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State superintendent proposes separating internal audit and program evaluation; board members cite 2017 audit concerns
Summary
An informational proposal would reorganize MDE offices so internal audit and program evaluation report directly to the board; board members referenced a 2017 state auditor report that criticized past oversight and urged stronger, independent reporting lines.
State education leaders presented an informational proposal Aug. 21 to reorganize parts of the Mississippi Department of Education so that the internal audit and program-evaluation offices operate with direct reporting lines to the State Board of Education.
State Superintendent Doctor Robert Evans introduced the idea as a structural change — not a personnel action — intended to give internal audit and program evaluation greater autonomy and clearer lines of accountability to the board while preserving daily operational links to the superintendent's office.
"The goal is that each of those two offices have the independence to do what they need to do and to report to…
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