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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… audits have been issued: George Junior Republic Union Free School District – Website Transparency (Tompkins County) … could not be found. Northport – East Northport Union Free School District – Extra-Classroom Activity Fund (Suffolk … taxes may have been higher than necessary. Wyandanch Union Free School District – Budget Review (Suffolk County) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… (NRT) rates for special education students in accordance with regulations. The district’s NRT rates exceeded the New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-1State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… totaling $232,624, or for four of six professional service providers paid $301,023 during the 14-month audit … stored unused IT assets in an unsecured area, an unlocked cabinet in a classroom, and did not track or monitor who … IT equipment that had not been sanitized of data prior to storage was found and auditors were unable to identify 354 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsDiNapoli: More Needs to Be Done to Provide Mental Health Training to School Staff
… sampled 20 school districts found they did not provide mental health training to all staff for the 2020-21 school … Eighteen of 20 districts (90%) either did not offer mental health training or provided training that lacked some … are often the first to notice if a student is having mental health challenges, and they need effective training to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/dinapoli-more-needs-be-done-provide-mental-health-training-school-staffState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… expenditures auditors reviewed from the three years ended Dec. 31, 2019 (of $57.3 million expended during the period), … lacked documentation of approval or receipt. Gaming Commission: Equine Health and Safety (Follow-Up) (2019-F-49) … An audit issued in November 2018 found that the commission had implemented measures to improve its practices …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli Report Analyzes Regional Trends in Education for School Districts Outside New York City
… factors including the local economy, labor force mix and demographics all have implications for spending, pupil …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/dinapoli-report-analyzes-regional-trends-education-school-districts-outside-new-york-citySUNY Bulletin No. SU-214
… 1 2014 Stipend Increases and the October 1 2011 Lump Sum Paymen …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-214-october-1-2009-october-1-2010-and-october-1-2014-stipendNorth Tonawanda City School District – Information Technology (2023M-102)
The objective of this audit is to determine whether North Tonawanda City School District officials properly secured user account access to the network and managed user account permissions in financial and student information applications.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2023/pdf/north-tonawanda-central-school-district-2023-102.pdfCharter School of Educational Excellence – Information Technology (2023M-174)
Determine whether the Charter School of Educational Excellence (School) Board of Trustees (Board) and officials secured student data to help protect it from unauthorized access and developed and adopted a comprehensive information technology (IT) contingency plan.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2024/pdf/charter-school-of-educational-excellence-2023-174.pdfHomeownership Rates in New York
… a home has long been described as “The American Dream.” In New York, that dream appears unattainable for a large share of the population: New York has the lowest homeownership rate among the states, … quarter of 2022, compared to 65.8 percent nationally. For New York, the low percentage is driven by the high share of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/homeownership-rates-new-yorkAuditors Find Safety Hazards at Pre-K Facilities in New York City
… enrolled in approximately 1,900 UPK programs in the city at a cost of $850 million. State regulations require … of their compliance with applicable regulations. At the 15 sampled DOE school-based UPK programs, auditors … toxic cleaning materials in areas accessible to students. At one provider, the gym was separated from the cafeteria and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/auditors-find-safety-hazards-pre-k-facilities-new-york-cityDiNapoli: Critical Pre-School Special Education Services Not Reaching All Students Who Need Them
… Preschool students in need of special education services are not always getting the help … New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit of the State Department of Education (SED) found many local school districts maintain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-critical-pre-school-special-education-services-not-reaching-all-students-who-need-themState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… were partially implemented. State Education Department – Privacy and Security of Student Data (Follow-Up) (2024-F-11) … with its policies related to information security and data privacy, including completing the data classification for all … and one was not implemented. Workers’ Compensation Board – Assessment of Costs to Administer the Workers’ Compensation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… Prep Charter School 3 – IT Asset Management (Monroe County) Although the school board contracted with a management company to facilitate the school’s procurement of IT assets and services and to maintain … procured, the board may have made material alterations to bid specifications for two other contracts totaling $1.2 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsSUNY Bulletin No. SU-354
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the January 2024 minimum wage increases for hourly employees and provide instructions … The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSCs automatic processing of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-354-january-2024-increase-minimum-wage-employees-stateState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… properly recorded and supported. As a result, the ability to make financial decisions was hindered and officials lacked the information necessary to provide an annual report. The treasurer did not: … (23%) totaling $33,280 or provide timely monthly reports to officials for eight of the 13 months in the audit period; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsArea #4 – Contracts and Service Level Agreements for IT Services – Information Technology Governance
… Local governments and schools often rely on third parties to provide a variety of IT-related services. For your … what format it will be returned and/or whether, when and how it will be destroyed). How shared PII will be protected … provider could, for example, indicate that you will have availability to an application 99.95 percent of the time …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/it-governance/area-4-contracts-and-service-level-agreements-it-servicesSUNY Bulletin No. SU-318
… of OSC’s automatic processing of the December 2021 minimum wage increases for hourly employees and provide … annual salary is below the annualized equivalent of the minimum wage for their work location. Affected Employees SUNY … 54 of the Laws of 2016 increased the New York State minimum wage for employees in non-governmental positions. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-318-december-2021-increase-minimum-wage-employees-stateSUNY Bulletin No. SU-310
… Employees Employees in the State University Graduate Student Negotiating Unit (GSNU) – BU28 who meet the … York and the Communications Workers of America/Graduate Student Employees Union, provides for an increase in stipend …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-310-october-2020-stipend-increase-gnsu-employees-representedNew York’s Stubbornly High Rates of Chronic Absenteeism
The classroom disruptions caused by the pandemic have had a lingering negative impact on New York’s students. As schools transitioned back to in-person instruction, chronic absenteeism rates increased sharply and have remained high, especially among vulnerable student populations.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/missing-school-ny-chronic-absenteeism.pdf