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The Hawaii Board of Education Committee of Audit is concerned about possibly "inappropriate" past spending and hiring practices of the state's Charter School Administrative Office. The committee has called for opinions from the state Ethics Commission and the Department of Labor following recommendations that the office needs a strategic plan and formal policies and procedures for cash disbursements. Jim Shon, the former leader of the office, said, "I don't think we misspent any money; I think we were pretty frugal. We used charter school money to feed charter school people. It's one of the things you do when you have conferences. We reported on this in the past. Our budget and expenditures would circulate to the BOE and the schools. No one showed any interest." The Charter School Administrative Office will have drafts of a strategic plan and policies ready at the next committee meeting, said Maunalei Love, interim director.
Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Date: 03/03/2007
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