Dallas audit finds fault with district financial operation

A long-overdue audit presented to Dallas school trustees reveals a finance staff that failed to carry out basic accounting practices, employees who ignored internal controls and others who often broke federal grant spending rules. After months of delays, the final report provided example after example of how the Dallas Independent School District failed to safeguard and track taxpayer money. The report disclosed no evidence of malfeasance, but it says the finance department is populated with poorly trained workers who often flout the district’s internal controls with no consequences.