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Auditor issues clean opinion on Grand Rapids 2024–25 financials; board accepts audit
Summary
Independent auditors gave the district an unmodified (clean) opinion for fiscal 2025, reported one repeat internal-control finding (segregation of duties), and said federal single-audit work on special education showed no compliance findings; the board accepted the draft audit.
The Grand Rapids Public School District Board of Education accepted the 2024–25 audit report after a presentation from audit partner Jackie Knowles of Bergen KDB, who said the firm would issue an unmodified (clean) opinion on the district’s financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2025.
“We are providing an unmodified or a clean opinion on the district's financial statements, meaning that the financial statements are presented fairly in all material respects,” Jackie Knowles said during the meeting.
Why it matters: a clean audit means the auditors found no material misstatements in the financial statements. The audit team reported one repeat internal-control finding related to segregation of duties: the business manager has…
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