Email shows Treasurer’s office wrongly claimed they have no role to assist Nadaburg district

Horne rebuts Treasurer’s denial

PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne is rebutting a denial by Treasurer Kim Yee that her office was unaware of its duty to review and approve a cash advance for the Nadaburg Unified School District northwest of Phoenix.

Yee stated in a letter sent to Horne on Tuesday, Sept. 30, “…the press release suggests that ASTO was somehow unaware of its duty to review and approve the cash advance request under A.R.S. § 15-973(C). This is incorrect.”

However, Yee’s office sent this email to ADE on August 29:

    Message: Hello, my name is Nick Barnhiser and I am the Network

    Admin at the State Treasurer's Office. Our Treasurer, Kimberly

    Yee made us aware of some emails she is getting from a Ryan Young

    at the Department of Education via Adobe Sign asking her to sign

    a Cash Advance for the Nadaburg School District. This is not

    something the Treasurer nor our office handles and the message

    was forwarded to us as possibly fraudulent. Doing a quick search

    i was able to determine that Ryan Young does seem to be a staff

    member at the Dept of Ed so perhaps these are being sent by

    mistake? I was not able to obtain Ryan's contact information. If

    someone could look into this for us it would be appreciated. The

    emails have been hitting her inbox consistently for the past

    several days and we are hesitant to put any blocks in place for

    fear of interrupting potentially legitimate mail. If more

    information is needed please let us know. Thank you!

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2025 8:51 AM
To: Questions <[email protected]>
Subject: Form submission from: Communicate with ADE

==Contact Information==

    First Name: Nick

    Last Name: Barnhiser

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone Number: (602) 542-

    Organization: AZ State Treasury