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School Districts all across Texas are having to cut back and slim down their budgets. This is a good thing. School Districts are spending outrageous amounts of money on non-educational expenditures like trying to build hotels. They also pay excessive amounts of money to administrators, and in fact,

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Read this blog post for more stories of why financial reform is needed so that School Boards can have more control over the hidden, and possibly destructive, financial deals made by the School Administrations.

On February 17, the School Board for the Lumberton Independent School District (LISD) held a meeting. The School Board recently authorized an internal financial audit costing LISD $40,000 at a time when Texas public schools face large budget cuts. Among the public comments heard by the board, David Bellow, a concerned resident who recently wrote a letter about questionable financial practices within the Lumberton ISD offered his comments in front of the School Board. Here is his testimony:   Read more »

This is a follow up to the letter on TexasGOPvote.com regarding Financial Corruption in Texas Schools. One section of this letter, which was about Texas School Corruption, called for action to be taken to prevent school districts from building hotels or doing other activities that directly compete with private, non-education related businesses,   Read more »

Biggovernment.com picked up TexasGOPVote's post of the letter sent in by David Bellow about financial corruption at Lumberton ISD. Brandon Darby from BigGovernment.com adds to the story explaining: 

As scores of teachers are either being laid off or forced to dig deeper into their own pockets for classroom supplies, some Texas school administrators and left of center political interests have been quick to direct blame at Texas Governor Rick Perry for his defending of the state’s educational sovereignty. By refusing federal dollars, Governor Perry also rebuffed the attached efforts of the Obama administration to further regulate the education and curriculum of Texas students.

The following letter about financial corruption in Texas schools was sent in from David Bellowⁱ:

This Thursday at 7PM, the Lumberton School Board will reveal that the School Administration had been hiding, and spent, several million dollars last year without the knowledge of the School Board.