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:

• Adams County/Ohio Valley School District
• Adena Local School District (Ross County)
• Barberton City School District (Summit County)
• Bexley City School District (Franklin County)
• Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District (Cuyahoga County)
• Bridges Community Academy (Seneca County)
• Campbell City School District (Mahoning County)
• Canton Harbor High School (Stark County)
• Canton Local School District (Stark County)
• Consortium of Northwest Ohio (Henry County)
• Eastern Local School District (Brown County)
• Edgewood City School District (Butler County)
• Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County
• Elgin Local School District (Marion County)
• Fairbanks Local School District (Union County)
• Fairfield City School District (Butler County)
• Fairfield County Educational Service Center (Fairfield County)
• Fairfield Union Local School District (Fairfield County)
• Firelands Local School District (Lorain County)
• Four County Career Center (Henry County)
• Franklinton Preparatory Academy (Franklin County)
• Gallia-Jackson-Vinton Joint Vocational School District (Gallia County)
• Garaway Local School District (Tuscarawas County)
• Geneva Area City School District (Ashtabula County)
• Global Impact STEM Academy (Clark County)
• Green Local School District (Summit County)
• Green Local School District (Wayne County)
• Greeneview Local School District (Greene County)
• Hamilton Alternative Academy (Franklin County)
• Huron County Metropolitan Housing Authority
• Indian Creek Local School District (Jefferson County) 
• Jonathan Alder Local School District (Madison County)
• Johnstown-Monroe Local School District (Licking County)
• Joseph Badger Local School District (Trumbull County)
• Lake Local School District (Stark County)
• Maplewood Career Center (Portage County)
• Maritime Academy of Toledo (Lucas County)
• Marlington Local School District (Stark County)
• Mathews Local School District (Trumbull County)
• Maysville Local School District (Muskingum County)
• Metro Early College High School (Franklin County)
• Minford Local School District (Scioto County)
• New Richmond Exempted Village School District (Clermont County)
• Oakstone Community School (Franklin County)
• Parma City School District (Cuyahoga County)
• Perry Local School District (Stark County)
• Phoenix Academy (Lucas County)
• Pleasant Education Academy (Marion County)
• Plymouth-Shiloh Local School District (Richland County)
• Polly Fox Academy (Lucas County)
• Promise Academy (Cuyahoga County)
• Richland County Regional Planning Commission
• Ridgewood Local School District (Coshocton County)
• Riverside Local School District (Logan County)
• Rushmore Academy (Marion County)
• Shadyside Local School District (Belmont County)
• Solon City School District (Cuyahoga County)
• South Point Local School District (Lawrence County)
• Springfield Local School District (Mahoning County)
• St. Clairsville-Richland City School District (Belmont County)
• Stark County Educational Service Center
• Tiffin City School District (Seneca County)
• Upper Valley Career Center (Miami County)
• Warren County Educational Service Center
• Washington Court House City School District (Fayette County)
• Washington Nile Local School District (Scioto County)
• Wellston City School District (Jackson County)
• West Muskingum Local School District (Muskingum County)
• Willoughby-Eastlake City School District (Lake County)
• Wood County Educational Service Center

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 that involve eligible entity.

A full copy of these audits may be found 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 5,800 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:
Carrie Bartunek
Director of Communications
614-644-1111