Need extra state schooling information? Join The Alabama Schooling Lab’s free, weekly publication, Ed Chat.
The Alabama Division of Schooling needs defendants convicted in a digital college scheme to pay again $5.7 million in state funds for personal college college students fraudulently enrolled as public college college students.
Attorneys for the federal authorities and for the 5 defendants submitted a joint plan to repay that cash late final week. The plan continues to be pending approval from a federal decide.
The plan requires former Athens Metropolis Superintendent Trey Holladay to repay $2.9 million, retired trainer Greg Corkren to repay $1.3 million and former Marengo Academy soccer coach David “Webb” Tutt to repay $259,000.
Athens Metropolis administrator William “Rick” Carter, convicted in March, can be chargeable for $1.3 million in repayments underneath the plan, however attorneys famous Carter has not agreed to the plan. Carter’s attorneys have requested for a brand new trial.
Learn extra Ed Lab: Alabama isn’t doing sufficient to resolve trainer shortages, board member says.
Former Limestone County Superintendent Tom Sisk, who pleaded responsible to conspiracy, wouldn’t pay any restitution underneath the submitted plan.
The defendants claimed non-public college college students across the state had been enrolled full time in public Athens Metropolis and Limestone County colleges. The programs obtained state funds for these college students.
4 of the 5 defendants pleaded responsible final yr. Sentencing is ready for June 28.
The state division of schooling mentioned Athens Metropolis Colleges obtained $5.7 million in state Basis Program funding for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 college years for college kids defendants enrolled as public college college students once they had been truly enrolled in non-public colleges.
ALSDE wrote that the state Basis Program funded $3.1 million for 894 non-public college college students for the 2016-17 college yr and $2.6 million for 573 non-public college college students for the 2017-18 college yr.
The ALSDE wrote it already recouped funds from Limestone County and Conecuh County that it paid, however didn’t state the quantities.
In separate actions, the courtroom not too long ago ordered defendants to forfeit cash they obtained fraudulently, within the following quantities:
- Holladay – $185,770
- Sisk – $13,000
- Tutt – $186,154
- Corkren – $679,595
Holladay voluntarily surrendered his certificates to show in Alabama in response to state division paperwork launched final week.
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24982514/Quest_3_dock.jpg "Meta’s ‘software update issue’ has been breaking Quest headsets for weeks")
