Report 2018-131 Recommendation 25 Responses
Report 2018-131: Alum Rock Union Elementary School District: The District and Its Board Must Improve Governance and Operations to Effectively Serve the Community (Release Date: May 2019)
Recommendation #25 To: Alum Rock Union Elementary School District
To ensure that the bond committee receives timely and accurate information from the annual audits of the district's bond funds, the district should immediately begin to monitor the progress of the audits and prioritize their completion within nine months after the end of each fiscal year.
1-Year Agency Response
On May 22, 2022, The District provided Mr. Boone with both the bond financial and performance audit reports for fiscal year 2018-19.
- Completion Date: February 2020
- Response Date: May 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented
The audit reports provided by the district appear to indicate that the audits were completed within nine months after the end of fiscal year 2018-19.
6-Month Agency Response
Agency did not provide a six-month response on the implementation status of this recommendation.
- Estimated Completion Date: Not indicated
- Response Date: February 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
The district did not submit a six-month response to this recommendation. We continue to assess the status of the recommendation as pending.
60-Day Agency Response
1. District staff is working closely with its independent auditor to ensure that audit reports for the bonds program are provided timely the CBOC.
- Completion Date: July 2019
- Response Date: August 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
The district did not provide any evidence of its efforts to ensure the timeliness of the bond fund audits, so we have assessed the implementation status of this recommendation as pending.
- Auditee did not substantiate its claim of full implementation
All Recommendations in 2018-131
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.