ALBANY – The state comptroller’s office has concluded an audit of the Tri-Valley School District in Sullivan and Ulster counties and found fault with some if its internal auditing.

Auditors found the district did not always request the required criminal history background checks for employees and independent contractors. When the district did request these checks, it did not submit them to the State Education Department on a timely basis.

The audit also found that the district did not comply with its own purchasing policy requirements. Auditors reviewed 20 claims totaling $67,000 and found that all were paid without evidence that district officials obtained the required verbal or written quotations.

 Auditors obtained alternate quotes for seven of those 20 items purchased and found that the district could have saved approximately $9,625 for identical or similar products if the district had enforced its procurement policy.