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Performance Audit Report
School Districts’ Administration and Support Services
Edmonds, Evergreen, Federal Way, Kent, Lake Washington,
Puyallup, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma and Vancouver
Report No. 1000013
September 30, 2008
Washington State Auditor Brian Sonntag, CGFM
www.sao.wa.gov
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A letter from State Auditor Brian Sonntag
About Initiative 900hen voters gave our Office performance
Washington voters approved Waudit authority in November 2005, we
Initiative 900 in November started conducting outreach with citizens to find
2005, giving the State Auditor’s out their priorities for performance audit. Not
Office the authority to conduct surprisingly, K-12 education was, and continues
independent performance audits to be, one of the top three areas of interest for of state and local government
citizens. entities on behalf of citizens to
promote accountability and cost-
For this audit, we selected the 10 largest school effective uses of public resources.
districts, based on their reported student
I-900 directs the Office to enrollment for fiscal year 2005. We reviewed Brian Sonntag, CGFM address the following elements the administrative and overhead operations of Washington State Auditor in each performance audit:
the districts for fiscal years 2004 through 2006.
1. Identification of cost savings.The audit work was conducted by a private firm,
2. ...
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