Post by Logan on Dec 16, 2016 23:43:20 GMT -6
The Board of Education meeting yesterday reignited talks about the CNMI government owing money to the CNMI Public School System.
What used to be debt of only around $4 million has ballooned to $10.3 million, as confirmed by Federal Programs officer Tim Thornburgh.
The discussion of the debt started when BOE member Marylou Ada asked, “Why did we stop asking for the maintenance-of-effort funding?”
BOE chair Herman Guerrero replied they never did. The CNMI Constitution states that at least 25 percent of CNMI general revenues is to be appropriated to the budget of PSS.
Read more: www.saipantribune.com/index.php/boe-govt-owes-pss-10-3m/
What used to be debt of only around $4 million has ballooned to $10.3 million, as confirmed by Federal Programs officer Tim Thornburgh.
The discussion of the debt started when BOE member Marylou Ada asked, “Why did we stop asking for the maintenance-of-effort funding?”
BOE chair Herman Guerrero replied they never did. The CNMI Constitution states that at least 25 percent of CNMI general revenues is to be appropriated to the budget of PSS.
Read more: www.saipantribune.com/index.php/boe-govt-owes-pss-10-3m/