A “significant deficiency” was found by the Alabama State Department of Public Examiners when the agency looked at the finances of the Elmore County Board of Education.
The finding said an employee misused BOE accounts. The BOE’s response said the auditor’s issue is in the system’s Child Nutrition Program.
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