Print

Email story

Comment

Email editor

Trustees ask why FAMU instructors aren't paid

It's the latest in a string of financial troubles at the school.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published February 16, 2007

TALLAHASSEE - Florida A&M trustees want answers from interim president Castell Bryant why scores of adjunct professors and graduate assistants have not been paid, some since the school year started.

"There appears to be no regard for university, state and federal requirements," at key control points, Bryant said in responses to several trustees.

Bryant said the university needs to determine where the breakdowns occurred to prevent a recurrence.

"People have been working night and day to try to get the matter resolved," FAMU spokeswoman LaNedra Carroll said Thursday, adding that some employees have now been paid.

Earlier this month, the trustees named alumnus and former FAMU administrator James Ammons as president of the school, which has been beset with problems ranging from hazing to accounting mistakes.

Auditors found staff could not find reconciled bank accounts for 2004's second half, had mixed up credits and debits on ledgers and could not provide budget policies. Daily cash reports had figures that were crossed out and marked with correction fluid.

[Last modified February 16, 2007, 01:53:29]