More than 600 Chicago Public School employees took lavish trips to Las Vegas - using education tax dollars. -$23.6 million spent!

Ridiculous! A new report finds that more than 600 Chicago Public School employees took lavish trips to Las Vegas - using education tax dollars. -$23.6 million spent!

The Report details that $23.6 million was spent on expensive vacations to 'sin city' for CPS.

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“Professional development” - is the term used to justify the expense according to the office of the Inspector General.

According to a newly published report (see the complete report in the first comment):

“90% of CPS attendees stayed in hotel rooms that exceeded CPS spending limits, choosing to stay away from the conference site and at luxury hotels such as the Bellagio and the Venetian.

40% of CPS attendees did not receive required approval to attend the conference yet still used CPS funds to pay for airfare, lodging and registration fees.”

Source: Illinois Policy Institute