The supervisors that the Ford government sent into five Ontario school boards to deal with alleged mismanagement and financial issues will be eligible to claim up to $40,000 in expenses, Global News can reveal, although the ministry says they’ll be subject to strict rules.

Some of the province’s biggest school boards, including in Ottawa, Toronto and Peel, have been under the direct control of Queen’s Park since Education Minister Paul Calandra sidelined their trustees and replaced them with supervisors.

The individuals tapped by the province to run those school boards can bill up to $350,000 per year , the government confirmed last week, money Calandra said he expects them to charge because of the work they have to do.

“The boards that they have taken over are in such a mess that I

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