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Vernonia board accepts clean financial audit, approves plan to address compliance exceptions
Summary
The Vernonia School District Board received an unmodified financial audit opinion, heard compliance exceptions and a single federal noncompliance finding, and voted unanimously to adopt a Financial Plan of Action addressing material weaknesses.
The Vernonia School District Board of Directors on Dec. 12 received the district's 2023-24 audit and approved a Financial Plan of Action to address identified audit exceptions.
Tara Kamp, partner at Pauly, Roger & Co., presented the audit results, explaining the firm performed a Financial Audit, a Compliance Audit and a Federal Single Audit. Kamp told the board the Financial Audit "issued an unmodified opinion," adding that the Compliance Audit "found exceptions" (noted in the audit document) and the Federal Single Audit identified one instance of noncompliance. Kamp said Pauly, Roger & Co. encountered "no issues with Vernonia School District staff" and reported no disagreements with management.
Following the presentation, the board considered a Plan of Action attached to the Financial Report intended to address material weaknesses identified in the audit. Stacey Pelster moved to approve the Vernonia School District Financial Plan of Action 2023-24; Javoss McGuire seconded and the motion passed unanimously with those in attendance.
The board did not debate specific remediation deadlines at length during the meeting; the Financial Report and Plan of Action were provided to directors in advance and include steps intended to rectify the exceptions referenced in the Compliance Audit (the audit notes page 49 as a reference). The district will publish the report-card and financial materials to families and stakeholders as part of ongoing transparency efforts.
