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The Broward School Board’s top lawyer could be fired this month following questions over whether the school district failed to share enough money from a 2018 tax referendum with charter schools. General Counsel Marylin Batista could be terminated without cause at the April 16 School Board meeting, under a proposal from Board member Daniel Foganholi. “In recent weeks, concerns have arisen .
State prosecutors issued a subpoena last month to Interim Superintendent Earlean Smiley asking for emails and text messages of four district administrators related to a recent School Board action that approved the use of federal money for employee bonuses.
A grand jury that was investigating the operations of the school district had indicted the former Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie in April 2021, saying he had lied to the grand jury about being prepped for his testimony.