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COLUMBUS – Auditor of State Keith Faber is pleased to announce that the following entities received the Auditor of State Award in March for their clean audit reports:

• Monroe Preparatory Academy (Erie County)
• Focus Learning Academy of Southeastern Columbus (Franklin County)
• Flex High School (Franklin County)
• East Holmes Local School District (Holmes County)
• Northridge Local School District (Licking County)
• Northmor Local School District (Morrow County)
• Southern Local School District (Columbiana County)
• Stark High School (Stark County)
• New London Local School District (Huron County)
• Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village School District (Sandusky County)
• Upper Valley Career Center (Miami County)
• DECA PREP, Inc. (Montgomery County)
• Global Impact STEM Academy (Clark County)
• Tri-State STEM+M Early College High School (Lawrence County)
• Maysville Local School District (Muskingum County)
• Newcomerstown Exempted Village School District (Tuscarawas County)
• Liberty High School (Montgomery County)
• Mad River Local School District (Montgomery County)
• Focus Learning Academy of Southwestern Columbus (Franklin County)
• Schools of Ohio Risk Sharing Authority (Franklin County)
• Pickaway County Public Employees Benefits Program (Pickaway County)
• Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority (Richland County)
• Salem City School District (Columbiana County)
• Woodridge Local School District (Summit County)
• Champion Local School District (Trumbull County)
• West Carrollton City School District (Montgomery County)
• Southwestern Ohio Educational Purchasing Council (Montgomery County)
• Liberty Union-Thurston Local School District (Fairfield County)
• Logan Elm Local School District (Pickaway County)
• Pickaway County Educational Service Center (Pickaway County)
• The Academy for Urban Scholars Youngstown (Mahoning County)
• Campbell City School District (Mahoning County)
• Ashtabula County Port Authority (Ashtabula County)
• Vermilion Local School District (Erie County)
• Gallia-Jackson-Vinton Joint Vocational School District (Gallia County)
• Zanesville City School District (Muskingum County)
• Phoenix Community Learning Center (Hamilton County)
• Alliance Community Schools, Inc. (Montgomery County)
• Madison-Plains Local School District (Madison County)
• Findlay Digital Academy (Hancock County)
• Troy City School District (Miami County)
• Galion City School District (Crawford County)
• Buckeye Central Local School District (Crawford County)
• Towpath Trail High School (Summit County)
• Cuyahoga Valley Career Center (Cuyahoga County)
• Lorain County Joint Vocational School District (Lorain County)
• Erie County Metropolitan Housing Authority (Erie County)
• Tri-Valley Local School District (Muskingum County)
• Fairland Local School District (Lawrence County)
• South Columbus Preparatory Academy at German Village (Franklin County)
• Central Point Preparatory Academy (Franklin County)
• Mahoning County School Employees Insurance Consortium (Mahoning County)
• Portage Area School Consortium (Portage County)
• Maplewood Career Center (Portage County)
• Bay Village City School District (Cuyahoga County)
• The Intergenerational School (Cuyahoga County)
• Near West Intergenerational School (Cuyahoga County)
• Lakeshore Intergenerational School (Cuyahoga County)
• Frontier Local School District (Washington County)
• Southern Ohio Educational Service Center (Clinton County)
• Lincolnview Local School District (Van Wert County)
• The Arts and College Preparatory Academy (Franklin County)
• Whitehall Preparatory and Fitness Academy (Franklin County)
• Zenith Academy (Franklin County)
• United Preparatory Academy (Franklin County)
• South Columbus Preparatory Academy at Southfield (Franklin County)
• Geneva Area City School District (Ashtabula County)
• Cambridge City School District (Guernsey County)
• Talawanda School District (Butler County)
• Road to Success Academy (Franklin County)
• Kids Care Academy (Franklin County)
• Circleville City School District (Pickaway County)
• Southeast Local School District (Portage County)
• Case Preparatory Academy (Summit County)
• North Olmsted City School District (Cuyahoga County)
• Archbold Area Local School District (Fulton County)
• Autism Model School (Lucas County)
• Anthony Wayne Local School District (Lucas County)
• Sandusky Metropolitan Housing Authority (Sandusky County)
• Early College Academy (Franklin County)
• Ohio Construction Academy (Franklin County)
• Indian Creek Local School District (Jefferson County)
• Trumbull Metropolitan Housing Authority (Trumbull County)
• Lake Metropolitan Housing Authority (Lake County)
• Bellaire Local School District (Belmont County)
• Franklin Local School District (Muskingum County)
• Western Brown Local School District (Brown County)
• Middletown Preparatory & Fitness Academy (Butler County)
• Scioto Valley Local School District (Pike County)
• Springfield Preparatory & Fitness Academy (Clark County)
• City Day Community School (Montgomery County)
• Colonel Crawford Local School District (Crawford County)
• South Central Ohio Insurance Consortium (Fairfield County)
• Summit Regional Health Care Consortium (Summit County)
• McDonald Local School District (Trumbull County)
• Lakewood City School District (Cuyahoga County)
• Perrysburg Exempted Village School District (Wood County)
• Adams County/Ohio Valley Local School District (Adams County)
