State Legislators Want Less Oversight of MCPS

When it comes to finding waste, fraud and abuse — or just plain old carelessness — within Maryland government, no agency does more than the Office of Legislative Audits – mainly because it’s their job...

…The office recently was given responsibility for auditing the local school systems that receive more than $5 billion a year in state funding. Those audits, however, are only being done every six years. When Myers told lawmakers that he would need 18 new auditors to do the job every three years, they gave him nine and doubled the length of time between audits.

Under state law, every agency must be audited every three years, including the clerks of court and registers of wills in every county. The law requires the agencies to release even confidential information to the auditors…

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