Dallas ISD Teachers used Grants to go on Canadian Trip

[TexasStooge]

Trip leads DISD to rein in grants

Rules come after $265,000 sent 166 teachers to Canada

By KENT FISCHER / The Dallas Morning News

Dallas school officials have toughened up rules over how schools spend their federal grants after the district sent 166 teachers to a literacy conference in Toronto last May that cost more than $265,000.

The district did not coordinate the trip or track expenses in advance, leaving it up to individual schools. It wasn't until teachers returned and began submitting expense reports that officials realized it had spent that much or sent that many people to the convention.

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I thought the Dallas ISD teachers learned their lesson after they were caught using the school-issued credit cards on their personal items instead of school supplies. I GUESS NOT!!!!!!!

[Dionne]

Sounds like a bargain to me. This is less than $1600 per teacher, which included airfare, lodging and food.

Teachers from around the world attended this literacy conference.

We have got to take care of our teachers!!!!!