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Pete Hoekstra: “Yes, they sent it back. But these were examples and they were only telling us about a couple. So, again, this is another…”

On the recordNovember 1, 1999
Yes, they sent it back. But these were examples and they were only telling us about a couple. So, again, this is another thing that we have asked for is, give us a listing of all the duplicate payments that were made under this old accounting system and did you recover them. Because maybe some schools maybe did not know they got a duplicate payment and so they maybe spent it, and now all of a sudden they have got to be put on a repayment schedule to get the money back. Sloppy fiscal management is not in the best interest of anybody. It is not in the best interest of the taxpayer. It is not in the best interest of the Department of Education. And it is not in the best interest of local school districts, either.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Addressing issues of duplicate payments and fiscal management in education funding.

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