A decal on a door inside the historic Baltimore County courthouse in Towson, the center of county government. Photo credit: Ulysses Muñoz / The Baltimore Banner.
A decal on a door inside the historic Baltimore County courthouse in Towson, the center of county government. Photo credit: Ulysses Muñoz / The Baltimore Banner.

Baltimore County’s inspector general is not allowed to look into waste, fraud and abuse in the school system.

The Baltimore County Council Tuesday night debated whether to ask the Maryland General Assembly to let the IG investigate the schools.

Republican Councilman David Marks has been frustrated for years that the council hands over half of the county’s budget to the school system but it has no oversight.

Read more (and listen) at WYPR.