Report 2018-131 Recommendation 7 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 #7 To: Alum Rock Union Elementary School District

By November 2019, the district should work with the county office to ensure that its new financial system includes unique identifiers for contract payment authorization documents.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From November 2020

The district did not formally respond to this recommendation to address our annual follow-up inquiry. Instead, it provided an email from the district's director of fiscal services to district staff in October 2019 informing them that the district's new system was available to accept fiscal year 2019-20 requisitions.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending

The information provided by the district did not address our recommendation that its new financial system include unique identifiers for contract payment authorization documents.


1-Year Agency Response

On January 31, 2020, the District completed its transition to the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) Financial and Payroll System.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending

The district's response does not address our recommendation that its new system include unique identifiers for contract payment authorization documents.


6-Month Agency Response

The district is in the final steps of the process of transferring to the Santa Clara County Office of Education financial system. This will be fully implemented by January 2020. We will send evidence of the staff participating in this process.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending


60-Day Agency Response

District staff is currently working with Santa Clara County Office of Education to ensure that its new financial system includes unique identifiers for contract payment authorization documents.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending


All Recommendations in 2018-131

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.