§ 53138 State Audit Independence Standards

• •Only certain state offices can do audits (like checking money records).
• •These audits must follow special rules to stay fair and independent.
• •The rules they follow are from a big book called 'Government Auditing Standards'.

Imagine your school’s principal checks if the lunch money is being spent correctly.

The principal has to follow fair rules to make sure no one is cheating with the money. Same way, state auditors check money records but must follow strict rules to stay fair.