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Audits of State Agencies and Public Authorities Six-Year Listing October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2025
This listing includes all final audit reports related to State agency and public authority operations issued during the six-year period from October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2025 and is a companion to the 2024 – 2025 Annual Report on Audits.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/2026/pdf/six-year-listing-2019-2025.pdfAudits of State Agencies and Public Authorities Five-Year Listing October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2020
This listing includes all final audit reports related to State agency and public authority operations issued during the five-year period from October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2021, and is a companion to the 2021 – 2022 Annual Report on Audits.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/2023/pdf/five-year-listing-2016-2021.pdfAudits of State Agencies and Public Authorities Five-Year Listing October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2023
This listing includes all final audit reports related to State agency and public authority operations issued during the five-year period from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2023 and is a companion to the 2023 – 2024 Annual Report on Audits.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/2025/pdf/five-year-listing-2018-2023.pdfAudits of State Agencies and Public Authorities Five-Year Listing October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2020
This listing includes all final audit reports related to State agency and public authority operations issued during the five-year period from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2020, and is a companion to the 2020 – 2021 Annual Report on Audits.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/fylist15-20.pdfDiNapoli: School District Tax Levy Cap at 2% for Third Straight Year
… Property tax levy growth for school districts and 10 of the state’s cities will be capped … applied to local governments (excluding New York City) and school districts in 2012, limits annual tax levy increases to … exceptions. The law also includes provisions that allow school districts and municipalities to override the cap. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-school-district-tax-levy-cap-2-third-straight-yearPersistence Preparatory Academy Charter School – Credit Cards (2023M-71)
… Determine whether Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School (School) credit card charges were properly approved, adequately supported and for School purposes. Key Findings Credit card charges we reviewed … audit charter school persistence preparatory …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2023/09/01/persistence-preparatory-academy-charter-school-credit-cards-2023m-71Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls – Non-Payroll Disbursements (2023M-72)
… Audit Objective Determine whether Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls (School) Board of Trustees (Board) and officials ensured … supported, properly approved, accounted for, and for a School-related purpose. Key Findings The Board and officials … audit charter school brighter choice …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2023/09/22/brighter-choice-charter-school-girls-non-payroll-disbursements-2023m-72Mandatory Membership – Membership and Enrollment
… Some public employees are required to join NYSLRS others may join …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/membership-enrollment/mandatory-membershipOpinion 95-27
… for adjustments in the amount of State aid paid to a school district attributable to court orders or judgments) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (submission of claims … for adjustments in the amount of State aid paid to a school district attributable to court orders or judgments) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-27Opinion 89-18
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Conferences … TAX LAW, §§310, 318; STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §1: In the absence of express statutory authority, a town may not … indicate that the chairman of the board of assessors has, in fact, been reimbursed for lost wages in connection with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-18DiNapoli: Critical Pre-School Special Education Services Not Reaching All Students Who Need Them
… the State Department of Education (SED) found many local school districts maintain waitlists for services because … the services at all. The State Education Department and school districts must do a better job serving these students. … under the child’s IEP are supposed to start within 60 school days of receiving parental consent. School districts …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-critical-pre-school-special-education-services-not-reaching-all-students-who-need-them30% New York State Initiative
… and Markets is adequately administering the 30% New York State Initiative to ensure that New York State food products are provided to children as part … period from July 2022 through June 2025. About the Program New York State households with children have experienced the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/10/16/30-new-york-state-initiativeCharter School for Applied Technologies - Student Enrollment and Billing (2019M-60)
… Determine whether student enrollment and billings to school districts of residence are accurate and supported. Key … of the 60 students in our audit sample (57 percent). The School billed tuition totaling $12,600 for three students to … it is not. Address and resolve the incorrect billings. School officials generally agreed with our findings and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2019/06/14/charter-school-applied-technologies-student-enrollment-and-billing-2019mCredit Cards – Travel and Conference Expense Management
… may authorize designated employees to use a credit card issued in the name of the local government or school … to have a local government or school district credit card issued in both the name of the local government or … by allowing authorized employees to sign out a credit card when they need to travel, or by allowing the business or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/travel-conference-expense/credit-cardsLocal Government – 2023 Financial Condition Report
… billion) for local governments outside of New York City. School districts, towns, and villages received $23.9 billion, … largest source of local government revenue in LFY 2021. School districts were the most dependent on State aid, as it … Local expenditures totaled $91.2 billion in LFY 2021. School districts spent the most at $45.6 billion, followed by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/local-governmentDiNapoli: More Needs to Be Done to Provide Mental Health Training to School Staff
… An audit that sampled 20 school districts found they did not provide mental health training to all staff for the 2020-21 school year by Sept. 15, as required by New York State … as obsessive compulsive, psychotic, and eating disorders. “School personnel are often the first to notice if a student …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/dinapoli-more-needs-be-done-provide-mental-health-training-school-staffDiNapoli Releases Economic Report on Greater Flushing Area
… Queens became the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. The public health and economic crises created by the pandemic … vaccinated, outpacing Queens’ and NYC vaccination rates. School attendance rates — 90.5% when remote learning was … or Latinos (15.6%), Blacks or African Americans (1.7%). Public school enrollment fell 3% in greater Flushing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-releases-economic-report-greater-flushing-areaBuffalo City School District – Special Education and Grant Administration (2017M-73)
… through December 20, 2016. Background The Buffalo City School District is located in the City of Buffalo in Erie … greater than NYSED rates. The District was not rebilling school districts of residence when NYSED released updated NRT … costs to claim Excess Cost Aid. Key Recommendations Bill school districts of residence for nonresident students …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/06/30/buffalo-city-school-district-special-education-and-grant-administrationTrumansburg Central School District – School Lunch Operations (2015M-171)
… that meals offered to students are nutritious and prepared in the most economical and productive manner possible for the … The Trumansburg Central School District is located in the Towns of Enfield and Ulysses in Tompkins County; the Town of Covert in Seneca County; and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/08/21/trumansburg-central-school-district-school-lunch-operations-2015m-171Saranac Central School District – Tuition Billing and Collections (2023M-90)
… – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether Saranac Central School District (District) officials properly billed and … owed to the District during the 2019-20 through 2021-22 school years. District officials did not: Establish adequate … to ensure tuition bills were prepared and issued to the school districts of origin in a timely manner for all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/12/22/saranac-central-school-district-tuition-billing-and-collections-2023m-90