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Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… School District and the Onteora Central School District . “In an era of limited resources and increased accountability, … period 2009-10 through 2013-14, accumulated fund balance in the general fund increased from $6.6 million to $9.8 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsHaldane Central School District - School District Website (S9-19-32)
… documents to make informed decisions. Officials did not post: A final annual budget or a comprehensive appended … Comprehensive budget-to-actual results or the corrective action plan (CAP) in an easily accessible location. Officials … recommendations and indicated they will take corrective action. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/23/haldane-central-school-district-school-district-website-s9-19-32York Central School District - School District Website (S9-19-35)
… interested parties from readily accessing and reviewing documents to make informed decisions. Officials did not post … external audit reports and CAP. Comprehensive budget documents. District officials should enhance transparency by: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/23/york-central-school-district-school-district-website-s9-19-35New York Schools Reported More Than 32,000 Violent and Disruptive Incidents in the 2017-18 School Year
… 32,000 violent and disruptive incidents in the 2017-18 school year (SY), including assaults, bomb threats and sexual … place in our schools and the public rightly demands that school officials take the necessary steps to protect all … looking at the programs New York has in place to keep our school children out of harm’s way. We found much work needs …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/new-york-schools-reported-more-32000-violent-and-disruptive-incidents-2017-18-school-yearGeorge Junior Republic Union Free School District – Website Transparency (2021M-212)
… audit reports Original and final annual budgets, and Board meeting minutes Key Recommendation Ensure that required and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/03/25/george-junior-republic-union-free-school-district-website-transparencyBeacon City School District - School District Website (S9-19-27)
… documents to make informed decisions. Officials did not post: The final annual budget. Budget-to-actual results, all original budget detail, audit reports and corrective action plans (CAPs) in an easily accessible location. … the District’s fiscal decisions. Key Recommendations Must post required information to the District website: Final …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/23/beacon-city-school-district-school-district-website-s9-19-27Hunter-Tannersville Central School District - School District Website (S9-19-33)
… CAPs, and comprehensive budget documents, and include fund balance information and appended documents, such as the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/23/hunter-tannersville-central-school-district-school-district-website-s9-19Otego-Unadilla Central School District - School District Website (S9-19-26)
… documents to make informed decisions. Officials did not post the: Final annual budget. Comprehensive appended … results in an easily accessible location. Corrective action plan (CAP) in an easily accessible location and … who is responsible for implementing an audit’s corrective action. District officials generally agreed with our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/23/otego-unadilla-central-school-district-school-district-website-s9-19-26Central Square Central School District - School District Website (S9-19-29)
… documents to make informed decisions. Officials did not post the: Final annual budget and Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) audit report and corrective action plan (CAP). Comprehensive budget-to-actual results, … recommendations and indicated they will take corrective action. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/23/central-square-central-school-district-school-district-website-s9-19-29Grand Island Central School District - School District Website (S9-19-31)
… Audit Objective Determine whether the Grand Island Central School District (District) used its resources to maintain a website that provided the public with … Officials did not post: Comprehensive budget-to-actual results in an easily accessible location. … Determine whether the Grand Island Central School District District used its resources to maintain a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/23/grand-island-central-school-district-school-district-website-s9-19-31Compliance With the Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act
… statistics on crime and incidents to the State Education De …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/01/13/compliance-safe-schools-against-violence-education-actOpinion 89-38
… the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Retirement Benefits (authority of a school district to purchase insurance to provide benefits to the beneficiaries of a … the school district will purchase insurance to provide for payments to the surviving spouses of those retired school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-38Lake Pleasant Central School District - School District Website (S9-19-36)
… documents to make informed decisions. Officials did not post: The final annual budget and audit reports. … Comprehensive budget-to-actual results and corrective action plan (CAP) to the external audit in an easily … recommendations and indicated they will take corrective action. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/23/lake-pleasant-central-school-district-school-district-website-s9-19-36Oversight of Chronic Absenteeism (Follow-Up)
… by the State Education Department (Department) as a student missing at least 10 percent of enrolled school days. Student absences, attributed to factors such as poor school … By contrast, chronic absenteeism emphasizes individual student attendance by tracking missed instructional time, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/05/06/oversight-chronic-absenteeism-followDiNapoli Audit Highlights Need for Better Compliance with School Violence Reporting Law
… The State Education Department (SED) has agreed to improve its … Act was passed by the state Legislature in 2000 to boost school safety and address violence in our public schools,” … extent to which the seventh school, Burgard Vocational High School in Buffalo, underreported because it used an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-audit-highlights-need-better-compliance-school-violence-reporting-lawNew Lebanon Central School District - School District Website (S9-19-37)
… post: Budget-to-actual results; budget documents with fund balance information, appended salary disclosure and all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/23/new-lebanon-central-school-district-school-district-website-s9-19-37Opinion 92-5
… CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (granting of license or concession for fair and adequate consideration) REAL PROPERTY -- License (authority of school district to grant) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (authority to grant license) STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §1: There is no …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-5Elmont Public Library – Board Oversight and Professional Services (2014M-060)
… is located in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, and is governed by a seven-member Board of Trustees (Board), … totaled $3,240,092. Key Findings The Board does not audit and approve claims before they are paid from the … account (ACA). The Board authorized the Library Director and an administrative assistant to manage this account, sign …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/library/2014/07/11/elmont-public-library-board-oversight-and-professional-services-2014m-060Opinion 95-30
… specified in General Municipal Law, §11 or, in the case of a school district public library, Education Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-30DiNapoli: Audit Details Double-Dipping by Buffalo City School District Technician
… A Buffalo City School District technician was sentenced today for claiming simultaneous work hours at two public … District Attorney Frank A. Sedita, III and sentenced today in Erie County Court to five years probation, 100 hours … A Buffalo City School District technician was sentenced today for claiming simultaneous work hours at two public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-audit-details-double-dipping-buffalo-city-school-district-technician