs [Houston area] showing how they are hiding thru classification procedures criminal activities of their students. Example a student may get caught with drugs/assualt, etc and the school system is coding it as a violation of the ‘code of conduct’. That way it seems minor.

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http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou081110_tnt_defenders-school-crime.19cd51bae.html

.....That’s what an 11 News Defenders investigation has uncovered after identifying 70,000 police reports at Harris County schools and comparing those with the student discipline districts reported to the Texas Education Agency.

When a student commits a crime, the school district must report the discipline taken against that child to the state for every parent to see. But after reviewing records from 21 local school districts, we found weapons, drugs and assault charges watered down to look far less serious, or sometimes, they just seemed to vanish......


16 posted on 11/14/2008 6:57:57 AM PST by deport ( ----Cue Spooky Music---)
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To: stevie_d_64

bump


17 posted on 11/14/2008 6:58:00 AM PST by VOA
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To: ikka

One law for the peons and one for the overlords. How long before we decide we’ve had enough and revolt?


18 posted on 11/14/2008 6:59:10 AM PST by thecabal (We care a lot)
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To: OneWingedShark

The corruption of Mexico is in the DNA, one day you won’t be able to tell the difference between the southwestern states and Mexico, bribes, narco gangs running cities, corrupt cops you will pay at the “traffic stop” to let you go and all the vices of Mexican culture will become legion.


19 posted on 11/14/2008 7:04:22 AM PST by redstateconfidential ("Leave the gun, take the cannoli".)
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To: thecabal

So we have a public agency commiting fraud. Where’s the DA?
Texas can still be saved, but it will take the citizens getting up in arms and tackling these people head on.


20 posted on 11/14/2008 7:04:55 AM PST by Oldexpat (Drill Here, Drill There..we must drill everywhere.)
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