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ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES CONTRIBUTING ARTICLE
BY KATIE CAMPBELL
Plan in place to x millions in
misallocated school funds
Campbell
Nine months after the Arizona Department of Education
noti ed schools it had misallocated millions in funding for special “It is a hardship because… this money
education programs, the federal government has approved a plan
to correct the error. didn’t come out of thin air. We had to strip
A plan to remedy similar issues with Title I allocations has also
been dra ed but will not be nalized until at least next week during ourselves of the money that we normally put
a phone call with state representatives. toward technical assistance, monitoring and
In October, the department sent a letter to school districts
and charter schools stating that $15.2 million in funds under the professional development. That money would
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, had been be for us at the state to use, and we’re just
under-allocated. A 2015 audit by the federal O ce of Special
Education Programs, or OSEP, also found that $14.3 million was passing that along.”
— ADE spokesman Stefan Swiat
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SAVE PRECIOUS DISTRICT
DOLLARS UTILIZING
The Special Pay
Prime Choice Plan
The Special Pay Prime Choice Plan provides a choice for
payments of accumulated sick/vacation pay to
retiring school district employees that will:
ENHANCE retiree benefi ts
ELIMINATE constructive receipt issues
ELIMINATE FICA & Medicare contributions
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