MSCS cleaning contracts offer first test for audit response plan
“We know any time you’re using human beings, there’s always going to be a level of subjectivity,” Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Roderick Richmond said. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
In response to recommendations from a state-ordered forensic audit, Memphis-Shelby County Schools officials say they are changing some of the ways they monitor contracts and document procurement processes.
MSCS has taken the auditors up on recommended corrective actions, according to a new plan submitted to the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury. The document addresses auditors’ observations and recommendations with nearly 250 plans to resolve issues associated with millions in questionable transactions.
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Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s Memphis journalism career began in 2019 at The Commercial Appeal, where she chronicled learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration.
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