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Stimulus Trouble Brewing For IL
Oh, lovely.
First came news that
districts were being told to redo their stimulus reports to make it
look like as many jobs were saved as possible (State School News
Service PDF here).
Now Illinois has been IDd as one of four states who are "at risk" of having misused federal stimulus funding: 4 States Are Ripe for Stimulus Slip-Ups (EdWeek). The others include California, Michigan, and Texas. The District of Columbia and Puerto Rico also made the list.
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Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Stimulus Trouble Brewing For IL
anyone know why the SIPs have to be Amended YESTERDAY? We just found out Friday night. Why do the approved SIPs have to be edited ==why?
Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Stimulus Trouble Brewing For IL
i love this report. shows the criminal intent of LEAs to defraud the public and harm children.
The situation reveals something of a sham. While a
premise of using ARRA money has been that it will
“create or retain” jobs in the school districts, in fact
it was used by the state to make payments already
committed to the districts under state law.
to qualify for the ARRA funds, the state needed
to assure the federal government that jobs indeed
had been created or retained.
funny how i have at least five documents that state i was released because of budget issues.
HiHo
The situation reveals something of a sham. While a
premise of using ARRA money has been that it will
“create or retain” jobs in the school districts, in fact
it was used by the state to make payments already
committed to the districts under state law.
to qualify for the ARRA funds, the state needed
to assure the federal government that jobs indeed
had been created or retained.
funny how i have at least five documents that state i was released because of budget issues.
HiHo
Fri Sep 25, 2009 at 6:15 AM
Stimulus Trouble Brewing For IL
What, Illinois miss spend funds? Perish the thought. In the Land of Reform and Ethics?
Fri Sep 25, 2009 at 6:31 AM
Stimulus Trouble Brewing For IL
Once again, Illinois leads the nation in stupidity.
