Here’s what’s actually going on with the OCDE budget: Al Mijares

In an Aug. 6 op-ed, Orange County Board of Education member Ken Williams attempts to deflect blame for the board majority’s failure to approve the Orange County Department of Education’s 2019-20 budget by July 1, as required by law. This delay, a first for our county, now exceeds 40 days.
Because Williams tried to amend the budget without public input, transparency or the legal authority to do so in the first place, the state Department of Education recently forced him and the board