Annual Audit Findings

Five Year Comparison of Audit Findings

School store or P.E. uniform sales made more/less profit than potential based upon ratio analysis

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Number of schools with the finding 4 4 12 4 6
Percentage of schools with the finding 4% 5% 13% 4% 7%

Donation in excess of $250.00 which the school did not formally acknowledge

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Number of schools with the finding 10 9 9 5 5
Percentage of schools with the finding 11% 10% 10% 6% 6%

Failure to report property acquisition to property and records department

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Number of schools with the finding 8 7 6 9 3
Percentage of schools with the finding 9% 8% 7% 10% 3%

Proper fund-raising forms were not completed (MIS582 and/or MIS583)

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Number of schools with the finding 7 7 8 9 9
Percentage of schools with the finding 8% 8% 9% 10% 10%

Weaknesses found in fee based program

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Number of schools with the finding 8 8 2 2 3
Percentage of schools with the finding 9% 10% 2% 2% 3%

Payments made to individuals without going through payroll or financial accounting

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Number of schools with the finding 11 12 4 6 12
Percentage of schools with the finding 12% 14% 4% 7% 13%

Purchase orders not utilized as required

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Number of schools with the finding 8 9 0 0 1
Percentage of schools with the finding 9% 11% 0% 0% 1%

Money collected by teachers or staff was not remitted to the bookkeeper in a timely manner

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Number of schools with the finding 8 3 0 0 1
Percentage of schools with the finding 9% 4% 0% 0% 1%

Material weaknesses in the cash receipt/cash disbursement process

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Number of schools with the finding 2 4 15 13 13
Percentage of schools with the finding 2% 5% 16% 14% 14%

Account ended the year with a negative balance

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Number of schools with the finding 0 0 1 1 1
Percentage of schools with the finding 0% 0% 1% 1% 1%

Failure to obtain cooperative organization report or cooperative organization was not properly formed

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Number of schools with the finding 7 7 5 6 4
Percentage of schools with the finding 8% 8% 5% 7% 4%

Totals

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Total Number of findings 70 85 73 58 59
Total Number of Schools with Internal Funds 92 92 92 92 91