GROVE CITY - An annual state audit of the Grove City School District raised controversy Monday as a resident confronted the school board about an alleged unfulfilled request for information.

Jason Reeher of 144 E. Main St. questioned board members about four areas of noncompliance in the audit, which was released in June by the state Department of the Auditor General.

One of the compliance issues, which addressed the certification of a technical director, was later deemed unfounded and withdrawn.

The other compliance recommendations included a request for documentation of time spent behind the wheel for driver's education students. According to the report, instructors from 2000 and 2002 exceeded the per-day limit on driving time with some students, and in other cases didn't provide adequate documentation that students had fulfilled driving requirements.

Superintendent Robert Post cited clerical errors as the reason for the noncompliance. He said since the report was published, the district had provided some of the data requested.

The report also addressed the residency status of several students, declaring the district "misclassified pupils on membership reports" filed with the state, causing the district to be overpaid nearly $10,000 in state reimbursement. Post said the data originally provided to the state contained errors, which have since been corrected.

The overpayment is expected to be corrected in future state payments to the district.

The final issue addressed a discrepancy with student health records, in which students were underreported, resulting in lost funds for the district. Post said accurate numbers have since been provided.

Reeher said he had contacted the Bureau of School Audits regarding the audit and was told via e-mail the state auditor general's office had not yet received confirmation that Grove City had brought its records into compliance.

Post said the district sent confirmation to the auditor general's Erie office as procedure dictated.

Post said the district's responses were included in the audit report, available at www.auditorgen.state.pa.us. Because the district's responses had been incorporated into the online audit report, Post questioned why Reeher raised these issues.

Reeher said he had requested compliance information last Wednesday via e-mail, but his request was ignored.

Post and district secretary Valarie Phillips said they had been unaware of Reeher's request.

In other business, Jody Recor of Bashline Drive and Jane Cleary of Pine Township spoke to the board about a landfill permit application by Tri-County Industries submitted in August to the state Department of Environmental Protection.

The women appealed to board members to consider the hazards of the landfill, which they said would include 4,000 tons of garbage a day, a 172-foot-high dump site and up to 664 truck trips per day.

The landfill would be near the borough.

The women predicted a landfill would produce 825 tons of dust per year, impacting the health of residents with asthma and other respiratory conditions. They also cited a documented increase of carcinogens in wells near a previously active landfill in the county, adding Tri-County in the past had violated rules on receiving toxic waste and on dealing with toxic landfill byproducts.

The women suggested logging on to www.ourlivescount.org for information on potential landfill hazards.