Legal Question in Education Law in Massachusetts

University wants to access bank account--banks says not to let them.

I was the treasurer at my university and had two separate accounts under my control, one on campus and one off campus. The on-campus account was under school control as well, and the off-campus was a personal account with only my name on the account (I tried to get other officers on it, but they wouldn't.) Well, my duties are over and now the school wants to look over the account which they've never done before, and the problem is that I don't have receipts for the transactions anymore since 1)my bag containing the register was stolen, and 2) the rest of the receipts were shredded by the bank along with everything else in the checkbook. I wasn't aware this was going to happen as they haven't done it before. I went to the bank to get a print out of the statements and the CS there told me to check with a lawyer as I had no receipts and the dean of student affairs has a grudge against me and I feel he's just looking for something to use against me. He said he's not sure the school has any right to look into the account since it's personal. I was wondering if it does have any right to look into it, or if my lack of receipts will be the reason I'm suspended at school...which I'm sure is what he's going for. Thanks in advance.

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