WDEL 1150 AM, July 2, 2008

One of the men who wants to be Delaware’s next lieutenant governor says too much money is going to the bureaucrats in public schools, and not the students.

Democrat Matt Denn is proposing a funding floor — a mandate that local school district spend a given percentage of their public education money on people who provide direct services to kids.Audio Here

Denn is calling for consideration of the Leadership for Education Achievement in Delaware committee, or LEAD, recommendations on how the state can spend its money more wisely. He also wants to create financial oversight committees to oversee school board spending.