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Brentwood Union Free School District – Fund Balance and Hiring Practices (2016M-251)
… not provide Board resolutions establishing five reserve funds totaling $36 million, could not provide a clear purpose … to fund District operations. Ensure that all reserve funds are properly established by resolution, which should …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/11/22/brentwood-union-free-school-district-fund-balance-and-hiring-practicesOysterponds Union Free School District – Financial Management, Check Signing and Information Technology
… fund balance, the Board appropriated unexpended surplus funds each year to help finance the ensuing year’s … went unused. The District accumulated unexpended surplus funds equivalent to 11 percent of the ensuing years’ budgets, … that result in the appropriation of unexpended surplus funds that will not be used. Ensure that the amount of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/03/28/oysterponds-union-free-school-district-financial-management-check-signingOwego Apalachin Central School District – Capital Project and Financial Condition (2014M-109)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine certain District financial activities for the … lack of available complete information and the necessity to compile information from a variety of sources. The Board … is facing certain unknowns and restrictions and may need to use moneys from the reserve funds or unexpended surplus …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/08/22/owego-apalachin-central-school-district-capital-project-and-financialOrchard Park Central School District – School Bus Procurement and Reserves (2013M-368)
… controls over selected District financial activity for the period July 1, 2012 through November 20, 2013. … seven elected members. The District’s expenditures for the 2012-13 fiscal year totaled $82 million. Key Findings … bus options were consistent with State contract pricing for the 16 school buses they purchased in 2012-13 and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/03/28/orchard-park-central-school-district-school-bus-procurement-and-reservesOracle Charter School – School Building Acquisition and Leave Accrual Records (2013M-290)
… 22, 2013. Background The Oracle Charter School is located in the City of Buffalo. The School is governed by an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2014/01/17/oracle-charter-school-school-building-acquisition-and-leave-accrualCommack Union Free School District – Financial Condition and Fuel Inventory (2015M-90)
… because it overestimated expenditures in its adopted budgets. From 2011-12 through 2013-14, only $1.8 million of … Develop procedures to adopt more reasonable budgets to avoid raising more real property taxes than necessary. Discontinue the practice of adopting budgets that result in the appropriation of unrestricted fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/07/31/commack-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-and-fuel-inventoryVillage of Sag Harbor – Board Oversight and Justice Court Operations (2015M-107)
… Purpose of Audit The objectives of our audit were to determine if the Board provided adequate oversight of the Villages financial operations and to review the Court’s financial operations for the period … bank statements and completing required monthly reports to the State Comptroller’s Justice Court Fund – were not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2015/08/14/village-sag-harbor-board-oversight-and-justice-court-operations-2015m-107Eastchester Union Free School District – User Accounts and Information Technology Contingency Planning
… the District between June 2020 and August 2021. Six for two former employees, two former Board members and two former interns. These users left District employment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/03/31/eastchester-union-free-school-district-user-accounts-and-informationGreene Central School District – Unused Leave Payments and Leave Accruals (2022M-158)
… correctly . District officials: Made errors in 76 percent of District employees’ accrued leave calculations, resulting … they were entitled to. Incorrectly calculated 61 percent of the unused vacation leave, sick leave and retirement … applicable laws. District officials generally agreed with our recommendations and indicated they have begun to initiate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/02/24/greene-central-school-district-unused-leave-payments-and-leave-accrualsDiNapoli: State Department of AG and Markets Should Improve Pollinator Protection Program
… Department to implement my recommendations and thank them for the positive response to this audit.” Over the past three … and climate change. This decline has major implications for New York’s agricultural industry, food supply and … enables the Department to perform inspections of apiaries for the presence of infections, diseases and organisms …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/dinapoli-state-department-ag-and-markets-should-improve-pollinator-protection-programFrankfort-Schuyler Central School District – Information Technology Assets and Network Access (2022M-151)
… District officials did not: Develop written procedures for tracking IT assets. Nine of 31 devices (laptops, desktops …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/12/30/frankfort-schuyler-central-school-district-information-technology-assetsQuogue Union Free School District – Financial Condition and Cash Receipts (2013M-274)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the Districts controls over its … Quogue Union Free School District is located in the Town of Southampton, in Suffolk County. The District is governed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/12/13/quogue-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-and-cash-receiptsMount Pleasant-Blythedale Union Free School District – Short-Term Borrowing and Purchasing (2015M-365)
… short-term borrowing and internal controls over purchasing for the period July 1, 2014 through October 30, 2015. … nine-member Board of Education. Budgeted appropriations for the 2015-16 fiscal year total approximately $6.8 million. … flow, and could have saved $43,270 in interest payments for fiscal years 2012-13 through 2014-15. Not all purchase …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/03/18/mount-pleasant-blythedale-union-free-school-district-short-term-borrowingTapestry Charter School – Internal Controls Over Credit and Debit Cards (2013M-271)
… School’s internal controls over credit and debit card use for the period July 1, 2011, to August 16, 2013. Background … control procedures, certain additional controls should be considered. The policy does not define how many credit card accounts may be established, limit the number of credit cards to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/11/22/tapestry-charter-school-internal-controls-over-credit-and-debit-cardsTuckahoe Union Free School District – Financial Condition and Information Technology (2015M-152)
… audit was to evaluate the District’s financial condition and controls over information technology for the period July … tax certiorari judgments versus using money from a reserve and budgeting for the judgments. The Board has not adopted a policy for the use of and access to personal, private and sensitive information. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/10/16/tuckahoe-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-and-informationEdwards-Knox Central School District – Transportation State Aid and Reserve Funds (2016M-151)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the District’s transportation … Central School District is located in the Towns of Canton, Clare, Edwards, Fine, Hermon, Pierrepont and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/15/edwards-knox-central-school-district-transportation-state-aid-and-reserveIthaca City School District – Transportation State Aid and Information Technology (2017M-63)
… of our audit was to examine the District’s transportation State aid procedures and information technology (IT) controls … officials did not apply for all the transportation State aid to which the District was entitled for bus …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/07/21/ithaca-city-school-district-transportation-state-aid-and-informationWest Irondequoit Central School District – Financial Management and Separation Payments (2016M-180)
… audit were to review the District’s financial management and examine the District’s calculation and supporting documentation of separation payments for the … Key Findings The Board did not adopt realistic budgets and overestimated expenditures, which generated approximately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/08/19/west-irondequoit-central-school-district-financial-management-andAdult Career and Continuing Education Services – Vocational Rehabilitation Supported Employment Program (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the three recommendations included in our initial audit report, Adult Career and Continuing … According to the 2022 American Community Survey (ACS), in New York State, there were estimated to be over 1 million … working-age adults (ages 18‒64) with a disability in the labor force. Further, ACS data shows that an estimated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/27/adult-career-and-continuing-education-services-vocational-rehabilitation-supportedAfton Central School District –Management of Fund Balance and Reserves (2016M-134)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to assess District officials’ management of fund balance and reserves for the period July 1, 2014 through … with the statutory limit. Review all reserve balances and transfer overfunded amounts to unrestricted fund balance, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/15/afton-central-school-district-management-fund-balance-and-reserves-2016m