The government’s Ministry of Efficiency on Thursday said the number of “most” spending, including public school districts renting MLB stadiums for graduation, and “most” spending, including Lase Hotel staying at LAS. It has revealed that it has burned a 100 billion dollar federal relief fund. It passes by Las Vegas and even a swimming pool.
“The school spent nearly $200 million in Covid Relief Fund with little surveillance or impact on students,” read X’s Doge post.
The Elon Musk-led cost-cutting initiative highlighted more than $500,000 in spending on four projects Doge appears to have been wasted.
In one example, the Santa Ana Unified School District in California spent $393,000 in Covid-19 funding to rent the Los Angeles Angels Baseball Stadium for a high school graduation ceremony.
Another unnamed California school district has purchased an ice cream truck along with pandemic relief funds, Doge said.
In Utah, Granite Public Schools spent about $86,000 in taxpayer money to cover luxury Caesar Palace hotels and casino accommodations during their annual meetings.
In another case, the Upshule County School District in West Virginia spent $60,000 in federal funds for pool pass.
“All this money was drawn in zero documentation,” according to Doge.
In light of the surprising findings, Doge showed that changes are being made to how school districts can use the remaining $4.4 billion in federal funds.
“There’s $400 million left, and the new (Doctor of Education) has set simple new rules. All grantees must provide a receipt for each purchase before the funds are released.” Doge tweeted.
The Ministry of Education has confirmed changes in the statement.
“In line with President Trump’s commitment to increased transparency and accountability regarding federal spending, the U.S. Department of Education announced today that it will update its policies related to the remaining $4.4 billion in state COVID-19 pandemic relief funds. Starting today, all future payments under the CARES Act, CRRSA Act, and ARP Act must be paid in advance what was spent on allowable expenditures and then submitted to the US Department of Education for a refund. “The department said.
“Before this announcement, the state was able to withdraw the existing awards and pay for approved services without proof that the funds were used for approved purposes,” the DOE added. I did. “The department is changing the requirements to ensure that taxpayer funds are spent responsibly and the state requires that receipts be maintained to confirm this.”
Doge’s discovery sparked outrage from local leaders and education groups.
“The dominant elites of Covidistan challenged their interpretation of ‘science’ and branded their mother as a selfish destroyer to scrutinize how they allocated the esser fund. Remember the Board of Education meeting. Liberty’s conservative nonprofit mom is a conservative nonprofit mom who wrote about X.
O’Neill, chairman of the Orange County Republican Party, called California school districts “an absolute joke” when they use federal funds to rent major league baseball stadiums.
Doge’s latest findings come just a week after the end of $370 million in taxpayer dollars spent on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives that were outlawed by President Trump. Masu. According to Doge, teachers trained to confront their own biases and racism and engage in continuous learning and self-reflection to develop an asset-based anti-racist mindset. One of the 70 DEI training grants that were granted.