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:

• Adena Local School District (Ross County)
• Akron City School District (Summit County)
• Alliance Academy of Cincinnati (Hamilton County)
• Amherst Exempted Village School District (Lorain County)
• Apex Academy (Cuyahoga County)
• Bethel-Tate Local School District (Clermont County)
• Cambridge City School District (Guernsey County)
• Canfield Local School District (Mahoning County)
• Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy (Hamilton County)
• Cliff Park High School (Clark County)
• Colonel Crawford Local School District (Crawford County)
• Crestwood Local School District (Portage County)
• Dawson-Bryant Local School District (Lawrence County)
• Eastgate Regional Council of Governments (Mahoning County)
• Emerson Academy of Dayton (Montgomery County)
• Fairland Local School District (Lawrence County)
• Grand Valley Local School District (Ashtabula County)
• Green Local School District (Scioto County)
• Greenon Local School District (Clark County)
• Greeneview Local School District (Greene County)
• Indian Hill Exempted Village School District (Hamilton County)
• Ironton City School District (Lawrence County)
• James A. Garfield Local School District (Portage County)
• Knox County Career Center (Knox County)
• Lakeview Local School District (Trumbull County)
• Lorain County Joint Vocational School District (Lorain County)
• Mad River Local School District (Montgomery County)
• Mahoning and Columbiana Training Association (Mahoning County)
• Marshall High School (Butler County)
• Marysville Exempted Village School District (Union County)
• Milford Exempted Village School District (Clermont County)
• Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center (Muskingum County)
• North Dayton School of Discovery (Montgomery County)
• Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (Cuyahoga County)
• Orion Academy (Hamilton County)
• Pathway School of Discovery (Montgomery County)
• Pinnacle Academy (Cuyahoga County)
• Polaris Career Center (Cuyahoga County)
• Putnam County Educational Service Center (Putnam County)
• Rossford Exempted Village School District (Wood County)
• South Scioto Academy (Franklin County)
• Southern Ohio Educational Service Center (Clinton County)
• Springfield Local School District (Summit County)
• Springfield Preparatory and Fitness Academy (Clark County)
• St. Bernard-Elmwood Place Local School District (Hamilton County)
• Stambaugh Charter Academy (Mahoning County)
• Trotwood Preparatory and Fitness Academy (Montgomery County)
• Tuslaw Local School District (Stark County)
• Union-Scioto Local School District (Ross County)
• Warrensville Heights City School District)
• Washington Court House City School District (Fayette County)
• Western Reserve Local School District (Huron County)
• Wilmington City School District (Clinton County)
• Wood County Educational Service Center (Wood County)
• Zenith Academy East (Franklin 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 each report is 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 5,900 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:
Beth Gianforcaro
Press Secretary
614-644-1111