LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Recruitment trips that CCSD staffers took last year to places like Miami and Hawaii are under investigation.
According to an email from the Nevada Department of Education, the agency is “currently working with the United States Department of Education to evaluate the use of these funds.”
8 News Now last year did a two-part investigation into trips CCSD employees took around the country.
Records showed CCSD spent nearly $29,000 of COVID-19 relief funds to send 17 teacher recruiters and principals to Miami over the Fourth of July weekend.
The district confirmed that the Miami trip didn’t result in any new hires.
A spokesperson for the Nevada Department of Education (NDE) told 8 News Now on Friday the agency “provided documentation about the program approval process to the [U.S. Department of Education].”
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The state’s education department also did its own research and submitted its findings on Tuesday to the federal government.