Nevada generally requires the audit be submitted no later than October 31, 2022 and then presented immediately therafter. That does not seem to be the case this year. There is a Board meeting on November 1, 2022 that has no mention of the audit.
The lack of a statutory mandated audit is quite interesting. That is likely an indication that either the Mineral County School District overspent, or a considerable amount of money will be or has been returned to the State of Nevada. You would think since the self-proclaimed genius Diane Rodriguez managed up to hoover up over $50,000 for her “services” in the last fiscal year, things would go smoothly.
The lack of a timely audit will certainly create at least a small ripple in the budgeting process. The ending fund balance is required for the staff and public to begin budget meetings. That large report includes a key number, the ending fund balance. The ending fund balance is always higher than projected just due to the timing of when budget is due and the audit completes.
I think will be interesting to see the result. If the ending fund balance remains the same as last year, then they had to return money to the state for failing to spend accordingly. If it drops, it shows that there was a lot of overspending. If there was overspending, I would certainly point to the fact that educator slots weren’t filled, opting instead for the quid pro quo deal Hope Blinco and Diane Rodriguez made to get that cushy and entirely unneccessary payroll clerk slot created.
If anyone has information on the ending fund balance, I would absolutely be interested to see it.