Summary of Report on Financial Statements

The Lee County District School Board prepared its basic financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005, in accordance with prescribed financial reporting standards.

Summary of Report on Internal Control and Compliance

The District has established and implemented procedures that generally provide for internal control of District operations.  The District generally complied with significant provisions of laws, administrative rules, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements. 

Summary of Report on Federal Awards

We audited the District’s Federal awards for compliance with applicable Federal requirements.  The Child Nutrition Cluster, Public Assistance Grants, Federal Pell Grant Program, and Charter Schools programs were audited as major Federal programs.  The results of our audit indicated that the District materially complied with the requirements that were applicable to the major Federal programs tested.  However, we did note a compliance and internal control finding that is summarized below.

Federal Awards Finding No. 1:  Eligibility

The District incorrectly calculated post-withdrawal disbursements in its Pell Grant program  Our tests of 15 students, receiving Pell awards, who withdrew during the school year indicated that calculations for four were incorrect.  The incorrect calculations resulted in $145.79 in award overpayments and $421.20 in award underpayments.

Audit Objectives and Scope

Our audit objectives were to determine whether the Lee County District School Board and its officers with administrative and stewardship responsibilities for District operations had: 

• Presented the District’s basic financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

• Established and implemented internal control over financial reporting and compliance with requirements that could have a direct and material effect on the financial statements or on a major Federal program;

• Complied with the various provisions of law, administrative rules, regulations, and contracts and grant agreements that are material to the financial statements, and those applicable to the District’s major Federal programs; and

• Corrected, or are process of correcting, all deficiencies disclosed in the prior audit report prepared by other auditors.

The scope of this audit included an examination of the District’s basic financial statements and the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005.  We obtained an understanding of internal control and assessed control risk necessary to plan the audit of the basic financial statements and Federal awards.  We also examined various transactions to determine whether they were executed, both in manner and substance, in accordance with governing provisions of laws, administrative rules, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements. 

Audit Methodology

The methodology used to develop the findings in this report included the examination of pertinent District records in connection with the application of procedures required by auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, applicable standards contained in Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, and Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133.

The Superintendent's written response to the audit findings and recommendations is included in this report and may be viewed on the Auditor General Web site.