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Leander ISD board approves 2025-26 internal audit plan; construction audit contingent on bond oversight committee
Summary
The Leander ISD Board of Trustees approved the internal audit committee's recommendation that Gibson Consulting conduct audits of human resources and procurement, and to seek bond oversight approval to fund an audit of construction management out of bond proceeds.
The Leander Independent School District Board of Trustees on Thursday approved the internal audit committee's recommended audit plan for the 2025-26 school year, directing Gibson Consulting to perform audits of human resources and procurement and asking the bond oversight committee to consider funding a construction-management audit from bond proceeds.
At the board's meeting, internal-audit committee members and staff summarized recent work and risk assessments used to shape the plan. Kent (last name not given in public remarks) of Gibson Consulting and Pete Poppes, the district's chief financial officer, explained that the committee balanced audit needs, audit "lift" and budget constraints when choosing audit targets.
"Procurement is very broad," Poppes said, describing the department as "the one area where you're directly controlling or managing the expenditure of taxpayer dollars." He told trustees the district has been short-staffed in procurement and the upcoming audit would help shape processes for a new hire. The committee also recommended human resources and construction management audits; construction management had the highest assessed risk but the committee proposed funding that audit from bond funds pending approval by the bond oversight committee.
Trustees discussed the choice of procurement despite its lower risk score, citing staffing vacancies and the need to set controls for a future procurement leader. Board members also asked that the committee engage stakeholders and the bond counsel before authorizing bond-funded audit work.
Trustee Anna Smith moved that the board "approve the internal audit committee's 2025-26 school year plan for Gibson Consulting to conduct internal audits and program management services for the human resource and procurement departments and associate program and cost using the general fund and using bond funds for the internal audit of construction management pending approval by the bond advisory committee and program management cost as presented." Trustee Sade Fashakun seconded the motion; the board approved it by voice vote with seven in favor.
The board was also told draft audit reports for the current year (academic program management and federal programs) are in review; final reports were expected within 30 to 45 days. Audit committee members said the selected audits aim to provide actionable process and compliance improvements rather than only identifying problems.
No separate vote records by name were read into the public record; the board recorded the motion and a 7-0 voice vote in favor.
