Press release

Auditor of State Dave Yost is pleased to announce that the following entities received the Auditor of State Award for their clean audit reports:

  • Bowling Green City School District (Wood County)
  • Buckeye Central Local School District (Crawford County)
  • Crestview Local School District (Richland County)
  • Educational Service Center of Lorain (Lorain County)
  • Forest Hills Local School District (Hamilton County)
  • Lake Local School District (Stark County)
  • Oberlin City School District (Lorain County)
  • Perry Local School District (Stark County)
  • Sandusky Metropolitan Housing (Sandusky County)
  • Tiffin City School District (Seneca County)
  • Union Local School District (Belmont County)
  • Washington Local School District (Lucas County)

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 (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles);
  • 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
  • No other financial or other concerns exist that involve eligible entity.

A full copy of each report is available online.