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DiNapoli: Audit Details Double-Dipping by Buffalo City School District Technician
… was sentenced today for claiming simultaneous work hours at two public school districts, according to an audit … today in Erie County Court to five years probation, 100 hours of community service and $18,229 in restitution, which … technology (IT) technicians or verify their work hours. They also failed to properly monitor a vendor’s IT …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-audit-details-double-dipping-buffalo-city-school-district-technicianTuition Assistance Program – Metropolitan Learning Institute
… complied with the Education Law and the Commissioner of Education’s Rules and Regulations when certifying students … totaling almost $8.7 million that were paid on behalf of 1,890 students. At the time of our audit, Metropolitan served about 550 students. Tuition …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/02/18/tuition-assistance-program-metropolitan-learning-instituteAudit of the Tuition Assistance Program at CUNY Medgar Evers College
… Background Medgar Evers College, located in Brooklyn, is a senior college within the City University of New York, … 6,000 students, and tuition for full-time study is about $5,000 per year. TAP is an entitlement program designed to provide funds for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/05/16/audit-tuition-assistance-program-cuny-medgar-evers-collegeState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… Auditors determined, district officials did not fix leaks in the heating, cooling and ventilation system requiring buckets in the halls to collect leaked water. In addition, district officials did not create a corrective …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsKIPP Tech Valley Charter School - Resident Tuition Billing (2019M-66)
… billed resident districts using the correct New York State Education Department (SED) rate and full-time …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2019/05/24/kipp-tech-valley-charter-school-resident-tuition-billing-2019m-66Opinion 89-17
… p 40 is still valid in light of the enactment of chapter 588 of the Laws of 1988. In Opn No. 84-32, supra , we … reserve fund established pursuant to that section. Chapter 588 of the Laws of 1988, effective on September 1, 1988, adds … (1-a) without voter approval. Because of chapter 588 expressly authorizes school districts to establish …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-17Opinion 98-16
… -- Certiorari Proceedings (timing for return to general fund of excess moneys in school district reserve fund for tax certiorari claims) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Reserve Fund (timing for return to general fund of excess … district must hold moneys paid into a tax certiorari reserve fund before the moneys may be returned to the school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-16Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… School District – Procurement (Jefferson County) A review of 24 purchases totaling about $128,000 found that district … competition by obtaining oral or written quotes for 18 of those purchases (75 percent) totaling $81,500. District … also did not seek competition for services from five of the six professional service providers reviewed. These …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies – Federal Funding and New York
… Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA), which amended the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), distributes federal funding to Local … — public school districts, charter schools, and Special Act districts — for the purpose of closing educational …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/title-i-grants-local-educational-agenciesAmityville Union Free School District – Extra-Classroom Activity Fund (2021M-87)
… collected, receipted and deposited in full. Only five deposits totaling $4,038, of the 150 deposits totaling $39,148 that had records (3 percent) were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/10/08/amityville-union-free-school-district-extra-classroom-activity-fund-2021mGreen Tech High Charter School – Resident Tuition Billing (2015M-2)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the resident school district … The Green Tech High Charter School is located in the City of Albany and is governed by a seven-member Board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2015/04/10/green-tech-high-charter-school-resident-tuition-billing-2015m-2State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsDiNapoli Report Highlights Regional Education Trends
… on state aid. For example, 68 percent of revenues for Long Island schools come from property taxes and other local … were in low-wealth districts. By contrast, on Long Island and in the Mid-Hudson Valley region, a majority of … regions were less significant (0.5 percent for Long Island and 0.4 percent for the Mid-Hudson Valley). The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/02/dinapoli-report-highlights-regional-education-trendsDiNapoli: Audit Reveals Questionable Financial Decisions, Lack of Transparency in Hempstead School District
… urge Hempstead’s administrators and school board members to act immediately and address the issues contained in this report.” DiNapoli’s office found a number of payments to administrators that raised concerns. This includes the … Johnson receiving biweekly paychecks that were $7,000 to $11,000 more than she was contractually entitled to for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/12/dinapoli-audit-reveals-questionable-financial-decisions-lack-transparency-hempstead-school-districtOpinion 89-38
… Benefits (authority of a school district to purchase insurance to provide benefits to the beneficiaries of a … LAW, §§90, 113, 470: A school district may not purchase insurance to provide benefits to the beneficiaries of a … agreement, under which the school district will purchase insurance to provide for payments to the surviving spouses of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-38DiNapoli: NYC Department of Education Must Do More to Combat Mental Health Crisis Among Youth
… to improve oversight of public schools’ mental health curriculum and equip school staff with the resources they … schools have included a mental health component in their curriculum and are providing mental health instruction to the … in crisis. DiNapoli recommended that DOE: Monitor schools’ curriculum to ensure they meet requirements of the state …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/08/dinapoli-nyc-department-education-must-do-more-combat-mental-health-crisis-among-youthDiNapoli: Syracuse City School District Employees Pay Over $31,000 for Submitting False Timecards
State Comptroller DiNapoli announced that Syracuse City School District teachers Jason Cecile and Nichole Murray must pay the United States $3187290 to resolve allegations that they submitted false timecards in connection with the school districts Twilight Program
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-syracuse-city-school-district-employees-pay-over-31000-submitting-false-timecardsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… As a result, the board lacked reliable records and reports to manage the town’s financial operations, account balances … also were generally not prepared or provided to the board in a timely manner and adjusted bank balances … also did not provide adequate monthly financial reports to the board and the board did not annually audit the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… without public written disclosure of his interest in the contract with the district. New Lebanon Central School District – Network User Accounts (Columbia County) Officials did not establish adequate controls over the district’s network user accounts to protect against unauthorized use, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… the following school district audits have been issued. Brewster Central School District – Professional Services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-1