Sentences with phrase «improper use of public funds»

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A state education commissioner's ruling, issued in 2000, states that «it is improper to use public funds to subsidize a trip that is essentially a private recreational experience and not a part of a school district's educational program.»

«Sadly, today's news is the latest in a long line of wrong and improper use of discretionary funds,» said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a Democratic mayoral contender.

The committee concluded it was «at the least, an improper use of parliamentary allowances: at worst, it was a serious diversion of public funds».

The commission also conducted «dozens of interviews» with public officials, lobbyists and their clients, political insiders, whistleblowers and both «expert and lay witnesses,» and sought lawmakers» payrolls, timesheets, per diems and travel expenses, records of when they entered and exited official buildings, and any other records that could «potentially improper personal and political uses of public funds,» according to the report.

Meanwhile, the Coalition to Invest in Public Schools, representing many of the lead plaintiffs in the current funding adequacy case, has adopted as one of its principles adamant opposition to «the use of public funds to provide financial resources to private elementary and secondary schools through funding of programs or materials, tax credits, virtual charters, and / or vouchers, and considers such funding an improper use of tax revenue and public monies.&Public Schools, representing many of the lead plaintiffs in the current funding adequacy case, has adopted as one of its principles adamant opposition to «the use of public funds to provide financial resources to private elementary and secondary schools through funding of programs or materials, tax credits, virtual charters, and / or vouchers, and considers such funding an improper use of tax revenue and public monies.&public funds to provide financial resources to private elementary and secondary schools through funding of programs or materials, tax credits, virtual charters, and / or vouchers, and considers such funding an improper use of tax revenue and public monies.&public monies.»