Report of Recommendations to the Iowa School for the Deaf, June 30, 2003

Other Audit Reports - Schools

An Examination of Iowa's School Liaison Program, 2001

In the early 1990’s the Chief Juvenile Court Officers (JCOs) and other key players desired to provide services, such as school support, family support, and community support to both juvenile court and at-risk youths within the school setting. With strong support from both Iowa’s Attorney General and Governor the Iowa State Legislature first appropriated funds for school liaisons in 1994. The liaison program is currently funded with 75 percent state dollars appropriated to the Department of Human Services and a minimum of 25 percent match from the local school districts. In some cases the schools do not actually match funds with “school money,” rather they may utilize community money from other sources, such as the local decategorization process. In 1994, the state legislature funded this effort at $400,000. Since that time the amount has grown to more than $3,000,000. In the early years there were just a handful of liaisons working in a few school districts, but by the beginning of the 2000-2001 school year there were 304 schools served by 147 liaisons. The cost per liaison, including salary and benefits, was estimated at approximately $34,324 including both the DHS and school contributions. It was a desire of the Chief JCOs to place the liaisons under the school districts and thus allow them to be independent of the juvenile court. Agreements were developed between the schools and juvenile court regarding employee status, funding, information sharing, and other such issues.

Report of Recommendations to the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School, June 30, 2003

State Agency Audit Report

Comment faire de la surveillance sanitaire? L'exemple de l'Observatoire Valaisan de la Santé en Suisse [How to conduct public health surveillance? The example of the Observatoire Valaisan de la Santé in Switzerland].

OBJECTIVE: To describe the goals and methods of contemporary public health surveillance and to present the activities of the Observatoire Valaisan de la Santé (OVS), a tool unique in Switzerland to conduct health surveillance for the population of a canton. METHODS: Narrative review and presentation of the OVS. RESULTS: Public health surveillance consists of systematic and continuous collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of health data necessary for public health planning. Surveillance is organized according to contemporary public health issues. Switzerland is currently in an era dominated by chronic diseases due to ageing of the population. This "new public health" era is also characterized by the growing importance of health technology, rational risk management, preventive medicine and health promotion, and the central role of the citizen/patient. Information technologies provide access to new health data, but public health surveillance methods need to be adapted. In Switzerland, health surveillance activities are conducted by several public and private bodies, at federal and cantonal levels. The Valais canton has set up the OVS, an integrative, regional, and reactive system to conduct surveillance. CONCLUSION: Public health surveillance provides information useful for public health decisions and actions. It constitutes a key element for public health planning.

Summary: FY03 School-Based Sealant Program, 2003

School-Based Sealant Program by the Department of Public Health, Division of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention.

Summary: FY01 School-Based Sealant Program, 2001

School-Based Sealant Program by the Department of Public Health, Division of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention.

Summary: FY02 School-Based Sealant Program, 2002

School-Based Sealant Program by the Department of Public Health, Division of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention.

FY 2004 School District Funding Sources and Amounts, 2003

School district funding sources and amounts

Clarke Community School District Independent Auditor's Reports Basic Financial Statements and Supplementary Information Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs, June 30, 2004

Clarke Community School District Independent Auditor's Reports Basic Financial Statements and Supplementary Information Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs, June 30, 2004

Sheldon Community School District, Independent Auditor's Reports, Basic Financial Statements and Supplementary Information, Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs, June 30, 2004

Community School District Audit Report

A-H-S-T Community School District, Auditor of State's Report on Reaudit, For the Period July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003

Community School District Audit Report - Reaudit

School Leader Update, September 2004

Monthly newsletter produced by Iowa Department of Education

School Leader Update, January 1, 2005

Monthly newsletter produced by Iowa Department of Education

School Leader Update, December 2004

Monthly newsletter produced by Iowa Department of Education

School Leader Update, November 2004

Monthly newsletter produced by Iowa Department of Education