Alief ISD audit yields clean opinion; auditors report no findings and a $25.8 million increase in fund balance

Alief Independent School District officials and independent auditors told the districtaudit committee on Jan. 23 that Whitley Penn issued an unmodified opinion on the districtfinancial statements for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2024, and identified no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies.

Lupe Garcia, partner at Whitley Penn, said during a presentation that "our audit of the district's financial statements for fiscal year 2024 did result in an unmodified opinion," commonly called a clean opinion, and that the firm found "no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies reported, nor did we identify any material noncompliance to the financial statement." That unmodified opinion, Garcia said, indicates the district followed generally accepted accounting principles and that its financial statements and note disclosures are fairly stated in all material respects.

The auditors also reported no findings in the federal single audit for the year. Garcia listed the district's three…