State auditors give Jackson County Board of Education unmodified opinion on district financial statements

An auditor from the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts told the Jackson County Board of Education that the department issued an unmodified opinion on the district's financial statements and on its major federal programs.

The auditor said the audit was performed "in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the governmental auditing standards" and that the unmodified opinion means "the financial statements are presented fairly in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles." The auditor also reported an unmodified opinion on the board's major federal programs, which the auditor identified as Title I and the Education Stabilization Fund.

The auditor said the local schools selected for comprehensive testing were Bridgeport Elementary and North Jackson High School and that "we reported no findings in our report." The auditor also said the full audit report is posted at www.examiners.alabama.gov under the Audit Reports tab.

Board members thanked central office and school bookkeepers and principals for work that contributed to the favorable audit presentation; no board action on the audit presentation itself was recorded during the briefing.

Separately during general business the board approved the district's financial statements and the list of reconciled bank accounts for April 2025; the board record lists payroll expenditures of $4,600,430.50 and nonpayroll expenditures of $3,451,757.55 and the motion carried.

The board did not ask for additional follow-up during the meeting and the auditor concluded the presentation by noting the report is available online.