Audit: Many Kansas school districts lack basic accounting-system access controls and written policies

Sep 17, 2025

A Legislative Division of Post Audit review found that among 20 Kansas school districts examined, most lacked at least one basic access control for accounting systems and very few had written policies covering account management, identity management and user limits.

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Maury, an auditor with the Legislative Division of Post Audit, told the Legislative Post Audit Committee that his office evaluated accounting-system access controls at 20 school districts to answer whether the districts “have adequate access security controls.” He summarized the audit’s short answer: “Of the 20 districts that we reviewed, only some had adequate access controls for their accounting systems and very few had adequate written policies.”

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