High school teacher fired after offering students extra credit in return for cash donations, reports say

WLBT reports: (Gray News) - An Iowa high school teacher has been fired for offering students extra credit in return for cash donations to her personal GoFundMe account. Stephanie Mullaley, a teacher at a high school in the Clinton Community School District, told students in spring 2026 that she had set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for what she described as “personal education goals,” the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported. Mullaley allegedly told her students that she had set up a the fundraiser to help pay for her education, adding that if they made cash donations to her account they could earn extra credit toward their grade in her class.

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