Council panel to probe Becton: Subpoenas could play part in inquiry into roof repairs.(Metropolitan Times)(Top Of The News)

The Washington Times | September 19, 1997| | Copyright

A D.C. Council committee, invoking a rarely used power, voted yesterday to investigate - by subpoena and court order if necessary - schools chief Julius W. Becton Jr.'s handling of the roof-repair crisis.

In a 5-0 vote, the council's education committee approved a three-page resolution authorizing its legal staff to proceed with a review of five areas of school performance: the amount of spending; how the system spends its money; internal accounting; the policy for monitoring spending; and contracting.

Committee Chairman Kevin P. Chavous, Ward 7 ...

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