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Chandler Unified accepts clean audit for FY2025; auditors flag documentation and attendance items
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Summary
Auditors gave Chandler Unified a clean (unmodified) opinion for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, but reported one significant deficiency related to Title I documentation and several Uniform System of Financial Records (USFR) questionnaire findings (budget-posting timing, attendance reporting, conflict-of-interest disclosure and procurement documentation). The board approved the ACFR and single-audit package unanimously.
The Chandler Unified School District Governing Board unanimously accepted the district’s annual comprehensive financial report (ACFR) and single-audit reporting package for the year ended June 30, 2025, at its April 8 meeting.
External auditors told the board they issued an unmodified (clean) opinion on the district’s financial statements and reported no audit adjustments or disagreements with management. The auditors said there were no material weaknesses in internal control but did report one significant deficiency tied to the Title I eligibility worksheet and several findings on the Uniform System of Financial Records (USFR) compliance questionnaire.
Miss Berry and auditor Josh Jumper described the USFR findings as largely administrative: a delayed posting of a revised budget link to the Arizona Department of Education website; several attendance-recording errors across elementary, junior-high and high-school registers related to partial-day and period calculations; gaps in conflict-of-interest reporting for one staff member whose spouse is associated with a vendor; and documentation shortfalls when the district relied on cooperative procurements and did not retain complete due-diligence files. The Title I finding arose because staff could not fully reproduce a specific ADM/Title I number in the audit file owing to missing email and scanned documentation; auditors said the allocations themselves were not affected.
Auditors recommended improved documentation and periodic training for registers and procurement staff. District staff said they will tighten procedures, improve scanning and retention of documentation, and continue training on attendance calculations and procurement due diligence. Board members asked about reserve calculations and timing differences between auditor-general dashboards and the audited ACFR; auditors said differences can reflect timing or unaudited data in external dashboards.
The board moved, seconded and approved the ACFR and single-audit package by voice vote.
What’s next: Staff will implement recommended documentation and process improvements, and the district will post public audit materials via the Arizona Auditor General’s website as required.
