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Audit finds mostly sound school finances but flags student-activities and booster-club controls; committee asks staff for six-year trend data
Summary
An internal audit of 40 schools found generally fair financial statements but cited student-activities and booster-club control weaknesses at two schools. The Audit and Budget Advisory Committee directed staff to produce a six‑year trend on the frequency of school-level findings and discussed expanding training and cashless options.
An internal audit of 40 Miami‑Dade County public schools found financial statements to be fairly stated overall but identified noncompliance and inadequate internal controls in student-activities and booster-club accounts at two schools.
The audit presentation by Tamara Wayne, assistant chief auditor, covered 40 schools and centers with audit scopes covering one or two fiscal years ending June 30, 2024. Wayne said 16 centers were audited for two fiscal years and 24 schools for one fiscal year; 14 of the sites had a change in principal or administrator since the prior audit. "The financial statements were fairly stated for all 40 schools," she said, but added that two schools had findings related to internal funds and booster clubs.
The committee’s discussion focused on what caused the repeat findings, how training is…
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