Internal auditor

Key facts

• Current holder: Gibson Consulting.¹
• Award: Sept. 7, 2023, after a request for qualifications with 3 responses.¹
• Amount stated in the award: none (“contingent upon successful contract negotiation”).¹
• Paid, 2023-24 to 2025-26: $832,663.¹

In short

An internal auditor checks whether the district follows its own rules. The current firm was picked in 2023, with no dollar amount stated.¹ It has been paid $832,663 over three years.¹

Related: outside auditor · committees · finance office

Layer 1: What this office does

An internal auditor checks whether the district follows its own rules and spends well: payroll, buying, building projects. Since 2023 the board’s Audit Committee oversees the outside firm doing this work.²

Layer 2: How it is checked

The board approves the firm and its audit plan. The 2023 award didn’t state a dollar amount, so the public couldn’t see the cost when it was approved.¹

Questions to ask

• Where will the board post the scope of its audit of how the board works?
• Where does the internal auditor’s yearly plan get posted?

Changes to this page

• Nov. 2, 2026: Added questions to ask.

What you can do or watch next

• Watch for internal audit reports on board agendas.

What we still don’t know

• We have not seen the full scope of the 2026 audit of how the board works.

Layer 3: Key work

• A list of internal audit reports and their findings.
• The yearly audit plan as approved by the board.
• Paid so far: $832,663 over three years, rising each year.³ A governance audit was added in July 2026 for about $110,000–$125,000.⁴

The district’s side

Hiring by qualifications first and then negotiating the price is a normal way to buy professional services.

Footnotes

1. Board packet Sept. 7, 2023, p.49 (packet); ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

2. Board packet Sept. 7, 2023, p.49: board created an Audit Committee on Feb. 9, 2023; 3 firms answered the request, 2 presented, the committee picked Gibson. ↩

3. Leander ISD check register: $70,745 (2023-24), $299,805 (2024-25), $462,113 (2025-26), total $832,663. ↩

4. Board packet July 23, 2026, p.11 (item on p.3): governance audit estimated $110,000–$125,000, consent list, 6-0 (packet). ↩