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Baker Tilly delivers clean audit for Oak Park District 97 and flags internal-control improvements
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Summary
Auditor Baker Tilly presented unmodified opinions on the district's comprehensive financial reports and federal IDEA spending, highlighted a 3.9 financial profile score and 146 days cash on hand, and noted recurring internal-control items that staff are addressing.
Auditors from Baker Tilly told the District 97 board the district received unmodified (clean) opinions on its comprehensive annual financial report and on federal IDEA expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.
Sebastian Dombrowski of Baker Tilly (introduced at the meeting) reviewed the audit scope and the reports issued, including a management letter describing internal-control matters. He said the district's financial-profile score used by the Illinois State Board of Education is strong and noted operating cash of about 146 days as of 06/30/2025.
"It's an unmodified opinion, which is the highest level of assurance that we can provide over the district's information," the auditor said, and he encouraged trustees to read the management's discussion and analysis in the report for a high-level view.
Baker Tilly also reported clean results on the district's single-audit coverage of the IDEA special-education cluster. Audit staff said some recurring internal-control findings remain and that the district is taking steps to document and strengthen processes, with proposed follow-up work to improve checks and balances and consider outside controls where personnel structure limits internal segregation of duties.
Ending: Trustees thanked audit and finance staff; auditors will provide engagement letters for the next year and continue to work with district staff on internal-control improvements.
