Press Release from Ed Hatchett,
Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts

Subject: Audit of Badgett Regional Cooperative for Educational Enhancement Released
Release Date: March 1, 2001
Audit online at: http://www.auditor.ky.gov/Public/Audit_Reports/Archive/2000BadgettRCEEaudit.pdf

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Auditor of Public Accounts
144 Capitol Annex
Frankfort, KY 40601

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(Frankfort - March 1, 2001) The Badgett Regional Cooperative for Educational Enhancement, Inc. (BRCEE) received an unqualified auditor's opinion for the year ending June 30, 2000, although the co-op was cited for not adequately collateralizing its public deposits.

Co-op's public deposits not adequately collateralized

BRCEE has 11 member school districts and an annual budget of $3.2 million. The CPA firm of York, Neel & Company-Madisonville, LLP, performed the audit for the State Auditor's office.

BRCEE owns land, buildings, and equipment with a depreciated value in excess of $250 thousand. It is one of only three co-ops that own real estate.

BRCEE is one of nine Kentucky school co-ops required to be audited under a bill passed during the 2000 General Assembly. The bill makes the State Auditor responsible for the audits and permits private CPAs to perform the fieldwork.

 

Edward B. Hatchett Jr.
Auditor of Public Accounts
144 Capitol Annex
Frankfort, KY 40601
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