Audit: State has spent $0 of $400K set aside for literacy program Walker proposed in 2011
Source: Wisconsin STATE JOURNAL
The state has spent none of the $400,000 set aside as part of Gov. Scott Walker’s Read to Lead Development Fund aimed at boosting literacy and early childhood education, according to an audit released Friday.
The Legislative Audit Bureau reported that “no expenditures have been incurred nor any commitments made since the establishment of the fund.” The program was approved by the Legislature in 2011 and the fund established in April 2012, according to the audit.
The development fund is intended to provide grants to school boards and others to support programs that help boost reading.
But the audit said that the Read to Lead Development Council that is supposed to recommend how the grant money should be used has not yet been appointed by Walker.
“As of Aug. 31, 2013, no appointments were made to the Council,” the audit found. “However, staff in the Office of the Governor anticipate membership of the Council will be finalized in fall 2013.”
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In keeping with Walker's/Koch's REAL agenda zero $$ actually go for education of any kind whether the money is there or not.
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he probably spent it already.
