HUTCHINSON, Kan. – For the tenth consecutive year, Hutchinson Public Schools has received national recognition for clarity in telling the district’s financial story.
The budget document is put together each fall by Lori Blakesley, executive director of fiscal management for the district, and the Business Office staff in conjunction with district auditors and includes information on the district’s audit.
Known as the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the document reviews in-depth district finances for the 2013-14 school year. The Government Finance Officers Association gave the document its Certificate of Achievement, the highest award the organization grants.
The 2013-14 CAFR was the tenth the district produced. The district received the certificate for its nine previous budget publications as well.
Unlike most school districts and other governmental units in Kansas, USD 308 does not waive Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The CAFR provides the public with budget information that would be comparable to that provided by any major business.
Blakesley works hand-in-hand with district auditors to produce the CAFR.