WPost: Montgomery school board committee to recommend changes to spending rules

...Committee members said they will urge the full Board of Education to restrict the use of district-issued credit cards to cover only out-of-town travel; forbid reimbursement of hotel stays for D.C. -area conferences; and end the practice of claiming reimbursement for the restaurant meals of constituents and others.
“I think we made a lot of progress,” said the board president, Phil Kauffman, (At Large), who chairs the committee. “I think it will change the culture of how we do business.”...

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