Which activities are included in the CSBO's corrective actions for financial practices?

• A. Updating practices, submitting reports on time, and making adjustments per audit findings.
• B. Hiring additional staff for budgeting.
• C. Expanding the school lunch program.
• D. Creating new student assessment tools.

Answer: (A)

Understanding corrective actions in financial practices means focusing on steps that fix weaknesses found in audits or reviews, strengthen internal controls, and ensure compliance with policies and laws. The best choice reflects actions that directly address those gaps: updating existing practices to reflect current requirements, submitting reports on time to maintain transparency and accountability, and making changes based on audit findings to close the identified control gaps. These activities create a loop of improvement—policies are kept current, information is reported promptly, and procedures are adjusted in response to evidence from audits.

Other options describe activities that are not about tightening financial controls or compliance. Hiring more staff for budgeting is a personnel change rather than a targeted corrective action for control weaknesses. Expanding the school lunch program or creating new student assessment tools pertain to program operations or academics, not to remediating financial practices identified in audits.