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Board reviews 2024 legislative audit findings on shared governance; staff outlines response timeline
Summary
District staff summarized the 2024 follow-up legislative audit finding that shared governance has affected operations, including transportation and scheduling. The superintendent’s office committed to placing related topics on at least two public board agendas and to implementing internal controls and a study of school schedules.
Salt Lake City School District leaders told the board on Dec. 3 they are responding to a 2024 legislative audit that found the district’s shared-governance arrangements have impeded operational decisions, particularly around school scheduling and transportation.
Christina Kendall, deputy superintendent (presentation lead), reviewed Chapter 1 of the follow-up audit, which concluded that shared governance has “had some negative impacts” on the district’s ability to make decisions in students’ best interests. The auditors recommended clarifying who has authority over school schedules, limiting decision-making that could reduce instructional hours, and ensuring school improvement councils do not have unilateral control over schedules.
Kendall said the district’s…
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