A federal investigation has found more than $135,370 earmarked for preschool education program Head Start was misappropriated to pay for non-Head Start staff and credit card purchases, according to the Santa Clara County Office of Education.
Interim Superintendent of Schools Charles Hinman said the failure has been remedied in a Wednesday statement. But he said a recently published report by federal auditors shows a pattern by previous administrators of “scoffing grant rules” and “rejecting calls for oversight” by the Board of Education.
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