Audit shows ‘clean’ opinion; Glendale Elementary District board approves 2025 financial and compliance reports

The Glendale Elementary District governing board on May 14 approved the district’s fiscal‑year 2025 financial audit and compliance questionnaire after a presentation by the district’s auditors and staff. Daniel Johnson, partner with the audit firm Advis, told the board he and the engagement team issued an unmodified—or "clean"—opinion on the district’s financial statements and found no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in internal control or federal compliance.

Johnson said the district’s single‑audit testing met required coverage and that the district’s schedule of expenditures of federal awards received an unmodified opinion. On the USFR (Uniform System of Financial Records) compliance questionnaire, auditors recorded 168 “yes” answers out of 171 items (98%), with three “no” responses; auditors described the three items as minor and routine checklist exceptions rather than systemic control failures.

Superintendent Sagata Jones and audit liaison Miss Slali Ramirez Benvita thanked staff across departments for their cooperation preparing documentation for fieldwork. The report timeline presented to the board showed preliminary fieldwork in May, final procedures later in the year and timely filings with state agencies.

A board member moved to approve the financial audit and compliance questionnaire from the audit firm as presented; the motion was seconded and approved by roll call (Miss Wilson: I; Miss Bartell: I; Chair: I).

Next steps: the board approved the report for public posting and transmission to the Arizona Department of Education, the county superintendent’s office and the Arizona Auditor General as required under state law.