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CliftonLarsonAllen issues clean 2023-24 audit; Ventura Unified board accepts report
Summary
The district's independent auditor CliftonLarsonAllen presented unmodified opinions on financial statements, internal controls, federal single-audit and state compliance for 2023-24; auditors reported no material weaknesses or findings, and the board accepted the report by roll call.
CliftonLarsonAllen LLP presented the Ventura Unified School District's 2023-24 audit at the Jan. 14 board meeting and issued unmodified (clean) opinions on the financial statements, internal controls, the federal single audit (Education Stabilization Fund program) and state compliance tests.
The auditor told trustees the firm performed several hundred hours of work across district departments and campuses and found no material weaknesses, no deficiencies requiring report and no instances of noncompliance in the federal or state programs reviewed. The auditor said the single-audit testing covered the Education Stabilization Fund program and found no reportable noncompliance.
The firm noted one post-closing accounting entry related to a lease standard implementation; the adjustment was recorded by the district and was not an audit adjustment, the auditors said.
Board members thanked district finance staff. Trustee comments singled out fiscal director Joey Bernell for the finance team's work; the board then moved to accept the audit and recorded unanimous roll-call approval.
Why it matters: An unmodified opinion and no findings are the best outcome auditors can deliver; the result affirms district financial controls and federal/state reporting for 2023-24. The audit creates the basis for confidence in the district's fiscal statements and supports bond and grant applications that depend on audited financials.
Sources: CliftonLarsonAllen presentation to the Ventura Unified board, Jan. 14, 2025; public board record.
