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Press Release Ohio Auditor of State

Auditor Faber Announces Auditor of State Award Recipients

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

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

·        Boardman Local School District (Mahoning County)

·        Hamilton County Mathematics and Science Academy (Hamilton County)

·        Mt. Healthy Preparatory and Fitness Academy (Hamilton County)

·        Summit Academy Community School – Dayton (Summit County)

·        Summit Academy Community School – Youngstown (Summit County)

·        Reading Community City School District (Hamilton County)

·        Summit Academy – Youngstown (Summit County)

·        Summit Academy Community School – Parma (Summit County)

·        Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learners – Canton (Stark County)

·        Zanesville City School District (Muskingum County)

·        Summit Academy Lorain (Lorain County)

·        Ohio Virtual Academy (Lucas County)

·        Horizon Science Academy (Montgomery County)

·        Indian Creek Local School District (Jefferson County)

·        Wellsville Local School District (Columbiana County)

·        Amherst Exempted Village School District (Lorain County)

·        Canfield Local School District (Mahoning County)

·        Green Local School District (Summit County)

·        Lorain City School District (Lorain County)

·        Oakstone Community School (Franklin County)

·        Hancock County Educational Service Center (Hancock County)

·        Graham Elementary and Middle School (Franklin County

·        Symmes Valley Local School District (Lawrence County)

·        Buckeye Central Local School District (Crawford County)

·        Mariemont City School District (Hamilton County)

·        Richland County Regional Planning Commission (Richland County)

·        Clay Avenue Community School (Lucas County)

·        Clermont Northeastern Local School District (Clermont County)

·        Great Western Academy (Franklin County)

·        Madison Avenue School of Arts (Lucas County)

·        Stark High School (Stark County)

·        Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learners – Xenia (Green County)

·        Summit Academy Secondary School - Middle Town (Summit County)

·        Summit Academy Transition High School – Dayton (Montgomery County)

·        Beacon Academy (Summit County)

·        Pickaway County Educational Service Center (Pickaway County)

·        Southside Academy (Mahoning County)

·        London Metropolitan Housing Authority (Madison County)

·        Clermont County Educational Service Center (Clermont County)

·        Darke County Metropolitan Housing Authority (Darke County)

·        Global Ambassadors Language Academy (Cuyahoga County)

·        Jackson Metropolitan Housing Authority (Jackson County)

·        NORMA Self Insurance Pool, Inc. (Cuyahoga County)

·        Chillicothe Metropolitan Housing Authority (Ross County)

·        Coshocton County Career Center (Coshocton County)

·        BORMA, Inc. (Wood County)

·        Columbus Baseball Team, Inc. (Franklin County)

·        Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority (Franklin County)

·        Morrow Metropolitan Housing Authority (Morrow County)

·        The River South Authority (Franklin County)

·        Caldwell Exempted Village School District (Noble County)

·        Delaware Metropolitan Housing Authority (Delaware County)

·        Ironton Metropolitan Housing Authority (Lawrence County)

·        Franklin Park Conservatory Joint Recreational District (Franklin County)

·        Suburban Health Consortium (Cuyahoga 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 weakness, significant deficiencies, Uniform Guidance (Single Audit) findings or questioned costs;

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

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

o   Ethics referrals

o   Questioned costs less than the threshold per the 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.

Contact:

Allie Dumski

Press Secretary

(614) - 644 - 1111