Audit of Aurukun school partnership arrangement

Tabled Report 11: 2016–17

Tabled date

2017-02-16

Report year

2016-17

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Education

Entities audited

Not identified in the published HTML audit scope.

Recommendations

1. QAO's text Addressed to: implements binding agreements for any arrangements with external education providers before providing funds. These arrangements

   implements binding agreements for any arrangements with external education providers before providing funds. These arrangements should include terms and conditions such as:

   • the objectives to be delivered and principles that guide the arrangement
   • a governance framework, which identifies clear lines of accountability, roles and responsibilities, and deliverables or activies requried by both parties
   • reliable measures to assess whether key objectives have been met
   • the financial treatment of the arrangement (grant or fee-for-service)
   • detailed funding arrangements including annual approved budgets
   • the level of supporting documentation to be provided for acquittal
   • intellectual property and confidentiality arrangements
   • stage gates tied to funding where partners need to perform initial work before the costs or activities for subsequent work can be determined
   • quality assurance mechanisms
   • variations and dispute resolution.

2. QAO's text Addressed to: implements binding agreements for any arrangements with external education providers before providing funds. These arrangements

   provides adequate training and supervision to its staff when it enters into an arrangement with other education providers to ensure governance arrangements, internal controls, and policies and procedures are correctly implemented for:

   • student enrolments and attendance
   • the secure maintenance of student records
   • payments for goods and services.

3. QAO's text Addressed to: implements binding agreements for any arrangements with external education providers before providing funds. These arrangements

   reviews its governance arrangements to improve timely implementation of internal audit recommendations.

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