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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits

August 7, 2020

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have been issued.

East Ramapo Central School District – Textbooks Loaned to Nonpublic School Students (Rockland County)

The district did not have adequate systems in place to verify that textbooks purchased for and loaned to nonpublic schools were only provided to eligible students. Auditors reviewed 300 nonpublic school student records and found that 114 students were provided with textbooks even though the district's records did not support the students' eligibility to receive textbooks. In addition, the district did not have systems in place to account for textbooks purchased for and loaned to nonpublic school students and cannot account for all textbooks purchased and loaned to those students.

Genesee Community Charter School – Non-Payroll Disbursements (Monroe County)

The board did not adopt or enforce adequate disbursement policies. Of 1,317 disbursements reviewed by auditors, 207 check disbursements (totaling $176,847) and 274 debit and credit card transactions (totaling $84,672) did not have adequate supporting documentation. The school did not have written agreements with six service providers that were paid $43,144. The school had inadequate agreements with nine providers that were paid $267,432 and they did not monitor for contract compliance, which resulted in apparent overpayments of $2,180.


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