Columbus – Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber is pleased to announce that, in the month of February, the following entities received the Auditor of State Award for their clean audit reports:

·        Eastland-Fairfield Career & Tech (Franklin County)

·        KIPP Columbus (Franklin County)

·        Tri-State STEM+M Early College High School (Lawrence County)

·         Alliance City School District (Stark County)

·        Canton City School District (Stark County)

·        Archbold Area Local School District (Fulton County)

·        Wooster City School District (Wayne County)

·        Mathews Local School District (Trumbull County)

·        Sandusky Metropolitan Housing (Sandusky County)

·        Forest Hills Local School District (Hamilton County)

·        Northmor Local School District   (Morrow County)

·        Maplewood Local School District (Trumbull County)

·        Trumbull Metropolitan Housing Authority             (Trumbull County)

·        Olmsted Falls City School District (Cuyahoga County)

·        Ridgewood Local School District (Coshocton County)

·        Edgewood City School District (Butler County)

·        Phoenix Community Learning Center (Hamilton County)

·        Collins Career Center (Lawrence County)

·        Waverly City School District (Pike County)

·        Bloom Vernon Local School District (Scioto County)

·        Wheelersburg Local School District (Scioto County)

·        Logan Elm Local School District (Pickaway County)

·        Carrollton Exempted Village School District (Carroll County)

·        James A. Garfield Local School District (Portage County)

·        Warren City School District (Trumbull County)

·        LaBrae Local School District (Trumbull County)

·        City of North Royalton (Cuyahoga County)

·        REACH Academy (Lucas County)

·        Horizon Science Academy – DD (Montgomery County)

·        Steel Academy (Summit County)

·        Eastgate Regional Council of Governments (Mahoning County)

·        Fairfield City School District (Butler County)

·        Sciotoville Community School (Scioto County)

·        Horizon Science Academy - DHS (Montgomery County)

·        Mahoning County School Employees Insurance Consortium (Mahoning County)

·        Mahoning & Columbiana Training (Mahoning County)

·        Bio-Med Science Academy STEM (Portage County)

·        Brookfield Local School District   (Trumbull County)

·        Wellington Exempted Village School District (Lorain County)

·        Lima-Allen Regional Planning Commission  (Allen County)

·        Northwestern Local School District (Clark County)

·        Greene County Joint Vocational School District (Greene County)

·        Copley-Fairlawn Local School District (Summit County)

·        Bellaire Local School District (Belmont County)

·        Horizon Science Academy of Young (Mahoning County)

·        Horizon Science Academy of Cleveland    (Cuyahoga County)

·        Nobel Academy of Cleveland (Cuyahoga County)

·        Oberlin City School District (Lorain County)

·        Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City School District (Lorain County)

·        Coshocton Opportunity School   (Coshocton County)

·        International Academy of Columbus (Franklin County)

·        Patriot Preparatory Academy (Franklin County)

·        Mt. Healthy City School District  (Meigs County)

·        Union Scioto Local School District (Ross County)

·        Windham Exempted Village School District (Portage County)

·        Plain Local School District  (Stark County)

·        Medina County Joint Vocational School District (Medina County)

·        Monroe Local School District (Butler County)

·        Lighthouse Community School (Hamilton County)

·        Scioto Valley Local School District (Pike County)

·        Salem City School District (Columbiana County)

·        Champion Local School District (Trumbull County)

·        Brooklyn City School District (Cuyahoga County) 

·        Washington Park Common School (Cuyahoga County)

·        Toledo Preparatory and Fitness  (Lucas County)

·        L. Hollingsworth School for the Talented and Gifted (Lucas County)

·        Bethel Tate Local School District (Clermont County)

·        Chillicothe City School District (Ross County)

·        Mound Street Health Careers Academy (Montgomery County)

·        Mound Street IT Academy (Montgomery County)             

·        Stark County Educational Service Center (Stark County)

·        East Branch Preparatory Academy (Stark County)

·        Woodridge Local School District (Summit County)

·        Blanchester Local School District (Clinton County)

·        Ironton City School District (Lawrence County)

·        Mound Street Military Academy (Montgomery County)

·        Loudonville Perrysville Exempted Village School District (Ashland County)

·        Fairfield Union Local School District (Fairfield County)

·        East Knox Local School District (Knox County)

·        United Local School District (Columbiana County)

·        Fairless Local School District (Stark County)

·        Sandy Valley Local School District (Stark  County)

·        Midview Local School District (Lorain County)

·        Franklin Local Community School (Muskingum County)

·        A+ Children’s Academy (Franklin County)

·        Grand Valley Local School District (Ashtabula County)

·        Cuyahoga Valley Career Center (Cuyahoga County)

·        Lake Metropolitan Housing Authority (Lake County)

·        Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority (Lorain County)

·        Medina Metropolitan Housing Authority (Medina County)

·        Bridgeport Exempted Village School District (Tuscarawas County)

·        East Central Ohio Educational Service Center (Tuscarawas County)

·        Renaissance Academy    (Franklin County)

·        London City School District (Madison County)

·        Eastwood Local School District (Wood County)

·        North Baltimore Local School District (Wood County)

·        Federal Hocking Local School District (Athens County)

·        Adams County Ohio Valley Local School District (Adams County)

·        South Central Ohio Educational Service Center (Scioto County)

·        Clay Local School District (Scioto County)

·        Northwest Local School District (Scioto County)

·        Early College Academy (Franklin County)

·        Arts & College Prep Academy (Franklin County)

·        Crestwood Local School District (Portage County)

·        Northwest Ohio Educational Service Center (Fulton County)

·        Findlay Digital Academy (Hancock County)

·        St. Clairsville City School District (Belmont County)

·        Columbus Performance Academy (Franklin 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 timely financial reports with the Auditor of State’s office via the Hinkle System in accordance with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles);

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

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

o   Ethics referrals

o   Questioned costs less than the threshold per the Uniform Guidance

o   Lack of timely report submission

o   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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