https://tennesseelookout.com/2021/03/22/education-commissioner-runs-into-possible-conflict-with-8m-contract/
>Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn signed a multimillion-dollar deal in March with a New York-based company as part of the state’s reading initiative, a move lawmakers say creates a potential conflict of interest because her husband works for the vendor.
>If lawmakers call Schwinn on the carpet, it wouldn’t be the first time. The General Assembly passed legislation in 2020 removing the education commissioner as a voting member of the Tennessee Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission and took away the commissioner’s ability to grant waivers for school districts seeking to use unapproved books and materials.
>This isn’t the first time the Schwinns have run into a possible conflict of interest, either. According to a report by Exceptional Delaware, Penny Schwinn took a post as chief of accountability and performance officer with Delaware Department of Education around 2014. Shortly after that, the Delaware Leadership Project hired her husband as director of leadership development. The group was funded by the Delaware Department of Education, Rodel Foundation of Delaware and The Vision Network, according to the report.
WHO MADE THIS RECOMMENDATION AND WHEN DO WE THE PEOPLE GET THEIR RESIGNATION MR. PRESIDENT?
