Dallas district awards contracts to those with close ties to school system

April 21, 2008
Practice is legal, but some question propriety of allowing it

The Dallas school district has repeatedly awarded contracts worth millions of dollars to companies whose top executives hold key leadership posts within the district--including school board President Jack Lowe. Just how much money their construction and architectural firms have been paid is unclear, school officials acknowledge, because the district tracks only some payments. And the district could not provide state-required records in which trustees report financial conflicts of interest.

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