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Audit committee flags HR certification gaps, readies new auditor as charter changes proposed
Summary
The school district audit committee presented a quarterly report to the Manatee County School Board on June 10 that identified three findings in a human-resources audit, described immediate fixes to HR systems and controls, and announced a planned transition from long-time internal-audit firm CRI to RSM.
Manatee County— The school districtaudit committee reported three findings from a recent human-resources audit and recommended implementation steps while explaining a planned change in internal-audit firms.
The committeereported the most significant finding as gaps in tracking teachersworking "out of field" and a related three-year temporary certificate process. Jim Daniel, chair of the audit committee, told the School Board the HR database lacked a field to reliably mark temporary out-of-field certificates and that some teachers remained listed as out of field beyond the statutory window. "It's a very exciting time in the audit committee right now with everything that's going on," Daniel said as he described the report and follow-up work.
Why it matters: the problem combines personnel, compliance and risk. If certification records are incomplete or not shared across districts, staff may teach subjects for which they lack required credentials, exposing teachers and the district to legal and payroll compliance risk and potentially affecting classroom instruction.
Key findings and immediate…
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