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Auditor Faber Announces Auditor of State Award Recipients

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Columbus – Auditor of State Keith Faber is pleased to announce that the following entities received the Auditor of State Award for their clean audit reports.

·        Academy for Educational Excellence (Lucas County)

·        Brookville Local School District (Montgomery County)

·        Buckeye Central Local School District (Crawford County)

·        City of Chardon (Geauga County)

·        Horizon Science Academy Youngstown (Mahoning County)

·        Meigs Local School District (Meigs County)

·        Tri-County Career Center (Athens County)

·        Wadsworth City School District (Medina County)

·        Belpre City School District (Washington County)

·        Gahanna-Jefferson City School District (Franklin County)

·        Horizon Science Academy – Lorain (Lorain County)

·        Horizon Science Academy Cleveland Middle School (Cuyahoga County)

·        Indian Valley Local School District (Tuscarawas County )

·        Logan Elm Local School District (Pickaway County)

·        Noble Academy Cleveland (Cuyahoga County)

·        Northmor Local School District (Morrow County)

·        Pathway School of Discovery (Montgomery County)

·        Youngstown Community School (Mahoning County)

·        Alliance Academy of Cincinnati (Hamilton County)

·        Apex Academy (Cuyahoga County)

·        Fairless Local School District (Stark County)

·        Highland Local School District (Morrow County)

·        Northwest Local School District (Scioto County)

·        Orion Academy (Hamilton County)

·        Windham Exempted Village School District (Portage County)

·        Campbell City School District (Mahoning County)

·        Emerson Academy (Montgomery County)

·        Labrae Local School District (Trumbull County)

·        Bennett Venture Academy (Lucas County)

·        Columbia Local School District (Lorain County)

·        Eastgate Regional Council of Governments (Mahoning County)

·        Edison Local School District (Erie County)

·        Great Lakes Council of Governments (Cuyahoga County)

·        Jefferson Health Plan (Jefferson County)

·        Phoenix Community Learning Center (Hamilton County)

·        Southeastern Local School District (Ross County)

·        Technological College Preparatory World Academy (Hamilton County)

·        Black River Local School District (Medina County)

·        Mahoning and Columbiana Training Association (Mahoning County)

·        Mahoning County High School (Mahoning County)

·        Mahoning County School Employees Insurance Consortium (Mahoning County)

·        Stark Tuscarawas Workforce Development Bd. Council of Governments (Stark)

·        Washington-Nile Local School District (Scioto County)

·        Western Brown Local School District (Brown County)

·        West Muskingum Local School District (Muskingum County)

·        Workforce Initiative Association (Stark County)

·        Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority (Mahoning County)

·        Garaway Local School District (Tuscarawas County)

·        International Academy of Columbus (Franklin County)

·        Kings Local School District (Warren County)

·        Stambaugh Charter Academy (Cuyahoga County)

·        Steel Academy (Summit County)

·        Avon Local School District (Lorain County)

·        Girard City School District (Trumbull County)

·        Middletown Preparatory and Fitness Academy (Butler County)

·        North Central Academy (Seneca County)

·        Ohio Connections Academy (Cuyahoga County)

·        Rise and Shine Academy (Lucas County)

·        Sciotoville Community School (Scioto County)

·        Westside Academy (Franklin County)

·        Educational Service Center Council of Governments (Franklin County)

·        Educational Service Center of Central Ohio (Franklin County)

·        Fairland Local School District (Lawrence County)

·        Felicity-Franklin Local School District (Clermont County)

·        Licking Valley Local School District (Licking County)

·        North Dayton School of Discovery (Montgomery County)

·        Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy (Franklin County)

·        Whitehall Preparatory and Fitness Academy (Franklin County)

·        Arlington Local School District (Hancock County)

·        Clark Shawnee Local School District (Clark County)

·        Holgate Local School District (Henry County)

·        Patrick Henry Local School District (Henry County)

·        Southeast Local School District (Portage County)

·        Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center (Muskingum County)

·        West Carrollton City School District (Montgomery County)

·        Adena Local School District (Ross County)

·        Bay Village City School District (Cuyahoga County)

