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Houston ISD superintendent accused of funneling tax dollars out of state
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/14/hisd-mike-miles-tea-investigation/A state lawmaker and Houston teachers are calling for Houston Independent School District Superintendent Mike Miles to be investigated after a Spectrum News report revealed that millions in Texas public school tax dollars may have been funneled to a failing school in his Colorado charter school system.
These findings come less than two weeks after the state-appointed administrator announced a $450 million gap in funding at HISD — resulting in districtwide layoffs for the upcoming school year.
A Texas Education Agency spokesperson said agency officials are “aware of the report and are reviewing the matter.”
Miles did not respond to a request from The Texas Tribune for comment on Tuesday.
In March 2023, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath took over the district with a temporary board of trustees. The stated rationale was because of misconduct by the HISD board of trustees and the poor performance rating of Phyllis Wheatley High School. Three months later, Morath appointed Miles, the former superintendent of Dallas ISD, as HISD’s superintendent.
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