For the second time in three years, allegations of address fraud involving Atlanta football players have surfaced.
This time, the allegations concern the 2014 Mays High School Raiders. Two of the team's approximately 99 players had been improperly enrolled, according to a district investigative report. In addition, the district could not determine where another five students lived.
No employees were disciplined in connection with the investigation, she said.
Atlanta Public Schools spokeswoman Latisha Gray said a follow-up investigation found that only one student was improperly enrolled. However, APS could not provide records supporting that finding.
In 2014, the Georgia High School Association, which oversees high school competitions, sanctioned Atlanta’s Grady High School after an investigation found that 17 members of its football team had used fake addresses to attend the school.
The AJC reported on allegations of address fraud at Mays shortly after the end of the 2014 season and in May 2015 requested copies of any investigative reports.
Atlanta Public Schools refused to release the reports then, citing a state law that allows investigations of complaints against public employees to be kept private until the agency they work for has been presented with the investigative report to act on — or the investigation is concluded.
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