The Texas State Auditor John Keel, released his audit of the Cscope debacle today, June 9, 2014.
His findings are of no surprise to me. How sad that millions of our tax dollars have been mishandled by our Texas Education Service Centers.
Some key points in Mr. Keel’s audit are the following:
- Education Service Centers reported they collected 73.9 million from School districts, private schools, charter schools from Sept 2005 through August 2013.
- Education Service Centers reported a expenditures to be 67.8 million.
- Auditors were not able to verify the total amount that education service centers reported they paid for the development, installation, distribution, and marketing of CSCOPE because some of the education service centers did not separately track CSCOPE-related expenditure transactions
- Some of the Texas Education Service Centers did not separately track their Cscope revenue transactions.
- As a result, auditors were not able to fully answer the audit objective to determine the amount of revenue and expenditures related to the development, installation, distribution, and marketing of CSCOPE.
- Auditors identified deficiencies in the processes used to procure and monitor the CSCOPE contracts.
- The contracts between Region 8-Mount Pleasant and National Education Resources, Inc. from 2006 through 2011 lacked significant elements. (Ratliff Disrict)
- Region 8-Mount Pleasant was unable to provide its 2005 contract for the development and implementation of the curriculum management system because it destroyed all supporting documentation from the 2005-2006 school year based on its records retention schedule. (shocking?)
- Auditors identified deficiencies in Region 8-Mount Pleasant’s procurement of the CSCOPE contracts in effect from 2006 through 2011.
- Auditors were not able to determine the total amount of rebates paid to Region 8-Mount Pleasant or the other education service centers.
You can read more of the auditors report HERE.
FYI… The Education Service Centers have changed the name of CSCOPE to TEKS RESOURCE SYSTEM (TRS) due to the name CSCOPE getting so much bad press. The contents is still the same. Lessons may have been removed but the same MARXIST/Collective philosophy is behind it and your tax dollars are paying for it.
