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State group accuses schools of shirking audits
- 12-02-2009
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Blog by Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego
The nonprofit California League of Bond Oversight Committees is accusing numerous school district auditors, including the firm that will audit San Diego Unified, of shirking their responsibilities under a state law meant to hold schools accountable when they issue bonds to repair and replace schools. Under a state law that lowered the threshold for school districts to pass construction bonds, schools must get annual audits of their bond-funded construction and renovation programs. Anton Jungherr, executive director of CaLBOC, sent a complaint earlier this month to the California Board of Accountancy, arguing that several auditing firms statewide had helped school districts violate the law by doing milder reviews and fraudulently labeling them as the required audits. (more...)
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