An internal investigation by the City College of San Francisco has found that a former chancellor steered $35,000 in college funds to campaigns for two state ballot measures, a possible violation of state law, the San Francisco Chroncle reported on Wednesday.

A report of the investigation’s findings says that Philip R. Day Jr., who this year became president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, ordered more than $35,000 to be routed through a nonprofit foundation and donated to two state education initiatives in 2006, according to the newspaper. The transactions appear to violate state laws prohibiting the use of taxpayer funds for political campaigns and concealing the source of political donations, according to the report, which has not been publicly released.

The report is the latest in a series of investigations into the college’s use of funds for political purposes. After a series of articles in the San Francisco Chronicle last year, another internal investigation found that college officials had inappropriately diverted $30,000 in lease payments from the community college to a committee supporting a bond measure to provide funds for campus construction. A grand jury is investigating those donations.

The most recent audit appears to allege more substantial violations of the law than previous findings by the college, and it says the financial transactions had been ordered directly by Mr. Day, who was the college’s chancellor until March. In an interview on Tuesday with the San Francisco Chronicle, Mr. Day said he had not seen the report’s findings, but denied misusing college funds.

“That did not happen,” Mr. Day said, when told about the audit. “That is not true.” —Josh Keller