Probe Into Ky. Grant Leaps State Borders

A federal investigation into the alleged misuse of a $694,000 U.S. Department of Education grant is having ramifications for college and public school administrators in three states.

The probe involves Robert D. Felner, a former dean of the education school at the University of Louisville, Ky., who oversaw the grant. It was created in a 2005 federal spending bill to establish a center at the university to improve student achievement in Kentucky under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

But university officials found what spokesman John Drees deemed “potential issues” in the grant spending and referred the matter to...