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Financial errors expose problems for Georgia college

Georgia Piedmont Technical College is under federal and state scrutiny for its fiscal management. Its main campus, pictured here, is located in Clarkston. ERIC STIRGUS / ESTIRGUS@AJC.COM
Georgia Piedmont Technical College is under federal and state scrutiny for its fiscal management. Its main campus, pictured here, is located in Clarkston. ERIC STIRGUS / ESTIRGUS@AJC.COM
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May 1, 2018

Georgia Piedmont Technical College’s financial management is under the microscope after state and federal officials recently found a series of bookkeeping errors that have exposed other issues, such as its declining rainy day fund.

The Technical College System of Georgia in April dismissed Georgia Piedmont Technical College’s President Jabari Simama and suspended other top officials. System officials are scrambling to figure out what went wrong, fix the financial problems and assure about 6,000 students their educational futures are safe.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution obtained and reviewed college records, court records, Simama’s personnel file, and communicated with him and other college officials to get a clearer picture of what went wrong.

To read more, click here.

Also, return to www.myajc.com on Wednesday to read responses from Simama to some of our questions.

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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.

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