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Lawmakers consider $500,000 request to build school spending transparency dashboard
Summary
Representative Emily O'Brien told the committee House Bill 1329 would require school-level expense reporting and proposed using the state's Oracle Cloud to publish a public dashboard; DPI staff warned monthly reporting would be a new collection burden for some districts.
Representatives and staff reviewed House Bill 1329, a proposal from Representative Emily O'Brien to create a public-facing platform showing how legislative appropriations are spent at the school-district and school level. O'Brien said the proposal is intended to make district spending more transparent to parents and taxpayers and requested an initial $500,000 appropriation to phase implementation.
Representative Emily O'Brien, District 42, Grand Forks, testified: "Publishing school by school information will help ensure that taxpayers know how their money is being spent and we can hold schools accountable." O'Brien…
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