Southtowns Record

Mental Health Training Component of the New York SAVE Act (2022-MS-1)

Government
Eden Central School District
Posted by publisher
Jun 8, 2022
Kind
State audit
Topics
Audits and oversight

Publisher's summary

We audited the following 20 school districts (Districts) to determine whether the Districts used resources to provide the mental health component of the New York Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act (SAVE Act) training requirement to staff: Bellville-Henderson CSD, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake CSD, Canandaigua City SD, Coxsackie Athens CSD, Crown Point CSD, Dover UFSD, Eden CSD, Goshen CSD, Greenport UFSD, Harborfields CSD, Livonia CSD, Malone CSD, Port Washington UFSD, Rye Neck UFSD, Schalmont CSD, Seaford UFSD, Unadilla Valley CSD, Waverly CSD, Wellsville CSD and West Genesee CSD. The 20 Districts we examined did not provide mental health training to all staff for the 2020-21 school year by September 15, 2020, as required by New York State Education Department (SED) regulations.

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specific category, and the remainder split evenly between the teachers and
  the other staff, to determine whether employees completed required trainings
  according to job titles. Employees hired after September 15, 2020 were not
  included in the sample. We documented when training completion records
  were not maintained by the Districts.

We conducted this performance audit in accordance with generally accepted
government auditing standards (GAGAS). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain sufficient, appropriate evidence to provide a
reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objective.
We believe that the evidence obtained provides a reasonable basis for our
findings and conclusions based on our audit objective.

Unless otherwise indicated in this report, samples for testing were selected based
on professional judgment, as it was not the intent to project the results onto the
entire population. Where applicable, information is presented concerning the
value and/or relevant population size and the sample selected for examination.

12  Of f ic e of t he New York State Comptroller