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Akron 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-195Harpursville Central School District - Financial Condition (2018M-120)
… District adopted budgets that planned to use $1.6 million of general fund balance and certain reserve funds to finance … trends, resulting in expenditure and revenue variances of 3 percent and 1 percent, respectively. Key Recommendations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/09/07/harpursville-central-school-district-financial-condition-2018m-120Lyncourt Union Free School District – Information Technology (2020M-121)
… officials did not adequately manage network user accounts or develop and adopt a written disaster recovery plan. As a … agreed with our recommendations and have initiated or indicated they planned to initiate corrective action. … …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/02/05/lyncourt-union-free-school-district-information-technology-2020m-121Oneida City School District – Information Technology (2020M-80)
… were used for personal activity, increasing the likelihood of the District’s network being exposed to malicious … recovery plan was not made available to us or the Board of Education for review and approval. Sensitive information …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/10/16/oneida-city-school-district-information-technology-2020m-80Bethpage Union Free School District - Extra-Classroom Activity Funds (2019M-213)
… Recommendations Ensure pre-numbered receipts and tickets are issued for all ECA fund events, and issue pre-numbered … Ensure all checks have two signatures and payments are approved by all parties as required by policy. Review … records to ensure that receipts and disbursements are properly recorded, and review monthly bank …
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)
… properly established reserve funds, equitably billed for fire protection services, ensured the Treasurer prepared and … Board did not: Properly establish reserves or establish a reserve fund policy. Ensure that fire protection contracts … billed for and costs are equitably allocated between the District and towns outside the District. Ensure AUDs are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2019/10/30/cherry-valley-fire-district-board-oversight-2019m-141Brasher 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-158Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Union Free School District – Financial Condition (2023M-4)
… a result, the District had a deficit general fund balance in each of the last five fiscal years, averaging more than … decreased by 71 percent. The largest deficit occurred in the 2020-21 fiscal year, which totaled more than $5.1 …
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)
… charges, totaling $1,891, that did not have enough detail to verify that the parts ordered were used for District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/09/oxford-academy-and-central-school-district-transportation-departmentCopiague Fire District – Credit Card Purchases (2019M-98)
… $5,786 for refreshments that were in violation of New York State Public Officers Law. The Board approved $1,488 in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2022/03/11/copiague-fire-district-credit-card-purchases-2019m-98Oswego 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-194Saranac Central School District - School District Website (S9-19-30)
… financial information was not posted, causing a lack of transparency. Information that was posted was limited in … appended property tax report card or CAP to the Office of the State Comptroller’s (OSC’s) audit that included …
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)
… complete report - pdf ] Audit Objective Determine whether the Central Square Central School District (District) used its resources to maintain a website that provided the public with transparent and comprehensive financial … tax report card. Should enhance transparency by: Posting all audit reports, CAPs and comprehensive budget-to-actual …
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)
… District paid 11 professional service providers a total of $189,000 without using requests for proposals (RFPs) as … three professional service providers who were paid a total of $50,000. Key Recommendations Procure professional services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/12/wyoming-central-school-district-professional-services-2020m-152Hunter-Tannersville Central School District – Network User Accounts and Information Technology Contingency Planning (2022M-125)
… user accounts or develop a written IT contingency plan. In addition to sensitive IT control weaknesses that were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/10/hunter-tannersville-central-school-district-network-user-accounts-andVictor Central School District - Financial Management (2019M-62)
… with balances totaling more than $1.3 million as of June 30, 2018. Key Recommendations Develop and adopt budgets …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/06/21/victor-central-school-district-financial-management-2019m-62DiNapoli Statement on NYC's 2025 Budget Modification
… the following statement today regarding New York City's 2025 budget modification. "New York City’s Fiscal Year 2025 … were canceled last year and make up for cost overruns on cash and rental assistance, which continue to outpace the city’s projections. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-statement-nycs-2025-budget-modificationBilingual Care, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Objective To determine whether the costs reported by Bilingual Care, … Reports (CFR) were reasonable, necessary, directly related to the special education program, and sufficiently documented …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/09/11/bilingual-care-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced … Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal spending, the state's 180,000 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-1