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Audit firm finds low risk overall, flags facilities; board opts for one follow-up audit cycle on capital projects
Summary
External auditors from RS Abrams told the South Orangetown Central School District Board of Education that most functions they reviewed are low risk but facilities implementation remains untested; the board agreed to proceed with one in-depth audit cycle focused on capital projects and to remove a $10,000 consent-agenda item tied to the work.
Mary Anne Van Dine of RS Abrams presented the district's annual risk assessment, saying, "As you know, this is a report that we do every year. We reassess the risk, and then we make recommendations on cycles that we wanted to look in-depth." The audit covered accounting and reporting, payroll and human resources, student services and data, and found those areas to be low risk. Van Dine said prior-year recommendations had been implemented and that purchasing procedures had been adopted.
Van Dine told the board RS Abrams recommended two in-depth audit cycles: "one being on capital projects because I know you do have…
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