Probe Into Ky. Grant Leaps State Borders

by E Wayne Ross on September 23, 2008

Education Week: Probe Into Ky. Grant Leaps State Borders

A federal investigation into the alleged misuse of a $694,000 U.S. Department of Education grant is having ramifications for college and public school administrators in three states.

The probe involves Robert D. Felner, a former dean of the education school at the University of Louisville, Ky., who oversaw the grant. It was created in a 2005 federal spending bill to establish a center at the university to improve student achievement in Kentucky under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.