6/15/2026 - FCPS School Board Audit Committee Meeting

The Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) School Board Audit Committee met on June 15, 2026, to review several audit reports focusing on financial and operational controls within the school system. Key procurement-related discussions included findings from business process audits at various high schools, highlighting issues such as missing documentation for student auto sales at Marshall High School, bypassed purchasing processes, and incomplete reconciliations of purchase card transactions. The committee also reviewed continuous monitoring reports that identified systemic issues like untimely invoice payments and procurement card statement reconciliations, as well as a significant exception involving a field trip contract exceeding $200,000 that initially bypassed standard procurement channels. Additionally, the audit of hourly employee pay bands and stipends revealed inefficiencies and inconsistencies due to manual, decentralized processes, with recommendations to implement system controls through a new Human Capital Management (HCM) system to improve payroll accuracy and compliance. The committee discussed follow-up actions, including management's commitment to corrective measures and plans to revisit these audits in future meetings to ensure resolution of outstanding recommendations.