Report 2018-131 Recommendation 8 Responses

Report 2018-131: Alum Rock Union Elementary School District: The District and Its Board Must Improve Governance and Operations to Effectively Serve the Community (Release Date: May 2019)

Recommendation #8 To: Alum Rock Union Elementary School District

To identify its contracted personnel's potential conflicts of interest, the district should develop and implement a process by November 2019 to assess whether contracted personnel should be classified as consultants and are therefore subject to the district's code for disclosing financial interests.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From November 2021

Evidence has been sent to Mr. Brian Boone on 11/17/21.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending

The district provided its procedures for completing and filing Form 700s along with its conflict-of-interest code and other documentation. However, the information provided by the district does not describe a process for assessing whether contracted personnel should be classified as consultants subject to the district's code for disclosing financial interests.


Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From November 2020

The district did not provide a response to this recommendation. However, it provided documentation to support its actions to address the recommendation.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending

The documentation provided by the district did not specifically address our recommendation to the district to implement a process by November 2019 to assess whether contracted personnel should be classified as consultants and are therefore subject to the district's code for disclosing financial interests.


1-Year Agency Response

On May 22, 2020, the District provided Mr. Boone with the written procedures for completing Form 700.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending

Although the district provided its procedures for completing and filing Form 700s, that information did not describe a process for assessing whether contracted personnel should be classified as consultants subject to the district's code for disclosing financial interests.


6-Month Agency Response

District did not provide a six month response to this recommendation.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending

The district did not submit a six-month response to this recommendation. We continue to assess the status of this recommendation as pending.


60-Day Agency Response

Business staff is currently working with the General Counsel to update all procedures involving Form 700.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending


All Recommendations in 2018-131

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.