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Ysleta ISD internal audit reports fewer high‑risk findings, outlines 2025 shift to departmental reviews
Summary
Internal auditor Amy Sanchez told the Ysleta ISD Board of Trustees the office completed two campus and one non‑campus audit since the last update, is closing most follow‑ups and will shift in 2025 to departmental and process audits while retaining surprise campus checks.
The Ysleta Independent School District Board of Trustees heard a quarterly update from Internal Auditor Amy Sanchez on the district's audit work and plans for 2025.
Sanchez told trustees the audit office has completed two campus audits and one non‑campus audit since the last presentation and has eight campus audits nearly finished. She said the office is conducting four non‑campus audits in progress and will finish audits that roll over into 2025 after the annual risk assessment with management.
The auditor reported the office completed 10 follow‑up reviews since the last update; nine of those were fully implemented and one remains in progress. Sanchez said the district's fraud, abuse and waste hotline had received three calls since Sept. 3: one personnel matter referred to human resources, one that led to an audit report with procedural recommendations but no substantiated fraud, and one that was reviewed but not fraud‑related.
Sanchez reviewed categories where findings most frequently appear. Cash handling and attendance errors were the most common issues across campuses; procurement card misuse and loss‑of‑credit cases were less frequent. She said only a very small fraction of findings were rated high risk and that the high‑risk findings appeared primarily at elementary campuses.
Trustees asked whether the audit office has sufficient resources to complete the work planned for 2025. Sanchez said the office has a full team and "we are happy where we are," while noting some planned campus audits will carry into next year. Trustee Shane Hagerty asked whether the 2025 audit plan will include high schools because of transaction volume; Sanchez said the office will continue surprise cash counts and fundraiser reviews for those campuses.
Trustees also asked whether the district's move toward cashless transactions has reduced findings. Sanchez said increasing use of cashless models has helped and that Edgemere Elementary is the only campus she knew to be fully cashless so far, with more campuses moving in that direction.
Regarding attendance coding, Trustee Chris Hernandez asked whether coding errors affect state funding. Sanchez said auditors review absence documentation and coding; when an error has a funding impact the report notes it and, if the error is found within the same school year, corrections can be made. She said most coding errors do not change funding but stressed accurate coding is important for analysis and reporting.
Sanchez closed by telling the board the audit office intends to shift more to departmental and process audits in 2025 while retaining surprise campus checks for issues like cash counts and attendance.
