Audit Finds $1.4 Million Waste In Preschool Program
(Salem, OR) -- An audit by the Oregon Secretary of State's Office has found one-point-four-million-dollars in potential waste by the Preschool Promise Program. Nearly 700-thousand-dollars went to preschool programs with chronically low enrollment. 150-thousand-dollars went to preschools that had not opened. Over 500-thousand-dollars went to providers to expand programs, even though enrollment was low. The audit makes 13 recommendations that include eliminating duplicate payments and increasing monitoring of programs.



