Report 2006-109 Recommendation 2 Responses

Report 2006-109: Home-to-School Transportation Program: The Funding Formula Should Be Modified to Be More Equitable (Release Date: March 2007)

Recommendation #2 To: Education, Department of

To determine the fiscal impact on school districts that do not receive the Home-to-School program funds, Education should determine the actual costs these school districts incur and the funding sources they use to pay them.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From January 2011

The Department of Education utilized the Standardized Account Code Structure (SACS) reporting system to capture transportation data reported by local educational agencies that do not receive Pupil Transportation funding. Expenditure data were then cross-referenced with reported revenue to identify the source of funding used to pay for the reported transportation services. (See 2010-041 p. 22)

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

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All Recommendations in 2006-109

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.