Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for School Entities in Four Counties
Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for School Entities in Four Counties
HARRISBURG (April 10, 2020) – Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today announced the release of audit reports for school districts in Allegheny, Butler, Columbia, and York counties.
“Although Pennsylvania schools remain closed due to the coronavirus, my audit team continues to work remotely with school officials to keep audits moving forward,” DePasquale said.
The Department of the Auditor General examines the records of school districts, charter schools, intermediate units, and area vocational-technical schools. The audit assessments include whether school entities received the state subsidies and reimbursements to which they were entitled, accurately managed taxpayer funds, and complied with ethics codes. The audits also determine whether teachers and administrators were properly certified for the positions they held during the audit period.
The full audit reports are available online using the links provided below.
Allegheny County
Complied, in all significant respects, with applicable state laws, contracts, grant requirements and administrative procedures except in the following findings: the district failed to retain required documentation to support the $293,249 received in commonwealth-paid tuition for educating nonresident students, and the district paid nearly $6,000 in health care coverage for a former administrator after the administrator’s resignation.
Butler County
Karns City Area School District
Properly implemented policies and procedures for internal controls, budgetary practices, Right-to-Know and Sunshine laws; and complied, in all significant respects, with relevant requirements except in the finding that the district inaccurately reported the number of nonpublic school students transported resulting in a $10,010 overpayment to the district.
Columbia County
Bloomsburg Area School District
Complied, in all significant respects, with applicable state laws, contracts, grant requirements and administrative procedures except in the finding that the district inaccurately reported the number of nonpublic school students transported resulting in a net underpayment of $3,850.
York County
Complied, in all significant respects, with applicable state laws, contracts, grant requirements and administrative procedures except in the following findings: errors related to the district’s Social Security and Medicare reimbursements resulted in a net overpayment of $267,491; inaccurately reporting the number of district students transported who were eligible for reimbursement resulted in an overpayment of $13,070; failed to conduct monthly fire drills as required by state law and inaccurately reported fire drill data to the state Department of Education.
Learn more about the Department of the Auditor General online at www.PaAuditor.gov.
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