Did Superintendent Demetrus Liggins and the five-member Fayette County school board do their jobs in tracking the district’s expenses and overseeing its budget?
That’s a question a Fayette County Public Schools district audit committee wants to know. And on Monday, it recommended an external auditor set to be hired by the school board verifies that the superintendent and other leaders are providing adequate oversight of the budget. .
Nick Clark, the district’s internal auditor and a non-voting member of the audit committee that helps the school board oversee financial reporting, presented wide-ranging recommendations at Monday’s school board planning meeting…