Houston, TEXAS

Fellow school board members went to court to bar Dansby's attendance at graduation after he had indicated he was planning to sit on stage despite his criminal conviction.

May 15, 2008 - The Harris County District Attorney's office is investigating the millions spent on the North Forest ISD special education program, including payments to consultants who may be relatives. Two video reports on the subject are online from ABC13. No criminal charges have been filed yet.

NO PLANS TO RESIGN May 15 - A trustee of the Ilief Independent School District isn't planning on resigning even after a conviction for abuse of office. Trustee Edgar Dansby III, 51, used to work for the North Forest school district as the director of human resources from 2002 to 2005. The abuse of office conviction is a misdemeanor, a result of asking the school board to pay to rent collars to represent his college alma mater, that he wore to high school graduation ceremonies as a district representative. Only he never had a degree.

Earlier this year, Dansby was cited in a district audit for not disclosing that he worked for a company that was a subcontractor for the district. He also has been convicted of theft and pleaded no contest to a prostitution charge in the 1980s.

He has been an elected member of the Ilief school board since 2000.

BARRED FROM ATTENDING COMMENCEMENT May 29 - A judge signed an injunction that would bar Dansby from attending commencement Friday. Dansby pleaded guilty to abuse of office earlier this month, admitting that he spent tax money to lie about his own education.

Trustees voted 4-1 to seek the restraining order. Dansby, who was not in court, said he would comply with the judge's final ruling. Prosecutors planned to ask a judge to remove him from his elected office at his sentencing hearing scheduled for June 4.