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Former head of Alabama school district pleads in fraud case April 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A former head of an Alabama school district has pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge. Tom Sisk, former superintendent for Limestone County Schools, entered the plea Thursday in U.S. District Court in Montgomery to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. He appeared by video teleconference in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Jerusha T. Adams, multiple news agencies reported. Sisk is one of six people facing charges in an alleged multi-million dollar scheme. Prosecutors said the indictment alleges that the defendants were involved in a complicated scheme to fraudulently enroll students in public virtual schools. Private school students were wrongly counted as being enrolled in online classes through public schools to boost attendance by hundreds and obtain additional state funding, the indictment said.
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Six former Alabama educators are facing dozens of conspiracy, identity theft and fraud charges in a wide-reaching federal probe into enrollment practices at virtual schools in the state. Federal investigators say three former north Alabama educators conspired to fraudulently inflate enrollment data at virtual schools within their districts, triggering larger reimbursements from state education funds they then personally skimmed off. Former Athens City Schools (ACS) Superintendent Trey Holladay and former Limestone County Superintendent Tom Sisk were both indicted, along with Deborah Irby Holladay, Trey Holladay's wife and a retired Athens teacher. Prosecutors on Tuesday said the trio padded virtual school enrollment numbers with student data drawn from private schools in the Black Belt. The administrators claimed the students were receiving virtual instruction while remaining enrolled in their home schools and districts.
Alabama educators indicted in $7M fraud, identity theft scheme Share Updated: 2:01 PM CST Feb 24, 2021 The Associated Press Share Updated: 2:01 PM CST Feb 24, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript IA TWO FORMER ALABAMA PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS ARE AMONG SIX PEOPLE CHARGED WITH FRAUD RELATED TO VIRTUAL EDUCATION. BRITTANY: THAT INCLUES DR. WILLIAM L. HOLLADAY FORMER SUPERINTENDENT AT ATHENS CITY SCHOOLS AND THOMAS SISK FORMER SUPERINTENDENT AT LIMESTONE COUNTY SCHOOLS. FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY ALONG WITH OTHER SCHOOL STAFF FAULSLY -- FALSELY ENROLLED STUDENTS IN VIRTUAL CLASSES AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND REPORTED IT TO THE STATE. IN TURN THE DISTRICTS RECEIVED MONEY FOR THOSE STUDENTS. COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW SOME DEFENDANTS ALSO RECEIVED STATE
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