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Internal audit finds half‑cent surtax spending allowable but calls for stronger documentation and website transparency
Summary
RSM reported no disallowed half‑cent expenditures in its sample but recommended that the district formalize documentation of allowability reviews, update website project records, and strengthen piggyback contract checks; management pledged changes and a March follow‑up.
RSM, the district's contracted internal auditors, told the Manatee County School Board at its workshop that the half‑cent sales surtax program is being managed within allowability parameters but needs clearer documentation and public reporting. "We did not identify any instances of expenditures not being allowable," said Ava Dorasamy of RSM, summarizing the audit. "We have two low‑risk observations and one process improvement opportunity."
The audit examined how sales‑surtax revenues and expenditures are collected, reconciled and monitored,…
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