After a state report showed Prince George’s County Public Schools is not following the law when awarding contracts, the head of schools says there will be a deeper investigation to determine the reasons why and if there was criminal intent.
Interim CEO Dr. Monica Goldson is calling for a forensic audit by an outside agency to look at 13 sole-source contracts worth $6.8 million that did not have school board approval or any justification for being sole-sourced.
State investigators with the Office of Legislative Audits did a random sample of contracts in their audit, so problems identified could be more prevalent.
FOX 5 asked Dr. Goldson Tuesday if school employees could have been getting kickbacks from the contracts in question.
“That’s what a forensic audit will actually reveal,” Goldson said. She went on to say the audit will look for ethical wrongdoing and criminality.
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