According to a group that organized the travel, state funds covered at least three trips to Prague by former North Dakota state Sen. Ray Holmberg, who has been charged with traveling to the city in the Czech Republic to have sex with a minor.
Travel records from the North Dakota School Boards Association show that Holmberg used public funding for trips in 2011, 2018 and 2019 to Prague and other cities such as Amsterdam and Berlin.
The trips were through the Germany-based Global Bridges teacher exchange program, which received funding from the North Dakota Legislature.
It’s unclear whether the alleged conduct took place on any of the state-funded trips.
A state panel today (Thu) voted unanimously to suspend Holmberg’s lifetime teaching license, intending to revoke it immediately if he pleads guilty to or is convicted of any charge based on the case’s underlying facts, according to the motion in meeting minutes.
Holmberg had a career with Grand Forks Public Schools from 1967 to 2002, including years as a teacher and counselor.
Holmberg is 79. He pleaded not guilty to two federal charges on Monday in Fargo.
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