Finding 2024-005: Significant Deficiency - Special Tests and Provisions Repeat of Prior Year Finding 2023-008 Condition: While documentation exists that a background investigation was completed, no documentation was maintained that the results of the background investigation were compared to the emp...
Finding 2024-005: Significant Deficiency - Special Tests and Provisions Repeat of Prior Year Finding 2023-008 Condition: While documentation exists that a background investigation was completed, no documentation was maintained that the results of the background investigation were compared to the employment application or that a suitability determination was conducted by an appropriate adjudicating official who herself/himself was the subject of a favorable background investigation. Corrective Action: The Club and Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) agree with this finding and CCS notes that its Employment Suitability Investigations policy was updated and formally adopted on July 22, 2019. The audit included a sample of employee files from prior years, before the policy was implemented and before consistent personnel changes were made. Since the policy's adoption, appropriate procedures have been put in place to ensure background investigations and employment suitability assessments are conducted and properly documented. CCS will continue to monitor compliance with the policy and ensure that documentation is consistently maintained in employee personnel files moving forward. Current updates to be enacted immediately include documentation that the Superintendent has reviewed the files. Person Responsible For Corrective Action: Heather Driver, Interim CCS HR Director Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2025