{"id":260861,"date":"2026-08-07T07:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260861\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T07:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:18:09","slug":"city-controller-to-do-a-performance-audit-of-philadelphia-school-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260861\/","title":{"rendered":"City controller to do a performance audit of Philadelphia School District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 Philadelphia\u2019s city controller will conduct a performance audit of the school district at the request of City Council.<\/p>\n<p>Funding the school district has long been a challenge. Its share of revenue from property taxes does not cover its needs. The city has been regularly increasing its contribution, but Mayor Cherelle Parker made a pitch last spring for a \u201crecurring and reliable\u201d funding source through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/kywnewsradio\/news\/local\/parker-proposes-rideshare-tax-to-help-philly-school-district-budget-defecit#:~:text=PHILADELPHIA%20(KYW%20Newsradio)%20%E2%80%94%20Philadelphia,out%20of%20its%20budget%20deficit.&amp;text=Parker%20had%20proposed%20a%2020,into%20effect%20in%20July%202027.\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">rideshare tax<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal got wrapped up in council\u2019s anger over a separate, unrelated district plan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/kywnewsradio\/news\/local\/philadelphia-school-board-approves-budget-cuts\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to close 17 schools<\/a>. Ultimately, the rideshare tax died, but council promised to try to find a recurring revenue source.<\/p>\n<p>Council President Kenyatta Johnson said the audit will assess how effectively the district uses its revenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not saying there\u2019s any type of wrongdoing happening or funds aren\u2019t being used properly. This is about transparency, accountability, as well as making sure taxpayer dollars are being used efficiently,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>School Board President Reginald Streater said he looks \u201cforward to understanding the scope of the audit and ensuring it\u2019s constructive and focused on helping the district work for students, families and educators.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Parker said she welcomes the audit because \u201ctransparency makes us stronger.\u201d But she added audits can\u2019t solve the district\u2019s financial challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 Philadelphia\u2019s city controller will conduct a performance audit of the school district at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[18253,11043,69,71,70,1998],"class_list":["post-260861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-audit","tag-city-controller","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-school-district-of-philadelphia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}