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Broward audit committee flags systemic inventory, HR control gaps after missing laptops report
Summary
The audit committee told the School Board workshop it will pursue follow-up work after the district's chief auditor flagged gaps that let COVID-era laptops go missing. Committee leaders and the chief auditor described conflicting policies and weak central controls as causes.
The School Board of Broward County's audit committee on May 9 told the full board it will press for follow-up work after auditors traced 66 missing COVID-era laptops to systemic gaps in how the district records and reconciles property.
The issue emerged during a March audit and was summarized at the board's workshop by Audit Committee Chair Dr. Natalie Lynch Walsh. "Buckle up because it gets a little bumpy around here," she told the board as she described the findings and the committee's next steps.
Lynch Walsh and the committee said the problem flows from conflicting rules about who is custodian of school property. Lynch Walsh said the district's business practice bulletin does not require schools to reconcile inventory and…
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