The Department of Education is authorized to recover total funds awarded as scholarships, or the appropriate portion thereof, in the event that
scholarship recipients fail to honor the stipulated teaching obligation.
Kate Baker, the then - director of NEO (now CSF - NH), called such exceptions «high - risk prospects» because of the potential consequences from the state department of revenue if
the scholarship recipients failed to return the required receipts.
In cases of particular hardship, NEO would make an exception and provide the scholarship funds up front, although Baker was concerned that this was «a high - risk prospect» because if
the scholarship recipients failed to return receipts for eligible purchases, the scholarship organization would face consequences from the New Hampshire Department of Revenue.
Not exact matches
«There were attempts to add more accountability to the Opportunity
Scholarship Program, but those efforts
failed despite the fact the largest
recipient of private school vouchers became ensnared in an embezzlement scandal,» said Poston.