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:

• Bella Academy of Excellence (Cuyahoga County)
• Cambridge City School District (Guernsey County)
• Clear Fork Valley Local School District (Richland County)
• Hubbard Exempted Village School District (Trumbull County)
• Huntington Local School District (Ross County)
• Lakeview Local School District (Trumbull County)
• Muskingum valley Educational Service Center (Muskingum County)
• North Central Agency (Seneca County)
• Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (Cuyahoga County)
• Penta Career Center (Wood County)
• South Central Ohio Insurance Consortium (Fairfield County)
• Strongsville City School District (Cuyahoga County)
• Triad Local School District (Champaign County)
• Tri-County Career Center (Athens 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:
Carrie Bartunek
Press Secretary
614-644-1111