Oxnard (Calif.) district collected aid for meals it never served

Sept. 29, 2010
District says it will try to repay $5.6 million to federal and state agencies

From The Los Angeles Times: The Oxnard (Calif.) Union High School District charged the state and federal governments at least $5.6 million for distributing school meals that never existed. Officials with the district say it now must come up with the missing funds and is trying to work out a repayment schedule Meanwhile, the inspector general's office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which pays for discounted and free student meals, is weighing the the possibility of criminal charges. Most of the reimbursement for phantom meals was used to pay for kitchen expenses and capital improvements.

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