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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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We ain't ready for reform wrote 2 years 18 weeks ago

Stimulus Trouble Brewing For IL

Once again, Illinois leads the nation in stupidity.

Watch The Money wrote 2 years 18 weeks ago

Stimulus Trouble Brewing For IL

What, Illinois miss spend funds? Perish the thought. In the Land of Reform and Ethics?

something of a sham wrote 2 years 18 weeks ago

Stimulus Trouble Brewing For IL

i love this report. shows the criminal intent of LEAs to defraud the public and harm children.

[i]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.[/i]

[i][b]to qualify[/b] for the ARRA funds, the state needed
to assure the federal government that [b]jobs indeed
had been created or retained[/b].[/i]

funny how i have at least five documents that state i was released because of budget issues.

HiHo

SIP issues from ISBE wrote 2 years 18 weeks ago

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?

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