Auditors give DeWitt Public Schools clean opinion on 2024-25 financial statements

DeWitt Public Schools auditors presented the results of the audit for the year ended June 30, 2025, telling the board they issued an unmodified — or "clean" — opinion on the district's financial statements and found no material weaknesses in internal control.

The presentation, delivered by the audit team, summarized three documents in the board packet: the board presentation and two official audit documents. The auditors said they completed the audit in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and the auditing guidance in AU 260. The team reported no disagreements with district staff, no audit adjustments, and no instances of suspected fraud or legal acts that required reporting.

The auditors highlighted several year-over-year balance-sheet and budget trends. General fund assets were reported at just under $14 million, about $700,000 lower than the prior year, driven mainly by state-aid receivable timing for July and August. General fund liabilities were about $4.6 million, roughly $400,000…