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CSCU leaders defend new p‑card controls and warn against mandating CoreCT as sole finance system
Summary
CSCU officials told the Higher Education Committee they are centralizing procurement controls, digitizing p‑card records and cutting p‑cards by about 18% while urging lawmakers not to mandate CoreCT as the system of record and to reconsider a proposed residency requirement for leaders.
Cameron Liston, introduced as the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities system’s chief compliance officer, told the legislature’s Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee that the system has moved to tighten financial controls after public scrutiny and recent findings.
Liston said the system formed a policy committee to standardize and clarify systemwide policies, introduced a centralized purchasing‑card policy expected to take effect April 1, and plans to transition to a digitized record‑keeping vendor for real‑time oversight in February 2025. He said the policy standardizes spending limits, prohibits alcohol, firearms and discretionary entertainment charges except when mission‑related, requires continuing education for cardholders, and has already…
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