State Education Head Puts Moratorium On Superintendent Hires
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State Education Commissioner Richard Mills put a 60-day suspension today on issuing any waivers to retired school executives, mainly superintendents, as he reviews the controversial practice of “double dipping.”
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli have been investigating instances across the state where school superintendents, in particular, retire but then get rehired by a district and collect both a pension and a salary.
“Sometimes these numbers get very large, very quickly,” Cuomo said this morning during a hearing on Long Island.
Mills responded with a two-page statement that defended the practice, saying it only happens in a few instances. Yet he said the 60-day suspension will give the education department time to review their procedures.
He also put out some recommendations state education leaders will consider. You can read his statement here.
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on Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 at 12:56 pm by Joseph Spector.
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So, Commissioner Mills, you KNEW this was happening.
What did you do about it? Doesn’t appear you did anything and only now that the Attorney General and the Comptroller are investigating these issues, you decide to comment. Doesn’t say too much for you.
Commissioner Richard Mills, it’s time for you to go. RESIGN now and do us all a favor. New York State does not need people such as yourself running its agencies.
Mills is, and always has been, a charlatan…
Moratorium? Should be a crematorium.