Report 2021-046 Recommendation 11 Responses

Report 2021-046: Proposition 56 Tobacco Tax: The Department of Health Care Services Is Not Adequately Monitoring Provider Payments Funded by Tobacco Taxes (Release Date: November 2022)

Recommendation #11 To: Education, Department of

To provide more accurate information to the public, Education should report on its website the amount of Proposition 56 funds that it actually received beginning with the information it reports for fiscal year 2021-22.

60-Day Agency Response

Fully Implemented. On December 13, 2022, Education published on its website the fiscal year 2021-22 Proposition 56 funding information, which identified the actual amounts received. As recommended by the CSA, the following reports were utilized to source the information posted:

1. For Funds Received: Report 15 and the State Controller's Office Agency Reconciliation Report; and

2. For Funds Spent: Report 6.

The Proposition 56 funding information is posted and available on the CDE's website at https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/at/prop56expendreport2122.asp.

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

Although the fiscal year 2021-22 information that Education published on its website does not exactly match the amounts of funds transferred into its accounts according to the State Controller's Office's report of funds transferred, the numbers are materially similar. Thus, we consider this recommendation fully implemented.

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Agency responses received are posted verbatim.