State Treasurer Dale Folwell, a staunch advocate of public education who strongly supports the work of classroom teachers, showed up at the State Board of Education (SBE) meeting today with a check for the Department of Public Instruction exceeding a half-million dollars in misdirected funds that were placed with the Department of State Treasurer (DST) for safekeeping. Treasurer Folwell presented a check for $519,029.16 to State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt.
