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Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have been issued.

Buffalo City School District – Charter School Tuition Billing (Erie County)

District officials did not include the proper formula for the Public Excess Cost Aid (PECA) set-aside amount in the billing template they provided to charter schools. Instead, they used an outdated formula to determine the set-aside for tuition billing.

New York Schools Reported More Than 32,000 Violent and Disruptive Incidents in the 2017-18 School Year

New York State public and charter schools, with a combined student population of nearly 2.7 million, reported more than 32,000 violent and disruptive incidents in the 2017-18 school year (SY), including assaults, bomb threats and sexual offenses, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Growth Slows During First Half of 2019

Local sales tax collections for the first two quarters of 2019 grew at a moderate pace compared to the stronger early quarters of 2018, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

“Rising sales tax collections are very important for New York’s local governments. But recently, these revenues have been growing more slowly,” DiNapoli said. “These latest results should remind officials to closely watch future collections and plan accordingly.”