Earlier this month, the Auditor General Eugene DePasquale announced the release of audit reports for school districts across Pennsylvania including Schuylkill county which included the Pine Grove Area School Districts.
“My audits help to ensure schools are being run efficiently and effectively, so that students and teachers can focus on learning and resources are focused on the classroom,” DePasquale said.
The Department of the Auditor General examines the records of school districts, charter schools, intermediate units, and area vocational-technical schools. The audit assessments include whether school entities received the state subsidies and reimbursements to which they were entitled, accurately managed taxpayer funds, and complied with ethics codes. The audits also determine whether teachers and administrators were properly certified for the positions they held during the audit period.
The following report was given for the Pine Grove Area School District:
Complied, in all significant respects, with applicable state laws, contracts, grant requirements and administrative procedures except in the following findings: the district failed to retain required supporting documentation to substantiate the regular transportation reimbursements received and incorrectly reported nonpublic school students to the PDE, which resulted in an $25,410 overpayment of supplemental transportation reimbursements; and the district failed to conduct a majority of the monthly fire drills as required by the state.