NORFOLK, Neb. -- A former Norfolk Public Schools administrator is facing a misdemeanor charge related to allegedly falsified documents uncovered by the Nebraska State Auditor's office.

According to court documents, 53-year-old Dr. Bill Robinson was charged with abuse of public records on Wednesday in Madison County Court.

NPS announced on Aug. 2 that Robinson had tendered his resignation, effective Aug. 15. A day after Robinson issued his resignation letter, State Auditor Mike Foley released a report accusing the former associate superintendent of falsifying key documents to try to secure funding reimbursement from a federal grant program. 

The grant programs reimburse school districts for certain allowed expenses, but the requests have to be turned in within the specifically designated time frames. 

Earlier this year, but six months after the submission date, the district had reportedly applied for reimbursement for over $5,000 in expenses. Because the submission was late, it was rejected by the department, Foley said.

The auditor's press release stated that a district employee had contacted the department to ask about a possible way to fix the rejection of the application, and they were told that the request was too overdue for them to legally process it. 

Days later, Robinson reportedly contacted the department and explained the original reimbursement document had been sent in error, and the correct paperwork was on its way. 

The new documentation was submitted by Robinson the next day, and it was also denied. 

The auditor's press release said that the information within the document had been changed with revised purchase dates and a different grant year for when the expenses were incurred "presumably to allow the reimbursement payment to be processed during the following grant period."

When Foley's team requested the relevant document, the district reportedly sent the auditors the original submission and not the allegedly newly falsified paperwork that Robison sent to the department. 

In addition, Robinson allegedly appeared to have tried to hide how the expenses at issue were approved by the Norfolk Board of Education, the means of making those expenditures, and their actual purchase dates. 

Robinson is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 12.