• Brown County Schools Benefits Consortium (Brown County)
• Southeastern Local School District (Ross County)
• Bloom Vernon Local School District (Scioto County)
• Consortium of Northwest Ohio (Henry County)
• Dawson-Bryant Local School District (Lawrence County)
• Kings Local School District (Warren County)
• Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City School District (Lorain County)
• Trotwood Preparatory & Fitness Academy (Montgomery County)
• Wood County Educational Service Center (Wood County)
• East Guernsey Local School District (Guernsey County)
• Focus Learning Academy of Northern Columbus (Franklin County)
• North Canton City School District (Stark County)
• Steubenville City School District (Jefferson County)
• Bloom-Carroll Local School District (Fairfield County)
• Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy (Cuyahoga County)
• Columbus Humanities Arts and Technology Academy (Franklin County)
• Dalton Local School District (Wayne County)
• Cornerstone Academy (Franklin County)
• North Olmsted City School District (Cuyahoga County)
• Richmond Heights Local School District (Cuyahoga County)
• Switzerland of Ohio Local School District (Monroe County)
• Eastern Local School District (Meigs County)
• Great Lakes Council of Governments (Cuyahoga County)
• Horizon Science Academy-Dayton (Montgomery County)
• Millennium Community School (Franklin County)
• Ohio School Benefits Cooperative (Muskingum County)
• Ridgewood Local School District (Coshocton County)
• Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments (Lucas County)
• Wadsworth City School District (Medina County)
• Citizens Academy Southeast (Cuyahoga County)
• Citizens Leadership Academy (Cuyahoga County)
• Citizens Leadership Academy East (Cuyahoga County)
• Vanguard Sentinel Career & Technology Centers (Sandusky County)
• Village Preparatory School - Willard (Cuyahoga County)
• Village Preparatory School - Woodland Hills Campus (Cuyahoga County)
• Village Preparatory School Cliffs (Cuyahoga County)
• Wilmington City School District (Clinton County)
• Beacon Academy (Stark County)
• Eagle Learning Academy, Inc. (Lucas County)
• Fairfield Union Local School District (Fairfield County)
• Field Local School District (Portage County)
• Indian Valley Local School District (Tuscarawas County)
• London City School District (Madison County)
• Northeast Ohio Consortium Council of Governments (Geauga County)
• River View Local School District (Coshocton County)
• Riverside Local School District (Lake County)
• Southside Academy (Mahoning County)
• Adena Local School District (Ross County)
• Chesapeake Union Exempted Village School District (Lawrence County)
• Indian Hill Exempted Village School District (Hamilton County)
• Loudonville-Perrysville Exempted Village School District (Ashland County)
• Portage Lakes Career Center (Summit County)
• Scioto County Career Technical Center (Scioto County)
• Educational Service Center Council of Governments (Franklin County)
• Educational Service Center of Central Ohio (Franklin County)
• Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center (Muskingum County)
• Ontario Local School District (Richland County)
• Tuslaw Local School District (Stark County)
• West Branch Local School District (Mahoning County)
• Marysville Exempted Village School District (Union County)
• Montgomery County Educational Service Center (Montgomery County)
• Tri-Rivers Joint Vocational School District (Marion County)
• Northside Preparatory Academy (Hamilton County)
• East Clinton Local School District (Clinton County)
• North Central Ohio Educational Service Center (Seneca County)
• Trumbull Career & Technical Center (Trumbull County)
• Trumbull County Educational Service Center (Trumbull County)
• Vinton County Local School District (Vinton County)

The Auditor’s office presents the Auditor of State Award to local governments and school districts upon the completion of a financial audit. Entities that receive the award meet the following criteria of a “clean” audit report:

• The entity must file financial reports with the Auditor of State’s office by the statutory due date, without extension, via the Hinkle System and in accordance with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles).
• The audit report does not contain any findings for recovery, material citations, material weakness, significant deficiencies, Uniform Guidance (Single Audit) findings or questioned costs.
• The entity’s management letter contains no comment related to:
  • Ethics referrals 
  • Questioned costs less than the threshold per the Uniform Guidance
  • Lack of timely annual financial report submission 
  • Bank reconciliation issues 
  • Failure to obtain a timely Single Audit in accordance with Uniform Guidance
  • Findings for recovery less than $500
  • Public meetings or public records issues
• The entity has no other financial or other concerns

Full copies of these reports are available online (ohioauditor.gov/auditsearch/Search.aspx).

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The Auditor of State’s office, one of five independently elected statewide offices in Ohio is responsible for auditing more than 5,900 state and local government agencies. Under the direction of Auditor Keith Faber, the office also provides financial services to local governments, investigates and prevents fraud in public agencies, and promotes transparency in government.

Contact:
Marc Kovac
press@ohioauditor.gov