b'Ohio Auditor of State2021 Annual ReportOhio Performance Team The Ohio Performance Team (OPT) conducts performance audits of Ohio public entitiesfrom the tiniest village to the largest state agenciesto help government leaders provide efficient and effective services in a transparent manner.Using and teaching data-driven analysis, OPT provides clients with the high-level tools and guidance they need to make management decisions to best serve their constituents.In FY 2021, OPT completed legislatively requested work including a second phase of the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Ohio Department of Education, Ohio Department of Healths COVID-19 response, and the Ohio Department of Public Safety.Ohio Department of Transportation Ohio Department of Education Ohio Department of HealthOhio Department of Public SafetyIt also released reports for the following: Fiscally distressed school districts to help improve the cost-effectiveness of the operations and resolve financial difficulties: Delphos City School DistrictVan Buren Local School DistrictFairport Harbor Exempted Village School DistrictClient-requested audits: Hubbard TownshipCity of AllianceRipley Union Lewis Huntington Local School DistrictCity of FindlayCity of Upper ArlingtonCrawford CountyCity of LorainShared Services Feasibility Studies: City of BellefontaineOPT also initiated audits with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to examine the Unemployment Compensation Program, Ohio Department of Education and Ohio Department of Higher Education to examine the College Credit Plus Program, and the 14 Co-located campus institutions of higher education in the state. These audits will be released in FY 2022 and FY 2023.OPT accomplishmentsServed on the National State Auditors Association Performance Audit and Peer Review Committees. Completed 25% more state audits in the previous biennium than statutorily required (or pre-viously completed). Increased the amount of client-requested work done for local governments (250% increase)EfficientlEffectivelTransparent20'