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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OSSE needs to start with going for the low-hanging fruit - stable, middle-class families who use DCPS and DCPC schools but don't pay income tax to the District.

When we were investigated for residency fraud a few years ago, we were given a few days to produce several years of certified tax returns showing an IB address and DC withholding, along with a good many other documents proving residency (multiple utility bills, car registration, driver's licenses etc.).  No problem for us and we were cleared on the spot.[/quote]

What was the reason they had for investigating you?  I'm wondering what triggers an investigation.[/quote]

We were amicably separating at the time. Dad was staying with a relative in MD, borrowing a MD plate car. A busybody with an axe to grind in the school community wrote the residency fraud investigation people, claiming that we'd stolen "her" ECE spot. We were shown her letter and given a chance to clarify matters.  No big deal, we had the required paperwork and weren't cheating. The system worked.[/quote]

That's good to know it worked.  I've often wondered if my family would be reported by someone, because my son splits his time between my home in DC and his dad's home in Maryland.  His dad has Maryland plates.  Hasn't happened yet, but if it ever does, sounds like it will be easy to resolve.[/quote]

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