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Polk audit: district's internal funds earn clean opinion as school-level findings decline
Summary
External auditors reported a clean opinion on Polk County Schools' internal funds, noting about $15.8 million in assets and a year-over-year reduction in findings (deficit balances fell from 68 to five). Auditors recommended targeted school-level training and an annual disaster-recovery IT test.
The Polk County School Board on Jan. 27 received a presentation from external auditors on the district's internal funds, which primarily hold student activity accounts such as prom tickets and fundraisers. Jennifer Christiansen, the engagement lead, said the audit produced an "unmodified report" — a clean audit opinion — and highlighted both the size and composition of the funds: "the total assets were about $15,800,000," mostly cash and investments, with roughly $759,000 in liabilities.
Christiansen said auditors identified two related adjustments to record an allowance for doubtful accounts and a handful of immaterial past-period adjustments (for example, yearbook…
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