Paperwork mixup over Granite Falls school employees resolved

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, June 7, 2017

GRANITE FALLS — A mix-up when a task was handed off from one department to another in the Granite Falls School District led to a lack of proper documentation for the use of nearly $270,000.

State auditors identified the problem in a report released May 30. The district was supposed to the track time and effort of employees paid with federal special education dollars. Out of $474,363 in funding, $268,451 did not have the right documentation.

The district provided other records to show that the money was spent appropriately, and auditors are not questioning the costs.

The documents were lacking for five employees. The error happened because the responsibility of handling them was reassigned from payroll to the student services department, according to the audit.

In a written response to auditors, district officials acknowledged a miscommunication after the task was reassigned and promised to solve the problem.