News BREC’s 2024 Audit Officially Released by Louisiana Legislative Auditor

Baton Rouge, LouisianaMay 26, 2026BREC's audit for 2024 has officially been released on the LLA, Louisiana Legislative Auditor, website for public access. The audit was completed by a third-party company, EisnerAmper, LLP and provides an unmodified opinion on the basic financial statements, procedures and planning of BREC in 2024.    

The audit is a true reflection of how much the agency has grown in the last 4 years and applied our commitment to managing public resources responsibly.   

The biggest takeaway is that NO internal fraud or misappropriation was detected.   

The audit shows 8 deficiencies in 2024: 

• 5 are expected to be resolved and rectified by the time of the 2025 audit completion. 
• 3 are largely due to past communication gaps within the agency. Improvement efforts for this are already in place. 
• Worth noting, there were 18 deficiencies in the 2023 audit. This is a 55% reduction year over year.  

Several of the repeated findings identified in BREC’s audit were the result of delays in the audit process itself. As noted by the auditors at EisnerAmper, certain issues were not communicated to the organization in time for corrective action to be implemented before the subsequent audit period. Once these matters were formally identified and shared, BREC began taking steps to address and resolve them. 

BREC updated compliance rules and worked diligently to ensure all employees are responsible, aware and held accountable for their actions when in charge of BREC purchases or equipment. By reducing the number of purchase cards used by department managers, supervisors and administrative assistants from 259 to 70, we have noticed significant improvement.  

“We monitor the usage of every card more closely by checking bank accounts and all transactions consistently. It is also policy to penalize an employee for any personal or unauthorized purchases,” said Rhonda Williams, BREC Director of Finance.   

BREC is now up-to-date on all audits and plans to have the 2025 audit release on schedule. “We completed four audits in 18 months, which was a huge accomplishment,” said Williams. 

“We are being transparent with taxpayer dollars, following our policies and restoring confidence is our mission every day. We are grateful for the immense efforts of the Finance Department and our entire team for helping get us to this respectful position,” said Janet Simmons, Interim Superintendent.  

To view the full 2024 audit, please visit the LLA website here.