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Internal auditors find gaps in district special-education documentation; recommend handbook, KPIs and training
Summary
RSM auditors told the Lee County School Board that a review of 40 IEPs showed missing parental participation records, widespread undocumented services and incomplete progress reporting; auditors recommended a handbook, KPIs, quarterly sampling and targeted training, and proposed IT, budgeting and contract audits for fiscal 2026.
Matt Blondell, director of internal audit for RSM, and audit team member Weiss Campbell presented results of the firm’s review of the district’s Exceptional Student Education (ESE) services and the firm’s proposed fiscal-year 2026 audit plan to the Lee County School Board on Aug. 5. RSM said the ESE review focused on regulatory compliance and the IEP (individualized education program) development and implementation process.
The audit team said it tested 40 IEPs and more than 400 services and accommodations and found three recurring exceptions: one IEP lacked documented parental participation or a parent-decline record; auditors could not substantiate the delivery of about 76% of the sampled services and accommodations; and 11 of 36 IEPs that required progress reporting had not uploaded those reports to the state tracking system. "We did identify 2 high risk observations," Campbell said during…
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