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Audit Objective

Determine whether student enrollment and billings to school districts of residence are accurate and supported.

Key Findings

The School did not:

• Correctly calculate State aid attributable to students receiving special education services. As a result, the School billed the Buffalo City School District (BCSD) $78,000 more than it would have had it followed New York State Education Department (SED) guidelines.
• Use the correct number of school days to calculate tuition for 85 students who attended the School less than a full year. As a result, the School underbilled the BCSD approximately $7,400.

Key Recommendations

• Periodically review tuition bills to ensure the billings have been calculated correctly.
• Address and resolve the incorrect billings.

School officials agreed with our recommendations and indicated they planned to initiate corrective action.