Thanks for surfacing this (and everything else). Do you think this policy is sufficient based on what we've learned? A lot of companies with an expense policy give guidance around not just what can be expensed, but what amounts to a reasonable expense. For instance, if it's a meeting with 6 people where you're ordering food, you get the 20-person catering dishes. Itemized bills account for that.
This part is pretty clear though: "It is the Board's
responsibility, through the audit and approval process, to determine whether District credit and procurement card use by the
I think most private-sector policies are much more lax than this, to be honest. Somewhere in America right now there is a Director of Sales taking his clients out to an expensive steak dinner and then blowing a bunch of money on alcohol and it's fine. But public sector stuff is a different game altogether (and it's reasonable to expect a Superintendent making $262k to know this!)
Oh yeah, section (d) there is quite a doozy. District 65 has a policy in line with section (d) actually:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DTK6WO87bRW7nscFOTKC5euhATtl_X24/view
Thanks for surfacing this (and everything else). Do you think this policy is sufficient based on what we've learned? A lot of companies with an expense policy give guidance around not just what can be expensed, but what amounts to a reasonable expense. For instance, if it's a meeting with 6 people where you're ordering food, you get the 20-person catering dishes. Itemized bills account for that.
This part is pretty clear though: "It is the Board's
responsibility, through the audit and approval process, to determine whether District credit and procurement card use by the
Superintendent is appropriate."
I think most private-sector policies are much more lax than this, to be honest. Somewhere in America right now there is a Director of Sales taking his clients out to an expensive steak dinner and then blowing a bunch of money on alcohol and it's fine. But public sector stuff is a different game altogether (and it's reasonable to expect a Superintendent making $262k to know this!)
Repeated, knowing unauthorized use of a government credit card for personal expenses could potentially be the offense of “official misconduct.” https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=072000050K33-3
You would think!