hawaiieducationblog:

Last week, the Hawaii State Board of Education approved a schedule for internal audits of programs in the Department of Education next year.

First on the docket for audit in January: Procurement and contracting processes.

Could that have anything to do with the complete lack of competition among school bus companies for lucrative contracts for the last four years? …

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