Educator gets 69 months for theft from scholarship fund

LARGO, Florida - St. Petersburg educator and activist Marva Dennard was sentenced to 69 months in prison for stealing more than $150,000 from state scholarship programs. She also was ordered to pay $200,000 in restitution. Dennard, 69, was accused of stealing from the John M. McKay Scholarship for students with disabilities program and the Corporate Tax Credit scholarship program for children from low-income families. ...More