Earlier this year, Gov. Greg Abbott asked acting Comptroller Don Huffines to closely examine four school districts, chosen at random, to ensure they’re “appropriately spending their funds.”
On Oct. 5, Huffines, a Dallas Republican, said he’d picked Barbers Hill, Austin, El Paso and Prosper ISDs, without explaining why he chose those specific districts.
The “Huffines Performance Review,” his office said in a news release, “will examine whether district spending complies with state law and is directed toward students, classrooms, and teachers — rather than toward administrative expansion or non‑instructional bureaucracy.”…