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Columbus – Auditor of State Dave Yost is pleased to announce that the following entities received the Auditor of State Award for their clean audit reports:
- Bennett Venture Academy (Lucas County)
- Brunswick City School District (Medina County)
- Buckeye Valley Local School District (Delaware County)
- Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Parks District (Franklin County)
- Fairborn City School District (Greene County)
- Galion City School District (Crawford County)
- Howland Local School District (Trumbull County)
- Lorain County Joint Vocational School District (Lorain County)
- Lorain K-12 Digital Academy (Lorain County)
- Minerva Local School District (Stark County)
- Noble Local School District (Noble County)
- Perry Local School District (Stark County)
- Symmes Valley Local School District (Lawrence County)
- Tipp City Exempted Village School District (Miami County)
- Union Scioto Local School District (Ross County)
- United Local School District (Columbiana County)
- U.S. Grant Joint Vocational School District (Clermont County)
- Vanguard Sentinel Career Technology Centers (Sandusky 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.