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Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School District – Fund Balance Management (2022M-47)
… overestimated appropriations from 2018-19 through 2020-21 by an average of $2.8 million, or 6.6 percent, and … fund balance exceeded the 4 percent statutory limit in each of the last three fiscal years by 4.8 to 10.1 … the District’s reserves were not reasonably funded or used in the last three years. Maintaining reserves that were not …
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)
… technology (IT) controls over the District’s network to help safeguard personal, private, and sensitive … information (PPSI). Key Findings District officials did not establish adequate IT controls to help safeguard PPSI. In … service provider was paid $526,500 but officials did not have a written service level agreement (SLA) to clearly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/08/12/adirondack-central-school-district-information-technology-2022m-61Town of Webb Union Free School District – Financial Management (2022M-53)
… fund balance and invalid encumbrances are added back to surplus fund balance, surplus fund balance increased to approximately 26 percent, as of June 30, 2021, exceeding … 2017-18 through 2021-22 and levied more taxes than needed to fund operations. Key Recommendations Develop budgets with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/07/08/town-webb-union-free-school-district-financial-management-2022m-53East Moriches Union Free School District – Financial Condition Management (2022M-1)
… which made it appear that the District needed to increase taxes and use appropriated fund balance to close projected budget gaps, but the appropriated fund balance was not used to finance operations. The surplus fund balance has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/17/east-moriches-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-managementEast Quogue Union Free School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-8)
… IT inventory records or establish adequate controls to safeguard IT assets. As a result, officials cannot assure … spent or safeguarded. We selected 25 IT assets to confirm their location and that they were inventoried, and five additional IT assets to confirm they were inventoried. We found 20 percent of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/east-quogue-union-free-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-8Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District - Information Technology (2023M-104)
… were disabled in a timely manner. As a result, 21 percent of the District’s network user accounts were unneeded and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/12/08/hastings-hudson-union-free-school-district-information-technology-2023mSayville Union Free School District – Financial Condition and Cellular Telephones (2015M-86)
… students. Budgeted appropriations for the 2014-15 fiscal year were about $90 million. Key Findings The District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/08/14/sayville-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-and-cellularLindenhurst Union Free School District – Credit Cards (2016M-179)
… audit was to examine the District’s credit card purchases for appropriate use and compliance with the District’s … The Lindenhurst Union Free School District is located in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County. The District, which operates eight schools …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/29/lindenhurst-union-free-school-district-credit-cards-2016m-179Waterville Central School District – Network User Accounts and Information Technology Contingency Planning (2022M-111)
… ability to recover from an unexpected IT disruption. In addition to finding sensitive IT control weaknesses that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/10/waterville-central-school-district-network-user-accounts-and-informationWellsville Central School District – Financial Management (2017M-159)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the District’s financial management practices for the period July 1, 2013 … at a level greater than needed and that estimates in the annual budget for the planned use of fund balance are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/12/29/wellsville-central-school-district-financial-management-2017m-159Maine-Endwell Central School District – Financial Condition (2013M-49)
… of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the District’s financial condition for the period July 1, 2011, through January 3, 2013. Background The Maine-Endwell Central School District is located in the Towns of Maine, Nanticoke, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/05/31/maine-endwell-central-school-district-financial-condition-2013m-49State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… The IT director did not disable unnecessary user accounts in a timely manner. As a result, the district had an … risk of unauthorized access to and use of the network. In addition to sensitive IT control weaknesses, auditors … supervisor’s 2023 accounting records, as required by state law. Caledonia Joint Fire District – Board Oversight of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsWayland-Cohocton Central School District – Building Access Accounts and Badges (2024M-113)
… properly managed and remain active can potentially result in unauthorized building access. District officials: Did not … and badges. Granted access to 39 individuals participating in continuing education programs without conducting any …
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)
… and resulted in the District exceeding the statutory limit on surplus fund balance by $4.5 million, and missing … and recommendations. Appendix B includes our comments on issues raised in the District’s response. … Determine …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/12/13/gowanda-central-school-district-financial-management-2024m-104Frontier Central School District - Procurement of Professional Services (2018M-98)
… Key Findings The Board did not establish adequate policies or ensure that District officials developed adequate written … but could not provide documented evidence for how or why those vendors were selected. Key Recommendations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/08/17/frontier-central-school-district-procurement-professional-services-2018mCaledonia-Mumford Central School District – Financial Management (2024M-101)
… taxes were levied than necessary to fund operations. In the 2020-21 through 2022-23 fiscal years included in our audit period: The Board-adopted budgets made it … not necessary or reasonably funded and the debt reserve in the debt service fund had $337,777 in unidentified money …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/12/06/caledonia-mumford-central-school-district-financial-management-2024m-101Honeoye Central School District - Information Technology (2019M-9)
… stored personal data, such as photos, videos and music, on District computers. District officials did not provide IT … corrective action. Appendix B includes our comments on issues raised in the District’s response letter. … …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/08/09/honeoye-central-school-district-information-technology-2019m-9Clarence Central School District – Financial Condition Management (2022M-46)
… balance totaled $9.2 million, or more than 6 percentage points above the 4 percent legal limit. Key Recommendations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/07/01/clarence-central-school-district-financial-condition-management-2022m-46Ardsley Union Free School District – Financial Management (2024M-13)
… million as of June 30, 2022, were not reasonably funded or used during the five-year audit period. Key … aspects of our findings but indicated they have initiated, or planned to initiate, corrective action. Appendix B …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/06/21/ardsley-union-free-school-district-financial-management-2024m-13Otego-Unadilla Central School District – Information Technology (2021M-178)
Determine whether the Otego-Unadilla Central School District (District) Board and officials ensured District computerized data was safeguarded through training, monitoring user accounts and adopting a written information technology (IT) contingency plan.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2022/pdf/otego-unadilla-2021-178.pdf