State panel finds fault with city schools’ transportation issue

YOUNGSTOWN — The state fiscal oversight commission controlling city school district finances has some serious issues with the results of the school board’s bidding of a transportation support-services contract.

Roger Nehls, commission chairman, said that, from his perspective, the process was flawed and the document the district put out seeking bids was flawed.

He said he advised the district of that before the document came to the commission for approval in July.

It wasn’t changed and the commission voted to disapprove it, but the school board put it out to bid anyway.

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