Hundreds Of Public School Credit Cards Rack Up Millions In Purchases

From CBS Pittsburgh:

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Hundreds of credit cards issued by the district to teachers and staff have questionable oversight and controls.

Procurement cards, or p-cards for short, are school district-issued credit cards for the purchases of last-minute supplies. They are a convenient and streamlined way of keeping the wheels of education turning.

But a KDKA investigation has found that the Pittsburgh Public Schools have issued no less than 650 of these cards to teachers and staff, who are racking up millions of dollars of purchases every year.

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