Thursday, June 12, 2003
Puerto Rico Statehooders Divert U.S. Education Funds to LULAC
The League of United Latin American Citizens was foursquare for Puerto Rico statehood. This may have been a reason:
Feds confirm Education Department fund went to LULAC
Thursday, June 12th, 2003.
SAN JUAN (AP) – The U.S. Education Department’s Federal General Inspector’s Office confirmed that federal funds were illegally diverted from the island’s Education Department so that public workers could attend a League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) convention.
According to a General Inspector’s Office (GIO) report, the local Education Department “improperly used Title VI funds and specifically paid $20,355 so that 69 employees could attend LULAC’s 60th convention held in San Juan during the summer of 1995.”
“As a result, Title VI funds were not used for the benefit of the students,” reads the report.
The House Education and Culture Committee is investigating the matter.
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