The members of the Richland 2 school board have an annual allowance for travel, training and other expenses. I don't know the actual amount, but I've heard that it is $7,000 per School Year. The School Year ends June 30.
It's easy arithmetic to calculate the total budgeted amount. 7 x $7,000 = $49,000 (assuming each receives the same dollar amount)
Some trustees have not yet spent their allocated amount. HOWEVER, the total has already been exceeded. If you could follow the confusing discussion on Tuesday night, April 26, 2022, the superintendent doesn't intend to reimburse any trustees now, because the total has been exceeded. He claims it will take board approval for him to pay more. WRONG. And he doesn't want to reveal who blew past her allowance. WRONG.
You'll never persuade me that he doesn't know who blew up her budgeted amount. Or whether more than one trustee did.
How did a trustee (or trustee-elect) get reimbursed in excess of her allocation?
Somebody (well below the superintendent's own office) must be charged with examining and approving expense payments or reimbursements. WHO approved more than a trustee was eligible to receive? And who told that person to approve and pay it?
I don't know what the Reimbursement (or Request) Form looks like, but somewhere on the page should be these lines:
Amount Available: $______
This Request: - $______
Remaining Amount Available: $______ (cannot be less than 0)
A calculator shouldn't even be necessary for that simple subtraction.
The District should immediately recover over-payments made to any trustees (or trustees-elect).
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