«There was a shocking lack of
oversight of the grant money they gave (Taub),» Judge Valerie Caproni said during a debate over testimony when the jury left the courtroom.
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Prosecutors also maintained that the
grants came out
of a specific pool
of money with very little public scrutiny or
oversight.
Now is the time to institute these reforms, which include
oversight of the
grants process and conflict
of interest statements, as well as now disallowing legislators to set up private not - for - profit entities with this state
money.»
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Granted that a major component
of the
oversight function
of the National Assembly is to consider and pass the Appropriation Bill into law and that no
money can be withdrawn or spent from the Consolidation Revenue Fund or any other public funds except with the authorization
of the National Assembly.
House Bill 1637 diverts taxpayer
money to private and religious schools with no accountability or
oversight, a clear violation
of the New Hampshire Constitution, which states, `... no
money raised by taxation shall ever be
granted or applied for the use
of the schools
of institutions
of any religious sect or denomination.»
The resolution cited the fact that charter boards accept public
money but lack democratic accountability, that charter schools are contributing to increased segregation, that punitive disciplinary policies are disproportionately used in charter schools as well as other practices that violate students» rights, that there is a pattern
of fraud
of mismanagement in the sector in general, and it then called for opposition to privatization
of education, opposed diversion
of funding from public schools, called for full funding for quality public education, called for legislation
granting parents access to charter school boards and to strengthen
oversight, called for charter schools to follow USDOJ and USDOE guidelines on student discipline and to help parents file complaints when those guidelines are violated, opposed efforts to weaken
oversight, and called for a moratorium on charter school growth.
Even then, the process
of spending the
grant money was difficult when purchasing through Amazon, as the required
oversight involved in using
grant money at the time made online shopping with those funds a less - than - seamless process.