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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… As a result, officials did not maximize interest earnings for the district. Auditors determined officials did not … Tuition Billing (Niagara County) Tuition billings for district students enrolled in out-of-district programs … supported. District officials overpaid two charter schools for 36 special education students by approximately $71,000 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Van Hornesville-Owen D. Young Central School District – Financial Management … and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract FOIL requests, bid protest decisions and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0Beacon City School District - School District Website (S9-19-27)
… a website but certain financial information was not posted, resulting in a lack of transparency. Information that was posted was limited in comprehensiveness. This prevents …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/23/beacon-city-school-district-school-district-website-s9-19-27New Lebanon Central School District - School District Website (S9-19-37)
… certain financial information was not posted, resulting in a lack of transparency. Information that was posted was limited in comprehensiveness. This prevents taxpayers and other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/23/new-lebanon-central-school-district-school-district-website-s9-19-37State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government and school … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced the following local government and school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… all of the fund balance appropriated to finance operations for fiscal years 2016-17 through 2018-19. The board has not … budgeted expenditures in the $71.7 million adopted budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year are not reasonable. District … produce sufficient documentation that their appropriations for employee benefits, the re-institution of athletics …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-1Opinion 98-16
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … hold moneys paid into a tax certiorari reserve fund before the moneys may be returned to the school districts general fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-16East Quogue Union Free School District – Selected Payroll Practices and Information Technology (2014M-44)
… user access rights to the District’s financial software system. Key Recommendations Develop written policies and procedures to address employee leave accrual records. Adopt and implement a … relating to user access rights to the financial software system. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/06/13/east-quogue-union-free-school-district-selected-payroll-practices-andLake Pleasant Central School District - School District Website (S9-19-36)
… a website but certain financial information was not posted, resulting in a lack of transparency. Information that was posted was limited in comprehensiveness. This prevents …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/23/lake-pleasant-central-school-district-school-district-website-s9-19-36Crown Point Central School District – Mental Health Training Component of the New York SAVE Act (S9-21-26)
… District (District) used District resources to provide the mental health component of the New York Safe Schools Against … to staff. Key Findings The District did not provide mental health training as required to all staff for the … Only instructional staff were required to complete mental health training. Three of the 12 recommended …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/08/crown-point-central-school-district-mental-health-training-component-newState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… of this amount after experiencing operating surpluses in four of the last five years. When the unused appropriated … paid. Auditors questioned the reasonableness of $14,190 in payments for 258 chaperoning and sports scorekeeping … $2 million more state aid than they were entitled to. In addition, officials properly claimed BOCES aid totaling …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0DiNapoli: Expansion of Farm-to-School Programs Depends on Innovation and Collaboration
… programs is widespread, but it’s not always easy for school districts across New York to bring fresh, locally … Farm-to-School project provides procurement assistance for local foods, professional development in a community of … with Poughkeepsie schools is really changing what kids eat. When students have the opportunities to see where …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/dinapoli-expansion-farm-school-programs-depends-innovation-and-collaborationOswego City School District – Financial Management and Nonresident Foster Student Tuition (2016M-224)
… the Towns of Minetto, Oswego, Scriba and Volney in Oswego County and the Town of Sterling in Cayuga County. The District, which operates seven schools with … foster students receiving educational services and bill their school districts for those services. The District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/09/16/oswego-city-school-district-financial-management-and-nonresident-fosterMonroe 2-Orleans Board of Cooperative Educational Services – MiFi Usage Billings (2025M-134)
… Audit Period June 1, 2023 – July 10, 2025 Understanding the Audit Area When a BOCES does not properly monitor and … usage reports, there is an increased risk that both the BOCES and component school districts could be incurring … are ultimately paid for by component school districts. The Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2026/03/20/monroe-2-orleans-board-cooperative-educational-services-mifi-usage-billings-2025mState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… also did not disable 72 unneeded network accounts in a timely manner. Officials also did not monitor compliance … were found with unneeded administrative permissions. In addition, district officials did not provide formalized IT … spending, the state's 180,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsSelected Aspects of Discretionary Spending
… accomplish its mission, the Authority incurs direct costs for specific program purposes, and it incurs indirect or … and formal approvals that are necessary to be accountable for such costs. Key Finding The Authority does not have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/09/30/selected-aspects-discretionary-spending-0Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School District – Cafeteria Operations (2015M-351)
… the District’s cafeteria operations were managed properly for the period July 1, 2014 through September 29, 2015. … seven-member Board of Education. Budgeted appropriations for the 2015-16 fiscal year total approximately $9 million. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/03/04/gilbertsville-mount-upton-central-school-district-cafeteria-operationsUnadilla Valley Central School District – Non-Resident Special Education Student Tuition (2022M-44)
… with regulations. The District’s NRT rates exceeded the New York State Education Department’s (SED’s) maximum allowable rate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/07/15/unadilla-valley-central-school-district-non-resident-special-education