Montana Office of Public Instruction Superintendent Elsie Arntzen listens to suggestions and concerns from the public during a community meeting at Sykes Diner in Kalispell on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (Hilary Matheson/Daily Inter Lake)
December 15, 2022
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Auditors say Office of Public Instruction may have misspent $67M of federal funding
State auditors told Montana lawmakers that they’ve uncovered more than $67 million in questionable spending of federal pass-through money in the state’s education department, including one district that bought massage chairs for the teachers lounge.
State superintendant visits Kalispell for community listening session
Getting more involved in schools was one of the takeaways an audience of parents, school board trustees, teachers and legislators received at a listening session with state Superintendent Elsie Arntzen in Kalispell on Monday.