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La Crescent-Hokah board hears audit delay, budget figures and district attendance gains
Summary
District business staff told the board the annual audit was delayed while records are digitized by a new auditor; the district reported attendance improvements and updated balance-sheet figures will be provided after the audit is complete.
La Crescent-Hokah School District business staff told the school board the district's annual audit is not yet complete after switching auditors and moving records to a digital system. The district engaged CliftonLarsonAllen to perform the audit; staff said the new firm is conducting a more detailed, digital review and that some report totals and balance-sheet items are temporarily inaccurate as a result.
Business staff told the board they expect the audit to be finished and filed with the state by Nov. 30 and presented to the board in December. "We will have it at the Dec. it will be done before November 30th because we have to turn it into the state then but it will come to the board in December," a district speaker said.
Administrators also reported key attendance improvements at the high school: tardies were down about 26% and unexcused absences down about 57% across the first two months of the school year, which staff attributed to new consistency in behavioral responses and targeted interventions.
On finances, staff cautioned that some negatives shown in the interim balance sheet reflected audit timing and construction accounting; those items are expected to reconcile once audit journal entries are posted. The district said it will aim next year to complete audits earlier in November so preliminary budget work can begin promptly in December.
The board discussed the implications for staffing and budgeting, and staff said a clearer set of numbers will be available after the audit is finalized and accounting reclassifications are completed.
