The Gainesville School System will no longer be under state supervision following an audit report during Monday night’s board meeting.

According to Tommy Harp, the board’s audit supervisor, there were no findings last fiscal year and the board’s fund balance has topped $9 million as of June 30, 2011.

“This is the first totally clean audit (since 2008),” said Merrianne Dyer, Gainesville superintendent. “There are no areas of concern. Everything is back where it needs to be.”

The report puts a capstone on the efforts to combat a $6 million deficit just under four years ago.

As of July of 2011, the board was in the black, but the audit noted a payroll issue.

The last report suggested the board create a clear separation between departments that calculate and process payroll.

According to Harp, that issue has been put to rest.

“It’s a good step,” said Harp. “It’s taken

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