LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Last September, eight Clark County School District employees went to Hawai’i. The purpose was to recruit staffers.
According to documents 8 News Now obtained through a public records request, the staffers stayed at the Twin Fin Hotel located on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
The district used $22,182 in ESSER funds, which is COVID relief money, and another $9,774 from the general fund to pay for the flight, food, hotel, and conference room, according to documents obtained by 8 News Now.
That trip and several others that 8 News Now reported on have sparked a federal investigation.
“There has been communication from our office to the district about how to utilize ESSER dollars,” US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona told 8 News Now in April.
He was in Las Vegas at the time and stopped by the KLAS television station.
“We know the money was intended to help students recover from the pandemic, and make sure those dollars are used for that. That’s the responsibility we have,” Cardona said.