Overview

This office:

• Resolves audit findings and exceptions presented in audit reports, management letters, and audit memorandums issued by the State Auditor’s Office (SAO) and Independent Certified Public Accountants (CPA) on: 

- school districts (SD),

- educational service districts (ESD), and

- other public, private, non-profit, or for-profit entities that are under contract with the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to provide services as vendors or subrecipients of federal or state awards.

• Performs desk reviews on audit reports issued by SAO and CPA's for entities that are OSPI's subrecipients of federal awards to determine whether the reports meet the government auditing standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, the audit requirements of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-133, and the other published regulations and instructions on audits of federally funded programs.

• Acts as the audit liaison between OSPI and state and federal agencies.

• Responsible for ensuring the agency complies with the audit requirements under OMB Circulars and regulations promulgated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and United States Department of Education (USDOE).

• Assists clients in the efficient and economic use of federal and state resources in compliance with appropriate regulations, thereby providing as many resources as possible toward education reform activities.

• Responsible for all internal audits of OSPI.

• Provides technical assistance to independent auditors, auditees, program managers, and program reviewers.