Bill Text: IL HR0808 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the Auditor General to conduct an audit of Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 covering Fiscal Years 2005 through 2015.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-08-01 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0808 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0808-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 is | ||||||
3 | a public school district serving the following high schools: | ||||||
4 | Lincoln-Way Central and Lincoln-Way West located in New Lenox, | ||||||
5 | as well as Lincoln-Way North and Lincoln-Way East located in | ||||||
6 | Frankfort; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The District is governed by the Lincoln-Way | ||||||
8 | Community High School District 210 Board of Education; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The Illinois State Board of Education has placed | ||||||
10 | Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 on their 2015 | ||||||
11 | Financial Watch List; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 is | ||||||
13 | not a State agency; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Under the Illinois Constitution, the Auditor | ||||||
15 | General's authority to conduct audits is limited to "public | ||||||
16 | funds of the State" and case law has interpreted that phrase to | ||||||
17 | mean only those funds directly appropriated or otherwise | ||||||
18 | authorized by the General Assembly following the Governor's | ||||||
19 | preparation and submission of the State budget; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Section 5 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation |
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1 | Act provides that "one or more public agencies may contract | ||||||
2 | with any one or more other public agencies to perform any | ||||||
3 | governmental service, activity or undertaking or to combine, | ||||||
4 | transfer, or exercise any powers, functions, privileges, or | ||||||
5 | authority which any of the public agencies entering into the | ||||||
6 | contract is authorized by law to perform ..."; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The General Assembly urges the Auditor General to | ||||||
8 | conduct a performance audit of Lincoln-Way Community High | ||||||
9 | School District 210; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
11 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
12 | the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit | ||||||
13 | of Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 by entering | ||||||
14 | into an intergovernmental agreement with the District that sets | ||||||
15 | forth the scope of the audit; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That the performance audit include, but not be | ||||||
17 | limited to, the following determinations:
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18 | 1. the District's sources of revenue during Fiscal | ||||||
19 | Years 2005 through 2015; | ||||||
20 | 2. the District's expenditures, by broad category, | ||||||
21 | during Fiscal Years 2005 through 2015; | ||||||
22 | 3. the amount, purpose, and uses of General State Aid | ||||||
23 | received during Fiscal Years 2005 through 2015; |
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1 | 4. whether, during Fiscal Years 2005 through 2015, the | ||||||
2 | Board met its fiduciary responsibilities required by | ||||||
3 | school board policy, including annually evaluating the | ||||||
4 | Superintendent, annually reviewing the financial | ||||||
5 | performance of the Board and the Superintendent and causing | ||||||
6 | an audit to be made, adopting the annual financial plan of | ||||||
7 | the Board, adopting a comprehensive long-term plan, and | ||||||
8 | reviewing the Board's annual report on the outcomes of the | ||||||
9 | District or any report submitted by the Superintendent; and | ||||||
10 | 5. whether the Board and Superintendent are meeting | ||||||
11 | their fiduciary responsibilities and ensuring compliance | ||||||
12 | with the School Code and Board policies, including those | ||||||
13 | related to the investment of school funds, procurements and | ||||||
14 | contracts, construction activities, and budget transfers; | ||||||
15 | and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That Lincoln-Way Community High School District | ||||||
17 | 210 is responsible for paying the Auditor General's costs in | ||||||
18 | conducting this audit; and be it further
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19 | RESOLVED, That the District, the State Board of Education, | ||||||
20 | and any other entity having information relevant to this audit | ||||||
21 | cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General's Office | ||||||
22 | in its conduct; and be it further
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23 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as |
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1 | soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations | ||||||
2 | upon completion in accordance with Section 3-14 of the Illinois | ||||||
3 | State Auditing Act; and be it further
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4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
5 | delivered to the Auditor General.
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