Rep. Phil Hart
An Idaho lawmaker’s plan to make public education spending more transparent would require school districts to upload their checkbooks online.
Athol Republican Rep. Phil Hart brought his proposal to the House Education Committee on Tuesday.
Hart says his measure would require school districts with more than 300 students to detail spending in downloadable documents available online by the end of 2010. School districts would have to upload their finances into a searchable Web site by the end of 2011, under the plan.
Hart says the measure is modeled after similar efforts nationwide to bring more transparency to public spending. (AP)
