Schwinn loses Florida job in spending scandal
Former Nebraska U.S. Senator Ben Sasse recently resigned his position as President of the University of Florida amid a spending scandal. Among the allegations are increased travel spending and hiring associates who worked remotely – in Nebraska, DC, and Nashville, among other locations.
That Nashville hire? Former TN Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn.
UF also disclosed this week that – since Sasse’s resignation – it has terminated the jobs of four of six of the employees whose travel records it provided, and a fifth resigned.
It also fired at least one other senior Republican appointee by Sasse, Penny Schwinn, who had been allowed to work as vice president for K-12 education from her home in Tennessee for a salary of $367,500. It agreed to pay her three months’ salary, or about $92,000, when it fired her, effective July 31. Schwinn was the former Republican commissioner of education for Tennessee.
It’s not the first time Schwinn has experienced travel troubles:
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