
The Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts released an audit of the Baldwin County Board of Education (BOE) that flagged a professional consultant agreement as a violation of the board’s own policy, though the school system strongly disputes the finding.

According to the department, the financial examination was used to determine if public officers, agents, and employees with the Space Science Exhibit Commission and the Space Science Exhibit Finance Authority were properly and lawfully accounting for all money and other public assets.

The Randolph County Commission could be negatively impacted by a recent audit by the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.

Fraud, mismanagement, abuse, lack of policies and controls, understaffing and overspending are just some of the findings reported in the four financial audits that have led to major shakeups in Hoover, Helena and Homewood.

The Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts found 29 recent instances of legal and financial noncompliance at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, according to an audit released on Friday.

A recent state audit report found that a Birmingham charter school misspent or failed to document more than $300,000 in funds over the course of two years.