Details on the budget overspending that took place in the athletics department, the Division of Enrollment and Student Experience and the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences will not be available until early October, according to the university’s general counsel’s office.
WKU President Timothy C. Caboni first announced these overspends at the Sept. 4, 2024, meeting of the Staff Senate. Following the meeting, the Herald submitted an open records request to the general counsel’s office for WKU’s budgeted and actual expenditures and revenues for fiscal year 2024.
“For the two portions of your request seeking ‘actuals’ for fiscal year 2024, beginning on July 1, 2023, and ending on June 30, 2024, please be advised that these documents are still in draft form and are not yet final,” Assistant General Counsel Lindsey Carter wrote in an email response to the request. Draft documents are exempted from disclosure by Kentucky law.
“We expect these documents to be finalized in early October, and once final, they are subject to the Open Records Act,” Carter continued.
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