In an effort to avoid their responsibility to fund public schools, legislative leaders last week tried to derail things by accusing a single individual of gross mismanagement of funds.
Longtime public servant Dale Dennis, deputy director of education, was targeted as purposely misappropriating transportation funds to school districts over the past 30-plus years.
With a lifetime of service to the Department of Education, Dennis is the go-to person for every superintendent of school in the state when it comes to explaining school finance.