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East Moriches Union Free School District – Financial Condition Management (2022M-1)
… Moriches Union Free School District’s (District) Board of Education (Board) and Superintendent effectively managed … has continuously grown over the past five fiscal years. As of June 30, 2021, it was over $7.1 million, or 24.3 percent of the next year’s budget, exceeding the 4 percent statutory …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/17/east-moriches-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-managementTuxedo Union Free School District – Payroll and Leave Accruals (2022M-15)
… Board oversight, policies and procedures and segregation of duties. As a result: District officials overpaid (or potentially overpaid) 30 employees a total of $113,564 in payroll and leave accrual payments, including … were not covered under a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), employment contract or Board resolution. As a result, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/08/26/tuxedo-union-free-school-district-payroll-and-leave-accruals-2022m-15Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School District – Fund Balance Management (2022M-47)
… Determine whether the Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School District (District) Board of Education (Board) and … Determine whether the CobleskillRichmondville Central School District District Board of Education Board and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/08/12/cobleskill-richmondville-central-school-district-fund-balance-managementAdirondack Central School District – Information Technology (2022M-61)
… weaknesses communicated confidentially, we found: An IT service provider was paid $526,500 but officials did not have a written service level agreement (SLA) to clearly identify the provider’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/08/12/adirondack-central-school-district-information-technology-2022m-61Waterville Central School District – Network User Accounts and Information Technology Contingency Planning (2022M-111)
… access to the District’s IT systems, and the lack of a comprehensive written IT contingency plan impairs the … access rights to the network. Perform periodic reviews of all network user accounts to determine whether they were appropriate or needed. As a result, 11 percent of the District’s non-student user accounts were unneeded and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/10/waterville-central-school-district-network-user-accounts-and-informationSalamanca City School District – Financial Management and Payroll (2017M-138)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the District’s financial management practices and … the statutory limit. Review all reserves at least annually to determine if the amounts reserved are necessary and reasonable. Any excess funds should be transferred to unrestricted fund balance (where allowed by law) or to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/03/30/salamanca-city-school-district-financial-management-and-payroll-2017m-138Wayland-Cohocton Central School District – Building Access Accounts and Badges (2024M-113)
… (District) officials properly managed and monitored building access accounts and badges. Key Findings District officials did not properly manage and monitor building access accounts and badges used to access District … and remain active can potentially result in unauthorized building access. District officials: Did not establish …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/12/20/wayland-cohocton-central-school-district-building-access-accounts-andGowanda Central School District – Financial Management (2024M-104)
… by $4.5 million, and missing opportunities to lower real property taxes. The Board and District officials: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/12/13/gowanda-central-school-district-financial-management-2024m-104State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… government audits were issued. Garrison Union Free School District – Information Technology (IT) (Putnam County) District officials did not adequately secure the district’s … manner. Town of Marion – Misappropriation of Justice Court Cash Collections (Wayne County) The justices and board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsManhasset Union Free School District – Non-Payroll Disbursements (2025M-45)
… Period July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2024 Understanding the Audit Area Non-payroll disbursements represent a … appropriate, properly documented and in accordance with the district’s budget and procurement policies. During our audit period, the District made 4,343 non-payroll disbursements totaling …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/09/19/manhasset-union-free-school-district-non-payroll-disbursements-2025m-45Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies – Federal Funding and New York
… funding to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) — public school districts, charter schools, and Special Act districts … and the cost of education in each state. Within a school district (like DOE), Title I funds are targeted to … are eligible to apply to use Title I funds to operate school-wide programs. The funds are otherwise targeted for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/title-i-grants-local-educational-agenciesElba Central School District - Financial Management (2018M-96)
… Elba Central School District Financial Management 2018M96 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/08/31/elba-central-school-district-financial-management-2018m-96Hadley-Luzerne Central School District - Financial Management (2018M-103)
… The Board overestimated appropriations by an average of approximately $1.9 million annually from 2014-15 to 2016-17, which resulted in accumulation of excess unrestricted fund balance. The unrestricted fund … expenditure estimates. Develop a plan for the use of excess unrestricted fund balance in the general fund. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/10/26/hadley-luzerne-central-school-district-financial-management-2018m-103Caledonia-Mumford Central School District – Financial Management (2024M-101)
… in our audit period: The Board-adopted budgets made it appear the District would have budget deficits requiring … or reasonably funded and the debt reserve in the debt service fund had $337,777 in unidentified money that should … action. Appendix B includes our comments on the District’s response letter. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/12/06/caledonia-mumford-central-school-district-financial-management-2024m-101Roxbury Central School District – Financial Condition (2013M-207)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the District’s financial … Roxbury Central School District is located in the Towns of Roxbury, Middletown and Gilboa in Delaware and Schoharie …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/11/01/roxbury-central-school-district-financial-condition-2013m-207Implementation of the Dignity for All Students Act (Follow-Up)
… initial audit report, Implementation of the Dignity for All Students Act (Report 2016-S-28 ). About the Program New York State’s Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) seeks to provide students in New York … report some DASA incidents or may not report them at all, and incident records often were not adequate to clearly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/11/21/implementation-dignity-all-students-act-followDiNapoli: Audit Finds Major Shortcomings in Oversight of School Safety Planning
… schools. The act requires school districts to establish a code of conduct, mandates training and instruction for … districts, the department has not reviewed or verified what it has collected or monitored school districts’ … submitting building plans to local law enforcement, SED does not have any assurance that this requirement is being …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/dinapoli-audit-finds-major-shortcomings-oversight-school-safety-planningOpinion 2006-8
… “retirement awards”) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §6-p: Monies is an employee benefit accrued liability reserve fund may not be … percentages of the employees’ final year salaries and paid upon retirement to central school district employees … in an employee benefit accrued liability reserve fund to pay for lump sum “retirement awards” paid upon retirement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-8Marlboro Central School District – District Officials’ Outside Business Activities (2014M-241)
… the Board approved, a contract with the LLC’s principal owner to provide services similar to what the LLC had … did not award contracts to the LLC or the principal owner based on a competitive process. We found no evidence in … into formal contracts with the LLC and the principal owner that provided the necessary details of service and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/02/06/marlboro-central-school-district-district-officials-outside-businessClarence Central School District – Financial Condition Management (2022M-46)
… Develop a plan to reduce surplus fund balance to comply with the statutory limit. District officials generally agreed with our findings and indicated they plan to initiate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/07/01/clarence-central-school-district-financial-condition-management-2022m-46