Houston Independent School District doled out 1,200 credit cards; some staffers issued cards have bad credit and bankruptcies

Some HISD staffers who have been handed credit cards owe money to schools.

This story comes to us from the investigative reporters at Texas Watchdog:

http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2009/10/houston-independent-school-district...

A similar story was reported by AFP two years ago when we found out that Dallas ISD didn't maintain information on their credit card charges, and were charging around $3 million a month. Three DISD officials were indicted.

Your tax dollars at work, and more education dollars that don't make it to the classroom. Currently, only about half the education dollars are spent on instruction.