2026年9月29日 · 7382

Reso 7382 - Resolution to Approve the Responses to the Recommendations in the Draft Bond Performance Audit for Fiscal Years 2024-25 and 2025-26

通俗摘要

School board responds to audit of school construction bond spending

An outside audit of Portland Public Schools' construction bond program made ten recommendations to the school board. A bond is money voters approve for building and repairing schools, paid back through property taxes. In its draft answers, the board agrees with all ten, including hiring an extra internal auditor paid with bond money, yearly reviews of bond spending, clearer rules for how board members oversee the bond, and posting answers to board members' unanswered questions online.

Decision: The board was scheduled to vote on this resolution at its September 29, 2026 special meeting. The result will be in the minutes.
Who it affects: Taxpayers who pay for school bonds, and families and staff whose school buildings are built or repaired with bond money.
Money: An additional auditor with bond program expertise would be hired and paid for with bond funds; no dollar amount is given.
Next: Responses go to the auditors by October 1, 2026. The final audit is expected to be made public October 6, 2026, and presented to the board October 20, 2026. Most changes have a target date of June 2027.
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Resolution No. 7382 Resolution to Approve the Responses to the Board Recommendations in the Draft Bond Performance Audit for Fiscal Years 2024-25 and 2025-26 RECITALS A. The PPS Board of Education (Board) has received a confidential draft audit report (Draft Report) from PPS’s external bond auditors. The Draft Report contains ten recommendations directed to the Board. B. The Board takes audit results seriously and uses audit recommendations to assess and improve District practices and outcomes. C. The Board expects the final audit report to be publicly released by the external auditors on October 6, 2026, and that the auditors will present their report to the Board on October 20, 2026. The Board expects further discussion of the final audit report, Board and management responses, and implementation plans and progress to be discussed in future meetings with the Audit Committee, Bond Accountability Committee, and the full Board. RESOLUTION The Board hereby adopts the draft responses attached hereto as Exhibit A and instructs the Superintendent to include these responses in the District’s submission to the external auditors no later than October 1, 2026.