For Immediate Release
June 29, 2020
County office of education allegedly approved rampant illegal spending by school districts in Southern California
Who: Public Advocates Inc.; the ACLU of Southern California, and several community organizations
What: Media availability with attorneys and community members
When: 11:00am PST, Tuesday, June 30
Where: https://zoom.us/j/4041139706 or 408-638-0968 (meeting ID: 404-113-9706)
Why: A county office of education has failed to oversee its school districts’ spending, resulting in the illegal expenditure of several hundreds of millions of dollars by school districts and depriving thousands of Black and Brown and low-income students from services owed them under state law. We will share our findings and answer questions.
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