ORS 327.137 Audit reports filed with department; effect of failure to file or insufficiency of report

Every common or union high school district or education service district shall file a copy of its audit report with the Department of Education within six months of the end of the fiscal year for which the audit is required. The audit report shall include:

Information necessary for the computation required in the administration of ORS 327.006 to 327.173, 327.348, 327.356 to 327.359, 327.731, 328.542 and 530.115 and this section; and

If the district is a sponsor of any public charter schools, a copy of each annual audit forwarded to the district as required by ORS 338.095 (4).

If the audit report, as submitted to the district, fails to provide the detail necessary for the computation required in the administration of ORS 327.006 to 327.173, 327.348, 327.356 to 327.359, 327.731, 328.542 and 530.115 and this section, the district shall submit the necessary information on forms provided by the department within the time prescribed for filing the audit in this section.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction may withhold any payments from the State School Fund for a public charter school that, pursuant to ORS 338.155, are due to a district under ORS 327.095 if:

The audit report filed by the district fails to include the public charter school annual audit as required by paragraph (a)(B) of this subsection; and

The district has not filed the public charter school annual audit with the department by April 1.

If payments are withheld as provided by paragraph (c) of this subsection, the superintendent may allow payments to be made from the State School Fund to the district upon receipt of the annual audit or upon the meeting of any other conditions identified by rule of the State Board of Education.

Any district failing to file a copy of an audit report under this section or a report under ORS 327.133 may not receive any payments from the State School Fund until the report is filed.

Notwithstanding the timeline provided by this section and pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education, the superintendent may waive a reporting date or specify an alternative date to provide the audit report or information if a human-created disaster or a natural disaster affects the ability of a school district or an education service district to provide the audit report or information by a specified date.