Fayette County Board of Education Chair Tyler Murphy said in a statement that a special meeting next Tuesday will include discussion of an external audit of the school district’s $827 million budget.
State auditor Allison Ball announced a review of her own earlier this summer amid a projected $16 million budget shortfall. Fayette County Public Schools Superintendent Demetrus Liggins said an internal investigation is also ongoing.
“I’m now taking a much more direct involvement and direct oversight in the area of budget and finance, and in hindsight, I wish I had asked a lot more probing questions, gotten a lot more deeply involved and been a little bit more skeptical,” Liggins said…