Dallas ISD Teachers used Grants to go on Canadian Trip
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:45 am
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!!!!!!!
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.
Full Story Here
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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!!!!!!!