Miami-Dade Board OKs Tougher Ethics Policies
The Miami-Dade County school board has adopted more stringent rules of ethics for conducting its business, a move designed to restore public confidence after a bruising year of disclosures about inappropriate spending by the panel and the district's former superintendent.
At its May 15 meeting, the nine-member board voted to install in Miami-Dade a full-time inspector general who would monitor district operations and report to the Florida Department of Education. The board also voted to place additional regulations on lobbyists who advocate before the panel.
In addition, it placed new restrictions on district employees. The board decided that administrators who leave the district must wait several years before engaging in business with the board, and that employees cannot take extended leaves of absence to work...
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