LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A recent audit found the Kentucky Department of Education is lacking in a few areas.
Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts (APA) Allison Ball released the findings of a special examination of the KDE on July 1, 2025.
Lawmakers got their first chance to ask questions about the more than 500-page report during a hearing Monday.
It found KDE lacks measurable benchmarks for gauging student success. The state auditor also found a $250 million lapse in SEEK funding.
"We did not find big ticket, glaring, glaring problems other than the SEEKfunding," Allison Ball, Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts, said at Monday's hearing. "We did find areas where there were problems with budgeting like we did find. I don't mean budgeting as in, like, money going in the wrong place. I mean the way they track."
SEEK is a formula-driven allocation of state funds to Kentucky's school districts.
Kentucky lawmakers and House Bill 825 required this examination of KDE to identify improvements needed within the agency. The auditor's office worked with PCG Consulting Group to conduct an "extensive examination" of KDE’s activities from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2024.
The audit comes as KDE continues work on its own strategic plan.
For a look at the full report, click here.
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