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Citizen oversight panel delivers annual report, urges clearer metrics for 1-mill spending
Summary
The Citizens Financial Oversight Committee presented its annual review of the 1-mill ad valorem referendum to the School Board of Manatee County, recommending clearer retention metrics, more audit testing of millage funds and guidance on allowable uses after questions about technology purchases and charter-bus expenses.
The Citizens Financial Oversight Committee presented its annual report to the School Board of Manatee County on Feb. 28, urging clearer performance measures for how the district spends proceeds from a 1-mill ad valorem tax increase approved under resolution 2017-11.
The committee said it oversees roughly 10.65% of millage funds and recommended the board clarify metrics used to judge whether the referendum is meeting its goals. "We would like to recommend that we change the word retain to a turnover rate," the committee's presenter said, arguing that measuring how many individual teachers return year to year would better track retention than the district's current seat-based approach.
Why it matters: Voters approved the millage to support teacher salaries and programmatic investments such as STEM and arts. The committee and several board members said…
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