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External auditor gives Chisago Lakes a clean opinion; board approves annual audit
Summary
Audit partner Justin Nelson presented an unmodified (clean) audit opinion for fiscal year 2023–24 and a required single audit; the board approved the annual audit and heard two minor compliance findings.
The Chisago Lakes School Board on Dec. 19 received an external audit for fiscal year 2023–24 from Justin Nelson, a partner at Abdo, and approved the audit on a voice vote.
Nelson told the board the auditors issued an unmodified, or “clean,” opinion on the district’s financial statements and an unmodified opinion on the single audit required because federal expenditures exceeded the $750,000 single‑audit threshold. Nelson said auditors tested payments, payroll, grant transactions, and other controls and…
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