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Broward County school board approves two new General Counsel job descriptions to address contract backlog
Summary
At a March 24 special meeting the Broward County school board unanimously approved two new job descriptions for the General Counsel division to create a senior paralegal/contract administrator and a legal operations administrator, intended to reduce a contract backlog and shore up a legal team operating below authorized staffing levels.
The Broward County school board on March 24 approved two new job descriptions for its General Counsel division aimed at speeding contract processing and relieving a partially staffed legal office.
General Counsel Kathy Dupree Bruno told the board the department is operating at about 60% of authorized attorney staffing — 12 attorney positions were authorized and five are vacant — and that two clerk specialist B positions are also unfilled. She said the district currently has about 66 contracts in the legal queue and is entering a high‑contract season, so the proposed senior paralegal/contract administrator and legal…
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