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LPA audit: most school districts lack full accounting‑system access controls
Summary
A Legislative Post Audit review found none of 20 sampled Kansas school districts had adequate accounting system access controls across account management, identity management, and user limits.
A Legislative Post Audit examination of 20 Kansas school districts' accounting systems found pervasive weaknesses in access controls and security practices.
The audit team, led by senior auditor Amori Exline, assessed 12 control elements grouped in three categories: account management (who creates/modifies accounts and how change requests are documented), identity management (unique IDs, password controls, failed‑login handling, multifactor authentication) and user limits (authorized user lists, high‑dollar approval workflows, adjustment rights and segregation of duties).
Exline told the committee that none of the…
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