Legislative Auditor to present GFOA award to Ascension Parish School Board

Louisiana Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera will present the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to the Ascension Parish School Board on Tuesday, October 21, at 6:30 p.m. This is the second consecutive year the school board has received the award for its budget documents.

“The award represents a significant achievement by the entity,” the GFOA said. “It reflects the commitment of the governing body and staff to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. In order to receive the budget award, the entity had to satisfy nationally-recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation.”

The presentation will take place during the school board’s meeting in the Gonzales Courthouse, 828 S. Irma Blvd., in the courtroom on the second floor.

According to the GFOA website, the award was established in 1984 “to encourage and assist state and local governments to prepare budget documents of the very highest quality that reflect both the guidelines established by the National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting and the GFOA’s best practices on budgeting and then to recognize individual governments that succeed in achieving that goal.”

To learn more about the GFOA, visit www.gfoa.org.