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Finance and Audit Committee

Finance and Audit Committee

Committee Overview and Membership

The Finance & Audit Committee is charged with making recommendations to the Board on the budget development process and conducting regular reviews of District finances and audits. Prior to the first meeting each year, the Board President will appoint Directors to the Board’s standing Finance & Audit Committee.

Committee Membership:

  • Vivan Song (Chair)
  • Jen LaVallee (Member)
  • Liza Rankin (Member)

2025-26 Committee Meeting Agendas and Materials

Please note: meeting agendas are posted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.

September 16, 2025

Audit Committee
September 16, 2025, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Board Office Conference Room, John Stanford Center
2445 – 3rd Avenue South, Seattle WA 98134

Remote access:
By Microsoft Teams
By Teleconference: +1 206-800-4125 (Conference ID: 165 247 788#)

Call to Order                                                                           

1. Roll Call
2. Approval of agenda
3. Approval of June 3, 2025 meeting minutes

Special Attention Items                                                             

4. Corrective Action Plan – Ballard High School (Hunt)
5. Public Advisors to the Audit Committee (Briggs)
6. Draft Superintendent Procedure on Field Trips (Narver/Saxon)

Audit Updates                                                                                        

Presentation:

7. SAO CyberSmart Checkup Results (Medina)
8. Annual Review of Internal Audit Work Plan (Medina)

Materials Only:

9. Ethics Update (Medina)

Audit Response                                                                    

10. Audit Response Update (Medina)
11. Corrective Action Plan Update – CGCS Transportation Review (Campbell)
12. Corrective Action Plan Update – Ingraham HS Classroom Addition Close-out Capital Audit (Best) (Materials added 9/15/25)
13. Corrective Action Plan Update – Communications Internal Audit (Redmond/Guerci)
14. Corrective Action Plan Update – Special Education WISM (Gurley)
15. Corrective Action Plan Update – Food Allergy Management Needs Assessment (Smith)
16. Corrective Action Plan Update – SAO Financial Statement and Single Audits 2021-2022, 2022-2023 (Del Valle/Buttleman)
17. Corrective Action Plan – SAO Single Audits and Accountability Audit 2023-2024 (Buttleman)

Enterprise Risk Management                                                               

18. ERM Update (Saxon)

Adjourn                                                                                                      

Agenda PDF
December 9, 2025

Audit Committee
December 9, 2025, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Board Office Conference Room, John Stanford Center
2445 – 3rd Avenue South, Seattle WA 98134

Remote Access:
By Microsoft Teams
By Teleconference: +1 206-800-4125 (Conference ID: 895 537 682#)

Call to Order

  1. Roll Call
  2. Approval of agenda
  3. Approval of June 3, 2025 and September 16, 2025 meeting minutes (Materials added 12/8/2025)

Audit Updates

Presentation:

  1. BERC Group Review of Community Partnerships (Howard/BERC Group)
  2. BERC Group Review of PTA Facility Usage (Howard/BERC Group)
  3. BERC Group Review of Personal Services Contracts (Howard/BERC Group)
  4. Corrective Action Plan for BERC Group Reviews (Howard)
  5. OSPI Special Education WISM (Gurley)
  6. Internal Audit Work Plan (Medina)
  7. White Paper on Internal Auditing in the Great City Schools and benchmarking results (Medina)

Materials Only:

  1. Ethics Update (Medina)
  2. Internal Audit and Ethics Annual Report (Medina) 

Audit Response

  1. Audit Response Update (Medina)
  2. Corrective Action Plan Update and Memo – Nathan Hale High School (O’Hara)

Enterprise Risk Management

  1. Enterprise Risk Register Project Update

Adjourn

Agenda PDF
March 23, 2026
May 4, 2026
May 18, 2026

Audit Committee
May 18, 2026, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Board Office Conference Room, John Stanford Center
2445 – 3rd Avenue South, Seattle WA 98134

Remote access:
By Microsoft Teams
By Teleconference: +1 206-800-4125 (Conference ID: 367 449 49#)

Call to Order

  1. Roll Call
  2. Approval of Agenda
  3. Approval of June 3, 2025, September 16, 2025, and December 9, 2025 meeting minutes

Audit Updates

Presentations:

  1. WA State Auditor’s Office Exit Conference (SAO)
  2. Franklin High School Audit (O’Hara)
  3. Franklin High School Corrective Action Plan (Weiss)
  4. Ethics Update (Medina)

Materials Only:

  1. Montlake Elementary School ECCS Audit (Fry)
  2. Montlake Elementary School MCCS Audit (Fry)

Audit Response

  1. Audit Response Update (Medina)

Enterprise Risk Management

  1. Enterprise Risk Register Update (Saxon)
  2. Internal Audit Work Plan (Medina)

Special Attention Item

  1. Public Advisors to the Finance and Audit Committee (Song/Medina)

Adjourn

   

June 8, 2026