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SHELBY – A recent financial audit of Pioneer Career & Technology Center by the auditor of State’s Office for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014, has returned a clean audit report of Pioneer for the second consecutive year. Pioneer’s excellent record keeping has once again earned it the Auditor of State Award.
According to Pioneer Treasurer, Linda Schumacher, “Pioneer once again proves itself mindful of the need for excellence in financial management. This award is just one way we can show our stakeholder’s that we are thankful for and mindful of all of the support they give us here at Pioneer. Without the excellent fiscal and administrative staff at Pioneer and the community support we receive, our jobs would be much more difficult. In fact, the entire staff at Pioneer is extremely aware and supportive of the importance of sound financial reporting.”
The Auditor of State Award is presented to local governments and school districts upon the completion of a financial audit. Entities that receive the award meet the following criteria of a “Clean” audit report:
- The entity must file timely financial reports with the Auditor of State’s office in accordance with GAAP.
- The audit report does not contain any findings for recovery, material citations, material weaknesses, significant deficiencies, Single Audit findings or questioned costs.
- The entity’s management letter contains no comments related to ethics referrals, questioned costs less than $10,000, lack of timely report submission, reconciliation, failure to obtain a timely Single Audit, findings for recovery less than $100, public meetings or public records