Superintendent Marty Kobza of Lansing USD 469 allegedly spent more than $20,000 on an investigation of board member Amy Cawvey, but, according to Cawvey, he never provided her the complaint on which the investigation was launched.
Kobza may have violated board policy with the expenditure, according to Cawvey. Although the superintendent did not have to receive board approval for up to $20,000, Cawvey says he exceeded that amount by more than $200.
Cawvey said she was told by Kobza that the investigation centered on alleged violations of the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA), the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA), the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and Title IX, U.S. Department of Education civil rights law:…