When they get a round tuit!
Maybe the bribe to her to just be a figurehead that sits around at home doing next to nothing is the best way they could spend the money given the alternatives. She charms the liberals but does little harm (if also little good). Maybe it suggests a model for a principal-less school.
It's entirely possible that paying her to stay away from schools is the best outcome they could manage, its not being an option to nuke the system from space.