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:

• Bethel-Tate Local School District (Clermont County)
• Columbiana Exempted Village School District (Columbiana County)
• Constellation Schools: Elyria Community Elementary (Lorain County)
• Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary (Lorain County)
• Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Middle (Lorain County)
• Constellation Schools: Madison Community Elementary (Cuyahoga County)
• Constellation Schools: Mansfield Community Elementary (Richland County)
• Constellation Schools: Mansfield Community Middle (Richland County)
• Constellation Schools: Old Brooklyn Community Elementary (Cuyahoga County)
• Constellation Schools: Old Brooklyn Community Middle (Cuyahoga County)
• Constellation Schools: Outreach Academy for Students with Disabilities (Cuyahoga County)
• Constellation Schools: Parma Community (Cuyahoga County)
• Constellation Schools: Puritas Community Elementary (Cuyahoga County)
• Constellation Schools: Puritas Community Middle (Cuyahoga County)
• Constellation Schools: Stockyard Community Elementary (Cuyahoga County)
• Constellation Schools: Westpark Community Elementary (Cuyahoga County)
• Constellation Schools: Westpark Community Middle (Cuyahoga County)
• Constellation Schools: Westside Community School of the Arts (Cuyahoga County)
• Dixon Early Learning Center (Columbiana County)
• Edison Local School District (Jefferson 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:
   
  o Ethics referrals
  o Questioned costs less than $10,000
  o Lack of timely report submission
  o Reconciliation
  o Failure to obtain a timely Single Audit
  o Findings for recovery less than $100
  o Public meetings or public records
   

Full copies of these audits are searchable 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 5,600 state and local government agencies.  Under the direction of Auditor Dave Yost, the office also provides financial services to local governments, investigates and prevents fraud in public agencies and promotes transparency in government.

Contact:
Carrie Bartunek
Press Secretary
614-644-1111