COLUMBUS — Auditor of State Keith Faber is pleased to announce that the following entities received Auditor of State Awards in April for their clean audit reports:

• Heir Force Community School (Allen County)
• Martins Ferry City School District (Belmont County)
• Clark County - Springfield Transportation Coordinating Committee (Clark County)
• Clermont Northeastern Local School District (Clermont County)
•  Lisbon Exempted Village School District (Columbiana County)
• Bay Village City School District (Cuyahoga County)
• Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy (Cuyahoga County)
• Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
•  Harvard Avenue Performance Academy (Cuyahoga County)
• Horizon Science Academy Cleveland Middle School (Cuyahoga County)
• Horizon Science Academy of Cleveland (Cuyahoga County)
• Horizon Science Academy-Denison Middle School (Cuyahoga County)
•  Noble Academy Cleveland (Cuyahoga County)
• STEAM Academy of Warrensville Heights (Cuyahoga County)
• Village Preparatory School Cliffs (Cuyahoga County)
• Village Preparatory School Woodland Hills (Cuyahoga County)
• Monroe Preparatory Academy (Erie County)
• Vermilion Local School District (Erie County)
•  Liberty Union-Thurston Local School District (Fairfield County)
• Columbus Humanities Arts and Technology Academy (Franklin County)
• Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools (Franklin County)
• Metro Early College High School (Franklin County)
• Ohio Achievement Charter Schools dba Millennium Community School (Franklin County)
• Schools Of Ohio Risk Sharing Authority (Franklin County)
• The Graham School (Franklin County)
• United Schools Columbus (Franklin County)
• Zenith Academy (Franklin County)
• Zenith Academy East (Franklin County)
• East Guernsey Local School District (Guernsey County)
• Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy (Hamilton County)
• Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (Hamilton County)
• Consortium of Northwest Ohio (Henry County)
•  Liberty Center Local School District (Henry County)
• Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission (Jefferson County)
• Riverside Local School District (Logan County)
• Horizon Science Academy - Lorain (Lorain County)
•  Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority (Lorain County)
• Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments (Lucas County)
• London City School District (Madison County)
• Horizon Science Academy Youngstown (Mahoning County)
• Springfield Local School District (Mahoning County)
• Alliance Community Schools, Inc. (Montgomery County)
• Pickaway County Public Employees Benefits Program (Pickaway County)
• Portage Area School Consortium (Portage County)
• Union-Scioto Local School District (Ross County)
• Canton College Preparatory School (Stark County)
• East Branch Preparatory Academy dba Wright Preparatory Academy (Stark County)
• Louisville City School District (Stark County)
• Minerva Local School District (Stark County)
• Main Preparatory Academy (Summit County)
• Summit Regional Health Care Consortium (SRHCC) (Summit County)
• McDonald Local School District (Trumbull County)
• Trumbull Career and Technical Center (Trumbull County)
• Trumbull County Educational Service Center (Trumbull County)
• Vantage Career Center (Van Wert County)
• Ohio Valley Employment Resource (Washington County)

“By keeping accurate financial records, governing bodies demonstrate their commitment to efficient, effective, and transparent service,” Auditor Faber said. “This award honors public entities that have put in the hard work to keep their finances in order.”

The Auditor of State’s Office presents the awards 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:
  • Ethics referrals
  • Questioned costs less than the threshold per the Uniform Guidance
  • Lack of timely annual financial report submission
  • Bank reconciliation issues
  • Failure to obtain a timely Single Audit in accordance with Uniform Guidance
  • Findings for recovery less than $500
  • Public meetings or public records issues
• The entity has no other financial or other concerns

Full copies of these reports are available online at /ohioauditor.gov/auditsearch/search.aspx.

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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 5,900 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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