PRATTVILLE Ala.
Financial aid abuse at Bishop State Community College has led state examiners to expand the scope of their audits, but such problems have not been found at other schools so far, an examiner told system presidents Tuesday.
A February examiners report on Bishop State found more than $400,000 in questioned costs at the Mobile school. More than 25 employees including the school’s financial aid director and their relatives have been charged with theft and are suspected of getting federal aid fraudulently.
Larry Williard, who oversees the system’s audits for the Examiners of Public Accounts, said the Bishop State case has caused auditors to begin running searches using employees’ social security numbers at all schools to see if they are receiving federal funds. No other cases have been found, he said.
