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Chester Union Free School District – Financial Management and Board Oversight (2016M-95)
… The Chester Union Free School District is located in the Town of Chester, Orange County. The District, which … officials did not maintain the District’s fund balance in accordance with statutory requirements and did not use the … Ensure that the amount of unrestricted fund balance is in compliance with the statutory limit and reduce the amount …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/22/chester-union-free-school-district-financial-management-and-boardBay Shore Union Free School District – Financial Condition and Audit of Claims (2015M-57)
… The Bay Shore Union Free School District is located in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County. The District, which is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/11/22/bay-shore-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-and-audit-claimsEast Quogue Union Free School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-8)
… safeguarded information technology (IT) assets acquired or in use during the audit period. Key Findings District … officials cannot assure taxpayers that money invested in IT assets has been appropriately spent or safeguarded. We … prices of approximately $8,200 were not inventoried. In addition, annual inventories were not conducted, IT …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/east-quogue-union-free-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-8Mount Sinai Union Free School District – Financial Management (2013M-227)
Mount Sinai Union Free School District Financial Management 2013M227
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/10/16/mount-sinai-union-free-school-district-financial-management-2013m-227East Hampton Union Free School District – Financial Software User Access (2016M-340)
… Findings The Board has not annually designated a system administrator. Instead, the Board annually appoints a Network … a proper segregation of duties. Users were given system administrator rights when they shouldn’t have been, giving … information. Key Recommendations Annually designate an administrator for the financial software to clarify who is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/12/30/east-hampton-union-free-school-district-financial-software-user-accessTuckahoe Union Free School District – Financial Condition and Information Technology (2015M-152)
… The Tuckahoe Union Free School District is located in the Town of Eastchester, in Westchester County. The District, which operates two … Include all estimated expenditures and revenues in the budget, including tax certiorari judgments and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/10/16/tuckahoe-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-and-informationWest Canada Valley Central School District – Access to the Student Information System (2016M-96)
… July 1, 2014 through January 31, 2016. Background The West Canada Valley Central School District is located in the Towns … West Canada Valley Central School District Access to the Student …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/08/west-canada-valley-central-school-district-access-student-informationVillage of Hempstead – Budget Review (B17-7-6)
… $4.2 million to liquidate the accumulated deficit in the Village's general, special revenue and internal … that the significant revenue and expenditure projections in the proposed budget are reasonable. Based on the 2017-18 … rely on real property taxes as an increased revenue source in the future is limited. Key Recommendations This budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2017/04/14/village-hempstead-budget-review-b17-7-6Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District - Information Technology (2023M-104)
… ensured that unneeded network user accounts were disabled in a timely manner. Key Findings District officials did not … ensure that unneeded network user accounts were disabled in a timely manner. As a result, 21 percent of the District’s … unneeded network user accounts. These accounts had last log on dates ranging from March 2014 to November 2022. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/12/08/hastings-hudson-union-free-school-district-information-technology-2023mWillsboro Central School District – Student State Aid (2023M-119)
… 2023, the District had not claimed $55,771 in State aid to which it was entitled, of which $52,640 would have already been … manner. The District also claimed $8,569 in aid to which it was not entitled. District officials also did not: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/02/02/willsboro-central-school-district-student-state-aid-2023m-119DiNapoli: Tax Cap Remains at 2% for 2025
… Property tax levy growth will be capped at 2% for 2025 for local governments that operate on a calendar-based … with state law, DiNapoli’s office calculated the 2025 inflation factor at 3.30% for those local governments … Property tax levy growth will be capped at 2 for 2025 for local governments that operate on a calendarbased …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-tax-cap-remains-2-percent-2025Franklin-Essex-Hamilton Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Capital Project State Aid (2024M-39)
… school districts (districts) had not received $652,054 in State aid they were entitled to for the project, and two districts received $916,278 in aid before being entitled to it. In addition, if officials do not claim approximately $1.5 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2024/07/12/franklin-essex-hamilton-board-cooperative-educational-services-capital-projectAkron Central School District – Controls Over Compensatory Time (2014M-24)
… Background The Akron Central School District is located in the Towns of Alden, Clarence and Newstead in Erie County, the Towns of Lockport and Royalton in Niagara … Budgeted appropriations for the 2013-14 fiscal year total approximately $29.1 million. Key Findings The Board has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/06/20/akron-central-school-district-controls-over-compensatory-time-2014m-24Town of Webb Union Free School District – Financial Management (2022M-53)
… report - pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Webb Union Free School District (District) Board (Board) … in the 2018-19 through 2020-21 budgets by a total of $3.7 million (16 percent) and appropriated fund balance … fund balance increased to approximately 26 percent, as of June 30, 2021, exceeding the four percent statutory limit. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/07/08/town-webb-union-free-school-district-financial-management-2022m-53Wheelerville Union Free School District – Unused IT Asset Inventory (2022M-2)
… IT equipment that had not been sanitized of data prior to storage. We were unable to identify 354 unused IT assets (91 … obsolete IT equipment is free from data prior to storage or authorized disposal. Conduct and compare periodic …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/05/27/wheelerville-union-free-school-district-unused-it-asset-inventory-2022m-2Valhalla Union Free School District – Network User Accounts (2022M-26)
… ranging from January 3, 2012, to September 3, 2021, and account for 15 percent of the District’s network user … procedures were followed to communicate network user account changes to the IT vendor. Leaving unneeded network …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/17/valhalla-union-free-school-district-network-user-accounts-2022m-26East Moriches Union Free School District – Financial Condition Management (2022M-1)
… officials overestimated appropriations, which made it appear that the District needed to increase taxes and use appropriated fund balance to close … pay annual retirement contributions. Its excessive balance is enough to cover annual retirement contributions for nine …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/17/east-moriches-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-managementOwego-Apalachin Central School District – Special Education Services and Medicaid Reimbursements (2020M-21)
… did not receive 1,057 (39 percent) required physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy and counseling sessions. Five students did not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/09/18/owego-apalachin-central-school-district-special-education-services-andGarden City Union Free School District – IT Asset Management (2023M-161)
… and four with unknown costs, were not inventoried. In addition, the Board did not adopt a comprehensive written …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/03/22/garden-city-union-free-school-district-it-asset-management-2023m-161North Babylon Union Free School District – Online Banking (2023M-156)
… online banking to ensure these transactions are secure. In addition to sensitive information technology (IT) control …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/06/14/north-babylon-union-free-school-district-online-banking-2023m-156