Nevada to audit public schools districts

(The Heart Sq.) – Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has ordered all public faculties districts within the state to bear an audit, his administration introduced on Monday.

The transfer comes after Lombardo stated in his State of the State handle that he wished to see better transparency and accountability in schooling.

An govt order, signed final Friday, directs Division of Inner Audits to look at the state’s 17 public faculty districts in addition to the Nevada State Constitution Faculty Authority. Faculty superintendents and the chief director of the State Public Constitution Authority have till March 1 to submit exterior, third-party audits to the division, which is a part of the Governor’s Finance Workplace.

As soon as the data has been submitted, the division will creator a report “that summarizes the findings of its audit overview, identifies any deficiencies, and gives suggestions to treatment the recognized deficiencies,” in line with the governor’s workplace.

Lombardo stated throughout his State of the State handle that his administration will “guarantee our methods of accountability and transparency are sturdy and enforced.”

“If we don’t start seeing outcomes, I’ll be standing right here in two years calling for systematic adjustments to the governance and management in K-12 schooling,” he stated.

Lombardo additionally referred to as for the discharge of NevadaESSER.org, an internet site created by the state to teach the general public on how federal reduction {dollars} are used for faculties in Nevada.