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Wentzville R-IV board approves FY2025 audit despite sampling limitations; auditor reports clean opinions
Summary
The Wentzville R‑IV Board of Education approved the district—iscal year 2025 independent audit Dec. 31, after officials discussed a booking error tied to a bond defeasance and the audit firm's statistical sampling approach; the auditor reported four clean opinions and no internal-control findings.
The Wentzville R‑IV Board of Education voted to approve the fiscal year 2025 independent audit as presented, despite the audit firm initially failing to appear at the meeting and auditors noting the statutory limits of sample-based testing.
District staff told the board the audit firm had not been present earlier but that the audit still needed board approval to meet the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) submission deadline. The board later heard directly from the audit firm's representative, who said, “We have 4 clean audit opinions. We had no issues with internal controls,” and that sampled testing found the district's financial statements to be representative.
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