Audits of Kansas school districts show possible areas of improvement

? Auditors have completed the last reviews of Kansas school districts, suggesting there may be ways to make public education more fiscally efficient.

Three more audits were presented Thursday to legislators, bringing the total to seven districts reviewed. There were several areas that surfaced in each of the audits that legislators say may help save state and local education dollars.

Among them are changes in the way districts manage purchases of supplies, arrange their academic schedules and provide cell phones to teachers and staff.

What the audits didn’t find was a widespread misuse of funding or significant policy issues that lawmakers said would merit legislative action next year.