D.C. schools budget controversy broadens

Internal records obtained by the Washington Examiner contradict the statement of a top finance official who said earlier this week the city did not have funds to cover the schools’ proposed teacher contract.

The material came to light during a week of finger-pointing between D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee and Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi about who is to blame regarding the bombshell revelation of a surplus of schools funds in the same year that 266 teachers were fired for lack of money.