The Jersey City Board of Education announced the summary findings of the second part of the special education audit, with the full report is not available to the board nor the public since it has been referred to law enforcement who have opened a criminal investigation.
At Thursday’s over seven-hour meeting, the third-party firm that conducted the audit, Lerch, Vinci, and Bliss LLP, released a 3-page summary of their findings.
While the full 80-page audit report was referred to law enforcement, authorities directed the board not to release the full audit to the board or public so as to not impede an ongoing investigation, according to Superintendent of Schools Dr. Norma Fernandez.
“We made the necessary changes to the varying departments as we received feedback. The last part was the special education department … Following the release of part one of our districtwide special education audit, the auditing firm has been completing the highly complex second phase,” Fernandez added…