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District auditor issues unmodified opinion on 2024 financials; no material weaknesses found
Summary
External auditor reported an unmodified (clean) opinion on the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District'024 annual comprehensive financial report and single-audit grant schedules; no control exceptions, material weaknesses or significant deficiencies were identified.
Mr. Stephen McClellan, the district's external auditor, told the Board of Education on Jan. 27 that the district received an unmodified opinion on its 2024 annual comprehensive financial report and on the audited federal and state grant programs.
"I'm happy to report that the audit report this year ... is a clean audit, meaning the information provided was materially accurate and the information presented can be relied upon," McClellan said during the meeting.
The auditor said the district filed its report by the state-mandated Jan. 15 deadline and noted that about 25% of audits statewide remained outstanding on that date. The audit covered general administration, instructional and student services, cafeteria operations, capital improvements, debt service, transportation and the district pplication for State School Aid (ASSA), among other areas.
McClellan told the board that no internal-control exceptions, material weaknesses or significant deficiencies were identified and that the single-audit testing of federal and state grants showed no instances of noncompliance requiring corrective action. He also noted the district's long run of recognition for its financial reporting: 16 consecutive years of the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting from ASBO International and eight consecutive years of the Meritorious Budget Award.
The auditor credited district staff for timely records and responsiveness during the audit. Board members received a multi-page presentation summarizing key audit highlights and were given the opportunity to ask questions following the presentation.
The report and the auditor's presentation were submitted to the board as part of the meeting packet; the auditor said the annual comprehensive financial report includes introductory, financial, statistical and single-audit sections that provide year-to-year schedules and grant detail.
The board took no formal vote on McClellan s part of this presentation; the audit results were presented for the board's review ahead of routine oversight and budgeting work in the months that follow.
