"Finally, we have a framework, rubric and training designed for education," said Frankie Jackson, project lead for the Cybersecurity Rubric for Education. "Schools can expose risks and create a strategic plan to improve cybersecurity."

"The idea that people need to keep in mind is when people don't know what you do as a superintendent, they make up what you do as a superintendent," says Dr. Joe Sanfelippo, superintendent of the Fall Creek School District in Wisconsin.

The majority of principals believe that suspending students is an ineffective way to help students reflect on their mistakes. Yet, it continues to be a dominant disciplinary practice.

That error won’t just affect budgets for next year, but school divisions will also feel it this year. Out of the $201 million involved in the mistake, $58 million of that would have been for a year that’s almost three-quarters done.