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Auditors give Franklin schools a clean opinion but flag child‑nutrition eligibility process
Summary
External auditors issued an unmodified opinion and identified a federal single‑audit compliance finding related to child‑nutrition direct‑certification matching; auditors said staff had begun fixes and the district will be treated as a high‑risk auditee for two years for audit testing purposes.
Kerberos auditors presented the district’s financial audit to the Franklin board on Jan. 14 and delivered a clean (unmodified) opinion on the district’s financial statements. Amber Tigert, audit manager with Kerberos, said the audit included a compliance finding relating to the federal single‑audit testing of the child‑nutrition program.
Tigert described an eligibility‑matching issue tied to the district’s food‑service software and the state DPI direct‑certification import process, which resulted in an incorrect count of students reported as eligible for free or reduced-price meals in the federal submission for the year ended June 30, 2025. Audit staff found the system mis‑matched some records; district staff had already begun implementing software fixes when auditors tested the program. The auditors warned that, as a result of the finding, the district will be considered a high‑risk auditee for additional federal testing for at least two years, though Tigert said it did not change the district’s financial position.
Tigert also highlighted the district’s unassigned general‑fund balance of approximately $25.6 million (about 38% of current‑year expenditures) and summarized other audit details, including the capital projects restricted balance related to referendum debt.
A board member asked whether federal funds would need to be repaid; Tigert said DPI could request further audit work and that, in the audited population, no questioned costs requiring repayment had been identified at that time. The board moved to acknowledge receipt of the audit report; the motion passed.
