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  • Montana's Superintendent of Public Instruction race focused on funding

    Melissa Dickson, Community News Service UM School of Journalism|Updated Nov 1, 2024

    Whoever wins the race for Montana's Superintendent of Public Instruction in the general election on Nov. 5 - Republican Susie Hedalen or Democrat Shannon O'Brien - they will inherit an office in disarray. A recent legislative audit of the Office of Public Instruction, which the superintendent leads, found more than $67 million in questionable spending of federal education funds, including one school district that used the money to buy massage chairs for the teachers' lounge. "...