(KNOX/KFGO) –An audit looking into Mayville State University has found the university was incorrectly giving out tuition waivers.
The North Dakota State Auditor’s Office says cultural diversity and athletic waivers were being given out to students who did not meet the requirements for them. During a two year biennium period that wrapped up last summer, the office says that Mayville State gave more than $700,000 to 331 students.
53 students received both of those waivers during the same time for a total of more than $75,000. The auditor’s office says that students cannot receive two waivers.
The audit says some employees in the athletics department did not understand how waivers are supposed to be awarded, and were offering them as financial aid before the student applied to go to school. The audit also says that waivers were being promised for more money than the amount budgeted.
The auditor’s office says when waivers are issued the university has to find other ways to pay, which possibly means that North Dakota Tax Payers would have to help pay the bill.
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