State & Local Reports

What Was Performed? An examination of the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District Career and Technical Education funds for fiscal year ended June 30, 2019. We reviewed the Career and Technical Education funds to ensure New Castle Technical-Vocational School District allocated the mandated 90 percent of funds to the correct schools. Additionally, the team randomly selected 10 percent of the Career and Technical Education expenditures and tested them to ensure the funds were expended to support the state-approved occupational-vocational courses and programs.Why This Engagement? This engagement is mandated by Title 14 Del. C. §1706, which requires periodic audits by the State Auditor’s office. What was found? I am pleased to say this engagement contained no findings. All reviewed vouchers supported the state-approved occupational-vocational courses and programs.The examination of the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District’s Career and Technical Education funds for fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 can be found on our website.

The audit examined the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT’s) Millbury roadway reconstruction and related work for the period September 3, 2015 through June 30, 2020.

We conducted a state high‑risk audit of the California Department of Education’s (Education) management of the federal funding it received to help local educational agencies (LEAs) respond to the COVID‑19 pandemic. The following report details our conclusion that Education must improve its oversight of these funds from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund and the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund to ensure that LEAs spend the funding before the associated deadlines and comply with relevant requirements.

What Was Performed? An examination of the Milford School District Career and Technical Education funds for fiscal year ended June 30, 2019. Were viewed the Career and Technical Education funds to ensure Milford School District allocated the mandated 90 percent of funds to the correct schools. Additionally, the team randomly selected 10 percent of the Career and Technical Education expenditures and tested them to ensure the funds were expended to support the state-approved occupational-vocational courses and programs.Why This Engagement? This engagement is mandated by Title 14 Del. C. §1706, which requires periodic audits by the State Auditor’s office. What was found? I am pleased to say this engagement contained no findings.All reviewed vouchers supported the state-approved occupational-vocational courses and programs. The examination of the Milford School District’s Career and Technical Education funds for fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 can be found on our website.

On May 6, 2021, an equipment failure at the Roseland Pumping Station (RPS) caused pressure in the water main to drop, requiring the Department of Water Management (DWM) to issue a 24-hour water-boil order for much of the 19th Ward in the RPS service area––spanning from Albany Avenue to the west, 119th Street to the south, and west of Interstate 57 to southwest Beverly Avenue. The resulting boil order affected residents of the Beverly and Morgan Park neighborhoods.On May 25, 2021, failure of the same type of equipment caused a second power outage at the facility which did not result in a boil order but exacerbated concerns about the facility, resulting in media reports and a formal aldermanic request that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigate what had become a matter of ongoing public concern.OIG examined the issues at RPS, which included interviewing a City vendor and City and ComEd officials, as well as reviewing emails and records. On the basis of the information provided, OIG has concluded that the root of the May 6, 2021 and May 25, 2021 issues was a City equipment failure inside the station––namely, a rented uninterruptible power supply (UPS) unit installed in 2018 and a temporary replacement installed after the May 6th event.

What Was Performed? An examination of the Lake Forest School District Career and Technical Education funds for fiscal year ended June 30, 2019. We reviewed the Career and Technical Education funds to ensure Lake Forest School District allocated the mandated 90 percent of funds to the correct schools. Additionally, the team randomly selected 10 percent of the Career and Technical Education expendituresand tested them to ensure the funds were expended to support the state-approved occupational-vocational courses and programs.Why This Engagement? This engagement is mandated by Title 14 Del. C. §1706, which requires periodic audits by the State Auditor’s office. What was found? I am pleased to say this engagement contained no findings. All reviewed vouchers supported the state-approved occupational-vocational courses and programs.The examination of the Lake Forest School District’s Career and Technical Education fundsfor fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 can be found on our website.

This audit examined if MTRS ensured that members received their first pension payments within established timeframes and promptly identified deceased retirees and beneficiaries and subsequently adjusted or terminated benefit payments accurately in accordance with state laws. The audit examined the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019.

What Was Performed? An examination of the Appoquinimink School District Career and Technical Education funds for fiscal year ended June 30, 2019. We reviewed the Career and Technical Education funds to ensure Appoquinimink School District allocated the mandated 90 percent of funds to the correct schools. Additionally, the team randomly selected 10 percent of the Career and Technical Education expendituresand tested them to ensure the funds were expended to support the state-approved occupational-vocational courses and programs.Why This Engagement? This engagement is mandated by Title 14 Del. C. §1706, which requires periodic audits by the State Auditor’s office. What was found? I am pleased to say this engagement contained no findings. All reviewed vouchers supported the state-approved occupational-vocational courses and programs.The examination of the Appoquinimink School District’s Career and Technical Education funds for fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, can be found on our website.