State News Roundup

Commissioner of Education Thomas C. Boysen of Kentucky has brought charges against four local school officials and is seeking their ouster under governance mandates contained in the state's 1990 reform law.

The state this month announced the citations separately targeting Ronald L. Hager, the Floyd County school superintendent, and three members of local school boards around the state. The state school board will hold a preliminary hearing in the cases on April 10.

The state has charged Mr. Hager with filing false financial reports, allowing an illegal bingo game at the district high school, failing to follow state bidding requirements, failing to act to reduce one school's $18,000 deficit, and failing to deposit more than $1 million in building funds in an interest-bearing bank account. Over three years, state officials said the bank error cost...