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Oklahoma Nonprofit Used Federal Funds For Holidays As an alternative of Sufferer Companies
She was in San Diego to learn to shield abuse victims. As an alternative, Candida Manion went wine tasting. Federal funds paid Manion’s wage as government director of the Oklahoma Coalition Towards Home Violence and Sexual Assault. In September 2019, they lined her flights, lodging and meals for the Summit on Violence, Abuse and Trauma Throughout the Lifespan. Moderately than studying extra about prosecuting baby abusers and treating batterers, Manion skipped a day of convention periods to sip wine with an worker. Federal auditors uncovered a sample of improper and irresponsible spending underneath Manion that included convention journeys to Southern California and Florida. Cash meant to assist Oklahoma shelters, disaster…
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How is WFISD spending federal COVID relief funds?
About $48.2 million in federal funds is flowing to Wichita Falls ISD for COVID reduction. School officials have drawn again the curtain to present how the district is paying the income. The Texas Education and learning Agency administers the federal resources through the Elementary and Secondary College Emergency Aid grant plans. Discussions are ongoing about how to use money as they are available. Who decides how to commit the funds? WFISD officers fulfilled with stakeholders like instructors, students, parents and neighborhood customers, as effectively as the District Advisory Committee in October to focus on how to invest the grants. WFISD Associate Superintendent Peter Griffiths mentioned the ESSER Committee will fulfill each 6 months to converse about…
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Education Department extends Navient’s federal loan servicing contract through 2023
The Department of Education extended its contract with student loan servicer Navient, according to data obtained on a federal procurement website. Here’s what that means for borrowers. (iStock) Student loan servicer Navient extended its federal contract with the Department of Education through 2023, despite previously announcing on Sept. 28 its intention to exit the federal student loan business. The contract renewal was posted on SAM.gov, a website that hosts data about government contracts. The two-year contract extension comes with a $391 million price tag, according to the renewal document. Navient will be responsible for managing “student aid obligations, including, but not limited to, servicing, specialty programs, and consolidation of outstanding…
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Department of Education: Florida missed deadline for $2.3B in federal aid
After failing to submit a plan to the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) for how Florida would use federal funding for its schools, the state will forgo $2.3 billion in COVID-19 relief money. On Monday, the DOE sent a letter informing Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran that he had missed the deadline to submit a plan and obtain American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) money. “The Department released the first two-thirds of each State’s allocation in March and required each State to submit its plan for spending its ARP ESSER funds by June. FDOE did not meet this deadline, nor did it meet the July and August submission timelines…