Many feel that the planned audit of tech-related BCPS contracts by an accounting firm hired by the school system doesn’t go far enough. Read about a proposed special review audit and accompanying petition, and about Gov. Hogan’s call to create a new State Education Department Investigator General. The IG would be charged with “investigating complaints of unethical, unprofessional, or illegal conduct relating to procurement, education assets, graduation requirements, grading, education facilities, and school budgets.”
Baltimore Post, January 6: Demand Intensifies for Legislative Audit of Baltimore County Schools
Petition: Support a Special Audit Review of Baltimore County Public Schools
Press Release, January 8: Governor Larry Hogan Announces Accountability in Education Initiatives (including establishing an Education Investigator General)
Washington Post, January 8: Gov. Larry Hogan proposes ‘investigator general’ to probe problems in Md. schools
Towson Flyer, January 12: Brochin, Lafferty, Kamenetz weigh in on Hogan’s call for school investigator
Baltimore Post, January 14: Education Policymaker Discusses Need for Investigator General at Maryland State Dept. of Education
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