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School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
SAO Contact: Susan Riley
(512) 936-9500Key Findings from Previous Audits and Reviews
January 1, 2001-December 31, 2002
An Audit Report on State Entity Management of Travel Advance and Petty Cash Funds
(Report No. 02-070, August 2002)
Status of Audit Recommendations as of
The travel advance fund balance held by the School for the Blind and Visually November 30, 2002
Impaired (School) was $20,000, but the School's highest monthly travel No status is reported at this time to allow the
advance fund expenditures from this fund for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 School sufficient time to address
totaled $5,682. This indicates that the School did not review fund activity to recommendations in this recently released
determine its current needs. The School specified that it intended to return report.
$10,000 in excess travel advance funds to the State Treasury.
Weaknesses in controls over travel advance and petty cash funds include the following:
" The School had a total of $2,424 in outstanding travel advance funds that were more than 30 days old. Seven employees
had not submitted travel vouchers showing their actual travel expenses associated with these travel advances.
" The School has not documented its travel advance policies and procedures. In addition, it has not adequately enforced its
established deadline by which employees must submit travel vouchers showing actual travel expenses.
Travel ExpendituresTravel Expenditures by Appropriation Year (unaudited)
2000
In-State Travel
Out-of-State Travel
Foreign Travel
Other Travel Costs
Total Travel Expenditures
Limit on Travel Expenditures (Cap)
Expenditures in Excess of Cap$ 106,076
33,458
0
(267)
$ 139,267
149,646$ 0
2001
2002
$ 108,225
25,651
0
0
$ 133,876
136,607$ 0
$ 125,004
32,600
500
111
$ 158,216
36,957 a
$ 0a Caps apply to total travel in appropriation years 2000 and 2001, but caps apply only to out-of-state travel and foreign travel in
appropriation year 2002. Caps, calculated by the Comptroller of Public Accounts, have been adjusted for any increases requested by the
School and approved by the Legislative Budget Board in accordance with the General Appropriations Act.
Source: Uniform Statewide Accounting System (USAS) as of November 30, 2002. Amounts are subject to change as agencies continue to
record additional expenditures or adjustments.January 2003
SAO No. 03-326
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