Requestor
Amy Brager
Requested Information
For each of the last 5 fiscal years, please provide the following:
1) complete issued annual audited financial statements of HCPSS including opinion of independent auditor and all required footnotes and disclosures
2) Agenda and meeting minutes of all HCPSS BOE Audit Committee meetings
3) Complete audit plan and reports for all internal audits performed by either HCPSS or the Howard County government regarding the budget, financial management, operations, information systems or internal controls of HCPSS
4) Auditor management letter comments and HCPSS response
Thank you.
1) complete issued annual audited financial statements of HCPSS including opinion of independent auditor and all required footnotes and disclosures
2) Agenda and meeting minutes of all HCPSS BOE Audit Committee meetings
3) Complete audit plan and reports for all internal audits performed by either HCPSS or the Howard County government regarding the budget, financial management, operations, information systems or internal controls of HCPSS
4) Auditor management letter comments and HCPSS response
Thank you.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes
Responsive to this request, in addition to the records provided below, additional review would be needed for management letters for those reports found on the HCPSS Financial Reporting and Audits webpage beyond the most recent 2019 CAFR, as well as approximately 40 School Activity Fund Audits completed by the HCPSS Internal Auditor between FY15 and FY20.
Responsive Documents
As presented to the Board of Education on June 25, 2020
Contains the annual Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (including the 2019 management letter), Single Audits, and School Fund Reports.
Our response to MPIA 202-031 included additional audits such as the 2016 audit of the financial management practices of the Howard County Public School System by the Maryland General Assembly’s Office of Legislative Audits, the 2017 financial audit of the Howard County Public School System by the Office of the Howard County Auditor, an FY17 audit performed by the Interagency Committee on School Construction for the Public School Construction Program, a 2019 audit performed by Clifton Larson Allen LLP for the Maryland State Retirement Program, an FY18 audit performed by Cohn Reznick LLP on a special revenue fund for HCPSS, a 2018 audit performed by the Maryland State Department of Education to review state-level aid to HCPSS and several internal audits.
Found under Library, Committees on Board Docs.