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:

• Bridgeport Exempted Village School District (Belmont County)
• Caldwell Exempted Village School District (Noble County)
• Cambridge City School District (Guernsey County)
• Circleville City School District (Pickaway County)
• Columbiana County Educational Service Center (Columbiana County)
• Cuyahoga Falls City School District (Summit County)
• Dalton Local School District (Wayne County)
• Early College Academy (Franklin County)
• Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical School (Franklin County)
• Grand Valley Local School District (Ashtabula County)
• Hamilton County Educational Service Center
• Indian Hill Exempted Village School District (Hamilton County)
• Licking Heights Local School District (Licking County)
• Logan Elm Local School District (Pickaway County)
• Northridge Local School District (Licking County)
• Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association (Guernsey County)
• Rossford Exempted Village School District (Wood County)
• Shelby City School District (Richland County)
• Southwest Local School District (Hamilton County)
• Three Rivers Local School District (Hamilton County)
• Union Local School District (Belmont County)
• Warren Local School District (Washington County)
• Western Reserve Local School District (Huron County)
• Xenia Community School District (Greene 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:
  • 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