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Public Act 92-0544

SB1534 Enrolled                                LRB9210701NTpk

    AN ACT relating to education.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by changing
Sections 2-3.17a and 3-6.1 as follows:

    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.17a)
    Sec. 2-3.17a.  Financial audits by Auditor General.   The
Auditor General State Board of Education shall annually cause
an  audit to be made, as of June 30, 1986 and as of June 30th
of each year thereafter, of the financial statements  of  all
accounts,  funds  and  other  moneys  in the care, custody or
control of the regional superintendent  of  schools  of  each
educational   service   region  in  the  State  and  of  each
educational service center established under  Section  2-3.62
of  this  Code  Act  other than an educational service center
serving a school district  in  a  city  having  a  population
exceeding 500,000. The audit shall be conducted in accordance
with  Generally  Accepted Governmental Auditing Standards and
shall include an examination of supporting books and  records
and a representative sample of vouchers for distributions and
expenditures.  On  February  15,  1991, and on February 15 of
each year thereafter, the  Auditor  General  State  Board  of
Education  shall  notify  the Legislative Audit Commission in
writing  of  the  completion  or  of  the  reasons  for   the
noncompletion  of  each  audit required by this Section to be
made as of the preceding June 30. An audit  report  shall  be
prepared  for  each  audit made pursuant to this Section, and
all such audit reports shall be kept on file in the office of
the Auditor General State Board of Education. Within 60  days
after  each  audit  report required to be prepared under this
Section is completed, the  Auditor  General  State  Board  of
Education:  (i)  shall furnish a copy of such audit report to
each member of the  General  Assembly  whose  legislative  or
representative  district includes any part of the educational
service region  served  by  the  regional  superintendent  of
schools with respect to whose financial statements that audit
report  was  prepared  or  any part of the area served by the
educational service center that is the subject of the  audit;
and  (ii)  shall  publish  in  a  newspaper published in that
educational service region or area served by the  educational
service center that is the subject of the audit a notice that
the  audit  report  has  been  prepared  and is available for
inspection during regular business hours at the office of the
regional  superintendent  of  schools  of  that   educational
service  region  or  at  the  administrative  office  of  the
educational  service center. Each audit shall be made in such
manner as to  determine,  and  each  audit  report  shall  be
prepared in such manner as to state:
         (1) (a)  The balances on hand of all accounts, funds
    and  other  moneys in the care, custody or control of the
    regional superintendent of schools or educational service
    center at the beginning of the fiscal year being audited;
         (2) (b)  the amount of  funds  received  during  the
    fiscal year by source;
         (3)   (c)  the   amount   of  funds  distributed  or
    otherwise paid by the regional superintendent of  schools
    or educational service center to each school treasurer in
    his  or her educational service region or area, including
    the purpose of such distribution or payment and the  fund
    or  account  from  which  such distribution or payment is
    made;
         (4) (d)  the amounts paid or otherwise disbursed  by
    the  regional  superintendent  of  schools or educational
    service center -- other than the amounts  distributed  or
    paid   by  the  regional  superintendent  of  schools  or
    educational  service  center  to  school  treasurers   as
    described  in  paragraph  (3)  (c) above -- for all other
    purposes and expenditures, including the fund or  account
    from  which  such  payments or disbursements are made and
    the purpose thereof; and
         (5) (e)  the balances on hand of all accounts, funds
    and other moneys in the care, custody or control  of  the
    regional superintendent of schools or educational service
    center at the end of the fiscal year being audited.
    The  Auditor General State Board of Education shall adopt
rules and regulations relative to  the  time  and  manner  by
which  the  regional superintendent of schools or educational
service center shall present for inspection or make available
to the Auditor General State Board of Education,  or  to  the
agents  designated  by the Auditor General such Board to make
an audit  and  prepare  an  audit  report  pursuant  to  this
Section,  all  financial statements, books, records, vouchers
for distributions and expenditures, and records of  accounts,
funds and other moneys in the care, custody or control of the
regional  superintendent  of  schools  or educational service
center and required for purposes of  making  such  audit  and
preparing  an audit and preparing an audit report.  All rules
and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education under
this Section before the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 92nd General Assembly shall continue in effect as  the
rules  and regulations of the Auditor General, until they are
modified or abolished by the Auditor General.
    (f)  The Auditor General State Board of  Education  shall
require  the  regional  superintendent  of  schools  of  each
educational   service   region   or   administrator  of  each
educational  service  center  to   promptly   implement   all
recommendations  based  on  audit  findings  resulting from a
violation of law made in audits  prepared  pursuant  to  this
Section, unless the Auditor General State Board of Education,
upon  review,  determines,  with  regard to any such finding,
that implementation of the recommendation is not appropriate.
(Source: P.A. 90-802, eff. 12-15-98.)

    (105 ILCS 5/3-6.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-6.1)
    Sec. 3-6.1.  Presentation of records for financial audit.
Each  regional  superintendent  of  schools,  whether  for  a
multicounty  or  for  a  single  county  educational  service
region,  shall  present  for  inspection  or  otherwise  make
available to the Auditor General State Board of Education, or
to the agents designated by the Auditor General  such  Board,
all  financial  statements, books, vouchers and other records
required to be so presented or  made  available  pursuant  to
Section  2-3.17a  and the rules and regulations of adopted by
the Auditor General State Board of Education pursuant to that
Section.
(Source: P.A. 84-965; 84-920.)

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
becoming law.
    Passed in the General Assembly April 11, 2002.
    Approved June 12, 2002.
    Effective June 12, 2002.

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