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Auditors give Duplin County Schools a clean opinion; officials flag loss of COVID-era funds
Summary
Anderson Smith & White gave Duplin County Schools an unmodified (clean) audit for the 2023-24 year, but auditors and district leaders warned the board that roughly $8.3 million in COVID-era federal funds will largely expire by Jan. 1, 2025, and the district has set aside $5.2 million for academic recovery and operations.
Miss George, an auditor from Anderson Smith & White, told the Duplin County Schools Board on Nov. 7 that the district’s 2023-24 financial statements earned a clean, unmodified opinion and that the firm found no material weaknesses in internal controls or compliance findings for audited federal and state programs.
“This is what’s considered a clean, unmodified opinion letter,” Miss George said, directing trustees to the balance sheet and exhibits in the audit packet. She said the district’s general fund balance was $6,387,000 as of June 30, 2024, an amount that was essentially unchanged from the prior year.
The audit highlighted how one-time federal…
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