Report 2017-104 Recommendation 29 Responses
Report 2017-104: Montebello Unified School District: County Superintendent Intervention Is Necessary to Address Its Weak Financial Management and Governance (Release Date: November 2017)
Recommendation #29 To: Montebello Unified School District
To ensure that state adult education expenditures are reasonable and justified, the board should, within one year, require the adult program to annually report to the consortium
and to the board on the accurate number of students in each class, number of hours taught, and cost of the class per student.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2021
MUSD has created a fiscal annual report identifying the number of students in each class, the number of hours taught by each teacher, and the cost of the class per student. The report was be submitted to the Board of Education in December 2018, October 2019 and December 2020. The report was submitted to the Los Angeles Regional Adult Education Consortium in December 2018 and December 2020.
- Completion Date: December 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented
Montebello Unified School District reported the required information to the Board of Education and the Los Angeles Regional Adult Education Consortium. To the extent that Montebello annually reports this information to the consortium and the board, and it ensures that the information is accurate, it would address this recommendation.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2020
MUSD has created a fiscal annual report identifying the number of students in each class, the number of hours taught by each teacher, and the cost of the class per student. The report was be submitted to the Board of Education in December 2018 and October 2019. The report was submitted to the Los Angeles Regional Adult Education Consortium in December 2018.
- Completion Date: December 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Partially Implemented
This recommendation is partially implemented because in 2019 the adult program only reported to the Board of Education and not to the consortium, which provides key oversight over adult education. The adult program plans to report the recommended information to both the Board of Education and the consortium in December 2020.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2019
MUSD has created a fiscal annual report identifying the number of students in each class, the number of hours taught by each teacher, and the cost of the class per student. The report was submitted to the Board of Education in December 2018 and October 2019.
- Completion Date: December 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending
Although Montebello provided evidence to show it provided the Board of Education with a presentation on adult education expenditures in October 2019, it did not provide evidence to demonstrate it provided this information to the consortium, which provides key oversight over adult education.
- Auditee did not address all aspects of the recommendation
1-Year Agency Response
MUSD has created a fiscal annual report (July 1 - June 30) identifying the number of students in each class, the number of hours taught by each teacher, and the cost of the class per student. The report will be submitted to the Board of Education in the month of December.
- Completion Date: December 2018
- Response Date: November 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending
Per Montebello's response, it has not submitted the report to the board of education. We will assess Montebello's implementation of this recommendation once Montebello demonstrates that it provides this information to the consortium and the board annually.
- Auditee did not address all aspects of the recommendation
6-Month Agency Response
MUSD will submit to the Board of Education and consortium a fiscal annual (July 1-June 30) report (in the month of August) identifying the number of students in each class, the number of hours taught by each teacher, and the cost of the class per student.
- Estimated Completion Date: 8/30/2018
- Response Date: May 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
60-Day Agency Response
MUSD will submit to the Board of Education and consortium a fiscal annual (July 1- June 30) report (in the month of August) identifying the number of students in each class, the number of hours taught by each teacher, and the cost of the class per student.
- Estimated Completion Date: 08/30/2018
- Response Date: December 2017
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
All Recommendations in 2017-104
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.