HB535 Alabama 2013 Session

Under existing law, a city board of education is required to be audited as soon as possible after July first of each year and the audit report may be published

This bill would require a city board of education to be audited by July 31 of each year, to provide online access to its audit report, and to submit the audit report to the Department of Education

This bill would authorize a circuit judge of the judicial circuit in which a city or county board of education is located to compel the city or county board of education to conduct an audit or submit the audit report to the Department of Education within a time period prescribed by the circuit judge

This bill would require the Department of Education to provide online access to the audit report of a city or county board of education that does not have a website and keep a database of city and county boards of education audit records to ensure that each city and county board of education complies with this act

Relating to audits of city and county boards of education; to amend Section 16-11-22, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to city board of educations audits; to require a city board of education to be audited by July 31 of each year, to provide online access to its audit report, and to submit the audit report to the Department of Education; to authorize a circuit judge of the judicial circuit in which a city or county board of education is located to compel the city or county board of education to conduct an audit or submit the audit report to the Department of Education; and to require the Department of Education to provide online access to the audit report of a city or county board of education that does not have a website and keep a database of city and county boards of education audit reports.