Manatee County Schools Citizen Financial Audit Committee Meeting

A panel of volunteer residents appointed by the School Board meets as the district’s Citizen Financial Audit Committee, called the Citizens’ Financial Oversight Committee on its referendum page, to review how Manatee County schools spend the property-tax millage voters approved at the polls. Under its charter it has five to twelve voting members serving three-year terms, plus the presidents of the local teachers’ union and AFSCME chapter as non-voting members. Its reviews cover school safety, teacher recruitment and retention, early literacy, career and technical education, and the arts and athletics, along with charter schools’ use of the same funds. It reports annually and meets at least quarterly.