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Senator Peterson faults department nonresponse, raises concern about private‑school voucher costs
Summary
Senator Peterson criticized state department directors for not providing budget information to the Legislature and cited the private‑school voucher program as costing “close to a billion dollars,” saying lack of data threatens legislative oversight of taxpayer funds.
Senator Peterson, the senator from Polk, criticized state department directors on the Senate floor for failing to provide budget information and called the practice a threat to legislative oversight of taxpayer dollars.
“This is a troubling trend that we're seeing, and I've read the media coverage and department the department director has failed to respond to the media as well. We're talking about the state budget. We're talking about taxpayer dollars,” Peterson said during floor remarks recorded in the transcript.
Peterson said a current bill would allow the governor and departments to keep budget numbers private while they are being compiled and called that…
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