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:

• Bay Village City School District (Cuyahoga County)
• Chillicothe City School District (Ross County)
• Cloverleaf Local School District (Medina County)
• Copley-Fairlawn City School District (Summit County)
• Eastern Local School District (Meigs County)
• Educational Academy for Boys and Girls (Franklin County)
• Field Local School District (Portage County)
• Indian Creek Local School District (Jefferson County)
• Liberty-Union Thurston Local School District (Fairfield County)
• Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (Montgomery County)
• Midview Local School District (Lorain County)
• Northeastern Local School District (Clark County)
• Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy (Franklin County)
• Seneca-East Local School District (Seneca County)
• Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City School District (Lorain County)
• Solon City School District (Cuyahoga County)
• Steubenville City School District (Jefferson County)
• Strongsville City School District (Cuyahoga County)
• Talawanda School District (Butler County)
• Triad Local School District (Champaign County)
• Tuscarawas Valley Local School District (Tuscarawas County)
• Warren City School District (Trumbull County)
• Westfall Local School District (Pickaway 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 

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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 5,800 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:
Brittany Halpin
Press Secretary
614-644-1111