Claim: "Two years ago Providence alone spent $50,000 a year notifying the school department" about residents in the state's sex offender registry.
Fact-check: Assistant Attorney General Joee Lindbeck says Providence spent $50,000 in one year notifying schools about sex offenders living in the vicinity
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: C. Eugene Emery Jr.
Date published: 2013-05-12T00:00:00