The move comes in the aftermath of a damning audit over the deficit scandal and in the wake of the superintendent's resignation.

Independent investigators who looked into the budget crisis recommended the School Committee chair be someone other than mayor, but the position is written in the city’s charter.

Two new reports allege that Mayor Robert Sullivan could have known about the massive budget deficit months earlier than he's said in the past. The post Did Brockton’s mayor know about the looming school budget crisis?

Brockton's mayor said he didn't know about the school department's deficit until August. A new audit conflicts with those statements.