·        New Boston Local School District (Scioto County)

·        Ashland City School District (Ashland County)

·        Brooklyn City School District (Cuyahoga County)

·        Loveland City School District (Hamilton County)

·        Eastern Local School District (Brown County)

·        Monroe Local School District (Butler County)

·        Ohio Valley Employment Resource (Washington County)

·        Ashtabula Area City School District (Ashtabula County)

·        Bridgeport Exempted Village School District (Belmont County)

·        Global Ambassadors Language Academy (Cuyahoga County)

·        Great River Connections Academy (Franklin County)

·        Lorain County Joint Vocational School District (Lorain County)

·        Loudonville-Perrysville Exempted Village School District (Ashland County)

·        Willoughby-Eastlake City School District (Lake County)

·        East Cleveland City School District (Cuyahoga County)

·        Jefferson Area Local School District (Ashtabula County)

·        Scioto Valley Local School District (Pike County)

·        Area 16 Workforce Development Board (Belmont County)

·        Barberton City School District (Summit County)

·        Buckeye Local School District (Ashtabula County)

·        Delphos City School District (Allen County)

·        Fairfield County Educational Service Center (Fairfield County)

·        Hillsboro City School District (Highland County)

·        Madison Local School District (Butler County)

·        Marysville Exempted Village School District (Union County)

·        Plain Local School District (Stark County)

·        Union-Scioto Local School District (Ross County)

·        Vinton County Local School District (Vinton County)

·        Crestwood Local School District (Portage County)

·        Boardman Local School District (Mahoning County)

·        Gallia/Vinton Educational Service Center (Gallia County)

·        Lisbon Exempted Village School District (Columbia County)

·        Pickaway County Educational Service Center (Pickaway County)

·        Wheelersburg Local School District (Scioto County)

·        Arcadia Local School District (Hancock County)

·        Bellevue City School District (Huron County)

·        Cambridge City School District (Guernsey County)

·        Crestview Local School District (Columbiana County)

·        Crooksville Exempted Village School District (Perry County)

·        Delaware Metropolitan Housing Authority (Delaware County)

·        East Central Ohio Educational Service Center (Matt King)

·        Medina City School District (Medina County)

·        Meigs Metropolitan Housing Authority (Meigs County)

·        Scioto County Career Technical Center (Scioto County)

·        Wooster City School District (Wayne County)

·        Clinton Massie Local School District (Clinton County)

·        Morgan Local School District (Morgan County)

·        Plymouth - Shiloh Local School District (Richland County)

·        Dayton Leadership Academies - Dayton View (Montgomery County)

·        Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools (Franklin County)

·        Hamilton County Educational Service Center (Hamilton County)

·        Indian Hill Exempted Village School District (Hamilton County)

·        Kent City School District (Portage County)

·        Portsmouth City School District (Scioto County)

·        Rolling Hills Local School District (Guernsey County)

·        Rossford Exempted Village School District (Wood County)

·        Southington Local School District (Trumbull County)

·        Springfield Local School District (Summit County)

 

The Auditor’s office presents the Auditor of State Award 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 financial reports with the Auditor of State’s office by the statutory due date, without extension, via the Hinkle System and in accordance with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles);

·        The audit report does not contain any findings for recovery, material citations, material weakness, significant deficiencies, Uniform Guidance (Single Audit) findings or questioned costs;

·        The entity’s management letter contains no comment related to:

o   Ethics referrals

o   Questioned costs less than the threshold per the Uniform Guidance

o   Lack of timely annual financial report submission

o   Bank reconciliation issues

o   Failure to obtain a timely Single Audit in accordance with Uniform Guidance

o   Findings for recovery less than $500

o   Public meetings or public records issues

·        The entity has no other financial or other concerns

Full copies of these reports are available online.

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The Auditor of State’s office, one of five independently elected statewide offices in Ohio is responsible for auditing more than 6,000 state and local government agencies. Under the direction of Auditor Keith Faber, the office also provides financial services to local governments, investigates and prevents fraud in public agencies, and promotes transparency in government.

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Allie Dumski

Press Secretary

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