by Andrew Ujifusa And Erin Cunningham, Staff Writers
The Montgomery County Council has launched two investigations into how Montgomery’s school system spends its money.
The nine-member council unanimously voted Tuesday to direct its Office of Legislative Oversight to examine a school system fund from which employees’ health care expenses are paid. Council President Valerie Ervin (D-Dist. 5) of Silver Spring, who proposed the inquiry, said she expects to receive preliminary information in September.
Also, the county’s inspector general, who acts as a government watchdog, already has begun an inquiry into the school system's budget.
“We do not believe it’s been transparent,” Ervin said of the school system’s budget.
About a week after the council approved its $4.4 billion fiscal 2012 budget May 26, including a $1.37 billion allocation for Montgomery County Public Schools, the school system reported it had a $14.5 million surplus in the fund. Ervin said that revelation was disturbing...
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