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Comptroller Releases Audit of TSU

Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Feb 24, 2023

A special report on Tennessee State University from the state comptroller recommends lawmakers vacate and restructure the school’s board of trustees and hire new administrators, the Tennessee Lookout reports. Lawmakers tasked the comptroller’s office with examining a spike in enrollment at the historically Black university in Nashville and subsequent problems related to a lack of on-campus housing and the processing of scholarships. Several students and parents filed complaints with the state, triggering the examination. “The comptroller’s audit revealed some valid concerns that must be addressed, but the historical precedent and context that brought us to this point matters,” Sen. Charlane Oliver, D-Nashville, said in a statement. “The audit omitted the critical responsibility of the legislature to adequately fund the institution, which is a direct result of the situation that lends itself in today.”