Tempora Mutantur Et Nos Mutamur In Illis VOLUME 95 NUMBER 15 MIAMI, FLORIDA, NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 5, 2017 50 CENTS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS School board orders audit of $1.2B bond provide an expenditure report Move comes at middle of nine-year spending plan for all GOB expenditures to By Andrea Robinson to ask questions about how Rojas’ proposal, which date by each category, school
[email protected] the funds have been spent. passed by a vote of 6-3, re- board voting district, and The nine-member School quires the district to order an school name, and provide The school board has voted Board voted for two separate independent mid-point audit same to Board on a quarterly for Miami-Dade Public Schools items that call for giving a of the bond, which was ap- basis. to conduct a comprehensive closer look at how the money proved by voters in 2012. Under Gallon’s approved independent audit of the $1.2 has been spent. The direc- Gallon’s item, which passed item, administrators also billion general obligation bond tives come from the two new- unanimously, goes deeper. would have to establish a and to also publish regular est board members, Mari Tere It requires the district to put process and system to report updates about expenditures Rojas of District Six and Steve in place a mechanism for all GOB expenditures by each until all the money is spent. Gallon III of District One. The quarterly reporting of GOB category and related projects The decisions by the board items were approved at the expenditures to the school for public access.