For weeks, school boards have been under intense scrutiny after overseas trips and an excursion to a Toronto Blue Jays game were charged to taxpayers.
is shifting the focus of bi-annual audits it plans to impose on school boards across the province to include a specific look at the discretionary spending of senior figures like trustees after a number of controversial trips raised the ire of the premier.
That plan, according to the government, had originally been to focus on school board spending generally to give parents an idea of how public funds are being allocated. The flurry of controversies has now pushed the government to add a specific focus on discretionary spending to those audits.Occasional daycare centre in Vancouver on verge of closing
The government has not finalized the audit process yet, nor has it decided whether the bi-annual financial inspections will be funded by Queen’s Park or local school boards.
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