State to Audit District 113A Transportation Claim for 2009-10 School Year

The Illinois State Board of Education will formally audit 's 2009-10 transportation claim in the coming weeks to determine whether the district owes the state more money for unallowable reimbursements.

District 113A Business Manager Barbara Germany said she spoke to a representative from the ISBE External Assurance department Friday, and will be working with their auditor this week.

"They have requested that we send certain documents to them, as opposed to them coming here for an on-site audit," she said. "I haven't spoken to the auditor yet, but we should be connecting Tuesday so we can get the process started."

Germany  that she was concerned that the district could owe another $295,000 to the state of Illinois for "unallowable transportation reimbursements" for the 2009-10 school year.

The district  for a transportation audit adjustment for the 2008-09 school year.

Board members directed Germany to review the district's past two transportation claims after they learned of the audit adjustment Dec. 20. After going through the documents, she found that the claim for the 2009-10 school year was prepared exactly the same as the claim adjusted by the state auditors, creating cause for concern.

Per the board's request, Germany called the state board about the issue Jan. 25.

"I really want to stress that my concerns have not been verified by the state auditors," . "I took a cursory glance at the documents, but I'm really not sure what the state will say."

Germany said she expects it will be at least two weeks before District 113A knows the outcome of the audit.