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Review finds $180K in improper Empowering Parents purchases

by KEVIN RICHERT / Idaho Education News
| July 4, 2023 1:00 AM

State officials are downplaying the result of an internal Idaho State Board of Education review, which pinpointed up to $180,000 in ineligible, taxpayer-funded purchases through the Empowering Parents education microgrant program.

The purchases represent less than 1% of the money parceled out through the $50 million program, which uses federal coronavirus aid to cover out-of-pocket education expenses such as laptops, learning materials and tutoring and counseling...

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