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Finalist interviews spotlight audit findings on school construction oversight and attestation failures
Summary
During public interviews, both superintendent finalists discussed recent audits and news reporting that found high rates of school construction projects proceeding without required USBE permits and weaknesses in the agency’s attestation-based compliance process.
During public finalist interviews for state superintendent, both candidates addressed recent audit findings and news reporting that, board members and candidates said, showed gaps in the Utah State Board of Education’s oversight of school construction and the limits of an attestation‑based compliance system.
The exchange followed a board member reading passages from a Salt Lake Tribune story summarizing a state audit’s conclusions that many school construction projects had proceeded without required USBE permits. The board member cited the audit’s finding that, since 2017, a large share of projects had been reported as started without the required USBE permit to begin construction; the meeting transcript records the…
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