If you look at the data here: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/16593104/Recoverys-Phantom-Districts http://www.docstoc.com/docs/16593104/Recoverys-Phantom-Distr...

If you look at the data here: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/16593104/Recoverys-Phantom-Districts http://www.docstoc.com/docs/16593104/Recoverys-Phantom-Distr... You'll also see that lots of districts are getting millions of dollars and creating ZERO jobs. Look at Ohio as an example. I suspect the obvious explanation is: data entry error, however, any rationally developed system should have input constraints and integrity checks to prevent these kinds of errors. I would like to know what the mistake is. Is it corruption? I don't know. Probably a bit of it is, yeah.