East St. Louis School District 189, Illinois
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[edit] Website evaluation
[edit] The good
- School board members are listed, but no personal contact information is provided.[1]
- The school administration officials are listed with contact information.[2]
- Academic performance is posted on the website.[3]
- The 2009 budget is posted.[4]
- The budget breaks down tax revenues, but information is not posted about which taxes fund the schools.[4]
[edit] The bad
- Previous budgets are not posted.
- Audits and contracts (for teachers and vendors) are not posted.
- Who to contact for public records requests is not available.
- Meeting minutes, agendas and schedules are not posted.
[edit] Audit
In an audit of the 2007-2008 school year, it was revealed that the school district was forced to return $650,000 in federal funds for failing to file the correct paperwork on time. The district also failed to obey federal regulations about cash surpluses in district bank accounts, requiring an additional return of $81,360, totaling $740,032 in federal refunds.[5] It has been reported that the funds will be made up through local tax increases.
Investigations by the local newspaper have also revealed $3.1 million spent on consultants (including relatives of politicians), hundreds of thousands of dollars on airlines and hotels, art work and four used cars.[5] The four cars were supposed to be prizes for students, but only one student was registered as an owner of the car.[5]
[edit] Lobbying
- Main article: Illinois taxpayer-funded lobbying
East St. Louis School District 189 has lobbying representation from Becker, Paulson, Hoerner & Thompson.[6]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
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