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The Legislative Audit Commission heard audit reviews for three
public universities throughout the state. For Northern Illinois
University, there were 15 findings officials said were not
material and they are working on repeated findings.
President Lisa Freeman said they hope to change a state law
requiring tracking work hours in 15 minute increments.
“Where appropriate, NIU and sister public universities seek
legislative changes as the corrective action to audit findings,”
Freeman said.
State Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, said enough is enough.
“You're a state employee. And quite frankly, the entire dialog
about, well, which is a litany of excuses and opinions as to why
this law should be ignored doesn't matter, because it's the
law,” Rose said. “I am done with the excuse. You guys have tried
for 20 years to change the law. Like I said, I was one of these
idiots that for a long time agreed with the notion that we
should change the law.”
It was a different story when Rose questioned Northeastern
Illinois University President Katrina Bell if their faculty
fills out time cards.
“Yes they do,” Bell said.
“Interesting,” Rose said. “You may be the only ones.”
State taxpayers give NEIU nearly $40 million annually. The most
recent audit found 11 audit findings with 8 repeated findings
from previous audits.
Also reviewed Friday was an audit for Chicago State University,
which gets $42.6 million from state taxpayers. For CSU, there
were 14 findings, 12 were repeated findings from previous
audits.
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