The Padded Budget -
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Published on: 5/16/2005
Last Visited: 4/1/2008
In an e-mail correspondence with Mary Clark, who works with General Education Management Services of the New York state Education Department, I asked about the legitimacy of the FAPE expense, and here was her reply: "Every item in a budget reflects FAPE; however, there is no such function or object of expense identified as FAPE."
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The money flip shows is a bizarre and rambling email from the superintendent to the Mary Clark at State Ed, explaining the inclusion of this illegal line item in the contingent budget . This explanation, if it could be understood, contradicts what the business manager told Chuck Szuberla of Mary Clark's Office.