FACT CHECK — Lingle: Ed Board Promised No Furloughs on School Days

Courtesy, Linda Lingle

Former Governor and current U.S. Senate candidate Linda Lingle said on Hawaii News Now's Sunrise program Monday that the Hawaii State Board of Education promised her the now-infamous furlough days would not be scheduled on school instructional days.

Furthermore, she says she wishes she hadn't trusted the board — and the fact that she did now ranks among her top regrets about her time as governor.

Furlough Fridays ended up robbing students of 17 school days in the 2009-2010 school year, before they were ended thanks to emergency appropriations from the state.

Posted by Katherine Poythress on 02/15/2012

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