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Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… information technology (IT) security awareness training to employees. In addition, officials did not restrict user permissions to the network and the student information system software … calculations of certain retirees’ contributions. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsAkron Central School District - Financial Management (2018M-195)
… general fund financial condition. Key Findings As of June 30, 2017 unrestricted fund balance exceeded the … that totaled about $5.3 million and did not use most of the debt reserve funds. Taxpayers might have realized …
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)
… $3.2 million more fund balance and reserves than planned. In 2016-17, revenues began to outpace expenditures; revenues … District officials improved their budgeting practices in 2016-17 by considering historical trends, resulting in expenditure and revenue variances of 3 percent and 1 …
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)
… in operations. District officials should have: Disabled 17 of the 113 network user accounts we examined. The 17 user … former employee accounts. Revoked permissions for eight of the 12 network user accounts with administrative …
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)
… action. … Determine whether the Oneida City School Districts District network was adequately secure to protect …
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)
… 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)
… services, ensured the Treasurer prepared and filed records and reports and audited claims. Key Findings The … submitted to our office. Annually audit the Treasurer’s records. Key Recommendations Officially establish the capital … close of the fiscal year. Annually audit the Treasurer’s records. District officials generally agreed with our …
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)
… more than $2.9 million each year. This contributed to the District’s overall cash position, which decreased by … plan for the District. Key Recommendations Develop a plan to address the fund balance deficit. Monitor revenues, … and have initiated or indicated they planned to initiate corrective action. … audit hawthorne cedar knolls …
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)
… whether the Olean City School District (District) Board of Education (Board) and District officials properly … demonstrate that approximately $8 million held in seven of these reserves was reasonable or needed. In addition, the …
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)
… officials procured and monitored transportation contracts in the best interest of taxpayers. Key Findings District officials did not always … with competitive bidding requirements and/or the District’s procurement policy for 33 transportation contracts totaling …
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)
… and for legitimate District purposes. Key Findings Of 1,174 credit card charges made during our audit period, … totaling $5,786 for refreshments that were in violation of New York State Public Officers Law. The Board approved …
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)
… financial information was not posted, causing a lack of transparency. Information that was posted was limited in … Officials did not post the: Final annual budget and Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) audit report and corrective …
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)
… reserves with balances totaling more than $1.3 million as of June 30, 2018. Key Recommendations Develop and adopt … estimates for revenues and appropriations and the amount of fund balance and reserves that will be used to fund …
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
… to $115 billion, primarily reflecting the addition of federal and state grants to the plan. While outyear gaps … and I encourage the city to provide more realistic levels of funding in the outyears for items that have persistently …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-statement-nycs-2025-budget-modificationBilingual Care, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
To determine whether the costs reported by Bilingual Care Inc on its Consolidated Fiscal Reports were reasonable necessary directly
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/09/11/bilingual-care-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manual