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DiNapoli Announces Lowered Fees for New York State's 529 College Savings Direct Plan
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced a new reduction in management fees for the state’s 529 College …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/dinapoli-announces-lowered-fees-new-york-states-529-college-savings-direct-planVI.5 Project Budgets – VI. Budgets
… journals entered online will workflow within the agency for approvals. Budget journals submitted through bulkload are … Commitment Control module and should refer to SFS Coach for additional guidance: Topic: Commitment Control, Training … as well as appropriation and segregation budgets. Federal funds must also be associated to the project. For additional …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vi/vi5-project-budgetsCayuga County - Procurement and Claims Audit (2018M-274)
Determine whether County officials procured goods and services in accordance with the procurement policy and statutory requirements
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2019/04/12/cayuga-county-procurement-and-claims-audit-2018m-274Akron Central School District - Financial Management (2018M-195)
… debt reserve funds. Taxpayers might have realized $775,000 in cumulative tax savings if the Board maintained the same … officials should: Ensure unrestricted fund balance is in compliance with statute. Adopt realistic budgets based on … to pay related debt. District officials disagreed with us in many instances; however, they indicated they plan to take …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/01/25/akron-central-school-district-financial-management-2018m-195Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency – Community Benefit (2014M-344)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the Agency’s process for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2015/04/28/cattaraugus-county-industrial-development-agency-communityHarpursville Central School District - Financial Condition (2018M-120)
… whether District officials adequately managed the District’s financial condition. Key Findings From 2013-14 through 2015-16, the District adopted budgets that planned to use $1.6 million of general fund balance and certain reserve funds to finance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/09/07/harpursville-central-school-district-financial-condition-2018m-120Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Union Free School District – Financial Condition (2023M-4)
… Determine whether the Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Union Free School District’s (District’s) Board of Education (Board) and … initiate corrective action. … audit hawthorne cedar knolls school financial condition …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/09/hawthorne-cedar-knolls-union-free-school-district-financial-conditionOlean City School District – Reserve Funds (2022M-187)
… could not demonstrate that approximately $8 million held in seven of these reserves was reasonable or needed. In addition, the Board and District officials did not: Adopt … on taxpayers and withholds funds that may have been used in a more beneficial way. Key Recommendations Adopt a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/09/olean-city-school-district-reserve-funds-2022m-187Oxford Academy and Central School District – Transportation Department Purchase and Service Contracts (2023M-2)
… monitored transportation contracts in the best interest of taxpayers. Key Findings District officials did not always … contracts were procured and monitored in the best interest of taxpayers. District officials did not: Comply with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/09/oxford-academy-and-central-school-district-transportation-departmentOswego City School District - Separation Payments (2021M-194)
… calculate separation payments or benefits for five of the 10 employees that we reviewed. Officials made … officials provided: A teaching assistant with a credit of $18,087 to be used toward her future health insurance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/04/01/oswego-city-school-district-separation-payments-2021m-194Copiague Fire District – Credit Card Purchases (2019M-98)
… card purchases were necessary, adequately supported and for legitimate District purposes. Key Findings Of 1,174 … by $5,047. The Board approved 28 charges totaling $5,786 for refreshments that were in violation of New York State … Law. The Board approved $1,488 in charges that were not for valid District purposes. Key Recommendations Ensure that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2022/03/11/copiague-fire-district-credit-card-purchases-2019m-98Lyncourt Union Free School District – Information Technology (2020M-121)
… could lose important data and suffer serious interruption in operations. District officials should have: Disabled 17 of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/02/05/lyncourt-union-free-school-district-information-technology-2020m-121Brasher Falls Central School District – Financial Condition (2019M-158)
… statutory limit for the past three fiscal years. As of June 30, 2018, the District’s surplus fund balance was … District also overestimated appropriations by an average of $2.4 million each year or by 10.5 percent. During this …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/10/25/brasher-falls-central-school-district-financial-condition-2019m-158Victor Central School District - Financial Management (2019M-62)
… by making $2.4 million in unbudgeted year-end transfers to reserves and appropriating $1.6 million in fund balance … the amount of fund balance and reserves that will be used to fund operations. Develop a plan to continue reducing the school food service fund balance to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/06/21/victor-central-school-district-financial-management-2019m-62Saranac Central School District - School District Website (S9-19-30)
… - pdf ] Audit Objective Determine whether the Saranac Central School District (District) used its resources to maintain a website …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/23/saranac-central-school-district-school-district-website-s9-19-30Central Square Central School District - School District Website (S9-19-29)
… of transparency. Information that was posted was limited in comprehensiveness. This prevents taxpayers and other … budget-to-actual results, and the multiyear financial plan in a location easy to access. District officials agreed with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/23/central-square-central-school-district-school-district-website-s9-19-29Wyoming Central School District – Professional Services (2020M-152)
… - pdf ] Audit Objective Determine whether Wyoming Central School District (District) officials used a competitive method to … corrective action. … Determine whether Wyoming Central School District District officials used a competitive method …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/12/wyoming-central-school-district-professional-services-2020m-152Bethpage Union Free School District - Extra-Classroom Activity Funds (2019M-213)
… to maintain pre-numbered tickets and receipts, statement of profit and loss forms, and annual record of funds received and paid out. Checks were not countersigned …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/02/07/bethpage-union-free-school-district-extra-classroom-activity-funds-2019mCherry Valley Fire District - Board Oversight (2019M-141)
… Ensure AUDs are filed with our office within 60 days after the close of the fiscal year. Annually audit the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2019/10/30/cherry-valley-fire-district-board-oversight-2019m-141Amityville Union Free School District – Extra-Classroom Activity Fund (2021M-87)
… and deposited in full. Only five deposits totaling $4,038, of the 150 deposits totaling $39,148 that had records (3 … receipts to document the source, date, amount and purpose of each collection. Maintain ECA records, including support …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/10/08/amityville-union-free-school-district-extra-classroom-activity-fund-2021m