By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services
Key Points:
- GOP foes in July 21 primary differ over handling of improper purchases using voucher funds
- Yee changed her stated position on law covering school chief’s role
- As state treasurer, Yee is not allowed to run for reelection
On May 13, State Treasurer Kimberly Yee lashed out at schools chief Tom Horne, saying a new report by the Auditor General’s Office “confirms my allegations of complete chaos within the Department of Education.
That report concluded that the agency, now under the control of Horne, could not show what action – if any — it took to review more than $500 million in “high risk expenditure transactions” in the state’s universal voucher program over more than two years. And that, said Yee, is at least part of the reason she wants Republican voters to choose her over Horne for state superintendent of public instruction in the July 21 primary.
