Oklahoma school districts report unusual delay in receiving federal money
OKLAHOMA CITY Millions in federal funds are yet to be paid to Oklahoma school districts, who complained the state Department of Education has had significant delays in processing their claims.
Midwest City-Del City Public Schools typically has its federal spending plans approved by the state by the end of September, Superintendent Rick Cobb said.
Its usually a quick process after that to receive federal reimbursements, which support employee salaries, teacher training and extra resources for students.
We typically have a plan in place and have a plan approved, and we are ready to spend that money, Cobb said.
And now here we are in December, and we havent received any of those reimbursements. For a district like Mid-Del, that means that we are waiting on millions and millions of dollars.
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And wouldn't you know, there is a Republican to blame for the problem...